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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30
A Preacher Killed.

WHEELING, June 22.-At O'Clock this
evening Rev. J. r. Thatcher was shot and
killed at Moundsyillc. Marshall county. Mr..
Thatcher was pastor OF al independent
church. with a good following. known A. the
Holiness Church, and was also chiefof police
Of the town. having been elected on the Re
publican ticket last spring. He wen this
afternoon To arrest Eugene johnson, achrun-
ic law breaker, who was charged with an a.
sault with intent To- kill, committed on James
Porter last Friday. johnson was in his
house and his wife refused to let Thatcher
enter. and when lac insisted She attacked
him with a hatchct. lie di,armcd her and
took her into custody. and a> he was leaving
the house johnson came uut with a double
harrelcd shotgun and fired. the contents tax
ing effect in Thatcher heart. killing him in
family. johnson e>calcd.
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GENERAL BEAVER viii he nominated
and he will be elected, Notwithstanding
the croakingS Of democrats who hoped to
see opposition developed against him in
the Convention. There has not been a
time in the history OF the party. since
the war, when il was more thoroughly
united and when greater Confidence ,a-
felt in itSSuecesS. Andinthis itpresents a
marked contrast tothe Democracy, which
l. rent by factional discord and l. in a
pitiab.c condition 10 begin a big battle.
for the reason that its leaders are soured.
c%nvious and desirous of using the knife
on each other. The strong, wel%l-organiz,
ed Republicans of Pennsylvania viii win
a signal victory ove the distracted enc
my, and General Beaver and the Who'll,
Republican ticket viii be elected by q
magnificent majority.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30
Into the Whirlpool.

BrFFAIo, y. Y, June PA young lady
who j. described rs beautiful arrived ut Nj
agira Falls yesterday and desired 10 visit
the whirlpool. She hired a hack and was
driven 10 the proper location where the view
could he seen by descending the bank. but
upon second Thought she ordered the driver
to take her back To the village. claiming that
She was afraid to make the descent. She
was no sooner back To the place whence She
started than she hirel another hack and was
again driven To the same place. This time
she went down the bank to get the whirl-
pool view. The hackman waited her return
for u long while and after becoming anxious
he started in search for the stranger, but she
could not be found. 1t is not known now
where she is. 1t is supposed that she either
fell or jumped into the whirlpool.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30
Drowned While Drunk.

L,NBERTsv-LLE. Y. j., June 2L-Three
Young men, William Bells, John Abbott and
Marcus Crime Yesterday afternoon came
here III a spree and called at the Brighton
Hotel. which was being formally opened.
About h~alt-lu,t 10 a disturbance occurred
and BELLS WE, arrested and confined in the
lookup.
Abbott ;hca went To the wagon, which
was drawn by one horse. and started with
his cum anion. GriGle> 10 find the lookup.
Becoming bewildeycd he drove down But
tcrwood Street and into the feeder of the
Delaware and Raritan Canal. Grimes was
drowned and bis body recovered about >
O'Clock this morning. The horse kicked il
self loose from the wagon and by swimming
~ the feeder several hundred yards, escap-
ed. Coroner Kitchin held an inquest this
morning over the body of the drowned man.
The vcrlict was accidental drowning.
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Gen. Arthur frustrating.

NEW LONDON, CoNN, June 25.-EX-Prcsi-
dent Arthur and his SON. Mr.. Allen Arthur,
arrived here Tonight and were met at the
depot by Or. Peters. Mr.. Arthur was able To
walk To his carriage and was driven Ia Jc-
rome Cottage, two miles from New london.
Mr.. Arthur did no, seem tired or injured by
his journey here.
DIR. Peters, of New York city viii still
keep up the treatment which has been of 50
much benefit 10 his patient and will make
an occasional visit to New London. lie
thinks that Gen. Arthur will be much i'm
proved by his trip. which is 10 last until late
into the fall if everything remains favorable,
and that he will return 10 the city imyieorI-
ted in body and mind and restored 10 health
in a large degree.
Gen. Arthur brought all his fishing tackle
with him. and from the amuunt uf 1t he
must anticipate an active campaign in this
ttp,
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An Eye on the Far West.

