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Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-03-19

ECCENTRIC WOMEN.-One who will
run past dry goods store window.
One who doesn't think her child the
sweetest in the world.
Who thinks some other woman's seal
skin sacque is better than her own.
Whose preacher and doctor are not
better than any one else's.
Who doesn't think she is the only
woman in the world who is misunder-
stood.
Who wouldn't rather go to an Italian
opera, where she doesn't understand a
word or note.
Who doesn't spend less money in a
week than her husband does in day,
and stand more hard luck without
complaining than he ever dreamed of.
Puck.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-03-19

If can put one touch of a rosy sun
set into the life of any man or woman,
shall feel that l have worked with
od.-EIchange.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-03-19

HHY n for working people. Send 10 cents
HHI " postage, and we will mail you free
uuIl royal, valuable sample box OF
goods that will put you in the way
OF making more money in a few days than you
ever thought possible at any business Capital
not required. You can live at home and work
IN spare time only. or all the time. All of both
sexes, of all ages, grandy successful. so cents
to So easily earned every evening. That all who
want work may test the business, we make this
unparalleled Offer To all who are not well sat
isfed we will send 81 to pay for the trouble of
writing us. Full particulars, directions, etc.
sent free. Immense pay absolutely sure for ali
who start at once. Don't delay. Address STIN-
SON & Co., Portland. Maine. dec lily
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-03-19

A child of God should be a visible
beautitude for joy and happiness, and
a living doxology for gratitude and
alteration.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-03-19
1885.
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1856.
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1856.
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Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-03-19

SEVENTH:-ln order to obtain the best results
from your labor and investment in any animal
always Keep it in good condition by proper care
ana teed, and the use of Jones Cattle Powder
the best that is made, the result of study and
patent research. is compounded with scrupul-
Gus care from sound Roots, Herbs and Gums
satisfies.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-03-19

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Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-03-19

"hOOping Cough,
and the many Throat Affections of children.
promptly, pleasantly and safely relieved by
Rough on Coughs" Troches, Is c.; Balsam, 25c.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-14
Calves that Cost Dearly.


WATERLOO, Iowa, Oct. THE
lawsuit known as the Jones County
cali case" has been concluded in
the Circuit Court in this city. 1t
was an action brought by Robert
johnson against E. V. Miller and
six other defendants for $4,000 for
malicious prosecution Eleven years
ago John Foreman, of Jones county,
had four calves stolen. and about
the same time Robert Johnson, q
neighboring farmer, bought seyeral
calves for D. S. Potter, Of Greene
county. These calves proved to be
the ones stolen from Foreman. Soon
after johnson was prosecuted by the
Anti Horse thief Association of
Jones county for the theft of the
calves. He was tried twice and ac-
quilted, and in 1877 brought suit
against seyen members of the associ-
alton for malicious prosecution, al
leging that they did not have prob
able cause for commencing the ac-
ton. The case has been before the
courts ever since, and has been tried
five times, and each time, excepting
one, the plaintiff received verdict
running from $1,000 to 81 800, but
each time the verdict has been set
aside. The jury to-day awarded
$1,000. The costs, attorneys fees,
and expenses entailed upon all par
ties to .he litigation is estimated at
over $4,000, and several prosperous
farmers have been rendered bank
rupt, while the calves in the first
place were not worth over $50.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-14
Boston's Last Sensation.

Boston, Oct. 1.-The police are
working on one of the strongest and
boldest cases Of robbery ever known
here. A female nurse at the Boston
city hospital, whose character is
above reproach, recently procured a
situation in New York hospital,
and Thursdayssat $50 o'clock enter
ed the Old Colony depot here, pur-
chased ticket for New York, had
her trunk checked and was study
ing the train dial when suddenly
she was tripped, seized by two men,
hurried through the side entrance,
forced into a carriage, the two men
taking seats beside her and driven
rapidly out of the city. sAisl2 u
All her efforts to cry out were gag
ged, and her captors tried 10 admin
lister ether, which, however she re-
sisted They rifed her pockets, tax
ing her rnoney-only s2S-her ticket,
with check. hand bag, Swiss gold
watch and other jewelry, and then,
on reaching a quiet street in the out
skirts of Cambridge, forced her out
Of the ca rriage and drove rapidly
off. The woman wandered about
dazed for some time, finally reach
ing the hou,se of her Uncle, in Wa
tertown, VIII ere she was cared for.
Her story has been corroborated in
certain particulars. No one has yet
been found who witnessed the alb
duction in the depot, andif fany one
saw ii they probably thought the
woman was in a faint and was be-
ing brought out by friends.
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Abandoned at she Altar.


