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Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07

"BUY ME, AND I,IL DO YOU GOOD." Of all the modes of ridding the human oonstitu- and Its kindred diseases is the of Dr. lIAN(sLEY'S ROOT AND HERB BITTERS. They act potent tonic and gentle aperient mild in their operations, safe under any circumstances, and thousands have testimony the benefits they have derived from their They the safest and best spring and summer medicine yet discovered Fsmily PhysiSsn,, regularly prescribe
 Wholesale ARents.
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07
Tie Case of Sharkey.

The New York Ucr0id says: There seems to be some delay about the return of Sharkey to the United States. The anticipation that Shnrkey would be sur rendered anyhow as m act of courtesy by the Spanish government was prema- ture. We, as government, have made no demand for the surrender. We have no such claim upon tue Spanish, and, of course, would not assert it. Between Spain and the United States there is no treaty of extradition, and in the absence of such a treaty Spain can use her soveD- eign discretion without question from us. MT. Fish is understood us saying that he would not make request on the behalf of the government for the return of Sharkey, because this would give the Spanish the opportunity of asking from us the return of Cuban exIles now here and under sentence of death in Cuba. Rather than give the Spanish authorities, in Cuba especially, this pretext, MT. Fish valves the qualification that would naturally result from the return of n murderer like Sharkoy to justice. With out such n request from the administra- tion, the Spanish, no matter how anx- ious they might be to oblige us, would hardly return Sharkey. Any application from the district-attorney or the mayor, or even the Governor of the State, would have no value. Neither of these officials have any right to address foreign power. That rests alone with the Secre- tary of State.
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07
Important Treasury Decision.

The Secretary of the United States Treasury announces a decision of i'm portance to importers in the interior. It is to the effect that an importation is complete when the entry is made at the port where the goods first arrive, and the fact that goods so entered before the passage of the revenue net of March 3, 1875, and then transported to an interior port for appraisoment and unlading, which may have occurred subsequent to that date, does not entitle the govern ment to collect the additional duties i'm posed in said act. Furthermore, the decision extends to all goods transported to an interior port ill bond under the act of 1870.
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07

WHAT CATS Do.-In reference to cats, Dr. Stables, of England, has writ ten book, in which he has gone into is the very lowest average to say that every cat in this country does away with twenty mice or rats per aunum; and also, on the lowest average, each mouse or rat will destroy one pounds worth of property year. We'll, there are in the British islands over 1000, 900 cats; that, %pf1 sannF o sy tCSR ws sEHs of "p nn1
 keep them alive--not more, at any rate,
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07
D,vIs' pAIN EuTTp VNbic ort |,

DAVIS PAIN KILLER.-'Chis article needs no comments from us, but tho real worth of SO valuable a compound compols us to give publicity to it. Tho Pain Killer we keep constantly at hand and have done 20 for Il number of years, and havo administered it for ails of all descriptions, both external and inter nal, and havo oyor found it to be tho best remedy extant. We well recollect ts first iI,- troduction for public patronage; it WAS then sold in few shops in tho city i; look at it HOW the world are its patrons. Sold everywhere.
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07
Khabil Pashn claims, says one of h

Khabil Pashn claims, says one of his friends, who has just returned from Constantinople, that he hns discovered a means of supprcssing olygamy in the East. "It is very simple matter" he says. Every good Mussulman has Il right to four wives; I will have q decree passed that will ohligo the husband to take the mother-in-lnw with thcm, and you will see what will become of polygamy."
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07

We trust the time will come when every one will use Dobbins' electric soap (made by Cragin & Co.,, Philadelphia. It's sale is daily increasing, as is always the case with articles of merit. Try it.
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07
British Exports to the United States.

