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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-21
Damage by Storms.

LANCASTER, Pa, July f6-Last evenings
storm did considerable damage TO the crops
in this county. The rain was'the heaviest
known here for years. and there was a
great deal of hail. The tobacco which is well
grown. was badly cut. and the damage will
be very great. The oats were beaten down
fiat. but the crop will be but slightly injured
NEwARK, o., July l6.-This city was visi-
ted by one of the most severe storms ever
known Yesterday. Over $4,000 damage was
done, the greatest loss being 10 the fruits
and growing crops. Several business blocks
had their roofs carried away. The storm
was of about an hours duration, the wind
high, hail terrific, lightning fierce and rain
fail heavy.
BAlrTNoRE, July ga terrible rain
storm visited this city tonight, being more
severe in the western section. A kind of
water-spout unroofci many houses on
Stricken street and Harlem avenue. Harlem
square had trees torn up by the roots, and
limis of Others were wrung OFF on Fremont
avenue. Several houses were flooded. The
damage will be great.
CmcAGo. July i6-The growing crops on
some thirty square miles of territory in
champaign, Condit, Hensley and Tolono
townships, Illinois, were considerably dam
aged by the hail storm of Tuesday night.
Corn and other vegetation were literally cut
To pieces. Thousands of panes Of window
glass were broken. The loss cannct fall he
low 100000. The storm was accompanied
by a whirlwind. and its effects are seen ON
territory six miles wide and twelve long.
MARION, Ind, July 16.-Reports of the
wind. rain and hail-storm which swept over
this county ON Tuesday show that the devas-
tation was much greater than indicated by
the first news. In some places hail fell and
covered the ground twe-inehes, and in other
places corn, oats and fruits are a total loss.
The corn stalks are stripped and broken.
Oats are beaten flat ON the ground, and the
fruit is beaten from trees, Wheat which was
nearly all in the shock, will, much Of it,
have To he gathered out of the woods and
corn fields, where il was carried by the wind.
Probably a hundred buildings in the county
were unroofcd or blown down. The damage
in the county is roughly estimated at $50
600
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-21
She Wouldn't be a Mormon.

Adolph Layman, a young farmer of Port
Clinton. Schuykill County, is a recent con
vert to Morinonism. He is twcnty-eight
wears of aye and a man of considerable prop
erty. Saturday he went 10 Reading with
Magdalene Eysert, the daughter ofa neigh
boring farmer. She is twenty-onc wears old
They procured a marriage license aud then
went 10 the office of Alderman BERNARD.
There Layman related his story My in
tention is Ia locate in Utah next month. |
am going to be a Mormon because | have a
splendid chance. The Bishop offered me a
ninety-acre farm free as oon as ! reached
Salt Lake. Now | want you to draw up an
agreement to be signed by myself and my
wife that is tn be,in which she fully consents
that ! be allowed to marry AZ many wives a.
! want when we get out among the Nor
mons The Alderman advised the woman
To stay away from the Mormons and she re
fused To marry Layman, although he be-
seeched and begged pireously. She tore up
the marriage license and went home alone.
while LAyman departed on another train.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-21
III FIGHTING BrGu
Accident to Forepaugh's Stock
Train.

AUGUSTA. July 17.-At 800 A. NJ, to-day
Forepaugh's stock and wagon train, bound
from Augusta To Waterville, met with a
serious accident near Halls Woods a mile
above the station of Riverside, in NaSsal-
borough, by the breaking of an axle ON the
forward truck of a car. -Four ears left the
track and We're piled up and badly wrecked.
They were filled with heavy team and band
horses, twenty in a ear The shock threw
the animals down and crushed them among
the debris. Seven were piled up in one end
of the car and instantly killed. The strng-
giles of those alive were fearful To witness.
Twenty->evcn horses are dead, a number of
them having been 80 badly injured as To
neceSsitate killing. one buckskin stallion
was valued at $1,000. Eight buckskin band
horses aredead.
Edward Sharp. of Philadelphia, POLICEMAN.
was ON the ear with the broken axle. lie
jumped to the ground and was thrown down
and pinned beneath the car, where he lay
for an hour, being nearly sufiocated. He
had given up all hopes of being saved, but
was finally rescued, and will recover.
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A Brave Mans Sacrifice.

