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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28
"A Murderous Manic

READING, Oct. 22-The story o
two attempts by woman past 7C
to murder her husband was devel.
oped at the office of Alderman Den
hard to-day. A short time ago Jacob
Womert, aged 20, was found al
home. weltering 10 blood, with his
wrists gashed He was out of EN-
ployment, having lost his place as a
messenger for the Reading Railroad
Company. 1t was thought by many
that Womert had attempted suicide
but The cutting remained a mystery.
He lived with his aged wife,and the
neighbors said that both were out OF
their minds at times
To-day DR.. Hickman sent word
to the officers that it was unsafe for
Mrs. Womert TO be left alone. II
was also learned that few days ago
she placed a light and a can of oil
on the table near to each other TO
blow up the house She also made
an effort to slip moose around her
husbands neck to hang him. The
old woman became weak-minded
over her husbands losing his place.
1t is now known that she attempted
to kill her husband by cutting him,
but the old man would never have
exposed his wife. She was taken TO
an asylum.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28
An EXPLOSION OF GAS.
Five Men dead aud Eleven Almost
Certain TO Die.

WiLKEsBARRE, Oct. 2l.-A terri
bic explosion of gas took place IN
the No. 2 slope the Delaware and
Hudson Coal Company at Plymouth
this morning. by which 10 men lose
their lives. TIE greatest excitement
prevailed at the place as soon us the
accident became known, as tie slope
was full of men and boys, fathers,
brothers, SONS and husbands, anu
the shaft being one of the largest
worked by the Delaware and Hud-
son Company. The accident was
caused by a miner who entered an
abandoned portion OF the slope,
which was marked dangerous with q
naked lamp upon his head, thereby
firing the gas and causing terrible
explosion.
The miner whose carelessness hr-
ed the gas that caused the fatal ex-
plosion was Peter Solintzky. There
were two explosions. The first was
soon followed by an other, which
swept everything before 1T, and sent
a flame of fire up the slope and
above the fan house, Knocked the
shingles and timbers from the break
er, 400 feet above .he solid earth.
Solintzky was not killed, but was re-
moved from the slope with only his
boots on, and no hair on his head.
Otherwise he was uninjured. The
scene that ensued was terrible. The
victims of the disaster lay In every
direction. Dennis Titus was in
Istantly killed, and when found lay
4 200 feet from where he stood at the
time of the explosion. When the
gas ignited all the men in the slope
were violently thrown to the ground
or against the cars or ribs of the
gangways The lights on theil
heads were extinguished by The
shock of the second explosion, and
all were ia confusion making then
way through the flames, and manag'
ing with great difficulty to reach d
place of safety. The following IS 9
list of the dead and injured
! Dennis Titus dead. Anthony
Spinnette, John Levtskey, Ale>
j Love. John Kirst, John Woods,
David Bryans, Thomas Howard
Thomas McDermott, John Colby
i David Grimer, Jos Thomas. Franz
4 Lamareaux, Thos Collins and Ed
ward Jones, wounded.
The four last named are in a ter
ribly bad condition and cannot sur
vive. The others are horribly burn
ed and breathed flames to such M
extent that their injuries are als'
considered fatal. The shaft at which
the explosion took place is one o
the largest operated by the Dela
ware and Hudson Company, tn
average daily hoist of coal beini
from $50 to 400 car loads.
LATER--The worst anticipation
of the physicians who are attending
to the wounded in the mine expio
sion to-day are being realized. Thos
Collins, miner and Anthony Spin
nette and John Leyiisky, Polish la
borers. have died, making four
deaths thus far Nearly ali th'
Others of the injured will doubles
! die
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28
Prisoner Roasted Alive by Mob.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, October 2i.--
A Gdzeae special from Washington,
Ark, says: Reliable news has just
been received from Pike county,
that Chnrchill, the murderer OF
Dennis Brooks, was killed by mob
and not bv the brother of Brooks.
Since the mob burned the Polk boys
in the Murfreesboro Jail, a few weeks
ago, the prisoners have been kept in
an old wooden building. Churchill
was captured and confessed. Last
night mob collected, saturated the
lower part Of the building with coal
oil and fred il. Churchill appear
ed at the grated window and pite-
ously begged the mob To saoot bin,
but the hames soon reduced the
building and the victim to ashes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28
Andrew Murphy's Sad Fate.

