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1 1 TT ii j IP OmerSei iiClcUU. . Ki.WAF.D SCVI.U Kdilor ami Proprietor. 3P. ; 15 j i VEIEitAY ... Octot-er REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS, j Election, Tuesday, Nov. 5th. STATE. For State Treasurer. BENJAMIN" J. HAYWOOD, of Mercer county. For Judges of the Superior Court. JAMES A. BEAVER, of Centre county. JOHN JEKVIS WICKHAM, of Beaver county. EDWARD NEW ALL WILLIARD, of Lackawanna county. CHARLES 11 RICH of Lurerue county. GEORGE B. ORLADY, cf Huntingdon county. HOWARD J. REEDER, of Northampton county. COUNTY. For Pitrit Attorney. ANDREW J. COLBoRX, of Somerset Ilormugh. For Poor 1 ire-tr. HARRISON GoIIX, of Somerset Township. Thk apple croj.in Missouri tliis year i estimated to W worth ten million dollars. Thk New York World wants all men to vote the Democratic ticket lie cause they cau't get shaved in New York after 1 o'clock on Sunday. A f-oitiiK.-i'oNoKNTof "The Norwich r.ull. tin" says that President Cleveland cats ii li in liU7.z:trd' Bay, but he can't U-at his record of lv.e, when he caught 7i(ii!il sackers. T;ie Constitutional Convention now j:i s-si:i in South Carolina, wants to -i!ahIish white supremacy. In trying to disfranchise negnies it is likely to Luck u against the Federal Constitu tion. That dollar wheat promised the farmer if Cleveland were elected is very slow materializing. It has reach ed sixty cvnts and hangs Pre at that p ihit, with no present prospect of a farther advance. It was found at the close of business, on the .'Wth of SeplemK-r, the State of Pennsylvania had ?4,4J.W-,S4 in her treasury cash l.-ox. There is no State in th" Union lietter fixed liuancially than is Ibis good old Common wealth. (idVKRMlK Ha-TIMS. is dosing lip bis official appointments i ith cotti mendable rapidity. It is oliservalile that the eastern cities and counties are receiving a mighty big share of the pie. Centre county apjiears to lie the western limit of the State so far as fav ors go. Thk Republican Judicial conferrees of the Huntingdon-Mifflin district failed to agree upon a candidate, con seijuently the asjiirants for Judge will have to file nomination iajers and take their chances in a scrub race. With two Republican candidates in the field the probabilities are that the lK'iii'-ratic nominee will In- electeiL ! xkvkk saw the foreign makers of pNuls in as good humor with the con ditions of trade as they are to-day,'' said ex-Postmaster (ietieral Wanamak- cr when he returned from Kurope last M ii li. The foreign makers of goods know that the Wilson law was for their benefit, and they are realizing it in the increased importations to this country that are taking the markets of our own factories. Vhktiikk the voters at the coming election can legally vote for the entire seven or for only six of the Judges of the Sujiei ior Court to lie elected, is U ing much discussed bv the lawyers of tin-State, and when lawyers disagree it i hard for laymen to decide. The safe thing for the voters to do is to us- the ballots furnished by the re-spi-ctive Committees ami leave the Con stitutional question for settlement by the Supreme Court. Tm: merry war in the ranks of the Kentucky Ih-mocracy still g.es on. Abintst every day brings additional desertions f-mi the nui of Hardin, the candidate for ovennr, who open ly advocate the free coinage of silver, while professedly standing on a gold basis platform. The leading papers of the Slate, while supHirting the free sil er candidate fort Jovernor, at the same time denounce "J.e'' Hlaekburn, who i a can !ilate for re-election to the Uni ted State S-nate, and is stumping the State an o;.:i advs-ate of free silver. N -ver, beret of. b:lJ the juilitics of a St tie lieeli ili llcli a mu idle; and never lias there Ixvii such a diver.-ity nfopin i :s among ptrty leaders as to the p.rob si'ile" outoine. The h-aditi: papers of the party in the Statecluini the election f ILirdin for (.vt-rii.tr :i evrj.u.), while they jusi as certainly pr.M-laiiii the utter rout of Hlaekb.ini for S.-na-t ir. hi t'oeother hand, Hlaekburii in sists that, while the leading party pa pers are agaiust him, the ieople are w ith him, and that be will be triumph antly ivected. The oft-tried attempt nlway a failure to carry water on both shoulders, is hardly possible to sucivd at this day in Kentucky. The iKino cratic State convention tieekircd in fa vor of sound mnney, and planted its Suite ticket on that platform, and iu candidates for (Jovernor and Senator, l ith on the stump, spit ujkiu the plat form, and advocate f.-t-e silver. Uvi dently, the leaders intended, to cheat the iHtipIe, but the fake won't work; and the probabilities are that the old fable of the ass starving Ivtweeli two bjiid'.esof hay is going to lie re-enact--d by the Kentucky Democracy. The Ii ": n in I Spirit (ittzrttr, of New York, about the most respectable and fearless journal in the country de voted to the lifU .r interests is U.ld and out-poken for th- enforcement of tiielaw prohibiting the Nile of litjuor on Sunday. In a recent article it said: "B--r in mind that unless the Sunday prohibition law is tio iiiiel r repealed mere can I no Sunday liquor trade in tins city in the future iinliss hy antl with the oniMcr.t of the oliec, rirr.iptly ol time l. and that sucii r ,:isc-ut ran . U ot'tuined f..r the next yers, which is the term . otlice of the present iiMNirrumi lle Buird of I 'oil. C.niHnissi.tiHTM. It is also ell to Ur in liiinJ in this eomiee tioti that should ever an issue r;ii.-l lH-i.veeti M.iy.ir .strong aa 1 the present lloar.l fif Puliif. tVui!iiissiiiieri. puiilie wuTitiieiit wihiIiI most likelr nvorn hi-lui-iiieiT siistniii the 1'oliee t'oiiiinisMionere as aitiiiM any orders that Mayor Stronn may give." " Tiiis rvaJs strange coming frm such a source, lt it undouMed'.y relicts the ses.timerits of the U-tUr element of the lj.ju ir seller', men who want to ob erw the law, but wao are comp.lk-J. in st lf-defeii to keep thdr Mle doors open on a Sunday. They know that it U in the newer of the poJiee to keep I the li-juor places shut, and they also know that the place that sell on !uu- daj do fo ouly hy giving the police Uaekm.