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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24
The Romance Of "A Ring.

Some time ago a wealthy and attract
i've yOnng gentleman OF Washington
was engaged TO he married to beauti-
ful belle of Morgantown, w Va, but a
month ago the engagement was broken
off. OF course, her engagement broken.
the young lady quickly sent back the
ring, and the quickest way she could
think of was by mail; so by mail it went
that is, it started from Morgantown,
but never reached Washington. The
gentleman made no inquiries abont il
and might have gone on thinking that
his former fancep was mercenary TO hold
on TO the magnificent ring. But few
weeks ago one of the young lady a
friends saw the ring on the hand of
another lady. Investigation was at once
hegun and traced the ring TO clerk in
the Fairmount Post"ffice. who. it is al
legged, had stolen il from the mail.
loaned it to a gentleman friend in Man
nington, w. Va, who had made it do
duty as an engagement ring for his
fiancee in Morgantowr! The Fairmount
Postoffice clerk was arrested by Govern
ment officials and will be tried in the
United States District Conrt at Parkers-
burg some time during this month.
To the trial of the postoffice clerk
will probably be summoned the young
lady who "sent back" the ring, and pos
sibly all parties connected with it, in :
Guiding the Warrington gentleman and
his fancee.-[Cumberland (Md) News.
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Created sensation because it WAS un-
expected, and like all sudden and unex-
pected deaths excites inquiry into its
remote causes
From all | can learn of James Ash
he was kind, innocent, and well ednca-
ted man of business to whom his friends
were warmly attached and firmly devo-
ted. When quite young he was placed
in dry goods store and to this line of
business his whole life seems 10 have
been devoted. Although successful and
eminently competent in this business.
there are physiological and phrenoloRi-
cal reasons for the belief that his occn-
patton was not wisely chosen. The mis-
take was not his own. It was the mis-
take of those who in his yonih discover
ed his aptitude and reliability in the
mercantile business without consider
ing his mental temperament and COM
pairing it with his muscular develop
ment.
The brain is the physical instrument
of the mind. was in search of the kew
which might unlock the mystery of his
sndden death. I did not measure his
brain except with my eve as he lay a
corpse, and, taking his hat and placing
it on my own head. found it far too
large for me, though am six feet tall
and weigh 10 lbs which he was not
over feet 8 inches and weighed,
should judge, not over 140 lbs, perhaps
less.
The mental temperament. impaired
BY this large brain, combined with a
muscular and osseous development of
comparatively inferior proportions,
made it dificnlt for his vital. organism
to sustain the constant draft made upon
them by brain 50 large and active as
his. Added to this, his BRAIN from youth
up was kept at 'Vork, while his muscular
frame shrank from lack of exercise, un-
til the effort to call it into requisition
was attended with pain rather than
pleasure.
Several business changes within the
last few years, added to the demands of
married life, were not promotive Of his
mental quietude but served rather TO call
into reqni~ition the increased activity of
that mentality which most needed re
pose, if indeed repose could be regained
after so many years of habitudes which
weakened and overwrought his brain.
Some people sicken and die because
they have disease of the heart, others
come to their death by disease Of the
lungs, hut James Ash belonged to that
class Of sufferers who die from disease
of the brain.
Some die from fractured limb, and
there are few persons who will deny,
that the more a sore arm is used the
more it refuses to heal. if this uSe be ex-
cessive. So he who, like our lamenred
friend Ash, has disease of the brain.
will find the more it is used the more
aggravated becomes the complaint, un-
til at last death steps in to relieve the
sufferer.
| write this to warn the living against
the unintentional errors OF the dead, and
to awake inquiry ON the part of parents
as to the best employment for their
children. PHYsIoLOGIsT.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24
Tremendous storms in Europe.
spec ii 10 the \. Y. Herz,d,l

