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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-08-22
Abroad.

oN the 2ist Ut july 10000 Japanese, mostly
farmers, armed with bamboo spears. assisted
by former Daimio rotaners, armed with
swords, attacked the Government castle al
Furkuoka, sci fire 10 the building, DESTROYED
all the official books and papers. and KILLED SIX
Ulcers
a sfEisr has closed nearly an the large mills
at Rochdalc, England.
CouNr pE CnAMpoRp has accepted the
French throne, formally tcudtrcdby dcputa.
ton Of Logitimists.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07
Mrs. MadisOn's Receptions.

Mrs. Madison, after the decease of her
husband, returned to Washington, and,
for a number of years occupied a house
of moderate dimensions near Lafayette
square She did not go into society, but
held weekly receptions, at which her
friends and others properly introduced
were allowed to attend. She also held a
drawing-room on New Years day,
which was generally attended by the
principal officers Of the Government, the
military and naval officers in Washing
ton, and foreign ministers attending in
full costume, with the same formality
observed at the Presidential Mansion
On these occasions Mrs. Madison was
dressed in robe of black velvet, trim
med with point-lace, and magnificent
turban erowning her head. She was
somewhat above the medium size, mod
erately tending to corpulency. Her
complexion was clear, and her features
were still beautiful and expressive Of
dignity and intelligence. The tall and
splendid figure of Mrs. Alexander Ham
ton, whose husband, as is we'll known,
was the first Secretary of the Treasury
under General Washington, would be
seen standing near Mrs. Madison, dress
ed in the habiliments of deep mourning
which she had assumed forty years be-
fore, when her husband, in the full
strength of early manhood, had fallen in
duel with Aaron Burr.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07
Horace Greeley's Beginning.

Judge Sterritt, the editor of the Erie
Gazette, in which Office Mr.. Greeley per-
fected his knowledge of the printers art
before going to New York, tells the
story of his afterwards-distingu sub
ordinate's experience in the establish
ment. Horace was at first subjected to
unfavorable comment by his new ac-
quaintances, owing to his awkward and
ungainly appearance. He boarded with
the family of Mr.. Sterritt, and his wife
wanted to know where he picked up
such a "green gawky." Horace was
equally unfortunate in impressing peo-
pie outside Of the office with sense of
his real worth. Mr.. Tfii1r " siHer, - this
time president of the Constitutional Con-
vention of Pennsylvania, then a citizen
of Erie, in passing his opinion on Mr..
Sterritt's new printer, remarked that he
| looked like fisinged rat" But brains
will win, and Horace Greeley soon over
came the first unfavorable impression.
He was clear-headed, q good talker, and
worsted many a village politician in de-
bate He had read a great deal, and a
wonderful aptitude in statistics and dry
figures. While in the Gazette he wrote
only two articles in the shape of COM
munications, one of which WAS on po-
litical top:c. After remaining with
Mr.. Sterr.rt about six months-his time
had come to start in the world on his
own hook. He decided to go to New
York. Mr.. Sterritt gave Horace note
for the balance due him and some money
He advised him to dress himself up ii
better clothes than he had on in order
to make a better impression among
strangers. Horace said that what h'
had saved would be given TO his father
who needed it to pay towards his land
and he thought when his father beca m'
more forehanded, he in turn would b.
able to assist him. Horace embarked
on a canal-boat for New York, and hi
subsequent trials and triumphs furnisl
bright page in American newspape
history,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07
The Wheat Prospects.

