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LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE COMET,

Tho lotter Of nfr. parkhurHt to tho New York
1rioanc. published In The CHICAGO TRIBUNE
yesterday morning, has croatod considerable so,,.
saston, ns tho writer undoubtedly oxneotod 1t
would. Mr. Parkhurst prodiota that towards
tho end Of this month. tho earth will
pass through tho tail Of tho comet,
and TINT tho moon will probably gain M
atmosphere At tho Ramo timo, m article In which
eho Is Just nov lamontabiy deficient. Tl.cro Is
roanon to boltovo, however, TINT Mr. parlthurst
Inns dropped a figure somewhere, or
TAKEN AN Ano our
n tho wrong quadrant, OF tnado como othor mtH-
taHo, WHICH even mattlouatctnns arc occasionally
rut'y 1' o. Ilacro ts no reason to beltcYo
TINT tho earth will pass anywhere ncar
lilo TILL OF tho comet, an nssliranoa which was
given In TnE CulcAoo Tribune moro than Two
wooks ago. 49,.
At tho tllno Of passing tho porihclion, which IL
tH nonreHt distance from tho an, and nearly Its
least distance from the oafti, tho comet will bo
nbout twenty-flve degroes from tho plane Of tue
0clplic. The will tEen DO nearly Alta groatest
lcneth; tho timo, ono week frunl today. Ten
or twelve days Thereafter
Tue COMET WILL uno3a THE rot1pTIo,
at which timo itB tAil will have lwttdtcd down to
length nat mitch exceeding lis prnHent onn.
Tho tail Of Il comet is rather uncertain subject
For computation long beforehand, but wa may
safoly aay TINT its length, whom tho comet Ia on
tho eclptc, will be mt tnore than about 5,0oo-
uUu 1tlle6. A9 tlo head OF tho comet will then
bo moro tl.nn 40,010,000 mics away from tho
sarth, 1T ID ovidpnt that thore will 10 .,
LITTLE GAP
Of some $1,000 900 nilos betwoen tho tail Of the
comet aud tho enrth Mt the time Of their i,oarcst
approach to each other.
THIS 10 TOO GREAT
an interval to permit Of any possibility Of
doubt that the oartA eau bo seriously influenced
by tho. comet itsolf, or that there can DO any
aocretton TO tho earsh's atmosphere from tlo
comet or any atmospheric formation around
kho moon due to the aan1o cn,,se. Tho renders
of TnE tribune ncel not, therefore, he alarmed
The comet is very Interesting object, md will
DO still more so during tile coming weok, but it
VIII not DO Of such exceeding interest to us on
this enrth aa indicated in the article nbove re-
1erred to, : =. e.. COLBERT.
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Arrangements hava been completed for tho
TIM naono ot th,s NJ @ ot, %,n apo ,.taa y. y..,y u.
| :. 49, It'll 1 e'st ~ A'"'u ~ "'noatoic
Nv, ~ ,1o pa,uo s4oaio ~ - nv Wnen IN oration
VAL 10 dolivored BY Col. joslyn, Of Elgtn, aftor
which there will BIO sack and whoolbarrow races
cto, In tho evening thoro will l,e praDd d;pn,
of aro-vorks il the aouara 1,ha onunt-s ;a ~ >
w;.aa - Wv 's1@4'' A1o ooal'sts ID IN
S1tou' = =.
Ihe fnrmers' Club OF Hartlaud will celebrate
tho day with picnic In Kaue's Grove.
The traotmeu' at tho chicago 4 N,r.,,,,..,.
ort, n 1,s". ~ ~. ~ Is. so No..n"eat
ota railway arc no" naey laying atoel rails bo-
tween this plsce and Janosyille. Last yoar thoy
wero laid from Chicago to Howard, the work
having beeun from tia lottcr nlaoe t},;a anr,,-
rI,a fttu rorn,1 ,,o4 =. .,,...I =, ~ T.',,
III. ooa.n. ~. W. oauaA Ill 1no COUNCIL
ioota' ."hyor DoaneAy IN tho chair. There
"ete present shoerwood, Arnold, Bunker, Austin.
