The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-02

/ NEWS tN1ihCe
Mrs Eliza Lulher died in Berkley, Mass,
on Sunday, aged los years, 10 months aud
25 days.
General George W Morgan. who was the
only surviving general of the Mexican war,
died on Wednesday, at Fortress Monroe,
Va, where be had gone from his home in
Mount Vernon. Ohio. for his health. He
was rs years old and native Of Pennsylva-
mia.
The Harrisburg Rolling Mil Company
one Of the largest creditors Of the American
Tnbe and Iron company. which went into
the hands Of receivers Thursday, shut down
Friday evening. and notice was posted on
the door that it will be closed indefinitely.
Over 400 men are thrown out Of work
Inquiry at the Pension Office, Washing
ton, D. c., last week, ELECTED the iniorma-
ton that the total number of pensioners
dropped from the rolls since March 4, 1888
was 2s5. and that the total number Of pen
sioners suspended since March 4, pending
further investigation of their cases, was
5000.
Up to date 300 men in Denver, Colorado,
have registered as out Of employment, and
the list IS steadily increasing. Means are
being taken to furnish employment and
provide food for the hungry and destitute.
It IS estimated that 1900 persons, men,
women and children, are in need of imme-
date aid
While NJ. S. VanBuren and two of his
brothers were loading nitro -glycerine into 5
three-horse wagon near Sample station, a
Pittsburgh suburb, Thursday morning the
fluid exploded and Van Buren, the horses
and the wagon were blown to pieces The
escape of Van Buren's brothers, who were
near by, was almost miraculous.
The Tweniy-ninth Annual Convention of
the Pennsylvania State Sabbath School
Association will be held in the East Liberty
Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, October 10, II
and II, 1888. The Convention viii be called
10 order al 7:3O O'Clock Tuesday evening,
and three sessions will be held on each Of
the following days.
AtPittsburgh, Thursday, the ooroner's ju-
" in the case of John SchmOus, who yes
terdsy morning brutally killed his wife and
two daughters and then tried to conceal his
crime by setting fire to the house, rendered
a verdict finding that the three victims had
died of wounds inflicted by hammers in the
hands Of John schmous. with felonious in
tent. He was committed 10 jail for trial at
court
Tired Of life. W. II. Irving, of Charles ST.,
Winthrop Beach, Mass, committed suicide
some time Thursday night on the lake shore
at Chicago. The method used was horrible
and most revolving A partly filled can Of
powder by his side aud the torn and man
gled face indicated that Irving had filed his
mouth with powder and then, probably
with a lighted match, had caused it to ex-
plode.
A special from Lexington, Ky, says The
killing of the moonshiner chief, Dick Hall,
who is said 10 have murdered % men, was
the most tragic event of late years in this
land Of feuds. Hail had wife whom he
obtained by murder. But be discarded her
for Mrs Manetta Belcher. Belcher hunted
Hall up, struck his wife. and fight to the
death was on. Mrs. Belcher held Belcber
by the hair, but be shot Hall, who begged
that Belcher should finish him, and not
harm the woman. Belcher complied.
While at threshing near Wingo, Graves
county, KY, Friday, negro and a white
man got into a fight, and the former cut the
latter on the hand. The use of tie knife
enraged the white spectators, who caught
the negro and threw him into the threshing
machine and killed him. Among Ike spec
iators of this horrible affair was son Of the
negro. who. to defend his father picked up
3 piieh-fork and attacked the crowd, stick
ing the foEk into one Of the men aud killing
him. The crowd then turned upon the
boy, but he ran and escaped.
A special from Pueblo, Col, says: The Ar
kansas river overdoged its banks Wednes-
day night, owing 70 a eloudburst which
empiied tons upon tons of water into the
streams. The waters tore their way through
the levee on the main street and undermin-
ed foundations, carrying away buildings. A
second creyasse formed, through which the
water rushed, flooding the thiekly settled
portions OF the bottoms. Other erevasses
wiped ont the business portion of the city.
1t is estimsted that at lsas; seven lives have
been lost. while the aggregate loss Of proper
ty will reach $50 600.