The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-01-11
News Items.

idence Of Chief Burgess BloSes, at Sexyiile,
Pa, bound. gagged and chlor0formed him
and his wife. then broke into the portion Of
the house used as jswelry store, and stole
$500 in money and jeweiry 70 the amount Of
81 200.
Mrs Mary T. Lease has put sn end TO her
candidacy for the Uaited States Ssnstor-
ship from Kansas. In letter addressed to
Chairman Breden bal, Of the Peoples Party
Committee, she madea formal withdrawal
from the contest and advocated the election
Of siraightOut Populisi.
II seems that polygamy is about dead in
Utah. President Harrison has issued g
proclamation granting full amnesty to all
members of the Mormon church who have,
since November /, 1861, abstained from all
poiygamous practices. and upon the express
condition that they shall in the future faith
fully obey the laws of the United States.
MT Miller, late teacher of the public
school in Lancaster township, Lancaster
county. has brought suit against the Board
Of Directors to recover 5000 damages for
alleged wrongful dismissal from his position
as teacher Charges of incOmpetency and
failure to properly attend TO the moral
training ofthe children were brought against
him.
Week before last some gnnners of Harris
burg, in hunting for game north Of Lingles-
town, noticed several Wild turkeys flying
about, but one remained and was struggling
as they thought, being entangled il the
bushes, says the Hummels,own San One
Of the men shot at the turkey, and upon in
vestigation they found that large black
snake had swallowed the turkeys leg aud
was trying to tear it from the fowls body.
Al O'Clock Thursday morning the ALE
gheny county, Md, court house was destroy
ed BY fire. The flames started in the grand
jury room, and by the time assistance ar
rived had made such headway as TO render
futile all efforts 10 save the building. a
greater part Of the records were saved and il
is not believed that the loss in this respect
will be great or irreparable. The building
cost $4,000; insured for $4,000.
Recent calculations of the rye crops o.
Berks county have placed that county at the
head Of the lis, in Pennsylvania. The cen
sus report Of 1890 shows the yield for thai
year as nearly 100000 bushels, compared
with 10000 bushels in Lancaster and 225,
600 bushels in Lshigh. The comparatively
high prices have rendered this cereal more
profitable than wheat and the result
has been an increased production. Th'
bulk Of the crop is consumed by distant dis
tilleries and Touring mills.
Clay Hopper, age II. who has been i'll witt
dropsy Of the heart for several months a
Toledo, Ohio, was supposed by his family
and physician to have died. and his fGnera
was set for last Friday. When all was il
readiness the corpse showed signs of life an'
the funeral Was thereupon declared off. Th
since thar time, and although the body i
warm there is no other signs of life Tn
physicians are puzzled over this strang
case.
Attorney Charle1 Nolan, of ST. Louis, rails
ed an interesting point Def re the snprem'
court Friday. He is attorney for Samue
Welser, convicted some time ago in the ST
Louis criminal court of murder in the frs
degree. In his argument attorney Nolai
said the death sentence shosld be set asid
and a new trial ordered on the ground tha
one Of the jurors was asleep while the de
fense was giving its most important testimo
ny. The supreme court has the matter un
der advisemsnt.
There never has been a case in the city o
Detroit that exemplifed more clearly tn
danger of convicting a man upon circum
stantial evidence than that of George Boz
zenberger, who was found guilty about sii
weeks ago by jury in the Recorders cour
of murder in the first degree for the KILN
of VIM. Knack. Affidavits in support of
new trial were filed Thursday by the attor
ney for the defendant, from which it az
pears that Bozzenberger is innocent and tha
Otto Schulthers is guilty. Young Schul
thers, who is a nephew of fBozzenberger, con
I
which his uncle is now serving a life sen
tence. Bozzenberger will probably be re
leased.
Mrs. Dennis Coyle's sister-in-law went 4
st. Joseph, No, week ago TO visit be
brother The other day she took Croyle'
two young children and started, ostensibly
to Catholic church to have them baptized
Since then she has not been seen or hear
from. Friday, Coyle, becoming alarme
over the prolonged absence OF his sister an
children, started out to search for then
He, too, has failed to return, and all trace
of him have been lost. Now Mrs. Coyle wi
take turn in seeking the lost ones.
Philadelphia maintains her reputation {
being the city of homes. Daring the fiv
years ending December 81, 1891, there wer
erected there 24 173 more new building
than in New York, and 5l62 more than i
New York, Boston and Baltimore combined
This great lead was due in large part to th
custom in Philadelphia of building sma
houses for one family rather than hug
I SiFltturtS OF uAl " lcu "
observe the cost of new buildings the stor
is different one. The average cost of thos
erected last year in Philadelphia was 81, ,S3s
IS, in Boston S5,54s 81. and in New YOr
SI7, 7,5O95s.
A bill will be introduced at the preser
+ session of the Legislature which makes the:
changes of dates in the game laws of th
State. The season for woodcock, " hich b
, gins by the present Law July and enc
January .. is changed to begin September
, and end January the season for squire
: which begins now September l and enc
January 1, is changed to begin October
| and end January l; the season for ruffis
? grouse, commonly called pheasants, whic
now begins October l and ends January
is changed to begin November and en-
January !.
A New Book on Sheep.
WAsHISGToN, d. c., Jan. 2-0ne Of th
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