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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-06


Report. reading circle, by J.
N. Berkey. Ursins.
The teachers reading circle was first or
ganized in the State OF Ohio. being pattern
ed after the chautauqua Classical and Scien-
tific Reading circle. 1t supplies loDg-felt
want among the teachers OF the State. A
State board of Directors. of which DIR.
SchaeITer is member, has arranged course
to be read BY the teachers during the year
The Educational Ners IS the chief organ of
the reading circle.
The report was commen ted upon further
by DR.. Schaeffer stating that the honor of
establishing reading circles for the advance
ment of teachers belonged properly to Penn
sylyania. The first suggestion was made in
paper read before n convention of teachers
in Schuylkill county, in 1882.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-06

1900 yards of old style blue prints, war
ranted fast colors, at cents per yard, at
PARKER & PARKERs,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-06

- md Gaps % cost nc beVHvI :
~.5,-r,ar at and below cost at Becher's.
--rk + PAEKER.-The place to buy
ap 0ois.
,as- The Clothier, Is offering the great
',.--ins ever seen in Somerset.
,-.a1to read the advertisement of
red letter sale Of
tnr,.-r-,, A. D..,r-rr.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-06

Pay UF, Pay UPi-The term Of co-part-
-f-shir between g. r. Parker & ". B. Par
fr expires on the lst day Of February.
Persons knowing themselves indebted on
-rbooks viii please call and settle their
a'0auis by cash or note at once. and save
costs PARKER & PARKER.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-06

| u. VI. DdEtl, ltf
| A. C. Holbert, 81
| Instruction" Our National Banks" DIR.
Philips said: Should we desire to start Ma
tional Bank we would need $50 900 capital. IL
we had a population of 6,000 and over, we
would need a capital of 100000. We would
then apply to the Government at Washing
ton for charter. This charter would run
twenty years, and would have to be renew
our capital we would have to buy Govern
ment bonds. The convenient thing TO do
would be TO buy the bonds anywhere where
we could easiest get them. These bonds we
would take to Washington and the Govern
ment would give US nine-tenths of their
value in notes, which our President and
cashier would sign. Thus our deposited
$50, 900 bonds would secure us S45, ,0OO in
bank notes.
Our bank would be managed by Board
of Directors, not less than five, each of
whom must own al least 81 600 stock. There
must be an election of Directors every year.
| in January.
We would expect to make most of our
money out of the deposits the people leave
with us. The law requires only fifteen per
cent. of the deposits to be kept on hand.
Experience proves this amount to be suffi-
cient Should A check out thousand dol
lars to-day, d would most likely deposit
| similar amount.
Notes on broken National Bank are as
good as If IT were not broken. By an abol
ished law they were formerly worth one
tenth more. They are secured by the bonds
deposited at Washington.
The five-dollar bills are most handled and
therefore are often replaced by new issues
These new issues are of different pattern
for the reason that they are oftenest coun
terfeited, being less likely to be scrutinized
on account of their smaller denomination.
Every bank must leave five per cent. of
its issue at Washington to redeem worn-out
notes that may be sent there by another
bank which has got hold of meof them
The Comptroller of Currency a. Washing
ton five times year, at any time he sees fit,
sends bank examiner to inspect National
Banks, and his report is published in a
prominent newspaper. The Comptroller
may at any time demand sworn statement
Of the state of its business
Every stockholder is liable for as much
more as his stock amounts to.
The Government taxes other than Ma
tional Banks ten per cent. on all the money
such banks issue. This law is in its nature
prohibitory-it makes it too dear to issue
such money, hence we have none.
National Bank notes are not legal tender;
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-06

AEE loT GOING WEsT2-Information fur
isaed free 70 persons going West. Descrip-
I've timetables Of the principal railroads in
ne United States and Canada furnished
ne To secure the lowest rates Of through
le-al the lowest passenger rates to any
'''Hi vest or south and to go over the
1'si direct and best route, address.
J. W. PATTON.
Iaveling Pass. Agent, B. & o. R.R.,
Somerset. Pa.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18
The Storm Far-reachIng.

