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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13
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Novel Explosion.

Mr.. George W. Strong, living at Lee
gan, Ohio, bought, some time since, a
new cook stove. After it had been in
use a few days, Mrs. S. kindled a fire in
the stove preparatory to getting supper,
one evening, and as she was about Ieav-
ing, terrible explosion took place, blow
ing pots, kettles, stove-lids, &c, about
the room promiscuously, and creating a
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 of. 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 a 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.. II. Stafford, Somerset,
OHIO.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

\ very ingenious system of bank rob-
berry has been discovered at Copenhagen.
One of the tellers of the National Bank
of that city, who was specially charged
with the counting and checking of the
old notes which were to be destroyed,
managed by a clever manipulation to
tear out piece of each note in such a
manner that out of the fragments of
about ten notes he made a whole one
by cumming the pieces together. These
notes he placed between the other, alb
stracting genuine note for the false
cred by accident, and the teller was ar
rested.
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what it Costs to Maintain Bad Road.

The following, from the Hooking Sen
tineI of last week, is novel but forcible
argument in favor Of good roads:
"There are about one thousand miles
of public roads in Hooking county. In
addition to the two days labor, equal to
$4,000, there are expended $4,000 in
rood tax, amounting in all to $4,000
worth of work each year on the roads in
this county. Now under the present
condition of our roads, there is no sane
man who will not admit, that after all
the labor of last year,-the expenditure
of $10,000,-these roads are no better
than before. Indeed, if any change, the
roads are worse. How long are we tc
continue to rcaste $4,000 per year fool
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

Elder S. Gordon writes to the Bar
louisville (Ky.) Mountain Echo: ~
wish to say that I have labored as q
minister Of the Gospel for the last thir.
teen years; have travelled over several
mountain countries, and have baptized
over one thousand persons, and assisted
in organizing several churches, and il
/all that time have received but ten dol
lars, which was given me be GREASY
Creek Church"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

1t costs money ~ furnish Runners with hor-
ses and buggies which added 10 the commissions
paid them makes large item and the buyer has
to pay IT. There is no getting around this fact
although the runner (teazer) vohemently pro-
tests that HE viii sell cheaper than any body
else and just here comes in the secret Of the
transaction which very few understand, to-wii.
The market prices If Foreign and American Mar
bles vary from twenty % fifty per cent, being
graded as No. l., 2, ., average and common
Now when runner finds 60 necessary to sell
very cheap, and although he promises the best,
still when the work is being done tho different
grades Of stock viii be used according ns the
price demands and when delivered the buyer
with his want Of experience cannot detect the
difference In our ware rooms can always be
found the best aud at the lowest rates, ana q
buyers want the cheaper grades, the prices VIII
be lowered accordingly, but mind you, the diff
ference viii be fairly pointed out and you viii
not be made 10 believe that you are getting the
best instead Of the cheaper kind In buying
marble work II is very important that you
be suited It Is not an article 10 be cast aside 81
not liked, and II not suited you viii always re-
gret it. Place no confidence in tomb stone bum
mers who make themselves 90 offensive by beg
ging and teazing you to buy Of them. They
will promise you any thing and every thing 20 in-
duce YOU to buy.
By visiting our works you viii save money
and also get job that viii give you satisfaction
in ALL respects. II inconvenient to come and
see us, drop us cline when you are ready 70 buy,
and We win call on you with our designs and
give you prices. BY doing this you cannot lose
anything hut you may rnin considerable.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

OUR connections with other Real Estate
" Agents is very extensive and aided 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
Of title they want.
We offer for sale the following property:
270 acres of first class farming and grazing
land, with good buildings, plentyof water and
timber, also an abundance OF good fruit; miles
south east of Somerset. Ohio, and on very rea-
sonabie terms
167 acres miles south of Somerset, Ohio, in
very good repair, good soil, 100 acres cleared,
balance in the best Of mber, all well fenced,
good springs and about 1900 fruit trees; truly
good farm at a low price and easy payments.
16 acres of land in Thorn township Perry eoun-
ty, Ohio; very neat y story house, good fruit.
some timber, and every thing in the best Of T
pair; fine little home for some one cheap
800 acres of first class prairie land in O'Brien
county, Iowa, will sell cheap trade for a 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. viii positively sell cheap.
A desirable property situate in the city Of
Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio, consisting
of a dwelling house in very good repair contain
cistern, necessary out buildings, well set with
fruit trees, in healthy locality and quiet neigh
borhood.
Also a vacant lot situate i'm said city and in the
same locality the above said lott is nicely stu
ated for building in a good neighborhoOd. These
properties will be sold on reasonable terms.
August s, 1873. vin17
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Baltimore, Pittsburgh & Chicago
Telegraph School.

