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GEORGE W. THOMPSON ,

Another Of our Oldest citi2ens laa boon gath
erod to his tathors,-Mr. George ". Thompson,
known for many ycarR as member Of tho Bar,
and a resident at No. 80 Tuenty-second street.
Ho diod Thursday morning, Of opi1opBy, in Now
York City. Mr. Thompson waa born In Conneo-
ticut In 1928, and racsived his early trimming at
amherst Collage He commenced life, as many
Of our brightest lawyers havc done, by tcaching
school, Rnd studded Inv at Newark. He first
oama to Chicago in 1851, and oponad o law-oflice,
in which he Was Joined by lis brother, John
Thompson. Their office waa little frame
building on tho northeast corner
Of the Court-UouHo Square. John 3. Thomp-
son was elected City Attorney during Mayor
Doono's administration. and tho two brothers
ran the entiro lawbuanoss OF tho city, including
nearly everything. at this time ho found tho
city ordinances ID stato Of great confusion,
coditcation, which was, ten years later, im-
proved By Judge Gary, and subsequently, BY Mr..
NJ. F. Tu1oy. Ho subsequently ran for Judge Of
the 1secor1iers Court on tho Domooratic ticket,
Taat 1s Eas to not in issg aa 0nsS
wo beliovo. killed In tho War. III
1869, George formed law.partnorship
with Mr: Aendlg,, which was temporarily inter
ruptod BY the Fire. but resumed shortly after
ward. A1r. Thompson was monbor Of Trinity
Church during Dr.. Cummina' receorship, and
waa confirmed In 1861 Whom Dr.. Cuinrins
left tho city ho Joined Christ Church. When
the Ecclesiastical Court WAS first formed to try
for tho defendant, Hc followed tho caso for
some timo, until bis health was impaired. He
waH troubled with epiloptic symptoms, and went
to Cuba, from which place ho returned in far
bottcr health, apparently recovered. Tho dis
case returned upon him, however, and ho suc-
cuulbod to it,
The members Of the Tollcaton Club, Of CHI.
cago, aro requested BY tho prcaidont. Monroe.
Heath, Esq, to meet this afternoon. at Sp. m.,
strect. to pass resolutions OF respect to tho
momor3 Of their late President, George ".
Thompson,
a meeting Of tho Chicago Bar will be held at
o'clock to-doy, at tho rooms Of the Law Insti~
tuto, which ill members Of the Bar arc re-
olicHtad to attend.
, 1874-05-23
THE WABASH AVENUE STREET-C GAR
LINE.

6outh-8dors are beginning to fool moro COM
Portable over the prospect Of atreet-rairoad OH
Wabash avenue. Anything connected with 1t ia
Interesting, therefore, and will ba road with
pleasure. A. reporter called upon Mr.. 8. 3. Cobb,
President of tue South Bldo Company yostor-
day, md made some inquiries. hlr. Cobb puts
the matter torsoly in this way: A majority Of
tho property-ownors On Wabash ayonua wish to
havo q cas-traol on that thoroughfaro. They
have formed company for that purpose, elect
ed their Donrd Of Directors, ma obtained q
chartor. They hayo agreed with tho Chicago
City Railroad Company to let tho lattor cor
poratlon run the road upon certain conditions.
Those are that the track shall be laid and the
line put IN operation no far rs the repavemsnt
OF "abasa avenue has been completed, that ia
70 say, as fur a. Congress- street. The railroad
company aro to lay moro track az fast az tho
avenue fs repavod. Tho Company are also to
equip tho road in tho BEST possible shape.
! Mr. Cobb states that this tho Company intends
to d. Steel raila will 10 laid and cars ai1nllar
to those In use on tho ludinna avenue division
aro to be placed on thcm. II will be remera-
bered that Tie petition only asks for track
as far south az TwontY-Beoond street. Should
property-owners desire its further extension
their wishes viii bo granted. Precisely how
connections will be made with tho preseut trunk
lines ia not rot hottlcd. Tho franchise oxt enda
only to Randolph street, but this ii minor df-
dcn!ty aud ono which can probably be settled
easily enough when tho time oomos,
The Wabash ayenue limo promises to remedy
Of travel, and the disg gracefui exhibitions OF row.
dysln OH late cara. Tho reason why cars move
10 slowly on Gtate street between Madison and
Tweuty-second streets, Is that the street is &C
ea%aa* blocked 1y veelos io ntoS shst gooa ti%. 1
Schedule, Ii therefore, sN' allows a proposteroa'
rate Of Hpeed to aecure uniformity. The onl,
, 1874-05-23
GENERAL NEWS,

