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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18
MANt m kN HEIUhIs
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY A. II. YOsT.
Somerset Grain Market.
stock Markets.

CIECINNATI, December 16.-Cattle-
Receipts light, and the market is firm
for all grades at the following range OF
prices, viz Common, 81 25G93 medi-
UNI to fair, So 25@4 good, "a 5Ota,5 so
aud extra SO.
Hoes-Receipts light for this season,
but market opened heavy, from the fact
that the principal buyers have almost
entirely Withdrawn. A few extra hogs
sold during the forenoon at 81 35, but
this was considered an extreme price,
and could not be realized this afternoon.
The market closed exceedingly dull,
with some 1000 head left over unsold.
The few sales to-day were at the follow
ing range, VIZ: Common. Sc 50(G6 rs (;
medium to fair, Sc S5@7 10, and good to
choice 81 5lG97 25.
SHEEP-Market quiet but firm at
from $4(95 for common to extra qualit-
les.
BUFFALO, December 17.-Cattle-
Sales 450 Illinois Steers, 906(d1 All lbs,
at 50 622@6 37R $50 Ohio Steers, S2l
al ,543 lbs, at $4 7596 80; $50 Indiana
Steers, S25(9l, 1872 lbs, at So 5065 624 I;
$50 Texas Steers at $4(G4 20.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts, rs
head toLal IOr the week. 400 nead. NO
sales, buyers holding off.
HoGs-Receipts, 25O head y total for
the week, $50 head. The market is
moderately active and the quality good :
Workers, So 6O97; heavy hogs, So ESQ
I 40.
EAST LIBERTY, December I7-Cattle
to-day, 646 head. The Supply
light, so far Of all grades, with more
good to extra than usual. Prices are n
shade higher than last week, and not
much business doing, buyers and sellers
being apart. Good to extra So 25(G So
81 fair to medium 81 1908 common
S4G4 so stockers, s. 75Ca3 so; bulls,
81 5093 so.
HoGs-Receipts to-day, 1889 head.
Best Philadelphia, 81 1907 so; Workers
So 1906 90.
SHEEP-Receipts to-day, $500 head.
Best, S5C9 So 25 medium, $4 50a4 40.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

A Poughkeepsie youth, w r. Bird
is having a new balloon built, which
will be called the Queen of the Air"
1t will hold thirty thousand feet of gas,
and will stand seventy-fve feet high
with cars attached. Bird will introduce
a new thing in the balloon line next sea
son. 1t will be called the "transforma.
ton balloon ascensions." Madame Feriv
the French aerouant, has been engaged
for the season. There will be two cars
attached TO the balloon and flying ma.
chine, which Bird claims will guide his
balloon.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

The adjourned session Of the Perry
County Teachers Institute will be held
at Junction City, commencing December
81, 1874, and continuing three days. A
suitable room has been secured, and
present indications are, that the session
will be one of interest and profit.
Teachers, and all others interested in
the advancement Of the educational in
terests of the county, are cordially in
vited to attend. EX. COMMITTEE.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

will endeAvor to keep ON hand, at
all times, the best calf, kip and Stoga
Boots, Of my own manufacture, and
warrant the same to the No. l in every
respect. All rips occurring in work Of
my make will be repaired gratis
BENZ. GRAVES.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

Look HEREl-What makes a more
suitable holiday present sor the "old
folks" than a pair Of perfected specia-
eles7" J. G. Currnn has them in either
gold, silver or steel frames, at manufae-
turers' prices. Also, to be found l00l
other nice things suited to the tastes Of
the million. Come and zee.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

From Delaware we have a singular
story about jury. A murder case was
tried last week, in Newcastle, the accus-
being acquitted. One of the jurors
confesses that verdict was reached on
ly by exhausting the powers of endur-
ance of the jurymen. He says that
they were kept without food for fifty
eight hours, and that at the end of that
time, four men who would have refused
to concur in the verdict of acquittal,
consented to keep still while the foreman
reported that the jury were agreed. That
is to say, these four jurymen, who had
sworn to give a verdict in accordance
with the law and evidence, finally con-
sented TO silently agree to verdict ex-
actly contrary to what they believed to
be law and evidence. Delaware occas-
ionally sends us some curious items in
criminal jurisprudence, but it has been
long time since we had from any part
of the United States so pointed an il
lustration of the so-called "farce of jury
trials" as this curious narrative from
Newcastle. Still it is nothing more
than the old practice of Starving out a
verdict"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

