The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-10-04

NeWs Items.

pionshiP and $4,000, on OF about December
Is next.
The weekly statement of tie Pension Of
fee shows that the total number of claims
now pending is 7o0,2 10. The to'al number
OF cases rejected last week was 1917. and
I77I allowed.
Three solid blocks Of the finest business
houses al s. Jos-pb, No, vas desinyed By
fire on Monday, involving ioss OF 81 o9o,-
eo0. twas Necessary 10 resor, 20 dynamite
to check The f.mcs
The frequency Of train robheries has caus-
ea the railroad and express companies at ST.
Louis to arai their crews, and il Is said that
no, train leaves that city in any direction
without guard prepared f5r action
stGtisiies compiled from official 5a.a show
that from January to September Of this year
so state and private tanks in the United
States failed and y resumed bnsiness. In
the same time I55 National hanks closed
their doors and 20 resumed
Theexlensive stables Of the Stark county,
Ohio, Agricultural Association were destroy
ed by FIRE on Wednesday night, and with
them pe1ished 20 head Of valuable cattle,
which were on exhibition at the county
fair. The fire was of ineendiary origin The
loss is estimated at S75,0ol.
All the business hoases Of Cbambersburg,
Pa, including hotels and saloons, closed
Wednesday at 2 O'Clock in orier to comply
with the request made by Rev. DR.. Chap
man. who is holding evangelistic meetings
there. Prayer meetings were held in -
homes and Rev Chapman preached FIVE ser
mons during the day.
Death "by weapons in the hands Of men
or soldiers of the Roanoke Light Infantry,
under the command of Captain John Bird
and other officers is the verdict rendered
by the eoroner's jury as TO the tragic killing
of eight rioters at Roanoke, Va, last week.
The jurors recommended that the Grand
Jury investigate the legality OF the acts Of
the officials.
In less than one month, from August 26
until September p, there have been seven
.
sons were killed and li6 wounded. The low
est number Of fatalities in one wreck was 5
and the highest l6. The last Of the series,
that on the Wabash last Friday, has resulted
in II deaths thus far. but the number msy
be increased. This is frightful record.
One day last woel, 'seph Kilain of near
Armagh, Indiana eJI-tS, mad an adventure
with bees which he is not anxious TO have
repeated. He bought a soap of bees at a
sale near Heshbon and started home on
horseback with bis purchase. He thought
the busy little fellows were imprisoned in
their box, bat to his horror he soon found
his horse covered with them. Both rider
and horse were terribly stung, and it was
some time before Mr.. Killain could get out
Of reach Of the argry mob.
The Exposition is under contract 10 re
move all buildings from Jackson Park i'm
mediately after the Fair. Only one has
been erected TO remain, and that is the elas-
sic Art Palace Although the colonnades
aud columns Of even this structure are Of
"siafE, the main building is built entirely
of brick, and has been rendered as fire-proof
as possible. This will undoubtedly stand SIS
lasting memorial. and, such is the move
ment now afoot, viii be converted into
great Chicago mussum.
On Friday two valuable stations, owned
BY Dr. C L. Thudicum, Of Haddonfeld, y.
J., which were known 10 be vicious and had
been kept separate, got into the same field.
They at once went at each other, and fought
duel TO the death. Their hoOfs struck
terrible blows aud the horses bit as elective
IL as zebras Finally the more y-,uable
stallion, worth $1,000 fell. The other soon
trampled over him. Then, TO make sure Of
finish, the victor seized bis rival by the
throat and dragged him about the field.
A whistle that will make itself heard f1r
25 miles, the manufal turer says. has Just
been finished by John Bowman, of Phils-
delphia, and it will adorn the car shops al
Third and Berks streets, Philadelphia This
fearful trumpet is four feet, two inches ,ong
and the cylinder is Is inches in diameter
Bowman says this is the biggest and loHdest
whistle ever made, and in the morning it
viii not only awaken all Philadelphia, but
Camden, Chester, Norristown and Doyles-
town, to say nothing of Media, Darby.
Woodbury.. Bristol, West Chester and Ph@
nixyille.
In the trial of the prosecution Of Valen
n.f
ty, against Austin Hess for cattle stealing
Hess being convicted Of receiving stolen cat
tle-it was developed that Hess and several
Others form a secret society, which they
called d" the cattle lodge" about Is months
ago for the purpose Of stealing cattle. Sub
sequenily, it is said, number of persons in
surrounding counties, with criminal procliv-
ities, joined the lodge. Each member there
Of, on joining, vas required to pay an init
alton fee Of So and to take an oath to reveal
nothing concerning any member Of the Sc
cie.y and TO DO all in his power for the relief
of any member who should get into trouble
in the cattle business" Il is believed that
Hess was the leading spirit and originator OF
the lodge and that through his conviction its
back bone has been broken.
The net State de5t nos amounts ioonly
S2,5)0o0), Or about forty five cents per capi-
IA. This Is State Treasurer MOrrison's graft
flying assurance, and the account can te
called square all round in two years should
the Legislature so decide. The sinking
fund is really sufficient to meet every dollar,
and the States resources, already drawn
upon FOR 100000 public school spp;O
pria.ion annually, may soon BE- directed 10
perfecting comprehensive system of road
improvements. The common highways of
the Commonwea are in a tOrtuOus con
dition. An efficient road law, similar, say.
to the plan in operation in New Hampshire,
would add to the value of farming land and
open sections to agriculture now closed TO
development because OF the impossibility of
marketing the harvests and crops. A road
law assisting the private enterprise Of resi-
dent owners or the operations OF County
Commissioners would cover the bill Paid
deiphia Times.
The Fountain Head of Strength.