davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1874-01-17

2eibiAmer3et, 8tl&reresn tes &cpiss, Der:
8ruf, @hrtnbef, Driden, Oiiiterteit hes
4upfta, 8eflenant,ns Der Bruit, teihrssz
Tides Mus' une Ginatbm.n.
@e0en wettltAe &rantGettem
als: 9sRsrie, 8!abunssn, Matterbsidwsr'
ben. s..an-~ ysolos 41t. e---
@esea Dotltlutisteit, 8leia'
ia@t, @elbiudt 6cpf, mnb 0iieoeridmer<
5sn, uebelteiten, Stnmahten une '9er;'
tlcpfen.
@eoen Rartarrb mt Stod~
f&nupfen, Ia bic 9rcpfta hsn ihar'
fen Rodsnben Sdleim auFSlen.
@eeen Nbemmattsmus @tdt,
8auise, remittirenbe unb intcrmittirente
Gieter, aeaen &rant9eiten hss 8lutes, Der
Nerea unb 8laie "9eGE .HtEsa
% @ssen Oylpepfia une ale .paraus
entprinaenbe Rranfteiten. at
0eaal 9auttranF1eitex, Ans,
lf4lage uno lterDaupt, ale turd anrr;.
mes glut berpcrSetradte &ranttciten
6altet Gntr: Blut rein lt1rb sic
,gt1un9bett Cures G6rpers ipirb BIC
Iplge ttiM. .57aia4aigT' l 1
70. Die Gtai9e hamburger lropisn"
toitst 80 Sents, . Jlalden fir 2 Collars,
iaub fne IN allen anftafoigen Mpctbeten
dt babs,, reer Wereen na9 Gmefang hes
Bettases fcfenfrei mad alien 19eilet Nme-
rifas Serianbt bur9 @
A. NggRx& Go. Baltimore, M
GHgrns=H e5erfane IN Mfttrfffn.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20
Fossil Wood.

ED'R Press: A short time ago in dig
ging a well, about three miles southeast
of Thornville, there was found, at a
depth of thirty-two feet below the sur
face of the ground, a piece of cedar or
pine wood, with the bark on, about three
inches in diameter and about two feet
long, in the blue clay. The wood is per-
fectly sound, and no sign of decay on it.
1t is supposed that there may be the
entire trunk of tree in the ground at
the side of the we'll, as this limb pro-
jected out and was broken off by the
workman. A few feet farther down a
black loan, or what appeared to have
been once the surface soil, of about Is
inches, was passed through, and then
down in yellow clay to a depth of Sc
feet, when the we'll was abandoned; no
water being found The locality where
this fossil was found, is one of the high
est points of land in the State, and yet
we find here what appears to have been
the former surface of the ground, cover
ed by many feet of blue clay, no doubt
washed over it at the time of the gener-
al deluge.
How is this fossil wood for oldf Will
some geoloist tell us the probable age of
it?
This fossil wood is now in my posses
sion. MILTON DILTs.
Near Thornville, Perry county, Ohio,
Nov. II, 1874.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20
Who Shall Wear the Belt?

EDITOR Press: do not propose to
enter into detailed report of the ne
farious scene that was exhibited upon
our streets on the 18th inst. Particulars
in this matter are apparent to all our
citizens; the result is equally wellknown,
or will be when our Corporation Treas
urer is checked on for a fifty dollar Billy
for repairs to the Jail, and no revenue
from the source the expense hailed.
1t appears that this storm has been
brewing for considerable length Of
time, and apparently the day had ar
rived to put to test the very important
question as to who should wear the belt,
viz, the authorities or the roughs? and
had it not been for the timely aid of
some of our gentlemanly citizens mot
withstanding the man of the star was
present) the belt would have been car
rIed off by the most profane trio of
roughs that ever threatened the honor
of society; and perhaps we would have
been called upon to chronicle a more
daring and shocking report than it is our
duty now make.
This party and their adherents are
well-known to be a hardened, fearless,
reckless, devil-may- care set of roughs, in
whose presence any person is liable to
insult and possibly serious bodily injury
And the time has certainly arrived
when, to maintain law and order, it be-
hooves every citizen who has a spark of
respect for himself and the town he
lives in, to come to the front, boldly and
manfully, and demand his rights as a
law-abiding, tax-paying citizen, and also
demand the enforcement of the law 10
the very letter, regardless of expense,
and thereby keep and maintain the trust
conided to us by the faithful Christian
patriots, the Hoods, Chilcotes, Fincks,
and others, whose highest ambition was
law and order, and that the name OF
Somerset might be inscribed high upon
the ladder of Fame and Honor. But
alas methinks if those faithful heroes
could have known the status of affairs
last Tuesday, if possible, they would, at
least, have turned over in their graves.
Will the good people of Somerset allow
her once honored, her noble, her vener-
able, and by many her revered name to
be Stunned by her sister towns, on ac-
count of sheer neglect to enforce heI
laws? No sir +! Then let us put men in
position who will do their whole duty
without fear, or hope of reward-and
Danish from our Corporate limits every
thing that would tend to destroy hel
good name and impede the power of civ
ilization and prosperity.
| l. WITNESS.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20
REAL ESTATE
LENTZ&FINKEL.