A Western paper tells us that "a fe-
male book agent at La Crosse knocked
lawyer down with a $22 Bible, and then
knocked his teeth out with Sc hymn
book" Arm that woman with an or
dinary library of costly religious books
and she will whip her weight in wild
cats.-T Louisville Courier Journal.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18
"AmerIcan CIycIOpHdia. %

We have received the first three vol
umes of this great American publica-
tion. This is the revised edition of
what has formerly been known as the
New American Cyclopedia. 1t is en-
tirely rewritten by the ablest writer's on
every subject, and beautifully illustrated
with engravings and maps costing up
wards of $4,000 The entire cost of the
work will be upwards OF 100000. 1t is TO
be completed in sixteen royal octave vol
umes Of eight hundred pages each. Nine
volumes are now published. The re-
naming seven volumes will be complet-
ed one every two months. Those who
secure this work will have n practical
library worth more for practical use than
many libraries containing volumes cost
ing thousands of dollars. Parties de-
string specimen pages of this work for
examination, will be supplied by ad-
dressing Stacy & Brooks, III West 4th
street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

George, the time will come when
man will be able to carry the manure of
an acre Of land in one of his waistcoat
pockets" To which. the gardener re-
piled 81 believe it, sir but he will be
able to carry all the crop in the other
pocket."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18
The Profit of Publicity.

All who are any account in business,
financial, or in social sense, are ben
eftted as often as their names are
brought before the public. Thus the
great, the immeasurable advantages of
advertising. 1t is the most effective and
the most legitimate way in which to be-
come known in a business sense. No
person, in either ancient or modern
times, has made his mark in business
a political, or social point of view whose
name had not become popular by pub
liclty. Obscurity is the opposite of pop
ularity: and all are obscure who are not
generally known, and how can person
in business become known who does not
advertise?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

Rev. Florence Mccarthy, of Chicago
denies the report that he will quit the
ministry and go into politics, in these
words: GAS there is more corruption
among the Chicago Baptists than there
is in Congress, think that my duty
will be in the pulpit for at least twenty
years to come"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

A DETROIT woman called at one of
the bookstores the other day, and said
"chro-moes," as she wanted to find some
thing to please Harvey, who had work.
ed on the farm all summer and should
be rewarded. Anything religious"
asked the clerk, as he ran over lot of
such chromos and engravings. "Wall,
no, not exactly Religious" she answered.
"Some Of it might be solemn-like, but
down in the corner there ought to be a
dog-fght, or a man falling off barn,
or sunthin' to kinder interest the young
mind"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

The proprietors of Johnson's Anony-
ne Liniment, Parsons Purgative Pills.
ana sheridan's Cavalry Condition Pow
deis' have published readable and in
sructiVe pamphlet, which may be had
free by mail.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

At Fray Bentos, on the Uruguay riv-
er, is great factory for the preparation
of extract of beef. The industry is so
extensive that a population of about
FIVE thousand live by it. Droves of
wild cattle are confined in yards adjoin-
ing the slaughter house, and lassoed one
by one, stabbed with large dirk knife
and dressed with celerity equal to the
operations of Chicago pork-pac king
establishment. The meat is separated
from the bones and run between grooved
rollers, which tear and press it into
coarse shreds. The next operation is to
make meat into soup by boiling it
thoroughly in shallow pans. The fat is
SKINNED off, and the soup. when boiled
to thick, brownish paste, is filtered
and further reduced by evaporation.
The apparatus for this process is quite
elaborate, and great care and skill are
required in the manipulation. The
hides of the cattle are roughly tanned
and exported. The fat is also canned
and sent abroad. The bones are ground
for soil Scarcely bit of the animal is
wasted
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

Corpulent old lady-"I should like a
ticket for the train" Booking clerk (who
thinks he will make n joke will
you go in the passenger train or cattle
train 2" Lady-"Well, if you are sDec-
linen of what shall experience in the
passenger train, give me ticket for the
cattle train by all means. IL Punch.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

Monkeys never grow older in express
ion. A young monkey looks exactly
like his grandpapa melted mp and torn
over again.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

By the disobedience of lad in 1909
garden gate in Rhode Island was left
open, and pig got IN and destroyed
few plants. A quarrel between the own
ers of the pig and the garden grew out
of it, which spread among their friends,
defeated the Federal candidate for the
Legislature, and gave the State a Dem
ocratic Senator, by whose vote the war o
1912 with Great Britain was declared.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