All statistical information on the sub
ject of the wheat products Of the world
point TO the important fact that the URi-
ted States is The only country able 10 sup
ply the unpr eedented demand for wheat
this year in nearly all European coun-
tries. The returns of the imports 10
Great Britain 10 September so show that
the gross value Of the imports of wheat
for nine months is about S99, 100000, Of
which the United States supplied So, :
000, 900 worth. The proportion of wheat
received from Russia has fallen from
13. 900 900 TO 100000 hundred weights,
as compared with 1872, while that re-
ceived from the United States has in
creased from 100000 to Is, ,000, 900 hun
dred weights. Wheat is usually export
ed from the north OF France, bat this
year'it will have to be imported, and the
importations of the south Of France will
be largely increased. Germany, Hun
gary and Southern Russia are also def
cient in their crops, and that European
dealers have accepted the returns as
thoroughly reliable, may be judged from
the fact that their exports from New
York alone during she fourteen days
ending October 9 yere73. SOS, 400 bushels,
an amount unparalleled in the history of
that port. On the other hand, the re-
ceipts of wheat at Milwaukee and Chi
cago have been largely increased, the re-
ceipts at the former place of the present
cropbeing 8,555,77 bushels, against D.
O14,805 bushels for the sames period in
1872. The Milwaukee Journal of Com
merce, in discussing the effects of the fl
nancial panic on the future Of wheat,
complains that the circulation of money
is restricted by law to fixed amount,
although this year the country viii have
to move twice as much wheat as last
year, to say nothing of the eotton.-Phd
1 Medqcr.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07
The YOsemite's Origin.

Professor Joseph LIE Conte, of the
University of California, differs from
Professor Whitney in his ideas of the
origin of the Yosemite Valley. The
latter attributes, the formation of this
wonderful valley to the sudden engulf-
ment of portion of the Sierras; but
Professor lie Conte is of the opinion
that this, as well as other deep perpen-
dicular slots of the kind that abound on
a smaller scale, have been sawed out by
the action of glaciersl Professor LIE
Conte observes that glaciated forms are
unmistakably observable at many points
on the walls of the valley, and in some
places even to the brim. In the contour
of the walls of the valley, their rounded
form, where the rock is hard, standing
unbroken and without debris at the base,
he finds proof of glacial erosion. On
the north side of the valley every pro-
iecting shoulder is thus rounded, and IN
some cases the smoothness is so complete
even at a considerable height, that the
rocks glisten in the sunshine. The won
derful dome-like form of nearly all the
prominent points about this valley, and
their striking resemblance to glaciated
forms, cannot, he says, be overlooked
The whole surface of the country is
momonne on huge scale. If SO, then
the whole surface has been moulded be-
meath universal ice sheet.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07
Sepulchral Sympathy.


A Canadian paper notes that curious
circumstance is related Of the lad Kings
ton, who lost an arm recently by a
tirashing machine in Adelaide. It ap-
pears that subsequently to the. amputa-
tion, and the limb having been buried,
he complained that his hand was cramp-
ed, causing him extreme pain, and de-
sired the arm to be dlsinterred. No at
tention, however, was paid 10 the request
for some time, but the boy still persisted,
asserting that if the arm was not raised
he would not recover. The limb was
accordingly disinterred,, and the hand
found to be firmly shut together. Dur
ing the operation of opening the hand
the patient evinced great agony, and af-
terwards declrred that he felt relieved
of the sensation of cramp from which he
appeared to suffer so acutely. The cir
cumstance, if true, says the Strathroy
Dispatch, is certainly a curious one; not
more so, however, than many others in
the records of medical experience.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07
NUMBER 80.
A COwardIy Murder.