/ md Dar.ows. Aid. Bunker, Ohairrnan Of tho
thouoetiue waa called esato,1 that IN
of tha med;cn, nsanar,;as , ,nase.,aas ,a.aaenos 1
tin mc;fcai and sc,!nt;an .'a ponoancoa a i ps
contained n to w.tor -, ~ ~ w olty 60 %
and ~ ia aau,rancaa m rsoa; ~ ~ upo sauaro'
pana ~. ar;m, fr,, y, aso various ctl-
oal resnlts receyed fro ia 'sa sn " to t' neno
ber Of persons using il ba1inx IarxeIy inera"nei
iolninn cootrv' Il honomea mi on1v nocosaor. ~
but dutv tbov owed to ahnIr %
fiat some naana H. ,rnvi1oJ - 49,, ~.
ba no 20 ace 70 ta water
ocss, -. :. N0 e'''S' 49, -, 'o1'o1S - ~ Nv
Mr. Bunher recommended that a ntna ho ,o,a,
from the vol st tie soutSweat aorn.r ~ or ia tue
pas9 70 an three ft Lover than the ppe
aio Of tic marx near tie vail rnnino IN @ nsst a,,
west thrn,,h the cn,tro ,s;t tha
commodations for thosn ;shnn IN n0us nariai. a "
Ha ;nvipnroti,e ona1itss al y tha Xi5o.,,on "
present EXPRESSED thar Vows M With re regard % to tha
matter, eoacarring with AID. Bunker. On mo.
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Anoso WHO "an1 TO 1lna quiet place In whfcl
70 spend the Fourth are recommended to tht
City-Ha)l and tho crib.
| -. =
| cldentally fell into tie Magazine hin ne,,
Twontv..ocond .troct ~ a,s,ss,. 'e, as,-s "sAA
oytor,,oo, .sra ,sas ,.s, ~ oo''oA se''e'aa,
"s'"o'A an. WIS ofo"neo'.
This is the day when rood little cli1dron sav.
| their money to send To tba tootlor nj, ,,o,
For Aro-oraokeru.
M;.h. Il
.,.s o. os! ~ooa!'nf a"o a's 'flent afm badly IN
9usoo Yesterday forenoon while assisting te
raise eome machinery up stairway, at 1856 Mon.
roo street,
n,,
Moneaao ont,n;ar .."M,. ,,,- ~ ou1ot .t, wv "
~ y, 0F,'et"A' a.ooE 4ah 1A1noaE bolld'nR,
"aa' III she ahade' a. q. NJ, GO deg, Fahron.
M, 81; and D. NJ. 8b. ''' w. ' r
rha ~ r.,,I, ]1,sx" >,
~. Iouaa 1Fooe sayss It haa been dis
covered that the 1eaaon why that big boot aud
shoe store 1t Chicago burnod down was boca,,so
the boys Of the fire brigade took 80 long to pick
out new booth quite to tholr tnuto TINT tho flames
;nyas.,1.t;on ~ =. t ;a... auu ~ ~ 1e'orelsu. ~
eIs wlii certainly be ,hoyorely punished, unless
tboir Dismissal should tend to weaken tho base
'. ',4,,
AL AZ lnnlvans1 TOOK breakfast by mstako at the
S sn!ll Clerk hickey discovered that ho Lad Il
SHERMAN House key that he retired in good
ofaer.
James o'prien. bov rae,diup At No o4a yyor.
batisia avenue, was rnwnod vsstardav n,
il pond nosT t,a siiiwamsS ra;Iroa3 ht;arnoon
thc Nortf, H"o,n ..t;i -" Vu ~. ~ oA
viii hold m inonast fo.dav @'ep@'"e
1,i,ar.. .a., ~.