ELzABErH, y. j., July 1S-A heroic at
tempt was made by Jesse j. Catlin, yard
master of the Pennsylvania Railroad this
morning to rescue Annie Wyckoff,, a highly
respected young girl of Elizabeth, from death
nj the South Elizabeth Railroad Station.
The girl was on her way to Railway. While
standing on the %eaSt-bound track, waiting
for the 7.20 train, a through east-bound Pas
senger train was sighted. Passengers at the
depot called To Miss Wyckoff to yet off the
track. but She evidently did not hear them.
On came the train. Catlin jumped to her
side and was dragging her out of harms way
when both were struck by the e%ast-bound
passenger train. Miss WyckOff was hurled
many feet from the scene of the accident,
and her body was horribly mangled. Death
must have been instantaneous Catlin was
thrown Il long distance and also killed.
Both bodies were taken charge of by County
Physician Green, who viii hold an inquest
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Bit by a MoCCaSin.

NASHVILLE, July l5.-Mr. William Reed,
while bathing in Flat Creek, near shelby
willie, Tenn. a few weeks ago, began To feel
around under a rock for fish. He caught
what he thought was a fish, but upon bring
ing il To the surface of the water found it Ia
be Il large water moccasin. The snake biz
Mr.. Reed on the thumb, but as il was killed
nothing was thought of it until a few days
ago, when Mr.. Reeds hand began to swell
throwing him into a violent fever. He be
came delirious and wanted to bite everyone
who anne near his bed. II required the com
hined strength of several men To confine him
10 his.bed. Several medical men were called
in and all their efforts seemed f~ruitleSs, as
the symptoms were all similar 10 those in
case, of hydrophobia. The constant atten-
dance and skill of his physicians, however,
pulled him through and he is now getting
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-21

EAsToN. Pa. July lG.--Nis MARY Christ
man. liyingtwo mics from Sionyercek, in
Carbon county. while on her WAY home yes-
te0iay from a visit Ia a friend, WAS CHASED hy
a large panther. She WAS walking on the
Lciigh Valley Railread al the time. The
ianther came from the side ofthe mountain
and she did not discover it until it was bu; a
short distance from her. She ran to a hoa~c
near by. naehing therci II time to avoid be
mg attacked. The animal was about two
t-T high and Eve feet long. The same pan
ID CHASED a lauy If b,Try-pickers on the
mountain during the afternoon. They ran
e. RUckiort aud gave the alarm.
last evening several men, armed with
rife, started or the mountain TO search
for The beust, but up 10 noon TODAY
had not succeeded in capturing it. This is
supposed to be the same panther that fright
cned the switchman at Penn Haven a few
weeks am.
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Averting a Terrible Disaster.

PITTSBURGH, July iG-zPassengers on the
Railroad had a narrow escape from death at
an carly hour this morning. A freshet had
swept away the restle work over ~Jenning-
son's Run. near Corrigansviile, beyond Cum
berland, leaving nothing but the timbers,
ties, and rails. while twenty feet below rush
ed a mad torrent. The train consisted of a
baggage ear. two coaches, and a sleeper. As
the train sped nearer and nearer TO the point
of danger the engineer saw a light wildly
waving ahead. A second glance showed
him that il was a danger signal, and putting
his hand TO the throttle and reversing the
lever he stopped in the nick Of time. Step
ping down from the engine he was coniron-
ted by a man who had a lantern in his hand,
escaped.
The man who had been instruments in
a~yerting the disaster was Edward Newman,
who two weeks ago was in the employ of
for some cause was discharged. He was
awakened Don after midnight by the wa
ter pouring into his house from the torrents
which IAN down the hillsides. After turning
the riyulef in another direction he be-
came alarmed for the safety of his cows,
which had strayed away, and he started to
look for them. He found the death trap,
and, forgetting all about his COWS, waited a
full hour and a half in Il drenching rain,
with the thunder roaring and the lightning
flashing around him. A dispatch was
sent to this city for another train, and the
passengers knew nothing of the danger they
had escaped until aroused from their sium-
bers by the trainmen and told that they
must prepare Il be transferred TO another
train. The train which should have reach
ed Pittsburgh at 81 A. NJ, was delayed four
hours. The railroad company viii doubt
less kindly remember the hero in the case.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-21
Terrific EiailStorm.

