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Victims OF la Grippe.

NEW YoRK, Jan. 3.--La grippe shows no
sign of letting 90 in this Guy. No less
than $50 members Of the police force are
now in its clutches, according 10 reports re-
ceived at headquarters up to noon to day.
Among them were one captain, four ser.
geants, four roundsmen and eight doormen.
This is decided increase over yesterday 5
returns The Health Board, however, does
not appear al all alarmed, its members con
tending that the disease, while annoying, is
in no wise dangerous The Brooklyn po-
lice force is also badly denoralizsd. over
100 out of force Of 80 are reported sick To-
day
The Bureau Of Vital Statistics receised to-
day four death certificates on which the
cause Of death was given as epidemic inill-
enza. The officials, however, for some un-
explained reason, positively refused to give
the names of the people who have 50 died.
There were 24o deaths reported FOR the p
hours.
From unofficial sources il was learned
that one Of the deaths was that OF John b.
Kent, clerk 10 the employ Of the Bell Tele-
phone Company.
Eight policemen, who have died within
the last few days. have been victims of the
nlalady
At Jersey City three deaths from the dis
ease have already been recorded, and a mum
Der ofpersons are confined to their beds.
WkLLISsFoRB. CoSN.. Jan. 3.-Coionel
Charles II. 4. Mott, bookkeeper for the firm
ofFoy. Harmon & Chadwick, corset manu-
factmers Of New Haven committed suicide
by shooting himself here yesterday after
noon. BE had the grippe and bad been TAX
ing large doses OF quinine which is said 10
have made him temporarily insane
Marc Buro Thnda. Jap, who worked in
Henry c. Parke's japanese porcelain faclo-
ry, and who killed himself yesterday By cat
ting his throat with razor, is supposed to
have been incited TO the act by the grippe
Nm. Margaret sieneck. the wife Of John
d. Steneck, halter, died yesterday from the
effects Of paris green poison. swallowed with
suicidal intent on Tuesday night Her
friends believe that her death resulted direct-
ly from despondency occasioned by the
grippe
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Milford items.

Roads were pretty good, but Saturday
nights rain has spoiled them considerably.
Mrs Herman Queer, is seriously i'll with
heart dropsy, her case is very critical. no
hopes for her recovery.
Grant Walter our merchants son. is at
home too during his vacation. He expects
to leave for college again next week.
Mr.. Elmer Weller, spent his vacation at
his home in Gebharis, with his mother. and
sisters. He is as jolly as ever; be says he
will graduate till spring.
We must say that we can't commend our
weather prophets very much in their pre-
dieting snow during last month, for it did
not bring one fake, yet the farmers were
living on hope for snow Thus far we can
sing that December is as pleasant as May" I"
We suppose our teachers are better pre-
pared for school work, than they were be-
fore Institute, because they had very able
inst ructers at the Institute We hopethat
the teachers will put some of their knowl-
edge they have accumulated during Institute
into practice, for some are in need Of it.
John Sehrock, one Of our old bachelors
come to the conclusion it is not good to be
alone, 50 he took TO himself a wife on the
2ith OF last month all was well ill saiur-
day night following he was aroused from
his slumbers by the Jingling Of sleigh bells,
and the firing ~ mn stefs and r,,tflin,, Of ola
tin buckets He thought that was pretty
fair sign Of an Old fashioned serensding.
H.~a
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Local Institute.

Programme Of local Institute to be held at
Stoyestown, commencing Friday evening,
January. 81, 1890, and continuing until Sat
urday evening.
Topics Modern Society. L. ". Rininger ;
How to prevent whispering, Geo. Kimmel ;
Geography, J. Spence Fulton Physical Cul-
ture. 0. W. Williamson; Cooperation, Geo.
S. Lohr; Physiology and Hygiene, Z. +.
Smith; School Discipline. Isaac BIanset !;
How should teachers improve leisure time,
H. W. Sorber.
Discussions :-should the directors furnish
the necessary school apparatus? ]. NJ. Mos
toller and Jacob Kooniz Shonld the Bible
be read in the public schools Calvin Baush
and C. E. Dickey Are we teaching too
many branches W II Ankeny. Should
the directors furnish the text books 2. B.
Schlsg.
Papers Misses Mary L. Yeager, Mamie
Pagh, Kate LeFevre, aud Carrie Johnston.
Vocal Solos Miss Matte Brubaker and
Miss Flora Custer.
Superintendent J NJ. Berkey and Prot.
w. II. Cover will be with US and give talks
on educational utjects.
The programme for each session will be
interspersed with recitalicns, queries and
music.
The teachers Of adjoining townships, and
friends OF education are cordially invited to
attend and participate in the exercises.
a
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After Twenty Years.


