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f hc f0lhcr should give us lb.well as thiwwiit office Adllre'

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Iu.iur Manager.

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V IMV t I. will continue In practice..i. ..c.....l....' rvl.1VW..licinC. ali'ltcil'icni , ,L

... il... citizens rv.meriei aim ran.i.:i the o'd ldacc. a few ti ,rs east.' :L.I. Il.tfMC. ""v- -

II. KnXTZ. T1",,1!rYJU'lIXHM !'.. !,VI,,.V' ",t.'care In Mincrsoientrusted 1"teti.--

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I'lttMH. . Oll.Di'liX. "iTTuKXKIS ATIV LIW. Siicn-cl-, l'a. llttrc In residence 01

A. J. t"oliril. ii uk. U ly.

a -- ALKXTIXK 11 A V ATTIHINIV AT LAWn.i ilinirr in rvnl r'tati. S..in'r.t. 1'a.. will

i.lttii. l U cm ruU' U. litr c:irv witli.n.ui.tiH-f- mi'l li.lvlity. u. .

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ll. K.i:..lllll 4lll! IV. All I.USHH-- VII- -

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nuv. 1 ly.

VM. 1HXIS. 1'KM'IST. S.mirrft.DK. i ittic.. Ill ilw lr..nt irt nt jail. u;. i.tsiiiT.where he can t all time In- - ..unl i.n paro.l ttxli.j.l! kin.lM'1 w .rk. eli lillint.'. r aulatiuir. i

Sa: Arlitwial Uftliot nil kin. U. and "Itlie lat material, binem-il- . Ail uTti.n war-rnte-

June ".nllX H.l'HU ATTI IliXKY AT LAW. St:M- -

ml i(. J'a.. will T.'inily in ten. to n 11 i.uiiueijjtriifc't-i to linn, l.itiey u ci'iicetion

4,.. i tti m ins rifMoner. on Main street,j in. 1, TO.

HMM. K1MMKK. ATTOKXMY AT LAW,t Sinep't. t'a., will atleiid ti nil liiuo

t. In: eare it: S'.iiierM't au4 K.fj.iuinKT emn-t- iwith inniirtni and Bilellty. H ro lu 'inl,.,uc IcK 1H, 'Tu ly.

I I EXKYF.w:ili:LU ATTOKXEY ATLAW,I 1 mi.l Jaunty an-- l 1'riiHiin Aieul, ir.i,I'. I irt.ee lu tlie 'mirt H'.u.e. Jan. ll tl.

Yli. S MKYKIJS. ATTOHXK.Y AT LAW.V l'a.. will givv ruit aiteiitinn linil liuiiH'f entrusted" to liif in Nmuerset an.la.l).iiiiin; (M.untien. ih m I ni4 mreeU u'n-fit- c

the resliliuiv of K.!. Scull. jy.

"TAH. A. ii MII.LKK, afVr twclv- -

j yiiri' nwive luetic lu Shanki'ville. liarii. n "tiiiaiiently at S.iiervt l..r tlie tirae-ti--

if me.lieiiH au.l ten-le- LI in.lefr;i..naf e

t tlie eitirein nl S..iirwt aii'l vieiniiy.nllee in the tin Miitp f.fnuerly imui.I.I l.y C A.

k tunnel, where he ce.li le ci'iultrl at all time,Ullles- - pr.leisi.4ialy etnraueil.

-- N.i;lil rallf ir.4lij.tlilw. li. 'Tl-l-

KXKPPKl!. an.l ! ntirt. Ilerlin.1 I'a. U'llt ylw r.n.t attenti.m ti all psmei;truite.l tit his rare, tltfit one tlm west i( t he

Hralher h.ie." same ax weuie.i lu retnture l.y1 r. 1. t iickT..

11r H. 11 iSTLKTH W A ITK TTnKXKYM at law. S'liner.. l'Mfeweauil 'usl- -

le-- reKjKvllulIv si.lii'itrd iu.1 I unrtui.llj att.'iul- -

t.ll.i.

I' kNISKIi.ATTiiKXKY AT LAW.

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Mar 13

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ALL WORK YVAUKANTKI).

All .k done m the latest and most approved!)l- s, at the

LOWEST POSSIBLE I'RICES.Mttrrli Oth.

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. 4dv the ireuuinc.S.Ttle r.'iM.in.'d t.rou.titlv.

AS ."'Also. iiarrou.'. War...house Iru. ks. Iinr..iM Money drawers, kc.

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he new MlU w fUt rfOLD ' DEXXISOX illl.I. "

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lfice lor a km.lf ot raln.. . ALtMlXK 11AV.

VOl,

OIT IX THE WOO DM.

'llll'liitv-rili!- " nay the little trcr-tua-

W hat' sT.ilnu to hapiieBI put's 1 had bettiT get out of tliu niad.

If tle.se clilldrvn are Cuming tli.a Way."11c vtrelehea his bind-lcg- ao luag and slim.Fur a flylnn leap to the blrory-llmb- ;

And then he iif ien Ills ruly-re- d eyesAt the funny .moeeallnir. In aulcnui surjiriM.

llepkliKiid junil.: It is Lorry and LeuWith the rest of the romping crew ;

They're seumix ring over the woods again,A tid what are they going to dot

To l.uil.l U a botihre, 1 do declare !

Is there nny miachief they wouldu't dare?Hut Mast lug ntutoei Is Jolly funY ou eat 'em aourched, and about half done !

H'hl. kety-elac- nays the saury trec-toa-

'What a fus you young ones mnkelI wou.'.er lfbake.. potatoes are g.odT

How lung do they hare to hake?He turns to her mother-bir- d on her neat-F- our

little fledging! under her breast"Ho you know, nuulani, lutit such thing'?"She shakes her head, and'jhfiutten her wings.

t'hickadeelee! I K't you wish they would go?1 am really afraid," ays she,

"That some of thii-- c dreadful children knowI have got my nest In this tree.

