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ONE OF CUsrER's SCOUTS.
Frank Smith and His Beautiful In.
dian Wife-Six Years of Thrilling
Adventu e.

NoRwIcH, Dec. 4.-Si1 years ago a
boy left the parental roof, in
one of the border towns of ChenAngo
county, to seek fortune in the far off
West. The lad made his way to the
Crow Agency, on Crow Creek, with
party of Western roughs whom he met,
three q whom were subsequently, mas
sacred by the leader of the gang. For
three years past the boy has made his
home with the Mountain Crow Indians,
among whom he has had . lodge, choos-
ing his companion from among the
fairest of the tribe. Last spring he
went with Custer from Fort Laramie,
and served as one of his scouts from
that time till the terrible day that gal
lant soldier FELL. He had been sent
with dispatches from Custer to Gen.
Terry, and was returning with dis
patches from Terry to his chief, and
was but few miles from the scene of
conflict, which he did not reach, from
the failure OF his horse, when the whole
command was slaughtered in the san
culinary fight on Rosebud Creek. With
field glass he witnessed the hand-to-
hand encounter, the life and death
struggle, and saw Custer, who held out
to the last, 60 down. To save his own
life and avoid being scalped, he hid
away beneath a rock about two miles
from the trail, TIL Reno's command
came up, the next day, when be visited
the scene of carnage and assisted in
burying the dead. After that he was 6
bearer of dispatches for Gen. Crook, Of
ten riding, by night and by. day, hun
dreds Of miles away, in the face of dan
ger and death, in the performance ofhi
perilous mission. He wears the scars o
hand-to- hand contest and personal brav
cry. He has seen Red Cloud, Spotted
Tail, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Rain i
the Face, and nearly all of the note'
chiefs and warriors of recent Indial
tragedy and story.
To-day beardless youth Of %, tai
and straight, with flowing locks, i
buckskin dress ornamented with firing
, and beads, and bearing the trappings {
savage warfare and Indian lie, appear
. ed in our quiet village. The b-igh
eyed, good featured, well-formed yout
was en- route for the paternal roof
Lincklaen, which he left for world
sights and scenes six years before. Wit
J, the coming of spring, Frank Smith r
: turns to his home and lodge among II
}, Mountain Crows, and to his dusky con
e panion, whom he idolizes as the mo
II beautiful of her tribe Utica Hefal
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The Corn Crop-An. Aggregate Of
1895, 100000 Bushels-Where it
was Raised.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The Statis-
,ician of the: Department of Agricul-
ture, in his December report, makes the
corn crop only two per cent short of the
great crop of last year, and Fifty per cent.
greater than the crop of 1874. The ag-
gregate, subject to possible future revis-
ion, is I, ,295, |, ,0oO, 900 bushels. Less than
one per cent. of the crop is raised in
New England, scarcely six per cent. in
the Middle States, twenty in the South
ern, forty-f four in the Oaio basin, and
twenty nine west of the Mississippi.
The product Of the Sonth is 10000, 900
bushels greater than that of last year;
that Of New England 100000 bushels
greater, and there is less in the Middle
and Western States. The States produc-
ing less than in 1875 are New Hamp-
shire, Rhode Island, those on the Arlan-
tic coast from New York to North Car
olina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Michigan,
Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. Illinois
is credited with nearly $50, ,000, 900 bush
els and Iowa with 155, 100000. Next ir
rank are Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, and
Kansas. These six States produce six
, tenths OF the total product. Tennessee
which once held the highes, rank in tn
, country, now stands first in the Southern
States, followed by Texas, Alabama, an'
! Georgia. In quality the crop is superio
{ to its predecessor.
There has been an increase in all sec
tions, aggreeating about 1000, 900 acres
;. the advance being very slight in tn
Gulf States from Alabama to Louisian,
a and scarcely perceptible in the Midi
q States. 1t is largest west Of the Mi
n souri,. Wisconsin shows the heavie
Il rate of increase in the Northwest, an
4 Georgia in the South. The averat
a. price of corn per bushel is highest
al Massachusetts,, and lowest in Kansa
q ninety-fve and twenty-thres cents r,
- peotively.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29