IA AAnVfGF QRTQ4O 1homH8 EjTUn fall frnr1
tic corner Of lin, and STAT" abrnota not'so "
aud roceiyod seyare and T. s ,sarod Jofseraay
nal injurios, He was remoyed to liz % Ss",a,, usva
Drothers' Hosnftn1 Hfs reai1anca Ia ~, Haat..a
stroct, near Athiand ayanna. AZ va 't"ostuse
Tho frst Of the Fourth Of july accidents ~,
ourrod yesterday morning. a litt1e lad named
john Kelly, residing at No, $50 Loo1pis Btroet.
7:so.: and accidentally ahot himself through the
loft hand and hip, iufiicting dangerous wound,
pra. AlcCarty and Powoll attended Him, but
failed ,,: t. extract tho ball They could not give
Tho Board of rraae s5;a1rt t,a 49,. ,,o..uoo,,
10 NJ ma - = ra9e =, spsls tne nnnrs nosweon
nronoscd ~ m 1nu sspo T. m yesteresy " 69lioting for
aenera Rules Of tue Board Of 0 Of nd5is tie
Ssu r%vs; aas 90 1g,oea The Inc result wasIyeas 81
cts"rs' e", '0'' 1n @ono"neemens was hailed With
e1': .-.
The South Town Board met yostorday after
uoon N !ts o!llco on Aunins Htrget, md allowed
The Clerk to draw S100 for Office rent, 9l0o for Sta
tionery and incidental oponsos, and So. 200 to de-
fray tho ronaindor of the nsaessmont expenses.
II Was annouccod that tho Assessors books
County Clerk III few days, and that So. 600 was
needed to pay OF tho olcrla and othora engaged
Oh thcn1
TIRES.
a.. a slight ~ dre. occurred at o9b South olarls
fling. Iucendiaris.u Ia attribnteG an Tia csvoa
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DIE EFEETSTNMTGER HITERaNR

DIE FREIsINNIGER DUERGER.
Tho Association Of liberal-AIindod Citizens
Vercin Freissinni8ar BuorEor) hold their regular
monthly mooting yesterday afternoon, at the
hal Of tho Swiss Mnonucrchor,' No. 45 North
CLARK streot
Tie meeting was callod to order by Mr. G. A.
korn, tho President Of tue Association, who
stated that no moeting was held last month
beoauBa the books had not boon entirely ready.
a now canvass had olicitcd the fact that tho
Association now consisted Of 210 active mopa-
bors.
The soosotary, Afr. Heinrich Metz. rend the
minutes Of last meeting, which were unanimously
adopted.
Mr. Horn, tho President, statod that.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
TO which tho Germans heretofore belonged had
puthved ita usefulness md violated Its promises
md pledges 1t would DO suicidal L aernlans
supportod that party any longer. They must
Join somo pEity that guaranteed personal liberty
tionRlty.
nr. Heinrich. n1otz a!so attacked tho Repub-
loan party yery violently, because 1t had been
Instrumental iu foiasing upon us the obnoxious
temperance md Sunday faws. Had it not bocn
Tor the Republican party, thore would now bo no
necessity OF such society as theirs. To give
expression to their sentiments he introduced
" THE FOLLOWING nEeoLur1oas
which were unanimously adopted:
he eznanos q tho principles to ~hioh is Rs
WI WREss;.: IT, Republican party has tho doubtful
eaed tho dowfau Of reEronn liberty, and interferrd
with tho froedon Of mercantile ru.suita aud, cndan-
gc5ad thor existence; and
ssnco Of Puritan intolerance, and does not HESITATE to
ay itaelf With women who dono. comprehend lie spirit
AEt1kuGt OF the 1{DnihlE1u ucNbnrA thn
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The Question of the Future.