-iiL It rests with the 1'oliee i Commissioners to put a stop to tins ! and they have made an honest effort to do so, with some degree of oueoes and pood promise for the future. The jic-ople are with the commissioners, and between them and Mayor Strong, n-im tin tried to canr water on both shoulders in the matter of Sunday sell- ing, the people are oictuciiui..6v with the commissioners. Until the law permits it there will be no Suuday lijuor selling in New York, and it is not likely that the law will ever I changed. Hirri-'urg Tclrgrttph. A Ecriv&l of Amtricaniim. From theChlrago Inter Ocean. A Washington telegram, sent out by those who are anxious to give character to the present administration, informs ns that Secretary of State Olney has prepared a dispatch to Ambassador Bayard that in structs him to inform her Britannic Ma jesty's government that the administra tion of the United State will Insist upon the application of the Monroe doctrine to the issue letueen the British and Yenez ulean nations. The clause of the Monroe doctrine that seems to bear directly upon the British claim to occupation of part of the territo ry of Venezela reads'thus : With the existing colonies or depend encies of any European power, we have not interfered, and shall not interfere; hut wiihthe government which have de clared their independence, and maintain ed it, and w hse independence we haveon great consideration and just principles acknowledge!, we could not view an in terposition for oppressing them or con trolling in any other manner their des tiny, bv any European power, in any other li (riit than as a manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United Stales. The case at issue, then, stands thus : If it on be made plaiu that the Niundary line now insisted upon by Great Britain was established by treaty prior to the enunciation of the Monroe doctrine the United States can not resent British occu pation of that which justly belongs to Britain. But it is, or ought to be, insist ed umii that the British claim shall lie determined by a board of impartial arbi trators. The truth is. Secretary Olney has made no demand on Great Britain. He has written a letter presenting the American view of the situation, and the paper is said to lie an exceedingly able legal docu ment, cemprchensive and statesmanlike. This is a good start, whatever the motive. There is no spirit of jingoism abroad. The great mass of Americans regard Great Britain with no hostility, they regard the British monarchy as the nearest approach to democracy in Europe, and they desire to lie on peaceful terms with all mankind. But there is a strong determination to preserve the continent of America forpro pun.it i. .11 of the American idea of republi can democracy. This sentiment, and not that of hostility to Spain, leads to sym pathy with the Culan revolution, and tiiis sentiment, ai:d not hostility to Great Britain, leads to resistance to any attempt toward abridgement of the territory or the jxiwer of the republic of Venezuela. Added to these general considerations is that of the proximity of the republic of Venezuela to the route of the Niiar-jgua Canal. The construction of this great waterway -an not long b delayed, nor can its control be permitted to rest in other than American keeping. British fortification, ctaling stations or navy yards in the vicinity of the great high way lietween the Atlantic and the Pacific cannot te regarded with equanimity by the people of this Republic, nor, indeed. of this continent. The mere rumor of a revival of Ameri eauism in oliicial circles at Washington is refreshing after the long season of un wholesome languors. A Dark Oatloox. The New York lwl-l priuu extracts from a private letter from Culm, which predits a famine if the w ar shall contin ue. The writer says: "The troops in the interior of the island are suffering un heard of hardships. They are famished, clothesless, shoeless and w ithout medical attendance. The officers confess the total ucmoralizatioti ot tne army, ana pro- ri'iimce the difficulties insurmountable The departments of Santiago, Puerto i'riucipe, Santa Clara and Matanzas that is to say, nearly ail the island are lieing devastated. Everywhere small parties of reliels patrol the country w ith perfect impunity, robbing ami firin property. 'In this ort of Havana there is a stock of sugar of ::ii,ilor tons, w ithout buyers. The sugar estates have no money to pay to their workmen, who are driven by starvation to join the rebels. No life is sale iu the country. The only money in circulation is the t.,ni,iiou uioutuly pay of the army, of which some is remitted to oiliecrs" families in Spain. The sugar planters are ruined completely. Thev, at least thus far, have constituted an ele ment of production. The pw-ture that t'ulwi presents to-day is very gloomy, and the future is very, very dark." Sights of Btgittraticn. P.kavkr, Pa., Oct. 7.- M. F. Meeklem, president judj;e of Beav r county, to-day made public an opinion on the petition of William C. Powell, a resident of New Brighton, for a rule upon W. W Fetter, an assessor of that liorotigh, to sh..w cause why the petitioner should not Ic icjisti red. It is as follows: 'I he evidence shows that the petitioner has Ikco a citizen ami resided in the ir ongh of New Brighton fr Iu years. On the first day of last June he bought prop erty in t he Second ward, and in August liegan to move to that place, finishing the sixth day of September. The ques tion raided ill this -ise is, did the peti tioner cqn ire a residence in the Second ward which etililh s hiui to be registered a a voter, under 'he requirements of the Constitution that the voter shall l regis tered in the election district where he shall offer to vote two months imme diately preccdiiigthcclectioii Residence in a legal sense is properly the domicile of a person, w here he has'his home, and to w hich, w henever he is aiisent he in tends to return. In cases involving resi dence. the inquiry is, w ith w hat inten tion has the party moved to or from the distri'-t. But liefore the question can arise an actual removal must have taken place. In the present case the intention to make the petitioner's residence in the Second ward is proved, andthat intention i- show n to have liecn actually carried into execution. When did that "residence in the Second ward l-cgin Manifestly from the day on which the a-tual re moval began. Had he gone to the asses sor on t lie foil rt h or ti It h day of Sept clu tter and asked to Ik- registered, it would have leen the duty of