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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
A BABY P9rifes

PLEASANT HILL, o., Dec. 25.-The
4-weeks-old daughter of William
Bashon died here Sunday aud was
buried Monday. The undertaken
noticed a peculiar rigidity of the
body and unusual hardness of the
flesh, as though petritied, but no in
vestigation was thought necessary
and the child was buried. Thursday
however, the father became exercis-
ed about the matter and took the
body up. 1t is now at the house OF
Michael hashon, and its appearance
excites the amazement OF all who
have seen it. Its flesh on every
part of the body is hard as stone
and gives forth Infringing sound
when raped with the knuckles,
No embalming fluid was used.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
Found Naked, Dying in the Snow.

HoLLIDAYsBURG, Dec. % Early
yesterday morning the nude body
of a man aged about % was found
in dying condition in the snow on
the bank of creek near the village
of Eldorado. His limbs were badly
lacerated and he died few minutes
after he was found. His clothes
were discovered about fifteen yards
from where he was found and part
of them were hanging on bush
and the under clothes on the ground,
Nothing could be found on his
clothing to identify him. His gar
ments were good. 1t is supposed
the man was intoxicated aud waded
the creek, and being overcome with
the cold fell on the snow and laid
exposed all the night.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

DURING the five Republican Ad-
ministrations since the war the Re-
publicans not only paid the pensions
to soldiers and the interest on the
public debt, but they paid S949, ,oOO,'
600 of the principal. When they
went out of power they turned ovei
10 the Democrats Treasury SO full
that they complained of the i'm
mense surplus on hand. Win som'
Democratic statesman please rise anc
explain just why payment on th'
public debt has ceased? 4?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

The expense of making the as
sessments this year will be nearly
doubled by reason of the time con
sumed in distributing the blanks
doing the work under the new law
and as nearly ali the revenue raised
will 90 to the State, and the count,
pays .he assessors, it will be a losing
game for the counties. In common
fairness, provision should have beer
made for the State paying for hav
ing her proportion of the taxes as
sessed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
The Welsh Mime Horror.

LONDON, Dec. "a - A dispatch
from -Pridd, Wales, says that
seventy-five corpses have been re-
covered from the Ferndale Pit,
where an explosion occurred yester-
day, and it is feared that others are
buried in the debris. The scenes in
the vicinity of the hine are pltiful.
At daybreak this morning a fresh
body of volunteers began exploring
the pit and are working manfully in
attempts to discover bodies.
The latest report says that $40 oi
the miners have been rescued, seven
of whom were severely burned.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

BECK, OF Kentucky, one of the
leading Democratic U. S. Senators,
last week openly attacked the policy
of the President and Of Secretary
Manning on the silver coinage ques-
ton, and the payment Of tie public
debt. His speech has created wide
comment. He arraigned the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury as little better
than a common thief, and intimated
that the President was standing In
with him. The Senator from Ken
lucky is a belligerent old rooster,
and doubtless there will be music
in the air when the Senate meets
again after the holiday recess.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
Farmers Fight a Duei.

Jackson, Dec. 24.-Several cattle
belonging to Edwin Goode got into
William Wheeler's field and ate 80
pounds of fodder. Wheeler claimed
that Goode should pay for the fod-
der, which Goode refused to do.
The two men met in country road,
when Wheeler, it is alleged, chal-
enged Goode tor a fight. Goode
promptly accepted. Goodies weapon
of defense was a pocket knife, while
Wheeler had pistol, they fought
for several minutes and until each
was so desperately wounded that it
is thought both will die. Wheeler
was terribly cut about the body and
Goode was shot twice. Wheeler is
about 45 years old and Goode about
40 and both are married, and prom
inent citizens.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

THE Chinese minister al Washing
ton has contributed two hundred dol
lars for himself, and three hundred
from another high Chinese official tc
the Grant monument fund, through q
letter to Secretary Bayard. In view
Of the fact that the Chinese have beer
si.amefuIly treated and legislated
against in this country, this contrl
button is calculated to bring to the
cheek of the American statesmen
tingling sense OF shame
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
Forced him to Eat His Words.