It's all very well for you, mjr dear;With your long s you have nothing to fear;For luc of course I could easily 11 y.Hut laney leaving my darlings to die!"

SI Ipiiety slide! "There's a eoiperhcad u.rk !

Keep Alice and Lorry away !"Len picks up a stone, Syd "goes for" a stick

The snake thinks he'd betu-ruu-t (Uty,He rapidly wriggles himself to his den.And Kkes out his tongue at the whole race of men,"Two-legge- hl.llous thtnirs! I affirm

)uly to look at tht-- nukes we squirm."

riticty.wliia : w hat a cloud of smoke.As tlie dancing broeu eoines near;

Says the Utile lret-toa.- "I ahull corlaiu.y choke,II I stop iu this atmosphere.

I guess 1 had best a little t it higher.For I .lou t quite relish the smell of that fire.1.1 go and enquire If Miss Katy Dld's In,

And sec w hat r thinks of this racket and dlu."

Fid'll.'-deo-Jc- for the toad and the snakeThe children, care never a whit ;

They ea their sitatoes half-raw- , and their cake,They itobl.le It up every ML

They jump m the logs where the sunshine la warm.And brown ants and black ants lu eollef swarm;They hang on the sapliriK, and merrily swingKackwnrd and forward, like bints on the wing.

Hut illngery-din- g ! lu the midst of the pfny

The sound of the illnncr-l"1!- . comes :

they all Scamper away.An, nothdiar is left but the erutulia,

Xow the bin. flutters down, and tlie snake wrig-

gles out ;

The ior little tnv-toa- d goes dipping aliout ;

They eat up the iraif. and declare they are good.And bright shines the sun on t be merry green wood.

Great Fire of May 9,

A of theaster.

Fnrtii the t'umlierlaud Pally News

Snmcrsetjs the county seat of Som-erset county. Pa. It is a very oldtow n, having Ix-e- settled more thana century ago. It is located near thejriTr......all irif.... fiiiini v 111 wit niifiarv fir

,a pooti gn. grazing wipttrat.dgion. surrounding country, nnt .h :,.,-.,.- - to i he airninesi in extent, being the most valu- -

alile part of the county, with, per.1imps, the oi the j

Mills reg.on. The tow n is eligibly f

situated upon a regularlv sloping hill i

... a mile across either wa v. Themain or buiiirss jortion of the town,was intiiieliat-I- about toi orcentral part of the lull, and consist-- jcd chiefly brick buildings, I

two or three stories in Thejbusiness of the place was mostly of amercantile i;ature, although therewere several wagon shops, aand a few other Tfcelaw business of county has al-

ways lieen extensive, and the legalprofession is well and ably represent-ed in Somerset.

Tlie town is distant from Cumber-land by the old stage road aboutthirl miles and bv rail fiftv-i- x

', s;, w w.nu,ri.:nn f jl.Pittsburgh i Connellsville Railroad,and Somerset branch road fromit junction with the former road at I

Mineral Point (eight miles south ofSomerset), the old wagon road is st

the rattling, lum- -lst i ing that for a half century connected our town with Som-erset, is now no more and the ironhorse swiftly conveys andmails the two point.

. The of Somerset at thelust census wasalsout twelve hundredsouls. The inhabitants are noted fortheir industry, intelligence hos-pitality. A of its citizenswere "well off" with thisworM's comforts and iiossessions; and

'U - ing thus able, their homes were...11 riifitil...il , fliA lnriiiuMi an.l

U'onvenieiiees that wealth could af--

ford, and few plcasantcr and handW,, - M"r t,w,1' han Somerset latelywas are to ik-- lounu in tins country.But the fair and much loved placew as doomed to the blightof the fire demon, which, in passingover its fairest proportions, mowedswathe tif and ruin, leav- -

future time, Thursday, the 9th dayof May, 1871, w ill Ihj recorded as thedate of the most eventconnected with town. On thatbeautiful, bright spring morning, thesun arose in splendor, and the balmyair, ladened with the perfume of themany blooming flowers and blossom- -ItWP tlaaai'iJ faaMaHn.

j repast as the family break-- Ithe last ever to be

in the dwellings that hadtertd the happy inmates homes

to them bv childhood's asso- -

tiutious and ties roofsuiniei on u lui y jiuu oecii uuril, BUUW'hers thev tiiiiiiil ii cmrirl oil vlieirdays on earth. Fair Somerset at that..... .. . .. : ..t v. ..:An

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in toe mornings sun, pre--scutcd a picture of Ijeauty and con- -

....... . ...1 r. . 1uiiu us its uusy inmaiea

w-u- t aljout their daily int,M'ir usual ,l('rfu, """"er, the scenewas cfiiniilcte, and all that could le--desired.

Toward. noon a w arm south-we- st

wind began to blow, but farther thanraising dust within the streets, it dis-commoded and the afternoondnw on as pleasantly as thehad passed. Whilst persons were

in their usual quiet way,and least of all not thinking of any

' inir nothing but ashes and blackenedTIN AX1 WAUE.iwuH to tell where once stood the

I'nisv mart the comfortable homes

keiSL, r ,n"ti churches.In the history of Somerset for all

riirniitliiiig

.JOIIN KOBKBTS,

MAXrFACTrUF.lt,

the vxu caw'ttients. afford- -

"tented inhabitants all theum"!"11'"' "ti"' uj rea-u- Hi'ie delights enjoyable on that delicious

Mav morn. How far from thought,and how near to reality, was that

'liiitde

Produce Commission MprrharXO.ICAMl.KX

UAIaTIfOItl,

Me Mey.'lTatw'.a'

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XX.

SOMERSET!1812.

Detailed Description

Meters'

foundryworkshops.

deserted,stage-coac- h

passengers

population

majorityconsidered

devastating

desolation

memorable

morning'senjoyed

solongshel-- j

manhood's

glittered

occupations

nolKidy,morning

engaged

SIIKKTIKOX

towering

HttXiiaP

"epairiiigdononillilHsipaK-h- .

danger, they were, at half past 3 p.m., rudely aroused by the cry of fire.