MANS INGENUITY.-The fisherman
Of Norway carry in their fishing boats
water telescope or tube three or four feet
in length. They immerse one end in the
water, and then, looking intently through
the glass. they are enabled to perceive
objects ten or fifteen fathoms deep as
distinctly as IL they were within few
feet Of the surface. Hence when they
discover plenty Of fsh, they surround
them with their large draught nets. and
often catch them by hundreds at haul
which, were it not for these telescope
would often prove precarious and IN
profitable fishing. This instrument 4
not only used by the fishermen, but II 4
also found In the navy and coasting yes
sells.
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The great 100-ton gun of the new
italian iron clad Duilio, carries shell
weighing 1000 pounds, and moving at
the rate of 1874 feet per second-much
faster than sound travels through the
air. With charge of 800 pounds. the
1000 pound projectile moved even faster
than this, having a velocity of 1,456
feet per second, giving blow equal to
the force required to lift 29,40O tons q
foot high.
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The interior of China along the course
of the Yang -tse- Kiang is a land full of
wonders. In one place piscicultural
nurseries line the banks for nearly fifty
miles. All sorts Of inventions, the cot
ton gin included, claimed by Europeans
and Americans, are to be found there
forty centuries old. Plants, yielding
drugs of great value, without number,
the familiar tobacco and potato, maize,
white and yellow corn, and other stalks
believed to be indigenous to America
have been cultivated there from time
immemorial.
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At GRANVILLE, Illinois few days
since, a five-years.old child, left alone by
fire, got too near the flames and it's
clothing became ignited. The house
dog, common cur. sprang on the child,
threw her down and actually stripped
of the burning clothing burning him
self severely. By the time the parents
had arrived the noble dog had saved the
child's life, the dog being the worst
burned OF the two.
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CATARRH
SORELY AFFLICTED.

J. o. BosgortA & Co., Denver, COL:
Grntlemen,-Prompied by fellow-feel-
ing for those afflicted with Catarrh, /
wish to add my testimony in behalf of
SANFoRp's RADICAL CURE FoR Ca
TARRH. / have been sorely afflicted
with this fearful disease for four years
and have tried every known remedy
without avail, until brought bottle
of the above CURE from you, which
gave me almost instant relief. 1t being
a constitutional as well local remedy,
believe it to be all that is claimed for it,
a Radical Cure for Catarrh.
Very truly yours.
WM. AMETIVE,
DENVER, Sept. %, 1875. With Jenson,
Rliss & Co
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GREATLY AFFLICTED.

Messrs. j. O. Bosuorth & Co., Denner.:
GentLemen,-I take pleasure in recon-
mending SANFORD'S RADICAL
CURE FOR CATARRH to all who
are afflicted with this disease. I was
greatly affiictly with it for long time,
and cnred il with two bottles of the
above CURE. About year afterwards
/ was again taken with Catarrh quiet
severely and Immediately sent for an
other bottle, which fixed me all right,
giving me relief from the first dose.
am confident that this remedy will do all
that is claimed for it and more too
Wishing you success in its introduction,
am, very truly yours,
A. w. SMITH,
DENVER, Oct 4, 1875. of Smith
4. IL
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Tried EVERYTHING.

Messrs. j. 0. Bosworh & Co., Denuer
Co..: Gentlemen,-I have used SANFoRD's
RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRH, and it
has given perfect satisfaction. / have
tried almost everything, and it is the on :
ly thing that has given me relief. !
therefore take pleasure in recommending
its use to all afflicted with Catarrah of
any kind, and offer this as my testimony
to its benefits. Very truly,
DENNER, Oct. /, 1875.
w. S. DFCKE
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Poultry raising is one Of the most
profitable branches of farm-industry.-
The immense demand for poultry and
eggs should stimulate every farmer to
attend to the raising of pure-bred fowls.
1t is really as important as raising cattle
and horses.
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Each package contains Sanford's I'm
proved Inhaling Tube, with full direc-
tions for use in all cases. Price, 81 90
per package. For sale by all Wholesale
and Retail Druggists throughout. the
United States. WEEKS & POTTER,
General Agents and Wholesale Drug
gists, Boston
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29

