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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-07
Convention Tickets.

HARRIsBURG, Oct. 5.-A number Of in
ouiries have been made to the department of
state as to the style of tickets to be used in
voting for or against the constitutional con-
yention, and for delegates thereto and also as
to who would bear the expense of printing
the tickets. In this connection the secretary
of state SAYS: "The tickets to be voted for
or against q constitutional convention should
have no inscription whatever on the outside
and such tickets should be printed separately.
The tickets TO be used for members at large
should have on the outside the words dele
gates-at-large and should be printed separ-
ately. The tickets to be voted for district
members should have on the outside the
words district delegates and should be
printed separately. 1t will thus be seen that
there should be three separate tickets for the
use of voters who desire 10 vote for or against
a constitutional convention and for the cleo
ton of delegates thereto. Those having to
do with the printing of the tickets should
carefully read section of the act of assembly
approved June 10, 1891, entitled An act to
provide for convention to amend the Con-
stitution and the election Of delegates there
to- There does not exist any authority for
having the tickets printed and distributed at
public expense. No provision having been
made for the use of official ballots it follows
the tickets will have to be supplied by the
political party organizations or by the voters
themselves, just as is the case with the tick
cts TO be voted for the candidates for the va
rious offices to be filled by the elections to be
held next month"
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Forst.s FABULOUS Luck.

PrrTsBUEs, Sept. 2O.-That unparalleled
gusher Of oil in the Mcdonald field. Forst &
Greenlee.s new well, which is yielding 5000
to 10000 barrels per day, has set all the pc
troleum worlds tongues wAgging about the
remarkable good luck which has attended all
of Barney Forst's sixty-three ventures, He
never drilled dry hole in the earth. Each
well Of mis- sixty-three has been remarkable
one, and he is fast becoming fabulously
rich.
This new well, known as Mevy No. I, is
producing ct the rate of at least 81 500 per
day, and Forst gets nearly all this revenue
in addition to that from his other good wells
hat have not yet given out
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Cleveland Now a Father.

NKw YoRx, Oct 4.-Shortly after mid
night yesterday healthy girl baby, weigh
ing about eight pounds, was born to ex-
President Cleveland and wife DIR. Joseph
Bryant attended the mother, and the only
other person present was Mrs. Perrine Fol-
som, Mrs. Clevelsnd's mother.
Mr.. Cleveland is proud and happy and has
received congratulations from numerous
friends and also from the Democratic Coun-
ty Convention, of Atchison, Kas. which was
in session Saturday afternoon.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-07

TEF two cents per pound bounty which
is awarded TO American sugar by the
Mckinley bin, by way Of compensation
for admitting sugar free, has had the
effect of stimulating sorghum and beet
sugar manufacturing in Western States,
where such q result was least expected.
The United States Government has a
labratory at Fort Scott, Kan, where sta
tistics have been gathered for some weeks
past, from which it appears that not less
than 100000 pounds Of sorghum and
beet sugar will be produced this year in
Kansas, Nebraska, Utah and California.
The Kansans are devoting themselves
largely to the sorghum sugar product,
while beet sugar is the specially in the
other States named
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-07
A B. & o. Elevator Burned.

BALTIMORE, Oct. Elevator A, of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company's
system and located at Locust Point, was
completely destroyed by fire about A. N.
to-day, together with all the machinery and
the is. 600 bushels of wheat which il con-
tained. The loss, which is heavy, is covered
by insurance Elevator " A" cost to con-
struet and to put in the machinery, 100000.
All is gone. 1t was erected in 1871, and is
said 10 have been the first elevator located on
the Atlantic coast Its capacity was 10000
bushels. During the past year il has been
used for what is known as the Bay trade -
this is, for wheat brought in vessels up the
Chesapeake Bay.
The fire did its work quickly. half an
hour after the discovery of the flames the
roof and walls had fallen, and what was so
short a time before one of the objects of in
terest in the harbor was a mass of flaming.
smoking ruins. The flames had possession
of the elevator so completely when the fire.
men arrived that it was abandoned 70 its
certain fate and they gave their attention to
saving the surrounding property.
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Death in a Mine.

