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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-08-26
Rob- NsoN WRITES A LETTER:
A Proposition TO Dalzen TO End the
state Leaque Contest.

A Proposition TO Dalzen to End the
State League Contest.
PHILADELPHIA. August 24.-Congressmsn-
elect John B. Robinson has sent to Congress
man John Dsizell, his competitor for the
presidency of the State League Of Republi-
can Clubs, the following letter:
August q, 1891.
DEAR SIR:-I have noticed in a report of
your very able speech delivered before the
York Republican Club, that you say, The
interests of those who are candidates for
League honors are Of bat little importance
the interests Of the Republican party are Of
transcendant importance" / have every
reason 10 believe that in these remarks you
are correctly reported, and IL is to your
credit that you have taken such high
ground. You were not present at the meet
ing Of the late State Convention at Harris
burg and you are, perhaps, not awane Of the
very strong desire expressed BY the Republi-
cans here assembled from all over the Stale
for harmony in the party ranks and the sue
cess of the State ticket this fall. The nomi-
nations made by that convention are Of such
an excellent character and have met with
such cordial support from Republicans
throughout the State that the situation ap-
peals for the surrender of sll personal am
bitiOns and struggles within the party in
the interest of unanimous action and sue
cess.
Tlewing the matter in this light, and feel
ing the cogency Of the appeal for harmoni-
Gus action on all sides. ask you, not fearing
the result at Scranton. il i does not be-
hO0ye Us both, for the Ellaying Of faction or
the sembiance Of it in this League contest,
70 withdraw?
/ h sl,-. - -.
Both you and myself withdraw from the
contest; let each one Of us, or his duly au-
thorzed representative, in conjunction With
the present President Of the State League
agree 70 suggest TO the Scranton convention
the name of 9 candidate for President
around whom al our friends and all Repub-
iicsns can unanimously rally.
Awaiting your reply, am, dear sir, very
truly yours,
lSignedl JoHx B. RoBIssoS.
When seen tonight, Mr. Robinson said
that his letter to Mr.. Dalzell is not 10 be in
terpneted in the sense that he has Withdrawn
from the fight for President Of the State
League, but that it is only suggestion in
the interest Of party harmony. II Mr.. Dal-
zell does not accept his suggestion be says
the contest viii be continued and the test
Of strength made before. the convention.
Mr.. Robinson says, too, that be feels abso-
lntely assured Of his position. Ny letter 70
my opponent said Mr.. Robinson, SIS in
tended merely to show to the Republicans
over the State that am more deeply inter-
ested in the success Of the State ticket than
I an in any political advancement for my
self"
M Robinson added that be believed that
this letter, if met by Mr.. Dalzen in the same
spirit, would heal all sores now existing in
Politicsl circles, and bring about unazi-
nous feeling among Republicans that could
not fail to sweep the state in November.
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Storm in Lancaster.

LANCASTER Pa, Aug 24.-Last nights
storm in Northern Lancaster county Was
the heaviest IN sixty..years. Seven bridges, q
number Of buildings, sheds, and fences were
washed away, and many cattle drowned.
At Millwsy an immense iron tank was car
ried away one hundred feet
Half mile of track of the Reading &
Columbia Railroad at Denver was washed
away.
Passengers for Harrisburg and mails
through went via Auburn this morning.
There were several slight washouis between
Reading and Allentown, but the damage was
soon repaired
At Mohnsville, this county, eight dams,
each from half an acre to sn acre in extent
were washed away, and the hat factory and
mills will be unable to resume until the
dams breasts have been rebuilt This win
take st least three weeks.
The bridge and three piers Of the Reading
q Southwestern Railroad Company at Pen
dieton, this county, were carried away and
a mile Of its track was swept away.
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Accident or Crime.