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore American.
CUMBERLAND, October 27.-John il.
Resley, son Of Horace Resley, Esq,
Clerk of the Circuit Court, felt himself
aggrieved by an article which appeared
in this mornings Times assailing the
character Of his father, charging that
there was fraud practised in paying the
jurors and talesmen summoned in the
case Of the State against Lear, who was
convicted Of rape last week. At2 p. NJ
to-day young Resley went to the Times
Office armed with revolver, and meet
ing Lloyd L. Clary, the editor, in the
hail, at the top of the first flight Of stairs,
he put to him the questions: "Did you
write that article?" at the same time
drawing his pistol. Clary exclaimed:
"John, give me a chance" Resley said
"No," and Immediately fired two shots,
the one passing through Clary's neck
and the other entering his chest, Just be-
low the heart, inaicting a fatal wound.
Mr.. Bradley, collecting agent for the
4lHlEng " d5 ia tllG GhAAOIAdl IODlng anu
the door being open, he heard the words
that passed between Resley and Clary.
He says that Resley went up stairs and
met Clary on the landing, and then
the words passed which are given above.
Clary had been in the press-room, on
the third floor, and was returning to the
editorial-room when he tencountered
Resley.
Mr.. McCardle, foreman of the compos-
ing room Of the Times Office, makes the
/ following statement:
About 2 O'Clock Mr.. Clary left the
/ press-room and went down stairs. In
| two minutes or less l heard two shots in
rapid succession. | ran to the door lead
/ ing down stairs, and found Mr.. Clary on
the second step, the blood gushing from
his throat and breast. He was return
ing up stairs. He exclaimed: "Go for
doctor" He had one hand to his
throat, and in the other a pistol. He
was falling or leaning against the wall.
The words came from his throat in
gasps. There was no one on the stairs
but Clary. ran down to the street and
saw John II. Resley standing on the
opposite side, gessiculating wildly. lie
said: "I did it and ] am ready for any
of his friends" and at the same time
reached behind him, as if to draw pis-
tol.
Mr.. Clary was carried to the third
floor, and physicians summoned. DIR.
Charles II. Ohr considered the wound
fatal, and was of opinion that death
would ensue in few hours. Resley sur
rendered himself, and was committed
to Jail.
As soon as the fac of the shooting be-
came known great crowd gathered in
in the street in front of the Times office
and much excitement prevailed. The
rite Of baptism was administered to the
dying man by Fathers Brennan and Ryan
of the Roman Catholic Church. Hi
father, mother, sister and brothers, who
reside at Frostburg, were telegraphed foi
and arrived before his death, which tool
place at .ifty-two minutes past o'clocl
this evening.
Mr.. Clary was native of Allegheny
County, and was about twenty eigh
! ! r-aarn Of
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07
An Affecting TRibute.

An accomplished Mr.. Peck writes to
the ST. Louis Republican this touching
notice of the last hours of a venerable rel
ative: "Great Grandmother Peck died
last week, aged 119. She died once be-
fore, when she was ninety-six, but just
after she was laid out she seemed to re-
member somehow that she had forgotten
to finish footing stocking for her
youngest boy, who was only seventy
four years of age, so she came to again;
and, as winter was coming on, and 80
much knitting to be done, she, conclud-
ed to keep on for twenty years or so.
The doctor thinks, if she amt disturb
ed, she is gone for good this time Me
and Mary Ann sat up with her to the
last, and she was checked off into the
full fruition of her faculties. Ieouldn't
help moralizing as I sat by her bedside
how lean a person can get and yet con-
sume so much grueI-she beat anything
all hollow that l ever saw. Poor old
soul, she was 20 lean that the mosquitoes
had ceased to be burden; they used tc
light on her and hammer on her skull
with their bills till the room sounded
like telegraph Office; then they would
scratch their heads with their hind legs
and sail out of the window, worn out
She seemed to gain little flesh after We
came here from Chicago and got new
spirits; but somebody told her that hel
name was accidently left out of Edward Z
Directory, and she fell off again. She
hadn't walked any to speak of for thu
last twenty-five years, and it used to con
sole her to think how much she haC
saved on shoes. When I look at th'
old calico cushion with its faded rose
that she sat embowered in since she wa
| 1O4, heave a sigh at the transitorines
of all sublunarian comfort. Her eye
got SO weak that she wore seven pairs o
glasses for spell, but they warn
strong enough for her to get the sens
out of her Scriptures, SO we had pal
of opera glasses mounted, so she coult
wear them on her nose. She sat up tn
heftiest part of the day before she snuff
ed out, and told me many things conf
dentially. She remembered distinct.
when General Washington got the chec
cashed that Oal1es Ames gave him 70
signing the Pacific Railroad bill; an
she was quite blg girl when CyTu
Field and Hendrix Hudson brought tn
Atlantic cable over in the Mayfowel
What is home without a great-grand
mother-she is gone-let her r. ]. P.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07
Wages Abroad.