I
LONDON, March Is. 1876.
The present week has been the storm
lest which has been experienced in Eng
land during the past hundred year,
| There have been terrible gales, storm
and foods in England. France, Ger
.saany and Belgium.
! In London many barRes were sunk in
the Thames. On Sunday last a mum her
cf houses were unroofed and many per
sons injured by the falling material.
A large PARTON of the country dis
/ tricIs is under water.
! A remarkable accident occurred on
/ Sunday. A telegraph wire was broken
by the force of ihe wind, and in its re-
traction almost severed the head Of an
| omnibus driver from his body.
Your Berlin correspondent teleRraPhs
that the-gale extended over he whole of
the west of Europe. j. blew in circular
form, from the north in France, and
from the sonth in Belgium.
In Germany the storm caused terrible
| innndations, houses were unroofed. the
steeples of churches blown down, tele-
graphs prostrated, and railroad tracks
washed away.
In several places earthquake shocks
were felt during the prevalence of the
the storm have injured the yunng crops.
and new sowing will he necessary in
many places. Many persons in Berlin
have been rendered homeless.
Your Vienna correspondent trlegra phs
that IN Bohemia and Hungary enormous
tracts Of country and above a hundred
townships have been flooded during the
past twenty days. In the neiRhborhOod
Of Vienna the losses in house property,
railways and agriculture amount to ST.
250,00O.
In Hungary the total loss, as foreseen,
will amount TO 100000 Of which
one-half falls on the agricultural inter-
ests. Sixteen hundred thousand acres
of arabic land in Hungary are still in
uDOdIeO.
The loss of house property is incalcu-
liable. Whole villages have almost dir
appeared; others are in rnins. AT Buda-
Pesth one hundred houses have already
collapsed, and il is feared that whole
blocks will fall.
Within twent-fyour days the Danube,
= r L
iow-water level, has only fallen eighteen
inches.
The action Of the authorities is praise
worthy. The sctnal loss oflife in Hun
gary and Austria is below forty, but ma
ny persons have died from exposure and
illness.
Fever is spreading and great distress
prevails among the people along the riv
er from Comorn to ScIavonia.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24
Brandy for The Insane.

On the occasion of a recent visit of
party of prominent citizens of Montreal
TO the new lunatic asylum which has
been established by the Sisters of Prov
Idence, near that city, DR.. Howard, the
medical superintendent of that institu-
tinn, made some interesting remarks up
on his method of treatment, which will
probably excite surprise among a good
many of those who have made special
study of mental disease. Dr. Howard
said that, in his opinion, it was Impossi-
bic to treat lunatics, and cure them,
without liquor. He had tried it
thoroughly. and found no medicine that
could be substituted for brandy-noth-
ing that would add. in snch a material
manner, TO the brain substance. He
said, however. that his theory was not
new; for the most ancient writers on in
sanity believed in stimulation. and ap-
piled it in the treatment of the insane,
hut the modern practice runs generally
to the use of sedatives. The asvlum
under his charge, he further said. had
heen open for the reception of patients
only about six weeks. and that thirty
two of them had already been discharg-
ed cured. while upon his books there
were the names Of ninety 1.-TWO more for
whose ultimate recovery he had the
most sangnine hopes. On all of these
patients he had used brandy literally,
and in every instance its effect had heen
quite happy. He would recommend
brandy to every lunatic asylum in the
world, and no stinted quantities of it at
that.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24
The Black Hills.

FORT LARAMIE, March 22.-News
was brought in last night, by a party
from Custer City, of fight between the
miners and Indians, on Dead Wood
Creek, sixty miles north of Custer. The
miners attacked The Indians and killed
thirteen. One white man was killed.
The Indians had been running off stock
More trouble is expected.
OMAHA, March 22.-the rush OF
Black Killers is undiminished. Trains
are overcrowded daily with them en-
route via Cheyenne.
HELENA, Mont, March 22.-General
GibbOn and the military have arrived
at this place, en- route for the Yellow
stone country, to bring the Indians in
that section into suhjngation.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24
AZ interesting debate occurred in !