IRoxros. o.. Aug. 25.-Yssterday after-
noon George Hamilton and his wife, who
had been out for visit returned, and not
finding their three children in the house
thought they were playing with their little
neighbors. and paid no attention to their ao-
ssnce. A. time sped by Hamilton grew I'M
easy aud started TO look for the children,
who were too small to take care Of them
selves.
Leslie. The Oldest, was only eight years Of
age, while the others, Edith and Emma May
were aged four and two years respectively.
Returning from the neighbors afier fruit
less search, the now thoroughly alarmed
couple started 10 look over the house. An
enormous old tool chest stood in corner OF
the shed, and the anxious mother. throwing
back the lid, screamed and tainted away al
the frightful sight which met her gaze.
Her three children lay in the chest dead,
evidently smothered, as the lid Of the chest
fitted closely. The pretty babe had died
first, il being clenched closely in the arms
of the oldest, while the faces Of all were
blackened and congested, pointing to sufio-
cation.
The whole town was aroused al once ana
officers hurried to the spot to make closer
investigation. They found that after the
children had either climbed or been put IN
to the chest, a strong stick had been forced
into the lock and staple, thus consignlng
them to certain death in a few minutes Al
though there were houses in the vicinity,
the cries of the poor babes had been so
smothered by the thick sides Of the chest
that there was no ore to save them.
Officers searched the house thoroughly,
but could find nothing disturbed and not a
clew to point to murder but the tell-tale
stick which had locked the children to their
death. The theory is given out that some
Of the neighbors children had been playing
with the Hamilton babes, and had locked
them in, not knowing Of the terrible eonse-
auence of their folly.
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Il am q protectionist because thrift
follows the enactment of wise laws; be-
cause I love my own country better than
l do foreign countries; because every
dollar sent abroad to purchase goods
that we can produce at home makes Us
q dollar the poorer; because it is better
for this country to feed, clothe and house
our own labor in this country than to
support foreign labor in other countries
with our money; because it is true, as
Peter Cooper well said No goods pur-
chased abroad are cheap that take the
place of our own labor and our own raw
material "-H. K. ThurJer "a the Ameri-
can EcoaOnliS.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-08-26

TIE State convention Of the Peoples
party in Texas, which met at Dallas, re-
solved that effective speakers be put in
the field at once in Ohio to defeat Nc
Kinley Bnd Sherman" Nothing about
Texas? Oh, no. Texas is Democratic.
The work Of the Peoples party Of
Texas" is up in Ohio. Il ought to make
intelligent Ohio farmers feel all over in
proud spots as big as blanket to have
'-the Peoples party" come all the way
up from Texas to enlighten them
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-08-26

TIE free trade New York Times gives
circulation to the falsehood that the
Mckinley bill has increased the cost Of
three-pound cans five cents per dozen.
Suppose that it has. That is less than
half cent apiece. What has become Of
the terrible oppression that was TO be
inflicted on the consumers OF canned
goods? And what has become of the
greatly increased cost of the poor mans
dinner-pail, over which so many tears
were shed by the champions Of tariff
reform, few months since?
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nraat caraaI ExpeotatIons.

From the Inter Ocean.
The Minneapolis Tribune Of the 18th in
slant devotes a page or more 10 adstailed re-
psrt Of the wheat crop Of three Ststes-Min-
nesots, North DAkotG, and South Dakota
The grand total for the three is set down as
Isl 1000 bushels distributed as follows !;
Minnesota, 5000. 900 bushels; South DakO-
"a. 100000 bushels, and North Dakota,
5I.006,000 bushels.
These figures make no claim to be more
than approximations. It is safe to says that
the total of these three States is not far from
10000, 900 bushels. The grand total for the
whole country is set down as 5o0,Oo0iooo
bushels. II the farmers have no bad luck in
harvesting, fhrsshing, and marketing they
ought to realize not far from dollar
bushel for their crop. This Of itself would
De enough 10 dispel the shadow OF hard
times, but the corn crop bids fair to be quite
as large in proportion, and the oats crop also.
The entire grain crop Of the United States
Is now estimated at 3,IT7 100000 bushels,
which is 2s.S per cent in excess OF last year
and i4.7 per cent greater than the average
since and including ISS0. Every staple crop
of the country is reported 10 be large, and
there IS every reason to expect a year and an
era Of remarkable prosperity, the three States
named being no more highly favored than
the corn belt further south.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-08-26

No state election has ever had wider
significance than the election in Ohio
this fall. The idea is widely held that
as goes Ohio 50 viii 90 the Nation IN
IS92. 1t is the beginning Of the real
battle, in which William Mckinley, Jr.,
stands firmly on the platform of the
present tariff which bears his name and
protects American labor and capital, and
the present silver law enacted by the Re
publicans in July, 1880. The Democracy
are trying to carry water on both shoul-
ders. The candidate slun the platform,
but SAYS he will chance it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-08-26

REPORTS indicate that the government
experiments in Texas for producing rain
by the discharge of explosives we're sue
cessfuI. Further trials are to be made
and the question as to whether rain can
be srtifcially produced will be definitely
settled A decision in the affirmative
will mean millions of dollars yearly in
the pockets of American farmers.
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A West Virginia Snake Story.