Tile Coroner held Ill inquest yesterday on tho
romai,sB of. LorenE Batcholder, a'man Of 10 years
old, who died from ctills occaaionod by lard
drinking. He lived on Elaton road:
Tho contractors havo begun to- pave Poora
street from Lake to Harrison, aud expect to
mako unusually, good timo In completing. tho
job.
Tho Committee on Transportation Of tho
General Oitixona' Committee to, make arrange
monta for the laying ot the cornerstone OF tho
Government building announced Thuraday TINT
all tho railroads entering the city lad agreed to
curry thoac dealring to witnosa tho ceremonies
from every part Of this stato for q faro aud ono
fifth for tho rpund trip. It ia believed TINT this
will induce Oh immense uumbar Of strangers to
yisit the city. Tho Committee on Invitations
yesterday sent out GOO invitations to tho pr0mi-
nept men Of tho country: It is cot,tldentiai1y
expected TINT tho President and Cabinet, the
majority Of the members OF both Houses of
Qougross, and, soyoral mombera Of the Diplo-
matio Corps, will attend.
The ladies' huyo begun prayer-u,oetings in the
Bethel Home, to be hold III future. oyory Thurs
day evening. At the first ulaoting hold TAurs.
day before last, about leo men attoutlod. Of
whom fifteen signed thoplc<ge at the close Of
tile moeting.
Drivers Of vehicles hare reason to be annoyed
at tho condition OF North Gtark stroot, botWeon
kinzo and illinois, The street iR nominally
open for travel, but IT. ia. impossible for any
thing but.a streot-car to move along comfortably,
owing to tho high banks Of filling. stun Which
aro piled up oil both aioa of tllo track. Tho FILL
ing and paving of:tiio street were to ilavo boen
'com1nouced somo time ago, but there is 10 Sign
OF tho latter improvement AZ yet. The ION
traetora e1cnaa tlesnsalyoa by saying TINT tloy
cannot procure tho necessary qualsity OF filling
just at present.
/ The Doard OF Directors of tho Soldiers HONS
met at DR.. lIamill's lo,ao yesterday attornoont
for. tho purpone Of hearing tho monthly report,
aud masking arrangements to tako part III the
decoration servicaB. Aquorum wps present, with
Dr.. llamil u tho chair. The report Of. the au-
one soldiers Ut the Home. The lhdios signed =
paper siBnlfying their wIllIngneas to act In the
board for another year. A. letter WAS read from
lobext, Vincant, hh old mans ot Milwaukee, !sl!o
, 1874-05-23

HOW TO STOP FIRES.
The paolung establishment Of Falrbank Pock
~ atoam t]ro onrjnc viii , yo+ro - f,roror fror,
n,n,,. ia on,.1oraa .a,' - ..,,a., n - Atvl t
a'nyus .n' unaptoyss' M 'talhco ana df'lloo IN tho
"ofAlng ot sAe engho ny mombor OF tho ohi-
| GaGo Fire Department. The vafuo Of this mr.
rangomont waB demonstrated Wednesday evon
jn0 at the 1n,t,,,n0 or 1nhov d nootl,,a noor;ro.
| s Nv 'nv ~ N""t1'2 ~ 1oooJ ~ oootA lncH1uB
| houHo Tho onglno from FatrbRuk, Peck l. Col
| roachod tho eonno of t,o fro. or,v b]oclr d,s.
topt tra,tv 4,,}n,,ta. 3o' .!.s1.. sn' !" ~ 4n.
| arrivat of tho stcarnera belonging to
| TIM Ttro Denort,oont 49,, IN W. .,,d avn.
49, 1no oop"9 '"1oas, auo III t"o "uu o'1o-
half minutog had d stream on tho 1ro, thoroby
o{np rrent aorv}co in ,,revont;n, +ho a>,roed ri
H. .. . ~ $500, -, 4. sno 'F1oAo y,
tno namea, ana damhlahtnH tho loas by several
thousand dol1ara. Twice boforo this private fire
| apparatus laa boon brought into tse, and the
| ow1lors llayo already moro than saved ita cost
| about 81, 600. Othor largo establishments would
do we'll to follow tho example Of Tairbank, Pcok
, 1874-05-23

c1rHion on tho iako and a visit to McVicker's
o1itorlnl VISIT and at tho cloao Of tho Convcn-
tim tho members will so on all excursion to
Washington, nyor tho Baltimore Il Ohio lload,
via Cincinnati.
, 1874-05-23