the assessor to register him. He is. therefore, now en titled to 1 registered. K'cord time is BaUock Slaying. New Yoiijc, Oct, fi. Another world's record was broken yesterday. Albert Mauheiiner slaughtered a hnllock iu 3 minutes 21 seconds. This remarkable contest was the feiture of a picnic of the New Tork Butchers' Light Guard yester day, nt a Harlem River park. A st ige hal lieen built for the contest, and I.jIM people scrambled for pla-s. When preparing to kill the animal the ctmmiUee wanted to draw the curtain, but men, women and children objected. They yelled that they wanted to see the hulloek killed, and women climled upon chairs and bcwhe-i in order that they might g-ta letter vievr. The contestants for the s-n-nlled cham pionship and a wager of $.YH were Man heinier, who held the record of 3 minutes and Paul Ujtzal. The latter ent to work first and x-rf ormed his task in 3 minutes and :S) seconds. His sw ift and graceful slashing set the butcher spsctators w iid. Then Marhcimer tried his hand. He did n-jt work as easily or gracefully at IMzel but he finished iu 3 min i'.ei an ! 21 sec onds besting his own record by iJsse ouds and Ifeizel's by 9 second-. . : I Fall of a Platform at a Church Cereaoay. Lonxix, 0 CM. . To-day was ap pointed for the laying of the corner stone of St. Mary's Catholic church. The foundation for the new buildin? extend ed for about 10 feet above the basement bottom, and on this foundation was erect ed a rough platform, where the ceremo nies were held, and where a vast part of the crowd had collected. It Is thought that almost 2,000 people were standing on this rudely constrmted floor, when a --. tion of it, containing aliout 9 people, sank beneath its liurdcn and precipitated them into the pit lieneath. The pit re sembled an inverted roof of a very steep slant, the ends lieing closed up by stone walls, and into this death trap there were crowded men, women and children, in a struggling, screaming and fainting mass. Those at the top of the mass easi ly escaped, but when the pit was partly emptied these victims still entrapped could not clamler up the steep sides, and they trampled over each other in their efforts to escape like wild animals, the stronger ones getting on top, and the weak being crushed lieueath the greater weight Notwithstanding the great shock of the accident, the priests succeeded in quiet ing the crowd, and afterward continued the servii-es of dedication. Rev. Mon signor BolT, of Cleveland, delivered the sermon. The statement was made to night that the contractors are to blame for the accident, poor Umbers having been used for the support of the platform. A Brutal Act East Liverpool, O., Oct 7. There is considerable indignation among the citi zens here over the action last night of a crowd of alleged w TWlcca!)." Shortly before midnight a crowd of half a dozen men appeared at the home of Thomas Humphries, a half-witted man, who lives with his wife in a small shanty in the East End, and without giving him time to dress took him out, and after lieating him insensible left him for dead. The victim is an old man whose only fault seems to 1 a fondness for liquor. When the crowd appeared at .the house, Mrs. Humphries managed to escape and found shelter at a neighbor's. The old man was taken out with hardly any clothing on and after being blindfolded was drag ged over cinder and stone piles to a tree. Here he was liound hand and foot and his assailants, after beating him over the head and Ixviy w ith sticks and stones, were atout to hang him to a tree when they were frightened off. Humphries, w ho had fainted from the cruel treatment. was found by some parties and taken to the police station, where he was given medical attendance. The victim's head and body are covered with cuts and bruises, as were his feet and legs. The police are trying to locate the guilty par tius, but this is ditlicult, as Humphries eau give no description of them. He is Bound to Wia. Al.BAXV, N. Y., let ti. An aged hobo cauie into Allmny to-night from over the Schenectady turnpike, and journeyed on to find a place iu the fields beyond to camp. His gray hair hung down over his shoulders but ho held himself ere-t to the full stature of six feet, and though he walked slowly he steadily covered ground. He says his name is Levi Jones, and that he started last March from Ien ver, Col., to walk to New York, and go thence to Washington any way he pleas ed, so long as be gets there by the time congress convenes. It is for a tlO,Mi w ager, and he say that w hen the bet was niade he weighed ."! pounds. By the terms of the wager he says he is to have no money, nor is to sluep under a roof until New York is reached. According ly he carries a roll of old quilu and blan kets under his left arm and a gunny sack with cooking utensils on his liack, while in his hand he carried an old tin can over half full of tea leaves that bad lieen used several times. That he lid not ask for money to help him along and rather sought to conceal than reveal his identity lends color to his story. Jones says that he twice he ofed it over the mountains to the City of Mexico, and has camped all over the Rockies as milling prosiiector. He has reduced his weight to aliout 10 ismnds. Shortage of Water. Philaiiklfiua, Octolier 5. Reports from different parts of Eastern Pennsyl vania and New Jersey indicate that the coiii.try is suffering from a drought of large proportions. In mme places there is almost a famine. Farmers complain everywhere of the Itackwardness of crops and in numerous instances are cm,ielled to carry water a distance of miles for the cattle. But little rain of any consequence has fallen since July L In Berks county the streams are lower than they have lieen in i" years, and the Schuylkill can lie crossed dry shod. From I laze! ton word comes that the Laurel and No. 3 mines of the I.ehigh Valley Company, and the Stockton, of Lindcrman A- Skeer, have shut down indefinitely. Villages arc required to carry water for domestic uses two and three miles. In Williams port the drought is without an equal in severity and duration. The rivers iu Moiito.irsviile have given out and a fam ine threatens the place. Heavy bwscs are rejsirted from all sections of North ampton eoilRty. The Delaware. Lehigh and Rushkill rivers are lower than they have lieen iu ii years. Along the latter all mills op