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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-09-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
AFTER DINNER.

Persons who suffer from Indigestion
can arrest the progress of that painful
malady by the Use of an after-dinncr
pill, 50 composed that it will give tone
to the stomach, prevent heartburn. rouse
the liver TO healthful action, inyisorat,
the kidneys. and thus, through the activity
of these organs, promote the natural
movement OF the stomach and bowels.
AYERS PILLS are so compounded that
their action, though mild, etfcctually pro-
duces the above results. They also, in
curing Constipation, remove the cause of
Biiousness. Liver Complaint. Kidney Dis
ease, rheumatism. and many other serious
nj
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-09-19
AYERS PILLS

contain no mineral nor poisonous sub
stance, and do not grippe unless the
bowels are irritated, and even then their
influence is healing. To continue Their
effect i'll constipated or chronic cases, they
need only be ia ken i'll diminishing instead
OF increasing doses. For seamen. and in
habitants OF travellers in srarsely settled
countries where physicians are not at
hand, they are of inestimabe value.
There is hardly sickness they will rot
alleviate. and in most eases cure, il taken
promptly. To young girls just entering
upon woinanhood, and to women whose
period of maternity is drawing 70 q Close,
Ayers Pills, in moderate doses. merely
sufficient to ensure regular action of the
bowels, will be found of
EncaEcuIable Value.
PREPARED BY
DR.. j. G. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.-.
Sold b. all Druggists.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-09-19

49,. nervous anu pnyS 81
cal Deolilty, Seminal Weak g.,
Sprematorrh8. 1srOsiAtOrrhn Emissions,
Impotency, Exhausted Vitality, Premature De-
cline. and Ions OF MANHOOD. in
afs ITS COM DficatIOns. and from
Whatever cause produced. 1t en-
riches and puriies tile Blood, Strerr rtlens the
Nerves, Brain, Muscles. Digestion, keproduc.
tive orgaus, and PHYSICAL ard Mental Faculties.
1t stops all unnatural and debilitafing drain
upon the system, preventing involuntary losses,
debilitating dreams, seminal Losses with the
urine, etc, SO destructive to mind and body
1t is sure eiiminator Of all KIDNEY AND
BLADDER COMPLAINTS. 1t contains TO
injurious ingredients. 80 ts,0ss, suiz..r-
ing fr0Fss the evil effect, Of yassth-
fre srsasiscretiOxa Of excess, ia sueeGy
thGr.ssEs:i aseA permanent a,sEE1
Ess' GG a ssA = FEED. Price, $3.50 pei
bottle, or five bottles in case, with full d!rec-
tioils and advice, $40 Sent secure from OBJ
seryatlon to any address upon the receipt of
price, Or C. 0. d. To be had only of
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-18
A Running Fight.

LANCASTER. Pa. August i6.-Fpr some time
past an organized gang Of bore thieves has
been causing terror among the farmers in
this district. At least half = dozen horses
were run off by the gang. until finally a posse
of well mounted farmers. by Justice Harple,
who had sworn them in as deputies. gave
chase to the gang toward New Holland. Al
David Barnes hotel three of the gang were
overhauled and commanded 70 surrender.
The thieves refused. jumped into a cornfield
and disappeared. firing their revolvers inte
the ranks Of the deputies. yolley after vol
ley was fired until IA rounds had been ex-
changed. Several farmers were slightly
wounded during the fusilade.
The chase then became very exciting. and
when Gideon Deaner's house was reached
one If the thieves was driven ont of cover
and commanded to hold up his hands. He
proved 10 be Peter b.. Roles, one Of the IA
nous Buzzard gang. Another of the escap-
ing men was next run out of the field, and
zard, and al the third solley was seen to
clasp his left side with both hands, II if
wounded, but finally made his escape. The
third man was recognized as George Ger
mitzkie. who was slightly wounded with
buckshot- Roles was committed To Jail here
and will have a hearing before Alderman
Donnelly.
The three men are accused of various burg
larieS DSSse of 100 men arr still sernring
the mountains for the rest of the gang.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-18
Gen. Augur Shot.