Not one person in dozen can tell the
names of those whose busts are to be
found on postage stamps. The bust on
the one-cent stamp represents Franklin;
twos. Jackson; threes, Washington; fives,
Taylor; skies, Lincoln; sevens, Stanton;
tens, Jefferson; twelve, Clay; ffteens,
Webster; twenty fours, SCOTS; thirties,
Hamilton; nineties, Perry. The seven,
twelve and twenty four cent stamps are
not now issued, but many Of them are
now in circulation.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29
A FUTURE STATE.
The Geographical Position Of the
Proposed New Territory Of Huron.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-The bill to
establish the Territory Of Huron and |
provide temporary Governor therefor, |
which passed the Senate last week, pro-
poses to create the new Territory out of
the northern part Of the present Terri
tory of Dakota. II has been before
Congress four years, and, having passed
the Senate. now goes to the House of
Representatives. The present Territory
of Dakota contains 15o, ,932 square miles,
and the new Territory would have an
area of about TO- 900 square miles. Itis
to be parallelogram, extending from
Minnesota on the east, something less
than four hundred miles to Montana on
the west, and from the British Posses
sions on the north two hundred miles to
the boundary of the remaining territory
on the south. Its population is estima-
ted at about ten thousand. It is said
that one of the best farming regions in
the United States lies in the proposed
new Territory. Among the reason Civ
en- for the passage of the bill are that
the settlements in Dakota are comprised
in two communities entirely separate
and distinct from their geographical
position.
The inhabited portion OF southern
Dakota-the old settled portion of the
Territory-is along the Missouri river
Its commercial relations are with Ne
braska, Sioux City, and through Iowa
to Chicago. Northern Dakota, which
the bill proposes to create into new
Territory, is settled two hundred miles
along the proposed Northern Pacific
Railway and along the Red river of the
north. It's commercial relations ar,
Duluth, st. Paul, and Milwaukee. Th,
inhabitants are often compelled in win
ter to travel as far east ss Chicago I,
reach the capital (Yankton) in tn
southern part of the Territory, there be
ing no direct means of communication
between northern and southern Dakots
Hence it was deemed advisable to Great
= the new Territory.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29

The New York Herald, from its own
observations, and from the statements Of
mechanics of different trades, estimates
the number of idle men in New York at
1875.
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A Kentucky young lady, who promis-
ed her grandfather never to marry =
certain young man on the face Of the
earth, went through the interesting GER
emony in the Mammoth Cave.
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Rev. VIM. H. Chapman, Pastor of NJ.
E. Church, Georgetown, D. O., writes:
Having had an opportunity to test the
excellent qualities OF DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup, / hesitate not to say, II is the best
remedy ] have ever used in my family.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29

"Pa, / came near selling my boots
yesterday" "You did Sirl Well, it's
lucky you didn't sell 'em. How did you
come near doing it?" II had 'em half
soled."
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A committee of physicians appointed
by the New York Board of Health re-
port that 1 100000 quarts of water were
sold a, milk in the city in 1874.
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Sheridan is ungenerous enough to as
sert that Sitting Bull is not great Gen.
eral. So far from being q coppery Ma
poleon he is termed diseased cripple
who Is kept busy lodging our troops.
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Scrap iorn for fattening hogs is grow
ing in favor in Pennsylvania. In the
stomach of one poker killed in Dauphin
county IL tenpenny nails were found.
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EftE COLLINS
VOLTAlC PLASTERS
Afford the most grateful relief in
all Affections of the Chest and
Lungs.
CHRONIC PLEURlSY CURED.
Massra WEEKs & Potter.