AAA4AS - A1 80 - AAN AA-AAAAe =
Important to Buyers
OR
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20

The Town Council may, in addition to
other taxes levy l mill on the dollar for
Marshal and police. In Somerset this
would amount to $50 to 5000 year, in
addition to fees, &c. Any person arrest
ed for violation of town ordinances shall
be taken forthwith before the Mayor or
some Justice of the Peace for trial and
for any fine imposed the Council may
by ordinance have the offender commit
ted until fine and costs are paid, or dis
charged in due course of law.
The Town Council of any Incorpora-
ted Village within this state having a
population less than two thousand and
not less than 1000, may, upon the petit
tion of a majority of the persons repre-
senting the majority of the taxable
property in said village, expend any
sum not exceeding $4,000, in the i'm
provement of highways leading into
said town and with consent of turnpike
company make any improvement or re-
pair to SAID pike within the corporate
limits.
1t may levy 10 mills on the dollar each
year for constructing sewers.
1t may buy or appropriate not exceed
ing 90 acres of land for cemetery pur-
poses within 2 miles of the corporate
limits, and levy ? mills on the dollar
each year for establishment of the
grounds, and may lay off said grounds
into sections, plat, and number the
same, &C., &c.
To levy a tax of 2 per cent on the
property of the village to pay for and
embellish cemeteries, and to unite with
trustees of township, in the purchase OF
100 acres of land for cemetery purposes
at cost not exceeding $4,000, and to
sell lots to pay expenses, &c. To pur-
chase old cemetery grounds, &c.
From the foregoing, predicated upon
the statutes, It will be observed the city
fathers have no mean prerogatives con-
fered upon them, and all the powers
they have strange, to say, are to be exer-
cised without pay or reward.
In searching the statutes we are sorry
to find the power conferred upon the
county commissioners by the law of last
winter.to hire out offenders to work out
their fines and penalties is not also con-
ferred upon the town authorities. The
power to make to few "fast lads" work
on the chain gang in our Incorporated
Village would deter scores of them from
being ''too fast" and induce them to ego
slow" There are those in every vii
lage who seem to be out of employment
and that can idle brain is the DEVILS
workshop" is illustrated too frequently
not to desire method of giving some
of them profitable Employment.
1 OBSERVER.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20
For the PRESS.
The Reign OF Terror.
tIDAC AIH KJIO HIOHN'
OBSERVER,

