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Natural Gas in Texas.

Forth WORTH, Feb. l1.-Northern eapi.
tahsts, prospecting here. struck gas yesterday
al deRh NJ $50 feet. Great volumes of "a:
accompanied ny 2 cloud Of sand, rushed
from the well With 2 rear that could be
heard mile distant. james Gabriel, work.
man lit his pipe thirty faa from the well
igniting the gas, burning Off his xhiskers
sgd hair and throwing him fifteen feet Tho
hames 2ss.ed upward sixty feet, burning the
limbs Of tree t3lirs feet distant. Two hous.
-, shiry-six feet eistapt, isd to be torn
dsss " save them. Stones aud gravei, earth
and water Sege thrown in upon the faping
well. The flames SeTe lowered; but could
not be extinguished. A b&ssss Of sait was
next emptied on the well. Ground w. DOR.
cod into the well and cement laid over it,
Fhe gss siill presses itself through and burns
rapidly.
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tive work is concerned. headquarters viii be
established probably in New York. We
shall have thrce agents in Cincinnati, ono AT
St. Louis aud one at Chicago. I am agent
sf this point. We have some OF The hest
people in the country inicresiei-n,en who
are willing to 20 down into their pockets for
the relief of their oppressed brethren. We
hare some colered people in this country
who are pretty well fixed, and they are COM
niited to the work. There is no liked
amount of capital.
We hope to accomplish by the exodus first
aud foremost, protection. This is not a
question of politics al the bottom. although
it will, of course. have some political bearing.
Why, do you know that in the last fifteen
years 5000 black people have been killed
in the South for their political opinions and
nothing has been done to remedy the mat
ter? 1t is life or death with us primarily.
We are tired of having representatives in
Congress upon voting population that have
no representation There is no other remedy
so we propose TO pull out. The colored man
ha- b''StVf'tA aiia hiote tAp t1St'A "h1t AZ
is, and the white laborer could not and can
not do the work that our people do. The
Souiherners will find the difference when
they have 10 use white labor.
We have selected South America for To-
cation because of its climate and the adapta-
bility of the soil TO produce such articles as
the colored people are accustomed 10 rails
ing. We have investigated the country and
received favorable replies. Ogrpeople do not
want TO come North and West because of
the climatic conditions, and becanse the pre-
judice against black face follows them
even there In South America as well as in
other parts of the world, the color Of the
skin docs not bar man out of the race for
the best. We shall start oar emigrants from
Eastern points. | can't speak any more
definitely now than to say that Boston line
running TO Brazil will carry passengers at
si4 head. That certainly is cheap enough
We have agents at work in the South now
and we shall get as many emigrants as possi-
bic opt of Mississippi, Louisiana and Ala
bama, while not neglecting Missouri aud
Kentucky. and if there is not big emigra-
ton before next summer then | miss my
g1less.n
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Murdered in His Own House.

CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-Amos ]. Smell, owner
Of the the toll road running through Jeffer-
son, was found murdered in his residence
this morning at No. 425 Washington Boule-
ward. Mr.. Smell owned great number of
houses, which he rented. aud all his business
was transacted in the basement of his own
house, which had been fitted up as au office
The windows and doors were heavily barri-
caded, The only occupants of the house
last night were its owner. 81 years old, two
servant girls and two little girls, grandchil
dren of Mr. Smell, who were spending few
days there. Mrs. Smell aud one of her two
daughters, Mrs. Frank Coffin, were on
visit to Milwaukee. \ most extraordinary
feature of the crime is the fact that although
the murder was committed about o'clock
and the shooting was heard by the servant
girls At that time they paid no attention TO
it, explaining their action after the murder
had been discovered by saying that they
thought Mr.. Smell had accidentally fired the
shot. Ii was therefore not until o'clock
that the coachman, who slept in the barn,
entered the house 10 lock after the furnace
and discovered the body of Mr. Smell at the
head of the basement stairs with a bullet
hole just behind the ear. tits supposedtha
Mr.. Smell had been aroused by the opera
nons Of the burglars in his Office and came
down stairs when the fatal shot was fired
The burglars Effected an entrance by cutting
a panel out ofa rear door, but it is not knoSn
that they obtained anything Of value beyond
Mr. Smell leaves a widow, two married
daughters and SON and has been estimated
as worth nearly S3Doo000
CBpcAso, Feb. l0.-Albert ]. Smell las de-
cided to offer reward of $4,000 for. the ar
rest, or information leading to the arrest of
the murderer, or murderers of his father.
Neither the detectives nor the relatives of
Alr. snel will admit that the murder was
the work of one assassin One man only
many have been in the house, but they are
confident that one man did not start ont by
himself to rob the houses along Washington
Boulevard The detectives argue that the
great reward will tempt some member of the
band to squeal. But even Captain Lyman
Lewis, of the Desplaines Street Station, who
is not easily surprised, was startled by the
sum which Mr. Smell offered Tor the eonvic-
ton of the murderer.
Concerning the general condemnation of
local police force, the chief of detectives says.
" If those who criticisc and deplore our con-
dition would take the trouble to find out
how things are going on in New York aud
other cities, they would say comparatively
speaking that weare In a heaven upon Garth
There seems to be a general uprising of rob
bers all over the country. New York istorn
TO pieces with burglars and other midnight
niaraudeFs. II. Louis is almost, might
say, a. the mercy of the thieves. Not alone
are harglaries Of nightly occurrence there.
but highway robbeFies arc prevalent"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas, and N
the Fast, including New Jersey and
PENNSYLVANIA, which is against the re-
nomination Of Cleveland and favors the
nomination Of Hill"
The New York Sun, one Of the foremost
Democratic journals in the country asks I;
3 Has Mr.. Cleveland monopoly OF the
right TO be a Democratic candidate Tor
President? Is ita sin to doubt his capac-
isv TO administer the affairs Of the Gov
ernment for the greatest possible pubic
benefit? Il is an ofiense against good
morals to support Mr.. Hill, Mr.. Randall,
Mr.. Hewitt, Mr.. Coleman, or any other
conspicuous Democrat in preference to
Mr.. Cleveland ?"
The Kansas DemOcraf calls upon Presi-
dent Cleveland as good Democrat TO
retire as his candidacy viii endanger the
success Of the party.
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a. Cleveland is given the first place on
the Democratic ticket, why should not
the Hon. Frank Hurd OF Ohio have the
second place? In season and out, hot
and cold, sunshine and storm, Frank
Hurd has stood by and defended the
platform which the President has put
forth in his message to Congress. Every
sentence of the message was lined out and
repeated over and over again 10y Mr..
Hurd, until lac could not look an Ohio
sheep in the face He would be an emf
nently proper man for the second place on
the ticket
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The Exodus Movement.


ISplAsAroIIs, lFp, Fsb. s.-Col. 4 4.
Jones, ofthe State Auditors qsee w. is
contested With the --latest proposed exodus
of negroes from the Southern States TO
South America, talks Ezcsay about the
scheme. He is an active friend OF aN move
naenis for the improvement of the condition
of biz race. aud was engaged in the first
exodus of las. He accompanied Governor
Chamberlain. thess With sesessi ether young
coiored men, to South Carolina, from Mass
achusefts. and entered heartily into that
movement.
This exodns,' he said, will be eiIectuaI-
ly pushed, and by May We expect to get
our first party on the road. There are no
headquarters as yet: the movement is very
young, less than month old. So fst as ac-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15
ITALIAN Houses are Too Cold for Mr..
Biaine

BAssteoron. Feb. l0.-private letters re.
ceised in Washington from Florence con-
firm the report that MI. Blaine has suffered
the whole winter from colds and from
rheumatism also. He attributes il 10 the
wreiched provision for heating houses Ia
eaiy. He rarely comes to the table d'hoie,
preiesFing the one room in his suite where
he can get 3 tolerable fire He is said to be
in good spirits efsept when he Is in rage
with the ttaliaas ip trying TO keep warm
with hot wafer jugs instead ofa good coal
fin
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SENATOR PLArT, of Connecticut, IN
commenting on the Presidents message
in the Senate one day last week, said
among other things worth considering;
"If anybody but the President OF the
United States had made snch statements
as were contained in the message, he
would apply to him Characterization
which it would not be proper to apply to
the President. He repeated that there
was not one article of domestic production
manufactured here to considerable ex-
tent that was not approximately, as cheap
as it was abroad. This attack Of the
President on the manufacturers of the
country was too open, too plain, too Sc
we're to be allowed 20 pass in silence.
Were the manufacturers realizing inl-
mense profits? Were they the million
aires of the land The manufacturers
who had accumulated fortunes equal to
a million dollars might be counted on
the fingers. And in nine cases out Of ten
these men, or their fathers, had struggled
up from the bottom. Who had ever
heard a manufacturer called king Yet
they heard Of Cattle Kings and Wheat
Kings and Iron Kings and Cotton
Kings and Railroad Kings. So, too,
they heard of trusts, and the President
had referred TO them. But were they
manufacturing trusts? There was the
Standard Oil trust, the great Gogebic iron
trust and the coal trust. And yet there
was not dollar of protection on anthra-
cite coal, OF oil, and none on iron ore
that would lead to the formation of a
trust. If the sugar trust was manufac-
turing trust, it was the only one in the
United States. That was not the way in
which manufactures were developed.
They were developed from humble begin
niDgs. by hard, persistent labor and en-
terprise'
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The Disis senatorshIp.

