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The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-22

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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21
The Wife Of President Lincoln Ad-
Judged Insane.

CHICAGO, May 19.-In the County
Court the trial OF the question of the
insanity of Mrs Lincoln, wife Of Abra-
ham Lincoln, came up to-day. The
proceedings were based on petition fill
ed by Robert T. Lincoln, setting forth
that his mother, Mary Lincoln, has
property and effects exceeding $4,000;
that she is non compos mentis and in
capable of managing her estate, and
praying for the issuance of an order for
a warrant and venire to test the ques-
com mpanied by certificate of the family
physician, DIR. ISham, to the effect he
had examined Mrs Linloln, and was of
the opinion she is insane, and tit sub
iect for hospital treatment Several wit
nesses testified to the eecentriciiies IN
the conduct of Mrs. Lincoln, which
commenced with the assassination of
Mr.. Lincoln, and which have become
more marked as time progressed. She
imagined she heard voices in the wall,
that strange beings beset her in the en-
tries of her hotel, that she was the vic
tim of poisoning plots, &c Her closets
are full of unopened packages of goods
she has ordered sent to her room. After
short arguments the case was given to
the jury, who brought in verdict in
accordance with the facts elected.
Mrs. Lincoln will be removed to the
hospital at Batavia, Illinois. Her rela-
tives and friends have delayed this step
as long as was considered prudent, but
finally agreed that nothing else would
suffice At the announcement Of the
verdict Robert Lincoln took the hand OF
his mother affectionately, when she ex-
claimed, with reproachful tone, "Oh,
Robert, to think that my son would ev-
er have done this" There were but few
spectators in Court.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21
Fallibiiity of Law.

The Richmond (Va.,) correspondent
of the Petersburg News, gives the fol-
lowing curious incident of the course
of law and love in the former city:
"The morning papers call attention to
remarkable verdict, given in the
Hastings court yesterday. William
James, a married man, and Annie Rob
inson, spinster, were indicted for the
same thing that Beecher and Mrs. Til
ton are now on trial before the country
for. Well, Annie Robinson was first
tried, and she was found guilty. then
William James was tried by the same
jury and found mot guilty Thereup-
on the thing is declared to be ridiculous,
jury trial farce, and the public is led
TO look at the judges for all the wisdom,
virtue and discretion wanting in juries.
In the instance l refer to, the verdict of
the jury composed of honest and in
telligent mem was clearly right. The
wife of William James was the princi-
pal witness against Annie Robinson, for
she had watched Annie and William
closely. Chiefly upon her statement
Annie was convicted. She could not
testify against her husband. There's
the explanation of the mystery, and the
verdict, which might otherwise be con-
sidered remarkable is justified and
rendered intelIipible"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21
Loss by Weeds and Insects.

1t is estimated that the value of pro-
duce annually raised in this country is
50, 500, 100000, of which amount nearly
or quite one-ffth. or $500, 900, 900, is lost
according to the American Naturalist,
from the attacks of injurious plants and
animals. A single campaign of the
army worm cost the farmers of Eastern
Massachusetts, S259,O0O worth of grass.
Missouri alone loses from fifteen to twen-
ty million dollars annually from insect
depredations. The annual damage to
the apple and pear crop from the codling
moth amounts to several million dollars,
and the work of the curculio is equally
costly. A partial remedy is to be found
in close study OF insect habits, with a
view to ascertainiug what insects there
are which hold the depredators in check
and destroy them. 1t is hardly possible
to estimate the havoc annually wrought
by the grasshopper and the potato beetle
for example; and any bird or insect
which would reduce such pests would
be a substantial benefactor to the farm
er.
As to the Injurious plants" or in the
common yernacular, weeds, the only
method that is feasible is to kill them al
their very termination by means Of
proper agricultural machines. The
Country Gentleman affirms that the an
nual growth of weeds in this country
amounts to eight million tons, or enough
to load compact train of wagons long
enough to span the globe. Precisely
how the Country Gentleman arrives al
this very definite estimate we are at z
loss to determine; but it would certainly
be better for the farmer if the weed:
were actually loaded into the "compac
train of wagons" referred to, rather thar
| to have them remain to choke his crop:
| and leave an unweleome legacy of liber.
ally sown seed for future seasons. Farm
ers have only to consult their own ex.
rerience to realize the extent to which
the depredations of weeds and insect.
are carried, and any measures which
tend to even partial extirpatioh of thes,
pests are worth the irving.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21
Loyalty to the Flag.

