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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31
Frleaens Items.

Come TO the reunion to hear good music
1t viii be furnished by the choir of the first
Lutheran Church Of Johnstown and the
Mineral City Comet Band.
Chas. Hendricks, Of stoyestown, is busy
at work on the new church at this place.
Mrs. Helvey and Miss Emma Stahl, OF
Hamilton, o., are visiting their parents, Mr..
Herman Stahl, ofthis place.
Quite number Of our friends ofthis place
went to Horner's to picnic and all report a
good time. The people ofthat place deserve
praise for the amount Of work they did on
their ground, and from its appearance they
must expect to have pic MICS in the future.
The Noel family of fHooyersville, Pa, gave
an entertainment at this place on Friday
evening which was treat for our people, as
we have many lovers Of fine music. The
daughter of said family certainly has fine
voice. If you have a chance to hear this
family do not miss it.
Miss Rosie Appel, Of Meyersdale, is Wis
iting at this place.
A few couples from here were at a
picnic Saturday. Their horses became
frightened at a COW and one Of the ladies
tainted and had to call on the doctor. Bob,
take the camphor bottle along next time
Messrs. Herman Shaffer and Millar Beal
are treating their houses to a nice
coat of paint which adds greatly to the ap-
pearance of their properties.
Corn and buekwheat promise to be very
good crop; potatoes only about halfa crop.
Y.
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Shot Four Times.

SHARON. Pa, Aug. 27.-Charles Troutmsu
farmer living one mile east Of Orangeville
and eight miles north Of Sharon, was shot
four times and fatally wounded at O'Clock
a. n. by his brother-in-law, named Robert
Clark, who heard noise in the barn and
mis;ook him for a burglar.
Clark was in town this afternoon almost
heart broken. To a correspondent he
said: 81 live near Orangeville and young
TroUtman has been making his home with
me. This morning at O'Clock my wife
awakened me and told me burglars were
trying to enter the house I went to the
kitchen carrying revolver and as reached
the room a nan pushed open the door. !
fired four times In the darkness and heard
some one say, Bob, you have killed me,
and there on the threshold lay the bleeding
form ofmy wifes brother Troutman is
about twenty-five years Of age and I'M
married. He is fatally wounded, the bullets
having lodged in his body.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31
Free Trade FaIIacy.

DErRoT, Aug. 25.-More thar 10000 per-
sons assembled to-day on the grounds Of the
Detroit International Fair and Exposition
Company, it being political day, and there
being present prominent speakers Of the DIFF
ferent parties. who made addresses OF some
length in favor Of their respective political
beliefs The speaking began al ] o'clock
Ex-COngressman Dunnell, Of Minnesota, rep
resented the Republican party, and was well
received by those present. Colonel Norton,
Of Georgia, made a strong speech in favor Of
the Peoples party crusade, and was follow
ed by Congressman William NJ Springer,
from Illinois, who received a flattering re-
ception when he arose to speak on behalf
ofDemocraiic tenets. lie discussed nation
al politics, dwelling particularly upon the
tariff question. Mr.. Springer, having made
a brief introductory statement, proceeded to
discuss national politics, and especially the
tariff.
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A Former Somerset County Lacy
Visits Illinois.