On hastening to the place fromwhence Binoke was seen arising, itwas discovered that the stable ng

to Mr. Francin Weimcr, situ-ated iu the rear of his premises inthe 8outh-wester-n part of the town,near Keini & Co. 's foundry, was onfire. As the flames increased thehigh wind which blew from the southwest carried sparks and burning cin-

ders over other buildings, atonce

.creating a general alarm for the

m 11.. ..I I.Asaieiv 01 a iroou.v poniou tu iutow u. But no person w as preparedfor what was to follow, the onesmall fire apparatus, the "indeieud-ent,-"

wasbroaght to the vicinity andits suction placed in a well waterdrawn and thrown ujKn adjoiningbuildings, where the fire was nowraging and gaining headway. Theflames increased and the wind hurledburning brands far over amidst otherbuildings, and one or two houses andseveral stables were on fire withinfive minutes from the time the alarmwas first given. Seeing volumes ofsmoke arising, and kuowing the galeof wind prevailing, cvervbodv in thetown began flocking to the scene ofdunger, few, if any jhtsous remain-ing at their homes. Although huu-dre- ds

of people were gathered in thevicinity of the fire, with pails of wa-

ter and the fire apparatus, their ef-

forts were as futile as an infant's tostop the fiery elements, w hich, fed bythe highly combustible material inthe stables and dry wooden buildingsthen on fire, sent burning brands in-

to the very heart of the town. Itwas soon ierceived that no earthlypower could arrest the flames, and ageneral panic followed.

Frightened eoplc rushed iu everydirection the wildest commotion pre-vailed, and for a while the peoplewere almost paralyzed with fear.Men rushed hither and thither iu thevain hope of saving some of their ef-

fects, or those of their friends. Theflames grew larger and larger, the airwas filled with brands of fire, andhouse after house became ignited.

On! on! sped tint demon! now here!now there! new flames shot up, andleaping far away would wrap build-ings on opposite sides of the street infiery embrace. Persons who had lefttheir homes to assist others who weresupposed to be in more danger, onlooking back would find their ownhouses in flames. Thus the confla-gration raged and spread its devas-tating folds, until scores of houseswere a mass of Ere the scene be-

came a pandemoniu.y. Consterna-tion seised the pc,onle, Jiien ran asw ild, and women children wen-fleein-g

in' all -- irVtiwns.with hulica in their arma were tlirii'L-- -

ind frir thi'ir fit her ehUrlren nrwl nin-'o- f

u.lUra. ano re-- from tbf.ir ,((in.nts ttlithe fork'

arlv

the

heihth.

the

the

and

and

the

fast table

towards

and

and

Mothers

. !

ning for their lives little ones were

u. t i1ut;;,i,

ftS , terrific hurricane, and it8,01m.(, that to us0 thft wordrt of

. ..L,.n ittit.lf was jet loose.""" ntl vnr,ed "T tlT, ,ttt,rn!

emotions of men revealed as the facte apparent that the eastern por-

tion of the town was doomed. Somecould look upon their burning prop-erty with a silent stolidity, otherscould not but bemoan their loss, whileLusky voice and trickling tear of someln'tokened the deep feeling felt as thefire wrapped their fond homes in itscruel embrace. Whilst some men hadthe presence of mind to secure a fewof their valuables, others were at .aloss what to do, and ran about in anaimless manner, seizing in their fren-zied grasp the very things of leastvalue to carry them out of reach ofthe fire. One man rushed into hisdwelling in this manner, and seizinga crock of milk carried it outside thebelt of fire, leaving his money andeverything else valuable in the houseto burn. As the fire spread the airbecame so hot that houses were ig-

nited from the heat alone, and brickbuildings as rapidly disapjicared fromview as wooden ones. It was im-

possible for men to get within thebelt of fire to attempt to save any-thing in houses still seen standing.The whole area of aliout thirty acreswas abandoned, but so close were theflames that many jwrsons were badlyscorched in their flight, and in someinstances the clothing of women andchildren were set on fire as they hur-ried through the streets and alleys.

With returning reason, men set towork with most heroic determinationto save what buildings they could andarrest the progress of the fire in alltossible directions. It was only by

the most daring and superhuman ef-

fort that the Barnet House, the CourtHouse, a fine residence belonging toW. J. Baer, Esq., the residence of E.Scull, Esq., and several other build-

ings were saved. Farmers surround-ing the town in view of the greatsmoke hastened to the scene and lenttheir assistance. Wherever a housenear the belt of fire was endangered,men mounted to the roofs and cover-

ed them with wet carpets, blanketsand bed quilts. At some places linesof men, and women, too, were form-

ed and buckets of water passed fromband to band to those upon thehouses. And it was this way alonethat saved the remaining portion ofSomerset Nobly most nobly dida majority of the men and womenwork; many a deed of daring andheroic sacrifice was done. No pencan record the many creditable actsperformed. Some will be treasuredup in grateful remembrance otherswill pass into forgetfulness. For twohours the conflagration raged withunabated fury, when bv a change inthe wind, and for want of more housesto feed upon, the flames began to les-

sen and the worst was over. Menwho had worked with the strengthof giants, now that a further dangerwas past, began to feel a weakness ortheir over taxed powers. Enquiriesbegan to be made for missing friends,and everybody set about hunting upthe members of their resjiective fami-

lies, and at last the joyful discoverywas made that all lives were safe.

With all the tumult and devastation, no person had been lost, wnicuwas one great comfort in summingup the result By six in the eveningthe fire had subsided, and the womenand children who had fled to the surrounding fields began returning intothe desolated town. Those persons,whose houses had been spared bunt-- ;

y.

PA.,awL.

oined up their friends amongst this home-

less, and took them to le kindly caredfor. The Court House having beensaved, its doors were oened to thesufferers, and many took occasion tofind shelter for the night within itwalls.