Cincinnati, Nav l3.-Ihe storm of last
night which did such fearful work at
Xenia, Ohio, was far-reaching. 1t is heard
of in Illinois, through Indiana and Ohio
and at Winchester. Virgins. Here there
has been unusual electrical disturbances
for the past three nights. On Monday
night there was almost uninterrupted
lightning from 8 p. In. until a. m. Tues
dsy night a similar condition existed ac-
companied by heavy rain and hail, the lat
ter OF very narrow range. Last night
there was another electrical storm with
wind in heavy rain and haii.
Tie Xenia Storm, however, was much
more furious The counties OF Mont
gomery, Clarke, Butler, Warren and
Gieenlee adjacent in Ohio and form an
elevated plateau with but shallow valleys
and low hills. In these counties are the
towns Dayton, Springfield, Hamilton,
Lebanon and Xenis. In the eastern coun-
ty of Indiana, adjoining this district, is
Connersville. At all Of these places the
rain of last night was of the heaviest ma
ture ever known. Dayton marked four
aud one-half inches I'm about three hours.
Nenia was situated so as TO meet the worst
results. Shawnee Run traversss the por-
ton of the city adjacent the Little Miami
railroad which lies lower than the main
part of the city. Ghe railroad
embankment rises about the general level
and the stream flows through il in a large
culvert.
Last nightly rainfall was entirely too
much for the capacity of that eulyert.
THE WATERS ROSE
and swept away the embankment, and the
accumulated force rushed upon the small
cottages located on the low banks and
without warning bore them from their
foundations.
At Springfield it was Of nearly equal
volume, but the drainage was better.
East High street bri lge was undermined
and is a mass of ruins, and in the eastern
and southeastern portions of the city
many families were driven from
their houses by the encroaching foods.
Dozens Of bridges over the streams were
washed away.
the losses cannot be estimated, but will
be exceedingly heavy.
At Lebanon, o., the NJ. E church, the
Lebanon house,lsrist mill, warehouse and
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18

Brown, the mother of Mrs. Irons, and
a woman of 10, who earns her living
as sick nurse. She said:
"I am the mother of Mrs. Irons,
who was married to Martin Irons in
Lexington, KY, in 1852" The wit.
ness gave brief history of her daugh.
tiers wanderings with her husband
and added: Martin was very cruel
to his wife. l believe he undertook
to kill her at one time at Richmand,
Mo-"
Adam Walk, a resident of Lex
ington, Mo-, said that he knew little
personally about Irons. but a man
named James Murphy had told him
that Irons took lewd woman to his
own home. The woman's name was
Sparks and she had one child.
AT ROsedale, Kansas, where Irons
was living with
HIS SECOND WIFE,
the reporter found DR.. Wolford, who
said that he knew Irons when he liv-
ed there, as he attended his wife in
sickness.
"Was Martin Irons married at
ROsedale ," the reporter asked.
"No, | think not. All that | know
is that they lived here as man and
vile"
"Was he good to her."
eyes. They had two children. /
have seen Irons since he left here. 1t
was at Sedalia about 4 year ago. AT
that time Mrs. Irons was not in good
health. This woman was not Martin
Irons first wife. | don't know the
maiden name of Mrs. Irons No. 2
She was living rs Marin Irons wife
in Sedalia at the time Of her death.
March, 1866. She had one daugh-
ter who would he now D or is years
of age.
From a reputable citizen of Lexing-
ton, Mo-, the following statement was
"Martin Irons, who formerly lived
here and at Richmond, Mo-, is Il man
of no standing. personally or other
wise, in the community. He originally
came from Scotland to New York
City. He married his wife, that now
resi- les near Richmond, Ray county,
in Lexington, KY, while living in
Mo. During the war he
to be q British subject and
demanded protection from that gov
to keep him from serving in
the army. While in this section Irons
was considered low man, contempt
ible, wife-beater, drunken loafer. |
that at Richmond he was
locked up two or three times for beat
ing his wife and that he abused her to
such an extent that his children drove
him from home. He left Richmond
and married again without obtaining
a divorce from his first wife
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18
More About the Xenia Disaster.