Do the citizens of Somerset realize
that they are gradually drifting into this
condition of affairs?
When six or seven roughs can, with
impunity, perambulate our streets in
midday, whooping, yelling and cursing,
and using the most obscene language in
the presence of our wives, sisters, and
children; and when the officers attempt
to arrest them, or feebly demonstrate
with them in regard to their rowdyism
and vulgarity, the whole gang band to-
gether and defy officers and law, stone
the Marshal, and swear that none of
rorism it is impossible to find it.
1t has been my fortune to live in al
most balf the States of this Union, and
have spent several years on the frontiers
of civilization, where rodyism and MUIR
der were the order of the day, but
have never seen the place yet that sur
passes our town for rowdyism for the
last six or eight months.
The fact Is it is the question here now
"have the roughs got possession or not?''
and it came within a trifie of being de-
cided in their favor last Tuesday after
noon. Fortunately, the oldest offender
was, after some effort, secured and lodg-
ed in Jail. Another notorious character
escaped by running, and the riot was
for the time being, crushed. AS an in
stance of this miserable creatures doings
1 will mention that few days ago he
met an innocent country boy, not more
than fifty yaads from the Public Square
and with no provocation whatever, beat
the boy with stones until i. was thought
his skull was fractured, and / am in
formed that he is yet under medical
treatment.
Why are not such scenes witnessed iT
other places-Zanesville Lancaster ant
Columbus? The reason must be that il
other places rowdies are more severely
dealt with. What do they care for thu
paltry fine of five or six dollars? WHY
not imprison and fine to the full exten
of the law? l say, suppress disorde
and lawlessness, if it cost life and whel
an officer hasn't the nerve to do that, h,
should resign. Our town must go dowl
if this condition of affairs is allowed t.
go unchecked. Who will buy property
or who desires to live where the law i
treated with contempt, and the officer
defed? If the roughs beat us in thi
fight, for one, will pack my traps ant
leave as pleasant a town, in other respects
as any in Ohio, and go to parts wher
they don't have it all their own way.
. q
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20
SOmerRet Poetry.

A genius in our midst has n machine
which, when properly manipulated, will
grind out first class article of poetry,
as the following specimen of its work
abundantly attests:
A Drake is a very pretty bird,
And makes noise so he can be heard
We have a Drake that is 8 feet 10 in
height
And is big in body, and also very polite
Mr. Drake, he kinder makes it hot;
He puts the prices to the dot
And tells the people to partake
And not forget the man called Drake.
But there comes another man,
Heis mighty tall and slender;
He is making things go
In style that is kinder goosey gander.
johnson, he pretends to say,
His goods is coming every day;
And slay he will at any price,
So go in now and get your prints.
Yost, he comes and now begins
To make the thing look pretty thin
He quotes his prints at 5 and says
| Popcorn cheap, and horse feed in.
Mohler & Denison, l believe it is true,
Is preparing to make big fuss too,
So go in boys and have some fun,
With all the rest ere the panic's done
Now Martin says the folly's begun,
And these boys think they'll have some
fun;
But Martins head is pretty level
And he knows how to keep out of trou-
| bic.
So these are all the dry goods men,
And this the last drop on my pen,
Go one and all, and take the prize
And be careful they don't cheat you Ou
of your eyes.
Now if any body can beat the above
let him or her come on.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20
Arthur's illustrated Home Magazine

Bright, cheerful, earnest and progress
sive, the "HoBrE" takes rank with the best
periodicals of the day. II ia that cheap
est irst-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 I. $. Arthur, will be commenced in
the January number of the Home Ma
gazine.
"My Girls and T." A series Of pleas
ant, chatty paper, a sensible and good, TO
be commenced in the January number.
Butterick's newest patterns for lRdies'
and children's dresses are given by spc-
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 70 every
member Of the family, young and old,
than any other magazine Published.
10 cents viii procure q specimen copy
Of "Arthur's illustrated Home Maga-
zine" Send for enc.
T. s. ARTHUR & SoN,
Philadelphia, Pa
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20
THE BEST PAPERl TRY ITH
Beautifully Illustrated.

