The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-28
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There are in the Harrisburg State Lunstie
Asylum S64 inmates.
At the end of the last fiscal year there
were IS 4OS post offices in the United
States.
Ex-President Harrison and party left In
dianapolis Monday for the Pacific coast in
special car called Mascot"
Having left no will the $4,000 estate of
eI-Congressman A. Herr Smith, of Ian
caster, viii so to his sister
Illinois Grand Army men will push Col
onel Tomas G. Lswler, Of Rockford, for
Grand commandments.
Henry S. Ives, the once Napoleon of
Finance" who failed for s2O,OOO,OOO. is a
physical wrsek at lamps, Fla.
The State Board OF Agriculture report
that there are no more cases Of tuberculosis
among the cattle in Pennsylvania
The "a Mansfield coal mira rioters were
Thursday sentenced 10 prison for terms
ranging from one month to two and a half
years.
The Agricultural Building on the Worlds
Fair grounds, Chicago. was. burned to the
ground Saturday night The fire was in
cendiary.
The Salvation Army Of England and the
United States is negotiating for.the purchase
of2O0,0O0 acres of land in Mexico, upon
which to establish a colony.
Another haul of alleged counterfeiters was
made Thursday and John w. Dillon and
Henry Cowan were landed in the Blair
County Jail. Eleven have been captured.
A Apriest's refusal to preach funeral ser
mon caused a riot at Nanticoke, Pa, Thurs-
day and the mourners stoned the windows
Of the church, convent and parochial resi-
dence.
Attorney General Hensel has advised the
Secretary Of the Commonwealth that the
certificates Of nomination and the nOmina-
ton papers ofcAndidates for the Legislature
must be filed in the State Department under
the act of jane 10th. 1896.
Pennsylvania Congressmen are endeavor-
ing TO arrange TO have Representative-elect
Galusha A. Grow Of Pennsylvania sworn in
on March 4th next as a member, the 3lst an
niversary Of his retirement from the Con-
gress in which be took such a conspicuous
part.
Miss Martha Findley and A. G. Kaufman
Of Lock Haven. Pa, never saw each other
until Wednesday and an hour afterward
they were married. The bride arrived from
Yassar, Mich, and is IS years old. The
groom is 65. They had courted through
the mails
John Arnold. the Republican candidate
on Tuesday for Justice in the Eighth Ward,
NOrristown, Pa, died on Sunday. The
tickets had been printed and there was no
time to change the name. The ward is Re
publican, and Arnold, the dead man was
elected.
The secretary Of state Saturday afternoon
received dispatch from the United States
consul general at the City of Mexico to the
effect that Chairman Wilson is now i'll in
that city. with a marked case Of typhoid
fever. His condition is grave. although the
fever is in a mild form.
At New York Thursday Erasius wiman,
the well known capitalist and railroad mag
nate, was arrested on bench warrant two
charges Of forgery. He was taken into the
judges chambers in the general sessions
building at 5 O'Clock, and in default Of s2j,-
900 bail, was committed TO the Tombs by
Judge MARITIME. 4
Amer long fruitless fight, Boiling Springs
hiss finally lost the new Soldiers Orphans
Industrial School, and Scotland will get il.
The Commission has drawn a warrant for
$1,000, the price of 100 acres Of land in
Scotland. The chairman of the Committee
on property has been authorized to draw up
the deed and attend to the consumation Of
the sale
At Greensburg Saturday, the jury in the
case of Miss Christina Wagner against Al
legheny township for $50 900 damages result
ting from injuries received while drivin
along one of the roads in that township,
where, owing TO the bad condition CT the
thoroughfare, her buggy was upset and she
was thrown violently to the ground, sus-
tanning injuries, brought in a verdict of s725
for the plaintiff.
The trial Of Rev. Elmer Alderman on a
charge of improper conduct toward Mrs.
Rankin, ended at Washington, Pa, on
Wednesday in a verdict OF not guilty. The
jurors reached this conclusion 10 minutes
AFTER they left the box. The line Of defense
was the inherent improbability of Mrs
Rankin's story the positive denial of the
accused and the fact brought out in the
trial that while the church troubles were in !
progress. before Mr.. Alderman appeared on
the scene, she had been caught writing
anonymous letters in relation to the matters
in dispute. There is now talk ofa damage
suit against the Rqnkins