BosToN. Oct, S.-Miss Olive Car
Isle, an attractive young lady, has
for two years received edtheattentio Of
Frank Samuels, who resides in Walt
ham. About a week ago they pro-
posed to get married, and yesterday
was the time selected. With two
friends the couple went TO the resi-
dence of a prominent Episcopal
just as the minister was
about 10 pronounce the final words
the young man turned away, saying
Il viii not be married to her. | can
get a wife with a pure character. -
He then left the house, leaving Miss
Carlisle in Mysteries. After recover
ing she went to the nearest drug
store and purchased some oxalic
acid, representing TO the druggist
that she wanted it for the purpose
of taking rust out of clothes. She
went on TO neighboring street and
swallowed the poison. An officer
found her on the sidewalk retchine
and moaning, and he removed her
to the hospital. The physicians
nave no hope for her recovery. The
runaway bridegroom has gone west
with atheatrical company.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-14
Fatal Dynamite,

YoRK, Oct, 9.-An explosion at
York Haven, about ten miles from
here, to-day caused, the death OF one
man and the serious injury Of three
Others. Workmen were excavatlng
rocks in preparing the foundation OF
paper mill, and several blasts bad
been made, but one failed to ex-
plode. and it was thought the work
men mad neglected to charge it.
John Morrissey, OF Washington, d.
c.. began drilling out the hole, and
with his drill struck the dynamite
with which it had been charged,
when the ex xplosion occurred.
Morrissev's right leg was crushed
and the flesh was torn from his
limbs. He died this evening.
Thomas 0'Brien WAS cut about the
head and was badly burned with
powder Patrick Hagerty had his
left eye blown out and was also
severely burned, and John O'Conner
was badly injured about the body.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-14
The Cardinal Dead.

New YoRK, Oct. 10.-Cardinal Nc
Closkey is dead. The venerable
prelate passed away from this life at
ten minutes to one o'clock this
morning leaving the archdiocese of
New York, over which he has pre-
sided for over twenty years, and In
fact the whole Catholic population
of America. in the deepest mourn
ing. go.
The event of his decease cannotbe
said TO come as a surprise. HisheaIth
has long been failing, and his weak
ness was SO great that he was unable
to accompany the other archbishops
ofAmerica in their recent visit to the
Holy sea, or even to take part in the
'Plenary Council of the Roman Cath.
oiic Church Of America, lately held
in Baltimore. Still the final illness
of the Cardinal has been brief. Il
may be said that the fatal seizure
only came upon him few days ago
His doctors have said many times
during the Cardinals last days thai
his illness was rather the weakness
caused by old age than any specific
disease. He retained CONSCIOUSNESS;
until the final moment had drawn
very near.
The CARDINALS death places Arch
bishop Carrigan at the head of tht
diocese of New York, he having
been for several years the coadjutol
of the dead prelate, with right o
succession. '
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-14
Surprising Her wedd,ng Guests.

ATLANTA, Ga, Get. S.-Miss Lille
Boss, beautiful girl of seventeen,
was to marry Jacob Wetherington,
aged &C, at 10 o'clock Yesterday at
Valdosta. The marriage had been
arranged by the girls parents.
About an hour before the ceremony
was to take place Miss Lille fled
from home in her bridal dress and
at neighbor's house met Jesse
Hardee, age %. a former sweetheart.
Hardee and Miss Boss got in clos
ed carriage and drove to the house
of Justice of the Peace Cook, where
they were married. They returned
to the brides home in time to meet
the wedding guests who had assem-
bled. Mr. Wetherington, who is q
widower, took matters coolly. but
declined to stay to the feast. The
girls parents forgave her and every
thing is now serene. GE
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-14
A Fortune IN Flowers.