WASHINGTON, d. C., Aug. 15-Gen. Chris
topher G. Augur, retired, L. 5. Army, was
shot four times about 1 O'Clock this morning
at his residence by a negro named VIM. Pope.
His wounds will not prove serious, although
he may be confined to his house for some
time. To-day he was resting quietly. Pope
and another eolored man were standing in
front of the Generals residence using p%rofane
and obscene language, when he opened the
dOor and ordered them to move away. The
only response he receivsd was a volley of
profane abuse and coarse epithets. This was
more than he could stand and, armed with
"a light cane, he rushed upon the two men
and struck Pope "A sharp blow over the head.
As he did so the negro drew a pistol and fir
ed. The ball struck Gen. Augur in the right
leg. above the knee, and with "a cry he stag
gered back. Before he could recover himself
Pope fired again, and the bali took effect in
the right leg. Two more shots followed. one
of which struck the General in the left leg.
and the other in the side The negro who
fired the shots is a notorious character who
has already served a term in the peniientiary
for murder. He has been arrested.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-18
Tobacco Crop in Lancaster.

LANCASTER. August l5.-The tobacco crop
of Lancaster county is now being cut and
housed. 1t will be- an average one in amount.
about one-half the product of the whole
State, and such portions as have not suffered
from hail or rust promise to be of unusual
excellence. About two-thirds will be Ha-
vana seed and the remainder seed leaf. The
season from the beginning until now has,
with few exceptions, been very favorable for
growing. Plenty of rain ut planting time
gave the plants am excellent start, and an
abundance of showers ever since has advanc-
ced the crol, rapidly.
The main drawback has been the numer-
Gus hailstorms. Although very destructive
within the narrow belts they trayersed, their
area was generally circnmscribed, aud the
loss from this cause will not exceed. if il
reaches, 2 per cent of the whole crop. OF
late there has been a lively demand for old
tolaccos, the product of the last four or five
years, which has been held here III large
quantities and for which there was no sale.
This has all been disposed of, except, per
haps. 2.0O0 eases. affording no little relief to
the trade generally, although most of il was
sold nj a loss To- the holders.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-18
The Campaign in Maine.

PORTLAND, August i2.-In the political
campaign, which formally opens in this
state on the oath inst, the chairman Of the
stale COMMITTEES has made assignments for
Mr. Blaine for every day from the 4-te
September 10. The campaign will begin with
a mars meeting at Sebago Lake, when Mr..
Blaine viii speak with General William Glib
son and Congressman Reed. General Glib
son will also speak with Nv. Blaine each
following day till the 10th. and they will al
81 be accompanied by members of the Con
gressional delegation in their own districts.
BY this assignment Mr.. Blaine will take a
more active part in the campaign Than he
has for several years. OF late it has seemed
a. it he was disinelined to appear much ON
the stump in Maine. Mr.. R. G. Horn, of
Michigan, has also received assignments at
different places in the State between August
y and September 4. Senator Hale and Con-
gressmen Reid and Dingley have already
taken the stump at county conventions in
different parts of the State, and Senator
Frye will begin active campaign work ON
the Is inst. and Continue till September l.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-18
Oil on Stormy Waters.

WASHINGTON, August PA letter has beer
received at the photographic Office. from
Captain rrant, Of the steamship Venetian.
which vessel recently picked up the diSd-
blel Werrn in mid-ocean and towed her into
port. He says that ON the evening of Aug
ust 3 u strong west-northwest gale prevailed
and heavy seas were constantly breaking
over the bow Of the Werra, ~endangering Tia,
tow-line> and threatening the loss oftIle tow
Captain Trlnt caused an oil bag to be hung
from each side of the Venetian and towel
Some distance astern with the instant result
ofsmonthing the sea about the disabled ship.
The captain and officers of the Werra gather
cd ON the foreeastle and tried to make out
what the Venetian was doing 10 accomplish
such gratifying results. The next morning
signals exchanged on the subject, the Werra
reporting that after the oil bags were hung
out the vessel made much better weather,
not "A drop of water broke on board and the
ship was in all respects more comfortable.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-18
Robbed and Her House Fired.