Time will only hang up his scythe
when he is no mower.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

Ii ia useless 10 attempt 10 cleanse
stream while the fountain 10 impure.
Dyspepsia, complaints Of the liver or
kidneys, srupsions Of the skin, ScEofola,
headaches, and oil diseases arising from
impure blood, are al once removed BY
DR.. Walkers California Vinegar bitiera
purifier Of the blood, and renovater %
The system. Il has never been knoun 20
fail. AWa@
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18
Stockholders Meeting.

stockholders Meeting.
OFFICE NEWARK, SOMERSET
STRAITsvILLE RAILROAD Co,
NEWARK, Ohio, Dec. IL, 1874.
HNHERE will be a meeti ng of the Stockholders
Il of the Newark, Somerset Straitsville
Rail Road Company, in Newark, Ohio, on
Wednesday, January 90, 1875,
For the election of Directors, and transaction
OF such other business may come before
them. T. j. DAVIS, Pres't.
F. G. MCCUNE, Sec'y.
Dec. IL, 1874. Sc
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18
NO END OF TOYS
FOR T H E HOLD Us,

ted goods are placed at extremely low
to demand CASH for them in all cases.
to call and make an inspection of
ton in all cases where purchases are
r. s. cox.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

As the prices of the above designa
figures, shall necessarily be compelled
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

l respectfully invite the public
my goods, and will warrant satisfac
made.
December Is, 1874. dv36
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18

Now, want to say word to the peo
me with your money or produce, l will
cheap, if not cheaper, than you ever be
gest and best stock of goods I ever
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-18
Cassin
Ready Ma
HATS AND CAPS, BOOTS
MOHAIRS AND

And dress goods of all description, mott
of Kid and Buck Gloves; and keep on
calicos and muslIns, at low prices. You
thing that belongs 10 the dry goods busi
want, ask for it, and perhaps / may have
the highest price for produce that is
goods, and bring your produce and
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-31
Dccherd News,
DEcHERD, Tenn, Dec. 2Sth, Is
J. n. Nc.

DEcHERD, Tenn, Dec. 2Sth, 1874.
Editor Home Journal:
Christmas week is passing away.
Christmas always brings it joys and its
sorrows-joy to the little folks, to
whom Christmas is always a welcome,
but sorrow to many wives and mothers,
because their sons debauch themselves.
Death, too, brings it's sorrows and
sadness. Our little town has again
been visited with the "king of tcrrors,'
Mr.. Howell Johnson, a young man in
the very bloom of manhood, has been
snatcled away by u stroke of kind
providence. He died at the residences
Of his bro~ther-in-law, Mr.. George +
Banks, of this place, after an illness of
about five weeks. His disease was
typhsid fever Two Of his sisters were
with min during his entire illness, and
kindly and patiently mG hey wait upon
him until the last moment. newell
Johnson was the eldest son of Allen
Johnson, decd, and was about thirty
two years o lage.
Christmas eve and Christmas day
were two noisy days in Decherd
Whisky prevailed, and a good deal
loud talking, cursing and swearing,
and some fighting, was going on during
the two entire days. A Christmas tree
was gotten up by the good people OF
Dechcrd. 1t was placed in the school
room of the Dcchcrd Male and Female
Institute. Mr.. Joe A. Carter, assisted
by a young Mr.. Nicholson and several
ladies, decorated the tree, and a beat
liful thing it was; and on Christmas
uipht the distribution OF the many
presents, (ror the tree was loaded took
place. The house was packed and
TANNED full of men, women and GILL
dren. to witness the distribution. Capt
j. w. Brown was a%uctioneer, and got
off some very good jokes, especially
on some Of our bachelor friends. Sev'
eral verj valuable presents were BE-
stowed-.one in particuIar--a very
beautiful Howe Sewing Machine was
presented to Mrs. Stephen Carter.
Good order prevailed, and every one
seemed well pleased, children in par
~ticular.
A large bear made his appearance il
Dccherl on last Saturday, which ere
aLed quite 4 sensation for q time. L'
was harmless, however, as he had
chain around his neck with a'msn huns
to it. The bear performed very well
Yours, y.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-31
Public School.
Editor Home Journal,