It is not at this moment, says the
New York Times, a matter of much
consequence what Mr.. Jefferson Davis
sentiments may be with reference to the
American Union, so far as he is him self
concerned. But Davis is not without
certain influence among the people who
a dozen wears since acknowledged him
their lawful President This influence
he has enjoyed largely because he has
insisted that he was not and never should
lie reconstructed 1t is agreeable to
learn that he has finally changed his
tone, and that in 4 recent address TO the
Texas veterans OF the Mexican war, he
appealed to them to be "loyal to the
Stars and Stripes" We hope that the
report Is a correct one, and that the time
is not far distant when no one in the
South will have any feeling toward the
national flag but that of kindly and
faithful attachment. We believe that
this is the real sentiment of the mass of
the Southern people, and that men like
the ex Confederate President are recogn-
iZino that fact
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21
Religious Fraud on COlOred Folks.

Mention is made in a religious news
paper of fraud practiced upon the col
ored people of Charles City county, Vir
ginia. They have been buying extern
sively, at tens per copy, pamphlet, the
preface to which states that it was "writ
ten in Hebrew, and found under stone
at the foot of the cross, eighteen miles
from IconIum, near a certain village
called Mesopotamia. sixty five years af-
ter the cruciixion." 1t is rather a
damper upon the validity of this pro-
duction that Mesopotamia isn't a village
and is nowhere in the neighborhood of
Iconium. The virtues Of the document,
however, will compensate for its little
typographical ecentricities, since the
buyer is assured that if he shall keep a
copy of it in his house "nothing can hurt
him, neither pestilence, nor thunder,
nor lightning" A talisman which will
preserve the owner from thunder and
lightning both must be invaluable, and
it somewhat hurts our feelings to find it
sold for ten cents, when it is certainly
worth quarter if it be worth anything.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21
OBITUARY..

HARRIET A. RICHEY was born April
IA, 1S41, and was united in marriage
with Aaron Danison, August p, 1868,
and died May I6, 1875. Mrs. Danison
was daughter of Gideon Richey, and
has lived with this people all her time,
little over thirty-four years; she has
sung with Won in Church and Sabbath
School, and in the days of the late war
she was prominent a singer in the
Union glee club" Harriet united with
the NJ. E. Church under pastoral labors
of Rev. s. c. Kicker, in the winter of
1853 or 1859 She leaves "A husband,
four children, parents, and many otEer
friends 10 mourn their loss Mrs. Dan
ison had been a great 81 tierer for several
months, but for the last two or three
months she has been very triumphant in
her Christian experience; her faith in
Lord Jesus as her Savior. was strong to
the last. The evening before she passed
awav she dedicated her babe TO the Lord
in baptism and we administered to her
and some friends present. the Sacrament
of the Lords Supper which she enjoyed
very much, and at the close joined with
Us in singing four verses of the hvmn.
"There is fountain filed with blood. :"
singing three of the verses strong and
clear as any in the room, thus praising
the Lord in these last hours of suffering.
She said to me in regard to her funeral,
"Preach a sermon to the people; do not
say much abont me, for have not al
WAYS lived faithful since I Joined the
church"
dearest sister, thou hast left Us,
Here thy loss we deeply feel,
But Ills God that hath bereft US,
He can all our sorrows heal.
Yet again we hope to meet thee,
When the day of life is fed,
Then in Heaven with joy TO greet thee,
Where no farewell tear is she'd"
The funeral on Monday afternoon was
largely attended. b. F. THOMAS.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21
At Home and Abroad.