erated ly ater power have shut dow n. A Duel With Euives. Lake City. Fla., Oetoler .V To settle a quarrel a!i:t a young girl, John Ixng and 4Jeorge Hizler, well-to-do young farmers, fought a deadly duel last niht near Suwanee shoals, some miles west of here. The young men attended a large pin ty and w hile there quarreled over a girl to whom each was devoted. In order to avoid a scene they agreed to let the quarrel drop until alter the party. About PJ o'chx-k Img an 1 Hizler tKk their departure. They proeeeded alsmt a mile from the house, drew their knives and tiegan to carve one another. - Hizler was the more powerful and his work was more deadly. In a few minutes he had cut Ling so that the latter was helpless. Other young men who had euspecled the purpose of lying and Hizler and followed them apieared at this juncture and stop pod the duel. Hizler had received sever al slashes, but was not seriously wound ed, while Iuig was in a dying condition, Hizler fled w ith his friends and has not been captured. Xast Eive a Warrant Tori. K A, Kan., Oct . An important decision has leen handed down by the supreme court, iuvop. ing the validity o one section of the prohibitory law. The law of lssi conferred upon police olli'vrs the authority to enter any place where it was thought liquor was Ising sold and make arrests w ithout a warrant Under this section policemen have lieen in the habit of entering places which had fallen under suspicion and arresting who ever tbey caught iu apparent iiossession of the place. The court holds that this section, in so far as it authorizes an arrest without a warrant for misdemeanors not committed in the view of the ofilcer, is unconstitu tional and void. Good Place For Murderers. Milforo, Pa., Oct 4. Christopher Housemin, the batcher, who shot 'Squire Newburger and Henry ijuick, at Taf ton, two days ago, has not lieen cap tured. The District Attorney called upon the Commissioners of Pike Coun ty to provide the necessary funds for the capture and prseculiou of Houseman, : lttO Oia. .... ., iM.:.. is in line with their recent refusal to ap propriate money to bring the murderer of Charles J. T ist to justice. Newburger has remained unconscious ever since tho bullet lodged iu his brain. He is not j expected to ro-iver. j Attacked the Teacher. New Castle, Pa., Oct. ".Samuel Reno, a wealthy farmer in Hog Hollow, Shenango township, had a fight one day last week with Clarence Houk, teacher of the district school. Reno is a Spiritualist and teaches the doctriue to his children, whom he encouraged to annoy the teach er while he was reading the Bible at tho opening of school. Houk reproved Susan Keno for this offense, and after a tussel between the girl's brother, Braden and the teacher, Samuel Reno came to the school house and assaulted Houk, w ho struck him in the face w ith a pointer. The men then grappled, and during their fight Reno called to his sons for aid. One of them struck the teacher across the legs with a liill bat. Houk then jerked loose and retired behind the desk, where he again seized his pointer and awaited another attack. Reno had enough, and with his children left. Houk dismissed school for the day, and as ho was leaving had another encounter with Reno, who was waiting outside. A Parrot Fools Passengers. Rochester, N. Y Oct. 3. A parrot. which belongs to an opera company, and which figures in one of the acts of the show, escaped from its keeper at the New York Central railroad station this morn ing while the inemlieni of the company were waiting for a train. As a train pull ed into the station and there was a rush for the gates the parrot from the top of the big clock sang out "Hello! You have forgotten something. Several people hurried hack to their seats to xk for satchels or parcels. As the passengers came in from the train-house they were greeted with "Hello! Harry; hello, old Ixiy." All the members of the company join ed in trying to catch tho bird, but did not succeed for a long time, during which the parrot kept up its chatter. At least tw enty-five people missed their trains by coming back on Poll's remark that some thing had been forgotten. Nominated by Papers. H ARKisBi no, Pa., 0-t 4. These nomi nation paper were to-day filed at the State Department: Charles R. Palmer, of Chester, for Judge of Common Pleas Court of Berks on the Prohibition ticket W. II. S. Thompson, Pittsburg, Presi dent Judge, on the Independent ticket in Reaver county. W. McKniglit Williamson, Huntingdon, candidate for President Judge of the Twentieth distrit, on the "regular judi cial" ticket. Tho question is raised in the William son case that ten per cent of voters re quired as signers cannot lie ascertained, Itemuse there has never lieen an election held for Judge in the district which is composed of Mifllin and Huntingdon counties. The highest vote for rtiat of fice is not on record. Judge Williamson has i-Ki signers equally divided between MiiH in and Huntingdon counties. Another Gold Forer. Lincoln, Neb., M. C A raging gold fever has settled down on this section of the country over a startling discovery of placer treasure iu Seward county, alsiut twenty-five miles west of this city. Three miles from Milford, a small pleasure resort on the Blue river, an old gravel pit, out of which the Burlington railroad has for years lieen ballasting its tracks has been found to be rich in gob! dust. Saud and gravel from several ad jacent farms have given equally rich promise. Many assays have lieen made, some by Denver assayists and others by Profusaor Nicholson, of the state universi ty in this city. In all of them the yield has been front to $190 per ton. There is great excitement iu the vicini ty of the reputed find. Iand is multiply ing la value and speculation Is active. Direful Water Famine. Holliiiavshcrii, Pa., Oct -L The Hol lidaysburg City Councils this evening granted a temporary water supply to the extensive car shops locomotive works and the .') employes of the Pennsylva nia Railroad Company at Altoona, dur ing the continuance of the water famine in that city. General Superintendent Shepard made the ropiest for aid, in or der that the company need not cease op erations during the drought The com pany will daily receive S-VVrri gallons of water, and 11 trains will ruo between here and Altoona to carry it. Hollidays burg is the only town in the Juniata Val