WILMINGTON, Del, August 15.-Between
II and / O'Clock on Saturday morning the
dwelling of Mrs. Mary Gam, at St.Georges,
sixteen miles south of here, was destroyed
by fire, with stable of A. \. Sutton. The
odd Fellows Hall narrowly escaped. Mrs.
Gam, who is a widow and lives by herself,
was awakened by a smell of smoke, but was
unable 10 escape from her room, the door OF
which had been locked from the outside.
Neighbors rescued her from the window with
great difficulty. The fire was the work of
an incendiary. The house was fired in three
different places at the same time, and the
smell of coal oil was p%erceptible in two
roomsw where the blaze was first seen. Mrs.
Gam says that she was robbed of II 800, then
locked i'll her room, and the house fired.
The closet where she kept her money was
one of the points fired. The money had been
taken from the bank a few days before for
investment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-18
Elected the Dry Ticket.

New ORLEANS, Aug. l0.-The election in
Kinds county, Miss, on the question Of the
prohibition of the sale of liquor took place
to-day, and resulted in a victory for the Pro
hibition ticket by a majority of about 500.
The election has been very exciting. Race
feeling was aroused by appeals to the negroes
10 vote against the Prohibitionists A few
days ago one of the anti-P Prohibition meet
ings was broken up by II party of armed
Prohibitionists In the vote to-day, Jackson,
the State capital, went for the wet ticket by
a large majority, but most of the county for
prohibition.
The Observation-Disclosures will contest the
election on the ground of fraud and the in
timidation of votes. They asser: that the
negroes were frightened or prevented rom
voting in many parts of the county that
hot guns were carried by the Prohibitionists
at the Forest Hill polling place, and that
there was shooting around the polls all day
in order to frighten the negroes oft Two
whites anti Prhibitionists who went to For
est Hill were visited, by a committee and or
dered to leave.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-18
Off to the Mountains.

WASHINGTON, August l6.-The President,
Mrs. Cleveland, her mother, Mrs. Folsom,
and Colonel and Mrs. Lamont, left Washing
ton ON the Limited Express of the Pennsyl-
wanna Railroad at $40 O'Clock this morning.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland and moth
err will proceed directly TO the Adirondack
Mountains. Colonel and Mrs. Lamont will
leave the party at Albany and go TO MeGraw-
vile, Cortland county. New York. where
the Colonel will endeavor To recuperate.
While feeling much better than he has for
some weeks past, he feels the need of rest.
Every arrangement had been made for the
comfort of the party en- route. A special
car rendered the President by the directors
of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Compa-
ny arrived here yesterday evening, and
will be run through to the President desti-
nation.
The car is a marvel of beauty and con
y~enience. Ii is built both inside and out of
solid mahogany. The windows are of very
fine glass. and the door which leads INFO the
car is of plate glass as transparent as mir to
within a few inchss of the floor. The walls
and ceilings are of mahogany inlaid with
carved and ornamental walnut and rose
wood. The floor is covered with a very
heavy carpet and the windows hung with
heavy satin curtains OF old gold, which draw
back ON highly polished brass rods. \ mar
row passage leads from the observation room
to the dining room. The o to be occu-
pied by the President and Mrs Cleveland is
richly upholstered and is as finely furnished
as a drawing room. The car is also furnish
ed with sleeping quarters for servants, and a
kitchen. Electric annunciators from each
room and berth in the car connect with the
servants room and enable the passengers to
summon a servant without moving from
their chairs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-18
Died for her Children.