MAHoEEY CRY, Pa, Oct 3.-By a terrific
explosion in the Richardson CoIliery, owned
and operated by the Philadelphia & Reading
Coal and Iron Co., to day. probably dozen
lives were lost. Winfield Mack and another
man we're taken out dead, and J. f. Brennan,
Thomas Conville. Michael Grant and three
Others perhaps fatally injured.
Shortly before quitting time this evening
gas accumulated in one Of the gsngways,
and without moments warning a loud re-
port was heard, followed by the falling Of
an immense quantity Of coal, which en-
tombed IA men and cut of ell means Of es-
cape. As soon as the explosion occurred the
men in all parts of the mine hastened TO the
spot, but were Powerless 70 render any as
sisiance. They were thunderstruek when
they realized the perilons position that their
comrades were placed in and at once sent
word to the surface, and the company's off,
Gals were notified of the disaster.
A rescuing party at once set to work, and
not until late this evening did they find any
Of the men. Afler digging through coal and
rock for a distance Of 80 yards eight of the
men were reached, two Of whom had been
crushed to death by the falling debris. The
other six are fatally burned. There are still
six men imprisoned and they cannot be
reached until tomorrow, when life will
doubtless be extinct.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-07

THE Democratic clubs had their innings
at Pit:sburg last week, and the way they
pounded old John Bardsley about the
head and eyes was quite shocking The
doctrines Of jefferson and Jackson were
ignored for the time being, and Bsrdsley
was hung and quartered and his remains
gibbetted as 8 warning to ali evil doeEs,
particularly to despoilers Of other peoples
goods. In brief, the flower Of the Dem
rocracy there assembled clambered up to
the highest seats in the synagogue,
thanked God that they were not sinners
and thieves, as are all Republicans, and
pointed to Bardsley as thegreat villain Of
the age, whose iniquities were the result
OF the doctrine Of Republicanism. Theft,
embezzlement and breach Of trust, &C
cording 10 these holier than thou gen
tlemen, were crimes heretofore unknown
until the discovery of Bardsley's pecula-
lions proved that the entire Republican
party Of this Commonwealth is permeated
with dishonesty and is unfit to be en-
trusted with public affairs.
Alas, for the vanity and uncertainty
Of human calculations, These over viz
tuous gentlemen, like unto Haman, were
erecting a gallows for another, whereuPon
they were to be hung. While they were
chuckling and rubbing their hands in
glee over their srrzignmeut Of all Repub-
licans as thieves, because one Of their
number had betrayed his trust, and pro-
Tossing to believe that because Of his
wrong doing no Republican can be trust
ed, one Of the shining lights Of Their
party, a member of family honored
throughout the State-William III. Dill
a former preacher Of the gospel, now a
president Of two banks, was plotting hii
own ruin and has since been arrested and
imprisoned for despoiling the creditors o.
the institutions over which he presided
and for making false entries in the books
forthe purpose Of covering up his crimes
Far be it from us to exult over the
downfall Of any man. or TO add q feather
weight to the misery Of those who suhel
for mis- lapse from honesty. We but us
this mans disgrace 10 point the moral
and expose the wretched tactics of thos'
who attempt to run political eampaigI
on the allegation that majority Of th'
electors Of the Commonwealth are cor
rupt, because one Of their number turne'
rogue and betrayed his official trust.
If no Republican is to be trusted be
cause John Bardsley turned rascal, doe
it not follow by a parity Of reasonin
that no Democrat can be trusted becsus
W.. H. Dill has fallen? A mere state
ment of the proposition is sufficient
show the wretched hypocrisy and petit
Jogging of the Democratic campaign man
| agers
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-07

TIE publication in another column of
the sheriff7s proclamation, giving notice
of the time and place Of holding the
coming general election, will andoubted-
" attract attention to the anomaly OF
voting for delegates 10 a possible Con-
stitutionsl convention, while at the same
time, msyhap, the voter viii be opposed
10 the calling of q convention and viii
vote against it.
So far as We have learned public senti-
ment, large majority of the voters and
taxpayers Of this county are opposed to
the calling Of 8 convention, because il
~in lead to the expenditure Of many
thousands Of the peoples money, and be
cause, in their judgment the principle
proposed to be changed-abolishing the
numbering Of the bsliOts by the election
ofkeen-is very sAlutory provision, 8
preyentioR of freud, and in case Of a con-
test, such as is now going on in this Con-
gressiOnal district q sure means of prov
ing the intent sad desire Of the voter.
Tickets viii be furnished at the polls
~For the Convention and Against the
Convention" as well as for delegates to
the Convention, and it will be necessary
for those who vote agaiRa the Convention
TO vote ri the same time for delegates,
because if majority Of the electors in
the State sho1id vote for 8 Convention,
they viii want this county represented
in it by delegates Of their own choice,
Remember, Therefore, that each electoE
should vote for his party delegates, OF
those his own choice. even while he is
voting against the Convention, 50 tha,
he may be properly represented in the
Convention. if one is called against his
wishes.
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Stoned by a Mob.