HuSTISeToS, W. Va, Aug. o0,-Nrs.
William Huxley, living in a little cabin near
Buffalo Shoals, was engaged in making soap
yesterday, leaving her months-old babe
sleeping in its cradle. She heard the infant
cry, and hurrying into the house, discovered
an enormous bIacksnake coiled around her
child. The snake had swallowed the babes
arm 10 the shoulder. The horriied mother
finally succeeded in killing the snake which
was feet inches long. of the blsck-racer
species, and fought wickedly. Tie babes
arm vas blistered as though it had been i'm
messed in scalding water.
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TIE calamity howlers go right along
bewailing the fate Of the ruined, stsry-
ing. mortgage-covered farmers Of the
country, while the teeming grznaries,
the market reports and the rejoicing of
the tillers If the soil, give them the lie
and laugh them to scorn.
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Powderly WIN Accept.

WuKEsBARRE, Pa, Aug. 24.-There hsv-
ing been some doubts whether 7. V. Pow
Derby would accept the Republican nOmina-
ton for delegate to the Constitutional Con-
vention, he was INTERCEPTED to-day, and re-
piled:
Yes, will undoubtedly accept the pO-
sition. did not seek the honor. There are
some chanhes which / think should be made
in the Constitution, but until have a talk
with other delegates do not care 20 ex-
press myself.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-08-26

AUTHORITIES set down the wheat crop
OF this country at 50O,OO0,OOO bushels.
This, at one dollar per bushel, viii
amount to S5OO,OOO,OOO. The corn, rye,
oats, hay and other crops viii foot up to
at least as much more and yet the
calamity howlers" are wringing their
h~nds over the nnvsrtv end Distress nf
the poor farmers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-08-26

GovEaxoR CAMPBELL, of Ohio, is kept
from his Office in the State House by the
advice Of his physicians that he must
"take a rest He viii have an opPortu-
nifty after January next to take long
racf
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-08-26

WHEAT mas gone away above the dol
lar mark and the coming corn crop Is
booming among the sixties, and PETER
and Jerry Simpson are moaning and
groaning over the ruin threatening the
farmers Of the country.
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COUNTY.
FOR PRESIDENT JUDGE.

FOR PRESIDENT JUDGE.
FRANCIS J. KOOsER. ESQ, OF Somerset
Borough
Subject to the decision OF the District Con-
ference.
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE,
NOAH BIEsECKER, Of Quemahoning Twp
FOR JURY COMMISSIONER,
DANIEL W. sAYLOR, Of Somerset Twp.
FOR POOR HOUSE DIRECTOR,
JOSEPH l. MILLER, Of Somerset Twp
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STATE,

As.L- Shields, .,,-,-,4.
John Roberts, fniiAoeip Al1-
Isaiah c. Wear,
Hernkn Kresuer,
William I. shzfeT, Delaware
Lewis Hall. DEuphin-
Frzuk Reeder, Northampton
r. Edwards. LackawanR
II. g. Mccormick. Lycomtlg.
George 5. sdhmidt, York.
Joseph q P0meroy. Schuylkili-
Cirrus Elder. Cambria
John Cessna Bedford,
J0hu 5. LAmbie,
William r Rogers, SAllegheny.
James c. Brown. Mercer
Z Y. PoWderly. LacksWena,
Morris Z kaufman, Lehigh-
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.

REPUBLICAN, NUMINAIIUNo'
STATE.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL
GES. DAVID MeM. GRBGs, Of Bsrks-
FoR STATE TREASURER,
CAPT. JOHN ". MORRISON, Of Allegheny
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IpwARp scULL. Edil0I ed PI0pEisloI.
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choice of nine-tenths Of the delegates Of this
convention if the delegates were allowed to
exercise their own free will. At the conclu-
sion Of Mr.. Plank speech a crowd Of dele
gates in his rear called for three cheers for
General Gregg and they were given with a
will.
Eben Brewer. ESQ of Erie, presented the
name of Giles D. Price ESQ, Of Esie, for
Auditor General
Brewer laid particular stress upon the fact
that Price was a candidate for 10 other Of
fee. and would not accept any other Office
than that OF Auditor General. J. Frank
Small, of York, seconded the nomination.
The nominations then closed and vote was
taken, resulting in the choice Of Gregg. the
vote being; Gregg io6 Mylin Co. Price 81 /;
Necessary for choice, 1903. The nomination
was made unanimous.
Mr.. Robertson, of Allegheny, then nam
ed Captain J. W. Morrison, of Allegheny
for State Treasurer Mr. Hall Of Mercer.
seconded the nomination. F.w. Hayes, of
Venango, named Caleb C. Thompson, of
Warren. W. W Willis, Of Warren. seond-
ed the nomination.
Culbertson, of Mifiin, announced that
Giles d. Price, Of Erie, would accept the
nomination for S.ate Treasurer, and he
therefore placed his hame before the eonven-
ton and hoped be would be the choice Of
the body. The nominations closed and
vote was taken, resulting: Morrison l67,
Thompson 81, Price 2. At the close of the
roll call Hayes, on behalf of Thompson.
moved that the nomination Of Morrison be
made unanimous. Agreed to.
When the roll call had been partly finish
ed culber.son attempted 10 withdraw the
name Of Price and make Morrison's nomi-
nation unanimous, but his proposition was
shouted down and the call proceeded.
The committee TO select eighteen czndi-
dates for delegates at large to the proposed
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-07-16
National News.

