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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-01-27

was not there; but treacherous
ink-stand was, the contents where
of, by one unlucky sweep Of the e.
bow, descended in an ebon cataract
over his shirt-front-tbe sbirt-front
upon which alone he I'D depen6el.
"Well, here is catastrol, NY" he
murmured, gloomily, stanching the
inky fow with his handkerchief.--
"However, / can button my coat
over for the present. Let me SEQ
there is that money I promised
TO pay Smithson to-day, and" D
He stopped short; a cold dew OF
dismal breaking on his forehead
the money drawer was fixture Of
the iron safe. pr ilo'o
Penniless and shirtless,-what
more desperate state OF affairs could
his worst enemy desire for him p
There was lower deep yet, how
ever-would he not be character
less, likewise, IL his wife should, by
an inopportune chance, discover
that be, the model of rule and or
der, had lost his key. So thought
Mr.. Walker, as he went off to a
day of perplexities and mortifiea-
tions in the city.
"lf ever I tease Jane again about
losing anything" he muttered In
wardly, as he entered the room on
returning home, 81 hope to be
drowned with hundred weight Of
keys about my neck. It'scertainly a
judgement upon me-" 'Ai
He unbuttoned his coat as be
spoke, forgetful Of the inlsstains OF
the morning. Jane uttered a faint
scream and shrank back, exclaim-
ing: t.h'
"My dear Philip, what is tho
matter with your Shirt" !-i
"The matteri Oh" said he, COL
oring nnd laughing, 81 remember
now-I split q little ink over It this
morning. 1t don't signify much"
ado let me get you another, my
dear" OH sag
"No, no." he said, eagerly de-
tanning her, "it isn't worth. while.
Do sit down and be easy my love-"
But Jane started away to carry
her baby up to the nursery. Just
as she reached the door, something
jing,ed softly In the pocket Of her
little silk apron-she stopped tn
the passage.
"Oh, by the way, Philip, here Is
the key to your iron safe. found
it on the dining room table this az
ternoon-and," she added with an
arch sparkle in her roguish eyes.
81 thought it would be an excel
lent opportunity for giving my hus-
band lesson"
| She laid the KEY in his hand and
ran out Of the room, as he recoiled
invo.untarily from the sound Of his
own pedantics words. AS he con-
templated the cleaning wards Of
the little steel mischief-maker in
mingled delight and modification,
the ,echoe Of James merry laugh on
the stairs reachod his ear like, o
chine of silver bells. -. .
He laughed, too--he couldn't help
it. ...1r - .t..u...... ...-,.
Mrs. Jane Walker was o discreet
little female. She never alluded to
the subject again, and her husband
was never known to reproach her
for carelessness. .,--,. ...,,
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The Lost Hey.

NY uear TniiiP, nave you Seen
my port-monnaiei" 7"
Mr.. Walkers brow contracted
slightly at the words, and he drew
away the hand which had been car
ressing his wife's pretty hair.
ais that port-monnaie lost again 7"
"Now, Philip" said the little
woman, with world of pretty pen
itence in the heightened monosylla-
BILE, "don't scold. Upon my word,
it's the first time I've mislaid it this
whole morning"
at is too provoking, Jane," said
the husband, pushing back the
books on the table before him with
a movement denoting irritation
"Will you ever break yourself OF
this careless habit, my lover"
Jane was silent, looking down
like very naughty child who had
been chidden.
"You don't know what an annoy
ance these needless habits are to q
methodical man like myself, dear"
he added in gentler tone, as the
coral lips began to tremble and the
eye to suffuse. "Do try to have
more thought for my sake. Here
is your lost treasure" he added,
quietly drawing a tinny case cf
pearl and gold from his pocket. 81
found it lying on the stairs, and
thought it an excellent opportunity
for giving my careless little wife a
lesson"
Jane clapped her hands at the
sight of the restored treasure, and
danced out of the room in girlish
glee.
"a perfect child" murmured the
husband, looking after her with o
smile and sigh blending unconsci-
ously into one another. "Well, il
I don't make haste, shall be too
late for that engagement in the
city. Let me see--the notes are in
the iron safe, l believe. Nothing
like locking up things and keeping
t'the keys yourself. If Jane only
followed my example"
Mr.. Walker paused abruptly,
seeking in various pockets with
nervous haste for something which
seemed not to be forthcoming.
every strange" muttered he, bit
ing his lip. 81 always put it in that
waistcoat pocket. Possibly / may
have laid itupon the table among
those papers" T obs
The aforesaid papers rustled
hither and thither, like animated
snow-Aakes, as Mr.. Walker hurri-
edly sought among their confused
masses, but 1t was all in vain.
j 81 can't have lost it." he contin.
ued, in dire perplexity. Sand ev.
cry one of those notes locked up in
the safe, with no earthly chance Of
ever getting at them. But / am
certain the key can't be lost-l
never lose anything. It won't dc
to wait many more minutes-Ill
just put on o clean shirt and run
down town. Hang that confounded
ed key" s,;, a4
! Mr., Walker hastcned up to his
dressing room to complete the de-
tails Of his toilet ere he left the
house; but his trials were not yet
destined to terminate. He was q
methodical man, therefore his ward
robe was carefully locked; he al
ways kept things in one place,
therefore the KEYS were snugly re-
, posing In one corner Of the inacces-
, sible iron safe. n. ..,.t la,
, He rushed frantlcally back to the
, library, hoping faiptly that the key
might be on the mantle-piece, where
, be bad not yet searched. No, Il
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The widows Mite.