The track of the fire was a desolating scene. All of the best part ofthe town was a smouldering heap ofashes and ruins. here but a fewhours before tood a handsome house,filled with all the comforts of life,there remained nothing now but por-tions of the blackened walls or a sol- -

; itary chimney. Standing ujkii thewest side of the iianioi.il, lookingeastwardly, one saw nothing butbroken, blackened, toppling walls,and charred trees and shrubbery.The beautiful yards surrounding manyof the residences were now the sad-dest of the sad sights; even the treeswere burnt, and their bare and black-ened trunks stood like silent sentinelsbroodiug over the scene. The flow-

ers were blighted and the tendergrass was seared.

As the night advanced the wornout people disapjH'arcd from aboutthe smoking ruins and sought some

: place to lie for rest. Ueds wereplaced upon the floors of those of theresidents who had them, and the wea-ried ones sought repose. Some sleptin the court-hous- e, some in stables,and even some in fence comers, butthe majority were provided for in thehouses left standing. The scene ofdesolation at night was awfully un-

impressive; the flickering flames fromstill burning piles cast spectral shad-ows over surrounding object, and asthe flare would light up the ruins ofsome loved home, the picture wascomplete to make a weird scene ofdevastation and sorrow, only to befound in the wake of the fire demon'strack. With the coming morn thecitizens arose with feelings far differ-ent from those of the preceding day;and gathering about the still smokingruins gazed listlessly upon the sad amidreary sight Here and there wereeroups gazing at the ruins of theirhomes with such feelings as only thosesimilarv situated could nortrav. Thework of the fire king had Wn com- -plete, and within the compass burnednot a building of any description hadleen left. The fire, as Itefore stated,started at Francis Weimer's stable,aliouttwo hundred yards west of thediamond, and, then spreading rightand left, as far as the second housebelow Widow Ankeny's, under thehill, although a house fariher east, atthe turn of the road, last at the edgeof town, lR'longing to and occupiedby Widow Finnesy, was burned.Southwardly the fire was stayed onthe south side of Union street, butburning everything on the north side

the street lselow Mr. rrank J.Kooser's resilience. From the starting point it spread northwardly to theliarnet House, and thence through thediamond to the Lutheran Church, andthence castwardly to the house belowMr. R Wt'vond's

..residence, tiecnpied

...1 1 il w.fi.l l.ai ine time iv me aiernnuisi .Minister, Rev. Stewart. From these pointsnot a single thing in left uuburned,the w hole area' anout thirty acres, isone mass of ashes.

It is astonishing how everythingcombustible was burned up. Nothing but earth could withstaud thegreat heat. An estimate made bya gentleman familiar with the place asit was, puts the nuniVr of buildingsconsumed at one hundred and seven-teen, fifty-on- e of which were occupiedas dwellings.

The loss to some of the sufferers isalmost incalcuable in some instances,as the accumulations of a life timewere in a single hour totally destroyed.The many household treasures,keepsakes, books, clothing, and ahundred other things upon w hich apriceless value was set, cannot be re-

stored. The loss of projKTty whichcan lie valued in money, is estimated$750,000, on which there is not morethan $75,000 of an insurance. Themajority of the property-holder- s arcable to stand the loss, but to a largeproportion of the remainder, trades-people, ' mechanics and laborers theloss falls very hard indeed, as in ma-

ny instances all poscssions were theirswept away, and while a few hundreddollars would perhaps cover the costof the same, the owners cannot affordtheexpenseof restoration, as numbersof them have families dependentjuponthem for supjiort. To these help isnow necessary.

List - of losses the following listgives the names of some of the suf-ferers and buildings burned.:

The dwellings of Messrs. Hunt seek-

er and Baer, the grocery store of W.W. Davis A Bro., cabinet shop of W.B. Coffroth, with his fine block onMain street, including Flick's Wash-ington House and the Odd Fellow'sHall; I). S. Knee's hotel; SamuelPile's dwelling house ; Noah Case-beer- 's

tinware establishment ; storeand dwelling of A. J. Casebeer ACo.; Sayers & Conover's hotel, theBoss House ; and the finest establish-ment in the place, that of Knable &Patton ; J. H. Miller's stove store; thepostofuce, kept by Mrs. Ogle ; thebanking house and dwelling of M. A.Sanner & Co.; the Glade House, alarge hotel ; the dwellings of H. F.Schell, F. J. Kooser, Dr. E. M. Kim-m- el

and Mrs. Wilson ; Mrs. Chorpen-nin- g,

Neff and (Jeorge Chorpenning;the drug store of Dr. A. O. Miller.Heffley A Bro's clothing store ; G. W.Benford's drug store ; J. II. Zimmer-man's shoe store ; the Baer Mansardblock, including the library and pho-tograph gallery of W. II. Welfley ; thelarge grocery store of C. F. RhoadsA Co., the banking house of Schell A

Kimniell ; G. B. Parker's store, andthe entire block ending with theLutheran church, also the law officesof A. J. Colborn, Samuel Gaither,VaL Hay, W. H. Postlewhaight andothers ; Marshal's and Pisel's storeand Goodchild's watch and jewelryestablishment, and the dwelling ofMr.- - Stutzman ; the variety store ofMrs. J. S. Hinchman ; A. Dennison'ssaddlery establishment ; the dwell-

ings of II. C. Berits, J. O. Eimmel,John Knable, Cyrus Meyers, Mrs.Ankeny and Mrs. Samuel Bricker,the fine large building occupied byH. C. Beritz, J. F. Blymyer, A. H.Coffroth, J. It. Pugh, County Super-intendent, and the elegantly furnish-ed lodge room of the Masonic frater-nity ; Mrs. M. D. Tredwcll's millinerystore and a barber shop, and Mr.

arsetESTABLISHED, 18 3

WEDNESDAY,SOMERSET,

Isaac Hugos' dwelling ; both newspa-per office, the Herald and Democrat,with their pVesscs and material, weredestroyed, and the Presbyterianchurch and the dwellings of MichaelKeifer.and D. S. Weyand, and enginehouse fend other buildings belongingto parties the owners' names of whichwe could not learn at the time.