ALTOONA, Pa, Feb. s-fbsse is going to
be some lively work done for fi.s Repnbli-
can nomination for State Senator In this dis
trict. There are three condidates in the field
aow-Ex-Auditor General John A. Lemon
ssa Hon. p. L. Hewitt, of Hollidaysburg,
and f;os. Edmund Shaw. of Altoona. Gen.
Lemon ssas sisaady served two terms in the
State Senate sici. ssccess, and last year he
was the choice of tt's e1.spy for Congress.
from the Seventeenth disttsa. ispt was de-
fcatcd in the conference by Edward seasA lol
Somerset.
Ma Hewitt served three terms IN the
House, s-ea gas Speaker Of that body in the
session Of assss .tSf has not sought office
sine fl.eD- The @eSnsy Committee will
meet In HoilidaysbaEg on fetsssry 18th TO
determine the time vi fiae eoyeaiael
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

The opposition 60 the re-nominasson of
President Cleveland u beginning to pcS~
dis head above ground an eyer the coun-
try. and the free trade enthusiasts of his
party xho hailed the message with Il
has the true Democratic ring are COM
mencing to hear from the people. The
mugwump New York Times, Cleveland's
most ardent supporter. regards the oppo-
sitlon Of Governor Hill and Tammany
Hall with alarm, while the Boston TIru,-
script says; The active promoters of
this scheme include men who are pronli-
nent in Democratic politics, and there is
a strong organization extending from
New York 10 Ohio, Indiana. Illinois
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15
Chinese immigration to ,. stopped

WAsHINeros, d. c. Feb s.-Nr Belmont
Chairman of the House Committee on For
eign Affairs. said to-day that negotiations
had been pending FOR some time for an ami
cable settlement of the Chinese question. He
understood, in fact, that draft of the pro-
posed treaty had been transmitted to the
Chinese Minister to-day that would bring
about the complete exclusion of that class of
cmigrants to which the people of the West
eri coast objected
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

THE Government receipts for January
have averaged about 81 .000.0OOa day, and
already exceed the expenditures during
rhe same period by more than SlS,0O0,-
v0a, which millions have been added to
the surplus in the Treasury. Payments on
interest will reduce this amount TO about
sl4 JDo00n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

Horse Blankets whichare strong
and have a reputation are always
initiated in poor qualities which
look like them, but having fewer
warp threads are not as strong.
Some dealers buy these poor
limitations for few cents less and
by saying theyare "just as good"
sell them at the same price as the
strong blankets to parties who do
not know the difference.
You cannot tell whether horse
blankets are strong by the look
or feel. as the warp threads do
not show on the face. How then
are you to know?
In norderthat you cantellastrong
blanket from Il weak one, the manu-
facturer Of 81 Horse Blankets
sews the above sA Trade Mark
inside of each blanket. This is
guarantee that it is the strongest
blanket made for the money and
will wear we'll
Many poor limitations have been
sold as sA blankets. Remember
none are genuine unless the
* Trade Mark is sewed inside.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

GovERNoR Hill, of New York, Is some
thing Of an athlete, and practices with
Indian clubs and gloves every day that
he NAV be able TO knock ont President
Cleveland in the next Democratic con-
..a.,ssnt,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

