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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
A CIoud-Burst at Winchester.

WINCHESTER, Va, May 13.--A
fearful storm passed over this place
last evening, lasting fifteen minutes.
Two clouds of greenish cast, hanging
low, one from the northeast and the
other from the southwest met and
burst Immediately over the city
The wind attained Il great velocity,
and hailstones the size of a walnut
fell from a depth offron two inches
to three feet. Trees were stripped Of
foliage, and the rain fell in torrents,
filling the streets and cellars. Every
house with a Western exposure had
all window glass destroyed. Carria-
ges were overturned i'll the roads.
the occupants narrowly escaping
with their lives. The storm exten.
ded only a mile on the other side OF
this place.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

Volcano, w. Va, May IA
George Baum. a farmer living with
his wife and family few miles from
this place, narrowly escaped being
lynched last night by a mob of in
dignant ~neighbors. The cause was
the outrageous treatment of his wife
and the feeding Of her and the chill
dren on dog flesh. Mrs. Baum is i'll
with consumption and the attending
physician has prescribed cod liver
oil. Her husband came to this
place a few DAYS ago and on the way
back killed o dog in the woods, rem
dered some of its fat, placed it in q
bottle and took that and the dressed
meat home. His wife took the
grease and soon became very i'll, the
symptoms being alarming. The
meat Baum represented to be NUT
ton, and cooking it. he made the
children eat it. As a result they
were also taken sick.
Yesterday some of the neighoors,
whose suspicious had been excited.
followed Baum to the woods and
saw him kill and dress another dog.
They as once captured him and were
on the point of hanging him, when
wiser counsels prevailed and he was
placed in Jail. His wife and chill
dren are here very i'll.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19


TAE Marietta Times gives a rather
terse explanation of the meaning OF
the fight against railroad freight dis
elimination. 1t says it is the fight
of two hundred dollar and three
hundred acres in Lancaster county
against two hundred and three dol
lar acres on the p~rairies of the Wes-
tern States. The farmers, who
about this time are thinking whom
they will send to the Legislature
this fall ought to be able to get the
bearing Of Anti-D discrimination this
year.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Terrible Story from Arkansas

LITTLE Rock, May PA dog be-
longing to a farmer near this city
went mad last week, and among the
animals which it wounded, in its
wanderings about the farm. was a
mich COW. The COW showed no
signs of being affected and it was
thought hydrophobia would not re
suit. Yesterday, however, the ami
NAL began showing symptoms OF
the disease. and at the same time
the farmers two children, who had
been nourished with the cows milk,
exhibited similar symptoms and
are in a critical condition, suffering
the most terrible agonies. The other
members of the family are also i'll.
but their symptoms are not so
alarming as those of the children.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
4 Law Lake the Scott Law.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, MAY f3-The
most important work of the Ohio
Legislature this year was the enact
ment to-day of a liquor tax Ian sim
liar to the Scott law, which was null
lifted by a Democratic Supreme
Court in 1884. This bill viii bring
into the State Treasury over $1,000
600 a year and diminish the tax rate
of counties and cities. For Hamil-
ton County alone it furnishes $780,
coo which is TO be distributed to the
police and intirmary funds. Alocal
option and Sunday-closing feature is
much disliked by the liquor men,
who have fonght the bill for years.
Il passed as a Republican measure.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
New Road TO BIaine's Mines.

PHILADELPHIA, May 13.-The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has determined TO enter the soft coal
region of West Virginia, and COM
pete with the Baltimore q Ohio
Company for that trade. A new
road is to be built from Cumberland
to Piedmont, a distance of 30 miles.
TO tap the fields developed by Sen
ator Davis, Stephen b. Elkins and
ex Secretary Blaine. The coal will
be brought to the Philadelphia mar
ket over the Bedford and Bridge
port, and Huntingdon and Broad
Top roads to the Main line of the
Pennsylvania, at Huntingdon. II
is claimed that about 100000 tons
will be shipped per annum.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19


AT the Republican primary cleo
tons held il Allegheny County on
Saturday last, Gen. Jas. S. Negley,
the present Congressman from the
Pittsburg district, was defeated for
denomination by John Dalzell, Esq.
In the Allegheny district Col. Thorn
as NJ. Bayne, the present NJ. C., was
renominated without opposition.
Ex-Marshal James S. Rutan was
nominated for Senator in the Forty
second district over n. Voeghtly,
and in the Forty-fourth district John
C. Newmeyer received the nomina-
ton without opposition. John S,
Robb, Esq, was nominated for
Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas No. 2.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Fourteen Passengers Injured.