Huntington. PA, June IA number OF
gentlemen prominent in business circles held
q conference here this afternoon with Il view
10 organizing a colony of Huntingdon coun-
" pcopleto locate in the far West, probably
in Oregon or Washington Territory. Fur
thcr meetings will % be held, at which an
opportunity viii be given for all who wish
10 join the colony to be present Tt i the in
tention to select and locate upon the very
best lands that can he found. and To obtain
them for the transport the colony Ia them mt
the very lowest possible rates. Its expected
that a hundred families will be transferred
from the county 10 the western shores of the
continent before the planting season next
~
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Wolfe at a Temperance Con-
vention.

WLLtANsPoIT. Pa, June 4-The Conven-
ton of the Constitutional Amendment As
sociation of Pennsylvania Was opened this
morning with prayer, and after a Committee
on Resolutions and Committee un Nomiua-
tioHs, the reports from counties was heard.
Charles :. Wolfe was present and made a
ringing speech. 4 number of resolutions
were offered and passed. After the adjourn
meut of the Convention al noon, Wolfe went
around among the ladies and was bu>ily en-
gagged in shaking hands with all he met.
Among other things, he said: Il want it
dictinctly understood ] am not seeking the
nomination for Governor. OF if am
nominated by the Convention and I find
that / can do more good at the head of the
ticket than in the field ! shall run foT Gov
prspr
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The Hero of many SCrapes.

OMAHA, NEB.. June 23.-C. l.. Bradley, a
culorcd gambler, was shot and probably IA
tally wounded by Thomas Shotwell, FIVE
miles from Crawford, Northern Nebraska,
yesterday. Bradley was lying asleep on his
cot when SlIotwell shot him IN the back of
the head tearing off the outer plate of the
skull. Shotwcll then fired into his back as
he rose up. and next drove a bullet through
his eye. another bullet into his forehead, and
still another into his right arm. Shotwell
mounted a horse and escaped Ia the hills.
Bradley never lost consciousness. and Is still
alive. lie carries more wounds than any
man IN thv northwest. He was Il sergeant
in & troolc. Ninth Cavalry until a few
months ago. when lac Became 4 professional
gambler. Bradley has b-en in eight shoot
ing fights and has always been hit.
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Col. Ouay's Hands Tied.

Colonel Quay said tonight that the rcsolu-
iion of the Beaver County Republican Con
vcn:.pa. iustrlcting him Ia support Beaver,
Day.a, and Norris. bo-t down ON him with
great severity. The Republican State Con-
ven.inu next week will be the first that lac
las altcntcd with hi hands tied.
Colonel Quay expressed the opinion to-
night that Wolf would rather he a help To
the Republican ticket than an injury if he
become the Prohibition candidate for Cover
nor. Some Republicans opposed 10 Beaver
would instead Of voting for . Democrat sup
port Wolf.
Colonel Quay said the convention would
attract a very large crowd TO the rlty, judy
ing from the interest manifested in It
throughout the state. lie will leave for
Philadelphia tomorrow, preparatory To so-
ing on 4 fishing "trip, and expects t." return in
time To obey the instructions Of his constisu-
.rH-
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Shot While Stealing Watermelons.
NEW ORLEANS, June n.

NEW ORLEANS, unc 81.
Nose Brown. of Corimac plantation. met a
violent death ON Sunday night from too great
devotion to the Africans pet luxury. water
melon. Mr.. FELTON,, ownc. of the place.
finding that his Vegetables and watermelons
wcrc disappaIr.ng. p!aecl an old creole by
thcnlne of B.nacr ~ g1al. ON sunday
night Binne- saw negro in the patch. and
gave ehast. H tried 10 wing the thief. and
pcrpered him literally in the leg with bird
shot. bud witlIni; effect. lie then tried buck
shot. and MdsS disappeared suddenly. This
morning his dead body was picked up in a
ditch. The court viii now decidc whetheri il
IS legal in Louisiana TO Kill a man who il
rcbbing your melon patch.
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Burned to Death by Kerosene.

CHICAGO. June 24-Mrs. Annie Wericld, a
Young married woman living in the rear of
No "a. Holly Street. was fatally burned last
evening. She was building a fire to prepare
supper for her husband. and Ia hasten mat
tcrs poured kcrosene on the flames The can
burst in her hands. setting fire 10 her cloth
ing and the furniture. She rushed To the
door of William Kochn. on the first floor of
the house. Kochn was afraid to admit her,
hut tore Off her clothing and covered her
with a blanket. Three doctors were called.
They found that the body Of the woman WAS
burned from head to foot all of her hair had
been scorched oil and the cooked flesh came
off il strips. She also suffered from having
inhaled the flames and recovery = imIoS>i-
bic. She had been married but two months.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

TuE Senate Committee has concluded
not to investigate the charges of bribery
in the election of Senator PAYNE, of Ohio.
The grouud taken isthat there l. not suf-
fcient evidence Ia show that money was
used in the election. 1t is possible that
some technicality has been used TO save
the trouble Of this investigation, but the
decision reached will not prove satisfac-
tory 10 people who care 10 see the high
position Of United States Senator placed
above the power of money.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30
Beer and Blood at a BaptismaI.