A widow-she had only onei
Aluly and docrepit sor;
But, day n night, .r
Though fIetfil oft, and weak and small.
A lovirg child, e was h,r al
The Widows Mite.
The Widows Mite-ay, so sustain'd.
She battled onward, nor complain'd
Though friends were fewer;
And while she toil'd for daily fare
A little crutch upon the stair
Was music TO her.
saw her then-and now SEQ
That, though resigned and cheerful, she
Has sorrow much;
She has, He gave 1t tenderly.
Much faith and carefully laid by.
u A little crutch.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

A CHURCH STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
During the thunder storm of Wednes-
day last, the Reformed Church at
Thornville was struck by lightning and
considerably damaged. Mr.. Irwin Yost
of Thornville, writes Rev. c. w. Hoy
man, of this place, the following partic-
ulars:
Between II and l o'clock, we had a
severe thunder storm, accompanied with
very little rain or wind. Unfortunate.
Iy, the Reformed Church was struck by
lightning. On last Saturday night our
lightning rod was blown down, except
ing about Is feet Of the top, which re-
maired. The lower end of this piece
rested on one of the hooks which sup
port the rod, and this conducted the
lightning into the spire. 1t bursted off
a considerable portion of the east side of
the spire, and shattered one of its main
posts. The currant seemed to follow
this post to its base, and there took the
brick wall, throwning down about three
hundred bricks of the east butteress,
breaking hole through the roof and
plastering The current seemed to fol-
low one of the rafters of the roof, and
took the tin conductor to the ground.
The glass in the tower we're badly shat.
tered.
"The probable expense of repairing,
will cost near 5000. Yet we have great
reason to be thankful that it is not worse,
for expected to see the tower catch
fire; but it did not. Before ! entered
the church ! had serious apprehensions
that the buttress might be seriously
damaged, but found very little injury
te .he interior"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

