The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-11-27
Items OF Interest.

4 peculiar q $ sase has appeared among
cattle in some sections of Beaver county.
The disease causes their teeth TO fall out
and the milk to dry up. Having no teeth
the cattle are unable to eat and If not
killed they soon starve to death.
In Clearfield county disease known
as pink eye" is prevailing among the
horses TO a considerable extent. Dry,
dusty roads are thought to have affected
the eyes of cattle and horses in that sec
ton, and pink eye'' was never worse in
Clearfield county than it is at present.
There seems To be no doubt that Speak
er Reed has already practically decided
both the qaestiOn OF chairmanships and
the committee assig gnments of the house.
Ii is known that for several months he
has been giving close attention TO the
matter, and it * believed that he will he
ready to announce his committees almost
Immediately after the session begins.
The semi-annual meeting of the state
medical examining boards will be held
December l7-20 for the examination of
applicants to practice medicine and
surgery in Pennsylvania. The state
medical board will meet at the School
of Applied Art, Philadelphia; the
homeopathic board at the Church of
New Jerusalem, Philadelphia, and the
eclectic board at Wellsboro.
The record of lynchings kept by the
Basis Il weekly pablished by Albion
-
and September 20, inclusive, there have
been I5i lynchings in this country, the
the victims of which were IS white per-
SONS and lI6 colored persons This is an
average OF - a month, and if that rate is
maintained through the year there will
have been 21i lynchings during 1896.
Iildroth. Hibbard and La;o, three lads
implicated ia the wrecking of the New
! York Central train near Rome, Tuesday
morning. have ;nade fGil confession.
They will be put on trial for murder in
the first degree, but owing To their youth,
il is likely that they will be only convict
ed Of murder in the second degree, the
penalty Tor which is Imprisonment for
life. The engineer and fireman were
killed in the wreck.
The trial of James Brown, charged
with the murder of his fafher-John
| Brown-began Tuesday, ia Washington,
| Pa. Brown shot his father during
! drunken quarrel, the wounded man liv-
ing SIX uonths. Browns plea is solf-de-
fense, and his counsel insist that death
was caused by consumption. The shoot
| ing cccGrred within two hundred feet of
the Allegheny county line, and young
Brown was arrested in McKeesport and
lodged in jail in Pittsburg. where it was
first thought the trial would be held.
Since the year Is % the game commits
sioners of Massachusetts have turned out
in various parts Of the state prairie chick
ems, quail of different kinds, Northern
hares and Mongolian pheasants. Some OF
the varieties have disappeared, but others
are doing well, and the experiment is GER
tain to have important results. The Mon
golian pheasant, a beautiful and game
bird, has flourished beyond expectation.
One of the next steps of the commission
ers will be To Introduce the wild turkey.
This is work the legislatures of ali the
states might very properly encourage.
Hon. Peter J. otey, who represents the
Lynehburg district in the house, has
prepared a bill which will create a sen
sation as soon as he introduces il in con.
gress. Mr.. Otey's bill provides thai
the United States government shall ap
propriate annually sum not to exceed
five per cent. on So ,0O0, 600 to be applied
To the relief of disabled and dependent
ex-confederate soldiers in proportion a
each state OF the late Confederate State
may appropriate and expend for thu
same purpose. Mr.. Oiey asks for thi'
amount because, as he says, the aband
oned property captured from the people
OF the Confederate States and sold anC
covered into the United States treasur!
amounted 10 S27, 900, coo.