Edltor ilOme journal;
The Public School in Winchester
closed its session last Thursday morn
ing, with speech making and reading
compositions, after the conclusion OF
which Rev, W. B. Watterson, our ELI
cient County Superintendent of Public
instruction, delivered an address ap-
proprlate to such an occasion. Mr..
W. made one Of the best speeches the
writer ever heard IN favor Of II system
OF Public Education proved how
much cheaper the plan OF Free Schools
is than our modern subscription
schools. lie paid 4 deserved compli
ment to the teachers of the school
Prof. George Bowers and Miss B>rta
wilkinson, J for their efficiency rs pub.
lie Instructors and while the speaker
said naught TO disparagc the other
schools, but gave them their just need
Of praise, he yet declared this primary
English school (where the whole Of
the teachers time is devoted to the
incubation Of the elementary princi
pies Of our good old mother vernacu-
lar was of greater Importance than
the other Two schools, wherein the
primary elements of an English cduca,
ton are overslaughed in order the
sooner 20 make a vain display of tue
higher branches of learning and the
classics.
We heartily and cordially endorse
the position Mr.. W. assumes, because
We think 1t is the whole truth. This is
eminentiy a practical age, and what
our rising scions ought to learn first,
and learn Thoroughly, is to spell, read,
write and CIPHER, This is the founda
ton for a plain English education, and
if, after accomplishing this much they
are taken from school and put to work,
they will learn to dc that too but il
you keep them in school to pile on the
finishing touches-ad ~captandum vul,
gus-teachirg them many things tina,
they will forget in five years after they
leave school, because they are moi
called OF to put this surplus fancy
humbug knowledge to some practica
use,) they will come out with such
case of swell head that they will ncvcJ
more condescend to become plodder'
in the soil. Oh, no, not they! They
are too highly educated for that-thcy
must study some one Of the Learned
professions, or be a clerk in somt
store, or run for an office; and this il
why the doctors. lawyers, and TIT
counter .hopp"rs, are so numerous
This applies to boys who are over.ed-
ucated. And, now, as to the girls
when they first come to school: Some
Of them, doubtless, have assisted il
don. 9stic labors at home ere they cam
to college; and some of them, perhaps
have MIXED "Old Brindlc," "Red,' Of
''Spec,' but before they are here
month, they run from a COW as they
would from a mad dog, This is
squeami.hncss hegotten by an over
development Of the prize and vanity
bump of the Uranium. The query thel
results: Does a Morough classico
education tend to diminish tie number o
workers in tie hive and increase III
drones? We say e.nphat;calIy that i
does, and experience and observation
back up the assertion.
Yours, j. n. Nc.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-31

Long articles we could not refrain
from publishing this week, and the
pastimcs of Christmas which printers
are entitled to enjoy as well as the
balance of mankind, render it impossi-
bile for US to make this, the
last number Of the Home Jour
nal for 1874, as interesting as we
wanted it to DC. But, we will venture
all we are worth in this world that
~henceforth the Journal will conc fully
up to the expectations OF the many
new subscribers we are getting, and
those who have stood by US like SOL
dier. in days gone by. Look out, with
renewed hope, for our next issue.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-31
Chancery Sales
For January 4th, 1875.

Geo, w. McMurray ct. ais. VS. LouviSa
GoOdlett ct. ais; and W. G, Buchanan
ct, ais, vs. Geo. W. McMurrNy ct ais,
By virtue of n decree of the Chanccry
Court OF Franklin county, Tenn, pro-
nounced at It's June Term, 1874, in above
consolidated causes, | Will, again, on
Monday January it'll, 1873,
ut the Courthouse door in Winchester,
Tenn, expose to public sale, to the highest
bidder, the house and lot described in the
~plcndings. known rs the Bone house and
lot" adjoining the depot grounds of the
W, d A. Railroad in Winchester, Tenn,
containing about three acres.
TERMS:
Said property will be sold on acredit OF
six and twelve months, except the sum o.
ten per cent. IN cash on day of sale Notes
with good surcticS required of the pur-
chaser, and II lien retained upon the prop
crty until all the purchase money Is paid.
This November l2tlL. 1874,
4. II. FINCH, G. Il NJ.
no2G-iw (olU
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Salem News.
SALEM. TENNn Dee. 2sth, n.