MoCoNNELLsBuRG. Pa, July iS.-This
place was visited this afternoon by a hail
storm Of a phenomenal character without
either rain or wind and from Il sky almost
devoid of clouds. Hail dropped measuring
from five to eight inches in circumference.
The falling of the hail upon the roof of the
houses resembled Il continuous discharge Of
musketry-
The roar of the falling hail after the storm
had passed 70 the mountains near by was
grand beyond description. The storm lasted
about ten minutes and its pathway, being
about a mile wide, is marked by ruined corn
fields and orchards of fruit are stripped
Hundreds of window panes were broken in
this town. This was followed about four
hour after by a terrific storm of thunder
and lightning.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-21

JUICE RHoSE, Of Wilkesbarre, Is being
~furiously dashed by the Democratic pa
pers Of the State for daring TO suggest
that their state Convention should reeog-
nize the right OF the people TO determine
by vote whether they want the ConSiIiu-
ton amended 80 as Ia prohibit the man
ufacture and sale Of Intoxicating Liquors.
Chairman Hensel's paper is particularly
indignant, and declares that the Demo-
cratic party cannot afford to be guided
by the suggestion.
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An Unusual Scene.

BALTIMORE, July l6.-The uniformed
Knights of 81. Michael is an association of
members of 81. Michael's Cathedral. Father
Emstede. of the Church. objects to ii because
it claims so much independence. Wednes-
day, the Knights, in regatta, bore the body of
a deceased member to the Church for burial.
Father Emstede stood AT the door and forbade
them to enter in uniform. The pall-bearers,
not wishing to expose the coffin to the rain
which was falling took off their coats. and
waistcoats, and in their shirt sleeves bore the
coffin mp the aisle. The rest of the Knights
stood outside in the d%renching rain nntil af-
ter the blessing Of the corpse, when they
again took up their march as an escort to the
grave. They are all members of the church
in good standing.
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Floods in North Carolina.

RALEIGH. y. C., July i6-Heavy and con
tinuous rains throughout the state have caus-
ed the greatest Hoods since 1867. Farmers
on the Cape Flax River have lost all their
crops and many have been forced to leave
their homes ON account Of the food. Many
turpentine distilleries are under water, and
stores and dwellings are deserted. All the
low-land crops in the State are injured and
only in a few sections. on stiff uplands, l.
there much prospect Of any sort of crops.
The damage in many sections is well-nigh
total, and others from o~ne-quarter To one
I.Ff
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-21
Loses from Rain.

RtLKseH, y. C., July I4-Rains in nearly
all parts of North Carolina continue a. they
have for over a month. The damage i in
many eases ~irreparable. June was marked
by such Il rainfall n was never before known
West Of the blue ridge rain has fallen for
six weeks or more. The news fr,m Pendcf
County IS that for a fortnight the constant
great tracts o%fcountry. tits the greatest Hood
since 1867. Farmers on the Cape Fear River
have lost all their crops. and many have
been foped to leave their homes N account
of the Hood The Ioss amounts to many
thousand dollars, and there Is SURF 10 b.
SUFFERING
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-21
State Prohibition Conventions.

Jackson. Miss, July 1.-THE State Prohi-
bition Convention met here to-day with a
large attendance and approved the Local OPP
ton law. Committees for canvass work were
appointed.
CONCORD. y. H., July 1.-THE Prohibition
State Convention met here to-day. Resolu-
lions were passed declaring the liquor traffic
a National question, y it was the source and
sum Of all evils. Col. Joseph Wentworth, of
Concord. was nominated for Governor and
accepted.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-21
All About a Plug of Tobacco.

BEAVER FAILS, July 19.-Rather a stormy
time was had in the restaurant of Vim. Rent
ger ON First avenue Three men David and
Daniel Boyle and Robert Calhoun. came in
according to Reniger's story, and purchased
some tobacco. After buying the tobacco
they began To talk to Rcniger and fin
ally became involved in a row. Reniger
claims lac was assaulted and beaten by the
men and that he found after the disturbance
that his pocket book. containing some $50 or
$40. was zone. An information against the
parties was made and they were to-day ar
rested. These men have always borne good
populations and the trouble is rather a sur
prise. At the hearing it is expected there
will be some rather rich developments
hrntrrJ. ..ue
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PennsyIvanians Going west

HrNrfSo1oN July i&-The Kos,un.
Emigration society an Organization which
proposes 70 settie IL members in the W-
met here to-day Oihcers were elected ana
an executive committee appointed to pr
pare and report articles VI association snd ia
have general supervision Of the affairs oft,.
colony About iify heads of familics IN
and other counties Of the State and ia other
States have Signuied their intention Of ioB
ing the colony and il is believed thar
number will he Increased To hundreds
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A Minister and Son Seriously
Cut.