New YORK MILLS, Mimi, Dec. 24.
&C. Kimberlain of this town Is said
to have told scandalous stories about
the relations between Mrs. Held, q
years old, and w. H. Num-. These
stories reached the lady's ears to-day
and in company with Nunn she
started on the warpath. Kimberlain
was soon met on the street. The
lady drew a revolver from the folds
of her dress, and, pointing it at Kim
berlain, made him go with her to
the most prominent spot in the town.
A large crowd in the meantime con-
gregated. Kimberlain, at the lady :
command, fell upon his knees and
publicly retracted everything he had
said.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
Human Casts made IN Snow

SILvERToN, Col, Dec. 24.-The
bodies of Burke Hovey and j. NJ
Scales, the two miners who were i'm
prisoned in the Prodigal Son mine
Tuesday, by snow slide, were
found at the bottom of the shaft
Both were packed in the snow as in
a mould. Hovey was found stand
ing upright on piece of timber six
feet from the bottom of the shaft
while Scales was standing at the bot.
tom of the shaft. The latter had !
candle in his left. hand and was SD a
ding his eyes with his right and
looking up as though to see what
was coming down the mine. Their
death must have been instantane
Ous
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

THE principal reason heretofore
assigned for creating a Democratic
district, from which Samuel J. Ran
dali could be sent to Congress from
the Republican city of Philadel-
phia- was that as a Democrat he
could do more effective work for the
tariff than could an additional Re-
publican member, and yet Kelly
and other members from this State
gave their aid to assist in crushing
this Democratic champion protec-
ZIONIST and thus destroy his inhu-
ence. What a consistent set of fel-
lows these latter-day politicians are
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

THE Board of Education in the
CITY of New York was last week
granted an appropriation of s4,SOl,-
800 for the ensuing year, of which
81 100000 are to be applied to pro-
yiding additional school buildings
This is a great sum, bu: its appro'
priation speaks well for the intelli
gence of the city's rulers. Nine new
buildings will be added to those al
ready owned by the city.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

THE spectacle of the editor of the
Commercial posing as a staunch Re-
publican and urging a defunct COM
mittee to call a primary election in
February for the purpose of re-or
ganizing the party, is bowling farce
which affords "the boys" who down
ed him and his Democratic candl'
date at the last election, much fooC
for laughter.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

A bogus egg has been invented
which cannot be told from genuine
hen fruit, and which makes capital
omelette. The pressing question is
will II hatch? If not, how will the
future crop of Democratic rooster7
he supplied -?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
Monument TO Hendricks.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 24-The Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Hendricks
Monument Association has been dis.
cussing a suggestion in the newspa-
pers that Congress appropriate S10,-
900 in aid Of the construction of the
memorial. The result of the discus
sion was the unanimous adoption OF
a resolution that no such apprOpri.
alton should be expected or asked,
but that the association should de-
pend alone upon voluntary coma
tions by the people for the money
necessary.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

The L. S. Treasurer has locked up
in his vaults sl47,000,0Oo in gold
and slo3,OO0,0OO in silver, to say
nothing about the paper and frac-
tionsl currency which be doesn't
think worthy of counting. And yet
he has made no payments on the
public debt for nearly five months s.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

AUDITOR GENERAL NILES thinks
that the new law for the collection
Of the three-mill tax will increase
the revenues of the State from that
source at least one and half mil
lion of dollars, which will be lust
that much more for the next Legis-
lature TO vote away.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
rre Supreme Court of Wisconsin

Tee Supreme Court Of Wisconsin
has lately decided will case that
will attraet some attention. The
will was contested on the ground
that the testator could not read the
language in which it was written.
The testatar was German. and the
viii was written in English. The
Court sustained the will, and ruled
that the Law does not require that a
testator shall be able to read his
will If such was the case neither
the blind nor the illiterate could
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
Miss Cleveland serves Notice.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Miss
Cleveland is introducing reform at
the White House and has had an
order issued prohibiting smoking in
the corridors and in the vestibules.
Congressman who are compelled to
wait for the President have been in
the habit of sitting around with ci-
gars in their mouths, but are now
politely requested to drop them in
the cuspidors.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

oy Thursday last the President
signed the bill granting the widow
OF General Grant an annual pension
of 5000. and had it mailed to her
as the Nations Christmas gift.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