ley that now has a superabundant water supply. Six communities are depend ent upon the local roservair. At Altoona and Tyrone the famine has become seri ous. Gen. Harrison's Attitude. Washington, Oct. 4. Daniel Rams dell, ex-United suites marshal of the District of Columbia under President Harrison, is here. He says that no one has authority to speak for Gen. Harrison, who always does his own talking w hen any is necessary. He asserts that Mr. Harrison maintains the same attitude as he has since his term ended; that he docs not desire to lie President again iu the sense of seeking it but no one thinks that he would decline the nomination if it wore offered him, though he would not work for it. Ploughed op VegeUV.es. Alliance, O., Oct 4- A bitter quarrel lietween a landlord and tenant culminat ed yesterday in the arrest of John Silver, of Sm'lh township, on the charge of lar ceny. Hayes Boone, who rents one of Silver's farms brought the charge. Re cently Silver ploughed up several acres of vegetables that Boone had planted. Boone gathered up what stuff he could find, and the balance that was missing he charged Silver with stealing. The trial was set by Justice Curd for next Thurs day. Severe Sentence for Robbers. Gcthkik, O. T., Oct . Tullis and Henry Welsh, couvicted of robbing an old man of 7, were sentenced to life im prisonment They are the first to be convh-ted under the new law, making train and highway robbery a capital of fense. Great Ranches Burned Over. Ipswich, S. D., Oct 6. Prairie fires started by farmers for protection north of here last Wednesday escaped control, and are devastating a rich farming re gion. Great stock ranches have lieen en tirely burned over, many farms totally destroyed. The damage already exceeds finn,!!1). Many families are homeless and fleeing for shelter. Rain is earnest ly looked for. Industrial Exposition at Pittsburg. Ex cursion Tickets via PennsyWania Rail road. For the Industrial Exixisition at Pitts burg the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany will sell, on September i October 1 and 11, excursion tickets from stations o:i the Pittsburg Division lietween Pitts burg and Coiieniiiugh, and from stations on tho Siuthwest Pennsylvania Division to Pittsburg and return, at hitlffirr, with price of admission to the Exposition ad ded. These tickets will lie good going on any regular train leaving stations at or before noon on the day of issue, and will lie good for return passage until the following day inclusive. Excursion tickets for this occasion will also be sold under similar conditions from stations on the Monougahela Divis ion on Septemlier a, October 4 and 7, and from stations on the West Pennsylvania Division on Septemlier 27, Octolier 10 and . , Fuistri ! I havo just purchased a new improved baler and am prepared to I ale your hay and straw. J. J. I 'ilk, Sijiosvillo. AVENGED WITH A PISTOL Shot th Justice asi the Brother. CoafUble'i MiLKimn, Pa., Oct 3. Justice Henry Newberger, of Tafton, this county, was shot in the head and fatally wounded, and Henry Quick was dangerously wounded yesterday by Christopher Houseman. The latter, who lives near Tafton on a farm, had lieen sued by Henry Yon Frank, a neighlmr, for dam ages for railroad ties burned by House man's Getting tho woods on fire. The ease was called for 3 o'clock in the after noon before Justice of the Pence New berger, and w hen Houseman and Von Frank arrived the squire thought to do Houseman a kindness by suggesting that they bad better settle the matter amica bly and save costs The words were no sooner out of his mouth than Houseman jumped uon a chair and cried out "Yes; I will settle all damages." With that he drew his revolver from his hip pocket and liegan shilling. He first tried to shoot Von Frank, who dodg ed the bullet, and it struck Justice New berger liack of the ear just as he was at tempting to leave the room. The ball entered the skull, penetrating the brain. He fell forward, and, as he was near the door, he struck the stono steps badly bruising and lacerating his face. SHOT THE OlNSTABI.K's nKOTIIER. As Newberger fell, a second shot was fired, hitting Henry Quick, a brother of the constable who had served the sum mons in the suit The lall struck Mr. Quick in the nose, lietween the eyes, and lassed downward through the mouth and cheek, inflicting a dangerous wound. Three other shots were lired, which did no harm. Iu the confusion Houseman, the would-lie murderer, escaped to the woods, and, although men tried to ntop him, they were intimidated by his weapon. Before going to Newlicrger's, House men went to the school house and bade good bye to his children. Yesterday morning, when at Hawley, he said good bye to several of his friends tel ling them he could stand it no longer. Ho threaten ed to kill Von Frank and New lierger and then kill himself AWl-'f I. DYNAMITE PLOT. It is lielievcd he went to the "Squire's otli-e with the intention of blowing up the house, with the people and himself in it with dynamite. He went there armed w ith two cigar lioxes, supixised to contain dyuam ite, with fuses attached. They are still unopened on the premises. He purchased dynamite last Friday of E. Kimble. Nothing has been heard from Houseman since he disappeared in the woods, except that he went to his home and lde his wife good-bye. An armed jswse started iu search of him, but returned last evening wit h no clue. It is lielieved'he has committed suicide. Houscinaq has had a great deal of trouble lately, having leen arrested several times on various charges. The last charge was that of having poisoned his neighbors' cattle, but tiono of the accusations were ever proved. He lie lieved himself the victim of iK-rsecution. A Girl Full of Snakes. Washington, Ga., Oct C Prcedman ville, a suburb of Washington, is in a state of great excitement over the re markable case of Fanny Heard, a young colored girl. A few days ago there liegan to ap pear in different parts of the girl's body exact representations of snakes, lizards, turtles, sheep and tadpoles. Your eor resMindent went to see her yesterday and found about ,Vki negroes w ho were greatly excited over the affair. The girl says she was "tricked'' by a neigh? Isir who had a grudge against her. She certainly presents a most remarkable appearaucu. On one of her arms there Is an exai-t representation of a snake aliout a foot and a half long. It look exactly as if there was a real make under the skin. All over her body there were exact shapes of turtles lizards and cralis. Doctors Hill and Simpson, who were examining tho girl, refused to give any opinion as to the catiso of the girl's re markable condition. The girl is rather a g.iod-lookiiig ni'ilatto of 17 or IS yrar of age, apparently little alsive the aver age iu intelligence. She has been ill for the past two or three w eeks. She staled that when these queer signs liegan to appear her skin first turned perfectly w hite, and is that col r until the shap.