TIE High License law closed one hun
drcd and fifty saloons in Allegheny
county ON the LIST Of February, and the
opportunities for getting drunk were re-
daccd Just that much. And yetso-called
temperance men oppose that kind of re-
form.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

SAMUEL J. RANDALL is not saying much
these days but he is said TO be doing a
mighty sight Of thinking. II is thought
he will have something interestingly say
about the time the Democratic State Con-
ycufiou meets.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

EN-SExAroR SnaoS CAMERON, Senators
FRYE and ingalls,. Congressman Thomas
y. Reed, and other distinguished Repub-
licans will attend the celebration Of the
organization Of the plrty to be held in
Pittsburgh February %
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

TnE Louisiana delegates to the next
National Republican Convention-twelve
in number-haye been elected They
are said 10 be divided in their preferences
between Blaine and sherman for the
nomination
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DuLE TO ACCEPT OR REFUSE.

10 Alice intermarried with Cleon Metz. Ro.
sanna Huston and Laura Huston. residing in
Johnsiown. Cambria Co., Pa, and Jane NJ.
Bomgardner, residing in Braddock, Ale
gheny County, Pa.
YDu are hereby notified to be and appear at an
Orphans Court to be held in and for Somerset Co.
Pa, on Monday, the 27th day of February next
then and there TO accept refuse to take t. real
estate Of James Huston, deed at the appraised
valuation. or show cause why the same should
not be sold
siIerif-s Ofice. ! X. :. McMILLEN,
Somerset, Jan. Is, IS Sheriff.
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nlonE NREwARDEo are tlose

oINHK NREWAHDED are those
Nt~"6uw who read this and then act:
they viii ind honorable employment that will
not take them from their homes and families.
The profits arc large and sure for every indnstr-
ous person many nave made and are now max
ing several hundred dollars month. Il : easy
for any one to make 81 and upwards per DIV who
is willing Ia work. EithsT sex, young On DID I;
capital not needed . we start you everything
new no special ability required yon, reader
can do IL as well any one. Write to Us at once
for full particulars. which we mail free. Address
SrISsoS d Co.. Portland. Nd. janIl. sslyr.
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A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate of George Kocher. deceased. late of Que
mahonlng Twp, Somerset Co.. Pa.
Letters of Administration on the above estate
having been granted TO the undersigned by the
proper authority, notice is hereby given to all
persons indebted to said estate to make mmedi-
ate payment: and those having claims against
the same will present them duly authenticated
for settlement ON Saturday, Feb. D. 1855 at the
late residence of deceased. at 10 o'clock A. ".
JOSEPH KOCHER
Janis. Administrator.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15
Wholesale Hansing of Murderer..

FoEr SMITH, OAK, Feb. 9.--Judge Parker
Of the United States district court. yesterday
sentenced five negroes. one Cherokee and
one white man to hang on April y,
for murders committed in the Indiana terri.
tory.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

JAMES g. BLAINE was 30 years old on
January 3lst, and hundreds Of cable
grams bearing the congratulations oi
friends from all the states were forwarded
so him n, Rome Italy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

WILLIAM /. Soorr is being talked OF Tor
Chairman Of the Democratic Naiional
Committee.
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Balance due Trea.luer........
DUE TO ACCEPT OR REFUSE.

IL
ToA. J. Anderson, residing IN Fayette Co. Pa,
Noah NJ. Anderson. residing in Greene Co.
4. Howard Anderson, residing in Counells-
Vile Fayette Co. Pa Lucinda Morrison
aud Mary Elizabeth Morrison, residing In
Fayctfe County. Pa Clark Morrison, Thomas
Morrison, George Morrison and Margaret, IN
iernlarTicd with - Fleming, residing in
MestmoTeland County Pa
lou are hereby cited to be and appear at a
Court of Common Pleas to be held at Somerset in
and for Somerset County. on Monday, the 9th
day of February, less, then and there 10 accept
OF refuse 10 take the real estate 10 wit A tract
Of land situate in Lower TurkeyfoOt Township,
Somerset County, Pa. adjoining lands of Jacob
II. Moon, Lorenzo ID. NcNair. and Others con
tanning l07 acres more or less, at the appraised
value thereof, or show cause why the same should
not DE sold according TO law.
sherifi's Office, X. S. McMILLEN.
Somerset Pa. Jan. ls IS. Sheriff
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