The Chaplain who does the pray
ing for the House at Washington is
paid Sc per day for fve-minute
PRAYER. If, however, he can save
his Democratic brethren be is en-
titled to have his per diem doubled.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

HORIZONTAL WILLIAM MoRRIsoN
wa flattened out at the last session.
Now that he has been set upon his
pins again, will lie have sense enough
TO let the tariff alone, or will ne In
,jst upon being sent to grass again I!
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

How many of the expectant Dem
ocrats who hung up their stockings
on Christmas eve got anything from
Santa Claus Cleveland?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

make a valid will. All that is nec-
essary, said the court, is proof that
the testator was correctly informed
of the contents Of the will and knew
what be was signing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

FRIDAY is the day to swear OH
and turn a new leaf. Don't you for
get il!
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

In Georgia and other portions oil
the South, farmers are abandoning
the raising of pigs TO raise pig iron.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

E0R SAlE--STEAN ENGINES, CLAY
II and OkE PANS, BOILERS and SHEET
IRON WORK. Secondhand Engines and Boil
ers on hand. Hosting Engines and Machinery
specially. THOMAS CARL1N,
dec3o-iyr Allegheny, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
A happy New Yearl

Or the 401 members oi Congress
2s5 are lawyers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
A UDIToR's NOTICE

At an Orphans Court held at Somerset, Pa, On
the 18th day OF December, 1855, the undersigned.
on motion of Messrs. CclbOrn and Jolborn, was
appointed Auditor to ascertain advancement
made to the heirs IN the estate OF Elizabeth
Boucher, and make and report distribu ion OF
the tuni in the hands Aaron and ; s3oueh-
er, Admin sraters and Trustees of said dec ased
TO and among those legally entitled thereto nere-
by gives notice that he will attend TO the duties
OF the above appointment on Thursday the 2lst
day Of January 1850 at his once 10 Sonersst
borough, when and where all persons interested
can attend II they think proper
JOHN X SCOTT,
dec3o. Auditor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
Mrs. Granite Christmas Present.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-The Pres
ident to day signed the bill to pen
sion Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, wife of
the late ex-President. Notification
of the fact was forwarded to-day by
mail to Mrs. Grant by direction OF
the President, who expressed de-
sire to have Mrs. Grant receive this
tribute to the public worth and SER
vices of her husband on Christmas
day.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
A Rafting Fight.

JoHNsTowN. Dec. PA free-for-
all fights between lot Of niggers
and tramps occurred at the stock
yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad
here to-day. After u lively scuffie
the negroes opened fire upon the
tramps with revolvers. One tramp
was struck in the breast and will
probably die. Another received a
bullet in the right shoulder, and a
ball passed through the back of the
neck of a third. The negroes escap.
ed unhurt.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

NorIcE is hereby given that the unaei unaenrs a.
will meet to attend tothe duties of tDe aysnaarJ
pointmsnt on Friday, the 18th aay Of sasr
isst at the office Of Colborn & ColDorn, ~ III nsr-
set, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. when and wneIe eIs-,sr. ~
ties Interested may attend II they tnins ns,pppf plf
deesc3t. Aaa'''"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
A uDIToR,s NOTICE.

In Re Estate -..c,,,, Of
Ia-pes S,s,,., a.c,s Somerset Co, Pa; :,
In tine matter OF the distribution Of ths ih-
said estate ,irn
and now to wit 10Th December. lss7, On u ~ ~
of j. X scott, Esq, the Court appoint b,,ss,,lbg 4,
born, Esq. Au itor to make and repoI, aetifer
tiOn Of the fund the hands OF J. W =. al
Admin ssrstor Of James Gattsn- dec D. "
among those legally entitled thereto.
SOMERSET COUNTY. So r,..tiHcd
- xrracts from the Recordi N'
SEAL 1871 December, Iss5. -, ,-,.,k
CHAS. q. SHAFER- Cle'A'
, 1885-06-02

