The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-24
Llama Of Interest.

Ten thousand Mormons will emigrate
from Utah 10 Chinuahuas Mex, and
establish colony.
DIR. Nansen has found the north pole.
a Paris rumor has it, and nailed the Nor
wegian flag to it.
During a terrific wind storm at Pierce
vile, Kan, George Wright, business
man, was blown under locomotive and
cut to pieces.
James r. Garfield is candidate for
state senator from the Mentor district.
His distinguished father started in po-
litical life as state senator from the same
place.
During the month of March l7,047 inn
migrants came TO the United States, as
compared with l9, ,533 in March, 1894. For
the nine months ending March 1894, the
number was 2ls72I, while that for the
nine months ending in March of this year
was 153,l77.
His Imagination killed Eli Baumgard-
ner, of West Mannheim township, York
County. He was suffering with the
mumps, when he read in medical jour
nal that mumps sometimes produced in
sanity. This so startled Baumgardner
that he soon became insane and died
shortly afterward.
Reports seceived by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company from its representa-
tives sent through Delaware, Maryland
and the Eastern shore of Virginia to
examine into and report as TO the proba-
bilities of the peach and berry crop for
this season are very encouraging and in
some sections the indications are that
the peach crop will equal that of 1888,
while increased acreage in berries will
help TO swell that crop.
The Japanese Legation at Washington,
was officially notified Thursday morn
ing from the Foreign Office at Toxic that
treaty of peace between Japan and
China was signed at Shinoski Wednesday.
This shows that the reports that the treaty
was signed on Tuesday last were prema-
ture. The official dispatch received at
the Legation contains the further an
nouncement that ratification of the
treaty viii be exchanged at Chez Foo
within three weeks.
William y. Moore, who claims 10 have
been stolen by gypsy twenty-six years
ago and taken to Mount Pleasant, Ohio,
returned last Monday night to visit his
aged mother and two sisters at Shenan-
doah. 1t is alleged that year ago the
rr1
worth $r0,OH. Moore WAS taken from
home when years Oil, anu knew Eoth-
ing of his family un..l lis captor revealed
the secret on his deathbed.
Circulars of ofwarning have been issued
by Chief Hazzen, of the United States
secret service regarding the issuing of
new counterfeit five dollar treasury note
OF the series of 1891, several specimens OF
which have been detected in the south
and eastern part Of this state. The ooGn-
terreit is Photographic reproduction
touched up with pen and ink and bears
the treasury number b. 3,574, 72L. The
counterfeit IS good one and capable of
deceiying the most searching eye.
The suit of ex-Mayor Smith against
the Philadelphia Times, for libel, ter
minated on Wednesday with a verdict of
$4,000 for the plaintiff. The verdict is
universally regarded as excessive, though
the opinion prevails that moderate
amount of damages could properly have
been awarded. The Times had published
several articles calling in ques tion the
financial integrity of the eS-mayor, aud
this had been done in a manner indicat-
ing a considerable degroe of malice.
Hence the suit.
Mrs. Mary Brown, aged 81, of Knox
vile, Tenn, wife cf the late Joseph
Brown. who served in the revolutionary
war, and one ofthe nine widows in this
! United States who are drawing pensions
for their husbands service in the revOl-
ution, died Tuesday. Her husband
has been dead llfty-one years. They
were married when she was % and he
~ years old. She drew her last pension
of Sl2 on March -