Dittoe q Hull propose, profess and are
determined to make theirs the leading
establishment of the kind in Somerset,
and in Perry county. We keep ON hand.
at all times, large stock of staple grocer
les, and do not propose TO sell them at
cheaper for cash than any other house in
Somerset can or will sell. Our fancy
goods are offered at corresponding prices
and all goods at close margin. The Sc
cret of the whole matter is, that we buy
all our goods for cash, and buy them
very close, from headquarters. We
keep constantly on hand two grades of
almost all goods. So you are protected
from pay ing first class prices for second
class goods. Of canned goods, however,
we keep the first class only, and offer
them at greatly reduced prices. We can
and will sell BIB canned peaches at $3.50
per dozen, and other fruits and vegeta-
bles correspondingly low. We propose
to treat all alike, and think lre aCM do a
straight: :forWard business with all. Will
warrant all goods, guarantee satisfaction,
or money refunded. Those who do not be-
lieve what we assert, please give US
call, and be satisfied of the truth of the
matter. We have opened stock of
goods which simply defy competition,
and any goods outside of our line which
our customers should want, we will be
pleased to order on shortest notice. We
profess a reasonable degree of principle,
and will not call customers out of other
business houses to come to ours. We
invite the general public to call and
examine our stock before purchasing
elsewhere, and will promise to do some
good to all who may avail them selves of
the invitation. Remember, we will not
be undersold by any firm, and we mean
just what we say. D. & H.
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From the New Lexington Tribune,
we learn that the only obstacle to the
early completion of the A. & L. f. Rail
road is the floating debt of the COM
pany, which amounts 10 100000. This
satisfied or STAYED of for a reasonable
length of time, work will at once be
commenced on the line and pushed for
ward until it shall be completed as far
az Granville. The parties who have ex-
pressed willingness to finish the road
to this point, are easte.u capitalists and
railroad men, and for the aid extended
by them, they are to receive certain
proportion of the first mortgage bonds
of the company. But as condition to
undertaking the work, the floating debt
must be paid of or staved off. To eff
feet an arrangement of this floating debt
which will be satisfactory to the parties
who propose to finish the road, one hun
dred thousand dollars are required, and
the most of this sum must be raised in
Licking, Fairfield and Perry counties-
Perry's share being $4,000. The plan
adopted by the friends of the Road, to
raise this sum is substantially as follows:
"For every fifty dollars so subscribed,
it is proposed that the railroad company
deliver to the subscriber one hundred
dollars of its 1st mortgage bonds. The
same as those taken by the contractors
in payment for their work, the company
reserving the right to redeem these
bonds within one year at 80 cents on the
dollar"
In case the floating debt is satisfactor-
lily arranged, the eastern parties are to
have the road completed as far as Gran
vile by the 1st of June, 1876.
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AcENTs WANTEp.

On. FooTE "a the author Of "1fEDTcAL Cox
Mog SENSE" 4 book that reached a circulation
Of over 250000 copies; also, Of "PLAIH HoaR
TALK" more recently published, which has sold
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CONTENTS TABLEa
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adapted 70 adults and SCIENCE IN 5ronY 30
Ina the thing for tho Young. Send for soutonts
tables and for yourselves. The former answers
a multitude Of questions which ladies and gentle
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There is nothing In literature at all Ike either
Of the foregoing works. " sc1ENcE BronW't
can only be had Of agents or Of the Publiaharl
"PLAlN HOME TALE" is published In both the
gngli'h and German Languages Once more,
Agents Wanted.
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

One night last week the fireman of a
locomotive on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad noticed that the engineer, Mr..
Crum, of West Grafton, West Virginia,
did rot blow the whistle on passing a
station, and going up to him, found him
sitting on his box with his hand on the
throttle. unable to move or speak. The
train was stopped, and Mr.. Crum was
transferred to a passenger train, when he
was found to have been stricken by
paralysis.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

There is reason for believing that a
Pottery, upon a scale somewhat exten-
sive, would pay at this place. The en-
terprise would require not very large
investment of means, but it would re-
quire considerable business tact, COM
bined with knowledge of all that is
necessary, in machinery, clays, ETC., to
make first class quality of stone-ware.
That the natural material from which
this article is manufactured abounds in
close proximity to town, is conceded by
those in our midst who profess to be
conversant with the business; and all
that is needed now to make manufac-
tory of this kind one of the profitable
business features of our village, is for
some OF our citizens who have the re-
quisite wherewith, etc., to pitch in at
once, and get the matter under way.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

A severe storm of thunder and wind
passed over Memphis on Friday night,
prostrating the telegraph wires and do
ing other damage. At Louisville the
storm was accompanied by hail, and
houses were unroofed, blown down, and
many otherwise damaged.
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Western Land Owners

Willing to trade for lands in tins Sec
tion of Ohio, will do we'll to inform me
by mail, or otherwise.
have several farms to exchange for
Western lands and some ready cash.
Also, Western lands and ready cash
to exchange for real estate in this Sec
tion of Ohio.
desire to increase both my list Of
Western lands and lands in this section,
ready for a fair exchange.
MARTIN KAGAY,
30 Real Estate Agent.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

The question of taxing religions edu-
cational and charitable institutions, il
now discussed earnestly in Massachu-
sets. The total estimated valne of such
property in Boston exempt from taxa
tion is nearly S20,000,O00, and the
amount of taxes lost in the city and State
is about $4,000. In one ward of Bos
ton there is 100000 worth of proper
~, mostly churches, exempt from taxa
ton.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

