The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-02-13
Items OF Interest.

The senate Thursday confirmed the
nomination of Major-General John Me
sllisier SchofelG, to be lieutenant-gen-
eral.
Bill Cook and Cherokee Bill were con-
victed at Ft Smith of robbery. Several
other indictments against them are to be
tried.
Banks at Hay Springs, Neb.. turned
over to county officials $4,000 in silver
dollars, and armed men have to guard
the big heap.
Two American citizens are under sen
tonce of death at Honolulu for alleged
completely in tae recent iioyaiist revolt,
and the lives fotke-s are in danger.
Driven insane by the chiidren's cries
for bread, Louis Williams, of Pittsburg,
murdered his wife, aud. arIeF falling to
kill his children, attempted suicide.
A check for I2,010,Olo passed through
the New York clearing hoase, the other
day, being part payment in a deal for
grouping Brooklyn's warehouse inter
ests.
The Chinese ironclads Chen-Yuea and
Ting -Yuen, which have been fighting
desperately agains; the superior Japan
eSe fleet at Wei-IIai-Wei, are reported 10
have been sunk. The fate of the other
Chinese vessels is not known.
The poison that turks in colOred sew
ing silk got victim in Pottsviile, Pa,
Saturday. Miss Lulu Buechley some
days ago was sewing with green silk
thread. She contracted blood poisoning
by biting off the thread.
The residence Of John Book, at. Omer,
Michigan, was destroyed by fire early
Wednesday morning, and the family,
consisting of six persons, Mr.. Bock, his
wife, two boys and two girls, were burned
10 death.
Miss Anna Gould, youngest sister OF
George Gould, is engaged 10 count DE
Castellano, Of Paris, and the wedding
will take place in New York some time
in the spring. Miss Goald met the coant
in Paris ten months ago.
Judge Golden, who is holding Coart at
Barbourviile, KY. has every person
searched at the door. in order to prevent
battle in the Court room. 1t is said that
the sheriff's room presents the appearance
of small museum oflight artillery every
day.
\ young man named Kirk, of Phpnix-
vile, Pa, Slipped and fell under train
which he was trying To board on
"Wednesday evening. The ear wheels
cut off one of his hands. After the train
bowled away Kirk cody picked up the
severed hand, placed it in his pocket and
walked across the hill TO doclor's and
bad his wound dressed.
The Secretary of War Thursday sent
Congress an abstract showing the military
force of the country by States and Ter
ritories. The entire force is placed at
ll6, ,ss9, of whom l07. .3gi are privates and
Don-commissioned officers and s.sOj
commissioned officers. The unorganized
military force 0f the county numbers
9.;,s3, 500.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Henry Bole,
formerly of Wilkesbarry, were united
at st. Paul, Mimi, recently, afer a
separation of twenty-five years. They
had a quarrel because the wife did not
bake pancakes and the husband went
West and became wealthy in gold pros
pecting in Montana. Each thought the
other dead. but neither married, and
racarflxr hara thou to..r 81
still living they began to correspond and
Il led 10 the reconciliation.
After the Guborn atorial returns had all
been opened in the joint Legislative Con-
vention in Nashville, Tenn, Wednesday,
III. G. Evans, the Republican candidate,
took the oath of office before a magistrate.
The Secretary of State refused to file the
certificate that the oath had been taken.
Mr.. Evans claims that the Joint Con-
vention ooene / and publish ed the returns
aceo-l ling to the requirements of the Goa
stitution; that the figIres showed he was
elected, and that the contest law enacted
AZ this session is unconstitutional.
Ex-Q1eea LiliaoSani has ahiicated
in favor of the Republic. This is the i'm
portant outcome of the late rebellion in
Hawaii, according to adviees brought by
the steamer Australia. which left
Honolulu on January 30 The
investigation into the recent Roy
ais. outbreak was still in progress and
the islands were excited over the pos
sible execution of the re3el leaders,
coupled with the threat of protest by
Willis, the American Minister. against
the summary trials by q Military Com
mission.