From the Meyerslale Commercial.
Ga June %, 1879. Mrs. Picking. wife Of
the la'e Henry Picking OF Jenner township,
was buried in the Presbyterian cemetery at
Jennertown. Mr. Picking died last snmmer,
and in order to arrangs the graves in salts
factory manner il became Necessary TO IT,
move the body Of Mrs Picking, which was
done the other day The remains had been
enclosed in a metallic casket. and on remov-
ing the lid from the glass the discovery was
made that the body was in remarkable
state Of preservation.
After 20 years every feature was as plain
the color Of the face as natural. and the
clothins apparently as good as the day the
body was inferred, and many Of The citizens
Of Jenneriown who hal known the dead
woman gazed with reverence and awe on
the familiar features Of one who seemed IL
be in calm and undislurbed slumbering.
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1t viii Be a Big Year.


The worlds fair and presidential election
are on the books for 1892, but in the opinion
of some young women the year will be note
worthy for another reason. Il will be leap
year. Ia anticipation Of iEis, p young
women Of Plymouth, Pa. have formed a
yellow Carte" club. The wearing Of a
yellow garter, the initiated know, brings
good luck in matrimonial afrairs. young
women whose limb is circumscribed by a
yellow garter Is irresistible. AL In this
fact is the raison d'etre ofthe Yellow Garter
club. Nobody likes TO get the mitten. Is
pecislly is this true Of maidens, who have
only one year IN four in which TO chance
popping The question. Therefore the Ply
mouth young women propose to be prepared
80 that victory will be assured. When a
member Of the yellow Garter club puts
her best foot forward the young man might
as well suecumb. Ills case is hopeless. He
viii have 10 wed, whether be loves or not.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-08

A prosracied ia'etiag commenced on New
Years evening, At she Pleasant Grove church,
in this vicinity.
Ms. Kate Cri chfield, Of Lockwood, vas
the enesi of her parents. and near relatives
in this neiehborsiood last week.
Mis- Sadie J Blough. Of HooveEssille,
made flying trip 10 colemhn's station Hasa
week. She in;ends to stay about seek
with her grandfather OF near that place.
The Literary society, that was held az the
Zerfcss scl,oo;-house on The 18th Of Dee.
last was great success The question for
general debate was Resolved That there IS
more knowledge gained by reading than by
travelling The judges decided in favor Of
the affirmative as to l. The society adj
iourned to meet Thursday evening Jan. .,
1890.
Mr.. John A. Snyder, formerly OF near
Petersburg. but now Of Redwood was here
on business las; week one day.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-08
La orlpps al WASHINGTON.

WasHTSsroS, Jan. IA large number OF
congressmen are down with the GRIP, and
The work in the Department is seriously re-
iardei by the prevailing sickness among the
clerks and officials In fact, there is no bust
ness in the city thai is rot more or less af-
frcted by il. Two of the three commission
ers Of the district and large percentage OF
the city police force are down with the dis
ease. Fully three fourihs Of the newspaper
men in the city are practically ineapacitated
for work.
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Ice for the Gods.
Frn.n TIE CINCINNATI rim i.

From the Cincinnati Times.
1t is said the city Of Tacoma, Wash, is to
have a fiume connecting il with Noun.
Rainier, on which is located an eternal gla-
cier. From this glacier and via the fiume
the city will derive its ice supply. As the be-
witching and original schoolgirl says. this
will be perfectly splendid. No new Lake
Superior ice gathered in horSepond, or
an amonia at-box will henceforth deco
rate Tacoma tables or clink in Trcoma glass
eS The ice of this new Puget Sound me-
metropolis will have on it, fgurativeIy
speaking, the dust oiages. Their ice. as a
bartender would say. will be of the vintage
of the glacial period. II will have on it the
bouquet not Of years, decades or centuries,
but of cycles.
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serks Farmers win RAISE Beets.

