The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-03-14
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&lAAH cIIpfS DkEM NEURALGIA,
sPRAINs, BRUISES, swELLINcs, BURNS.
News Items.

Senator Quay predicts that Congress viii
sit til August.
The President has nominated John c.
O'Donneli 70 be postmaster at Pittsburg.
Re election is asked by Senator Chandler
in an open letter to New Hampshire RepEb-
licans.
ia. sprague, of Pis,sburg. was. satur
day. found guilty Of obtaining 5000 from c.
X. saddler. Of Fayette county, by false pre-
tense. Saddier paid that amount 10 Sprague
for stock in & copyrighted building and loan
association plan, which the plaintiff claims
is swindle. The case viii be appealed.
The removal of husbands body from
one grave to another without the widows
consent is not a criminal ofisnse, decided
Judge Clayton. Mrs Frederick Robinson,
of Chester, had sued her late husbands
mother and brother for removing the corpse
without her knowledge.
The Bownanite trustees of the Bethlehem
Church, of York, Pa, Sunday, refused TO al
low Rev J. Shambsch. the newly-appointed
anti Bowman pastor, 10 enter the church.
Rev. ]. NJ. Schlagenhanf, the Bowmsnite
pastor, held forth as usual. and bis rival
minister preached TO his followers in the
parsonage.
The negro population of Little Rock, Ark,
are all excitement over a discovery made
Sunday. A party Of colored people discov-
cred the form Of mulatto woman hanging
TO a tree She had evidently been lynched.
Under her neck was pinned a card on which
was written: Whoever disturbs this body
will meet the same fate"
Hereafter all notices Of reductions Of pen
sions will he sent to pensioners by registered
letters. This plan has been adopted By Com
missioner Lochran, and necessary arrange
ments have been made with the Postoffice
Department. It was stated at the Bureau
that q margin Of nine or ten days in the
time required 80 days from the time of re-
ceipt Of notice, in which additional evil
dence could be filed, would undoubtedly De
allowed Further time will be given if ask
ed for by the pensioner.
Thursday morning the Grand Jury at
! UniOntown, Pa, reported on the case Of
John Manaway, charged with selling liquor
withou; license and on Sunday, and with
keeping gambling house. The bill was
ignored ard the costs placed upon the
prosecutor-Frank Campbell. Judge Mes
trezai ordered the jury back for reeonSidera-
ton Of the case and instructed them to sum-
mon more witnesses. telling them the costs
could not be placed on Detective Campbell
unless be had shown himself oyer-officious
James Robinson, who for long time held
the title Of the champion bareback Ider of
the world, is spending his declining years on
his farmin Missouri He is by no means
an old man, bat has retired from the circus
arena He still has many Of the valuable
gifts that be received in many parts Of the
world including those from Queen Victoria
and the old Emperor William Of Germany.
Mr.. Robinson is the same little wiry man
that he always was and, except for his hair,
has not the appearance Of being more than
40 years old.
The witnesses in the case of Prof Swithian
/ c. Shortlidge, who shot and killed his bride
Of six weeks while walking along the stree,
| two months ago were before the Grand Ju-
| ry in Delaware county, last week, and Prof.
| Shortlidge was indicted on three counts
murder, manslaughter, and involuntary
mAnslaughter Counsel for the accused de-
sired an immediate trial, but the District
Attorney objected, stating that Prof Short
lidge was in such condition that he had to
be chained to his bed at the Norristown Hos
| pital and that the State would not consent
to a trial before the June term Of Court
The case was therefore postponed.
There is no longer any doubt about the
prosecution of Thomas W. Ahl for alleged
attempted bribery Of Thomas G. Sample,
Department Commander of the G. A R.,
a member of the Soldiers Orphans Com
mission, who charged in an affidavit that
Ahl offered him 81, 200 to change his vote
Rom Scotland to Boiling Springs as a site
for the State Industrial School. Ahl has
been arrested at Carlisle by a Pittsburg
detective and given bail for his appearance
at the present quarter sessions in Pittsburg.
An indictment will be found Immediately
and the case will be tried the last week in
March. Il will doubtless attract great
deal of attention.