A Former Somerset County Lacy
Visits Illinois.
MANSFIELD, O., Aug. 26, 1892.
To He Editor Of The Herald,
have Just returned from an extended Wis
il TO different parts of the great State Of Illi-
nois and met quite number Of Somerset
Co. people, and some being subscribers to
the HERALD requested me TO write at least
one letter, and having promised. will with
your permission to print the same, proceed
to write that which may interest few and
induce some more of the good old Somerset
county people to go to that grand State, Hi
nois. Dixon, Lee Co., H., is destined to be-
come a manufacturing city, as the boom
has already commenced. There are two
shoe factories owned and operated by Chi
cago firms; the distance is ninety-eight
miles northwest Of Chicago. There are
three more firms 10 commence operation by
the first Of November. A Canton. O., Steel
Pump plant, West Virginia plow works
and knitting factory, which will furnish
work for many more people. The Rock riv-
er furnishes water power which, by the way.
contains fine fish.
I visited the family of Mr. Henry
Schmucker, who has one Of the finest ard
best cultivated farms that had the pleasure
to see. lie is a gentleman Of leisure Two
miles further south lives the Widow Young,
also OF Somerset county. She owns
and culivatss a Iarye farm. with the assist
ance OF her noble son William. also Wis
tied one Of my numerous cousins, Mr.. Eliza
Walker, who has lived in the State for thir-
ty years and has accumulated a competancy
which enabled him TO retire from farming.
lit were not for his poor health he would
enjoy his wealth, with bis good wife, who,
by the way, is one Of the best women l met
in all my travels. also met Samuel Kurtz
and wife, and Mr. Cupp and wife. They
are all doing well financially visited my
cousin, Mrs. Kate Rhodes, who lives in 0gle
county. She and her husband are well fix
ed if one can judge from the surroundings.
found ali those visited with one excep-
ton expressing their intention to vote for
Harrison. Better land does not exist out Of
doors; corn is late but will be half crop
no fruit; farm help is scarce; girls to do
house work get 400 at week and scarce at
that all Pennsylvania girls marry soon at
ter getting to the West. must close for
this time. Respectfully,
tai
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Tariff and Price.

The following extract from President
Ceyeland's noted tarih-flr-revenue-only Y
message Of 1857 reads like very prinit tive po-
Iitcai economy in this day:
These tariff laws, in iheiT Logical and
plain elect, raise the price TO consumers OF
all articles imported and subject to duty. by
precisely the sum paid for such duties. Thus
the smOunt Of the duty measures the tax
paid by those who purchase for use these
imported articles. Many of these things.
however, are raised or manufactured in our
own country, and the duties new levied up
on foreign goods and products are called
protection 10 these home manufactures. be-
cause they render it possible for those Of our
people who are manufacturers to make
these taxed articles and sell them al price
equal to that demanded for the imported
goods that have paid customs duty. So il
happens that while comparatively few use
the imported articles, millions Of our peo-
pie, who never used and never saw any Of
the foreign products, purchase and use
things Of the same kind made in this coun-
Try, and pay therefor nearly CT quite the
same enhanced price which the duty adds to
the imported articles
After all the threshing over and discus
sion Of the tariff questions before the people
since that message was sent In. the public
understand thoroughly two principles Of po-
litical economy which are wholly ignored
by President Clevelsnd-or, more properly
speaking, are oontradfcied. The first is that
where there Is home composition in an arti-
&c the foreign producer Of that article pays
a whole OF part Of the tarif in order to en-
ter the market The second is that home
in the manufacture Of nearly
all protected articles has brought the price
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

sse That You are Registered.


General Reeder, Chairman of the Repub-
lican State Committee, has issued the fol-
lowing important circular letter TO the COM
mitteemen Of the State
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
August ~, 1892
desire to call your attention to the
following important matters, and urge you
TO see that the voters and active workers
give them the proper attention, viz =
/. That all who desire 70 vote on Noyem-
Der Sth, must be registered on or before
Thursday, September sth, that being the last
day for registering.
p The Act Of May %, 1891 Up. L. l34),
provides that lit shall be the duty of ;he as
SCISSORS to assess, from time to time, on the
personal application Of anyone claiming the
right 10 vote"
Under this provision of The law, the roter
nlllst make personal application to the assessor
to have his name added to the list of voters.
The assessors viii be present at the election
house Of each district on Wednesday. Sept.
!, and Thursday, Sept. Sth, between the
hours Of O'Clock and o'clock p. NJ, on
each of said days, for the purpose of hearing
and acting upon applications for ASsessnleIif
and Registry
). No person shall be permitted 10 vote al
the election, whose name is not in said list,
unless be shall make proof of his right TO
vote as heretofore required by law.
4. In view of the difficulties that will arise
under the new Ballot Law from want of
knowledge on the part of the voter, you will
readily understand the importance Of hay-
ing the voters name upon the list, so that
he may have as little trouble as possible in
casting his ballot.
.. Therefore, see that every Republican
voter is registered.
6. Full instructions to Voters and Elec-
ton Officers will be issued by this Commit
tee with form Of Ballot, within the next
few days.
= Make some arrangements to inform the
Voters and all the Vigilants fully as to the
provisions Of the new Ballot law, so that
they may not lose their vote through want
of knowledge.
Very respectfully yours,
FRANK REEDER,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31
MethodIst Episcopal Church.


