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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27
Arthur's illustrated Home Magazine,

Bright, cheerful, earnest and progress
sive, the "HoME" takes rank with the best
periodicals of the day. 1t is that cheap
est frst-class Magazine in the country,
and more thoroughly identified with the
people in their social and domestic life
than any other.
"Pipsissiway Potts" the inimitable
delineator of home life and character,
has an article in every number.
Window Curtains. A new serial story
by 7. S. Arthur, will be commenced in
the January number Of the Home Ma
gazine.
"My Girls and l." A series of pleas
ant, chatty paper, sensible and good, to
be commenced in the January number.
Butterick's newest patterns for ladies'
and children's dresses are given by spe-
cial arrangement every month. BY
means of these patterns, every woman
may now be her own dress-maker.
The Great Household Magazine of
America gives more reading for the price
and greater variety, suited to every
member of the family, young and old,
than any other magazine published.
Is cents will procure specimen copy
of "Arthur's illustrated Home Maga-
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7. s. ARTHUR & Son,
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27
The Outlook.

/ The best evidence of the thrift and in
creasing wealth of the people in any
community is to see large quantities of
their surplus products being sent for
ward 10 find cash market Such has
been the case here for some time past
Quantities of wheat are sent TO our steam
mill which finds a ready cash market.
Fat cattle, hogs and sheep are shipped
from our railroad depot for eastern mar
kets. Our enterprising citizen, Mr..
the purchase Of good, saleable horses,
and pays fair prices in cash, and ships
them east as soon as he collects a car
load. The buildings commenced last
fall and winter are nearly completed.
DIR. Magruder's spacious store-rooms
will be occupied by the 1st of April.
The balance of the burnt district will be
covered by brick open-front store
room as soon as brick can be procured
Mr.. O'Keefe's private residence, with its
combination of bay-windows, and veran-
da in front and bay-windows at each end,
gives it an elegant appearance;-the
plasterers are at work, and it will soon
be ready to be occupied. Our old friend,
Mr.. Gallagher has fitted up nice open
front store-room back of the Judge
Hood corner. If our friends Gallagher
and Gallin would remove the Hood cor
ner building and the old Murray tavern
house, and put up substantial brick
building, with open-front store-rooms,
with suitable access to the upper stories, |
the rent of the rooms would proveit to |
be a good investment, and very much /
improve the appearance of that part of /.
make contracts for building material. /
1t will give you nice employment to .
superintend the buildings.
In my last paper 1 said that Mr.. Ja-
cob Dittoe's residence was as elegantly
finished as any house either east or west.
will now explain: First, the rooms
were accurately measured, and a draft
made showing the openings for doors,
windows, and fre-places, and by that
draft all the doors, front-window mir
rors, mantles, ates, stoves and pipe,
and wainscoting were made and finished
in New York. All the woodwork is
grained and vanished in the latest and
best style. All these articles were load
ed and securely packed in a railroad car
in New York, and sent through without +
being opened until it arrived at our
railroad depot. Friends, go and see the
taste of our old bachelor friend, Michael
Dittoe. Those who can hear are are de-
lighted with the tone of the large bell
lately put into that stately and elegant
ly proportioned edifce, the Catholic
Church. The old, rickety bridge across
the railroad chasm is still standing, and
a disgrace to the town. W. P. d.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

II costs money 20 furnish Runners with her-
ses and buggies which added 20 the commissions
paid them makes a large item and the buyer hos
70 pay IL. There Is no getting around this fact
although the runner (tenzerl vehcmontly pro-
tests that HE viii sell cheaper than any body
else, and Just here comes in the secret of the
Transaction W hich very foyy undarsfaud ta.,r,it.
The market prices Of Foreign and American Mar
bles vary from twenty 70 fifty per cent, being
graded rs No. ], 2, 3, average and common
Now when a runner finds IL necessary 10 sen
very cheap, and although he promises the beet
still when the work is being done the different
grades Of stock will be used according al the
with his want Of experience cannot detect the
found the best and at the lowest rates aud 81
buyers want the cheaper grades, the prices viii
be lowered accordingly, but mind YOU the diff
ference will be fairly pointed ont ana yoU ,rfit
not be made to believe that you are getting tie
best instead Of the cheaper kind. In buying
marble work Il Is very important that Won
be suited. II is not an article 70 be cast aside h
not liked, and II not suited you viii always re-
oref II Place no con dence Ga for,I, rts,,s' 49,.
mers @p make themselves 80 offensive by beg.
ging and teazing you to buy Of them. They
will promise you anything and everything 90 in
duce you to buy.
BY visiting our works you will save money
and also get job that viii give you satisfaction
in ALL respects. II inc0nvenient 10 come and
see us, drop us line when you aroready 20 buy
and VIC will call on you with our designs and
give you prices. BY doing this you cannot lose
anything but you may gain considerable.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27
Scribner for 1874.