A customer enters and leaves, say
Eve shirts, eight collars and five cuffs
John attaches to each of the lot a linen
tag marked in tea. chest characters. On
each of the shirts is put a tag which reads
Moon the eight collars are divided
into two bundles of four each and like
wise marked Moon" the cuffs are
similarly labeled. Then in the Journal
John enters the transaction about as
follows: April 4, 1855, check 20. l0',
eighteen pieces five shirts eight col
lars, Ave cuts, checked moon" To
the customer he gives a ticket, the du-
plicate of the entry, excepting the
check. The next customer is checked
''horse." Other favorite check words
are lion, " devil p prosperity, '''good-
ness, " man, - angel, y etc.
These check-words are changed usu-
ally once n week, so that the iaundr :
man can tell from his tag the date Of
any lot of linen. The ticket given a
customer has a greater significance un-
DER Chinese law than an ordinary re-
ceipt, and may be justly likened to a
pawn ticket. Its possession is a badge
of ownership. In case of loss or de-
struetion the customer should, under
Chinese rules, apply to a magistrate and
enter into an agreement corresponding
to the American indemnity bond. 1t
takes John a long time to realize that a
wash ticket is merely a receipt. usu-
ally. three lawsuits and an arrest for
larceny are required before he recog-
Mics the difference between Chinese
and American law.
, 1885-06-02

Judge David Davis used to take de
light, when he was senator, in relating
his adventures during the fourteen
years that he was Judge of the high-
teenth judicial circuit of Illinois, from
154s to the fall of 1852. During this
time no term of court was lost by the
judges absence, for neither bad roads
or swollen rivers detained him. The
life had its physical hardships, but they
We're softened by scenes at the wayside
inns On the Wabash the Judge met
Dan \ oorhees JoeaP. Mcdonald, Rich
ard W. Thompson, John p. sheI and
other master spirits Of the western bar.
The lawyers often slept two and even
three in a bed after an evening of social
enjoyment.
Lincoln wa usually the star at these
circles. Ills inexhaustiblo good humor,
quaint sayings and pithy re ~niniscences
Kept the party in a roar Of laughter.
The Judge was a great reader. His sad
dle-bags were filled with historical and
biographical works. The Waverley
novels and David Copperield'' wore
read with delight. Lincoln see ned to
tako no pleasure in reading, He glanced
at the Wa erley novels, and remarked
that he would read them when he be-
ca ne older. He studied hu nan nature
and was a mano of practical observations.
lie also developed a mathe natical turn
of mind. Il re Q lbor.' said .udse
Davis, that while nearl all the law.
ers on the circuit were in ecstas es oyer
Maeaulay's history, then Just pnblishsl,
Lincoln was absorbed IN the st .dy OF
Euclid. Night after night ne spent 0 cr
the problems, and finally de lonstrt;ei
all Of tho without the least astst
auce." IU .ItIn ldi
, 1885-06-02
YOUR BEST



am going away about June s, to re-
man twoofthree months aad viii sell every
piece Of PROPERTY ! have on my books re-
CARELESS of commission. amounting to
about $3.50 600, and consisting of forty
dwellings at great bargains, either north,
south, east, or west. One hundred dwell
ling lots in all parts Of own ranging in
price from $50 to 5000 each.
Business property in choice locations at
Decided bargains.
Many of these dwellings, are much
cheaper than you can build or possibly
buy elsewhere.
l have lots for. sale 20 per cent lower
than you %an buy from owners in the
same locality, OIL from spectators either,
some Of which will be sold on monthly in
stalments if desired.
Nearly all the property | have for sale
will be sold on easy terms. W 1if
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in facts.
There is no reason for the foregoing ad-
vertisement. only that | have 10 canvass
the whole territory in the interest OF the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company, and probably Montana, and
locate agents in every town.
Call early and secure the best bargains
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a Company that challenges the
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, 1885-06-02
w..ss y asn.s. i wss