A tornado struck Baton Rouge. La.
and did much damage; the walls of the
penitentiary were blown in and ten con-
victs were killed and about thirty five
others hurt.
The President and Fostmaster-Gen-
ersl Wanamaker, at Cape May, discussed
plans for applying the Postal Subsidy law.
A big labor demonstration was held at
Steubenville, Ohio.
The conductors report of the tickets
on the train wrecked at Ravenna shows
twelve people yet unaccounted for.
The State Teachers Association b. gan
its session at Saratoga.
-Four murderers were executed by
electricity at the Sing Sing prison; death
was instantaneous and painless in every
case.
Several more lives were reported lost
and much damage was done by the tornado
in Louisiana aud Mississippi.
Senator Quay made statement deny
ing the charges brought against him by
Philadelphia Independents, and decar-
ing that he had no connection with Bards-
ley's appointment and conduct in office.
The Circuit Court at Los Angeles
dismissed the libel against the Robert and
Minnie; the Attorney General ordered that
the Itata be libelled.
The University Convocation was
opened in Albany.
Two men. returned from the great
Salton Lake, think that the channel Of the
Colorado River has been changed, and
that the lake Is permanent
Colonel A. X Mcclure in The Phila-
delpha Times denies Colonel Nicolay's
assertion that Lincoln was not opposed to
Hamlin's nomination.
The convention of the State Teachers
Association at Saratoga came to close.
The Naval Battalion Of the Massachu-
sets Militia had target practice on the yes
sells of the Squadron of Evolution in Bos-
ton Harbor.
The tenth annual International Con-
vention OF the Young Peoples Society of
Christian Endeayor was opened in Min
nespolis.
The President has appointed Professor
I. c. Mendenhall, Superintendent of the
G. Hart Merriam. ornithologist OF the
Agricultural Department. comm -,ioners
TO visit Alaska and gather Information on
the seal question.
Various educational subjects were dis
cussed at the University Convocstion at
Albany.
The closing session Of the American
Pathological Society was held at Prince
ton. y. j
Another libel has been fled against
the Itata. for violation OF the Neutrality
law.
President Harrison and party went
fishing IN the revenue cutter Hamilton,
and caught many hsh.
The University Convocation AT Albany
came to a close with a discussion on
University Extension.
Centennial Day WAS appropriately OBJ
served by the ChrlstisI ED.iesvor societies
in convention in Minneapolis.
A sham battle was fought in Boston
Harbor by detschmeuts from the squadron
OF Evolution.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-07-16

The observsnees of the 4th of July here
were dinner at the town house provided
by the ladies of the Union church society.
Among the guests were Mr.. Benjamin
Young and wife from Calais An Grafton
was to have been delivered 10 the forenoon
in the grove near by the town house, by
Rev. Mr.. Lockhart of Cherryfeld. but ow-
Ing to the storm it was postponed till !
O'Clock p NJ, and was spoken i'm the house
The entertainment which was to have tax
en- place in the evening was held on Mon
day evening. The society had as the re-
suit Of their labors, and all expenses paid,
$40 to $50 to be added to the church fund.
Among the recent requests to the
church was new black walnut pulpit
with the usual furniture, the gift of Capt.
s. l.. Tracys friends in New York, Bos-
ton and Portland, very timely gift as the
church is nov nearly finished; also S25
from Mrs. Benjamin Young.
We now have regular services every Sab
bath In the morning by Rev Mr.. Allen,
Congregationallst. from the Bangor Theo-
logical Seminary, and At 3 o'clock p. NJ,
by Rev, A. Wyman. Unitarian, from Har-
ward University, Cambridge. They will
probably remain with us during the vaca-
ton season. There will be a course of
six lectures by the above named clergymeu
for the benefit Of the church fund, Adj
mission for adults, IL cents Mr.. Allen
gave the first, when $40 was realized. The
next will be on Thursday evening, the sd,
by Mr.. Wymsn.
party from here went on picnic ex-
cursion to Stave Island last Saturday,
They had fine weather and social time.
Mr.. Lafayette Gordon of West Sullivan,
has bought the estate of the late Joseph G.
Hill, and will move there this fall.
Now that eggs are bringing so good a
price the biddies here seem to realize the
fact. as one of Mr.. Nathan's Shaw's hens
laid an egg measuring $ "a inches the
longest way, and 6 IA the other-around
the egg,
july Is
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-07-16