The unexampled favor accorded to this Maga-
zine by the public, enables us to enter upon the
coming year with the means of making il more
and valuable than ever before to its
large and increasing number of readers on both
sides of the Atlantic. The Serial Story of the
year
KATHERINE EARLE,
by Miss Trafton, is charming Love Story by a
gifted writer, which is destined to a wide popu-
larity.
There will be brilliant novelties and the hest
short stories, by SAKE Holm, Bret Harte, and
other delightful story-tellers.
A series of striking and unique poems with
Taylor, known for his brilliant contributions
to the Western Press, will sing TO US again the
music of the Spinning Wheel, The Fail The
Stage Coach, The Mill etc.
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Amer
ican Authors; Papers on Dairy Farming and
Stock Raising in Europe, on Household Deeora-
tion and Furniture, besides more than fifty 9TH
er illustrated articles are now in preparation.
The splendid series,
1.-THE GREAT SOUTH"
the most important and expensive series OF Illus
trRted Papers ever undertaken by any Magazine,
will be continued through the year. In the De-
cember number we complete the papers on
Louisiana. The next in order will be The Lone
Star State; The Mountain Regions of the South;
The Iron Regions of Missouri, &c, &c. These
with the Essays and Editorial Discussions Of
Literature, Science and Art, Sketches Of Travel,
occasional Poems and Etehings, will make up a
Magazine of Christian Literature designed 10 be
"THE BEST IN THE WORLD"
The December Number (now ready has an
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ment, by DR.. Atwater, poems by Bret. Harte,
Macdonald and others; The continuation Of the
two Serial Stories, Shorter Stories, Splendid IL
lustrations of New Orleans, the Paris of Ameri-
ca; etc
Editorials by large and able corpse of wri-
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which he replies TO "Some Religious Newspa-
pers; laughRble Etching, &C., &c. An enter
tanning number.
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27
Novel Explosion.

Mr.. George w. Strong, living at Lo-
gan, Ohio, bought, some time since. a
new cook stove. After it had been in
use few days, Mrs. s. kindled FIRE in
the stove preparatory to getting supper,
one evening, and as she was about ieay-
ing, terri BILE explosion took place, blow
ing pots, kettles, stove-lids, &C., about
the room promiscuously, and creating
great sensation in the neighborhood. but
luckily, doing no further damage.
1t was afterward ascertained that the
explosion was caused by powder which
had been used in mining the coal, which
becoming damp was not ignited when
the blast was set off. This powder, by
some means got into Mr.. SIS coal pile,
and thence into the stove, with the result
above stated.
Mr.. s. states that the stove is re-
markably heavy and strong one. If it
had been one of the light stoves, now in
common use, the consequence might
have been very serious.
The name of this stove is the "Sensa-
tion," said to be the best in use, and sold
exclusively by G. H. Stafford, Somerset,
Ohio.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27
Baltimore, Pittsburgh & Chicago
Telegraph School.

Fifty young men wanted to learn the
art of telegraphy by a young man at
Lexington, Richmond county, O., who
has been in active service on the B. & O.
K. r. for number of years, and who
can give you the best of advantages with
the privilege of practicing in a railroad
Office when you have been pronounced
capable, which will prepare you for ac-
tive duty. This school will be opened
January End, 1874. ANY person wish
ing further particulars on the above sub
.iect, will please address the undersigned
who will eheerfulIy give full particulars.
J. T. BURKE,
90 Operator
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

The Illinois Legislature has adopted
an amendment to the criminal code pIo-
viding that the sentence of death when
passed npon criminal, shall be inflicted
within ten days next succeeding the
opening day of the following session of
the Supreme Court. This will give an
opportunity for the review of errors,
without the necessity of stay of pro-
caedinps
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

A CITY OF ONE-EARED PEOPLE
"Ten thousand ears listen to the Cover
nor of Ohio" is the startling heading
with which the Toledo Commercial en-
phasizes the fact that Hon. William AL
len made a speech in that city on St.
Patrick's day. And then it proceeds to
state that "amid the cheers of not less
than 10000 people, the Governor was
conducted to the hall and then to the
platform which had been erected on the
outside of the building" Ten thousand
people and only ten thousand ears! Can
it be, asks the Buffalo Express, there are
so many one-eared people in Toledo?
And if so, why? Or were they SO afraid
of the Governors celebrated stentorian
voice that no one would risk more than
one ear on it, and stuffed the other full
of cotton?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

The Democratic primary election on
Saturday last, resulted in choosing the
following persons as candidates for the
Offices to be filled at the April election:
Justice of the Peace-Martin Kagay;
Trustees-Jacob Costigan, David A.
Finck, John F. Mains; Clerk-George
B. Flautt; Treasurer, E. T. Droege; As
sessor-J. A. Flautt; Constables-Wm.
Russell, ST., Michael Farley.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

