The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-03-30


dent Cieveland's private secretary, has been
very III down South.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give the
borough OF Homestead public library
worth 100000.
A young man named Graham from Spruce
Creek. Huntingdon county, shot himself
dead on board local train near Altoona
A Ere in the folding room Of the House of
Representatives on Tuesday evening was
discovered in time 10 prevents costly con-
hagration.
DR.. D. Hayes Agnev, distinguished sur
geon and physician, whose fame was world
wide. died at his home in Philadelphia, on
Tuesday afternoon. in the74.h year of his
age.
An enraged hog last week bit William
Pyke, lad Of l7, living near New Kingston,
Cumberland county. Blood poisoning de
veloped, and Thursday night the boy died
after suffering terrible agony.
Elwood Gordon. colored, who was sent to
the western penitentiary in March, 1855. for
twelve years for the murder of his wife in
Johnstown, died IN that institution on
Wednesday.
young man near Lincoln, Neb, stole
neighbor's horse, bought prairie schooner,
and started of with three girls aged l5 and
l6. Ttey were going to Utah 10 Join the
Mormons. bu: were oyertaken when about
ten miles from the town an brought back
Judge Barker, who has granted l9l licenses
for all Cambria county and refused 81, has
''conditiona'ly requested all the liquor
dealers to close their saloons at 10 p. m. As
he can revoke any of their licenses, they
have all taken the Courts request as an
order, and are complying.
The farewell banquet given by the Ameii
can colony TO Mr.. Reed, the retiring United
States Minister. took place Friday evening
Three hundred guests, including the most
prominent members of the American colony
and many famous Frenehmen, assembled TO
honor Mr. Reid at the Hotel Continental in
Paris.
By the will ofthe late Rev. Epaminondes
]. Pierce, who died at Farmingdale, y. J..
on the 18th inst, Lincoln University, looat-
ed at Oxford, Chester county. is bequeatbed
his fortune OF 5000 900. The money is to
be used in educating colored men for the
ministry. The testator was missionary for
many years on the coast Of Africa
William Garvin Turnkey, of Warren, this
State, son and only child of the late Justice
John Turnkey, so well known and esteemed
in Western Pennsylvania and elsewhere,
committed suicide at Youngstown, O., Wed
nesday OF last week. by hanging himself
he was q practicing lawyer in Warren,
was happily married and was about 81 years
of age.
The Cooleys broke up school exhibition
at Poundstone scboolhouse, Fayette county,
few days ago. They rode around the house
and shot through the windows above the
heads of those inside Several shots struck
in the walls close to The heads of those in
the audience and the exercises were broken
up in stampede for the door.
Mrs John Morter, Mrs. Charles Morter
and Mrs Row were arrested at a quilting
party at Berice. Sullivan county, Thursday,
charged with writing obscene letters to Mrs.
John Northrop, highly esteemed woman.
They were taken before United States Com
missioner Mix at Towanda, who held them
under 81 600 bail each for trial at court.
Attorney Joseph A. McCurdy, of West
moreland county, was arrested at Green's
burg Wednesday by County Detective Alcorn
charged with bribery and perjury. Alcorn
says McCurdy paid money to secure votes
for himself The District Attorney had
charged Aleorn. in open Court, with extort-
ing money from an illegally conducted liquor
house.
Marie Juneau, a French woman living in
the outskirts OF Guayaauil, South America,
cable advices say, has given birth 10 seven
children in one day. The aggregate weight
of the sextets was a trihe over fourteen
pounds and at last accounts all were alive.
This is said by eminent doctors, who have
fconsulted statistics, to be the largest number
Of children ever born TO civilized woman
at a single birth.
One hundred and seventy-five cars Of
flour, containing 1900 barrels, were sent
out in eight sections Friday by the Wash
burn-Crosby Company mills to the Russian
Relief Association of Philadelphia The
trains were neatly decorated with flags,
bunting and notices. They will run into
| Philadelphia in one section If possible, push
ed by eight locomotives, and will be given
big reception.
The Hill mine near Dunbar, in which -
miners were entombed June l6, 1890, has at
last given up its dead. The remains OF p
Of the victims were removed last Thursday
The fires that ragged in the mine for time
following the calamity did no. burn the
bodies Of the % men found, yet they had
| turned TO ashes. The water and slime in
the depths had done the work. Rescuers
are still searching FOR the remaining six boil
les
lockwood Items.