The Census Bureau has issued q bulletin
giving statistics ofthe Methodist Episcopal
Church III the United States. The bulletin
shows that this church has I02 annual con
ferences, not including ten or more in for
eign countries. Connected with these con-
ferenoes are 2.2l0,S54 communicants. The
term includes both members and proba-
tioners, the latter being candidates for full
membership. North Of Mason and Dixon's
line the Methodist Episcopal Church has Or
ganizaiions in nearly every county.
Though represented in every State, it is
moi 80 strong in the South as its sister body
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
the statistics Of which viii be given in a
forthcoming bulletin. OF the 2.7s9 ooun-
ties, in the States and Territories, the
Methodist Episcopal Church is represented
in all, save 5S5. Il has 25,S6I organiza-
tio,-s, with PISA ediiioes with a seating
capacity Of 6.302,7o and Al aggregate
valuation Of S96723. los. This valuation.
which does not include Pa-sonages and other
church properly. is the largest reported by
any denomination thus far, except the
Roman Catholic.
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down in many cases 10 psice lower than
the d1ty upon it alone, and in some cases to
as low e point as the foreign Manufactured
article. There is an endless series Of exam
pies in this in nearly every manufacture d
article on which a tariff IS levied. Every
newspaper reader can recall examples from
his own reading.
President Cleveland never reiterated and
never defended this remarkable statement,
which appeared in his tariff message Pre-
sumably be grew ashamed Oft
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Look Here

Would inform the progressive farmers of
Somerset County that am again in the field
with full line of Fertilizers, and my self
or my agent will call to see you to solicit
your orders for the coming season. Ny
agents this season are S. B. Yoder, Pugh,
Pa, Joseph Reiman, Stanton's Mills, Pa, W.
II. lands, Meyersdale, Pa, Solomon Davis,
Normalyille, Pa, and Peter Fink, Somerset,
Pa, who is also delivering and shipping
agent at Somerset, where goods viii be kept
in stock throughout the season.
would thank all for their most liberal
patronage during past seasons, and hope all
will favor myself OF my agents with your
orders for both spring and fall crops.
Should we miss seeing you, just drop Us a
line early and you will have our very best
attention.
On behalf Of the
susquehanna Fertilizer Co.,
A. J. KosEE,
Guern oy, Pa
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A Courageous Farmer.

PnTssUEGH, Aug. 27.-An attempt IVES
made 10 wreck the east bound Chicago and
New York Limited express on the Penns syl-
vania railroad near Enon, Pennsylvania,
this morning. Several ties and pieces Of
iron were found tied to the track by farm
er. who set TO work 10 remove them. While
engaged in doing so he was shot twice, one
bullet entering his hip and the other lodg-
ing in the calf OF the leg. He succeeded,
however, in clearing the track and the train
passed in safety. The purpose OF the dast-
srdly plan must have to rob the passengers
and mail cars in the excitement following
the wTecking Of the train. Had the wreck
ers been successful the loss of life would
have been very great.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31
A Soldier Accidentally Shot.

PITTsBURG, Aug. 24.-Jesse Bennington,
private in Company X, Sixteenth regiment,
now on duty al Homestead. wa accidental ly
shot and killed while in his tent to-day by
Private Smith, Of the same company. Smith
was cleaning his revolver. His tent was
next but one to that Of Bennington. 1t was
the old story. Smith thought he had shot
of all the cartridges, and while swapping
the trigger there was 4 report and yell OF
pain. The bullet passed through the side OF
Smiths tent, went through the next tent in
which q guardsman was sleeping and pierced
the canvas OF the quarters occupied by Ben
ninghof The latter was standing up clean
ing a gun. The bullet struck his left side,
passed through his liver and lodged in his
back. He died in 4 few minutes.
While the regiment was on duty at Home
stead about a month ago Bennington, fresh
from a farm near Greenville, appeared with
his widowed mother and said he desired to
join the Sixteenth. Being under Is years he
had to secure the consent Of his mother In
his zeal he brought the old lady several
hundred miles TO see him enlist. The body
was shipped home TO her tonight. Private
Smith viii leave the regiment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