The many incidents of the fireworthy of mention would fill avolume. There were many hair-breadth escapes and many daringdeeds. Men risked their lives to savethe property of others, and in severalinstances their work was successful,particularly so in the. row of framebuildings in the vicinity of Mr.Simpson's residence on.Union street,and at the Iiarnct House,; and a finedwelling , Belonging to Mr. W. J.Burr and jUio Court-hous- e, and also atthe large 'brkk house under the hill onMain street The scorched and char-red sides of these buildings tell tooplainly of the intense heat to whichthey were subjected ; they each wereon fire at least twenty times, but for-

tunately men with pails of water rap-idly passed up to them on the roofsput out the flames, as also in all othereases iu their respective vicinity to-

wards the west , Had the BarnetHouse, and the tow of frame build-ings mentioned, burned, the conflagra-tion would doubtless have extendedto the remainder of Somerset

One of the first rays of encourage-ment the stricken people received wasthe arrival early in the. morning afterthe fire f a wagon load of bread and

revisions from, tha good people ofBerlin a neighboring town, aboutnine miles ditaiTJL- - This wagon wasfollowed soon by, others from the sur-rounding vicinity and it was not longbefore a commissary department wasset up in the Town Hall room of theCourt-hous- e and the needy were sup-plied with, food lA '

In the afternoon of Friday a townmeeting of citizens was called at theCourt-hous- e for the purpose of makingarrangements fur the relief of thesufferers. Hon. JJudge J. W. Kowcwas called to the chair, and D. J.Brubaker and G Walter, Esqs., ap--

p'inted Vice Presidents, and Hon. W.II. Sa.uier and Elias Cunningham,Esqs., appointed Secretaries. Amongthe proceedings the following resolu-tions were unanimously passed.

Heaved, That Edward Scull, Esq.,Hon. W. II. Koontz, and Hon. IsaacHugushe a committee to prepare anaddress to the public detailing the truecharacter of the calamity that hasbefallen us, and th extent of the loss.

Jiesolved, That a committee of fivebe appointed, whose duty it shall be toreceive all contributions and distri-bute the same, and that they havepower to appoiut suchas may lie required, and that M. A.Sanner, "DanieL Wevand, EdwardScull, A. J.. Colborn and A. II. Cof-froth, Es(fs.,-b- e said committee. '

Revoked, That thts thaiiks of thepeople of stricken . borough betendered to fhiCrinlu" --citizens of Ber-lin borough for the instantaneous andwell-time- d relief which they broughtus.

Resulted, That all the jolicy holdersand resident insurance agents meet inthe Court-hous- e at 10o'clock a. in. for the purpose of ascer-taining the exact amount of insur-ance.

Resolved, That it is the sense ofthis meeting that inasmuch as thecounty buildings and records havebeen saved by the citizens of the bor-

ough, that the Commissioners shouldmake an appropriation of $50,000, re-

lying upon the endorsement of thepeopje for their action.

Mr. Geo. Charles, one of the editorsof the Cumltcrland Daily News, wasintroduced to the meeting. Mr.Charles stated that he had come sim-

ply as a reporter for his paper, butthat he could say to the people of Som-erset tfiat the people of Cumberlandhad heard of the disaster that had be-

fallen the fair town of Somerset, andthat, as ueighbors and friends, his peo-

ple felt a deep sympathy for the strick-en ones, and that he was assured bythe Mayor and several of the Coun-ciliue- n,

ujon the eve of his departure,that a town meeting would be calledfor the purpose of raising a fund fortheir relief; that he wished the ReliefCommute would place themselves incommunication with Mavor Piatt, ofCumberland, and let him know whatwas most needed, and he felt assuredthe citizens of Cumberland would res-pond nobly.

Mr: Holsinger, of the Dale CityChrutlan Comjxmion, also made simi-lar remarks for the residents of histown, pledging that the people of theMe vers' Mill region would liberallycontribute to the relief of the sufferers.

The meeting then adjoerned to meetagain on the following afternoon.

By Saturday morning the commissary department in the Court-hous- e,

under the charge of Mr. Hertz Kicser,was well provisioned, and Mr. Keiserdispensed the food and other suppliesto the callers ladies and children,many of whom came with baskets: .

On Saturday forenoon Mr. M. A.Sanner received an encouraging telegram, of which . the following is acopy :

Johnstown, Pa., May 10th.Draw at sight for $1 ,000. Hope to

do much Wtter at public meeting tonight

II. 1. Roberts, Cashier.Assurances of help from other

places were received during the day,and the people began to reel more-hopefu- l

for the future.The large iro i safes of the bankers,

Messrs. M. A Sanner A Co. andMessrs. Schell A Kimniell, were foundcool enough to be handled at about 10a. m. on Saturday, and these gentle-men proceeded to open them. Allmoney in charge of these bankinghouses had been safely carried to asecure place, but all the valuable pa-

pers had been placed in the safe. InMessrs. banner & Co.'s safe the contents were found in good preservationand in Messrs. Schell A Kimmell'sthey were also in good condition ex-

cept those coming in contact with thevafliisheu sides of. the shelving.

Safe makers shohld stick a pin here.and never varnish the inside portionof a fire-pro- of safe, as in the caseabove alluded to it might have destroy-ed the contents of the safe, and but forthe varnish every paper would havecome out all right

During Friday morning fome boys

7.

JUNE 5. 1872.,

going aliout the burned district cametoo close to a tottering chimney, andit fell upon one of the boys namedParker Kimmell, a brother to one ofthe editors of the Herald ; Parker washurt very seriously, and at first sup-posed fatally, but on Saturday morning he was said to be recovering andthought to be out of danger.