-s In-comc well d. lined, and then begins turning until it gets a go d dc.il darker than the other p:rt of her body. The girl says that the woman who onjurcd her tilled her full of reptiles, and that she can plainly feel them crawling around under hfr skin w hen thr-y first appear and th it aft-jr they form they do not worry her at all. Can't Fight in Texas. Corlxitt and Fitzsimmoiis must find another place than Texas in which to pull off their light fir the proposed championship of the w orld. Tiie Legislature Wcbicsday, by a vote that was practically unanimous in the Senate, and only a little less iu the House, passed the bill prohibiting prizd lighting, and thus ac-omplished the purpose for which Governor Cullicrson assembled it in special sis.sion. The vote by which the bill was car ried furnishes the strong! st proof of tho sentiment of the State with reference to prize lighting. The only rallying point of thfl min irity was opposition to tho Emergency clause, which carried the bill into immediate effc;!. Certain of the members honestly regarded this as an injustice to such oflhe citizens of Dallas as had spent large sums In auticipiailou of tho fight, and opposed it for that reason alone. Their arguments were not effective, however, and tho vote iu tho House on the final passage of the bill showed but five votes in opposition, w ith lu7 in its favor. In the Senate tho bill was car ried with only oiio neg.uive vote i:i the 27 that were cast. Pension For a Seal Hin. a.AN('ASTKR, Pa., t let 4. Testimony of a startling nature was brought out to-day iu the hearing before United States Com missioner Montgomery, of Edwin Uook myer and his son, Edwin II., pension agents, w ho are accused of fraud. The testimony showed that tho Brookmyers induced Frank Hart a negro, to imper sonate Francis Isaiah Hart, who served in the army, to apply for a pension. Francis Isaiah Hart died 12 years ago. The defendants were required to give SJK bail for trial at the Novemlier Court. Foster Sees Republican Victory. CoLfMiii's ., Oct i'i. F.x-SeiTetary Charles Foster was a caller at Republi can headquarters yesterday. When asked his opinion on the situation, he replied: "I lielievethat the Republicans will lie victorious all along the line. Our ma jority may not lie so largo as it was last year, but it will lie large enough for all purposes." Cencerning the Presidency the ex-Secretary said: "If Q lay, Piatt a.nl Clark son ran agree on some man Reed or Allison, orsomclKiJy else and seen re the co-operation of Elkins, they may lie able tod-ifeat McKinley." S;cakingon (ho basis of representation in the next National Republican Conven tion, Mr. Foster said: "Tli9 South should not Is" allowed to vote. It never does us any gisid at a Presidential elei--tion, yoi its proportion of delegates is t!:o same as ours." Value of Jsy Gould's Estate. New York, Oct 4. S:irrog ite Fitz gerald has returned t) Divi l Menhir., appraiser of the J. Gould estate, his re port on its value, in order that thn col'ut eral inheritance tax may lie levied. Tha report values the personal property of the estate at ffc),ri..Viil and the real es ate at W.ikiO. The re duary estate . mounts to 1 73,224,54 The State Comiaitti Hets. The Republican State Committee met in Philadelphia last Wednesday afternoon. The attendance w as larger than it luidliccn for years. The roll call showed 117 ineui liers present Senator Snyder offered a resolution endorsing tho action of the ehairmwi in Appointing an executive Committee John Russ 11 Young offered the following resolution: "Resolved, That the Chairman lie requested to ap point a committee of Ave to frame legisla tive measures which shall carry out the pledges made in the platform adopted at the Slate Convention. This was unanimously adopted. . Congressman Robinson presented a resolution authorizing the Executive Committee to prepare rules to govern the party iu the State, these rules to be sub mitted to the general Committee, and if approved by it to the next State Conven tion for ratification. This was also agreed to, without deliate. Senator Andrews offered a resolution providing that when the State committee adjourned it does so to meet at Harris burg on the day pre ceding the next State Convention. "Unlesa previously called together," suggested Chairman Quay, and tho suggestion was incorporated in he resolution, w hich was then passed. Congressman Robinsou moved the ap pointment of a finance committee. This was agreed to. At this point Chairman Quay Mid : "I might'.say here thattho lato Chairman turned over to me with the State head quarters fo,0X) something unprecedent ed in the history of campaigns He is the first Chairman who ever did it" This remark evoked laughter and ap plause and some ejaculations of "Good for Gilkeson." Parker L. Walter presented a resolu tion pledging the efforts of the State Com mittee to have the next National Repub-lii-in Convention meet in Pittsburg. The resolution passed w ithout dissent Items of Interest. John S. Wright a farmer of Jefferson county, has lietn arrested for passing counterfeit silver dollars. James M. Morelaud, a Baltimore A Ohio brakemaii, fell from a train at Cumberland, Mil., Saturday night, and received dangerous injuries While working in the woods near Cumberland, Md., last week. Joseph Collins 1-1 years old, accidentally stepped on a porcupine. One of tho quills entered his leg and the meuils r has swollen to twice its natural size. The quill broke off and is supposed to be imbedded in the Isiy's leg. Capt. Isaac Rassett, the assistant door keeper of the United States Senate, is seriously ill at his residence iu Washing ton. He is suffering with heart trouble and a complicatian of kidney diseases. Captain Bassett is seventy-six years old, sixty-four