The chief of the United States bureau of statistics furnishes the following state- ment of the principal articles of British and Irish produce and manufactures ex- ported from the United Kingdom to the United States during the three months ending March 31, of tho years 1874 and 1875, respectively:
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07
LIBEL surr.-In the libel suit of J. +

LIBEL SUrr.-In the libel suit of J. F. Young against tho Cleveland (Ohio) Ptdindedter, verdict was rendered in the United States Circuit Court, award ing the plaintiff g, ,250 damages. Young sued for $20, 900 in consequence of articles published in the P0indedLer in April, 1874, charging him with having robbed his own store for the purpose of defraud- ing his partner and creditors. The Plamdealer's information was received from detectives and others connected with the poEce department.
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07

THE PRINTERS. the printers strike in Washington, eleven compositors left Pittsburgh to go to work there, and Q committee of Washington printers went to Baltimore supplied with $1, 900 in cash to induce them to turn back. In cases where printers went to Washington from other points they were met by the Washington union, and tickets home and &50 ill money were given them to go back.
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07

Holden's Book on Birds, 12S pages, thirty-two ongravings of birds, twenty oi9ht of cages etc., filled with useful information, and should bo in the possession of ovory ono who has or ever means to have feathered pet. It s the only book of tho kind, and ono that will provo n real blessing to birds. Price % cents. For sale by all newsdealors or by mail. Address c. F. Holden, Bowdoin Square, Boston, Mass. -GOm.
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07

We should not hesitate to recommend to any friend of ours, Persons P,Ugdtjc, PWS. They are scientifically prepared, ana are adapt cd to all the purposes of a good pnrEttjve medicine. Com.
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07

ever been discovered for rheumatism, swollen or stiff joints, flesh wounds, sprains, bruises, cuts and burns, is Jotnson's Anodyne Lini- me't. We use it, and always recommend it to our friends.-Conl.
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07

"Is this the Adams House 2" asked Q stranger of Bostonian. "Yes," was the reply, it's Adams House until you get to the roof, then its caves.
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07
There could scarcely be better e,

There could scarcely be better evi- dence of the extraordinary excellence of the Mason x Hamlin Cabinet Organs than tho fact that they are so largely OK ported to Europe, where they are so highly appreciated as to find large sales in competition with instruments made there by labor which does not cost half as much. These are the only American organs largely exported.
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07

Pomcroy X Go. make tho best Elastic Truss ever invented. Address TAI Broadway N. r. Conn
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07

BURNErr's CoooAINE is the best and cheapest hair dressing in the world.- Com.
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07
Planting Fruit Trees near the Line.

The courts, it appears, have decided that a man has no legal claim to a part of the fruit of tree growing near the division line, md drawing largely upon his soil for it's growth and productions, not because the complaining party has no grievance, but because the " scales of justice" are inadequate to the exact division of the truth. It is decided that the aggrieved party may cut off the limbs that hang over his ground, but he must do this with as little damage as possible; which means, I suppose, that he must use sharp tools and wax the ends of the stubs.
Connecticut western news., 1875-05-07