Columbus, May 1S.-The State Journals
Xenia special says: About O'Clock last
evening terrible clouds were seen gathering
and terrific lightning followed by peals OF
thunder. This lasted till 9 o'clock, when
40 extraordinary clap of thunder seemed
to open the gates. The spout strue& the
houses on Water street and tore them to
pieces as IL they were shells.
A resident OF the street states that within
two minutes after the clap OF thunder he
stood in water to his waist, he being about
twenty-five yards from the creek.
When the water reached the residence
of Aaron Ferguson it was swept away
with nine inmates and lodged against a
bridge where they were afterwards res
cued.
The next damage was at the coal yard
OF Samuel Stark on which was located a
tenement house and occupied by family
NAMED Powell, nine In number. Up to 9
o'clock p. M. none of them had been
heard from.
The next point of destruction was
in what is known as the
bottoms. A dozen houses, occupied mostly
by colored people here, were swept away.
Dozens of horses were lost, and railroads
leading out of the city were swept away so
that it was impossible to hear from outside
points. At least dozen trains are here
nov.
Within few miles of the city telegraph
wires are down and business has been sus-
pended. 81 ~
One family by the name of Morris were
were swept away. The last seen of them
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18
MUSICAL CONVENTION.
A Great Undertaking by a Clin-
tn Musician to Elevate
His Profession.

Mr.. d. j. Marshall, leader of
the Eclipse Silver Cornet band of
Clinton, last December conceived
thee idea of consolidating into one
grand organization all of the bands in
West and Southwest Missouri. A.
cordingly communications were d.
rected to the leaders of these bands
and favorable replies received from
those at Sedalia, Kansas City. Spring
field, Wsrrensburg, and about fifteen
others The object of this organiza-
ton 10 to elevate tn profession.
Each year grand reunion
will be held in the
city Offering the greatest inducements,
at which contests for prizes will take
place. The bands will Re graded ac-
cording to the length of time they
have been organized and the presence
of professional players will be taken
into consideration. The Sedalia band
will be ranked in the first grade.
These reunions will continue for two
or three days. The manager of the
Springfield Fair association has al
ready offered great inducements for
the first reunion.
A convention will be held In Gin
ton in the latter part of June, which
will be attended by one delegate from
each band for the purpose of organ
izing.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18
A Town Blo~n Down.

Indianapolis, Mag l&-The Journals
Greenfield, Ind, spe daE reports that news
has reached that pox from Wilkinso1l
fifteen miles distant the indianapolis.
Bloomington &. W|A3n railway, that
the storm yesterday blew down
all of the buildings in the town except
three. Samuel White was killed and his
wife fatally injured. A boy named Shaffer
was also killed and about twenty persons
seriously hurt. All wires are down and
direct communication impossible.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18
A General Storm Prevalent.

Chicago, May l3.-Dispatehes from va
rious points in Southern Illinois, Eastern
Iowa, Southern Wisconsin and Northern
Indiana, Indicate the prevalence last night
of severe electrical storm in the section
named, accompanied by high winds, and in
several places heavy fall of hailstones. A
great deal OF damage was done to build
ingt, crops and orch ards, but so far, out
side OF Odell, H., and Attica, Indiana,
only one life has been reported lost.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18

The furniture makers of New York
are certainly an original lot of strik-
ers and no mistake. They have re.
solved that if any member of the
furniture manufacturers organization
orders lockout in his factory, be-
cause of a strike in another factory,
they will have HIM arrested for con.
spiracy against labor. Their argu.
ment is that if it was conspiracy for
the Executive Board of the Empire
Protective Association to order a site.
up" on the surface railways, it will be
conspiracy for the combined mama.
facturers to order a lockout. This
sounds like an ingenious argument
but mans right to manage his own
private business as he sees fit viii
probably be upheld in. the end
When the manufacturers resort to
threats, violence and boycottine
against one another or anybody else,
it will begin to look as if there was
something IF a case against Them
New York Tribune.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18
Attica's Killed and Wounded.

