The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-08-01


pubiicans OF Maine.
speaker Crisp has been renominated
for congress BY aeclamatioH by the Demo
cratic convention Of his Georgia district.
Ina fight with big blaciSsnake, An
drew Winner, of Pleasant Valley, Bucks
County, was severely bitten three times
before he succeeded in killing the rep
tile.
Choked 10 death by her bonnet strings,
which were too tight, was the fate OF
Catherine MeCarren. an elderly woman.
with bank account of about sstfl who
was found dead on the street in New
York Friday morning.
While playing in his fathers mill at
Tyrone. Pa. 7-year-old Ambrose Byer
climbed into corn bin % hide. The
corn was being run out nc the time, and
before assistance could reach him the
little fellow had been drawn into the
funnel and smothered-
Mrs. George Lewis and Mrs. Sheets Of
New Castle Ind. were driving the other
day, when their horse ran away. Mrs.
Lewis jumped and broke her arm. Mrs
Sheets was thrown from the buggy, her
corset broke, and the stays were driven
into her stomach. killing her.
Three highwaymcn held up Hugh \.
Hooks. "A one-iegged veteran of Adrian,
Armstrong county, and robbed him OF
his quarterly pension allowance, about
So. lie was on his way home from
Kittanning, where he had gone 10 get his
pension check cs,shed when the thieves
stopped and robbed him
A remarkable ease of feclndity j. re-
ported from Ste. Genevieve, Canada.
The wife of Palmer Theoret, farmer
of that place, has just given birth 10
tripIets for the second time in five years,
besides having twins on three other Oc-
elsiOnS, Mrs. Theoret, who Is - years
Ofage, Il the mother Of Il children
General A. J. Pleasant0n died Thnrs-
day at his county home. near Overlook.
He was a graduate of West Point, and
served in the regular army. During the
civil war he was connected with the
Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. lie was
the author of a work on ''The influence OF
the Blue Color Of the Sky in Developing
Animal and Vegetable Life" which led
to what WAS termed the "blue glass
craze"
Reports to the lIawkeye from points in
Southeastern Iowa and adjacent States
show an unprecedented heat-waVe. The
mercury rose 20 degrees in 10 hours. \
hot, blistcring wind swept this region.
doing great damage II crops and pas
turage. The drouth near CrestOn and
that section of Iowa continues, and there
Is no prospect Of rain. Crops are suffering
badly. Corn is seriously damaged. and
unless rain falls in a few days it viii be
ruined. The Thermometer ranged from
l05 to 100 degrees Friday, it being the
hottest day ofthe season.
Uncle sam Is now distributing another
million dollars among the Cherokees in
payment for their strip. When this pay
ment is finished Si,O1J.ODO OF the S7,00,0oJ
will have been distributed. The act Of
Congress provided that every Cherokee
man, woman or infant, living ON March
!, 1894, should receive his or her pro rata
of the seven millions of dollars. the in
fant's part going to thep parents as trustees.
As direct result OF very remarkable
coincidence of this provision. il il cs-
timated that more than 300 babies have
been born in the eighteen months proceed
ing last March, which gives a birth To
about every married couple i'm the nation.
Infants mewling in their nurses arms
are presented constantly u establish their
claims and secure their money to the
industrious parents.
Here is woman saying a good word
for the lanky old linen duster Listen 10
her tale OF praise: What has become of
the old-iashioned linen duster2 | can
see that men as well as women are slaves
to fashions mandates. don't believe,
actually, that man in this United States
can he found brave enough to bring from
its Obscurity the comfortable, but, just
now, mGeh-despised long coat that used
TO protect in such a thoroughly Satisfilcto-
~ manner his clothes from the ravages Of
railroad travel. The linen duster was
cool, easily dOnned, and man looked. at
the end of his journey. like a respectable
member Of society rather than an exag=
gerated cinder ON legs. We women are
also victims To the whim which has BAN
ished these tidy wraps. once upon a
time one could envelope ones finery from
top to toe in rOngee, alpaca or linen.
There was such a protective air about tho
long snugly-iitting duster. Why cannot
we coax il back into general use?