of which have been spent at the Capitol. His first employment was as a page in the Senate, having been ap pointed to that p'isllloii in lSS). In tho interesting test case brought into court to test the authority of Sheriff Ingram to serve legal summons on Henry J. Crump, an officer of the National Guard, returning from camp rently. Judge Hemphill, at West Chester, has just ren dered his decision. He hol Is that the service of the summons on the soldier, even though he was yet on duty, was good. The law may lie good in view of the fact that there is but little danger to come to the people or cause by a Militia man being linked up, but let Judge Hemphill rule the same way in regard to a Regular, and he would lie apt to find Uncle Sam ou the other side. Calvin Ball of Can .on, O., has just received word of an immense fortune that he is an heir to. The fortune comes through the death of an uncle, who has been lost sight of by tho family. Mr. Ball retsjived a letter from a man in Northern California in which the writer states that he had located the uncle who moved to California from Maryland and fo ld that he had died intestate and a bachelor, leaving a fortune of f2,UH0,im). The writer did not ask for money to help carry on a search, as is usual in cases where the fortune is mythical, but merely announced that the descendants of tho first Ephraim Ball were entitled to a half of the fortune if identity could lie proved, and asked that a family tree be complied and sent on. Mr. B ill will give the mat ter his immediate attention, and will for ward the family genealogy to California at the first opportunity. A two-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sebring, of Cherrytree, met a horrible death on last Saturday. Tho fit her was harrowing with a team of oxen, and, the harrow liecoming clogged, had stopped to throw some clods away f'om tho team. The oxen liet-ame frightened and started to run away. A gale opening from the field into the r.uid was standing open, and through it tiie oxen dashed. The child was play ing on the ro id, unconscious of danger, when the te-im dashed over it, knocking it down. I: was then caught ls-t A'cen tho teeth of t!i9 harrow and dragged about seventy-live feet before the oxen were stopped. The little one lived but a few minutes after being picked up. D was covered with cuts and bruses, Istth from tiie h irrow toilh a.i I t'i3 st ;ios over which it was dragged. stt G'.iref.V. A sin irt young man in San Francis.- met one of the jurors engig'-d in trying the iNirant murder case and said to him "If you don't hang D.irant we will hang you." A judge wh w:n sitting in the same ear overheard the remark an I in formed the Jmlgo who was trying tho case. Tiie smart young man was sum moned into o urt and the judge g ive him a severe loeture.- lie trie 1 1 1 b -g o:f by saying that tkt) juror was an intimate friend of his and he was only joking, but the court would not listen to the a;silogy and gave him tiie alternative of paying a line of ?J.VJ or going to jail lor five days. The young man is now considering what lie shall do, the court having suspended punishment for a few .1 1) s. It is pretty certain that ho in 1st do something, and w hen he has served his five days or paid his fine he will have an experience that ho will not S.SUI forget, and he will learn to keep his mouth shut hereifter. Fool ing with a juror on a murder case is a mighty dangerous piece of business. A Storm at 8ea Increases the discomfort of the voyager. But even when the weather is not tem pestuous he is liable to sickness. They who traverse the "gigantio wetness" s'loull lie provided with Ibistetter's Stomach Bitters, which quiets disorder ed stomachs with gratifying siecd and certainty. To the hurtful influence of a tropical malarious or too rigorous or damp climate, as well as to the lianeful effects of unwholesome diet and bad w ater, it is a reliable ant id.it e. Commercial travel ers by sea or land, mariners miners, western pioneers, and all who have to encounter vicissitudes of climate and temperature, concur in pronouncing it the lies t safeguard. It prevents rheuma tism and pulmonary attacks in conse quence of damp and cold, and it is an ef ficient defense against all forms of mala ria. It cm bo depended upon in dyspep sia, liver and kidney trouble. Pure IiI.skI is the secret of health. Burd.M-k HI' Kid Bitters insures pure IiI.skI. Amerioins Poached Their Heads. Dhk-uikx, Oct. 5. The newspapers are criticising tho iichavior of Knglish and Ameiiesii visitors as the result of a squabble on a railway train returning to this city from Nieder Sedlitz play grounds a few days ago. A foreign lady in one of the ears complained of the German passengers smoking. Some Americans tried to persuade the Germans to slop smoking, but, as they were in a simking compartment they would not stop. The Ameri.-ans then gave tho Germans a good punching. Cor. s vy.iently K.'iglish a-id American mar ners are declared by the prais to te deplorable. FOR SALE I Livery hmi aci Propsly. Ixxntcd " mlb ntft of I'ltUI'iir?. on the .... O M Lv.ri-f liiri flntl rl-.H Kl.s Iric lislil. water anil ail liie c.iiv.-iil.-i.-. Int locution In town. Itun succc-luliy l.'i ywrndlH well a.lvtrticd. lNMi!auoii In town prniN-r -Uii. This U a rr- rioic for a pf rson U.-rlriiig ttilit kind of business u own era are rctirlnic. . . , lwry iSlation, I 'a. : Facts About : FURNITURE We can inform the trade and public at large that we have come out victori ous in our deal with the furniture manufacturers of Michigan. We got all we asked for in the way of bar gains consequently all we expected, what more do we want? We only want the trade to know that our line is bet ter in every respect now than ever be fore and that wr are going to contin ue selling Furniture on a very low basis $25 and $28.00 win buy a solid flak Suit for the lied room, containing six pieces made and finished in the very latest styles $18 and $20.00 takes from our floor a nice suit either in Antique or Im itation Walnut finish. $28 and $30.00 pays for a niceover stuffed or wood-frame suit for the par lor, upholstered in Brocatelle, Silk, Tapestry and Plush. $15 and $20.00 takes one of the same style suits upholstered in Tap estry. $1.80, $1.90, $2.00. Nice Reed Rock ers l'kh century finish very orna mental for the porch. $9 and $15.00 buys a solid