We are apt to do a good deal of
grumbling about hard times and all that
in this country, but we are in point of
fact more Tavorably situated than the
nations beyond the sea. The war cloud
though lessened in volume and black
ness, still broods over Europe and is liza
BILE on slight provocation to burst. The
continental nations are put to the ex-
pense of keeping up enormous and cost
ly ornaments and even England has lost
the sense of security which her navies
furnished in former days We have
solved the question Of national unity
which so long remained in doubt and
abolished the only sectional institution
which threatened its continuance. We
have still an abundance of fertile land
for cultivators even in the older States,
and industry and economy are attended
by richer returns here than in any part
of the world. The sphere of innocent
and refined enjoyment is constantly en-
larging its scope. and even in the do
main of politics there is pereeptible a
popular effort towards publication,
which speaks we'll for the elastic ener-
gies of the people. We have tided over
the worst stages of the financial reaction
from the inhationary and speculative
period, and the business of the next ten
years will in all probability be conduct
r. IL
whole, this is a fortunate people. En-
gland has given us much philosophy in
various ways bearing upon real or i'm
| aginary defects i'll our political system,
| but whilst we have overcome the perils
which menaced us, England has yet to
| deal with the turbulent spirit steadily
developing in the island against the
whole frame work of government there,
mobiles, clergy and landtitles. We can
| with common sagacity and prudence
anticipate a quarter of century of
| peaceful progress, whilst it is morally
certain that Europe will be involved
| in bloody wars long ere the close of
that period. Instead Of finding undue
fault with things at home, we should be
glad that we came out of the struggle OF
'61-'65 without being bankrupt and that
despite the blunders of reconstruction
the work of paciication and readjust-
ment is being effected by social and eco
nomical agencles. What makes our con-
dition peculiarily gratifying is that il
demonstrates the capacities of a Repub-
lican form of government, and as we be-
lieve foreshadows time when the mass
es in Europe will gradually be prepar.
ed to exercise a larger share of the
functions of government. The develop
ment of the manhood of the race is q
more agreeable spectacle than the dis
play of great gifts on the part of any
single individual. The lover of human
ity will find more to excite admiration
and hope in the contemplation of a wei
regulated American State than in the
} exploits of Napoleon. Let us hold OF
our way successfully awhile longer anC
, the effects of such a shining example
will beneficially operate on communit
: les every where. In conserving ou
own institutions we will also aid with
out any violent propagandism IN recon-
mending similar institutions whereve
, the circumstances are propitious to thei
adoption. We shall thus be the world
) benefactors.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY A. R. YOsT.
DpnnTvrE
Somerset Grain Market.
CoRRECTED BY AsHBROOK & G

EAST LIBERTY, May 2O.-Cattle re-
ceipts to-day were 544 head, and for two
days past 1875 head; of the arrivals TO-
day Is cars were through stock, and IA
for the yard sales, nearly all of which
are sold; only few buyers, and light de-
mand; prices are up about &c over this
ime last week; best 6a@7ac, medium to
good 64@6ac, common to good 54M6c,
Bulls 4@5c; stockers scarce at 34@4sc;
the bulk of offerings good to extra; very
few common on the market. Receipts
of Hogs to-day 1850 head, making for
two days 5,005 head; Workers 81 60GG7
80. Philadelphias $S 5O@8 IS. Sheep
receipts to day were 5000 head, and for
two days past 800 head; best $5@5 so,
medium 81 25@4 rs.
CINCINNATI, May 2O.-Receipts liber-
al and market dull and lower. Prices
range as follows: Common grades $40
4lc, fair to medium 44@52c and good to
extra qualities 52@64c.
Hogs Receipts liberal and offerir gs
rather in excess of the demand, which
is but moderate. Sales ranged as fol-
lows: Common grades So 90@17 40, fair
to medium 81 6O@7 so and good 81 90@
25.
SHEEP-Market firm, but no particu-
lar change in prices from those given
yesterday, the ranged being as follows:
Sheared 3a@5c and wooled 54@6c.
LAMBs-Rather scarce and in good
demand at from 81 5O94 so per head,
| according to quality.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21
A Romantic Story Little Spoiled by
the DenOuement.

Recently young lady fell into the
river Caine in Wilt, England, and would
have been drowned hut for her rescue
by young man, who swan with his
fair charge to the bank, amid the hearty
cheers of the lookerson. The young
couple. very little the worse for their
ducking, were escorted by an admiring
crowd to the nearest hotel, where the
hero was rewarded by being entertain
ed at a party in honor of the happy
termination of what might have been a
very lamentable affair. Complimentary
speeches and high encomiums were
showered on the "lion of the evening"
But the greatest honor of all was in
store. The happy father, in the pres
ence of the bIushing maiden, offered
him her hand and $500. This unlock
ed-for and spontaneous act Of generosity
evoked general satisfaction, and the
guests we're considerably disappointed
when the gallant rescuer, after thank
ing the enthusiastic parent for his kind
offer, announced that, although he
should be glad to meet Miss--again
as a friend, he certainly could not ac-
cept her hand. What actuated him TO
this decision does not appear to be
known. Most likely he was engaged
already.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21
Country School Houses.

The Boston Advertiser ridicules the
tendency of suburban towns to build
school houses four or five stories high,
to contain several hundred scholars each,
because that is the fashion in crowded
cities, where land is costly. 1t says
very sensibly: "Staircases in school
house are positive injury, and may be
very dangerous. We beg erybody
who is responsible to consider that in re-
gions where land may still be bought
by the acre, there is no pretense for run
ring up the school house into the sky.
And we claim as first requisition, that
the new school houses which will be de-
manded as soon as the annexation is
complete, shall be only or at most two
stories high. We ask in the second
place that there shall be no effort made
to crowd 500 or 1000 children into one
building simply because they were so
crowded under the very bad plan of
Boston as ii was"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21
4 Fortune by a Breath.