N. Y. N. U.-No. IS
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-26
Scribner's Monthly for April.

One who seems to know writes as fol-
lows about Scribner for April: Miss
Mary A. Hallock, whose designs in
Scribner's Monthly, and accompanying
Longfellow's last poem. ''The Hanging
of The Crane" have attracted so much
attention. has charming design, deli
cately engraved by Marsh, on the first
page of Scribner's for April. 1t Illus
trates ''The Proud Lady of Stavoren,"
poem by Elizabeth Akers Allen. Prof
Wells, who writes about German Parlia-
ments, was himself victim of III far
nous "Mareh Revolution" in Berlin.
while a student in the University ofthat
city. This pleasant paper has a historic
as well as personal interest. Ia this
number of the Monthly Col Waring
gives lis chatty and pleasant "Farmer's
Vacation" paper; the subject being
"Hollow-land." | like, especially, his
street and canal sketches in Amsterdam
lie seems To have been very favorably
impressed by the clean and thrifty
Dutch people. In his next paper we
are to have the first detailed account, in
English of the tremendous enterprise of
draining Harlem Lake. The first of
the illustrated series of papers on Amer
lean cities is also given; Mr.. Edward
King writing enthusiastically about
Baltimore, which he STYLES "The Liver
pool of American" Mr.. Rideing's art
icle on "Death-Dealing Trades" should
be read by every ybody-especially the
Lawmakers. There are three short tales
a remarkable sketch Of life in the North
Eastern woods, entitled "Young Moll's
Peevv," thoughtful and suggestive
story; "The Statue of Life" by
George Z. Lathrop; and "Truls, the
Nameless," by the yonng Norwegian
American, Hialmar Hjorth B"ypsep,
now Professor at Cornell. DIR. Holland'-
"Story. of Sevenoaks" gives us glimpse
of camp-life in the woods, and shows us
Mr.. Belcher MS n confidential friend, and
speculator; and jules Verne's people
keep moving in their mysterious way.
"The Shakespeare Bacon Controversy"
by f. o. Vaile, gives an apparently fair
and very readable condensation of the
Arguments on both sides of this vexed
question. The Old Cabinet" by the
way, taking up the question of Bacon's
poetry, and putting in plea for the
"true and only Shakespeare There
are poems hv Julia e. r. Dorr, Harriet
McEwen Kimhall, DIR. Coan, Helen
Barron Bostwick, and b. +. Taylor--ihe
latter pleasantly suggesting some fami-
liar pictures Of country life under the
title of "The Psalm Book in the Gar
ret u"
DIR. Hollands Topics are "Our News
papers" "the Over. crowded Cities" and
"By their Fruits" The Editorial De-
partments are unu uallv full, and Etch-
ings cover more ground than ever he
fore. We don't know, however, what
the Anneke Jams people will saw nhout
certain historical alIusion TO their illus
trions ancestor. Joel Stacy's verses
about "Carnivorous Plants" are quite
up to date In their science.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-26
Death OF the Oldest Tnhabitant Ofthe
Earth-An Indian 1913 Years Old.

[From the Santa Cruz (Cal.) Enterprise.l
The Mission of Santa Cruz was ostab-
lished by monks of the Order of St.
Francis. The first record which they
preserved of baptism was that Of an
Indian girl named Miceala, on October,
9, 1871. On the 4th of March follow
ing was baptized Justiniano Roxas, by
FIR. Isidro Salazar, o. S. F. Roxas was
then forty years of age, and perhaps
even somewhat over forty, SO that he
was at least 123 years old when he died.
The record of his baptism is still pre-
served in the register of the Catholic
church, so that there can be no doubt
concerning the truth of his extreme age.
Little is known of his career, as he
has outlived those who were children
when he was already very advanced in
years. 1t is probable, however, that he
belonged to the Aptos tribe of Indians.
For some time he had been quite feeble,
and his death was expected to take place
at any moment. Three days ago the
Rev. Father Adam administered the last
sacraments. AT the hour of his death
Roxas was attended by the Indian who
has been his guardian for some time
past. He remained conscious until
within n few moments of his death,
when he became insensible, and quietly
passed into the world beyond. We be-
lieve we do not exaggerate is saying
that Roxas was the Oldest inhabitant Of
the earth
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-26
Terrible Combat with Rats.

The Carlisle Pa Herald relates the
following:
Mr.. Jesse Laverty, of East Pennsyl-
vania, was lately very much annoyed
by rats, which carried off his eggs, and
made sad work with his corn in his crib,
and then invaded his granary and COM
meneed destroying bin Of wheat. On
examination he found there was but one
place where they got in. He therenpon
resolved to kill the rats by an artihce
we'll worthy of the cause. He strewed
corn meal literally on the floor OF the
granary, and about one hour later ne
nailed up the hole. Then calling his
dog Ia Spanish terrier and arming him.
self with a club, he went forth to battle.
"Now, the door into the granary is
fastened with a long wooden latch exten-
ding clear across it, and can only be
opened from the outside, and Mr.. L, on
entering the granary, drew the door shut
and heard the latch fall. He then
thought the enemy was his, but this vas
an error The rats were more numer-
Gus than he expected, and finding no way
of escape, they attacked both him and
his dog with great fury. Mr.. L. laid on
his blows hard and fast, and one blow,
aimed at rat, unfortunately hit the dog
on the head and killed him.
Being thus deprived of his faithful
ally, he would have fed, but he could
not, and he then commenced calling for
help. The rats, meanwhile, kept skir-
mishing around his legs, ran up his body
bit his hands, and one bolder than jthe
rest bit his nose. 1t is impossible to say
what the result of this unequal contest
would have been had not passing neigh
Dor, attracted by the noise and cries,
4 gone to his relief. When rescued he
/ presented shocking spectacle, his face
/ and hands bloody, and his clothes torn
! into shreds.
"When his wounds were cared for. he
hit on better plan of warfare. Bor-
rowing tmelve cats, which, with his own
made fifteen, he, in the evening, shut
them up in the granary with the rats,
and the next morning he found, on ex-
animation, ten dead cats, one blind one
and two with ore eve apiece. The re-
manning two were unhurt, and by actual
count he found one hundred and nine
teen dead rats OF the dead dog there
was nothing left but the bones and hair,
the rats, doubtless, having eaten him
while Mr. Laverty was hunting cats"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-26
The Georgia Tornado.