READING. January 4-The farmers OF
Berks county intend 20 GO extensively into
sugar beet culture. At the meeting Of the
County Agricultural Society, this afternoon,
a special committee Of five, appointed to in
quire into the subject, reported that they bad
thoroughly canyassed the county that near
iy every farmer promised TO put out during
the first year two 10 five acres in sugar beets
and that thelotal would amount 10 thousands
of acres. The farmers have obtained assuran-
ces that Claus Spreckels will erect a sugar
factory near here and consume their prod
ucis The society at once appointed another
committee OF $50 wellknown farmers 10
push the project.
The farmers are thoroughly alive on the
subject They see that farming wheat no
longer pays, and they are anxious to 50 in
to something else. In a letter written here
recently Mr.. Spreckels assured the Berks
farmers that sugar beet culture would pay
them twice as well as wheat. The sieuh
is selling farms aud farm stock nearly every
day. Many farmers will retire in the spiing
while numerous farms are for rent. The
farmers who will remain in the business art
eager TO 20 into anything which viii pay
them better.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-08
A Quiet Election.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 6.-The election pass
ed very quietly and without any disturbance.
Gen. Henry, the Democratic candidate for
Mayor and all the Democratic Aldermen are
elected. Only about fiileen or twenty ne
g1oes, all told, presented themselves and ask
ed the privilege Of voting, but on being told
by men stationed near the polls to see there
was peaceable election that their voting
might cause trouble, they quietly withdrew,
none Of them insisting on voting, Henry's
total vote wss 375; Me6nI's l25. There
were great many strangers in town, many
OF them coming here pusposely to assist the
Democrats 1t is believed their presence
bad the desired effect Of preventing trouble.
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ScHuSEgR. NEn, Jan. ) Last week Conn-
" Judge Thomas was calle.l 10 The residence
Of a Mr.. Poole whose daughter Nellr was TO
marry a Mr. Peterson When he rea had
the house George Poole. brother Of the
bride-slect. told the jsss,e privately that Miss
Belle Woods and himself were 10 he married
after the marriage of biseister aud Mr.. Peter
son. George suggested that they perpetrate
little practical joke on the guests by rever-
sing the order Of the ceremonies. The guests.
in the meantime, who had been told that
George and Miss Woods we're TO act as best
man and bridesmaid respectively for tAe
other couple. were greatly surprised when
they came out as star actors in the mairinIo.
Mai drama
The other marriage ceremony quickly fol-
lowed and then came The sensation. Miss
Woods. npon icing told that She was now
the lawful wife Of Mr. Poole, declared in
dignanily that she had gone through the
performsnce with Judge Thomas on The sup
position that this was necessary TO the proper
performance of her duties as bridesmaid,
and that she would never be the wife Of
George Poole.
Miss Woods is very handsome. She still
remains under the parental roof, and her
father. who IS very indignant over the affair,
says he will take steps to have the marriage
annulled. Poole had been going with Miss
Woods for two or three years
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SAD case Of EIder johnston.

INDIANA. Pa, Jan. 3-Rev. DR.. Johnston,
Presiding Elder Of this district, OF the NJ. Z.
Church, who has been insane for several
weeks, was taken TO Bedford Springs this
morning where he will receive medical treat
ment. Two attendants accompanied him to
see that he did no violence to himself
The clergyman's only halluciuation is that
he is wicked, and that his influence renders
ungodiy those he comes in contact with.
He wants to kill himself, 50 as to take his
coziaminating influence out of the world.
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seven ROdIes Founa in the snow

sIERRt CITY, Cal, January six wom-
en- and a boy were killed by the snow slide
at this place yesterday, two Others may die,
and the Catholic Church was wrecked.
The slide commenced at the Sierra Butte's
aume and swept with terrific force down the
valley, carrying everything in its path be-
fore it. Stout trees were snapped of at the
ground like pine sticks. Several people had
narrow escapes from death as the slide came
without the slightest warning. II is believ-
ed that Chinaman and little girl are still
buried in The mass ofsnow and debris. Fears
are entertained that another slide may occur
Il any moment and the people are in a great
state Of anxiety.
As soon as possible after the slide yesier-
day, a number Of men began the work Of
digging out the unfortHnates who had been
caught in il, and in a few bours had taken
out the bodies of Mrs Rich, her two daught-
ers and a son; Miss Ryan, of Downieville,
and Mrs. l. T. Mooney. with her daughter,
Miss Ethel Longton. The two last named
were still breathing when removed from the
snow. but efforts at resusciiaiion proved Up
availing. The search for Others is still going
on, and it is feared that more than now
known may have been killed in the avalan.
che
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-08