FAyErrEvILLE. AEK., July IA kniie-to-
thc-hilt fight between Rev. John Lokey, aid
ell by his son Ephraim, and a man by the
name Of Mct1elland, look place near West
Fork, Ark. Lokey and McClelland disagreed
as To the location Of 4 line between their
farms and ended in a furious quarrel. Lo-
key seized his gun and attempted TO shoot
his antagonist, but the cap snapped. The
father again assaulted Mctlelland, when the
latter drew his knife and commenced the
work of destruction. The old man and the
boy were literally cut to pieces, and there Is
ne hope for the recovery of either. McClel-
land had a preliminary trial ON Tuesday and
WIS acnuitted.
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SAN A CAPTURED.
TORN FROM THE ARMS OF 4 aoMAN-LErrER TO
HIS WIFE.

hlT Z
CLEVELAND, O., July ls.-The police to-
night arrested a man whom they believe to
be samuel X. Gay, the embezzliug Pension
clerk who suddenly left Pittsburgh a day or
two since. He was captured in a house of
ill-repute ON information given by a woman
who recently came from Pittsburgh, and
who SAYS that Gay had kept her while there.
The prisoner says le i not Gay, but thai his
name is Samuel Dennison, a commercial
traveller from Buffalo. In his pocket, now
ever. were found several letters addressed to
Samuel X. Gay and cards bearing that
name. These the prisoner says were given
him by Gay, but he offers no further ex-
PLANTATION. He will be held as Il fugitive
from justice until the Pittsburgh police are
heard from.
Gay was found in company with Don. C..
Foote, of your town, claiming To be an in
surance agent. Gay and the woman had
been drinking champagne when the officers
called. In Gays pocket a letter was found
addressed to his wife in which he ~confesses
his guilt and asks her 10 coniide in Foote,
who was 10 conduct her TO meet him. He
implors her to forgive him and come TO him
soon that he might soon again enjoy her low
ing embrace.
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They Lynched the Wrong Man.

JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, July B.-some time
last year a man named Fred IIollar was ar
rested on a charge of siabbing Mrs. William
Mclaughlin and her sister So severely thar
they nearly lost their lives. A party Of dis
guised men broke open the jail and shot Hol-
lar through the abdomen. Before Hollar
died he insisted that he did not commit the
foul deed. William Mclaughlin. who had
b,sely deserted his wife. died recently in a
Western state. eonftSsing in his last moments
that he was the author Of the terrible crime
for which Hollar lost his life.
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Illinois Farmerst to Emierate,

CHlcAco. July l4-A special from Con-
tnlia- III says The continued drought and
the failure Of the wheat crop. which has oc-
currcd for several years in SUCCESSION. and
the unprecedented asie,@ ofthe chinchlug
have induced many of tie farmers to form
themselves into a colony for the purpose Of
removing in P body Ia 0regon. Forty fami-
lies have an organization at Walnut Hills.
with a President and Secretary. and are cor
responding with railroad. for cheap rates.
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An Editor in the Penitentiary.

CoLuMBUs. July I5.-Deputy United States
dey with Andrew J. Bedout, sentenced to
one-year's Imprisonment by the United
States Court in Toledo, for sending obscene
literature through the mails. Bedout and
his brother were the editors and proprietors
fthe Toledo Sulday Democrat, and the un-
lawful matter consisted of outrageous Ian
guage used in writing up a merchant. This
Is the first editor ever put in the Ohio peni-
f~nnfinrN
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Over a P~recipiCe.

in from Hawks Nest, Fayette county, hate
last night report a serious railroad accident
near that point last evening, in which one
man was killed and four wounded. \ coal
train plunged off "A G0-foot precipice into the
valley below while running at a high speed
down a stiff grade. The engineer and fire
maj escaped in some mannsr. but a laborer
was instantly killed and three brakemen and
tcSy of the crew, were all badly mangled.
No names have been given.
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A Spirit Governed Him.