Al interesting debate occurred in the
national House Of Representatives, yes
terday, on bill reported by Mr.. Caul-
field, of the Judiciary Committee, max
ing il a misdemeanor for any person in
the employment of the United States to
solicit or contribute funds for election
purposes, or to canvass in anv election in
any State, county or district in the Un-
tied States. Mr.. Hoar offered an amend
ment providing that the bill should not
be construed to prevent voluntary con-
trihutions for the purpose of circulating
documents ofprocuring public addresses
on questions of public interest. MIR.
Caul6eld said the Committee wished TO
cut of all apologies, excuses and subter-
fuges. Mr.. Blaine suggested that Sena-
tors and members of Congress ought to
be included, whereupon, Mr.. CauIfeld
said Mr.. Blaine could offer an amend
ment to that effect if he wished to. Mr..
Blaine said there have been more cor
ruption fund distributed incampaigns for
Congress than by generation of govern
ment clerks, whom the bill aims at -
Cutting of five and ten dollar coniribu-
tions of the clerks and allowing a can
ddate for Congress to pay five, ten, twen-
ty or thirty thousand dollars, as he had
heard of being done, does not strike at
the evil. He then moved hia amend
ment, but Mr.. Caulfield then declined to
yield. He said that he knew nothing
about frauds committed by members OF
Congress; perhaps Mr.. Blaine spoke from
experience. Mr.. Blaine said he had run
for Congress seven times, and never con-
tributed apostage stamp for any imprOp-
er purpose whatever, but he could indi-
cate gentlemen who have run for Con-
gress and have spent $50. 900 in the cleo
ton. The vote by which the main ques-
tion was ordered was Teconsidered, and
Mr.. Blaine offered his amendment TO the
bill, including Senators, Representatives
and delegates in Congress, and adding
the words, "And contribution Of money
or other valuable thing, as herein pro-
hibited, by an Senator, Representative
or delegate in Congress, while he was a
candidate for Congress, shall, in addition
to the penalties herein prescribed. oper-
ate as a disqualification to his holding
his seat" Action on the bill was post
poned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24
Information Wanted.

The undersigned, being charged by
the managers of the Ohio Sabbath School
Union with the duty of writing his
tory of the Sabbath School Work in
the State, "a Centennial offering to the
next State Convention. to he held in
Dayton, June 6, and 8th, is desirous to
obtain information from every County
and locality Immediately, especially as
to when, where, and by whom the first
Sabbath School or Schools were estab-
lished in the County. A brief history
of the early work and workers in this
field of Christian enterprise in each
County is very desirable. Will the
friends everywhere please send me, by
mail, as soon a. possible, all the infor-
nation of this kind obtainable? The re.
suit may be of permanent value to the
whole people. Address r. COW WDEN,
Cor. Sec'y. Ohio Sabbath School Union,
Gallon, Ohio.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24

A North Carolina exchange tells of a
man living in Wilson, that State, fifty
four years Of age, who never owed cent
to living soul in his life. and, as thu
records will show. was the first man for
the past thirty years to pay his taxes to
the sheriff. Though a blacksmith and
plow-maker by trade, he cuts and makes
his own clothing, and when engaged at
this work, if there ia a call at the shop,
his wife goes to the anvil and will shoe
a horse, brace a plow. upset an ak, or
perform any other jobs in the line with
AS much skill as her husband
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24

Chinese physicians treat hydrophobia
in highly original manner. Two sand
stone bottles, half filed with wine and
spirits. are placed npon the fire until the
liquid boils. The contents are then
empiien, and the red hot mouth of the
bottle is applied to the bite, and held
there until il filled with blood, when the
SINE course is pursued with the other
bottle. A decoction of rice, in which
cantharides have been boiled for an hour,
and then removed, is also given to the
patient, who is required to keep perfect
ly quiet for eight or ten days.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24

EXPosURES.-We are not alarmed or
discouraged by the exposures of rascali-
ty in high places and low, which greet
our eyes in almost every mornings news
paper. These exposures are the natural
product of healthy reaction, the preIim-
mary steps toward the national cnre.--
So long as frand, peculation, and defec-
tion exist, the faster these exposures
come the better. Every exposure is a
preacher of righteoueness. an evaDgel Of
reform. The more dangerous all rascal
ity and infdelity to trust can be made to
appear, the better for society. In any
cutaneous disease, the more we see of it
the better. 1t is before it appears, or
when it is sunk from the surface, that il
is most dangerous TO the sources of life
and the springs of cure.-[Dr. J. g.
Holland; Scrihner for April.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24