CHICAGO, May 14.-Fourteen pas
sengers were burt by a railroad ac-
cident at Deshler, o., yesterday.
The Baltimore and Ohio limited ex-
press was running in two sections,
and at Deshler the first section
struck q COW, which was thrown
against a switch with such force as
to partially turn it and the train
ran on to a siding. The rails spread
and threw a sleeper down a five foot
embankment, injuring fourteen of
the passengers. No was serious
~ hurt, however, save an old gen.
tleman, who was cut about the fore
head, back OF the head and hands.
He was brought to Chicago.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Date OF the Presidents wedding.


WAsHINGToS. d. G., May ia
private letter received to-day from
w. S. Bissell states that the Presi-
dents wedding, according to the
present programme, will occur in
Buffalo, June u. The latest advic-
es from Europe are to the effect that
Mrs. Folsom is suffering from a re-
lapse of the Roman fever, but that.
if she is able to travel, there will be
no delay in the date of the wedding.
on the other hand, If the wedding
should be postponed on account of
Mrs. Folsom's illness. it will occur
within a week after her return to
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
WRECKED BY A II

INDIANAPOLIS, May 13.-The east
bound passenger train on the In.
~dianapolis, Bloomington and West
ern Railroad, which left here at 8
o'clock last night, ran into a wash
out near New Castle, Henry county,
towards midnight, with terrible eff
feet.
The engine, baggage car and first
passenger a plunged into the abyss.
j. V. Treynar, engineer. and James
Hudson, fireman, both of this city,
and an unknown passenger were in
stantly killed in the crush, and the
baggageman and conductor were Sc
verely injured. All of the passen-
gers were more or less injured, but
none seriously hurt.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Most the Anarchist.


New York, May 11.-Herr Most,
the acknowledged leader of Social
lists in the United States was arrested
tonight in a disreputabie house by
Inspector Byrnes. Most is under
indictment for holding an unlawful
assemblage and for calling upon his
followers to burn, plumber, and raw
age. He disappeared abou: two
weeks age, but from his hiding place
has sent forth reams Of incendiary
articles through the medium Of the
Freeheit, of which ne is editor. The
inspector locked Most up in police
headquarters. He was found under
the bed in the house and groveled
like a cur when arrested.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

The estimated cost of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad strike is set down
at q million dollars to the strikers,
two millions to the railroad compa-
MES aud two millions of dollars to
the people Of the ceuntry through
which the road runs. There is moth
ing to show for this loss of five mil
lions of dollars-absolutely nothing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Snake ia a Boys stomach.

LEWISTON, Me-, May 1.-THE al
most incredible story recently print
ed about the death of a boy near
Grand Falls from hemorrhaee caused
by pulling from his mouth a live
snake which had grown in his flesh
proves to be literally true. The
lads name was George Murichson,
and his age s years. He was a
bright little fellow, and lived with
his parents on a farm about four
miles from the town. Early last
winter the boy began to act strange
ly sick. He had a most voracious
appetite and it was impossible for
him to get enough to eat. His
friends got alarmed about him and
sent for a physicians, who began
dosing him for worms. As the
winter wore on the boy grew worse
and worse. One day he felt some
thing crawling up from his stomach
into his throat. He almost choked
to death, for the crawling creature
tried Intellectually to come out of
the nasal passage. In IA short time
the snake (for such it was) forced
It's way up the buys throat and
stuck its head out of his mouth.
The lads sister, who was near by,
saw the head of 4 serpent just be-
fore it drew back into the boys
mouth. Very soon the snake stuck
its head out Il second time and his
little sister made a grab at it and
pulled from the boys mouth a live
snake fourteen inches long. 1t had
a piece of flesh attached To its tail
nearly as large as a hens egg. The
bpv lived a short time only after the
snake was taken from him, dying of
violent hemorrhage. 1t is supposed
the boy had gone to sleep in some
field and that the snake had craw-
led down his throat The reptile
has been preserved in alcohol.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