Fifty young men wanted to learn the
art of telegraphy by young man at
Lexington, Richmond county, o., who
has been in active service on the B. & o.
r. 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
.;ect, will please address the undersigned
who will eheerfulIy give full particulars
J. F. BURKE,
IS Operator.
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Black Tea 25 cents per quarter; by
pound 80 cents at Darst's.

Quite number of ladies in this place,
took an active part in rendering the
Fair Supper asuccess, and as is usually
the case when they unite to accomplish
certain work, their efforts, in large
measure brought about the desired end
in this instance. Now if the managers
of the Fair could prevail upon the Ia
dies to interest themselves in the Fai1
of 1874, we may rest assured that the
result will be satisfactory.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

We call attention TO the advertisement
of Mr.. Noah Wilkins. saddle and har-
ness manufactures, of Newark, Ohio
Those of our readers who may need
anything in that line would doubtless
do we'll, when in Newark, to give Mr..
Wilkins q call.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

New INSURANCE Mr..
David Ansel has been appointed an agent
for this county, of the Farmers Home
Insurance Company, of Jelloway, Knox
county, Ohio-a joint stock Fire Insur-
ance Company, organized under act OF
April 81, 1872, with capital Of $780,
600, and duly authorized to commence
business February Is, 1873. The officers
are J. S. Tilton, President, and S. Hide.
brand, Secretary.
well toconsult Mr.. Ansel. The Compa-
ny is reliable one, and its rates are
| moderate
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13
The Somerset & McConnelsvir1eR r.. m.

The GAINESVILLE Times, of last week,
copies Capt. Greiner's communication to
this paper upon the Somerset & McCon-
nelsville Railroad, which is an indica-
ton that even "outsiders'' see something
feasible in the contemplated enterprise.
We trust that our citizens may be early
aroused to the importance of the project,
and unite in their efforts to secure its
completion. Meetings should be held,
here and elsewhere along the line at
which the matter should be discussed in
all its phases, SO the people may be full
ly advised of what is required of them
to make the road a certainty Persis
tent agitation is essential to give the en-
terprise anything like plausible "send
Off
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

A correspondent inquiries about the
proposed fire apparatus for our village;
and another one urges us to advocate
the purchase by the village of all the
coal-oil pumps now in the possession of
private individuals, as suitable eontri-
vances for the rapid elevation of water
from the public cisterns in cases of
emergency.
These things assure US that public in
terest in fre-engines, etc, is not entirely
dead, and we instance them in the hope
that there may shortly be another ava
kening upon the subject.
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GROWER.

EDITOR PREss:-I have noticed fire.
quent inquiries in your paper pertinent
to the public affairs of our town, and
am moved thereby, to press one which
has been evidently overlooked by your
other correspondent. Why is it that
the chimneys of the Town Hall have
not been pointed and painted? Was
that part of the job abandoned because
the celebrated rubber paint "run short" :"
or was it never intended that they should
be fixed up and painted? FELIX.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

An ex-Judge of Maine, who has again
taken up the practice of law, has habit
of taking his spectacles from hiss nose
and twirling them around in his hand.
One day last week, while arguing case,
he became so deeply absorbed in the
point he was making, that instead of ta-
king his spectacles, he took large cork
screw from his pocket and fourished il
about for some time, to the infinits
amusement of those who were present
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13
Col. Warren Filler.

We were agreeably surprised on Tues
day last, to meet in our office, our old
friend and former townsman, Col. Warren
Filler, of Effingham, Ills. The Colonel
has been a resident of Effingham for
quite number of years, and we are
pleased to learn that since his location
in that place he has prospered. At pres
ent he holds the Office of Clerk of the
Court of that County.
He is a genial gentleman; and like
many another of the ''old stock" of
Somerset boys, cherishes a kindly re-
membrance for this his old stamping
ground" and the many persons who
flourished here in other days, Of whom,
however, only sorrowful remnant,
never having a disposition to roam, still
browse, as it were, i'll these figurative
pastures. Warren drank from Fink 3
Spring.
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EDITOR PRESS: Dear Sir-As | am
not in very good humor this morning,
/ thought | would growl little. Would
it not be we'll for Mr.. NJ. F. Scott to
reconstruct the crossing from his place
of business to the Brown corner, by sub
stituting coal ashes and cinders on top
of the stone crossing, that was laid last
summer? Where is our hog law gone
to? Gone to hunt the street crossings |
suppose, and as they are so deep in the
mud it will take them some time to re-
turn. l have been listening to hear
some one say something about the so
much needed fire apparatus. Is the pro-
ject dead-or is it only asleep? Huge,
long sleep, amt it?
Well as l am in growly mood, and
Ben Spencer has been target, l will
shoot at it too. don't know about him
always hauling goods just as well as he
might have done, and the first commu-
nication being altogether petty spite, for
have heard good deal of growing,
and Spencer ought to know it. There
is great room for reform and in hope of
| the desired reformation, | remain,
GROwTFR
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