New YORK, Oct ,S.-Such a collec-
ton of rare plants and orchids as
was ranged around the aisle at hor-
tieultura. hall to-day has never been
gathered before une'er one roof.
There were about 1,5CO of them in.
all and they represented the stock
of the lifetime OF the late Mrs. Mary
d. Morgan and an exp enditure OF
over s200,Q00. Among those pres
ent- or who had buyers there for
them were Charles A. DaIla, Robert
Garrett, of Baltimore; Erastus Corn
ing, of Albany Dewitt S. Smith, of
Lee, Mass, l.. f. Ames, of Boston,
and representatives ofthe large Lon
don florists. ss.sts f.sgsa-s..-
The list Of orchids Included some
of the rarest and finest specimens in
the world. o,0ns ofthem, the wanda
sandairna. Cost $1,000. Only about
half of the collection were sold to-
day. The prices realized were con-
sidered good The first lot offered
were some specimens of the racnpl-
ebgruems standing four feet higa.
which finally went, for s17 apiece.
Charles A. Dana bought q fine or,
child for 'SN, and a rare aerides ex-
pansion, Lepni sold for SO. An
other of the same variety brought
$50. The competition between bid
ders was very lively to-day, but it is
expected to- be qbFiskerI ;tormorsow,
when the rarest plants are to be
sold.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-14
Grasshopper Ravages.

ERIE, Oct. 6.-The ravages Of the
grasshoppers throughout this sec
ton Of the country did not stop at
the oat crop, which they more than
halfdestroyed. The voracious hordes
next attacked the pasture fields and
actually ate the stalks down to the
roots and killed the latter. Hun
dreds of acres of meadows are with
out sign of vegetation. The hop
pers attacked the corn and would
have eaten up the blades had not
the farmers anticipated the results
by cutting the crop. The hoppers
are so numerous and SO hungry that
they attack trees, and within dav
every ves,ige Of leaf is gone. Gar
den vegetables are garnered and
marketed prematurely in order to
escape the ravages of the grasshop-
pers. Meadows which have been
RACED will be ploughed up.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-14
Shooting a Burglar.

BUTLER, October 11.-An attempt
was made at about 3 o'clock this
morning to burglarize the County
Treasurer's Office in the Lutheran
Church building. Court House
Watchman Porter was seated in one
of the rooms adjoining the Treasur-
er's office when he heard a noise He
made a move when he was fired up
on. Fortunately he was not hit,
and he opened fire on the burglars,
shooting three times, one shot TAX
ing effect upon one of the burglars
The man, however, escaped Search
was Immediately made, but the
burglars had fled. One could be
traced for short distance by the
blood which flowed from the wound
but trace was then lost
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-14
Crop Reports.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-fhB crop
report of the Department Of Agri-
culture says the high condition OF
cotton in June and July was not
Inaintaiped in.August and Sepsem--
Der. Severe xtorms and excessive
rains have prevailed, rust has des-
troyed the foliage and worms have
injured the fruit worse than for sew
eral years. Another fall in the aver
age of condition has occurred from
81 on the 1st of September to 7S.
The average in October of the cen
sus year was 81, and the ultimate
weld four-tenths of bale. FMS
year the greatest decline is in the re-
gion of highest rate of yield, reduc-
ing the relative production. The
Department estimate of increase OF
area since 1879 is 26 per cent The
expected yield indicates 1,OOo,oOO
more than the present crop, subject
to future meteorological conditions.
The corn crop is made, with very lit
tleinjury from frostand with q yield
slightly above an average. The gen
eral average of condition is the same
as last month-95-a figure not at
tanned in October since 1879. The
yield per acre will be returned next
mouth, but present indications point
to fully twenty-six and a-half bush
els per acre throughout the country.
Nebraska stands highest Only
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Vir-
ginia, North Carolina and the Pacif-
ic cost fall below 90.
The retnrns for. wheat are on the
basis OF yield per acre for the area
harvested. The average is about
ten and one. half bushels, 1t is only
nine bushels on the area sown, which
was nearly 40,000,000. The area
harvested is not precisely determin.
ed, but will probably not much ex-
ceed 34.000,000 acres. The States
averaging four to six bushels are
Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Al
ALBANIA, Mississippi, Tennessee, West
Virginia and Kentucky. Missouri
returns s bushels, and Ohio, 81
Illinois, 90; California, 90; Penn
sylvania, 10; Indiana, los; Iowa
i112 ; Minnesota and Maryland, ,11.5
Wisconsin, 119; Texas reports 12.5
! with large area; New York and
Oregon 15.5 /; Michigan, 20, and
Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wash
lington, q to % bushels.
The average Weld of oats will b,
nearly twenty-eight bushels PEI
acre, insuring crop in excess o
600,000.000 bushels moi-12
The rye average is 104 bushels
nearly two bushels short of the yielC
of 1884. baa& ~ aooi ~ a9a
The average yield of barley vii
be about twenty-five bushels pc
, acre ali
!, The condition Of patoes has ser
iously declined on account OF tn
prevalence of rot in New York an'
Michigan and elsewhere. The de
cline from the ST Of September wa
ieleven points.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-14
Thirsty Boston.