The Law and Order League of
Boston has turned its attention to
the enforcement of the old LIQUOR
laws, instead of sgitating for new
legislation, and it is said has accom-
plished wonderful results. The
temperance workers all over the
country ought to take a lesson from
the Boston league.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

CHICAGO, ILL.,. May 14.-An ex-
pressman named Bies, aged fifty
years, adjusted a rope and hanged
himself from a rafter in a barn in
the e a of his house this morning.
His wife found him hanging, and
her screams brought q crowd OF
neighbors to view the appalling
spectacle, but no one interfered or
attempted to cut the rope, notwith-
standing the frantic efforts of the
suicide to release himself. Finally,
after a lapse of ten or fifteen min
utes, q policeman arrived and cut
the man down. He was then cold
in death.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Four Persons Killed in a Cyclone.

DANvILLE, ILL, May 13.-A cy-
clone passed over the county last
night destroying a score of farm
houses and demoli<hing the United
Brethren Church and school house.
Mr., and Mrs. Joseph Miller and the
infant son of John A. Shaw, were
killed. Mr.. Shaw himself was fatal
ly injured. The path of the cyclone
was six miles in length and $50
yards wide.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

LAST week Mrs. Kilgore, of Phila-
delphia, was admitted to practice as
an Attorney in the Supreme Court
of the State. This will open the
doors of the lower courts of the city
to her, where admission had previ-
ously been denied her. The lady
and her husband, who is also an At
torney, have had a long fight and
have won their case at last.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

BRADFORD, May 13.-''There's
another pig dead, and now away |
gol" exclaimed Farmer Robert
Rezer of Clarion Mills, on Tuesday,
as he entered his house. He went
into a bedroom. and his wife follow
ed him in just as he had drawn a
razor across his throat and severed
the jugulsr vein and all the arteries
of the neck. He bled to death be-
fore Mrs Rezer could summon aid.
Rezer had lost three pigs during the
past week by some disease, but no
suspicion that it had affected his
mind in any way existed. He was
IS years old.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Mysterious Death of a Farmers Boy

HoLLIDAYsBURG, Pa, May H.
Isaac Stewart. a farmers lad, ii
years of age, of Allegheny township,
lost his life in a mysterious manner
on Sunday afternoon last. He Wis
tied a neihhboring farm, and in the
evening he was found unconscious
on the road, about three miles from
his home, with a cash three inches
long and one inch deep above his
left eye, lying in a pool of his blood.
There was nothing near TO indicate
how the wound had been inflicted.
He was taken to his home and died
on Monday.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

HEIR Mosr. the blood-and-thun-
der Anarchist of New York, whose
sole occupation was to blathe9 about
daggers and dynamite, and preach
assassination and resistance to the
law, is proven to be an arrant cow
ard. He was captured by the po'
lice and ignobly dragged by the
heels from under the bed of a pros
titute, where he was in hiding.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

THE imprisoned Mormons are
playing the role of saints, prosecuted
for conscience sake. They say that
rather than give up polygamy, which
they insist is a direct command OF
God, they viii abide in prison. Very
well. if they prefer numerous wives
and imprisonment to n wife and
freedom, let them be accommodated.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Father aad Son killed by lightning.

NASHVILLE, ILL.,, May ia ter
rife storm visited this place, doing
considerable damage and causing
the instant death of Sid Moore
and his son, why were struck by the
lightning as thew we're standing at
the door of their home. The house.
catching fire was entirely consumed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
KILLED IN THE STORM.
The Fatal Work of a Rushing Flood
at xenia, Ohio.
WHOLE FAMILIES CARRIED AWAY.
Immense Destruction of Property IN
the Little City-Loss of Life
at Other Points.