PU-NxsUrAwNEY. Pa. June 2-The killing
of the Hungarian S0tick and the fatal stab
bling of Walk by Sotick's friends, At WalSton
mines, on sunday evening, was the result Of
a dispute over the baptism of 4 child of
Walks. The principal preparation for the
event was the orierin ny Of ~ kegs of beer
most Of which was drank before proceeding
with the baptismal rites. A dispute arose a.
to the mode of doing il. in which the child
was fatally injured. Walk seized an axe and
killed Sotick and the ~latter's friends rctalia-
ted by aSSaulting Walk. Mn. Walk was
seriously injured while attempting 10 protect
hrr husband. Malk will die.
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He win Do II for Glory.


BUFFALO. June -. 1SS6.
C. ID. Graham, a young cooper Of Philadcl-
phia, was at Niagara Falls to-day studying
the Whirlpool rapids, in which Capt. Webb
was killed. Graham intends To 90 through
the rapids in a barrel. which he has already
built. II i ~egg.shaIcd and very strong. the
occupant being protected from injury by Il
bag-shaped hammock.
The principal difficulty viii he in getting
air, although Graham expects no trouble on
that score. lie has spent several Sundays in
making experimental trials with barrels
weighted with sand, and he says they have
been successful. Eight minutes >ufficed for
the passage of one from the Suspension
Bridge To the Whirlpool, the barrel being I'M
injured, according 10 Graham's statement.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30
What Beaver Thinks.

CARLISLE. PA. June 2-GenerIl james A..
Beaver passed through here this evening N
his way To Green Castle To attend the Grand
Army memorial exercises. When asked by
a reporter what he thought of his prospects
at the State Convention next week, he re-
piled that he was entirely in the hands of
What do you think of the Republican pros
poets in November he was asked. We
will carry the State whoever the nominee
may be he replied.
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Indian Outrages.


NoSALEs. Arr. June 27.-Adviccs from
Fort Huachuca say that the chief Of the
scouts under Captain Iawton arrived at that
place yesterday. He reports the killing of
five Mexican wood-choppcrs near the san
Augustine Mine, seventy miles from Macda-
lena. on the Sonora River, by hostiles. Cap
tain Lawton i still on the trail between
Nanamiquc and Seniquipe, Mexico.
Gr,YMAs, MEN, June 27.-Word has been
received here that a band of Iaqui Indians
attacked a mule train loaded with freight
near Beapn on the oath inst. and killed. two
men and captured thirty mules. Another
report says that a Lieutenant Colonial tname
not asccrtaincd) and sixteen soldiers were
killed by laquiS near Potain.'
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Mother and Children Burned to
Death by Coal Oil.

RE>DCNG. Pa. June 2S.-rhe family oi
Tudor Russell, living near this city, met
with a terrible accident yesterday morning,
Mrs. Russell and three children were at
home al the time. When Mrs.. Russell was
making the fire her wood did not burn rcaAi-
~. Her husband was up stairs IN bed very
III. The wife used coal oil 10 hurry the fire
when the can exploded. Instantly the burn
ing oil spread over herself and the children,
The room was AT once in 4 blaze, and the
weak unto death husband groled his way
down through the binding smoke. He saw
hig wife lying on the floor burning up. She
was writing in agony and their children
were also in flames. The husband tainted
at the horrible sight. Neighbors rushed in
and ~extinguishel the flames. The wife died.
and the children cannot live. They art hor-
ribly burned.
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Attemptto Blow upa House.