81. JosErE, No, Oct. at. 7. Lyons, of
Janesville, Wisconsin, who has been lectur-
ing against the Catholic Church, being re-
fused the use Of hall here yesterday, started
to speak on the sidewalk. Some one threw
q stone which knocked him down. He arose
with q revolver in his hand and threatened
to shoot the next man who threw a stone.
His threat was answered by yolley Of
rocks, and be was chased four blocks by a
moh yelling Hang him." He rushed
through the Gazette office and escaped.
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A Train Attacked by Tramps.

ERIE, Pa, Oct. 4.-Charles Sturgis and Ed
ward o'HaTa, two young single men, mold
ers by trade, living in Buffalo, started late
las; night for Erie TO spend Sunday, taking
passage on Lake Erie freight train When
a short distance from Dunkirk they were
attacked by tramps, who demanded their
money. They resisted and one Of the tramps
shot StaTgis through the abdomen, and
O'Harz. while attempting 10 rescue him. was
frightfnIly stabbed in the back by one Of the
highwaymen- 0'HArA, although weakened
by the loss Of blood, carried his companion
TO Nickel Plate train, and brought him 70
the hospital in this city. Siurgis has been
baptized and has received the last rites of the
Catholic church. he cannot possibly sur
vive. A gang Of tramps have frequently at
tackled and driven train crews from their
trains in that same locality.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-07

GOVERNOR PATrIsoS viii 90 down into
history ss Extra Session Bob" His
Excellency is possessed with the idea
that he alone understands the wants of
the Commonwealth, and that his Will
should be law. During his former term
he set himself up against the Legislature
and called an extra session at an expense
of better part of million of dollars in
a vain attempt to oOerce it into passing
an apportionent bill to suit his views.
Now be has called an extra session Of the
Senate, of doubtful Legality, at propable
expense Of half million of dollars for
the purpose Of havingit it overslaugh the
work which 8 committee had been ap-
pointed to do. The taxpayers Of the
State are paying very dearly for their
Pattissn whistle.
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on,v One Escaped.

HELKzA, Ark, Oct 2--Details Of the
lynching OF the negro cotton pickers have
been received here.
Deputies Frank Mills and Jessie Hodges,
who have been with Sheriff Derrick the
past three days in pursuit of the rioters ar
rived in this city yesterday, and reported as
follows:
Wednesday afternoon they succeeded IN
locating 13 of the worst of the rioting negroes
in a cane-brake near Cat Island The negroes
had been trying TO work their way towards
Presidents Island and thence row on to
Memphis.
The sheriffs posse called upon them 10
surrender. The negroes answered by vol
ley Of shots, and made dash TO escape.
Two were killed, two escaped, and nine were
captured. These nine were disarned and
given in charge of Deputies Mills and
Hodges who started with them TO Marianna
the county seat.
few miles back Of Hackley Landing the
deputies found themselves and prisoners sur
rounded by crowd of masked men, mount
ed and armed. They demanded the prison.
ers, but the deputies expostulated with them
and begged that they be not deferred from
the peaceful discharge of their duty, which
was to land the prisoners in jail to be dealt
with BY law. The masked party were deter
mined, however, as they Outnumbered the
deputies 25 TO l, and they took charge ofthe
nine prisoners, marched them into thickei
and hanged them. The same party must
have met the steamer James lee al Hackley
Landing and captured the wounded man re
| ferred 10.
From these accounts it appears that only
one man escaped out of the - who hac
taken refuge in the canebrake, two beinl
killed the sheriffs posse and 20 by tbs
masked mob. The negroes were mostly, j
is thought, from Memphis though seyera
were killed who lived in the vicinity of Ca
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-07