A very interesting and curious case
has just been settled by decision
of the Superior court of Kent county,
Delaware. The Delaware law determ-
ines that if married woman dies with
out issne her property shall go, not TO
her husband. but to her blood relations.
In the case in question the woman died
in giving birth to her first child, and
the child was either dead at birth or it
died almost Immediately afterward The
husband held the latter opinion, and
the relatives of the wife the former. AS
usual the doctors who were called upon
to testify expressed Numerically con-
trary opinions, some of them holding
that there had been fetal life, and 9TH
ers insisting that the lungs had been in
fated at least once. The case was given
TO the jury, and they decided that as the
child had probably taken single breath
the property of the mother should go to
the husband. Whatever the fact respect
ing the child, it is tolerably certain that
justice is done in permitting the proper
ty to be given to the surviving member
of the matrimonial partnership.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21

To Excel in improvement is the
leading element of this country, and no
other article of labor-saving machinery
has equalled in this respect the sewing
machine in rapid strides of improve
ment. Among them the Wilson Shuttle
Sewing Machine may be counted the
leading one in This connection. Every
thing has been added TO it that constant
experimenting and science could suggest
and it is offered to the public to-day
without an equal for family use. Light,
rapid, beautiful, durable and perfect, the
Wilson holds the leading place among
the best sewing machines, in use. Ma
chimes will be delivered at any Railroad
Station in this county, free of transporta.
ton charges, if ordered through the
Company's Branch at 1927 and 329 Su-
perior Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
They send an elegant catalogue and
chrome circular free on application.
This Company wants a few more
agents.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21

THE INDEPENDENT VoTER.-The
Independent Voter, says the Tribune,
seems to be causing the partisans
good deal of anxiety. The Republican
party press decides with much earnest
ness that he must inevitably vote the
Republican ticket. The Democratic
journals are just as confident he cannot
consistently vote any other ticket than
the Democratic. Neither side seems
entirely satisfied with its own reasoning,
because, manifestly enough, neither
knows anything about what the trouble-
some parsonage in question will do; and
in that qnandary they have the satisfac-
ton of knowing that the Independent
Voter himself is as ignorant of what he
will do as they are.
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21

When all the journals of the country
raise good right arm in the cause of
morality, as does the San Antonia Tex
as) Herald, then may we hope. Says the
Herald sternly: Hereafter we shall
publish list Of the names of those who
go fishing on the Lords Day and fail
to send us string of front. Perch and
suckers have too many bones in them to
allow US to forget that the moral element
of our population look to the press to
eradicate this growing desecration of the
Sahha III
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21

General Sherman's book is creating a
tremendous stir" in military circles,
and great interest amongst civilians
1t is said that his reflections upon some
of the officers of prominence will be the
means of calling out replies from them,
and that the President himself will
have something to say against the claims
of General Sherman. All this will
create a lively demand for Sherman's
book, and become source of extensive
revenue, no doubt, for that distinguish
ed military gentleman.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21

There was a large Convention of Cath
oIic Benevolent Societies at Cincinnati
last week-and the number of strangers
who visited the city on the occasion, as
participants and syapathizers, is esti-
mated at $4,000. An imposing street
parade was one of be features of the
ooprapti0p
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21

The "evidence" of both sides in the
Brooklyn Scandal case, is now all in,
and the big lawyers are engaged in sum-
ming up, preparatory to leaving the case
with the jury. Both parties appear to
be satisfied with the management OF
their cases, and each one, it is said,
feels sanguine that he will emerge from
the muss "vIndicated." What is to be
done with the numerous perjured wit
nesses who testified in the case, has not
been announced.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21

A hardware merchant yesterday OBJ
served boy looking sharply at some
garden tools, and he asked: "Bub. if 1
should present you with hoe would
you go home and make garden?" "No,
sir. promptly responded the boy, "I'd
sell it to the man living next door and
buy some circus tickets"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21
Four Persons Drowned.

ZANEsvILL, O., May 17.-About 8
o'clock last night, Alonzo jackson, his
wife and two children, went over the
dam in a skif, drowning Mrs. Jackson.
Mrs. Smith, one child of the Jacksons
and one child of the Smiths. 1t is said
the men were under the influence of liz
quor, and could not manage the boat.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-21

The flight of potato bugs across the
steamer Jno. L. Rhoads, on a recent
trip up the river, throwsa little light on
the way these pests travel and the direc-
tion they are taking. They crossed into
the State of Kentucky at Burlington
Reach, and are evidently journeying
Southwark. They will make cleaner
work than Sheridan did in the Valley of
Virginia.