The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-03-09
Personal and General.

on Tuesday, April Il. the Republican
County conyantion will be held in Bedford.
A famine prevails in Northern Hungary
and % 600 inhabitants Of the County Of Ar
va are in a state Of distress equaling that
prevalent in Russia.
Another attempt has been made upon the
life of the Car and as result twenty stu
dents. several minor officers Of the govern
meni and number OF other people are un-
der arrest.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is to build new
mansion. II is to cost altogether. with the
improvements and grounds. at least 5000
GO and will be the finest private residence
in New York.
The public debt statement issued March l,
shows that the interest and non interest
bearing debt decreased s., ,7o3 io2.50 during
the month OF February. Total cash in the
Treasury, S79o, ,547. .5iSI7.
g. Harrison Smith, young lawyer, died
suddenly week ago on the eve of his mar
riage to Miss Janis Harwood, at Kansas City.
The girl fell in a faint at the side Of the cof-
fin in the church and died Wednesday.
Treasurer Boyer says that the amount Of
State money now in the general fund, six
million and half, is more than ever was in
that fund before at the close of any fiscal
month during the entire history of Pennsyl-
vania-
Charles W. Ayers, a prominent business
man of Detroit, Michigan. was shot and ia
tally injured on Wednesday by his wife
Anna D. Ayers, at their residence. Mr.. Ay-
er's application for divorce had been refus-
ed, and Ayers was in the house preparing to
remove his personal effects when the shoot
ing took place,
Cardinal Gibbons has addressed circular
letter TO the archbishops and bishops of the
United States relative to some concerted ac-
ton by the Catholic Church to take steps to
celebrate by religious observances on Octo-
Der 18th next the discovery of America
Andrew Camp, a farmer OF Lyman town.
ship, Lehigh county, cut down a cherry
tree several years ago on disputed piece of
land. The court to-day decided that the
land and the tree belonged to William Zim-
norman, and Camp will be compelled to
pay $3.50 for the tree and S60e, the costs of
th suit.
Near Lmestoneville, Northumberland
county, Conrad Cotner and his wife were
found dead in bed together. Their son call
ed them for breakfast. Receiving no re-
sponse. he entered their room and found
both cold in death as if they had been strick-
en- together in their sleep Heart disease or
apOplexy was the cause.
The Coldwater National Bank was robbed
Thursday night of $4,000 in currency, sil-
yer and gold, and $4,000 in Philadelphia
& Reading bonds. The job was the boldest
and the most complete piece of work Of the
kind ever performed in Southwest Michigan,
and was undoubtedly the work of experts.
The crooks blew open every safe and vault
time-locks and all, and took every bit of
cash, including bills, silver, and pennies,
they could find. No clues.
The Attorney General will move against
the Reading co mbine II is said in official
circles that the papers to take the case into
court are being prepared now, and in very
short time the Dluphin county bench will
be wrestling with the grave subject. Ii is
considered of the greatest importance that
copies of the leases OF the lines fell into the
Attorney Generals hands through the kind-
ness OF the combine attorneys. It is evident
that there is great legal battle at hand.
Mrs. Truxall, the wife of Brow nsville
man. is lying at the point of death from
bullet wound in her stomach inflicted by
her husband. Several days ago she was in
UniontoEn and called on physician, who
found she had been shot through the leg.
She said har husband had done it. She
went back 70 Brownsville and Friday the
physician learned the woman had been shot
a second time by her husband and that she
will die.
The dwelling Of Eiward Anderson near
Wapakoneta, Ohio, was burned to the
ground Friday night before help arrived.
But for two cats, which were kept in the
house. the family would have been burned
to death. Mrs. Anderson, hearing the unu-
sual moi Sc of the felines. got up to investi-
gate When she opened the kitchen door
flames darted at her. In an instant the
whole house was enveloped. Mrs. Ander-
son had just enough time to arouse the fam
lily and escape.
Five prisoners, the total number but one
of the persons confined in the Butler county
jail, left that Institution suddenly at about
$50 O'Clock Friday evening. without stop
ping to bid the sheriff good-by. They had
cut hole in the roof of the women's depart
ment, in which no person was imprisoned.
Gaining the roof they skirted half of the Jail
building, and one by one, slid down a rope
to the ground and into the arms Of friends
who there awaited them, and who had fur
nished the escaping men with saws, kni YES
and rope to get out.
In 1865 the body of young William R.
Thayer, a prosperous lnmberman of Seftons-
vile, Pa, was found by the roadside, with
bullet hole in his bFain. His brother
George felt confident that William had been
murdered, but no arrests were made.
George inherited the $4,000 property of his
dead brother and later married Miss James,
who had been Williams sweetheart. She
died ten years ago, and her five children are
also dead. Recently George Thayer fell
sick and before he died he confessed that he
had killed his brother because of an old
quarrel He said he always feared detec-
ton, but never regretted the deed.
Attention Sugar Producers.
As there seems 10 be a great deal of mis-