The registration Of voters in Mississip-
ri under the new constitution shows but
76742 voters instead Of 257 jos, which Is
the number Of males over q years OF
age. This reduction has been accom-
plished by excluding the negro voters
Bot Mississippi IS stiIl claiming seven
members Of Congress and nine electoral
votes. The State is by itsvoting popuia-
ton entitled TO two members OF Congress
and four electoral votes, and that ques-
ton should be raised when the seven
Congressmen appear in Washington and
tie nine electors try to cast their votes
for the Democratic candidate for Fresi'
dent The men who framed thai new
constitution in Mississippi said they were
willing to reduce their representation IN
Congress to get nd Of the negro vote
They should be compelled to do 50, and
have out two seats in the next Congress
Of the United States.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

The appalling number Of voters IN tins
district who we're not properly registered
in 1890, and where ballots were after
wards challenged for irregularity, should
impress upon voters and election officers
the necessity OF strict and literal COM
pliance with the law Read carefully
the instructions Of the State Chairman
and at once make personal application
othe Assessor to have your name added
10 his liss, If It is not already there.
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ouay's Hopeful Views.

Senator Quay was at Washington Thurs
day on his way to Florida, where he intends
engaging in ais favorite beslth-giving past
time Of tapon fishing He proposes to re-
turn north before the election. and is conf
dent of President Harrison's snccess. He
says:
Regarding the invention OF the enemy to
the effect that certain Republican political
leaders do not intend to work for the party
ticket, ! have only to say that they are in my
opinion as diaphanous as such stories usu-
ally are.
Personal feelings never figure in Presi-
dental contest. The questions involved are
not personal. Republicans are Republicans
for the sake of their party's principles. If
the party's National Convention decided
upon ticket it is the duty Of every Repub-
hoan to support that ticket The call OF
duty in this particular instance is always
needed. First, because Republicans are es-
sentially loyal. and second, becauseit is no
more than common sense to acqCiesoe in
the party conventions decision.
From all can gather Republican con-
hdence in the result in New York state is re-
narkable. There appears to be working a
slow and complete change in the political
situation in that state There seems to be
no doubt that the Democratic Presidential
candidate is not as strong as he was six
weeks ago. Reports received at Republican
national headquarters are very gratifying.
These reports are not the mere opinions OF
enthusiasts but are the result of a careful
survey Of the respective communities from
which the reports emanate.
The Republican managers are blessed
with common sense. They want 10 know
the exact condition of affairs. They are not
rainbow chasers, but keen. politicians, who
appreciate the necessity of knowing the
truth, and who will not be deluded by mere
surface indications. As for the south, or at
least portions oft, roseate views of the
southern Democrats cannot change the real
situation, which in several states look de
cidedly blue for Democratic success
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

f.CHAIRNAS HARETrY viii not resign hi.
Office as Secretary Of the State OF Penn
sylvania, while running Nr. Cleveland's
campaign. Chairman Harrity holds the
best laying State Office in Pennsylvania
with one exception, and is besides presi-
dent ofthe Equitable Trust Company o.
Philadelphia. Senator Qlay, who once
held the same Office, resigned it before
undertaking the management Of another
campaign Chairman Carter promptly
resigned his office of Commissioner OF
the Land Office upon accepting the chair
manship of the National Republican
Committee. Joseph II. MAnley, of Ne.
resigned the pOstmasterstipat Augusta.
Me- before even acceptinga position for
the campaign on the National Executive
Committee.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

WHILE Mr.. Dana in the East is shout
ing, "The force bin Is the only issue, his
co-worker, Colonel Watterson, out West
enlarges the field. He says down
with the thieving duties at the custom
houses; down with the swindliDg reci-
prOcity treaties; down with the cant
about the wage earners; down with the
fraud that taxes make wealth; down
with the fallacies Of protection, and up
with the starry. flag Of the Union, Free
Trade and Sailors Rights"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