ERIE, August 12-Conneau, o.. near here
was to-day the scene of a most painful
drowning accident, in which a mother and
three children lost their lives. Mr.. Mary
HOugh. as was her habit, had taken her
weeks washing to the banks of the lake,
where a large and rapid stream runs into it.
While she was engaged with her work her
children i'm their sport began showing each
other. and Hattie, aged years, was pushed
over into the creek from a high bank. Her
sisters, Ada and Bertha, frightened. rushed
10 her assistance, v%euturei beyond their
depth and were caught by IA strong eddy.
The mother. attracted by the screams of the
children, rushed Ia the edge Of the bank and
plunged in, thinking nothing of her danger.
The youngest child had already sunk from
sight, and the frantic screams of the mother
and he other children attracted the atten-
ton of some farmers near by who reached
the scene just in time 10 see the mother.
clasping the two children IN her arms, dis
appear beneath the waves Later the bodies
were recovered. locked in each others arms.
The event has cast a profound gloom over
Conneaut, and the husband Is insane with
grief.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-18
Distillery Discovered in a Jail.

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 13-An illicit distil-
lery has been found in operation in the coun
~ Jail in this city. which has been worked
successfully for several months. An attempt
ell escape last night led to the investigation
which developed the existence of the still.
There are in the Jail about sixty of the worst
criminals III the State. Among them is
Smith the Heard county murderer, who had
in his cell a small stove and u kettle. He had
been an illicit distiller in his days and his,
first work on entering the Jail was to impro-
wise a worm and still, getting the different
articles al different times. The worm was
made out of an India rubber tub The
prisoners would save up their corn-brcad
until 4 sufficient quantity vas obtained,
when the stiller would moke a fair article of
corn whiskey. The secret was well kept by
the prisoners, who were thus enabled to get
their dram occasionally. The officers to-day
tasted it for the first time, and declared that
they had drank worse whisky before.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-18

The attempt to pick a quarrel with
Mexico still goes bravely IN, and careful
nursing of a very small matter may vet
he made a cause of war. The truth lies
in a nutshell. 4 worthless fellow named
Cutting having control of a press and
type in Texas, published and circulated IA
libel on a citizen Of Mexico. He after
wards crossed the border into that Re-
public, was prosecuted, arrested, and
thrown into prison. Whether he circu-
lated the hbelous publication in Mexico
or not, is a disputed question, but he
claims that as an American citizen he
cannot be punished in Mexico for an of
fence committed in this country, and
such is the law Of this land. On the
other hand, it is insisted by Mexico that
under her laws he is amenable. Cutting
appealed to our Government for protec-
ton as an American citizen, and Secre-
tary Bayard al once made a demand upon
the Mexican government for his immedi-
ate release. This demand was quietly
ignored 10y the Mexican authorities, who
proceeded to try, convict, and sentence
him to fine and imprisonment, from
which sentence an appeal has been taken
from the lower to a higher court. Thus
the matter stands at present. If Mr..
Cuttings rights as an American citizen
have been outraged, Notwithstanding he
is a disreputable fellow, he is entitled to
the fullest protection Of this government,
but he had no more right togo into Mex
leo and violate the laws of that country
thar has a Mexican TO come into this
country and violate our laws. At all
events, this is a question involving inter
national law and disputed facts, and to
say the least of it, Mr.. Bayard's peremp-
tory demand for the release forthwith of
Mr.. Cutting was premature and unneces-
sarily offensive. All through this affair
the tone of the Mexican authorities has
been courteous, and while il is the inn
perative duty Of this government to pro-
tect every American citizen in his every
right, it viii only disgrace us to play the
bully with a weaker nation like Mexico.
Cutting and his friends have been do
ing everything in their power TO exasper-
ate Mexico and TO show their contempt
for her laws and her people, and the
most incendiary dispatches, intended to
stir up bad blood and to bring about hos
t~ilities, have been circulated through the
press. Honest people who have no adj
vantage to gain by a quarrel between the
two countries have very little sympathy
with Mr.. Cutting, and see no u for a
var on his aocount. The case is one
clearly demanding an smicable adjust
ment, and a final determination of the
conflicting laws OF the two countries. and
while Mr.. Bayard will be expected to
fully care for the rights Of our imprison-
ed citizen, he win not he held justiiable
is rushing Us into a war at the instance
of the brawlens along the border. We
think there is no excuse for. nor present
danger Of such a denouement.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-18