SALEM, TENN, Dee, 2Sth, n.
Friend Skaters
You have, no doubt, become aware
Of the fact that ! have not much Of the
coc@thes Scyi5endi, as my %communica
tons are short and at long intervals;
but nevertheless, | have jotted down
n few items, and will give them TO the
readers Of the journal Tor what they
are wolth.
Since our shooting and rocking cpl.
sodes some weeks since, We have been
moving along quietly enough, though
with subdued apprehension that it may.
only be a lull in the storm, and is,
therefore, likely to break out again.
We however, hope not, iorGod knows
We have had enough Of such conduct.
Mr.. j. W. Trigg, of Salem, who has
been sick for some time, is said to be
ve"y low.
We gladly leave the above to chroni'
Gle the items OF news more agreeable
to orr w feelings and those OF our
own community: On the evening OF
the 22l inst. Joe Boyle. well known to
many in our county, led to the by
mental altar the beautiful and amiable
Miss Emma Mann, Of this vicinity.
The ceremony was performed BY Elder
Ed, Gillespie.
So, to you. fair Emma and kind Joe,
May you no SORROWS ever know.
The above couplet, Mr.. Editor,
sounds a little like Horn Green's; but,
however, | an no poet, nor the son OF
q poet. but as | was obliged to poetic
u little on such an occasion, | hope you
and your kind readers will draw over
il the veil of charity.
Following Immediately upon tho
events just recorded, we had quite al
entertainment on the night Of the %
inst, at Masonic Hall, which was tho
closing exercises of our school, con
sisting of speeches, compositions, cha
rades, dialogues, &c, intersplrsed will
tiue music. Too mach praise can00
he given Prot. Wood and his able AS
s%istant, Miss M0llie Syler, for the ell
cient nanner in which they have con,
Quoted the school for the session jus
closed, as evidenced by the pcrfec,io.
with which the pupils acquitted them
selves.
Alother Christmas has come an
gone, which was observed by the Sa
lemitcs with becoming modcsty an
sobriety
Mr.. + litor, I must bid you good
bye, as before another Of my scatter
ing communications reaches you tn
year 1874 will be numbered with tn
things that were-another year OF on
lives, with our hopes and fears. will b
gone, never more to return. But al
moralizing-I must stop. b
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w. F. Kerchcval VS. James NJ. Martin.

W. F. Kerchcval VS. James NJ. Martin.
BY virtue of n decree of the Chanccry
Court OF Franklin county. Tenn" pro-
nounccd at its June Term, 1874, in above
cause, | VIII, again, on
Monday. January 4th.
at the Courthouse door in
Tenn. expose to public sale, I
est bidder, FOR CASH, the dC
one-third interest in the 3l3-acre ira
land described in the ~plcadings, lynn
in civil district No. 4 Of said county, ad-
Joining the lands Of Gardner, West, and
others. Also, two other tracts mountain
land IN same district--one cartainingN about
40 acres. and the other about 81 more or
less. adjoining Elijah Mason and others.
To be sold to satisfy Il decree OF said
Court, in favor at complainant, ior
the sum Of $l,505OO and interest and
costs, obtained against the defendant n
said term.
This November 18th, 1874.
T. II. FINCH, G. & NJ,
no2G-4w T'G
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-31
Nonresident Notice.

s,mvrel Reed ct ais VS.. James Rice ct 81 4.
Imam motion. and it appearing to me
s,iiiif,N.tion of the Court, from the iii
Iii.,I ;,N the above cause, whiciI is sworn
IN that ,l;>mcs Rice and vile (Sallie Rice.j
are non-residcnts of the State oil Tenn,
SnIhnr line ordinary process of la" cannot
It is therefore ordered by the Court that
,rIIication he mnd\c tor tour consecutive
weeks in the Homie Journal. II news
"anry published in the ,townof Winchester.
Tenn, requiring said Crntrlluan's 20 appea
nm ar brlnrr the 1T Mondtay in February,
1870. tnd plead, an,we "rCdemHr TO lrtl'
dion, or the same will he taEAeh aor eoh,e,
sed. and set for hearing expJrte as 10 them
GLEN. ARLlhpGE' Clerk
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-31

Last Saturday there was consider
able excitement over q huge bear which
a French gentleman exhibited upon the
streets. The poor animal obeyed his
master implicitly, as any animal would
have done with a great iron wire run
through It's lips and a chain attached
thereto. We could but think the bear
nob!er far than his cruel master. Any
thing for money. We helieve there is
u law to punish those guilty OF cruelty
to animals.