PorrsvILLE, Pa, June 22-Early yesterday
morning the people reSiding in the Nlclnliy
of Jack McCullion'> Lamb Inn, un the -
Clair road. near the Pottsyille shafts, ere
startled by q loud repart. An Investigation
showed that an attempt had been made @"
blow up a small frame house next the hotel
with dynamite. The house was owned by
Adam Omerl. Until yesterday il was nc
cupicd bv Edward Rogers, when he WAS dis
possessed. The dynamite WAS placed under
a corner of the house and exploded with a
CAP. A few weather-board~ only were knock
ed off and a box of dynamite cartridges ami
ca,N were found close by.
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Tin Watches.
HUNTINGDON, Pa,

Huntington, Pa, June %.
An ~oily-tnngucl salesman. hailing from
Pittsburgh, struck this place the other night
and took into camp 4 great many people who
pride Themselves on their wisdom in driving
"a bargain. He sold gold watches and
chains f.T 81. They proved to be tin, with
padded scraps of paper. and the face of a
watch printed on both sides within the case,
worth about three cents ~ a toy. He has
been at Harrisburg, ~DuncanHon. LcwistOwu
and other points. andis still On the road. He
opens the sale by lectlring stingy people,
p%raising the virtues ofCul. Bob Inscrsoll
and showing his skill aS a lightning c~alcula-
tor. He took about 500 ont ofthi> city in an
L,,r'. .f;,-r
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Shooting at the Bridegroom.

LOUISVILLE, KY, June 2.-lieason STAN
tar and Mr.. Hattie Diukins were married
last night at Ashland, ~. While the couple
were being congratulated a woman NAMED
Frances Piles rushed in and attempted to
shoot the groom. He took the pistol away
and She was arrested. Ia the meantime the
bride fainicd and the guests were badly
frightened. The Pile woman said StampeT
had promised to marry her, and she charges
him with killing Charley Black two years
asa. She claims to have washed the muir
der,r-s bloodv shirt.
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A Woman's Suicide and Confession.

BEAVER Falls. June 36-NIrs. EaclIel
Rhodes of chippewa township committed
suicide by hanging with a strap in an out
house this morning. The deceased WAS a
years ofase. A letter found on her person
addressed 10 her husband stated that She had
taken hcc life because of criminal intimacy
with a neiglIbor, and that the neiylibor fore
cd her Ia the crime by threatening To diyulgc
q crime committed by hcr twenty years age,
;lcn penalty ofw,ich is death, and of which
he alone is cogHizInt. The deceased wo-
man had heretofore born an excellent rcpu-
taiion and wa the wife of a highly rc~p,c-
tel farmer. The nature of the crime She re-
lcr. 10 in the Itticr cnnnnt be lenrned.
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A Miner imprisoned Alive.

ASHLAND, June 24.-Bartley Durkin, aged
- years, Ii starter at the Tunnel Colliery, was
to-day imprisoned alive in one of the chutes.
While starting Il battery a rush of coal &c
CURED and carried him with it down the
chute, a distance of sixty feet. where he is
now wcdgel fast from the middle of his
body down. All approaches to him are cut
of, but ne has been enabled to communicate
his condition To- the men above. \ heading
is being driven from AN adjoining breast, and
it is expected that he will be rescued before
morning
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The Corpse Sat Up and Talked.

CAIRO, Ill, June 22-Georgc O. Daniel,
o. Clinton, Ky. had been i'll for several
months. and last Wednesday To all appear
anccs died. At midnight Thursday the
watchers who surrounded the coffin were
startled by a deep groan. and all but one, a
German named Wabbeking, rushed from the
room. W~ahbeking raised the coffin lid and
SAW that Daniels was alive. Selling the
body he placed it upright. The relatives n
laiivcS returned To lind the man sitting in a
chair and conyerSing. Mr.. Daniels Gains To
have been perfectly conscious of everything
which passed around him. but says than he
WAS unable To move 4 muscle. He heard
the Subs of hiS relatives when he was pro-
nounced dead by the doctors, and noticed
the preparations for his funeral He is 50
wears of aac.
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Wanted to Have Three Wives.

CANroN. Ohio. June 23-Reinhold VIII
helm. a young German, who came here from
New York recently. fell in love with Mary
Mock. aged 10 wears. Her parents opposed
his courtship, and forbade him the house.
This morning Wilhelm sat down on the
doorstep of HIS s~weethear1's residence u
shot himself through the lungs. He viii
die. Wilhelm has already one wife and
child AT the County lnfirmary here and an
wife in Npw York.
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An Involuntary Immersion.

WEIRs. y. H.. June p.
Ten thousand people attended the national
camp-meeting of the Salvation Army here
to-day. At 1 P. ". the wharf of the steamer
Lincoln gave way. prcciPitating seventy-fivc
persons into the lake. The water was only
three or fun feet deep and no lives were lost,
although for a time the excitement was terri
bile, subsequently tiity-three male and fe-
ma!c converts were immersed by General
Moore. Immense meetings Were held all
dav. and far into the night,
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Secretary Manning Improving.