We have always held that, in the re-
organization of parties, the great ques-
tion of separation and discussion will be
the power of the General Government
to regulate the.railways. This question
will be only another form of the State
rights controversy, which has existed ev-
er since the formation of the Union. The
new party of progress, by whatever
name it may be called, will insist that
the community, acting through its agent
the Government, shall have power to
protect its interests against the greed Of
railway and other monopolists The
other party, which viii crystalline
around the nucleus of the old Democrat
ic party, will maintain that the Govern
ment has no right whatever to interfere
in the matter, and that the railways shall
continue to be managed by private cor
porations free from any Government con-
troll The latter view is clearly and sue
cincdy stated in the World as follows:
The Federal Government has no right
ful control over their (the railway com
panies') charges at all. 1t is not it, but
the States, that give them the right Of
way. 1t is not it, but the States, which
invest them with their corporate privi-
leges. 1t has no more right to pre-
scribe their charges than it has to fix
the price of railroad iron or the cost
of constructing a car The subject is
entirely beyond the scope of Federal
jurisdiction.
In support of this view very strong
party can be rallied. The old traditions
of the sovereign power of the States still
survive, and their supporters will make
firm stand against the proposal TO place
in the hands of the Federal Government
authority TO control enormous interests
based upon franchises originally granted
by the States. The vast wealth of the
moneyed corporations will be thrown
into the same scale, and the entire con.
seryative sentiment of the country will
be arrnyed against the proposed innova-
tion.-N Y. Graphic.
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range of this awful excitement have con-
eluded that they have but few. more
days to live. About one hundred have
made profession of religion. The closing
scenes of this strange meeting are repre-
sented as most peculiar and wonderful.
THE MILLENNIUM HOURLY EXPECTED.
During most of this period of sixteen
days the mountain had continued at in-
tervals to present the same alarming i'm
pressions; but, having prayed, shouted,
sung, and agonized for this long period,
they separated with the promise that all
would remain and die if necessary. 1t
is said that the awe-stricken countenan-
ces, the melancholy demeanor of this
vast crowd on the breaking up of the
devotions are beyond all description!
SMOKE AND vAPoR FROM THE MOUNT.
A letter was received in this city to-
day by gentleman whose mother resides
near Bald Mountain, stating that near
the summit of that peak an area Of near
ly an acre was agitated by subterranean
upheavals and then sinking, from which
smoke and vapor issued.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

A SOUND SUGGEsTIoN.-Any one who
has taken the trouble to look over the
United States Register, and observe the
number of staff officers and dependents
in military departments at Wishing
ton, will appreciate the sound sngges-
ton of the Louisville Courier-J onrnal
for improving the condition and organ
ization of the army, and which viii no
doubt appear impracticable to very
many officers of the military service. 1t
simply proposes TO reduces the number
of officers who sit about Washington to
the number of our standing army, and
increase the number Of our standing
army to the number of officers who sit
who sit about Washington.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27
The Pistol that Killed Tecumseh.

A gentleman in whose care II WIS left
for safe-keeping at the beginning Of the
late war brought to our office a day or
two ago the very pistol with which the
late r. NJ. johnson killed the great In
dian warrior Tecumseh at the battle of
the Thames in the year 1913. il was
buried in theground at the breaking out
Of the war to keep il from falling into
the hands of the Federals, who had a
great laundering for firearms but no dis
position to return them to their owners
and was only dug up after the close Of
the war, and is very rusty and deiaeed.
1t was made by old man West, in Gorge
town, a gunsmith Of great repute in the
beginning ofthis century, and Is silver,
mounted, and must have been beauti-
ful arm in the eyes Of its owner and the
rough pioneers who accompanied him 10
the wars. The history Of the killing
of Tecumseh a. told us by near rela-
tive Of Colonel johnson who often heard
his uncle relate it, is this. The Colon
els horse fell under him, and he himself
had received six wounds and was 30
weak from pain and the loss Of blood
that he could not extricate himself from
his dead animal. While in this predic-
ament, he saw a large Indian approach
ing him rapidly, brandishing toma-
hawk, and he made sure that he would
be scalped unless he could protect him
self in some way. He first attempted
to draw his sword, but could not, but by
great effort he managed to get his pis-
tol from the holster, and as the Indian
approached to within few feet Of him
he fired and then tainted.