The destructive storm which has
been sweeping over the country for
the past few days passed over Illinois
and Indiana, killing people and de.
stroying property, and then spread
to Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and
the Lake regions, causing severe 10
cal storms.
In Ohio, the city of Xenia was
the chief sufferer, many houses be-
ing carried away by the food, and
the inmates either drowned or crush
ed to death. The loss of life, here
and elsewhere, as far as is known, is
as follows:
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
DAYTON

DAYTON, O., May 13.-Dayton is
isolated. No trains or mails are
coming in or going out. Telegraph
and telephone wires are all down.
Small streams became rushing tor
rents, and the Miami River rose
nine feet in three hours, inundating
fifty acres of houses in the Fourth
Ward, drowning horses and cows.
Merchandise in cellars was ruined,
bridges in all directions were swept
away and farm buildings and dwell
ings we're demolished. The crops
are totally ruined.
The greatest destruction was in a
track east from the Big Miami to
Little Miami. The louisville brick
Reformed church, A miles south OF
Dayton, was RACED. Paramount is
woefully wrecked. The church at
Beavertown, where prayer meeting
was in progress, was demolished,
but none of the panic-stricken wor-
shippers we're severely hurt. Dwell
ings there were twisted from their
foundations. At Shakerville, three
miles east, many dwellings were un-
rooted, barns blown down and cat,
tie injured.
A special train with Superintend-
ent Tucker was wrecked nea o.
burn. Tucker and six others were
injured. They were brought TO Day
ton. A north bound freight train
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton dashed into a washont at
Postum Run, five miles south OF
Dayton, ard the locomotive was car
ried $50 feet down the mighty tor
rent before sinking, then rolled over
and over. AT daylight a farmer
living about a mile across the
water, noticing signals of distress
rescued the crew from tree tops.
The rainfall was four and a mai
inches in three hours.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

1T is shocking, but there will not
be much sympathy expended over
the fate of the Anarchists in Chica-
go who looted a drug store. and poi
soned themselves by drinking drugs,
which they mistook for liquor. A
number Of the thieves are known to
have died in secret and in great
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

through a railroad cut, swept away
a Railroad bridge. carrying a vast
body of sand with it. 1t damaged
many houses in it's path and tore up
500 feet of the Bee Line Railroad
tracks.
Ephraim Williams family were
sleeping in a lower room when the
flood entered. All escaped but a
child, which was drowned. No 9TH
er lives are reported lost. The dam
age will reach $4,000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

The fact that shoes, and sugar
and coal have been advanced in
price, on account of the demanded
advance in wages. shows that the
great army of workingmen have not
profted much by the late strikes,
while to the unemployed the advanc-
ed prices is a calamity.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

THE Directors of the P~ennsylva-
MIA Railroad last week unanimously
resolved to increase the capital of
that corporation nearly 100000.
This extra issue OF stock viii make
the total capital Of the company
about s9SOOOO00.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

Congressman Scott of Erie, who
represents some 10000 miles of rail-
road and is besides the owner of a
harl with a big bung, is favorably
talked of as a Democratic candidate
for Governor. What a brilliant
spectacle he would present on an
anti-discrimination platform
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
sPRINcFIELp's EXPERIENCE.