Oak Side board. C. H. C 606 Main Cross Street, Somerset, - Pa. Mrs. A. E. UHL. ify Iirye IhtuJJe $(rr Iinom are Jarnmnl full of NEW GOODS OF ALL KINDS. Having had faith that Prosperous Times were coming, I "tisik time by the forelock" and made my contracts in the "nick of time" for my FALL STOCK. All Cotton goods have lieen ad vanced in price because of the great advance in cotton and the large increase in wages I have them at the Lowest Prices and will sell them cheap. Woolen Press Goods and all other kinds of Woolen Fabrics are much cbciiH'r than other years ou ac count of Free Wisd and Ixiwer TarifT. I have them in great vari ety and will sell thetii at the lowest prices NEW FALL JACKETS, FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN. FU.t AKQ CLOTH CAPES For Ladies. Cheap Woolen and Cotton I'nderwear for Men, Indies and ChH.lrcn. Cheap Flannels, Flannel ettes and Skirts. lleautiful line of Wool and Wersted Xovclty I)ress (JimmIs A great variety of New (okhIs and Novelties in all lines The gocsls are here in abundance and the disposition to giye our custom ers the bargains we have secured. NEAV MILLINERY GOODS coMiisra ir Bargains All Along the Line, Mrs. A. E. UHL HENCH & DROBGOLD'G sAur:.iLL'tEt:Ei;iEs A won.lnftil Imcrowmmt In VrlMUa VmAm 9nrf 4l-Krk. BacknxKluiiorCkiTUKtitliaMMfkut Manytxbrlnlhmarktt. PrtrlUa ( Utrb K'rr4, causing aJltberm! temrtne to aland Mill whlla back. h; rral axriac la pawrr mm4 wpar. Knvl 4cnttlotanipa lor lantK-ai!ni and prlcra. Alan riaa- liiu-rawa, liar Itakra. altWatara, I'ara Plaalcra, Sllrra, u M-nltun (Ai fipn IIKWC1I a. DltOUtiOLD, Mfts York, Pa. OFFROTH 2 Car Load Vehicles Just arrived", the finest ami inort coinjlete line of ; ; Phaetons, Spring Wagon.", Spindle Wagons ami flojr (;arN ' v have vclii'-UM with springs of every ;..(;,,,, -and at prices lower tlaa ever before Leard of Brewster Side-Bar Spring. Coil " ' Concord - - Dexter Queen - American yueen -Ferry Queen - - -" And the improved End Spring, the best spring ever used oa e A fine lot of Double and Single Harness, Saddles, Bridle : DoBtere, Whipd, etc. Ilave a full line of " FARAL WAGOXB Heavy Call and sec the greatest display of Vehicles in Sorr.er.-et Co --, to dav at E. L. IM.MKN8E WAKEROOMS, Patriot St., - - - - Somerset, ?i The New Capello Rance. I WE sell the NEW CAPELLO RANGE, guaranteed the Iar n .tri Range of its class on the market. It has very larire !. : ens, heavy grates, liuing-j and tops. Uaking and Uou-ti!. the bight'? t as thousands of daily users can testify. If Vru , the best buy a ZLsTIEW CAPELLO. ALSO A GRANITE, COPPER & TINWARE Milk Cans, Screen Poors and Window?, Ice Cream Free : -. Y'; Gasoline Stoves. Call and see us. Respectfully. P. A. NoTHINli hut the lent material ami workmanship enter into the o.tKr.:' of the t'IMiKHKI.LA STOVES an.l KANtiES. Their eUiuiliiiess l.-sswi 1. Their eeonumy save money. Sohl and guarantee.! ly JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM, Great Inducements Goods reduced in price in every Ik Dry Goods, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Lace Curtail Ladies' Coats, c. Now is the time to buy t save money and get something good. -JAME3 CLINTON STREET. Submitted. Autumn an.l Winter Ires.s ls.L-i ami SuitiiifTs foreign am! Ameriean th:t we eaii.li.lly lielievr to he hoynn.l ar.y we've ever known in Press CinmIs value. Style ami colorings of the Ameii-iii jj"xl- are perfect rcpnuluctions f the high-clas. and hiiih-cost imported one, and at price that astonish the mwt conservative hnyer. Come, or send for sample a;nl see for self the (treat American achieve ments in dress fabrics as w-ll as the ar tistic and hish-clas foreign goods at pri-es never ho low. All Wool Suitings. Checked Mixtures, 'American made; greys, brow ns, c.e., .'KI inches wide almost a yard. a yd. Extraordinary, .t; inch Storm Ser?e, Na vy, only correct shade, "JH.- a y.L 3S inch Chameleon Jatipjard Suitings newest and Is-st autumn shades and combinations perfect fac-simile of high class goods : inches wide, -Vic. New two-toned Picote Arum re Suiting, lieautiful, refined effect in choicest color mixtures seven ditTercnt styles, 3ti inches w ide, 37 jc. Two lines IJoude Suitings, solid colors and fancy mixtures distinctively new in lsth design and colors full yard wide, t-V- a yard. .K) pieces .HI inch Suitings, Ivk- ."way lw yond values usually otVered w e want every 1wk17 to see, and every Unlyw h sees w e lielieve will buy. Large reassortmciit of fine lres ;.l. Suiting and Novelties, AH-, to tiiMxl that have tone and character; and the large variety of choice Suit ings foreign, have a distinctive for eign look to the. n. at ?1 i mi. I ?!..", will in on tie ir mum it, ami int. lest ycur pocket lu:k. 'BGGGS & OUHi, Ailegheny, Pa. - - - - " ( or Light. SIMPSON FULL LINE Of SCHELL, SOMERSET. ?;. A Good StO: Is ail Kii.ii. :.t. ! A Poor Or: the worst kin l i travat n-. rteniprnlier t!ii w'r;-t-luy our New Stove The Magic Cindere!;: IS WHAT YOU V It will h..l 1 i.r nijjht, un.l Vi ',Y. jr A WARM FRiEv' IN Cold Wa'i H m iieairr. , Somerset. F. QUINN, -JOHNSTOWN P Stenger's All department t!:r-i: jh'Mit ' "r have assumed the .ippcantr.. and Winter. Many new n. .: been a.l.i.-d to our Dress Goods Stock ATt-ii: BLACK GOODS COUNTS Von w ill find the largest ss.,rt::irf Black tioo.ls shown any !. r-. in pri.-e from inc. up to Si-'" VT. ". A ss-ial good value shown ' partmcut is a Siorm Sere at -" yard. Korty-six-inch ao-""' ,t; Serge. 4tK-. Exceptional srI viy . Henrietta Cloth at J'. S: and 91. l'.Uek Figure.! M--liaii 7.S-. and ?1. New l.u. ie .N. vt.t. to sts them. Cloaks. Furs & Cap Here we show vou e . i tluiii: Cloaks for ladies. Mu- ,'r.,,";a. We have made pro isi'.n t ' everv woman or cliud. ew; right style, the right Pr: v- .l . right assortment. We i;.-'-r "" by halves. It will pay y..u t-' hundred miles to see eiir t.-.-a. JOHN ii MAIN STREET. Johnstown, elwood acadjI: y.i. m xi city, r.-t v' 'T r ' roa aoT sic.4. aT ' lrep-ii-s fiir llti-in.-ss. T -f.-ssloll. for tt;.- In-s Cut.' Ti-tu-htiiic. Il.isl.i.s ; .,2. ! ' Slen.ieniriv. 'I' V rtttntf. t ir, lll-. Pi.Sl. il. . K.I.-lll'Oll ' ' ' rts SH-n.l 6r-:la!nau-. S. . lltsit'K. Hi. P-- SACENDORPH't PATtlT tlC"0 Steel Ceilings?: SideWall FintsJ: For Churrbi and Rwl.ItKs. k tMiniam, oil appll.'alKHl u in , . , TBI! ANo makrr of Lmiitmint. '".T-tu! OIJJ Mnl KmIii aaa Mlia.