AT last, we are to have planning mill
and sash and door factory at Somerset.
The gentlemen who have invested in
this enterprise are Messrs. Jonas Bow
man, A. L. johnson and John Mautz.
The requisite machinery has been pur-
chased, and will soon be set mp in the
rear of Bowman and JOhnson's carriage
factory. We shall take pleasure in
making further mention of this impor-
tant matter, when the boys get their
machinery in readiness for operation.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

Married in Chicago one week ago to-
day-accidentally shot by his young
bride, while taking a pistol from a va
lise on Monday-died yesterday. This
is the short and lamentable history OF
the married life of Mr.. Lon Troutman,
of WinoDa, Minnesota.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

We regret to learn that Mrs. Sarah
Poorman, who but recently visited her
relatives and friends in this place and
vicinity, died at her home in California,
on the 26th of last month. Shortly be-
fore and at the time of her departure for
her distant home, she was complaining
of feeling somewhat unwell, but her
ailment was not thought to be of a SER
ious nature.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

If man gets up in the night and
drinks through the nose of teapot, and
sucks hairpin into his windpipe, should
he tear round and blow mp his wife and
disturb the whole neighborhood, when
the good woman had no idea that the
hairpin would be disturbed before morn
.1n0
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

Having formed partnership with
J. w. Hull in the Grocery business, L"
be continued at the old stand, South
Columbus street, am compelled land
il is business) to make immediate settle
ment of all my notes and book accounts.
All those indebted to me, will please
call and settle at once.
2S-tf r. A. DITTOF
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The chimney swallow comes from the
South in the spring and leaves for South
in the fall, but it is never seen in the
South, and the question is "Where does
it go to or come from?" One theory is
that it hybernates in hollow trees.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

We had rain, lightning and thunder
during Tuesday night. pretty nearly all
day Wednesday, and part of Wednes-
day night-owing, mainly, as Yost, A.
R., says, to the result of the November
elections
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Now would be fitting time for
Green, Of the Hooking Sentinel to re-
arrange plans for the conquest of Mexi-
CO; or to reproduce his sIashing article
against the "Nigge-s."
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Societies,
/. o. o. p.

j. .. o. +.
Somerset Lodge No. s52, meets at Odd Fellows
HAIL, every Saturday evening al 5 O'Clock
no. ~ D. A. N.
Somerset Lodge, No. rs, +. and A NJ. meets
at their hall, on Wednesdays, preceding the
full moon Of each month.
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. 81.
r. A NJ meets AT Masonic Hail. on the Mon
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Companions in good standing are cordially invi-
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MARRIED-On the 31st ult., by Rev.
C. w. Hoyman, at the residence of w.
Packer, Esq, near Thornville, Mr.. Jer-
emiah AIspachto Miss Mary NJ. Packer.
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Somerset Church Directory,

LUTHERAN.
West Main street. Services every Sunday at
I01a A. NJ. sunday School 8 A. NJ. Rev II. NJ.
Wisenan Pastor.
CATHOLIC.
South Columbus street. Mass at 8 and 10 A.
NJ. Nespers r. M. Rev. ID. H. Noon, Pastor.
METHODIST.
East Main street Services at 1015 A. NJ.
Sabbath school A. NJ. Rev. b. H. Thomas,
Pastor.
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THE RESUMPTION ACT PASSED.
And the subscriber is now giving gold
and silver in exchange for Greenbacks.
bring on your rag money"
3w28 ]. G. CURRAN.
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Has just opened an immense stock of
Gloves-at astonishingly low prices.
Go and see. 20
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sa First quality green Apples at
Dittoe & Hull's. 29
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Arbuckle's Roasted Coffee, 3lc.; New
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Why don't some person take posses
sion OF the field recently vacated by Mr..
Emmert?- Milk is in demand.
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Fresh Beef!

TTNHE undersigned having fitted up the base
l. ment of the Clerks Office, in a convenient
manner, now occupies the same a Meat mar
ket' The public are respectfully notified that
am prepared to accommodate them at all times
with choice Beef, etc, at reasonable prices.
II is my aim to offer my customers the BEST
in my line the market affords. Give me a call.
April %, 1875. JOSEPH ATT.