A Crow Convention is in session near
Reading, Pennsylvania. IL is thought
the number of feathered delegates is
100000. A party Of gentlemen who
recently visited the locality in the night
found the encampment was silent. and il
they had sentinel birds or a picket line
they must have been asleep. for the men
got well under the trees b~fore an alarm
was given. Suddenly, however, there
WAS a roar in the air like hurricane,
and the sky seemed blacker than mid
night, as 100000 pinions famed the air
Their cawing was worse than a billion Of
locusts. Then large fire was kindled
and the smoke happened to get into the
eyes of brave crow overhead. The
bird tumbled, and one of the party grab
bed il. In an instant hundred birds
pounced down towards the man, and his
hands were frightfully pecked. The
captured bird was rescued, and the bal
ance ofthe army few farther up the hill,
and were no further molested.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24

DIED.-At the residence of Mrs
Nancy Randolph near Somerset. on the
20 inst, Miss MARTHA THOMPSON,
aged SO years, IL months, and 27 days.
The snbject of this notice wss born
in Louion county, Va, She came TO
this State in the year 1888. and has been
for a number of years member of her
SISTERS famiIy-Mrs. Randolph. She
lived nearly four score years and ten.
but the end came at last She was a
member of the NJ. +. Church. Her
funeral services were conducted by Rev.
c. w. Hoyman assisted by Rev. N.
Loucks, on the 22d inst.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24
ThrOat.Rat in Congress-The Origin
Of the Alarming Malady That Is
Frightening Washington.
[Cor,esspondenee New York s9n.J

WASHINGTON, March 10.
Throat-rot is what some Of our learn
ed doctors call the disease that so afflicts
Congressman jnst at this time We have
and Sunset Cox included, down with
this malignant disease within a week
And it was not at all comforting to be
told by the Washington press that two OF
these Congressmen came very near dying.
And then there was touch Of trne in
nocence that favored of Boss Shepherd
in the theory set forth by these lively
Washington newspapers that all this
throat-rnt among ConRre-smen was caus-
ed hy the preaence Of the nnrleaniy ne
groes who daily infest the galleries of
the House of Representatives.
We must look beyond Samho and into
our costly sewers for the canse of all this
dangerous wickedness. These malignant
throat diseased, with pneumonia. diph
liberia, and what closely resembles a
very bad type of ship fever. Washington
has been seriously afflicted with for sew
eral weeks. They are not confined to the
Capitol and Congressman. but prevail TO
an alarming extent all over the city
Many Eho were not in the Capitol this
winter have been victims to it; some of
them have died.
A bout two months ago n well known
engineer of this city, who has made the
snbject of drainage a study, told yonr
correspondent that two Of the main sew
ers were choked, and that unless soon
relieved the atmosphere Of the city
would be filled with sewer gas, and the
people poisoned to death. That is what
is tie matter now. He also said that
the month of the sewer which drains the
Capitol was submerged, and that he had
called the attention of the architect of
the Capitol to it, and that the latter had
promised TO have an examination made.
By all means let there be thorough
examination. and If it be sewer gas that
is giving our Congressman the throat rot,
let the blame be fixed where it belongs.
IL is hard enough for Hallett Kilbourn
and his gang of Washington sharpers to
rob Samho of the little money he had
laid away in the Freedman's Bank; il ia
absolutely mean to charge him with
poisoning dozen or more Congressman.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24

AROUND THE ClRCLE.-Yes, sir"
said gentleman looking man. "the
panic will have to eome-no preventing
il. You see the man just going away?
Well, he has bill against me, and he
says that il will pay him thnt he can
pay some one else, or, in other words,
that if each man will pay what he owes
the other can pay. and that thus, under
the rules of political economy, the thing
will travel round in a circle. But he
don't calculate that the thing must have
a bottom or the circle break You see
owe him, but the trouble is that no
body owes me, and that breaks the cir
Gle, and the broken circle makes panic.
! am the starter"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24

1t was John Adams who wrote: "But
let us take warning, and give it to onr
children. When vanity and gaiety, a
love of pomp and dress, furniture,
equipage, buildings. great company, ex-
pensive diversions and elegant entertain
ments get the better of the principles
and judgments of men and women,
there is no knowing where they will
stop, nor into what evils, natural, moral
or political, they will lead u.s."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24
Early Planting.