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
who have once taken it prefer it to all
others. Physicians have decided it SUI
perior to any of the other oils in mar
ket. 4w
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

EDITOR Press: The present School
Law makes it the duty of the Board of
Education to report receipts and expen-
ditures in April next. In the meantime,
any person desiring Information on the
finances of the District, can get it from
the books Of the Clerk and Treasurer,
which are open to inspection at any time.
B. Z.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

A daughter of Noah Zeigler, an old
farmer living near Lancaster, was burn
ed to death one day last week. The little
girl was playing with a lighted stick,
from which her garments caught. An
older sister was also badly burned in
tearing the blazing clothes from the
victim
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

As tree planting time is now close at
hand, persons intending to set out trees
and shrubbery, should begin at once
looking about for the kinds they want.
Patronize the Perry Nursery, two miles
north Of town. Mr.. Lentz, the propri-
etor, has fine stock of young trees, etc,
of all varieties
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

The persons who have have paid as
eesments of the Perry County Savings
and Building Association may find in
this paper, an advertisement of some in
forest TO Them
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

A small quantity of three-inch ice has
been harvested in this vicinity this sea-
son. But the indications, now are that
this will comprise about all that will be
saved sor the coming summer.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13
Somerset Church Directory.

LUTHERAN
West Main street. Services every Sunday at
1872 A. NJ. Sunday School \. II. Rev D. N.
Wiseman Pastor.
CATHOLIC
South Columbus street. Mass at s and 10 A.
II. Nespers 5 p. NJ Rev. d. II. Noon Pastor.
East Main street. Services at 1015 a. NJ.
Sabbath School \. NJ Rev .FF. Thomas,
Pastor.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Rissler & LinviIe, dealers in Hardware, Nails,
Stoves, Tobacco, &c.
Noah Swick, dealer in Groceries, Liquors, &c.
Rouseculp & Bro, dealers in Family Groceries
J. w. Thomas 4 Co. dealers in Dry Goods,
Queensware, Notions, dc.
Gutelius House, Gntelius & Bro, Proprietors
Joseph Brown Fashionable Tailor.
Robert Forgraves, dealer in ali kinds OF Liquors
Robinson & Dickson, Blacksmiths.
Whitmer q 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, Alanufacturer oI
Harness, Saddles, &c.
Jefferson & Co., dealers in Dry Goods, Cloth
ing, Notions, &C.
W. H. Schenk, Physician and Surgeon.
J. L. Moor, Boot and Shoe manufacturer.
J. Foster, blacksmith.
n. L. Stevens, Dentist.
J. Dunwoody, Root and Shoe Maker.
Peter RousecuIp, Blacksmith
Stevens Son. Carpenters.
FL. KOkensperger, Wagon Maker.
J. Clemson, Plasturer.
J. p. Deohant, Tailor.
Lawyer Bros. Carriage Makers and Painters.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

The new bell of the Catholic Church
is now in its place in the steeple and
its deep and pleasnt tones are frequently
heard by the citizens of our village.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13
MARRIED.

On the 18th inst, by Rev. C. w. Hoy
man, at the residence of Mrs. III. Ham
mond, near Somerset, Rev. w. Gilpin
of Baltimore, Ohio, to Miss V. L. Leach.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

More fine goods sold at Curran's for
the the least money than anywhere In
the city
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

We keep in oul ware onls LARGER stock
Of finished Marble and Granite Of all descrip-
tions than any other establishment in Ohio
The designs ef greet variety, in American
aud imported Marbles and Grantee. Our gtoo
Of finished work now ON hand amounts 10
Fifteen Thousand Dollars.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

\. O. Sugar going fast al 10 cents per
pound at Darst's.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

Walker & Russell have on hand an
assortment of Kip and Stoga Boots of
their own make, warranted to give sat
isfaction. Call and procure pair.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-13

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 for
90 lessons leach lesson one hour in dura-
tion) is $40. Persons are not obliged to
attend the classes regularly, and no
charge made for lessons that are missed.
But prompt attention is desired