The Scientific american now in its 2Oth
year, enjoys the widest circulation Of
any weekly newspaper Of the kind in the
world. A new volume commences Jan
uary 3, 1874.
Its contents embrace the latest and
most interesting information pertaining
to the Industrial, Mechanical, and Scien-
tific Progress of the world; Descriptions,
with Beautiful Engravings, of New In
ventions, New Implements, New Pro-
cesses, and Improved Industries Of all
kinds; Useful Notes, Recipes, Sugges-
tions and Advice, by Practical Writers,
for Workmen and Employers, in all the
various arts.
The Scientific American is the cheapest
and best illustrated weekly paper pub
lished. Every number contains from 10
to Is original engravings Of new ma
chinery and noval inventions.
EngroUings, illustrating improvements,
Discoveries, and Important Works, per-
tanning TO Civil and Mechanical Engi-
neering Milling, Mining and Metallur-
gy; Records Of the latest progress in the
Applications of Steam. Steam Engineer
ing, Railways, Ship-Building, Naviga-
tion, Telegraphy, Telegraph Engineer
ing, Electricity, Magnetism, Light and
Heat.
Farmers, Mechanics, Engineers, Inven-
tors, Manufacturers, Chemists, Lovers
of Science, Teachers, Clergyman, Law
yers, and People Of all Professions, will
find the Scientific Anerioon useful 10
them. 1t should have a place in every
Family, Library, Study, Office, and
Counting Room; in every Reading Room
College, Academy, or School.
A years numbers contain S32 pages
and Several Hundred Engravings.-
Thousands Of volumes are preserved for
binding and reference. The practical
receipts are well worth ten times the
subscription price. Terms So a year by
mail. Discount TO Clubs. Specimens
sent free. May be had Of all News
Dealers.
PATENTS. In connection with the
Scientific American, Messrs. MUM & Co.
are Solicitors Of American and Foreign
Patents, and have the largest establish
ment in the world. More than fifty
thousand applications have been made
for patents through their agency.
Patents are obtained on the best terms,
Models of New inventions and sketches
examined and advice free. All patents
are published in Scientific American the
week they issue. Send for Pamphlet,
ITO pages, containing laws and full di-
rections for obtaining Patents.
Address for the Paper, or concerning
Patents, MUM & Co, 81 Park Row,
N. Y. Branch Office, cor. + and 9TH
Sts, Washington, d. c.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20

OUR connections with other Real Estate
" Agents IL very extensive, and sided by our
advertising arrangements, gives US splendid OPP
portunities for buying and selling property.
We will do all In our power to secure purcha-
sers and having found them we will assist them
in getting what they want, with just the kind
We offer for sale the following property:
270 acres of first class farming and grazing
land with good buildings, plenty of water and
timber also an abundance Of good fruit; miles
south east of Somerset, Ohio, and on very rea-
sonable terms.
167 acres miles south of Somerset, Ohio, in
very good repair good soil, 100 acres cleared,
balance in the best of timber, all well fenced,
good springs and about 1900 fruit trees; truly 3
good farm at q low price and easy payments.
I6 acres Of land in Thorn township Perry eoun-
ty, Ohio; q very neat ~ story house, good fruit.
some timber, and every thing in the best Of
pair; fine little home for some one cheap
800 acres of first class prairie land In O'Brien
county, Iowa. will sell cheap or trade for n small
farm in Ohio, or town property.
10 acres Of land with good improvements
good soil, plenty of choice fruit.And good soft
water, adjoining the corporation of Somerset
Ohio. win positively sell cheap.
A desirable property situate in the city Of
Circleville Piekaway county, Ohio, consisting
Of q dwelling house in very good repair contain
cistern, necessary out buildings, well set with
fruit trees, in healthy locality and quiet neigh
borhood.
Also n vacant lot situate In said city and In the
same locality as the above said lot; Is nicely situ-
ated for building in good neighborhood. These
properties will be sold on reasonable terms.
August 8. 1873. vini7
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20

A perusal of several communications
in these columns would lead the reader
to believe that some thing unusually
exciting had transpired in our village.
But as the writer's of these communica-
tions have omitted details almost entire
ly, we may mention for the information
of those of our readers who have not
already heard all about it, that the oc-
casion of these articles from our cores
pondents, was a very considerable row
between portion of the "Authorities"
and body of "the boys,p which occur
red on Tuesday afternoon last, and is
called by some the battle of Lundy' s
Lane, because the most animating part
of the fracas occurred in the alley rum
ming west from the rear of the Town
Hall. The Marshal had captured a
prisoner and as he was conducting him
to the lookup, friends of the prisoner in
terfered to rescue him, and after a great
deal of ground-and-lofty tumbling on
the party of the Marshal, prisoner and
rescuers, the Marshal yielded, and the
prisoner and his aids took up position
in the alley, vociferously calling for the
Marshal and the balance of the town to
come on, A number of citizens, arm
ed with bricks, stones, clubs, etc, after
some persuasion by the Marshal, accept
ed the invitation. By daring eoMp dt
grace by two or three of the holder citi-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20
book accounts 1Cith either

zen-soldiery, two of the offenders were
gobbled, and the other, energetically
pursued, fed the scene. The captured
parties were rushed into Jail with a
whereas. But during the night, some
outsider supplied them with tools, and
after some healthy exercise in digging,
they emerged into the open air. with a
whoop Of triumph that awoke the echoes
for squares around. Since which time
they have made themselves measurably
scarce on the busy thoroughfares of the
village.
While all such disgraceful demon
strations are to be deprecated, and should,
of course, be promptly put down, and
the offenders punished, we hardly think
that they are so frequent or so grave as to
warrant the assertion that our village is
rery much worse than other towns.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20