The Grand Jury returned forty-oight truo
billH yoHtorlay morning, making n totnl Of
eighty-Bevon for tho present term. On tho plea
OF further business. thoy were continued until
this morning at 10 o'clock. That " further
buainoss" WIS trip to tho Bridowoll, at All ex-
penso to The county Of about $50.
Fannie Starr pleaded guilty to tho larceny of
dresses from Maggie G1easou, and was Hentencod
to ten days in the County Jail
Theodore Zander pleaded guilty to shooting
John Benson, and waa remandot.
sarah Smith admitted larcony, and waa sent to
the Dridowoll Tor sixty days.
This morning tho prisoners who l,avo been
convicted during tho proBent term will be mr.
raiguel for sentence.
Tho Grand Jury will mike their report Of tho
t'f,,rtAer business they 1yoro engaged in yos-
torttay, and tho Court will then adjourn till
Monday morning.
THE POLICE COURTS.
Torcnce Phelnn WAS boforo Justice Kaufman
yesterday under tho charge OF perjury, and
the ease was continued till the a9th lust, in
$500 boudB.
Henry Miller. poor nnd destitute old Grip
pie, noarlV 90 yonrs Of ago, was brought before
Juat!co soully yostcrday, and by lim sant to tile
Poor-uouGo.
Clemens Hooper was before Justice Kauf.
cony 90 balleo. LIS case WAS continued till tue
''sA' ',.'S' uAN.' S0o' s''
Justice hanfmann disposed OF II. Z. Cavan-
augh yesterday. by lining him $40 for resisting
an on1cer IN tho discharge OF his duty.
Dastelapo Yosl,f was introduccd In 1,,stfco
Boy1en voster]ay and m h;a ;nv;tat,n,,' ~
croaged tbe cash ncco,nt Of tie rity Troasnrv
IS, in Tho shape Of d 81 f}uo aud eoata for dis
orderly conduct. ~0"'' 1'A ~''
Gooroo Ha,ris nnede m attomnt IN anotch !,
watch from G. n. 1f,iar. Of No. ID East K;naio
stroot He was arroated. and voator3nv' m Tia
ni,arre oF disor,erlv condnnt vac fra37 son 1,t,
Justfoe Boyien. '' '"7 '''A D~' -
1..t., .J.o..,,.
panlel Mcoas1nY1 G suo !ho VINO stole = valuable
tolesGopo rom ~. 9osopaa hospital aas wook,
h1.tn ,a ~ ~ ~ Mcn n'a peen Inauet Was yestorany
n1so W tno o4114''nAl osaEs III oonaa o1 7A'soo'
s. D. House was arrostod yesterday morning
oy Detoct!ve -, 1onny summons. on tue charge
y roeuiahS S.oo Nl'uen ~ !also Plqsonsea rom D.
id 10y, .: ann. m0om lS Mo' ~ nayan hooK- re was
4slu ~ EsTo oonus loI MS appearance hetofe
'as''Io oeu1AS Ai'6 l1olain5'
Bertha Williams, q negro. woman,. was tried
yestBrlny hefore Justice Doytlou for perjury
She was hold over to the Criminal Court III bonds
Of $500.
Tho coao ~ mn av,cas1,;or u1ro.a,, r,o,+;,roa
hca hnar sott,n ,e 1,o ere'a ~ b.h
Morse tha ;e,scar ro1nnoii Sa ,rotc1, oppdT;n'
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-25
a Queer Freak ola Woman

The Knoxville (Tenn) Chronicle
says: "A lady living in the upper end
of this county began not long since
Tor the first time ir about thirty years
to speak to her relatives and stran-
gers. Her history is a strange one
When she was little girl, some FIVE
or six years of age she was regular
little rattle-trap, merry as a cricket
AMI had something to say to every one
strangers as well as acquaintances
with whom she came in contact.
Her father considered her too for
ward, and on one occasion, when she
was about seven years old, punished
her severely for speaking too much.
The child took it 50 to heart that she
never spoke again to her father or
any one else for about thirty years
with the exception occasionally to
her mother, as long as she lived and
her sisters and their children. She mad
not a word for her brother-in-law or
any one else. To question her al
ways proved useless, for no reply
could be elicted. Thus she dragged
along a weary, lonely life, until a
few weeks ago, when attending a re-
vival she became converted,
and began to talk to every
body in rapid, vehement man.
ner, until it was found that her rea-
son to some extent was impaired.
She was taken home and received
prompt attention, and at last accounts
her mental condition was much i'm
proved.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-25
The Profits from a stony Farm.