Mr. Cyrus Meyers, while assistinga friend to remove effects from hishouse, hung his coat, containing over$300 in money, upon an apple tree.A short time afterward he discoveredhis coat had caught on fire and wasconsumed, together with the money,and in addition his own dwelling wasin flames and he was delayed by wallsof fire from reaching his burning home.

lion. W. II. Sanner had just count-ed out $125, and was about deposit-ing it at one of the banking houses,when, hearing the cry of fire, he laidthe money . in a desk and ran to thescene of conflagration. In a few min-

utes the fire had spread with suchrapidity that he was unablo to getback to where he had left his moneyand it was consumed.

Ewery lawyer(except A. J. .,)

having his office withinthe burned district lost his entire li-

brary, ooks and papers. Mr. Col-Wn- 's

books were saved by his twoSons carrying them in time to thecemetery.

During the night after the fire, thetelegraphic instrument wnich wassaved from the fire was placed urwinthe head of a barrel in the street, andcommunication opened with Pitts- !

burch. when that city and otherplaces were telegraphed the news of.the disaster. Subsequently, on Friday morning a store box in the streetwas improvised for a table for themagnetic instrument, but that wasshortly afterwards abandoned, andthe instrument placed in the windowofW. J. Baer's private office, where itwas kept in ceaseless operation untilSunday morning. " Great praise isdue the handsome lady operator. i

Miss Annie Lyons, for her untiringperseverance in forwarding and re-ceiving dispatches. She was greatlyassisted in her arduous work by Mr.William Mier, but for whom MissLyons would have been over-taske- d,

and perhaps have been less fortunatein keeping open communication withthe rest of the world. The News re-

turns thanks to both these operatorsfor promptness in forwarding dispatch-es toour paper. And while speakingof thanks, we take occasion to returnour most grateful acknowledgements

and considerate wife for attentionshis liem-Somers- et.

Thcra next any ocratic and Cincinnati;. IU id a! inrleht. i

ed for kind atttentions and willing--

ness to render favors.Thro we" -- any incidents coming

to knowledge of acts "Vm'trfy'Sr--record had we but the time and space!to include them in this article, but ouraccount having grown to considera-lengt- h,

we are compelled to closewithout saying many other things wedesired mention.

NrrrEaixo boxekset!The Tew la Aahea.

.

Thursday, May the 9th, 1872, wasday of dire disaster to the lieautiful

town of Somerset On that day thedemon of fire laid the hand of des-truction upon the place and almostblotted it out of existence. In com-pany with number of others wevisited the ruins, several days afterthe fire, and beheld sight as wenever saw before. Where once stoodthe fair town, with her industriousand hospitable people, now can beseen nothing but devastation and ru-

in. Where once flourished the busi- -

hundreds suffering andred demon noverished

gloating over his work of devastationThe work of the fire fiend is mostthorough and to of

annals destructive respec-compa- re

tivc theperhaps

not Buffering haveand

Somersetand Half tow

thirds value the placewas to ashes.

It is pretty well thatoriginated from that from

foundry into close by inwhich there was hay and Abundle straw first tookowner the stable discoveringfire in the mow up and attempted

throw out the bundle, but as theband had been burned two, he wasunsuccessful, and fire was

over the mow, and in moment thecontents of the stable wereWhen the first fire broke windwas blowing perfect gale, which wasincreased intensity with fire.In than five minutes from thetime of fire was firstgiven, dozen of buildings werefire. With terrible the flamesnow leaped from building to building,and seized upon everything a com-bustible nature. House after housewent with frightful rapidity, andthe inmates were compelled to flee fortheir lives. Whole blocks were swal-lowed up in an instant terriblewhirlpool attempt toarrest progress of the devastatingfire proved powerless. Consternationand terror reigned .supreme. The

stoutest men grew faint,and women and children runningfor their lives and screamingagony of their despair. Men wouldrush to assist neighbors try-ing to save their property, and on

back would find their owndwellings in flames. Homes withtheir attractiveness, their valued

the fine shrubbery theof toil and attention,

were consumed like stubble before thefire. Nothing be saved.air above and the beneath

with the devouringElegant furniture, andgoods of description were carri

in the streets only to lickedup by the flames. Instances werefrequent where goods fire inarms of attempting to savethem, they could be carriedacross the street Persona who wereworth in the morningwho had elegant homes forand their families, houseless andpenniless by night, with notcoat to shelter backs. -

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The loss is variously estimated atfrom eight hundred thousand ,tomillion. It certainly cannot be much

The wealth of town is al-

most entirely destroyed.stores of every description, exceptone, all the hotels, but one, bank-

ing houses, all the lawyers' offices,two printing offices, two churchesthe Presbyterian and the Lutheranare in ruins. Over one hundred andfifty buildings, fifty-tw- o of weredwellings and stores, and which cov- -

ered an area of about thirty acres, arenow mass of ashes. It must be

also, that comparativelywas saved from these

This must be forfrom fact, testified to by all whowitnessed the conflagration, that inless than thirty minutes from the time

fire broke out, frcrtf building thattptw destroyed was on fire and beyondredemption. The amount insuranec about $100,000.

Somerset has certainly received"baptism of fire," and terrible oneit has ueen. The businessplace is paralvzed ; but the people arenot despondent. What is most ur- i

gently needed is aid aid,from home and abroad. ith

encouragement, Suncrset will, I

Phfenix like, rise from her ashes,strengthened, and more l.cautiful than j

evcr. Without such aid she will lie

utterly powerless for the next halfjcentury to stand she stood on ;

the morning ninth ofA volume be written the

Somerset fire ; of many incident.aud breadth escapes ; of ma- -

n' heroic deeds or her brave men and f

women, but the limited space allottedlo. in this issue, forbids. Wewould, however, especially impress

Lour people with the tact we owean imperative duty to our sufferingneighbors. Let that charity which"covers multitude sins," actuateus in our contributions to alleviatethe distress of uufortuneate peo- -

pie of Somerset. Bedford Gazette.