AUGUSTA, GA, March 23.-The path
of the tornado was from two TO six
hundred yards wide. The cyclone was
cylindrical in shape and rotated fearful
velocity from north to south. The front
cloud was black as night and half
mile high. The rear was illuminated
by bright light. It travelled nearly
due east, veering little to the north
After devastating Camak the tornado
seems to have divided, one portion go
ing east by north and crossing the Sa-
vannah River above and below Angus
Ia, both proving equally destructive, lay
ing waste everything in their track.
Huge trees were broken like reeds, and
in some instances carried three-quarters
Of a mile. The tornado was preceded
by a dull heavy roaring as of heavy n, .
tillery in the distance. 1t spent its
greatest fury in about three minutes.
An eve witness says the senses were ut
terly deadened and appalled,; there was
a crash, a roar, and the mingling of a
hundred terrific and unearthIy sounds
Houses were demolished, and oaks that
had withstood the storms Of century,
were snapped in twain There il great
distress in the devastated district, EN-
braeing eight counties in Georgia and
two or three in South Carolina. The
destruction of property is immense, and
the list of killed and wounded appalling.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-26
A Medicament For Dull Times.

People are winter-sick. What is
chiefly wanted now to stimulate indus
try and set the wheels of enterprise in
motion is bright, cheering weather.
When the cold has been extremely sev-
ere as in the far Western States. business
has been almost suspended. Deep
SHOWS have impeded travel, and railway
communications have been frequently
interrupted for days. Destructive floods
have inflicted much havoc in various
portions of the country, and labor strikes
have augmented the general depression.
Sunshine and fair skies cannot work in
slant prosperity, but they are potent
agents in restoring confidence and en-
couraging generous activity. When the
genial spring weather fairly opens, re-
newed signs of life and hopeful energy
will everywhere be manifest. The coun-
try people will pour into town. The
streets will be gay with promenaders.
The merchants will hold brisk and pro-
ftable receptions. Capital will put its
cautious head out of its hiding place
and many desponding souls will wcnder
what they had been scared about. With
the opening bud and the birds carol
people will take heart again and forget
the morbid apprehensions begotten of a
long cold and dull winter.-[ Pittsburgh
Telearaph.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-26
Professional Ethics.

Must it not sometimes exercise the
mind of the legal profession as to how
far a lawyer is bound by professional
duty to go in defence of an individual
charged with crime. Every one is en-
titled to defence. No one is to be pre-
sumed guilty. But we should say that
when the evidence adduced in court
points overwhelmingly to the guilt of a
party accused, his counsel ought to say:
II have aided you in securing every le-
gal right and safeguard for your protec-
ton; my duty is discharged. 1 cannot
tell this jury think you are innocent
So in cases where the evidence as con-
cIusively points to the innocence of the
party on trial, we should say it is the
duty of the Prosecuting Attorney to
say to the jury: 81 have offered all the
evidence against this person which the
Commonwealth could procure. On
this evidence ! advise you to acquit."
Professional duty does not require any
effort to convict when testimony and
presumptions establish innocence, or to
acquit where there are overwhelming
evidences of guilt Pittsburgh Tele
graph.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-26
Women Whipped in Virginia.