While men were working to res
sue Andrew Murphy, who was bur
led hy cave in In colliery at
Pottsville, on Tuesday it was discov-
cred at , O'Clock a. m that he was
still alive. A drill hole was bored
through the pillar to where he was
lying, and air forced Ill through the
hole. He spoke to his rescuers,an
he said he was all right. but with
the weight OF the debris of the fall
crushing on him SO that ne could
not move. Words of cheer were
shouted back to him. Various ex-
pedients were tried to reach him
during the night and YESTERDAY
Efforts to bore down to him nearly
precipitated another fall on him.
An effort was then made to reach
him through the strata left between
the lower level and the one in which
he lay. Late last night the busy
workers reached the unfortunate
man. He was still alive and he
talked intelligently. The rescuers
worked with the greatest care, and
had freed an arm and leg. when
another fall of rock occurred, and
Murphy was killed yb7n apparent
ly about to be saved. The reseaing
party barely escaped being cry 'hed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28
Suffering from Aberratiou.

JoHssrowN, Oct. 23.-Mr. John
Benton, a prominent citizen Of this
place, and for years IN extensive
hardware dealer, has for some time
past been suffering from mental
trouble Last night he wandered
from his room out on rear porch
overiiangiag the river and topl,,ed
over the railing, failing into thewater
A young man named Beauty was
crossing the bridge short distance
above, and observing Mr. Benton
fall rushed to the stone wall, dotted
his boots and plunged into the Wa
ter. Being stranger in town. he
was not aware OF the low stage OF
water, and in striking the river bed
he was severely cut and bruised py
coming in contact with stone. After
some trouble, he,assisted by a nuu !,
ber of other men who had arrived
upon the scene, removed Mr.. Ben
tou 70 his home The later escaped
1ninuEed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

In its anxiety to injure Mr.. Bar
ron the Commercial shouts Demo
crat and copperhead at him and
scurrilously charges him with being
disloyal during the war. Will that
journal inform an anxious public
where Mr.. Philson stood politically
during those stormy times, and
whether he did not by his voice and
vote support his party in the dec
laration that the loar loas q failure,
and stand by it through thick and
thin in all its efforts to make it so?
What act of special loyalty did Mr..
Philson then perform that separated
him rom his party, then denounced
as ''aiders and abettors of the rebel
lion" and that now entities him to
the support of Republicans
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

Mr.. PHILsoN is reputable man
and a good citizen; so is Mr. Bar
ron. Philson is lifelong Democrat
Barron Republican of many years
standing. Philson's wealth is no
guarantee that he would make bet.
ter official than would Barron. The
farmer who makes his money by
the sweat of his brow is much more
likely to be economical than is the
banker who makes it easily by dis
counting his neighbors paper. 1t
requires no trained skill to run the
Poor House or the county farm. II
honest, capable farmers are not fit
for this position and We have to
seek our Directors from among
bankers and men of wealth only, we
will soon be out of stuff. This in
stitution has been managed by farm
ers since its first Incorporation. II
has been well managed, and is a
credit to the county. Let the Conc
mercidt rant, and earn its pay from
the Democrats by abusing Mr.. Bar
ron. 1t has been doing their dirty
work all along. The jurors at the
late court kicked it contemptuously,
when they pronounced "Not Guilty"
the Directors it had viliied and
slandered for months, and the voters
Of the county will on Tuesday next
emphasize these verdicts when they
cast their ballots for John c. Barron.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28
SITS upon the taxpayers.