Sixty cents day is considered good
wages for working man in any Of the
European countries, except Great Bri-
tain, where the wages are somewhat
higher. In the Tyrol silk region and in
Italy they often do not get more than
ten cents. In the country in Germany
ten cents is the common pay. Woman
there often get but five cents. In Swe-
den men often work from o'clock in
the morning till o in the evening, and
do not get more. During the war many
poor women in Berlin were hired to knit
stockings for the soldiers for five cents
The profit of the poor who keep pretty
shops, sell trinkets in the street or act al
suffers, do not average more than three
or four per cent. BARRIERS in Berlin
since the raising of their prices, get five
cents for hair cutting and two and hal
cents for shaving. Servants at hotels
get from three to eight dollars a month
Servant girls in private families offer
get but ten dollars a year. Sometime
these classes can not get work at an,
price.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07

An experiment is reported TO have
been tried before the Royal Geographical
Society in England, by which the circu-
lation of the waters of the sea was de-
monstrated. A trough with plate-glass
sides about six feet long and foot deep,
but not more than an inch wide, was fill
ed with water. At one end a piece of
ice was wedged in between the sides to
represent the polar cold, while the trop-
ic heat was represented at the other end
by bar of metal laid across the sur
face of the water, the projecting end Of
which was heated by a spirit lamp.
Red coloring meter was then put in at
the warm end, and the blue at the cold
end, SO that the currents could be traced
The blue water, chilled by contact with
the ice Immediately fell down to the
bottom, crept slowly along, and gradual
ly rose toward the surface of the equa-
torial end, after which it gradually re-
turned along the surface to the starting
point. The red water crept first along
the surface of the polar, end, then fell tC
the bottom just as the blue had done
and formed another stratum, creeping
back again along the bottom and coming
to the surface. Each color made dis
tinct circulation during the half hour il
which the audience viewed the expert
ment
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07
Pa -senger Pigeons.

Most boys and girls who live in the
country have seen wild pigeons, and
know what graceful birds they are. The
muscles of their wings are very large
and strong. Audubon says that these
pigeons travel at the rate of mile in a
minute, and that if one of them were to
follow the fashion, and take a trip to
Europe, it could cross the ocean in less
than three days. We can all exclaim
with David, "Oh, that I had wings like
a dover But quite as wonderful as
their speed, is the great power of vision
these birds possess. AS they journey Y
through space, they can overlook hun
dreds of acres at once, and their sharp
eyes can discover at a glance whether
the country beneath them is barren, OF
supplied with the food they need.
On the day speak of, the birds flew
very low, and hundreds of them alighted
on the trees in passing. They often
alight in such numbers that great
branches are broken off, and sometimes
the pigeons are crushed to death. The
fields bordering the river were covered
with them; but they only stopped to rest
apparently, or perhaps to pick up lit
tie food, and were again on the wing
As these detachments of the vast arm.
of pigeons rose from the ground, with ;
great Tapping of wings, others alighted
meanwhile the main flock was passin;
steadily over our heads. The procession
seemed endless, for the day wore on, ant
still the swift-winged birds rustic,
through the air, and still the comm
hocks look like delicate pencilings o
the distant sky. 1t was n rare day 70
sportsmen Instead of roosting in
neighboring forest, as We had hoped, tn
. pigeons few over into Wisconsin. Bu
every day through the summer, stra
: focks foraged among the oak grove
about us, and their shadows swept owe
sunny slopes and fields of waving grail
; like fitting clouds.-From 81. Nicholc
\ | +.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07
Wool in New York.

The trade is in a state Of almost Mt
ter stagnation, the only sales being Of
small lots taken up for immediate CON
sumption. Manufacturer are not max
ing very full time, and their wants are
readily supplied from the small offerings
made by the weaker houses, at prices be-
low the nominal range Of the market.
The stronger houses still adhere to
former prices, and are not disposed to
yield, although they report that the few
large mill owners who are in an easy
financial position would purchase freely
at slight reduction on straight liues.
We omit sales in the absence Of any
thing calculated to establish quotahle
market price.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07
COurtship and Horse Trading.

