The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-01-02

Items oil Interest.

destruction.
y movement is under way, and in
fair prospect of being carried out, for
the shipment Of solid train of corn and
meal from the South 10 the drough; sui-
ferers in Nebraska.
BY mistake Mrs. James Kehler, Of
English, Ind, burned up FOR waste
paper 500 in bills, all her husband
possessed. This happened ON Christ,
mas.
The largest tree IN The world IL on an
island in the river ur Kerbudda. Ii il
capable Of sheltering 7cOO men, and its
trunk il 2t1 feet in circumference, 80
/ says Iiaifour's B1'aIy.
J. b. Gray, principal Of the public
school at Picton, Texas, and Wilmar
Randolph, pupil. fatally stabbed each
other, on Friday in the school room. as
/ the re-'ul; Of an attempt on the part Of
the principal to discipline the boy with
a lash.
The Gefaul,ing bookkeeper OF the Ma
! tional Shoe and Leather bank. samuel
| &. Seciy, who aided Frederick Baker 10
loot the bank OF S25i.O0G was on Mon
day sentenced by Judge Benedict, in the
| United States Circuit oourt, to bo i'm
prisoncd in the Kings county, y. y. peni-
tentiary for eight years.
\ dispatch from Elberton, Georgia,
says that the children Of Isaac d. Brown,
who saw a public execution recently.
were playing At hanging on SATURDAY
evening. Tom, The I2-year-old son, tied
one end ofa rope around his neck and
the other around limb ola tree. Then
Ee jumped from the linb, thinking his
feet would hi the ground. He died Of
straEgulation.
Es-Secretary orstaie Poster has been
requested ~ the Chinese government to
60 TO Japan and meet the PloGipo-
/ tentaric- of the former governments 10
aid them in their negotiations for peace.
lie has accepted tae invitation and
lei Washington for China last week.
Ar. Foster has no authority 10
! represent OF speak for the government Of
the United States.
According to a dispatch from Hartford.
Mrs. Emily Robbins Talcott, OF West
Hartford, the oldest resident in Con-
neciicut. reached her one hundred and
ioanh birthday Friday. She WAS nine
years old when President Washington
died. she was born 81 Valo1tt Bill, in
We,hcr>tisii. and was married, q, twenty
years, 20 AaScl Talcott, whodied in Hart
ford lew year ago. She ha- faar chl-
jrcn living, and grand and great-grand-
children.
The citizens OF Port Huron, Mich.
witnessed a very remarkable mirage on
Wednesday morning, showing the Can
adiap bank of~t. Clair river for about
l3 miles and both banks from Marys-
vile to what = known "a NcGrogar's
Point q mile below the Oakland House.
Port Huron people coEld see Sarnia re-
llccied in the clouds, and even the ferry
boats as they crossed the river. ~.
Clair city was clearly outlined upon the
sky and smoke couid he seen ascending
from the tops of several smokestaci,s.
The mirage was visible for moro than an
hour.
When ES-Stewards Elijah TmerIciz
and Louis Brown were examined in the
investigation BOW going on into the
Sciuyikiil Comfy AlmShousc scandal
both testified that the Stewardship WAS
usually sold 10 the highest bidder. Brown
said that he had heard that 500 had been
paid 50 that Hartman coGld hayethe posi-
ton thi, year. II was also shown that the
Salarie. and whisky bills amounted to
nearly Sij,Gl. or nearly one half of the
tota! sam paid in the running ofthe Aims
hoIse.
superintendent Bvrnes. of the New
York police force. furnished genuine
surprise Saturday. when, after he had
teen examined 10y the Lexow Investiga-
ting committee, he announced that he had
rendered mis- resignation to MayOT-olcct
Strong. Supt. Byrncs testified that the
police force was Incompetent and could
never be made efficient until il WAS re-
/ moved from politics. He said TINT lie
was worth nearly hal.million of dollars.
which had been made for him by such
friends as the Goulds and Vanderbilts.
specializing IN stocks. The investigating
committee adjourned finally Saturday
night.
\ man giving his name as Frank
Adams, and his residence as Philadelphia,
has been swindling hotel proprietors in
adjacent towns. His scheme is To stop
ut a ho:el and call for a letter addressed
to him in care of the proprietor. He
would open the letter in the presence OF
the landlord, and at the same time com
plain Of the diiicalty Of getting banks
to cash checks, after which he would
hand the check to tile landlord, who
would give Adams the cash. The checks
were drawn on the Chestnut Street
National Bank, of Philadelphia, and SO
was the amount of each cheek c;lshed.
The bogus checks are all coming back
protested.
Aaron Randall. OF Portland, Me-, who
died Dee, 18th at the age Of eighty-six
years. was a weli-known eccentric charac-
ter. Several years ago he had his coffin
made, ready to be used at his death, and
paid FOR it in gold. He also made ar
rangements about his burial, selected his
bearers. also a man to dig his grave and
bury him, and lefl i'm the hands of friend
silver dollars to pay the bearers 81 each,
s. to the one that dug his grave, g to the
man who hauled his body to the cemetery,
and also to pay the man who took charge
of his burial. He left special request
that no prayers or preaching be allowed
over his body. He was buried in the
suit of clothes that he was twice married
in, and that he had for iifty-five years.
only wearing them three times in all
twice at his weddings and once TO the
funeral of his son-iR-law. He was
Democrat. lie had his coffin made OF
pine that grew on Democrats land, and
that was sawed at a mill owned by a
Democrat. The coffin was made 10y
Democrat, and he selected Democrats 10
do all that was done to bury hi.p.