Indiana, special to the Journal, gives the
following list of the dead and injured from
Yesterdays storm:
Killed.-Mrs. Joseph Davis,
Fatally wounded.-Mrs. Morehead, Mrs,
Abe. Nathan, Will Vandeventer and Jas.
Idle.
Seriously injured-Mrs. Kirby and son.
Red. Brady, Bob Paris, Mrs. Moore, Court
new Moreland. The last named
was fatally injured. The loss will exceed
5000 600.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18

was at the Main street bridge, when man
was seen at the window by the terror
stricken crowd, waving a
lamp. The next moment the house col
lapsed and thy were gone. Only one,
boy, 13 years of age, has been found.
The work of finding the bodies still con-
tiuues. The mayors office has been turned
into mOrgue, and there are now twenty
two bodies there. The scenes are heart
rending. Whole fami les lie difigured on
cots.
THE Loss OF PROPERTY
is very great, whole lumber yards and
bridges being gone completely. The
scenes in che devastated districts areiindis-
scribable. Forces of men are busily en-
gagged in clearing away, and hundreds of
people surround the places. Strangers
have began to pour into the city from all
directions. The council has appropriated
- 900 for immediate use in the burial of
the victims. A private subscription has
already reached in the thousands. A
committee is doing the city for clothing
and beddi' g. The rink has been
turned into a refuge for the homeless,
who are many. All aid possible is needed
from every source.
Among the losses are Mcdowell 4 Lor-
rance, lumber, $4,000; Miami Powder
company, $4,000; Little Miami railway,
Sl25,0O0; private individuals, $4,000.
The city engineer places the city's loss at
So, 1000. The Little Miami railroad has
about sixteen miles swept away. In addi-
ton to the above
TWO MORE BODIES WERE FOUND
this evening, being children, and they are
not identified. The complete number of
the dead, whose bodies have been found, is
twenty-five, with eleven still missing.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18

several residences were unrooied. Shade
trees ere ruined. Nearly every railroad
across the state was crippled. Some will
require several-day for repair
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18
A Day of Funerals.

Kansas City, May 13.-The excitement
has subsidized. 1t is considered certain
that all the bodies have been found. There
were many funerals to-day. one or two OF
the injured are In critical condition.
The BODY of Frrnk Smith was sent TO
Chicago tonight. That of L. L. Moore,
ir., was taken To Kentucky. Several 9TH
ers have been sent to distant points. Dep
pendenee to-day. There was an immense
crowd az the funeral. WIN. r. Louvre, a
member of the state militia, was given a
military burial this afternoon About one
dozen funerals were held here TO-DAY.
Two more of the injured
among the operatives at the factory were
reported from their homes to-day, one very
seriously hurt.
Mr.. Hedges condition is about I'M
changed.
A committee of architects examined the
Lathroy school building to-day and will
make report of their investigations in q
day or two. The building will net be re-
paired.
The court house meeting of citizens held
to-day Was not largely attended, but WIS
quite a representative one. Resolutions
were adopted declaring the present build
ing should never be occupied again except
as merest present mskeshift, until some
other building can be secured. The county
judges will probably hold session soon at
independence. The books of the record
er's office were removed 10 day u the
building secured at Sixth and Walnut
streets
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18
ssROUGH ON CORys. >,

Ask for Wells "Rough on Corns.r l5c.
Quick complete cure. Hard or soft corns,
warts, bunions.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18
Whole Families Swept Away and
Wild CONSERVATION Through
ont the City.
Buildings, Orchards and Crops
Swallowed Up i'm the Mad
Floods.
Tie Loss of Property Too Great
to be Even Approx
mated Yet.
At Xenia.

Cincinnati, MAY l3.-The city OF Xenia
Green county, this state, l. reported mac
cessibie by rail from any direction because
of washOuts by the storm last night. Ar
cher creek, which flows from the cas-:
through q culvert under the railroad near
the depot. damned The culvert with drift
and formed great reservoir which broke
the railway embankmeut and swept
through town, carrying houses away and
causing los of life besides sweeping away
600 feet OF railway track.
WORSE AND WORSE.
1918 a. m.-There i still no Geographic
communication with Nenla or DAYTON, bat
from the railroad officials il Is learned that
twenty persons are reported killed and
large numbers injured. The fearful wind
blew down trees and telegraph poles until
there was no communication with Cincin-
natl whatever The Little Miami railroad
started its eastern train two hours late this
morning by the Muskingum Valley.
Only the mere5t outlines OF the disaster
are obtainable. From these il appears that
the rainfall last night was the worst ever
known in that part of the stale There was
a heightened cloud burst. beginning at s
and lasting until after To- Shawnee run,
which r3ns through portion of the town
with cottages built on its banks, rose to an
unprecedented height, and from fifty to 100
buildings we've swept from their founda-
tions and the inmates suddenly found
themselves helpless in the angry flood.
How many lives were lost Is not vet
known, but at 1870 searching party re-
covered tw enty-four bodies
1t is estimated that a number more will
be found. The Storm is described as the
most disastrous ever known on the Little
Miami railroad.
The nearest approach any train could
make to the city was three miles. The
bridges were all washed away, and in some
places the track was taken.
Trees are down, fences destroyed and
crops ruined. 1t wills require days to re-
pair the damage done to the railroad.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18
Chronic Catarrh.-I