THE Commercial is attempting to
scare Republicans into voting for
Philson by parading the expenses
at the Poor House for the last two
wears as enormous, and asserting
that if Barron is elected they will
be continued, while the election of
its Democratic candidate will reduce
them. Every well informed tax
payer in the county knows that dur
ing the past few years, expensive but
necessary additions, repairs and i'm
provements have been made to the
buildings. A new department for
the insane was added, water was in
troduced into aud through the main
building, and hundreds of sick and
injured and necessitous loborers en-
ployed on the South Penn railroad,
were cared for and fed. The i'm
provements are completed, the
swarm of foreign laborers working
on the road have left the county,
and the expenses of the House will
now be reduced to what they were
a few years since. With full knowl-
edge of these facts the new Demo-
cratic organ, if it could only get
Philson elected, stands ready to
claim for itself and him, the credit
of reducing the expenses. How sill
ly and transparent the humbug,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28
Stole the Nickels From Dead Man s
Eyes

New York October. 29.-James
Sighe, Union Hill saloon keeper,
died on Tuesday of pneumonia
During the progress ola wake over
the body on Wednesday night, Pat
rick Cummings. a relative, entered
the house in an intoxicated condi-
tion. He and Tighe had not been
on friendly terms. and when Cum
mings looked at the corpse as it lay
in tie ice box he uttered an oath
and said "Weli, you are dead and
! am glad of it." The wife of the
dead man elected Cummings after
considerable trouble. The room in
which the wake was being held was
filed with men and women, and
during the excitement two five cent
pieces which had been placed on
the dead mans eyes were stolen.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

the public to aid in carrying on the
prosecutions, and at the bottom OF
it we find the following attempt to
wheedle money into his own pocket :
YOU SHOULD
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE COMMERCIAL.
1t is the largest, cheapest and best paper pub
lished In the County. II Is devoted 70 youT inter
ests. Il has been the means Of unesffhing the
frauds against you, &C., &C.
So, SO, the thrifty public prosecu-
tor wasn't bounding the Directors
and Auditors out of mere love fol
the interests of the dear people, q
heartfelt desire to protect their pock
cts; but he was cunningly appeal
ing to those same pockets with the
hope of putting money in his owr
purse. The truth is, the whole af
fair was intended as boost to his
own paper, and with the expecta
ton of making money out OF 1t
The result is that the taxpayers have
hundreds of dollars Of costs to pay
and the Commercial has gone bach
into the bosom of the Democratic
marty
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28
Salvationisfs Locked Up.

WILLIAMsPoRr, October 22.-To-
night Mrs. Moore, wife of General
Moore, of Brooklyn, in command of
the Salgation Army in this country,
was arrested for shouting and sing
ing in street parade. Along with
three other enthusiasts, two of whom
were women, she was placed ia Jail.
Last week General Moore was here
stirring up the soldiers. and the Ar
Gy, in defiance ofthe Mayors orders
eams cut in street demonstration
this evening. 1t is announced that
the Army will employ a prominent
arininal lawyer and fight the mat
ter through The courts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28
Mortality Among rennsyrvan,a Hogs.

HUNTINGTON, Pa. Oct. 22.-The
swine 10 four or five townships in
the western part OF this county are
dying rapidly of a peculiar disease.
The symptoms sEs loss sf appetite,
swelling of the neck apd biussis APP
pearance of the head and legs. Ii
is estimated that 200 have died IN
Morris and Potter townships alone
within few days Other farmers
are killing their animals to save
them from the disease.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

DENVER, Col, October, 23.-Thls
morning tse dead body of Jacob
Kaufman. weli-known musician
OF this city. was found On theprairie
near the Orphans Home. The body
was entirely nude, horribly SCARED
and covered with blood. Investiga-
ton showed that after undressing
Kaufman had forced his way back
and forth number of times through
a barbed wire fence. The ground
was saturated with blood, portions
of skin hung from the wire at diff
teoent places and hand marks, where
the man had pushed himself to and
fro, were plainly TO be seen.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28
Starving TO Death

PITTsBuRG, Oct. 20.-An operator
Just in from the Fourth Pool reports
that whole families there of the
striking miners are at starvation 8
door. Said he: II asked woman,
the wife of a miner. yesterday how
they were getting along for food.
The woman burst into tears and
said We have only few crackers
il. the house to-day and We have
not had bite to eat since Friday
excepting few potatoes and some
beans. The woman's story was
true and she was no worse off than
dozens of others" Some of the min
ers have gone to work.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28
Two Reyenue Officers Killed by Con
ccaicd MooBshsners-