The insulting implication inithe Dem
OcrStic State platform that every sRepub-
lican IS q thief, or panioeps criminis in
Bsrdsley's thefts, should be an induce
ment 70 every man in the party to poll
his vote in vindieation Of his own honor
and manhood. Besides this, the coming
election will have a most important
bearing on the Presidential election Of
next year. : Our State and County tickets
are. entitled to every Republican vote
that can be Polled. and the taxpayers
surely do not want half million or more
of their money wasted on a needless Con-
stitutional Convention For these and
Numerous other good reasons every Re
publican voter should feel it 3 duty to
come to the polls.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-07
Indian outbreak in Mexico.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Oct. 5.-John H. Par
ton, an American, who for the past two
years, has been engaged in mining near
Metzlilian, in the State of Hidalgo, Mexico,
arrived here yesterday. He brings informa-
ton Of q bloody Indian outbreak which has
for some time been in progress in the District
of Tulamengo, in that State The trouble
is an outgrowth of dispute between several
colonies of Spaniards and Germans and the
Indians, the new settlers attempting TO settle
on the lands of the natives. The Indians
resist their attempts to eTict them, and much
bloodshed has resulted. The cOlonists have
appealed to the Government for protection,
and several battalions of troops are on their
way to the scene of the trouble
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wInterIn the West.

RED LoDsE, NOM, Oct. 2.-Winiry
weather is prevailing in this section.
Snow has been falling and drifting inces-
sanity for the past IS hours
The snow is now three feet deep on level,
and business is practically at a standstill.
A dispatch from St. Paul says: Advices
rsceived here last night showed that rain was
falling al over North Dakota, with snow in
the western portion and cold wave coming
from Montana. The situation In the har-
vest fields of that State Is thus made more
serious. Threshing outfits have been sent
out free by the Great Northern, and 20 more
are promised to-day. Fifly thousand BUSH
els Of wheat remains unthreshed in the State
and is In danger Of being destroyed by the
wet weather.
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Cotton Plenty.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct 5.-Despite the
reported small cotton crop. all the railroads
esntreing in this city have been rushing
cotton in here at lively rate during Sep
tember. and the results are extremely graft
flying. The Louisville and Nashville reports
the Alabama crop 2I00 bales ahead Of last
year. The Texas aud Pacific's outward bus
iness for September surpassed all exPecta-
tions, and the Qneen and Crescents Sepsem-
Der handling of Alabama and Missippi cot
ton was $500 bales in excess of Sepie nber
wear ago
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A Handsome West Virginia Moon
sinner Captured in Lincoln Co.

PARKERsBuBs, W, Va, Sept. 30" Hand
SONS" Lucy Mcclure, the richest and by far
the most daring Of famous West Virginia
moonshiners. has finally been captured in
the wilds of Lincoln county. For year
she has been openly selling Illicit and ragged
whisky ali along the line of the new Norfolk
and Western road, and time and time again
she has eluded capture.
She is an expert rife shot and always car
NED Winchester rife slung across the sad
die Of her sorrel mare, the heetest animal in
the State
This morning Marshal Harris with two
companions, got the drop on the young
woman. Lucy Mcclure is only "A and as
pretty as she is daring. but there wasn't .
man in the State dared make love 10 the little
wildcat She has employed counsel and
says the Jail can't bold her.
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The Famine in Russia.

LONDON, Oct. 1.-The st. Petersburg CORE
spondent of the Standard states that q, 900, =
0O0 persons in Russia are unable to pay their
taxes, and that this causes a deficit in the
budget Of fl2,Oo0.0OQ. Dire distress prevails
in many sections, and the minister of
finance has Just granted another million in
aid of the famine stricken people. Private
letters give heartrending accounts Of the dis
tress among the people, especially in Kazan,
Samara and Mini-Novgored. Deaths are
50 numerous that many people are buried
without religious rites. The tribunals dis
miss charges of robbery Of bakeries.
The govsSRnsst has again forbidden the
press to a,lude to the famine on account Of
an article proposing an income taxto relieve
oser-burdened peasants.
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The Prairie Fires.