As will be seen by a notice in another
column, an election has been authorized
to take place on Tuesday, December 1st
1874, to fill vacancy in the Marshals Office
occasioned by the resignation of George
w. Brown. The kind of man needed
in this office is one who has considera-
BILE nerve and much GOODNESS; one who
will not be too eager to arrest men for
trivial affairs, but who when he does at
tempt an arrest will make it, without
any ifs or ands about it. And he ought
to be free from a disposition to favor
some while he is severe with others.
Such an officer, promptly assisted by
citizens when he calls for assistance,
could maintain very respectable de-
gree order in our village. And such an
one we trust our citizens will elect on
the day named.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20

1t is thought that more goods were
sold in Somerset on last Saturday than
ever before in one day since the town
took its place among the nations of the
earth. The business houses were crowd
ed throughout the day-and the throng
kept the statesmen on the jump contin-
ually. It is said that johnson and
Drake came down early in the morning
to see that the campaign was opened
out according to Gunter, and were at
once pressed into service without any
breakfast, and were kept down to it, till
the roosters commenced growing the
following night. So great was their ex-
haustion towards noon that they were
necessitated to take in small cargo OF
refreshments in the shape of bologna
sausage and pretzels-minus beer, after
which they measured off miles of calico
till late in the night as aforesaid.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20
for CASH, 1Ce 1c0uld res
lCiU please call and settle
Fruit Trees.

wish to say TO all those desiring to
plant fruit trees this coming fall that l
have the largest and best stock of Trees
and Plants ever grown in Perry county,
my Apple and Peach consisting of one
hundred varieties, are very fine. Pear
Plum and Cherry, large and we'll grown.
Also large stock of small fruit plants,
such as Strawberries, Raspberries, Black
berries, Grape Vines, &c. Call on me
at the Perry Nursery, two miles north
of Somerset, or address me at Somerset,
Ohio. S. NJ. LENTZ, Prop'r.
16-tf
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20

All kinds of marketable country pro-
duce taken in exchange for goods or
work at the Clothing Store of Mains &
Bro. A variety of goods and trimmings
on hand suitable for Mems Youths and
Children's clothing, good and cheap.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

\ Grange was organized at New Read
ing on Thursday evening, the 18th in
slant, by Mr.. w. NJ. Funk, of Bremen,
Ohio. Sixteen persons united with the
order. Carlisle CIum was elected Mas
ter, and MIR. E Lee Arnold, Secretary.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20

For SALE.-Cheap for CASH.
Barouche, 5 Buggies, 1 Spring Wagon,
A Sleighs, 5 Horses, Harness, Brides,
and Saddles, Blankets, Robes, Bells, etc,
and everything connected with livery.
Will sell or trade. Call on or address.
G. w. BROWN,
Somerset, Ohio.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20

WANTED.-$150O from parties whose
accounts are past due. We are selling
now strictly for cash at greatly reduced
prices and desire speedy adjustment of
all past due accounts at once.
Respectfully, &c.
J. c. CURRAN.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20
Wanted.

As am anxious to purchase property
near the Public Square, will sell my
residence on North Columbus street, on
reasonable terms. New house, good sta
bic, smoke-house, cistern, and all other
conveniences. have also a second hand
buggy as good as new for sale-cheap.
20 H. C. GREINER.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20

The robbers who stole safe from an
express Office in Cincinnati, an account
of whichsis given in another column,
have all been captured, and the money
nearly all recovered.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20

Orders for the conveyance of passen-
gers or goods to and from the depot may
be left at either Walker & Russell's or
James w. Graves shoe store. Orders
will be promptly attended to at reasona-
BILE charges. BENJAMIN SPENCER.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20

MARRIED-At the home Of the brides
mother, Nov. 19, 1874, by the Rev. B.
T. Thomas, Mr.. James w. Graves and
Miss Kate NJ. Folk.