Some years ago a friend of ours
took a farm that, in the language OF
his neighbors, was but a stone-heap.
He had much sympathy. He would
have to work an extra horse; his
gears would soon wear out his
implements would be torn to pieces.
Others before him had tried this
farm and they were ruined.
The place was by no means solid
rock. Down several feet below the
surface it was thick heavy enough
but the upper portion was rather
shaly, and broke up into pieces from
few ounces to perhaps a pound or
two. Crops seemed to grow pretty
well in the ground, if once the plow
could be brought to go deep enough
but as it has been worked it seldom
had more than a couple of inches OF
loosening before the crops were put
in to dry out, of course, when the
summer nights set in. The roads
round about the farm and up to the
farm buildings were like most roads
of the kind. Through soft clay they
were nothing but seas of mud at
those time of the year, when of oil
others We need a good bottom TO
drive on. Every spring there were
the usual cursings Of horses, breaking
OF carts and gears, and all other
miseries of hauling through mud,
which so many have experienced on
country farms, that we need not
particularly describe This farm
was no exception to this, and all the
neighboring farms were of a similar
character Our friend of the stone
heap took the situation. In the fall
after corn-cutting time was over, his
Two hired men at odd times were set tC
work with garden rakes to rake stones
1t seemed like big task to go over
a score of acres in this way. The
loose surface stones were raked to.
gether in windrows and then shovel
ed into a cart and from time to time
spread in the "lane." In his own
language it did not cost half as much
to rake this stone, already broken by
nature than it would have done to
quarry rock and break it. His roads
are among the best about They
cost him little; and his land gradual
by cleared Of the stone, can be plowed
deeply and easily, quite as much as
those who so much pitied him; while
in the comfortable travel in bad
weather, he now feels a pity for
those farmers whose lands are not the
stone-heaps his was.
There is a valuable lesson in lit
tie fact of this kind. There is rarely
anything on ones farm that may not
be turned to good account; while even
land, which is cursed by some who
do net know better, may be turned
to an Eden when one knows how to
do it-Germantoicn Telegraph.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-25
Treatment for Consumption.

A highly respectable citizen OF
Rome, Georgia, showed the CONNER
ciat Of that city, a private letter yes
terday from a relative in Boston,
from which we make the following
extract, relating to remarkable but
effective treatment of case of con-
sumption: willie has been sick for
more than year past, just gone into
consumption, but had an operation
performed by having ar incision made
through his back into the lungs, and
from which were drawn out at the
first operation nine pints of matter
incredible almost, but such are the
facts, as his mother told me she meas
ured it. After this his lungs were
washed out with warm water and
carbolic acid The washing has been
done day after day. The lungs are
now healing He has gained in flesh
from some twenty to thirty pounds,
can walk a mile without getting
wearied, and is improving finely"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-25
Planting Flower Reds.

There are two distinct modes OF
furnishing beds with foweringplants.
One is, TO plant in each bed only one
kind of plant; an other may, for dis
tinction, be called the mixed style
The former ensures a bold and deci-
ded piece of coloring, for a short pc
Rod of the year, rarely exceeding
three months, the latter style secures
TO the amature a constantly changing
source of pleasure for ut least seven
months out of twelve. 1t consists in
the iudicious distribution of plants OF
all kinds over your beds and borders
in such way that as month after
month calls fresh sorts into bloom a
pleasing effect is maintained. This
effect NAV be obtained either entirely
from hardy perrennials, which, for
those who cannot spare much time for
gardening, afford the greatest pleas
ure and variety for the smallest
amount of care and attention; or
from a mixture Of spring Towering
and autumn Towering perennials with
summer Towering ANIMALS and half
hardy plants In very small gardens,
it will be advisable TO keep only one
plant of each kind; but where space
permits, better effect is often pro-
duced by planting three of kind in
a group, so that when grown they
may look like one good-sized plant
Gardeners Chronicle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-25
How to Re.u..itn,e old Meadows.

Almost every farmer in the country
has an old worn out meadow, that 1t
does not pay to cut the grass, the
most of it being whte-top and kind
of moss, which has choked the good
grass. My experience to re-invigo-
rate or regrass the meadow without
p!owing, is this:
In March take clover seed and sow
broad cast over your meadow on the
sward. Then give the pooret spots a
top dressing of manure, cheap dirt,
coal ashes, or any short fine compost;
and every other season let your grass
get ripe before YOU cut it, SO that
while you are making your hay, there
will be seed enough fall out to seed
your ground over again; and in the
fall pasture your meadow but very
little; but in the spring of the year
keep your stock off entirely. BY this
treatment you will find that your
grass crop will increase from one to
two hundred per cent. The above is
truly worth q trial
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-25
An Editor Who Is Deaf.