WASHINGTON. June 27.-Thomas J. Brcn-
nan. Secretary M%anning's private secretary,
who has Just returned from q visit To ms
chief at Hot Springs, says that the report
thar Mr. Manning has suffered a relapse j.
incorrect. lie left the Secretary yesterday
very much improved in health and in good
spirits. He SAYS that Mr.. Manning l. IN aS
good health now ~ any time for SIX months
before hi, recent illness. and that, with the
exception of a slight iamelc,s. all the effects
ofthat attack have Disappeared. The Socre-
tary expects To remain at Hot Springs a week
or ten days. and 90 from there 10 New
York state to pass some time in the neigh
borhood of hk home.
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DuCked because He was Out
After II.
NEW YoRK. July ~.

NEW YORK, july 70.
Benjamin Thompson, a printer of Flush
ing, l.. l., was detected by the Vigilance Or
%ganization ofthat town in the act of being on
the street after IL O'Clock OH Wednesday
night. This Is against the organizations
rules, and Thompson was taken 10 the vii
lage fountain in the basin of which the VIA
ter Is always two or three feet deep. Not
withstauding h~isstruggle> he WIS thrown in.
and when lac crawled out he was thrown in
again. lie would have been thrown back a
third time had he not promised never to
transgrcsS the rules of the Vigilants again.
This is T~hompson's second experience at the
hands of the NigiIantS
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Miss Rose e. Cleveland.

CHICAGO, June y.
The announcement is published here that
Mis- Rose Elizabeth Cleveland is 10 make
Chicago her home. For some weeks the
manager Of the Elder Publishing Company
has been in communication with her relative
to her coming te this city and taking charge
Of the editorial department of Literary Lge.
4 dispatch received this morning states that
all management with Mis- Ceeland have
been completed, and that she viii come ON
AT once To take the position named.
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Shot while Attacking a Jail.

CLINTON, Iowa, June pa mob attacked
the Jail after midnight this morning intend
ing to lynch two Prohihitionists whoare I'M
der arrest for alleged participation in Mon
days riot. The sheriff and deputies fired
into the mob. wounding four men, none of
them seriously injured. Most of the crowd
were drunk. and all ran when the shooting
commenced. To-day. as a prccaution, two
prisoners were removed to the states prison
~ Nnnnnnsn
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President CLEVELAND, in his fifteen
months term in office, has written more
yetoes than Washington. Adams, Jack
son. Madison, Monroe, ]. Quincy Adams,
Van Buren,. Harrison. Tyler, Polk, Taylor,
Fillmore. Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Tar
field and Arthur made in their over sew
entv year in the Presidential office, and
he seems To- have just got fairly started
writing veioVs. liis mission i To make
the veto o@lious.
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Curious Reasons for a Breach of
Promise.

SCRANTON. Pa, June H.-MiSs Ellie Cos
tello. A favorite in soeiety circles here, has
entered suit for breach Of promise against
franklin Howell. Vice President Of the
Merchants and Manufacture bank. They
were to have been married June ), but short
IL preyions TO that. while he was in New
York. Mr.. Howell consulted the spirit of In;
father through a medium in regard 20 tho
marriage and was advised to break il of
which lac did.
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A Fatal Wedding Feast.

PATERSON. y. j.. June 26.-At a wedding
held here AT midnight last, night Walter
Hodgson, with several other>, disturbed the
festivities by prying open with clothes poles
the windows of the house in which they
were being held. John Earl. with Others,
triedto prevent the disturbance. when a fight
occurred, during which Hodgson struck
Earl ON the head with II board, and Earl has
since died of conclusion of the brain. Hodg-
Snu has fed
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Fined for Abusing his Mother.

PrrsBuEGH, June 2t-Dcputy Mayor
Grip had before him this morning the Rev.
William ID. Niestc. who wis charged by his
widowed mother Mr.. Mary L. NieSte, with
calling her vile names, threatening her and
abusing her generally. Mr.. Nieste is about
forty, a man of nervous manner, and a good
orator. He was fined SO and costs or Civ
en- the option of going to the workhouSe for
thirty days. His mother paid the fine and
he was discharged. The reverend gentle
man has pre- cl,ed in several states, but has
had several disputes with hi> wife. and this.
with over study, has made him eccentric.