The Danviile (Va.) News of recent
date saws: at is sorry and most un-
~eemly picture which was presented in
our local columns yesterday, of two wo-
men, one white and one black, receiving
Iashes each at the hands of men under
an order of Justice of the Peace at
Danville. The civilized world has for a
long time been putting away and out Of
sight such unpleasing and Improbable
exhibitions as stock and whipping-posts
and to go back to them now would be at
the cost of a pretty severe shock to the
sensibilities of the age. Whipping in
the Army and Navy, the strong-holds of
brute force and crulty, has been abolish
ed by law, and we believe that il is not
disputed that the more decent forms of
punishment adopted instead have prov
ed fully as eficacIous for discipline as
the cat-and-nine-tails of former days. In
Virginia, however, for some inscrutable
purpose, (inscrutable to human reason,
because no man can say what is the OBJ
ject or purpose of the laws conceived
and brought forth by Virginia legisla-
tors the right to punish with stripes has
been granted to the courts and Justices
of the Peace in certain cases."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-26
The Indiana LIQUOR Law.

The Indiana Legislature has repealed
the Baxter hqunr law and passed strict
license law in its place. The new law
requires each saloon keeper to give bonds
of $4,000 TO keep an orderly house and
pay all damages arising under the act
No liquor can be sold to a person who
is in the habit of becoming intoxicated,
or after notice served by his friends for
bidding the sale to him; pnblic drunken
ness Is made misdemeanor; selling with
out license is punishable by fine and
imprisonment; selling to minor is made
penal offense, and the minor who mis-
represents his age is 10 be punished; the
adulteration of liquor or selling such
liquor is prohited; if saloon Is kept in
a disorderly manner it shall be deemed
a common nuisance and be closed; sa-
loon-keepers are made personally LA
BILE, and also liable on their bond, to any
person who may sustain any injury OF
damage to their person or property, OF
means of support on account of the use
of such intoxicating liquors"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-26
A Telegram in 1914.

The Hon. Hendrick B. Wright, of
Pennsylvania, writing to Col. J. Thom
as Scharf, in regard 10 some notice in
his "Chronicles" of Mr.. Folks nomina-
tion TO the Presidency of the United
States at the Democratic convention
held in Baltimore in 1874, says:
an connection with this fact wish to
state to you an ancedote concerning the
telegraph At that date, May 10, 1874,
the only telegraph in the United States
was from Baltimore to Washington. /
was the President of the Convention.
We nominated Silas Wright as Vice
President of the United States, and the
Convention directed me to notify him
of his nomination and learn if he
would accept it. / sent a dispatch, and
he answered Immediately that he declin-
ed the nomination. The Convention,
however, refused to consider the infor-
nation as authentic They could not
be made to understand this way of
communication, and adjourned the Con-
vention over TO the next day to enable
a committee to go to Washington by rail,
where Mr.. Wright was, and get at the
truth of the fact. So we adjourned over,
and on the next day the committee came
back with the same answer we had re-
ceived by wire! And so incredulous
were the great majority of the body, that
after the final adjournment, many of US
went to the telegrah-ofliee to see the won
derful invention, and, even when the
wires were put in motion at our sugges-
tion, many of the delegates shook their
heads, and could not but think the whole
thing deception. u Baltimore Sun.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-26
Troops and Hostile Indians Both Af-
ter the Party in the Back Hills.

OMAHA, March 24-Information has
been telegraphed to General Ord of sew
eral parties of miners leaving different
points for the Black Hills. In reply to
a telegram from one of the miners, who
recently came of the Hills, whether he
would be permitted to return with rein
forcements and provisions, General Ord
says:
Troops from Fort Laramie and hos
tile Indians have both gone for your
miners For their sakes l hope the
troops will reach them first, as military
orders are simply to bring in the party.
confne the leaders. burn the wagons and
destroy the nutfit."
General Ord has been authorized to
put all his cavalry at once into the Sioux
country in which the miners are tres
passing, and to employ fifty Indian
scouts to advise the cavalry of the ad-
vent of miners His orders are to re-
move the parties, arrest and cOnfine THE
| |. aders at the nearest millitary-post
! burn the wagons and destroy the onttits
A Black Hills Transportation Com
pany, with capital of $4,000, formed
here Yesterday, and proposed to leave
the railroad at Sindey, Nebraska.