After the battle this large Indian was
found lying within few feet Of the Col
oneI, and recognized by those who were
familiar with his features to be no other
than Tecumseh himself, and it was new
er doubted in the army that Colonel
johnson had killed him, and with pie
tol shot The bore Of this pistol is very
large, and carries ball of sufficient
weight to kill an elephant. The pres
ent owner Of this venerable relic is
young Dick johnson, Of Mississippi, 10
whom it was given by the Colonel, and
to whom it will be forwarded in a day
or two.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27
An EnterprisIng Country Editor.

From the Detroit Free Press.
He was once out on jaunt in the
township Of White Oak, Ineham conn
ty, sticking 10 every farmer until he got
his name and money, and it 50 happen
ed that he came to house where death
had called few hours before. The
farmers wife was laid out, and the hus-
bandman and his children were gricv-
ing over her loss when the editor knock
cd at the door.
whats up?' inquired the editor as
he saw the farmers solemn countenance
before him.
MY wife is dead, replied the farmer
as that so?" unused the editor, little
disappointed. Did she die easy2'
Dropped Off like a lamb2"
did she say anything
"Not a word--iust went right to sleep
like"
II didn't know" continued the editor,
a sad look on his face, "but what she
might have requested you to subscribe
for the Cascade, which you know is the
best paper in the county. IL you want
il III take your name right in, and un-
der the circumstances j won't charge q
cent for the obituary notice"
"The farmer hung of for awhile, but
before the editor went away he had two
additional dollars in his pocket, and had
written out an obituary notice for pub
lication in the next issue, which the be-
rcaved husband pronounced "a mighty
smart piece"
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The TichbOrne Matter.

The conviction and sentence of the
Tichborne claimant for perjury, will
give interest to a summary of the marve-
lous facts o. the case:
Sir Roger Tichborne's mother was
married August l, 1927. Her son,
Roger, was born at Paris on January 3,
1929. Educated principally abroad, he
went into the army, where he was first
as cornet and afterward as lieutenant in
the sixth Dragon guards. He retired
from the regiment in 1853, and in the
same year took passage on board a ship
bound for Valparaiso. Letters came to
his mother up to April, 1854. In that
year news arrived that he had taken
passage at Rio in April, in the ship Bel
la, for New York. The Bella was never
heard from, save that one boat belong
ing to her, was picked up at sea with no
one on board
In 1S5S-fonr years after-a sailor
presented hinlselfat Tichborne park, and
asked to see the lady of the manor He told
her that another boat from the Bella had
been found at sea and taken into Mel
bourne, on board which boat her son was,
and he was now living in Melbourne
The most of Rogers family were who'll
ly incredulous as to the story Of the
sailor, but his mother caused advertise
ments 10 be inserted in Australian pa
Eers and inquiries to be made, as the re-
suit of which in 1866, eight years
thereafter, she received letter from the
claimant, saying he was her son Roger,
was anxious to see her again, and asked
for money to return. Money was sent
him, and January, 1867, by way of Pan
anna and New York, he arrived in Paris.
At an interview with Sir Rogers
mother, the claimant succeeded in con-
vincing her that he was the long-lost
Roger. Strengthened by this recogni-
tion, he determined to commence an ac-
tion to recover the Tichborne estate.
Four years were spent in getting up tes-
timony and making preparations, and at
last in 1871, the trial of the case began,-
the longest trial in the legal history of
England. The opening and summing
up of the various counsel took about a
year, when, on March 6, 1872, having
expressed their opinion that further tes-
timony was needless, the counsel Of the
claimant consented to be non-suited.
On the same day the claimant, who
called himself Sir Roger Tichborne.
but who is called BY others Arthur Or
ton, and De Castro, was arrested for per-
jury by bench warrant. Confined for
a short time in Newgate, he subsequent
Iy found bail, and on April %, 1873, the
criminal trial commenced. 1t has lasted
nearly year. The testimony as to the
idenity of the prisoner has been won
derful. Witnesses were brought from
all parts of the world, who swore with
equal positivcness, that he was the real
Arthur Orton or Thomas Castro. At
last, however, an end has been reached,
and the prisoner convicted, and every
thing seems to indicate that he is one of
the greatest impostor- that ever lived.