We thought everybody in the State
knew that we were deaf, but once in
a while we find one who is not aware
of the fact. A female book peddler
came to the Office the other day. She
wished to dispose of book. She was
alone in this world, and mad no one
to whom she could turn for sympathy
or assistance; hence we should buy
her book. She was unmarried and
had no manly heart into which she
could pour her sufierings: therefore
we ought to invest in her book. She
had received a liberal education and
could talk French like native: we
could not in consequence, pay her less
than two dollars for book. We
had listened attentively and here
broke in with: "What did vou say?
We're deaf" She started in loud
voice and went through her rigmarole
When she had finished we went and
got role of paper, and made it into
a speaking trumpet, placed one end
TO our ear and told her to proceed.
She nearly broke a blood vessel in
her effort to make herself heard. She
commenced: II am alone in this
world" at doesn't make the
slightest difference to us. We are a
husband and father. Bigamy is not
allowed in this State. We are not
eligible to proposals." "Oh, what a
fool the man is" she said in low
tone; then at the top of her voice
II don't want to marry you; | want
to sell-a-b-o-O-k. This last sentence
was howled. I'VE don't want a
cook" we remarked blandly; "our
wife does the cooking, and she
wouldn't allow as good-looking 4
woman as you to stay in the house
five minutes. She is very jealous"
She looked at us in despair. Gather
ing her robes about her, giving US a
glance of contempt she exclaimed; 81
do believe that if a 800 FOUNDER were
left of alongside that deaf FOOLS head
he'd think somebody was knocking at
the door, You should have heard
her slam the door when she went
out. We heard that.-Santa Clara
(CaI) Echo.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-25
slept with his spurs on

YES" said the old man with a
smile. " ] remember one time in par
ticular while out prospecting with an
old friend, about twenty years ago.
We wer etraveling on horseback, and
came across a tavern one night about
ten o'clock. Being very tired and
hungry, as soon as we got some sup
per and something warm to keep .he
cold out. we asked to be shown TO
our room.
On looking around we found the
room had two beds in it, one Of which
was already occupied by two stran-
gers, who were both snoring Justify.
The fact of there being two beds in
the room, did not surprise us, as in
back woods taverns there were free
qdently three beds in a room. We
undressed and just as | was going to
blow cut the light, my friend, who
had got into the bed, espied the foot
of one of the strangers sticks
ing through the bed clothes at the
foot Of the bed.
With suppressed chuckle he mo-
toned me to hold on a moment; he
got quietly out of bed, and going to
where the strangers boots were, he
took off a huge, sharp Mexican spur
and carefully adjusted it to the bare
heel of the unconcious stranger.
With another audible chuckle as
he thought of the consequences that
would follow when the stranger drew
in his foot, he got back into bed, and
| blew out the light and followed
him. He managed to get a long
straw from the bed, and reached over
and ticklcd the strangers foot. lie
instantly drew mis- foot under the
bedclothes, and then drew his legs
up until his knees almost touched
his chin. In doing this he drew the
spur the whole length of his bed
fellows leg, making bad scratch,
The victim uttered yell and and
sprang out of bed with a muttered
exclamation that | did no. make out
and then he commenced q wild dance
around the room, with his neither
| garment under his arm and making
= frantic efforts either TO dislocate hi:
neck, or see how badly he was hurt
: all the while making exclamation;
t that would have made a baggage
, man with a Saratoga trunk on hi:
{ shoulder turn green with envy.
, The innocent cause Of the trouble
! had been awakened at the first vel
of the victim, andi in the Strengthening
, his legs out, scratched himself mos
, numerically. He did not yell, mol
: say bad words, but jumped out o
bed and made for his friend with
the purpoae of taking vengeance,
supposed; but he had not taken two
= steps before he jabbed the spur into
= his leg-again.
: The landlord then appeared witt
, light, followed by half the boarder:
! in the bouse, aud inquired what the
matter was.
An examination brought to light
: the spnr, which explained the matter
? The stranger looked sheepishly a
the spnr then at his scsatch, anC
finally examined his boots and witt
a sickly smile said;
"Well, boys l have lived all my
: life among people who were spur.
, but | never before saw a man who
: couldp ull off his boot and leave hi:
spur on bis foot! I'll treat in th,
morning.