DoN'T BE DIsCoURAGED.-Sup
you have tried fifty remedies" and re-
ceived no benefit, is there therefore "no
balm in Gilead?" Verify there is Your
liver may be congested, your stomach
half paralyzed, your neves quivering,
your muscles knotted with torture, your
boweles CONSTRUCTED, your lungs diseased,
your blood full of impurities-yet in
one week after commencing a course of
DR.. Walkers Vinegar Bitters you will
feel like a new creature. s- 4w49
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

we employ no runners, neither do We go he
zilS about the country (as many do) calling on
people as soon they have buried their dear
ones and beg, teaze and insist on their buying
of us We prefer to have moro decent re-
gard for their feelings. We are almost daily re-
ceiying letters from persons outside Of Licking
County, wanting marble work and inviting us
to call on them with our designs, that they may
inspect them and learn our prices. This we do,
and we never fail to suit, both In the design Of
tho work and then in its execution
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

A child was lately born in North
Carolina which has but one eye, one ear
and one nostril, twelve fingers and twelve
toes, and is neither male nor female. It
is from all appearance healthy child,
although it eats but very little. The
greatest excitement prevails in the neigh
borhood. People are coming long dis
tance to see the living curiosity.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

Having lost every dollars worth of
goods in our Store, by the fire on Wednes-
day morning, we desire to return our
thanks to those who have so kindly ex-
pressed their sympathy, and particular
ly to the business men of the town who
come forward so generously and offer
to stand by us until we are again estab-
lished in business. We ask not one dol
lar of any one except what is justly due
us, all Of which we want, and will be
compelled to have, at once. We thank
the citizens of Somerset and vicinity for
the very liberal patronage heretofore
given US, and hope we Will merit the
same in the future.
Nov % 1873 SKINNER & Bro.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

Mains & Bro. will open, in a few days
a good assortment of the latest styles of
Spring Suitings, Fancy Cassimers, Vest
ings, and everything in that line. Don't
make your purchase of spring clothing
until you see their goods. They will
offer the newest patterns cheaper than
they can be hought elsewhere.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

Miss c. A. Burns is still giving lessons
in Vocal and instrumental music, and
respectfully solicits a share of patronage
from those desiring to accomplish them
selves as performers upon the piano or
organ, or as vocalists. The charge for1
90 lessons leach lesson one hour in dura-
tion) is 80. Persons are not obliged to
attend the classes regularly, and no
charge made for lessons that are missed.
But prompt attention is desired.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

The entertainment in the Town Hall
on Saturday evening last, given by the
pupils of the High School, under the
direction of Mr.. Kelso, the Superintend-
ent, gave universal satisfaction to the
large audience which was present to wit
ness the performance. We have heard
some very complimentary opinions pass
ed upon the acting of several of the par
ticipants in the plays, but as all acquit-
ted themselves admirably, and exhibited
much more theatrical ability than was
generally supposed they possessed, we
shall not single out any for special lau-
dation. Having made such favorable
impression on their first appearance, the
pupils should feel encouraged to try it
again.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

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with the rugged issues which anon en-
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American people, and who are desirOus
of showing their zeal through the c~a-
umns of this sheet, are earnestly be-
sought to bring in their efusions by
Tuesday morning. A failure to comply
with this request, may frequently ne
cessitate clay over" for week.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

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The reason that people go to Walker
& Russell for Boots and Shoes: Because
they deal exclusively in that line, and
of course can sell cheaper.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

The Purest and Sweetest Cod Liver
Oil is Hazard & Caswell's made on the
sea shore, from fresh, selected livers, by
Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York. 1t
is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients
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Board of Education.
CORPORATION OFFICERS.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Rissler & Linville, dealers in Hardware, Nails,
Stoves, Tobacco, &c.
Noah Swick dealer in Groceries, Liquors, &c.
Rouseculp & Bro, dealers in Family Groceries
J. W. Thomas & Co. dealers in Dry Goods,
Queensware, Notions, &c.
Gutelius House, Gntelius & Bro, Proprietors
Joseph Brown Fashionable Tailor.
Robert Forgraves, dealer in all kinds of Liquors
Robinson & Dickson, Blacksmiths.
Whitmer & Hite, Physicians and Surgeons.
YOst & Groves, dealers in Dry Goods, Notions,
and all kinds of Merchandise.
Central House, Rouseculp & Bro. Proprietors.
Gutelius & Bro, dealers in Drugs, Medicines
Paints, Oils and Liquors for medical purposes.
Frederick Steiner & Sons, Manufacturer of
Harness, Saddles, &c.
Jefferson & Co., dealers in Dry Goods, Cloth
ing Notions, &c.
w. H. Sehenk, Physician and Surgeon.
J. T. Moor, Boot and Shoe manufacturer.
T. J. Foster, Blacksmith,
n. L. Stevens, Dentist.
J. Dunwoody, Root and Shoe Maker.
Peter RousecuIp, blacksmith.
Stevens & Son. Carpenters.
II. Kokensperger, Wagon Maker,
J. Clemson, Plasturer.
J. P. Deohant, Tailor,
Lawyer Bros Carriage Makers and Painters