FI1EKDALE. Y. D., Oct 4.-N. L. Sherman.
who has lust arrived from the Missouri river
country, one hundred miles west of here,
confirms the report Of the very destructive
fire in Emmons county last week. and tells
Of a still greater confagratiOa on the prairies
west Of the Mississippi river. He states that
a FIRE RACED there for several days and burned
over q region 800 miles long and 200 miles
wide, destroying immense quantities Of hay
belonging to the farmers, rsnehmen and In
dians, also burning and stampeding beyond
recovery many valuable herds of horses, cat
tie and sheep, and probably resulting in the
loss Of many human lives, though nothing
authentic on that score is yet Obtainable.
The region that was swept over by the flames
Is described as e vast plain Of death and des-
olation, the awfulness Of which can in some
measure be felt when standing alone in its
/ midst. but which no words can describe.
! The fire is said to have been started by a
buffalo bone picker, that he might be better
able to find the object Of his search. Realiz-
/ ing the calamity he had been the cause Of
he is said 10 have fed. A price has been set
upon his head, and if he is caught be viii die
at the end of = rope.
MITCHELL, S. D., Oct 4.-The prairie fire
which swept over portions of Aurora and
Jerauld counties recently was productive o.
more damage than at FIRST reported. The
extent Of the losses to farmers, in the de
strGction Of grain in the stack, barns and
other buildings. is indicated by the fact that
suits for damages against the Milwaukee
railroad to the extent Of So, 900 have already
been filed. The area burned over includes &
strip variously estimated TO be five mile:
in width, starting from the centre Of Aurori
county, and extending north through thai
and Jerauld county, thirty or forty mile:
from the starting point. But few farm dwell
lings were burned, the damage consisting in
the burning up Of grain and outbuildings, a:
well as some stock One farmer lost 5000
while the msjority lost lesser amounts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-07

Lots Nos 2s and IS or the plan Of said town
and ON the North side OF the National road aud
beginning al a stake on said road thence North
l6 degrees East ten (l0l perches 20 a stake North
"a degrees West perches tOa stake. south l6 de-
grees West 10 perehes 10 the National Road thence
along said road South 81 degrees East percnes
to the place OF beginning. containing - perch
e OF land, with the appurtenances. being the
same lot Of ground conveyed by VIM Roddy to
Margaret Frantz and Mary ROdds BY deed dated
26th day OF Nov. 80. recorded az Somerset Pa in
Deed Record Vol 60, page Is. &c.
Taken in execution a. the property Of :. A.
Dean. Admr. Of Wm. Roddy, decd, and J. Z.
McMillen at the suit OF the Commonwealth Of
Pennsylvania use Of Geo J. Black, et al
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-07

TIE Democratic party in the West
doesn't seem to know whether IT is
afoot or on horseback" on the silver
question. Governor Campbell says: l
will chance it and stand by the Ohio
platform" Congressman Mills, speaking
for the party, openly repudiats it while
Governor Boies, in Iowa, lodges the ISSUE
and jumps behind tree every time sill
yer Is mentioned.
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ALawless Gang.

JoHxsrowS, Pa, Oct. 5.-Yesterday even
ing gang Of roughs appeared at the home
Of Henry Heidorn and began to stone the
doors and windows. Mr.. Heidorn and bis
family tried to protect themselves, and the
rufiians forced the door and struck Mrs.
Heidorn on the head with knife, infiicting
an ugly wound, and then felled her aged
father to the floor. Mr.. Heidorn and his
son came to the rescue and the rowdies were
forced out Of the house. Warrants we're is
sued for six of the gang, among whom were
the three Kurtz boys. Two of them were
arrested to-day.
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SATURDAY. OCTOBER 81. 1891.

All the right title, interest and claim Of S; A
Dean, Admr. Of VIM. Roddy dee a., ana y X NC,
NiIlen of in and 10 the following described real
estate situate in the town Of Petersburg, IN Ad-
olson township, Somerset county, Pa, viz
Lots Nos II and -, In the plan OF said town,
beginning at q stake at the corner Of Maiden al
lev and the turnpike, one perch from lot No -,
thence along said road south "A degrees east
percheS 20 corner OF lot No p, thence south Is
degrees west 10 perehes % a stake, north "A de
grees west perches 20 Maiden alley. thence with
said alley north IS degrees east 10 perehes 10 the
place OF beginning containing 90 perches Of
land, with the appurtenanees.