1t il not necessary TO tell experienced
farmers the advantages of early plant
ing; they all understand these advant-
ages and plan and labor accordingly
The months of Jnly and August general
ly determine the amount of crop, and a
continued dry spell of weather in these
months is of common occurrence. At
this season of the year the early plant
ing, if it has received proper care and
attention, shades the ground and pro-
tects it from the seorching rays of the
sun, and the roots having penetrated
the soil the crop is in better condition to
etand "drouth" than the late planting
with its small growth of roots and tops.
What is true of the corn crop is appli-
cable to all others-all should be plant
ed as soon as the soil is warm and in
good condition.
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DIED.-On the 10Th inst, JAMES ASH,
aged 43 years and months.
The deceased was born at Bellefon-
taine, Logan county. Ohio. but resided
in Brownsville, Licking county, since
his childhood. At the latter place he
Joined the Presbyterian church, o!
which he has been a consistent member
until his death. His correct deport-
ment, strict integrity, and many virtues.
won the respect and admiration of all
who knew him.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24

The Massachusetts, Judicial Court, a
full bench, has overrnled the exceptions
in the case of Thomas Piper. convicted
of the murder Of Mabel II. Young in
the belfry of the Warren Avenue Bap.
tist church of Boston, and judgment will
be pronounced on the verdict.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24

A couple were recently married at
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, the birdie be-
ing seventy FIVE and the groom seventy
one, and both had previously been sim
gle all their lives. The bride was so ov-
ercome that che fainten at the conclu-
sion of the ceremony.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24
GS 70 con per day at home. Samples
S0 10 SSU worth 81 free. srSsos a
Farm for Sale.
Attachment Notice.
Joel Bowman, Plaintiff,

G. NJ. Weller. Defendant.
Before Martin KAgay, Justice Of the Peace o.
Reading township, Perry county, Ohio.
ON the 2sth day Of February, A. ID. 1876, said
" Justice issued order Of attachment Ia
the above action, for the sum Of S26.Ol and
the. same will stand for hearing ON the i2fh
day Of April, 1876, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
JOEL BOWMAN.
March 3, 1876. dTw3
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Ayers
Cherry PectOral

The reputation it has attained, in
consequence of the marvellous cures it
has produced during the last half GEN.
tury, is a sufficient assurance to the
public that it will continue to realize
the happieSt results that can be desired.
In almost every section of country
there are persons, publicly known, who
have been restored from alarming and
even desperate diseases of the lungs,
by it's use. All who have tried 1t ac-
knowledge its superiority; and where
its virtues are known, no one hesitateS
as to what medicine to employ TO re-
lieve the distress and suffering peculiar
to pulmonary affections. CHERRY Pee
ToRAL always affords instant relief, and
performs rapid cures of the milder va
rieties of bronchial disorder, as well as
the more formidable diseases of the
lungs.
As a safeguard to children, amid
the distressing diseases which beset
the Throat and Chest of Childhood, it
is invaluable; for, by its timely use,
multitudes are rescued and restored to
health.
This medicine gains friends at
every trial, as the cures it is constantly
producing are too remarkable to be
forgotten. No family should be with
out 1t, and those who have once used
ii never will.
Eminent Physicians throughout the
country prescribe 1t, and Clergymen
often recommend it from their knowl-
edge of its effects.
PREPARED BV
DR.. J. C. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EyERYwHERE.
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To An Whom it NAV Concern,

To ALI Whom it may Concern.
ON the I'd day of March, 1876 Thomas Drake,
" of Somerset, Perry county, Ohio, made an
assignment in trust for the benefit OF his credit
ors 10 the undersigned, Of the same place, who,
on the next cay, filed said assignment, and
gave undertaking in the Probate Court %
said county of Perry, tO- the faithful perform
ance of his sad trust according to law.
The creditors of said Thomas Drake are acre
oy required to present theie claims % the un-
dersigned for allowance, at MS office in SOmeT-
set, Perry county, Ohio, within SIX months from
this date.
All hose indebted to SAID s'gnor, either by
note or book account, are requested 10 call and
settle with the undersigned without delay, or
he Will be compelled 10 collect the same by law.
ISAAC WEAVER, Assignee.
March "a 1876. 5Ow4