Chronic Catarrh.-I have suffered
for years from chronic catarrh. Six weeks
ago was induced to try Ely Cream Balm.
Relief was in tantaneous, and continued
use has resulted In an almost conpletas
Cures. M. Greene, bookkeeper, Stear
boat Co., Catskill, N. " -
Was aflicted with catarrh and cold
in the head. tried many remedies with
out any beneficial effects, at last I used
Ely's Cream Balm, which etfecrually cured
me.-W. Fl. !. billiard, Bordentown, n. J.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18
Several Persons Hurt.

Pittsburg, Pa, May I3-Dispatches
from several points along the Conemaugh
Valley report several persons seriously in
iured by tornado which pass,d over shat
section Monday evening. Mrs James
Bretts, who gave birth to a child about
three hours before, and was in bed, was
carried out over the fence into a field and
picked up more dead than alive. She is
not expected to live. BERTHE Foust,
friend OF Mrs. Bretts, was carried some dis
lance. John Foust's house was blown
down. The bedclothes were carried a mile
and a half and lodged in the tree tops.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18
WEDNESDAYS WIND.
1t Caused a Large Loss of Life
and Great Destruction of
Property.

| ~ Se'Se % Aoh 81 AOSo VI hhhe
and Great Destruction of
| Property.
A General Storm i'm Northern Ill
linOis, Eastern Iowa Southern
Wisconsin and Indiana.
The High Winds and Heavy
Fall of Hail Caused Wide
Spread Disaster.
Twenty Persons Killed and a
Large Number Injured at
Xenia, Ohio.
At Attica, Ind, Several Lives
are Lost and a Number are
Seriously Injured.
A Detailed Account of the Dis
aster at Xenia Shows Heart
Rending Scenes.
Whole Families Swept Away and
Wild CONSERVATION Through
ont the City.
Buildings, Orchards and Crops
Swallowed Up i'm the Mad
Floods.
Tie Loss OF Property Too Great
to be Even Approx
mated Yet.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18
An Appalling Scene.

Xenia, May 13.-In the midst of the
storm about 10 o'clock last night the fire
bells rang out their wild alarm, but no
great number OF people responded, but di-
rectly the second alarm brought out the
whole town. II was soon learned that the
Shawnee, a heretofore harmless little
stream, was out of its banks and sweeping
everything before it. Standing ON
the banks of { mis- mighty stream
in the rain ann darkness, it was an
appalling situation. There was no light,
and above the roar of the angry waters and
the flashing lightning and thunder came
the
CRY FOR HELP
from drowning people. Men rushed fran
sically from the shore into the waters.
Others ran in other directions
for ropes, ladders, lights and boats AT
the corner Of Detroit and Water streets, a
bonfire OF store boxes kept up with coal
OIL was built and nine persons rescued from
the Ferguson house and also some people
from the old Heaton house. Further
down, at Bars bottom, a scene of terrible
destruction was witnessed. OF the fifteen
or twenty houses that occupied the fiat,
only two or three could be seen, the rest
having gone with the mighty rush.
At the Main street bridge the terrible tide
had fairly piled the debris of ruined houses
in an awful mass in which several dead
bodies were found.
Orrin Morris, wife and seven children,
lived in a little frame house on
Second street. 1t was raised
from its mOorings and foated toward the
Main s.reet bridge. Cries came from: it
and man was seen at the window with a
light when 1t was washed away, partly
sinking. The light went out and
all wasstill. Mr. Morris and his family
had a most awful fate. Afterward two of
his little boys were rescued alive clidging
10. debris down the creek.