TIE pestiferous .Enloe, Of Tennessee,
and the Democratic committee will prob.
ably circulate, throughout the campaign
the charges cooked up by that gentle
man against the administration Of the
pension office by Gen. Green B. Rauu.
Yet the Democratic House, for very
shame, declined TO take any action what
ever on EnlOe's report Of his bulldozing
investigation, knowing that the persons
moss compromised by that report we're
Democratic Congressman.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

Az exchange says: The Peoples par
ty viii at once put 100 speakers in the
field in Kansas" But it is Of no use.
The corn is too high and the bins are too
full Of wheat. When the drought" the
''cut worm, and ''the grasshop. er" fail
in Kansas to get in their work calamity
orators have TO join ''the mourners who
20 about the streets" Kansas is one OF
the hourishing and prosperous States of
the Union, and it will vote for the party
that made Il such.
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A Mysterious Affair.

LANCASTER, Pa, Aug 27.-Henry P. Shaub
was invited by a neighbOr to sleep at her
house last night during her absence from
the city Daring the night Shaub was
assaulted by unknown parties, and after be-
ing terribly beaten was thrown from a
second story window. He was picked up
unconscious wit.i several ribs broken, and is
in serious condition. His ssssilants have
not been arrested There IS no known object
for the assault.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

WHES Grover Cleveland wrote "The
Democratic party is not destructive
party, he should have added the word
nov" in big Letters. Il is in the memo
~ Of multitude Of living witnesses that
the Democratic was "a destructive par
ty." It was willing to destroy the Union.
trail the flag in the dirt, and 'let the
wayward sisters 60 in peace" Every
State that is to-day solid for the Demo
cratic ticket-exoepting possibly three
labored in the work Of destruction.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

Az Alderman, Of Chester, Pa, who was
called upon to decide q case where a man
threw his sister-in-lsw out Of the house,
realized thoroughly the great Importance
of his duty as a magistrate, for he open
ed court with prayer, in which he ask
ed that the wisdom Of solomon might be
given him, that he could judge impair
tally.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

SENATOR HUI did not call on Grover
Cleveland, bat the Eastern free-trade
journals are very mad over the report
that Senator Hill made pleasant social
call on Governor William Mckinley
while at the sea shore.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

GOVERNOR MCKINLEY will be in Yer
mont this week and then 90 to Maine
Mckinley is the kind Of educator the
Democratic leaders do not Ike. He
makes votes that stand Dy convictions
The votes which Democrats buy viii no;
stay bought. The odds are in favor Of
Mckinley methods.
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a Pet Fox Steals a Baby q.

CoALToS, o.. Aug. 25.-For over a year
Jacob Hanson, prosperous and reputable
farmer near here. has had pet fox which
exhibited an abnormal fondness for Ernest
baby:i4 months old. Tuesday the fox and
the baby disappeared, and searching parties
looked in vain for the missing pair until
Wednesday evening. when the fox and
baby were found in cave, quarter Of a
mile from the house. The child was weak
but unbarmed. The fox objected TO baby's
removal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

WADE HAMPTON says: @The alliance
as party has been wiped out in the
South" Certainly. There is not st. .te
in the South that would count majority
for the alliance ticket It matters not how
many votes It secured.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

THE attention ofevery Republican vo-
te- in the County is called 70 the circular
letter Of General Reeder, Chairman fthe
Republican State Committee" which
viii be found in another column Of this
paper. The necessity Of registration IS
important, and every voter who does not
personally see that his name is on the
registry list has his right to vo.e, endan-
gered.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

q. c. at Gray Gables has either heard
s,mething drop or the fish have been
biting we'll There has not been a letter
published now for six days signed
<Yours truly, Grover Cleveland
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Tin. Tln. American lin.

LoSDoS, Aug 2s.-seyeral Welsh tin-plate
manufacturers closed thir works OF Saturday
Sixty worEs are now closed. and 10 900 hands
are IDLE. Many sailed on Saturday to find
employment in America.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

The Democratic candidate for Govern
or Of Georgia is Northern carpet bag
ger. Poor old Democracy, it is hard up
almost everywhere.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31

If you want coed old-fashioned bread like
mother used to bake, buy the Cinderella
Range. It's large, high ovens insures good
baking and roasting. Sold by James B. Hol-
derbaun, Somerset, Pa.