JEsUP, Ca, Oct. 23.-William
Clenmens, of Neville, GA, a newly
appointed revenue officer, went into
Montgomery county yesterday with
two assistants to capture an illicit
still, While passing along a lonely
part of the road they were suddenly
fired upon from ambush by moon
sinners, and Clemmens and one OF
bis companions were instantly kill
ed. Officer Rose the third of the
trio, escaped with bad wound inhis
side and bis coat riddled by bullets,
aud reported the affair at Lumber
City. Great excitement prevails in
that locality, and a battle between
the moonshiners and a posse of citi-
ZeDs ia eyDected.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28
ouay and FREDERICKSBURG.
The following letter has been re-
ceived by Chairman Leeds, OF the
Republican City Committee

Inc following leLter mas Deen IT,
ceived by Chairman Leeds, OF the
Republican City Committee
BALTIMORE, Oct. 81.
William r. Leeds, Esq, Chairman
Republican City Campaign Com
mittee, Philadelphia, Pa.
DEAR SIR: My attention has been
called to an article published in the
newspapers, and credited to the
Lancaster Htelligencer, which does
great injustice to Colonel M. s.
Quay's conduct in connection with
the battle of Fredericksburg. Va,
and | regard it but simple justice to
brave and true soldier to correct
the false impression the article re-
ferred to is calculated to convey.
Colonel Quay served with me,
commanding the 18th Pennsylva-
MIA Infantry Volunteers, and shortly
after The battle of Antietam he YVES
stricken down with typhoid fever OF
a very serious type, and when he
, reported for duty his condition was
such that he was urged by friends
and surgeons to resign which he re-
luctantly did some days before the
engagement at Fredericksburg, but
its acceptance did not come down
until the evening before tie move
ment commenced. The Colonel. be-
ing informed of the facts, made an
urgent appeal to be permitted to
serve me as volunteer aid-de-camp.
His request was granted. and | take
pleasure in saying. notwithstanding
his enfeeble condition, | was never
more faithfully or gallantly served.
He was in the thickest of the action
from first to last, exhibiting marked
courage, GOODNESS and ability, alike
creditable to himself and his State.
Not only that, he was among the
first to volunteer to attempt the res
cue of our wounded, left on that
bloody field, under the enemy /
guns, and the success of the under
taking was largely due to his ef-
forts.
You are at liberty TO make use o.
this letter to refute the charge o
unsoldierlike conduct on the part OF
| Colonel Quay, made,no doubt, ,undel
a misapprehension of the facts.
Very respectfully.
| Z. B. TYLER.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

THE Commercial indirectly charg-
es John c. Barron with perjury in
swearing that be has voted the Re-
publican ticket since the second
election of Lincoln. Defamation OF
character is common with that Jour-
nal, but it should remember that
when S. p. Snyder swore that his
name was attached without his
knowledge or consent to the circular
issued by Mr.. Smith begging for aid
to carry on the prosecution against
the Directors, be put that gentle
man in hole, and rudely shook up
his character for veracity and integ-
ritv
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

The deliberate attempt to defame
the military record of Col. Quay,
has been met by the soldiers of his
old regiment in the shape of an i'd
dress appealing to every man who
carried a svord or shouldered mus
ket during the rebellion, be his af-
hlistions what ther may, to resent
the attempt TO destroy one whose
gallantry and bravery were of SO
pronounced type as that Of Colonel
Matthew s. QUAY,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

THERE is no possible chance OF
the Democrats electipg their candi-
date fo- State Treasurer or their
candidates for county offices, but
this is no reason why Republicans
should stay away from the polls
no reason why Colonel Quay, John
c. Barron, and Irwin Custer should
not haye every Republican vote that
can be brought to the POLLS. Get
out the vote, friends. Don't be be
trayed by the Commercials false
pretenses into the hands Of youl
| lifelong enemy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

GENERAL BEAVER addressed an
immense Republican meeting in
Philadelphia on Saturday night last.
The old soldier raked the Democrat
ic lines with shot and shell to the
entire satisfaction of the enthusias-
tic crowd of Republicans who were
present,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

Has it come to this, that because
he owes few debts a man is not
entitled to office? If this be so,
how many people in this county are
eligible2 The Commercials logic
boiled down amounts to this: Bar.
ron should be defeated because he
owes some debts; Philson should
be elected because he is rich
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

iS its eagerness to put money in
its purse, by posing as the special
guardian of the County funds, the
Commercial caused the arrest and
indictment OF the County Auditors.
When the cases were reached, they
were summarily kicked out of court,
at the costs of the County. The
Auditors were kumiliated and dis
grsced, and their good names black
ened throughout the state, by the
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28
Disappearing aner shooting His Son.