The contest for the Republican nomi-
nation for Supreme Judge in this State
gives promise of being an exceptionally
lively one.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

TnE climate of Ohio and Indiana does
not agree with election conspirators. Its
been a rough and open winter for them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

ELECTION oFFIcERs are to he elected
next Tuesday. There will be longelee-
tor..l ticket TO count in the fall and ex-
pcrienced men should be chosen to do 1t.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

THERE are at present twenty-one fur
naces idle in the anthracite region on
account of the coal strike.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

THE Personal Liberty Leagues through
out the State promise to take an active
mart in the coming campaign
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

The State of Texas is bothered with
surplus in the Treasury and there Is talk
of calling an extra session of the Legis-
laturc 10 reduce IT,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15

we the undersigned Auditors somerset County the Commonwealth Snn
0 he act rat
ships ETC. passed the lA day Of april 1854 me County
the ID
M accounts required of By law agdy several Assembly and
and
G. Aussman Account and
Individual
find that Joint.
hmleke hundred sni lN
thsrofTh
fol lss 10
Auditors
attached
tou usand Usher aebed
ntetnony hands 18th ay -
n.
Clerk CunvA
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Stock on Farm.
Implements on Farm.

Same as before reported, with following ad-
ditions
One T. T. X Harrow.
Champion Mower
Set of Buggy Harness.
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JAMES u BLAINE.
Mr.. Jones. wieR asked whether Mr.
Blaine's declination sosla prevent his
friends from nominating him a.yteN, said
= ,s ! am Chairman of the National Cots
mitree DO not think it would be proper for
me 10 have as.v;hing to cay on that sub
ject.
' DO you think Ar. Blaine woeL accept
ths soaiastion If rendered to hin
'' | have nc authority 20 speak for Mr.
Blaine and have no eeaiectgres to offer on
the subject The letter speaks for itself and
must decline to be interviewed On this
question"
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Tnr season Of Lent commences to-day
"Wednesday
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NYRUS SCHROCK CorNrY PooR H
~ IN
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SOMERSET MARKET.
csrrsessd weekly by COOK BEEmrs.
DKAlEEs IN
Choice Groceries, Flour g. Feed

Prices for February Is, 1858.
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DEPORT OF WILLIAM W. BAKER,
1-e Steward of the Poor House and House of
Employment of Somerset County. Pennsylvania
for the year ending December Slst, 1881.
Stock ON Farm
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-03-17

tjves made their way through the drift
to the release of the train, and 1t was
brought into the freight yard in this
city. Among the passengers were
several membere of the Assembly. The
Worlds summing up of the situation
is as follows: Not a train in Or out of
New York to-day. Not a single mail
was received or sent. To all irtents
and purposes, New York wascomplete-
ly cut off from the outer world as If
located in the middle of the Atlantic
Ocean.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
had 1000 men engaged tonight shovel
ing snow from its tracks, and hopes to
send a train through to Philadelphia.
Fresh beef and vegetables will be
scarce by Thursday, and, az a matter
of fact, New York Is seldom provision
ed beyond 4S hours, and we have re.
celved no supplies since Saturday last.
Such dispatches as have been re-
ceived here from points in the interior
of the State indicate that the storm has
been equally severe in every section.
Dispatches have been received from
Buffalo, Saratoga. Utica, Syracuse and
faiuduys lIty ali SPEAK VI Tue uHpTe-
cedented fall Of snow, of a terrific gale
and of blockaded railroads. There are
only "a members OF the Legislature in
Albany, and the Legislature has been
obliged to adjourn for want of a quo
rum. At one A. NJ. the weather here
was somewhat moderated. The fall of
snow has ceased and the atmosphere is
brighter.
Many trains are stalled between
stations on the Hudson River and
Harlem Road. Officials said yesterday
that 40 trains were showed in, and
their efforts to break through the
snow drifts had completely failed. Not
a train reached the depot during the
day. Most roads report similar condi-
ton of affairs. Passengers suffered
great discomfort. Ferry boats are only
run at long intervals. All Eastern
wires are down.
One of the most serious results of the
blizzard is an impending milk famine.
There is a great scarcity of milk every
where. All the supply has been u
off. Scarcely any has been received
since Sunday, and already there is
much suffering among children OF ten
der age, whose Diet is chiefly milk.