It is creditable to our eitizens thatthey are acting so promptly to relievethe" sufferers the Somerset fire.The committee appointed to solicitaid will meet to-da- y. Considerablesums have alreadv been raised, and itis to be hoped that the contributionswill continue to be liberal and prompt, j

The farmers the surrounding coun - i

try are sending in provisions, aud

uponvere,

help

well

such

what most acceptable frommoney clothing, along crying out your face

provisions. to House.aml re-- ipub--1 ward." have

our during in ded. The sufferers in a our that I

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lished herewith, nothing need lie ml- -

tirelv eertain that thev not lookto us iu vain in their hour of distress, j

Cotninereial May,.

THESO. EKSET FIKK.

When a'sudden and direLJ cftlam-- j

nity tails upou portion our f--

low-citizen-s, they In- - m ourmidst or afar off. Christianity andphilanthropy both teach thatheart's sympathywho escaped should out toward

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tnem, expressed not inworusoiu,deeos.

ncss, wealth prosperity ot thej of e.

ghost women

complete. instance portion dimensionsin fires towns wealth of their

with that Somerset The populations, of Somersetat Chicago, most terrible on is equal .to that of Chicago,

record, a half, a and of those whothird even, it is said, burned of house homeof that city, while at Somerset, inside is less. in ashesof hours a half, than of burned! Loss

of ofreduced

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their hearts their pursecontributed liberally. They

well. What will theyrelief suffering fellow-citizen- s

their State? Chicagothousand miles State.Now flourishing townState ashes half

driven country,shelter food.

million,-o- f dollars!people, driven countryan3 shelter Now done

Chicago citizensHarrisburg

Somersetsuggest that Mayor

meeting reliefSomerset Sufferers. Any contri-

butions office ac-

knowledged through Telegraphproper persons Som-

erset who appointed receive-al- l

contributions from abroad. Harris-bur- g

Telegraph, May

Prablie.

public meeting heldcourt borough Som-

erset, Friday, tenth dayMay, 1872, undersigned

appointed committee pre-sent public brief statement

inflicted upontown recent fire,and appeal behalfsuffering people discharging thisduty, will endeavor couveyfaint idea fearful

words possible. AboutThursday, May

broke western parttown; fierce wind blowing

time, efforts checkflames proved futile. less thantwo hours this beautiful town

ashes. The extentground which destructive el-

ement aboutcentral part town, includ-

ing stores and hotels,each and offices, in-

cluding offices,business places public build-ings. One-thir- d solid-il-y

built and nearly entire busi-ness part town ruins,certainly wealth

place utterly destroyed.The with such relentlessfury that terror-stricke- n peoplehad their lives, conse-quently little persoual property

saved. Indeed, many escapedwith other clothing than upontheir person time. largenumber sufferers total

ofejvcrything possessed.andthey left houslesa, homeless, with- -

NO. 51.

thing vorld dejupuonc oreau.

whom calamitygreatly need en-

able them take another startbattle The will

short million dollars, demand desperate remedies,the total amount insurance Democratic party eer-n- ot

exceed hundred thousand tainly desperate. somewhatdollars.

Generous public, that pastresponded nobly

lands,appeals countrymen havesuffered direful calamities, And that very nomination whichupon behalf this suffering inclines Democratic party to-b-ut

hopeful people fur mbdanr ward him. General Blair under-H- al

Your charities confer stood have workedlasting favor upon them, and result Cincinnati. Many Demo-- ,cerelv hope that cratic papers have declaredyour liberality will

quality mercy.strained, twice blessed, blessinghim that gives him that takes."!

Michael Sanner, Esq., Som- -erset, Pennsylvania, treasurer

relief whomtributions sent,

WA SCU LL,WM. KOOXTZ,

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Committee.""""""""

VMrkM Speech

l.,,.,. (;h,brVoorhees spoken

pua-'- e that mistaken,great Demo-- ! lailure Democratic ton-crat- ic

party ponder vention indorse him might effectwords before they allow them- -' hi." Wood drew moral

'selves overtr;V!J political intrigue thati.av.P characterized Cincinnatimovement. Even DemocraticeTM honorable fromIndiana policy coursepresent administration, when compar-ed with history

Greeley present themselveslight that Voorhees' de-

scription them sufficientbring loud applau.M fromlitical fact, words

Washington special,

rvXYEXTI-a- .

zealously

"most remarkable political sensation Adams would paralyze party en-- of

the season have thusiasm, upon which much de-

moralizing effect friends the while Adamsmovement. would seriously weakened

The New York JW savs: the regular Democratie eandi- -

sneech treated date. Many would have voted

.would ibecn bought over by Grant,with "Turn

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The caused in theLWrmj

, , ,.lllmns of Tl.,,.by what the supporters of Mr. Gree-ley affect to consider treason, isvery natural. A little more suchtreason will seriously endanger theircall!iC For it is n0 su,h cftnip fol.

.mvb v Hvt aa. we v s,'tr V

bargain and sale, but of deep-roote-d

belief. He has many of the qualitiesof a real leader. He represents, thor- -

oughly, the fundamental principlewhich lies at the Democratic creed,and which has such a vital force thatit has managed yet to survive all at-

tempts to kill it The distrust of cen-

tralization, the profound lelief in theeternal presumption which lies againstgovernment interference, the convic-tion of the superiority of the law s ofnature tp the of men these arethe ideas w hich still gives vitality tothe party, and these are the ideaswhich Mr. Voorhees conceives and

A Washington dispatch to theWorld :

The speech of Mr. Voorhees yester-day continues to the subjecttalk to-da- y, and the friends of Mr.Greeley arc "Whatwill be" the effect of it?" is wellunderstood here to lie the opinion ofMr.' Kerr, of Indiana, that the Demo-cratic party cannot, dishonorto itself and great injury to the country, accept Mr. Greeley as its candi-date (jT President

la Faushiera a fool.