Mr.. A. II. Chase of Lexington, chair
man Of the board of county commission
ers for Somerset county, was the other
evening riding from Flagstaff Plantation
to Dead River Plantation, when he en-
countered in the road some obstruction,
accompanied by sort of smothered cry.
He looked behind him, and just In the rear
OF his wagon was a huge she bear. His
horse. which was good one, made q
thrust forward, somewhat frightened, per-
haps. but the bear kept up, and held her
position just by the side of the hind
wheels. The animal then ran by Mr.,
Chase, and at little distance ahead reared
upon her launches and showed her teeth.
The thing looked very serious, and Mr..
Chase, shouting at the top of his voice.
called gentleman from q house near BY,
who came out with his gun, but the bear
had fed. No doubt the gentleman had ran
over the bears cubs, and that produced
the stifled cry.
Maurice Crosby. son of Mrs. John l..
Davis of Readield, received a severe
wound in the eye from firing crackers
early Fourth of July morning. He had
put fire cracker into bottle, and put his
eye down to the bottle to ascertain if it
was burning. He obtained the desired in
formation, but at the probable loss of an
eye.
The Bath Universalist Society voted to
extend call to Rev. Abram Conklin of
Southold, N. Y. and he has accepted It and
will preach next Sunday.
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State News,

The farm buildings OF j W Nutter Of
Newncld, were burned the It'll Loss.
s. 500.
Wednesday morning, outside garments
recognized a. belonging to Susie Dorring-
ton, We're found on the bank Of the canal
at Lewiston. At noon the body was found
near the Continental Mills Her age wa,
~
At a meeting OF the Sagadahoc county
commissioners ii was decided to grant the
road asked for by T. o. VIckerv and fix
the location of The same bridge will
have to be built over the iidewater at At.
kius bay
There is considerable talk now being
made in regard To the different oranges OF
the county uniting with the Sagadahoc
Live Stock Association and holding a three
days show at the Bath Driving Park in
September. IL this Is done large grand
stand viii be built at the park Il this Is
done and the show is 3 success it is pro
posed 10 hold them annually
-Mackerel were driven SO close in shore
at Goose Rock, in Biddeford, one day last
week, that hen the tide went out lot of
them were trapped in a shallow place and
six barrels captured. Fishermen were on
the lookout for this episode. AS the same
thing has happened in former years.
In glass case at Bowdoin College
Prof. George I. Little keeps the copy of
Horace that was used by Longfellow when
a>tudeDt al Bowdoin siAty-eght years
ago. Ii has the poets signature on the
fist leaf and opposite is the fading auto
graph of Prof. Calvin f.. Stowe, 81, the
husband OF the writer of Uncle Tom 5
CABIN" The old volume is described as
bearing evidence of much usage other
autographs show that Longfellow bought
ii of college mate.
The gold fever Is undated 10 the
Swift river valley. W S. Robinson, one
of oxford county's rusters, in company
with several other gentlemen have secured
large tract of mining land on the east
branch Of Swift river and have two crews
of men at work, slulcing out gold and
finding some very good showngs They
have turned the course of the river and
are digging gold from the river bed
Another crew of men have cut a channel
across an island and turned on the water
TO wash OFF the surface soil, and expect to
find rich deposit there. 1t is reported
that rich vein of gold bearing quartz
has been discovered Of late on the east
branch Of Swift river
The training stable of Thompson
Bros. at Auburn was burned at midnight
Thursday. Twenty horses were saved,
but large amount Of other contents was
burned Loss, $1,000; insured. 81 900.
w. G. Crawford, for several wears
superintendent of the Waterville schools.
has resigned to accept the position of
master Of the Collins school at Gloucester,