Mr.. g. Girard, now of Philadelphia,
but formerly American Consul at Cape
Town, Cape of Good Hope, communi-
Gates to the Press of the former city the
following amusing reminisence of his
African consular experience:
There is very singular custom among
the farmers-how to get a wife. If you
desire to get married you should first
make inquiry whether the lady you love
has a horse; if so; you must ask whether
she has horse for sale. If she says
No. then you had better leave the house
at once. She does not like you. But if,
on the contrary, she says Yes it is a
good sign, bat she will ask you a very
high price. If the amount named is
paid on the spot, the engagement is con-
eluded, as fully as if marriage was con-
sumated by the person.
On my arrived at the Cape, 1 did not
know of this custom. | wanted to pur-
chase horse, and was informed by
an old Dutch resident that widow
udQ OuC W Sell AO4AONCA bAAC d004 N07
given, and soon arrived at the door OF
the widow (who, by the way, was not
bad looking.) I asked her if she had a
horse to sell. She looked at me very
sharp; then she asked me whether had
some letters of introduction. l said that
l was the American Consul and would
pay cash for her horse. In this case
said she, letters are not necessary.
paid down the sum demanded; then, af-
ter taking a cup of coffee, she sent hel
horse by her groom, and both accom-
panied me home. On the road, the
groom asked me a thousand questions
Master said he, will my mistress g
live with you in town OF will you COM
live with us? You will love my mistres
for she was very kind to my old master
Qaughing) Where will the wedding be
docking at me and laughing.) 'Tru
ly,' though, the poor fellow has dranl
too much or he is an imbecile.' / fel
sorry for him. When 1 arrived home
found many people at my door congra
tulating me, not for the horse, but 70
the acquaintance of the widow. Truly
said one, you have been very successful
She is very rich, said another. I reall
did not know what it all meant, and
began to be very uneasy, when to m
very great surprise, a lady alighted o
my steps, and at once / recognized th
widow. She very cody asked me whe
desired to have the ceremony of th
wedding performed. Then, indeed,
fully perceived the scrape in which
was, and I told her frankly that it was
horse I wanted, and not wife. 'Wha
said she. do you mean to act thus to
lady like me? If so / shall send back m
horse, and will repay you the money
In few hours her groom was at I'll
door with the money. I gladly gay
back the horse, thankful to have tn,
escaped. A few weeks after, howeve
the widow was married; a more amb
tious man had bought her horse.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07

The Sacramento Union gives the fol-
lowing description of the funeral of the
wife of rich Chinaman, which recently
took place in that vicinity: "About 5
o'clock in the afternoon the body, en-
closed in fine coffin, was placed on the
side walk near his late residences, and by
its side were ranged tables loaded with
roast chicken, roast pig, boiled rice;
candy, nuts, brandy, whisky, &C., sufi-
cient in quantity to keep the spirit of the
deceased from being hungry for month.
These articles and the coffin remained
on the sidewalk until late the next fore
noon, surrounded by paid mourners, who
seemed to be carrying on lively COM
petition in the matter of giving full
value for the money received. At the
cemetery, after the coffin had been low
cred, hired mourners and the two chill
dren of the deceased walked round the
grave once, while the husband remained
standing silently by. Then vessels con-
tanning food were put in the grave at
the head and foot of the coffin, followed
by small quantity of earth. Next to
be put in were live chickens and ducks
and these were promptly covered with
earth. The grave having been filled up
brandy and whiskey were sprinkled up
on it in liberal manner, while pigs
head, roast chicken, boiled rice, oranges
apples, nuts, candy, &C., were laid upon
the mound. The ceremony beng con
cluded, the Chinese returned home il
their carriages, while some Christian
boys, who had been closely watching
the proceedings, gathered up the fruit
candy, &C., and likewise left for home.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07

Women" says a communication TO
the Chicago Tribune, "always go TO ex-
tremes. They never have anything but
what they wish it was bigger. Give
woman n ten-story house, and she will
sigh for an attic. IF ] had only some
place to store things, you knowp Do
you know why waterfalls went out Of
fashion? II was because they got so big
they could no longer carry them. Don't
you remember, at first, they were no big
ger than your fist; then they were big
as your two fists; then the size Of sugar
bowls, and then they grew rapidly to
dinner, market and bushel basket size
and their proportions and weight were 80
cumbersome that they suddenly went out
1t was so with hoops, Our daughters
commenced with keg-hoops, and wound
up with the hogshead, and then they
went out. Then came the hustle, which
grew so rapidly that it at least took foul
spiral bed-springs to make it stick out
and,-now, like Toby's candle, IL is flick
ering out. And now come buttons"