western real estate. ~e DO not doubt t''as
s. 0000o0O0a worth Of new buildings
are this wear the rea. support Of the iron
market. Joined with the rise IN price
abroad. which has presented Imports
This will continue, and with The new
coming year. promises a general rise IN
all values. except articles OF food, the
large crops operating 50 as 70 hold these
down. How much larger and cheaper
the food supply is than during the last
.sboom- few realize. 10 1881 l,49s,O0O
head of cattle were slaughtered in Chi
cago. and they brought Siss.0ooooo In
1859. 2.6II 900 were killed and sold for
sIse COO 600. This is because since 1850
the cattle in this country have increased
81 per cent. while the population has
grown but p per cent. This means
cheap food, and when cheap food. good
wages and lots OF work come together,
as they do now, money is saved fast
The workers in iron and transportation
now exceed these upon the farm, and
their prosperity means in the near future
the prosperity of all, for the money need
ed for the basis Of a general advance Is
being rapidly earned.
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Tuesday, January %, 1890,

/ at l C clock p. m, the following described Real
( Estate. late the property Of Edward Ktmmel
& deed. viz
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TnE bill which Senator Quay has in
troduced in the Senate appropriating
SS.4l7.945 to repay citizens Of Adams,
Bedlord, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton,
Perry, Somerset aud York counties, in
this slaie. for damages done their prop
erty 10y rebel raiders during the civil war
does not. We believe open the way for
any new claims. The war claims which
shis bin Is intended 20 provide payment
for have been passed upon by the State
commission, which is 4 guarantee Of
their correctness. The question is wbeih-
er the general government should be
held responsible for these losses The
objection viii doubtless be urged that
Pennsylvania should have protected her
own citizens. This she tried to do. but
the regiments which the State provided
for the purpose were ordered elsewhere
10y The general government.
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Montana &c LegIsIatures.

HELENA. Mont, Jan. 1.-The Republi-
cans OF the Senate and House met in joint
session al noon TO ballot for United States
Senators. Colonel ". F. Sanders was cho-
sen unanimously on the first ballot. For
the second Senator The isrt ballot stood
Mantle, II; Richards, II Leaviti, Hersh,
Power 3. and Carpenter, /. The joint
session dissolved until to morrow.
The Democratic House and five Senators
met at noon for a, Joint session, bot no quo
rum was present. The informal ballots TAX
en- for United States Senators Indicate the
choice Of ". A. Clark, Of Butte, and Mar
tin Maginnis, Of Helena.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-08
A MONTH OF BARGAINS
PittsbuTg' Great
CARPET
HOUSE.

Twice each year it is our custom
to clear up the seasons stock to
make room for new goods, and dur
ing the first month of 1890 we will
sell all the remaining stock of Fall
Carpets and Curtains at - to 40
per cent lower than the same quail
tses can be purchased elsewhere III
the United States.
The best makes of Administer,
wilton velvet, Body and Tapestry
Brussels and Ingram Carncts, Fur
and smyrna Rugs, Lace and Tur-
conan Curtains, all at the reduc-
ton.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-08

The Amricm Cui;irator suggests that
managers OF County Agricultural fahs
should offer premiums TO the read dis
tricts that keep the best roads or make
the greatest improvements at the small
81 expense. And the Philadelphia Rec
ord adds: The suggestion is an excellent
one. Good roads are a common blessing
and more than any other single agency
increase the general comfort and wealth.
II scliinierest fails to teach this lesson,
il might be brought home to our agri-
cultural brethren by such an effort to
iucite friendly rivalry.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-08

General Spinner, ex-treasurer of.the Uni
ted States. now ninety years of age. writes
from Jacksonville, Fla. 10 Citizen, George
Francis Train to say that he is sorely afllict-
ei He is almost blind He says Can
sst see with great effort to write. but can't
see to read my own handwriting. General
Spinner should be very careful about trying
10 read his own writing. There are few
things in this world more trying to the eyes
ofyoung or old than General spinner's writ
ing
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-08

