The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-16
News Items.

News Items.
The New York, Lake Erie and Western
Railway Company has suspended all IN
married employees on the Honesda.e, Pa,
division.
Secretary Herbert is reported TO be eDgag-
ed 10 Miss Sallie Brown, Of Atlanta, Ga,
whose father, ex. Senator Joseph Brown, is
said to be worth slooOoi0Oo-
Allen o. Myers, the erstwhiIe Democratic
leader. says in bis column in Cincinnati
paper that Cleveland's message has cooked
the Democratic goose in Ohio.
Sebastian Robrcr's wife committed sui
eide. Friday, near Lancaster, Pa, by hang
inl herself. Rohrsr married her some time
ago after his frst wife. who was her sister,
bad taken her own life in similar way.
Gen. Miles has received orders from the
War Department at Washington 20 get in
readiness to expel the ''sooners" from the
Cherokee strip. 1t is believed the opening
day will be set between September and 10.
President Cleveland was hanged in efiigy
at Golden, Colorado, on Thursday, by free
silver enthusiasts The figure supposed TO
Represent the President was strung up TO
telegraph pole in front Of Mayor Koenigs
grocery store, on Washington avenue. An
ardent Populist bonded the hanging party.
George Shiras, father of Associate Justice
George shiras, ofthe United States Supreme
Court died Wednesday. in Pittsburg, Pa,
aged 50 years. He was the first to bear that
name, and not only his son. but grandson,
James shiras, Sd, has attained some distinc-
ton here as a lawyer and politician. The
deceased was brewer.
Monday night fire destroyed halfa block
of the business portion Of steubenville,
Ohio, and while it was burning, Jonathan
Ferree, a prominent business. man, was
murdered. The fire covered an area larger
than any in the previous history Of the city,
entaiting loss of $4,000.
Upon inquiry at the pension Office it is
learned that up to date there have been
g. ,472 pensions suspended, which were grant
ed under the act of June p, 1890, the aver
age being 10 daily. A large proportion Of
these cases, it is said, were suspended pend
ing medical examination. Only about one
third, however, have as yet made any re-
sponse to the notice Of the fact that addi
tional evidence as to their inability to per-
form manual labor was required.
Late reports from the northwest say that
wheat has done well in spite of hot weather
The earth was so full Of moisture in the
spring that the drought since has been less
harmful than bad generally been supposed.
There is talk of 50000,0o bushels in North
Dakota and of 100000 bushels in South
Dakota, with claims of 45,0O0,OOO bushels
for Minnesota, which, if true, would equal
the yield of 1892 and fall but 5000, 90
bushels below the actual yield Of 1891.
a Frankfort, KY, special says: The con-
victs made another daring attempt TO blow
up the penitentiaTy with nitro-glycerine
Thursday night, but were foilei by the dis
covery Of Warden Norman. The principals
were the Reeves brothers and man named
Millard, all serving terms of thiriy-one years
each. From the quantity of dynamite nj
tro-glycerine and other explosives found in
their possession, they evidently intended 10
make death struggle for liberty after blow
ing up the prison walls.
The citizens of Cumberland fear an epi-
demic Of disease will result from the impure
drinking water with which tie town is sup
piled. The supply is secured from dam
filled with stagnant water. Not a drop is
pouring over the dam, and the people are
drinking the filthy and unhealthy mixture
composed Of the drainage along Wills creek
and the polluted water from up the river.
To add to the filth number of pulp mills
above the city are being cleaned out and the
impurities from them are carried to the dam.
John G. Smith, aged II, prominent farm
er Of Barree township, Huntington county,
shile driving a reaper Thursday afternoon,
was thrown in front Of the machine and de-
oapiiated by the knives and his body other
wise terribly mutilated. Mr.. Smith, who
was driving four horses, ran over hornets
nest and the insects resented the interier-
enee by singing the horses and rendering
them uumanageable. In dashing along
with the reaper Ir. Smith was thrown in
front Of the rapidly working knives, which
completely decapitated him, tore off one
ann, and slashed MS body frightfully.