SCRANTON. Pa, iaig i2-The breach ~
promise suit instituted by Miss >oifie to.ia,
against Franklin Howell, Vice PnSident ~
the Merchants and Mechanics Bank F.
been amiealt Srled. Mr.. Howell ha,i..
sssia~~ei Judgment in Siotsst. The formal
pa5-rzEng> wcr cnndaeiesl entirely bv
referee aud tho attorneys. The refrrcc Ir.
paid the money ever % Miss Coslett Mr.
Howell. who : a s%pirtualist. broke ,he en-
gasemeni a short time ago alleging that .he
spirit IF his fathsr told him mot 70 get mar
ri,d ~ present.
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Forest Fires in Michigan.

MrsKEGoS, July 1S--For the past twenty
four hours the city has been envelopcd in
smoke from fires in the surrounding forests.
Il Is impossible to see any distance AT alLand
ifit were not for occasional puts Of air from
the lake the atmosphere would he almost
suifocating. There has been no rain for
weeks. Great fires are also raging in the
ne~ighborhood of Howard City.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-21

GovEKSoI CURTIN has issued an adj
dress TO his constituents withdrawing
from the Congressional canvass for re-
nomination. He gays he is growing old
and tired, but those who know Our
Andy an looking for the African IN
that wood pile, and have about concluded
that he feels neither TOO old nor too tired
10 accept the Democratic nomination for
Governor if he can get il.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-21
Crops Beaten Down by Hail.

DETROIT, Mich. July 1.-THE storm in
this neighborhood was severe and reports of
damage are just coming in. The large hail
stone cut down corn and other vegetables,
while leaves and branches were torn from
trees. IN Pringwells the damage was eSpec-
tally great. Several houses and barns were
struck by lightning, and two barns were
burned. Florists also report heavy losses.
The glass in their lighthouses was broken.
plants were stripped of their foliage and torn
up by the roots. Rain was badly needed.
The storm was general throughout the State.
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Mormon Recruits.

NEW YORK, July l9.-The latest delegation
Of proselytes brought over from Europe by
the Mormon missionaries arrived in Castle
Garden Yesterday, and consisted of - lee
handlers and n Englishman. Eight of the
icelanders are men. 6 women, and II child
rem They are poverty stricken. but clean
and contented looking. and say that the eff
forts Of the missionary ON the island are
meeting NTH great success. and hat more
converts will be along from there in the near
future.
The Castle Garden authorities tried to stoI.
the landing of the party under the pauIer
emigration law. but n lawyer hired by the
elder in charge met all the objections that
could be raised, and the officers had 10 le; the
delegation through to axe a train for Utah
.an;rl.
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Burning the Body of her Child

METROPOLIS. ILL.,, July 14.-Mrs. Karr. a
widow is under arrest here, charged with in
fanticide. The other night some of her
%neighbors were attracted by a stencil proceed
ing from her house. They visited the place.
and ON searching an upper room, found the
eharrcd remains ofan infant. Mrs, Karr. on
being arrested, confessed that she had given
birth 10 a still-born child, and had attempt-
ed 10 burn the body. but was disturbed BIZ
the arrival of her neighbors.
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Crazed by a Bite.

ERIE, July 16.-Sevcral days ago Oscar
Root. u prominent young man. responded
to the appeals for protection of the children
Of Martin S~tadtmiller, who were the victims
Of their fathers drunken frenzy. Stad;-
miller attacked Root and bit him ON one
hand. Blood poisoning enSued. The vic
tim j. no q rIving maniac and cannot re-
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on tobacco? Manufacturers and laborers
ought to be able 30 understand that the
abolition Of all Internal revenue taxes
will largely reduce the Governments
receipts below its necessities, and thus
compel the further imposition of duties
on foreign imports, thereby protecting
home productions and home labor from
competition with the underpaid labor of
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Liquor Dealers Organizing.

SHANoKIN. July ia meeting Of those
engaged in the liquor traffic of Norththum-
berland county was held here to-day for the
purpose of forming a hotel. liquor dealers
and b%lottlers' protective association. Tenn
porIry officers were elected and committees
appointed 10 arrange all preliminary matters.
Thu meeting adjourned to meet here August
10, at which time a permanent organization
will be effected.