I.
BosToN, October S.-Since July 20
the new Police Board has cancelled
forty four liquor licenses held by AZ
persons, two of them holding first
and fourth-class license each. To-
day the board cancelled the license
of City Councilman John Dougherty,
for opening side door not permit
ted in the license and for selling on
Sunday. Seven other licenses were
also revoked to-day on various
grounds, mostly for violations oftbe
Green law, and for selling to minors.
The members of the board say
they are determined to close every
place not conforming in the strictest
possible manner to the new and
stringent laws. So frightened have
the dealers become that three small
hotels in the central part of the city,
the bars of which have no. been
closed night or day ior fifteen years,
refuse to give out a drop after IL
O'Clock. -. ....,e,. f.... - .e,f
The drinkers are complaining bit
terly OF the new order of things and
beginning to lay in a stock Of pri-
vate bottles. The dealers say that
when it comes to closing bars kept
by influential members of the city
government it is time for all of them
to look out. Many more revoca.
tions are looked for within the next
few days. Sunday next promises to
be the dryest ever known in Boston.
Even the large hotels will pay strict
attention to the clause prohibiting
the sale in their dining rooms to any
except registered guests" with
boarding-rooms.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-14
Muskr.,,s and Eels In Slate Quarry


PORTLAND, Pa, Oct 9.-One part
of the United States Company's slate
.quarries at Pen Argyll, this county,
has been opened to depth of 100 feet,
and several months ago it filled with
water. Some bays saw a muskrat
dive in the mole the other day, and
they lay in wait for it. When it
reappeared they killed it with a
club. Seven more muskrats follow
ed the first one out, and they were
killed. The boys then got fish
line, and, batting a hook with II lit
tie piece Of pork, dropped it in the
hole. A strong bite was felt as soon
as the bait reached the bottom, and
after lively struggle the boys cap
tured a FIVE pound eel. The pres
ence of the muskrat- in the quarry
can easily be accounted for, but how
the eel got there is a puzzle
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-14

WIbKEsBARRE, October 5.-I,ast
week several members of the Saliva
tion Army at Nanticoke were arrest
ed and locked up on the charge O..
creating disturbance on the streets.
They have now retaliated By arreee
ing the Burgess Of the borough,
f Green, and four of his police on
GERS, on 4 charge of conspiracy and
false imprisonment. The. hearing
took place to-day before Alderman
Williams. of this city, and the pro-
ceedings were noisy, owing to the
presence of nearly one hundred Sal
svatienists, whe interfered al. avery
point. The plaintiffs alleged that
under the Constitution OF the Unit
ed States they could worship God
any way they chose. while the de-
tense claimed thai, they were Great
ing riot After 4 noisy hearing o
about two hours the Alderman. whs
is also an unds-taker. jumped on
coffin and amidst the greatest confu-
sion adjourned the case till Friday
next. 7 4St ,HAs"l 2 @Ss
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GALVESTON, October 1l.-A spec
ial from Mt. Pleasant says: "On
FRIDAY night about 10 o'clock .
body of unknown men took Benja-
min Little q peero, from bis cabin
on Anstins plantation and hung
MIN. 1t appears that few days
ago Little and another negro named
Charley Young robbed . white man,
who was asleep, of s165. They were
arrested, but Little was released on
bail On the back of the corpse
was pinned a note stating that Lit
tie was not hanged because of the
robbery. bat for siandering re.
spectacle white family living here
The rote :ilso read:
Furthermore, we feel that we have
done a great and noble act for oul
country and as gentlemen.
CITIZENS OF MT. PLEASANT.
An inquest was held on the body
and the Coroner's jury found thai
Little came 10 his death at the hands
of persons unknown.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-14
His Salary May Cost Him His once.

WASHINGTON, October s. - The
postmaster at Beaver Meadows,
Cbenango County, II. y, was allow
ed to keep his postotfice in a store
owned by his uncle upon payment
of half his salary for the privilege.
The uncle, who lived in New York
City and manufactured patent
medicine, saw an opportunity to in
crease tue receipts of the postmaster
and consequently swell his own in
come by mailing bis ciru!ars and
correspondence from the Beaver
Meadows office. The effect of this
proceeding was to increase the post
masters salary from $40 quarter TO
about S1l0 But in few months
the matter was brought to The at!en-
ton OF the Post Office Department,
and as u result the Auditor has been
directed to recoup the excess OF sal
airy, and the postmaster has been
recommended for dismissal.