SPRINGFIELD, O., May 13.-Terri-
bic damage was caused in this city
by the heaviest r~ainstorm ever ex-
perienced in Central Ohio. Rivers
Of water two feet deep rushed
through the streets. The culverts
by which it is confined failed to
hold Mill Creek, which rushed
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

To the credit of the Irish let il be
recorded that in the late riot at Chi
cago not a single Irishman was
found among the rioters. On the
contrary, many brave Irishmen were
among the police that faced death
and mutilation at the hands of the
bomb-throwers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

THE Democratic and Mugwump
journals insist that Mr.. Blaine is
dead and buried. If SO, his ghost
still continues to carry terror to their
DAYLIGHT dreams.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

THE Prohibition State Convention
will meet at Harrisburg in August
next. If the Democrats should get
there about the same time il will
not surprise the knowing ones.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

THE country is fast coming to the
conclusion that the bars must be
put up against that part of the for
eign element that advocates anarchy
and arson.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

Storekeepers and dealers who
have been in the habit of offering
prizes of any sort to purchasers,
should remember that the law for
bidding lotteries goes into effect on
the third of June next, and that
the penalties are Y
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

The Democrats are pitching into
ex-President Hayes because be has
written a magazine article in favor
of general education. This seems
to be regarded as a blow at the very
foundation of the Democratic party.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

THE Supreme Court of this State
has decided that the tax law of last
year is constitutional. This, the
authorities at Harrisburg say, will
increase the revenues of the State at
least three times, or from 100000
to 81. 500 600.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

IT is said that the fee of Roscoe
Conkling in the Broadway Franchise
case, Just ended, was $4,000. This
is much better in a pecuniary point
of view than being Senator.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

GEORGE A. jerks, ESQ, of Brook
vile, this State, has resigned his po.
siJiOa as Assistant Secretary of the
Interior to act as counsel for the es-
tate of the lately deceased million
aire John Dubois, at a salary of ten
thousand dollars q year.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

CHICAGO last year handled about
100000 hogs, over 100000 cattle
and 132,000,000 bushels Of grain, and
last week thrashed and cowed 10000
Socialists.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

TIE late Qualification of JEFF Davis
has borne speedy fruit. Congress
man Wheeler, OF Alabama, last week
treated his colleagues in the House
to a speech vituperating the men,
DRY of Edwin NJ. Stanton, and de-
nouncing him as an "arch-traitor. .
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

TIE legitimate results of the pres
emit strikes will be felt next winter,
when the cry will come up, I'VE
want work." and no work is to be
had.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

TIE runaway Ohio Senators are
quietly and sneakingly returning to
their homes, welcomed with loud
outlaws by their fellow citizens.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

THE strikes are nearly over, and
now comes the festive potato bug
and the grasshopper TO vex the souls
of laborious agriculturists.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

Mr.. CHARLES S. WOLFE, is having
quite a boom as the Prohibition cam
didate for Governor-in the Demo-
cratic papers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19
Assistant secretary jerks Resigns.

WASHINGTON, May IA Assistant
Secretary of the Interior jerks has
rendered his resignation, to take eff
feet on Saturday. He resigns to be-
come the counsel at $4,000 per an
mum, of John Dubois, the young,
nephew of the late John Dubois, the
Pennsylvania millionaire lum ber-
man.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

THE tide has turned, and the de-
spatches now daily tell of the re-
sumption of work, instead of more
strikes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

The narrowing suggestion has got
abroad that if is the widow Folsom,
and not the daughter, that the Pres
ident is about TO marry.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-19

y a. 1850.
Wichita daily eagle., 1886-08-06
How "Kum Blossoms" Come.

A correspondent asks the question:
sWhat is the cause of redness and pimples
on the nose| and receives the following
answer; Judging from the liquor saloon
headings of your note and the nom de
plume you have chosen, it is fair to pre-
sumo that in your case rum is the cause, and
medical men would call your disease dipso-
mania and the skin disease acne while in
common parlance it is called rum bios
soma The explanation is very simple The
circulation is through two sets of blood YES
sells, arteries and veins, both obtaining their
motive power from the heart acting as
force pump Alcohol increases the pulsa-
tions. and as the blood is seat from the
heart to the extremities faster than the
veins can take it up and return it, conges-
ton results and the nose, being remote
portion of the circulation, reddens and
finally becomes diseased This, however, is
not different from other organs Of the
body; all are congested and similarly dis
eased by alcohol The best remedy is to
discontinue the alcohol and stimulate the
absorption of the blood by the frequent ap-
plication of cloths wrung ou1 of hot water
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