Yfs. the farmers are earnestly working
for tariff reform" and that, too, Of the
genuine sort. The Eool growers, for ex-
ample, desire a reform in the tariff which
shall afford that great industry ample
protection against the products Of cheap
foreign labor and lands. BY all means
let the revision and reformation Of the
tariff proceed-on the American an not
on the British plan.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-08

President HAERisoN's administrator
has only fairly begun, but in ten months
It has accomplished that which can well
Ice compared with all that wascompleted
during ths previous four years. The old
Samoan trouble has been adjusted, the
Canadian fishery question in the way Of
adjudication Oklahoma has been open.
ed and settled millions Of fertile acres
have been received by treaty from the
Sioux Indians and soon will be ready fol
settlement; the Pan American Congress
crowded with possibilities and probabili-
ties for national commerce. and then the
introduction Of four new States into the
sisierhood Of States may be marked us
the crowning work Of President Harri
sonls iirst year
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knlIne on the Negroes.

From the villare Record.
Simultaneous accounts Of shooting afirays
came from Jessup Ga; Clarksyille, Tenn.
GAINESVILLE, d. Charlestown, S. c.; Au-
gusta. Ga; aud Shelby. Miss. In every case
some of the participants were negroes end in
nearly every one the trouble seems 10 have
taken the phase Of rare conflict, with
most of the whites Of the neighborhood on
one side and many or few negroes on the
other. II IS evident there is a disposition on
the part ofthe white people 10 get out their
guns wherever any trouble o.curs in which
negroes are mixed up. and 20 TO shooting
colored men more or less indisoriminaiely
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BEDFoRD, January To-day Job Beegle,
3 prominent Grand Army min sai a eau
didaie for the Democratic nomination foi
sheriff, was almost beheaded by broad-ax
which slipped from the hands Of a young
man BY the name OF Ickes. The blade struck
the back part Of Beegles neck, severing seg.
eEal arteries.
The injured man still lives, bai small
hopes are entertained Of bis recovery.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-08

WILnAMsPoRT, Pa. Jan. Cone span of
street, which had fully been fAsienedin po-
silion, went down this afternoon when a
heavy load of lumber was driven upon it.
The team and four men went down with il.
falling about 80 feet William Somers, one
Of the men employed on the bridge whose
home is in Rochester. n. Y. was killed
Burt Thompson, driver, of the team, John
Daley and Frank Cable, the latter foreman
of the bridge men, were all considerably iu-
jured. The driver was warned by the bridge
men not 10 drive on the dangerous span of,
but he went ahead regardless of the notice.
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The South Carolina authorities who
have offered $500 for the arrest and
conviction Of any man engaged in the
recen; murder in South Carolina, will
moi have 10 pay a dollar Of their money
II the murderers are arrested they will
never be convicted Of their crime.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-08

il the receai trial Of pennsylvania
railway engineer at Lancaster charged
with criminal negligence IN causing the
death Of a conductor, the jury returned
8 verdict Of not guilty, as the defendant
was asleep at his post when he ran into
the i!l-ftted conductors train, having
been on duty twenty-five hours. Almost
any jury will exonerate man who has
been chained to his post twenty-tw. out
Of twenty-fOur hours.
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Is sn interview Andrew Carnegie ex-
plains in the New York Tribune the cause
of the iron boom. The explanation,
be SAYS. is % be found in The fact that
prices have advanced so much in Europe
a. to prevent the foreigners finding q
market in America, and the American
manufacturer If called upon to supply
the entire wants Of his own country
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IEoN is K;rg, and when it has an APP
preciabie and steady rise 1t pulls all
things sfser il. And now iron is making
a steady advance in this country A sim
liar advance began in England a year
ago. and il has there been very steady
and very great. showing that the move
ment On This side is safe and natural.
Bniiding Is at the bottom Of the demand
for iron now, as it was in 1888. In New
York, for the iirst eleven rlonihs Of 50,
plans for 3s45 new buildings were fled,
costing S6s, ,4G9, ,33e. In the ike months
last year the buildings were 2S77ss, and
their cost was SO, ,s9s, ,97S, an advance
Of 30 per cent Building plans here show
a great increase over last year. Taking
pasi yeaEs. Ia spite Of the prosiration Of
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-08

WIrn the new year the Bedford InquiT-
~. oue Of the handsomest and ablest
country papers in the State, entered upon
its sixfy-third year The Inquirer Is
swimming on the top wave and is de-
servedly popular. May its new year be
a haDpv and prosperous one