The trials from first to last are estimated
to have cost both sides and the govern
ment something like 100000 sterling.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27
Mad Ants.

From "a Naturalist In Nicaragua"
Don Francisco Velasques informed
me, in 1870, that he had a powder which
made the ants mad, so that they bit and
destroyed each other. He gave me
little Of il, and it proved to be corrosive
sublimate. made several trials Of IL,
and found il most effacious in turning
large column Of ants. a little Of IL
| sprinkled across one Of their paths in
+ dry weather has most surprising ef-
| feet. As soon as one of the ants touches
the white powder, il commences to run
about wildly. In couple Of hours,
round balls of the ants will be found
biting each other, and numerous indi-
viduals will be seen bitten completely
in two, while others have lost some Of
| their legs or aheRhae. News Of the com
motion is carried to the forp,icGriun, and
huge fellows, measuring three quarters
Of an inch in length, that only come
out of the nest during migration or an
attack on the nest Of one Of the work
ing columns, are seen sailing down with
determined air, as if they would soon
right matters. As soon, however, as
they have touched the sublimate, all their
stateliness leaves them; they rush about;
their legs are seized hold of by some Of
the smaller ants already affected by the
poison; and they themselves begin 10
bite, and in short time become the
centre Of fresh balls of rabid ants. The
sublimate can only be used effectively
in dry weather. At Colon / found the
Americans using coal tar, which they
spread across their paths when any Of
them led to their gardens / was also
told that the Indians prevented them
from ascending young trees by tying
thick wisps Of grass. with the sharp
points downward, round the stems. The
ants cannot pass through the wisp, and
do not find out how to surmount il, get
ting confused among the numberless
blades, all leading downward. mem
tion these different plans Of meeting
and frustrating the attacks Of the ants
at some length, as they are one of the
greatest scourges Of tropical America,
and it has been too readily supposed that
their attacks cannot be warded off.
myself was enabled, by using some Of
the means mentioned above, to success
fully cultivate trees and vegetables Of
which the ants were extremely fond
Notwithstanding that these ants are So
common throughout tropical America,
and have excited the attention of every
traveller, there still remains much doubt
as to the use the leaves are put. Some
naturalists have supposed that they use
them directly as food; others that they
roof their underground nest with them.
| believe that the real use they make Of
them is as manure, on which grows
minnie specis Of fungus, on which they
feed; that they are in reality Mushroom
growers aud eaters.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

The New York Tribune informs us
that Mr. William Cullen Bryant, of the
New York Evening Post, assisted by
Mr.. Sidney Howard Gay, formerly man
aging editor of the Tribune, has in
preparation popular History of the
United States" The work is to begin
with the earliest authentic history of the
Western Continent-though not ignor-
ing the earlier mythical period-and to
come down to the close of the first CEN
tury of American independence, en-
bracing three volumes, profusely illus
trated. A popular history, that shall
be instructive through the sense of sight
as we'll as through the labor of perusal,
is sought for by that immense number
of readers with whom literature is not
a profession. A popular history of this
sort, compendious, and not appalling
from its size, accurate without being te-
dious, aud attractive by its appeal to the
love of the picturesque and the artistic,
has as yet no existence.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

We learn that the Baptists Of Boston
have voluntarily decided to urge upon
the Legislature Of Massachusetts the
justice Of taxing churcl, property. They
say that the impost would put a stop to
the unnecessary multiplication Of places
of worship, and prevent the erection Of
too large and too expensive churches.--
They further urge that it is wrong to
invest 100000 in an edifce, while one
worth $4,000 would answer the same
purpose; and if churches would be ex-
empted from taxes because of benefit to
the community, railroads and manufac-
turing corporations should have confer
red upon them similar advantages.