ERIE. Oct 20.-At Miles Grove.
this morning. j. p. Ward shot and
mortally wounded his son Char
les IN a quarrel arising out of the
fasha-s di-parasement of his SON g
wife. The mouse of the elder Ward
was surrounded by indignant neigh
bors, but he had already departed
with the avowed purpose of coming
to Erie to surrender himself. He has
not appeared here.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

The victory in Ohio is complete.
Despite all the cheating and at
temps to cheat by the Democrats,
the Republicans have majority OF
three on joint ballot in the Legisla'
ture and thus will be enabled to re.
elect John Sherman United States
Senator. In Hamilton County the
frauds were glaring, and the Demo
cratic candidates for the Legislature
were counted In. The courts have
been appealed to and an injunction
has been issued, restraining the
clerk from issuing certificates OF
election to the Democrats who have
been benefited by the frauds.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

The argument over the transfer OF
the South Penn, to the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad. was closed on Satur-
day afternoon last before the court
at Harrisburg. Attorney General
Cassidy making the concluding
speech. The Court took the papers,
and will render a decision within a
few days.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

FRok every section of the County
We have reports favorable to the
election of Barron and Custer by the
usual Republican majority. The
course ofthe Commercial has aroused
public indignation and Republicans
are determined that they shall not
be injured by its false pretence that
to defeat them, would benefit the
panty. Similar arguments were
used BY the same paper to defeat
General Beaver in 1882, resulting in
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

We know that the Commercial
does not like General Coffroth, but
it was guilty of a special meanness
when it classed him as third-rate
lawyer, with the hope of boosting
its malicious prosecutions against
the Directors. The General did Of
fer the Act of 1873, giving Directors
of the Poor 500 per annum, in the
case against Ferner, and based a
most ingenious and able argument
upon it. But then, you know, the
editor of the Commercial thinks be
is top sawyer among lawyers, and
forgets the adage-The higher a
monkey climbs the more he shows
his posterior.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

WE were lately informed by one
of the gentlemen "a Democrat APP
pointed by Governor Pattison to in
spect the county Poor House. that
it is in superb condition, scrupulous-
ly clean, every care taken for the
comfort of the inmates, and that it
is credit and an honor to the
county. For all of which the Re.
publican officials who have it in
charge are entitled to praise and
commendation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28
IT. Is mo answer 10 the HERALD's

1T is no answer TO the HERALD's
expose of the costs the editor Of the
Commercial has put upon the coun-
ty by his malicious prosecutions
against the the Poor Directors and
Auditors to cry, you lie you lie =
Let any taxpayer walk into the Pro-
thonotary's Office and inquire for
himself. The truth is easily ascer-
fa,pad
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

We proved last week that the edi.
tor of the Commercial became a Re.
publican for revenue only, and now
We propose to show out of his own
mouth that he became prosecute,
Of the Poor Directors from the same
motives. We have before ps copy
of the beggi appeal issued unds
the names of S. P. Snyder and him.
self asking for contributions from
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

the election of Democratic Cover
nor. who by bis pigheaded extra
session business cost the tax payers
many thousands of dollars: and no
living man has yet seen how the
party is benefited by being brought
under the Democratic yoke.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

RIEL, the Canadian rebel who
waged small war against the Gov
ernment a iew months since, is TO be
hung for treason, the English Privy
Council having approved the sem
tence Of death passed upon him.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

EXAMINE your tickets. See that
no Philson ''stickers" are pasted on
them. We are informed that the
Commercial will circulate thousands
of "Philson stickers." Don't be
cheated
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-28

ANY man who has sense enough
to go in out of the rain, knows that
a Republican journal does not sup
port regularly nominated Democrat
ic candidates. Perhaps the Com
mereiol thinks we are going to have
a long dry spell.