IT is quite the thing for Democratic
/ Journals in this State TO sneer at Republic
can politicians for attempting to " save
| the tariff" and TO ridicule all efforts made
10 continue our protective system. At
the same time these papers, with rare
exceptions, profess TO favor protection to
American industries. While these pro-
fessed tariff Democrats are airing their
wit at the expense of the Republicans,
soothing at their efforts TO maintain pro-
tective duties, and ridiculing their appeal
TO the workingmen of the State TO stand
by their interests as an attempt TO get
up a scare merely for party purposes,
the free traders are busily arranging their
plans to capture, if possible, the mex
Congress.
On "Wednesday last there was held in
New York a conference of the leading
free traders of the country, for the pur-
pose of arranging for concerted action IN
the coming fall campaign; an address Is
10 be issued 10 all prominent free traders
in all the States urging vigorous action in
every Congressional district throughout
the country, and finally every revenue
reformer" is asked TO contribute one dol
lar each to the cause. With this for
midable league thus openly at work, and
with the prospect of their being able to
raise a large campaign fund in this
try, in addition to the supplies which
they can command from foreign manu-
f~acturers and free-trade leagues, il be
hooyes American manufacturers and
farmers to look well to their own inter
ests and see that none but well known
and reliable protectionists be returned to
the next Congress.
In the face of the well-known senti-
ment of the people Of this State, these
journals dare not openly cooperate with
their free trade brethren of the South,
but they hope by SCOTS and ridicule to
allay all apprehension of evil, and throw
the workingmen off their guard while
their free trade friends and allies steal a
march upon them. Eorewarned is fore
armed, and the protective tariff mar who
sleeps upon his post, or is lulled into Sc
curity during the coming campaign will
store up for himself a lifelong regret.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-18
Wild in the Woods.

MoRGANTowN, W. Va, Aug. I2-TlIere is
now confined in the County Home a wild
man who has spent the past spring and sum-
mer wandering over the neighboring oun
tains. When captured near Fall City he
was almost naked his coal-black hair was
matted and extended below his shoulders,
and his face was covered with a bristly
beard.
His face, shapely TO an extent, has a bag
gard appearance, and he refuses or is unable
Ia talk. He has an ugly scar over his left
eye. and he seldom raises his head. He is
tall and slender and seemed nervous from
exposure and starvation. His hands are
well formed and soft. His fingers are taper
ing, but his skin is a deep copper-color, and
his feet are black, broad and hard without
shoes. Nothing can be learned of his history
further than he is a Hungarian.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-18
Trousers Put to Good Use.

BosToN, Aug. l4.-By the aid of her lovers
trousers Miss Ella Drew saved IA life yester-
day. With Isaac Mills, Jr., she was playing
tennis near the Narepeshcmet house, AT
Marblehead Neck. On the rocks two chill
dren of Mr.. Holly, of Boston, were playing.
While near what is called the Spouting
Horn, one of the most dangerous places on
the coast, n little fellow, eight years old,
slipped on the rocks and fell into the sea.
Immediately the other boy gave the alarm,
Boy drowning" which was heard by the
two young people. They both started for
the rocks, arrived at the same time. The
little fellow down in the boiling water of the
chasm was struggling hard for life. Quick
a. a thought young Mills threw off his trow-
sers. Miss Drew seized them and sprang for
the lower rock, and young Mills jumped
into the water and caught the child just as
it was going down. Miss Drew got as close
to the edge as possible with water rolling all
around her, and threw one leg of the panta-
looms to young Mills, holding on to the
other leg with a vice-like grasp till help
could be obtained. which as soon rs posi-
Bile arrived from the hotel. Miss Drew sew
eral years ago saved a boy from drowning.
Her home is on Copeland street, Ruxbury.