A popular writer : But fashionknow s nothing of beauty, cares nothing for beauty. Fashion sets aside inthe most summary manner all at-

tempts of nature interfere with, hin-

der, or baffle her. It takes aceountof native beauties, native defects- - Iti no of persons; that, atleast, must be said in favor. Cla-

ra has rather a neck. Claribel avery short one- - What does fashioncare that ? Deep collars or broad j

are all the go, and poor Claribel'shead to start direct from hershoulders- - She looks absurd ; but allher friend would tell her she lookedstill more so if she were out of fash-ion. Long bodies and short skirtssuddenly come in, and woe to the wo-men whose bodies arc longer thantheir members. They must cxagerate

natural defect defen-nc- e to theomnipotent edicts of fashion. Skirts

at once expand in every directionand become as long as they are broad.Ladies who never step from their car-

riages save into a house or aa couple of yards of silky tail be-

hind them.Why cannot individual women makestand once for all, and say each in

turn, "I have found out what suits me.I am tall, or short, or middle-size- d,

slim, stout, or dumpy. This new fash-

ion of your makes me look a frightI have studied the matter now forsome little time, and I have hit off toa hair the style of dress which mostbecome me, which sets me off to thebest advantage, which does me mostjustice, and all the modistes in theworld not persuade me to make aguy out of myself." Just look at theadvantage of such course. Threeglorious good things would at onceflow from it We should have beauty,variety and economy.

TUB Br XOCBATIC

The IVniocratifr Convention bmla-e- called to meet at Baltimore onthe th of July, and there is a ercatth ai of speculation as to its probableaction. Th- - oiietion i whether itwill ratify the Cincinnati nomination.It is a question which mates manrub his eves as he read it. Will theDemocratic party nominate Hoi actGreelet for President ? Are we tohear Democratic orators aravelv demanding purity of administration andand advocating Horace Greelve ?The inevitable laugh woujd seem to

to the chance of success. are indignantly told, however, that a candidate cannot belaughed down. Very possibly. Bat

j whoever should see a hne-- e bannerhanaring from Hall and in----enheu, "itegular democratic nomin- -at ion; for President, Horace Greelerflf w Virlr may at last be per--m.ueu to smile.

We are aware that desperate cases

so when it thought ofnominating Mr.Chase in 1 8fi8. But Tammany wouldnot have thought of him had he beenalreadv nominated as a Republican ofany kind, as Mr Greeley has been.

Greeley. Privately every body baaheard the most orthodox Democratscry, Hurrah for Greeley!" TheWorld insists that at least until he isnomiaated it may argue that he oughtnot to be. as if su pectin a resistlesstendency in its party to accept him asa candidate. that excellentDemocrat, Mr. Benjamin fa-

miliar all New Yorkers for bis ua- -triotic devotion and pas--sion for the purification of politics, re--marked at a meeting of a Democraticclub, when wartnly praising Mr.Greeley, that "in Tin interview he im--plieitlv stated to me that he would,,ot leave the field because of anynomination made at Philadelphia, but

,hut ' r"nd Mr. Greeley implied.,hat the Democrat did not accepthim he would probably turn themover to sure defeat.

The Democratic Convention cannominate regular Democratic cand-idate, or it may select a man like Mr-Charl- es

Franci Adams, who has nostrong party sympa'bic, or it mayratify Mr. Greeley's nomination, or itmay decide to make no nomination.The course would be a formaldisoslution of the party, and will hard-ly adopted. To nominate Mr.

"'M had he been nominated at t in- -

cinnati w ho would ' kvu aj alllll'r the nevr circumstances.

.k 'i .a t uiivir l vcr uvuiiu,,4the DemiH-rati- e Convention, he

would not be so a candidateas many suppose. The theory ofstrength in that position is, that he

dlSaneCtiOn. But tDl SCeiUS 10 US amisapprehension. The great bulk ofhis Republican support would disap--

must follow such a nomination tomate its success even probable wouldbe a betrayal of their principles

irilJt?2W. --!?.publican withdrew, the nominationof a Republican by the DemocraticConvention could only be interpretedas a virtual dissolution of the party.Its conservative would in abody support the certainty of prosper-ous stability with General Grant rath-er than the wild chaos of the futureupon which the election of Mr. Gree-ley would usher the country. TheDemocratic Convention could notwell hold party if it nominated Mr.Adams; it would inevitably dis-perse it if it nominated Mr. Greeley.

There is another view which theCincinnati gentlemen may well pon-der. The spectacle of Horace Gree-ley and a following of angry Repub-licans combined with the late rebelsand the Copperhead brganization todefeat General Grant and the Re-publican party would excite' an

and disgust in the patrioticheart of this country, which thewound and terrible thewar and the struggle which led itare still fresh and sacred, so profoundthat there would be another uprisingof the loyal people which would carryGrant as triumphantly into the

a he and they carried the Un-ion army to victory. One of the fatalerrors at Cincinnati was the supposi-tion that, because the war is over, thewar is practically forgotten. Conse-quently the hold of Grawt open theheart of the people i not undertood.Editors and politicians and peoplewith grudges and dreamers and the-orists, and many honest and generousmen, easily forget. But the peoplelong and faithfully remember. Whenthe election comes that memory willvote.

The other course open to the Con-vention is the nomination of regularDemocratic candidates, Mr. Hen-dricks, of Indiana, and Mr Bayard, of

for instance, for Vice-Preside- nt

; and that is the course whichwe believe will probably be adopted.The split in the Republican ranks willbe considered by the Convention fa-

tal, despite the persuasive whisper ofMr. Greeley through Mr. Benjamin- -

Wood, and the chance of Democratiesuccess will be thought to be at leastfair. Such nomination, also, will re--tain the element of theparty, while they mantain partyorganization and spirit It is undeni-able that the ratification of Mr. Gree-ley's candidacy would be terribly de-

moralizing. It i probable, therefore,that party feeling will carry the Con--vention and nominate a regular Den- -ocratic candidate, either by a Cincin- -nati yell, a Mr. Greeley was noiuina- -ted, or by a rebel yell, as the last Dem

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