49,"
Our readers may have seen or heard
the statsment thai IL takes q soldier
weight Of lead to kill him in battle, and
they may have considered it to be mercy
a rhetorical hyperbole, suggested by
the obvious fact that comparatively few
out Of the whole numher OF shots in
war take effect II seems, however.
that the assertion, which originated
with the famous Marshal saxe, was
proved by Cassendi, after careful matn-
ematical calculation. to be no exaggera-
ton, and, with all the improg ements
that have been made in muskets and in
the art Of using them effectively, it is
still not far from the truth.
Al the battle Of SoIferino a compari-
son Of the number Of shots fired on the
Austrian side with the number killed
and wounded on the part Of tho enemy
shows that 700 bullets were expended
for each man wounded, and 1900 for
each one killed. Now, rs the average
weight of the ball used was thirty grams,
II must have required at least 1870 kilo-
grams, or about 277 pounds Of lead, to
kill a man. In the fanco- Prussian war
the slaughter caused BY the needle gun
among the French shows how much SUI.
perior that irearm was to the Austrian
carbine; but about 1900 shots were
required then to accomplish the destruc-
ton of a single soldier. .
1t is found in practice that a great
majority of the wasted bullets go owe
, the heads Of the enemy; hence resort is
sometimes had to the expedient of press
ing down, by means Of a staf, the mus
kers Of a platoon of men about TO fire; a
sergeant being detailed for the service.
When the shots are aimed at an isolated
soldier, the chances against him are, Of
course, greater; but ever thon the waste
OF lead is something enormous In the
Franco-Prussian war, according to an
ollcer who witnessed the performance,
a French company of ohassours fired for
a quarter of an hour at a German
mounted sentry posted on a hillock
800 yards OF. Full 400 shots were fired
before either man or horse was hit. A
really expert marksman would probably
have picked Oh tho man at the very i.rst
attempt or certainly at the second.
, 1885-06-02

IWIsHInKI0H COT C7eVelHnu LelddF-I
A young lawyer friend of mine from
Chicago, about to be admitted to. the
supreme court, asked ex-Justice David
Davis for his advice in regard to his
conduct on the occasion OF his first case.
The judge replied: You need not lie
afraid TO speak before the supreme
court, and if n of those men in a toga
interrupts you in the midst Of an argu-
ment by some irrelevant question, don't
get frightened and spoil your argument
by stepping to answer him. Just say
quietly, Excuse me, your honor, but /
will reach that by and by and if you
don't reach it, it won't matter. You
need not be afraid that you will be
called up to answer it after you have
taken your seat. The young man took
his advice and gained his oase.r,l
, 1885-06-02

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Fig Syrup Co. San francisco Cal is
Natures Own Ture Laxative. This plea
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Hunt & Whipple druggista Sample bot
ties free and large bottles at fifty cents or
one dollar. Il is the most pleasant,
prompt and effective remedy known, TO
cleanse the system, to act on the Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels gently yetthorouRhly;
TO dispel Headaches. Colds and Fevers; to
cure Constipation, Indigestion and kind
red Ills.
, 1885-06-02

At the Inter Ocean hotel yesterday. a
supercillious sort of \ dude sat with his
feet upon a table at which several gentle
men were seated converting together.
After a while the s. d. took his feet down
aud stamping onc of them On the floor,
remarked that it was asleep.
rs that al? ?" asked a wag who sat
by.
Yes, that's all, said the $ d. But
why, You know p
"Oh, nothing, replied the Sag, only
Thought they were dead.''A
, 1885-06-02

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, 1885-06-02

IT t%ranspires that the story of the stop
page of Theodore Thomas orchestra, at
Coolidge, N. NJ, by cowboys, was all
an advertising dodge, if not a cam
paign lie. 1t is c~onsoling that this dis
covery is made not only in the interest of
good order and all that sort of thing, but
because it refutes the imputation that the
cowboys would stop Home Sweet
Home" by calls for THE Arkansas
Traveller. They would have been more
likely to call for the serenade from Don
Pasquale." or an aria from Martha"
if not a G. Major y Plus Minus Y. from
a Mozart Mass or something of that
kind. whatever il Is.