Messrs. WEEKS & POTTER:
GENTLEMEN,-Having for many
months past suffered with very lame
side, called by my physician Chronic
Pleurisy; caused by former injury and
strain, and for which ] used many pre-
scriptions and liniments, as well as the
so-called rheumatic cures, without the
least benefit, my physician recommend
ed one OF your COLLINS VOLTAIC
PLASTERS, which to my great sur
prise, relieved the pain and soreness al
most Immediately, and / have been able
to attend to my household affairs ever
since with perfect ease and comfort,
where as before the application of your
invaluable plaster was scarcely able to
do anything. ! consider them ineitima-
BILE, and shall with pleasure recommend
them to the afflicted.
Yours respectfully,
Mrs. FRANCES HARTMAN.
ORLAND, Me-, April 21, 1875.
There is no medical or protective ap-
pliance that prove SO grateful and effec-
tive in Tickling Coughs, Irritation and
soreness of the Chest and lungs. We
believe them capable of preventing seri-
GUS diseases of these organs.
PRICE, 25 cents. Sold by all drug
gists. Mailed on receipt of price. q
cents for one Sf.25 for six, or 81. .25 fol
twelve, carefully wrapped, and warrant
ed, by WEEKS & POTTER, Proprie
tors, Boston, Mass.
Schenck's Mandrake Pills
Will be found to possess those qualitie
necessary to the total eradication of al
bilious attacks, prompt to start the Sc
cretions of the liver. and give health.
tone to the entire system. Indeed, it j
no ordinary discovery in medical sci
ence to have invented remedy for thes
stubborn complaints, which develop al
the results produced by a heretofor
free use of calomel, mineral justl
dreaded by mankind, and acknowledge
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| human system. That the properties {
certain vegetables comprise all the vii
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tendencies, is now an admitted fact, reI
dered indisputsble by scientific research
j es; and those who use the Mandrak
d Pills will be fully satisfied that the be-
medicines are those provided by natuI
in the common herbs and roots of th
j fields.
These Pills open the bowels and CO
rect all bilious arrangements withol
q salvation or any of the injurious effec
of calomel or other poisons. The seer
ton of bile is promoted by these pills
e will be seen by the altered color of Il
s. stools, and disappearing of the sallo
complexion and cleansing Of the tongu
Ample directions for use accompaI
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1t Philadelphia, and for sale by all dru
i gists and dealers.
" PRIcE % cents per box. S5.
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VICK'S
Flower and Vegetable Seeds

Flower and Vegetable Seeds
are the best the world produces. They
are planted by million people in
America, and the result is, beautiful
Flowers and splendid Vegetables. A
Priced Catalogue sent free to all who
enclose the posiage-a 2 cent stamp.
VICK'S
Flower and Vegetable Garden
is the most beautiful work of the kind
in the world. 1t contains nearly $50
pages, hundreds of fine illustrations, and
four Chrome Plates of Flowers, beauti-
fully drawn and colored from nature.
Price 35 cents, in paper covers; 65 cents.
bound in elegant cloth.
Vick's Floral Guide.
This is beautiful Quarterly Journal,
finely illustrated, and containing an ele-
gaIt colored Frontispiece with the first
number. Price only % cents. for the
year. The first number for 1876 just is
sued. Address
| JAMES WICK, Rochester, n. Y.
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School Regulations.

1. The bells calling to work shall
ring promptly as follows:
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Roofing and Sp0atti7ag

Specialties, and all work of this nature
entrusted to US completed with the ut
most care, and warranted frst-class in all
respects.
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Vest Main Street,

COOK AND PARLOR STOVES,
Of the most popular patterns in the
country-among which will be found
the celebrated Red Cross" parlor stove
(honored with the prize medal at the
Vienna Exposition), and the justly eel
ebrated Monitor Coal Cooking Stove.
Full Stock Of Stores, Tin -pare, ETC., noW
on hand. Special orders promptly at
tended to with care and at reasonable
charges,
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Terms of Rent
OF Town Hall, Somerset, Ohio, adopted
by the Council April 26th, 1875.

OF Town Hall, Somerset. Ohio, adopted
by the Council April 26th, 1875.
Entertainments to which the ad-
mission is fifty 500
twenty-five cents s.......... 600
Church purposes without supper. $50
with 500
Free Lectures 800
Oduces ......... O.UV
The above rates includes all expenses,
except on occasions in which unusually
late hours are kept, when an extra COM
pensation must be allowed for taking
care of Hall, or the party renting be re-
sponsible for unnecessary damages, and
take care of it himself after the said
usual hours for closing.
All contracts for Hall must hereafter
be made with the Mayor.
The foregoing regulations will be
strictly adhered to under all circum-
stances hereafter.
RoBT. B. WOODWARD, Mayor.
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Give us call and examine our stock
particularly our Stoves. We feel war
ranted in assuring all comers that we
can supply all their wants ranging with
in the circle of or legitimate business,
and that our work, wares, prices, etc.,
will be found SATISFACTORY.
MYERS & YARNELL.
Sept. %, 1876. %
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It is the wish of the Board TO make
school work the business of the pupils,
and the earnest cooperation of parents
and guardians is solicited in securing to
the young, and through them TO the fu-
ture citizen, habits of business like at
te,atton, promptness, and accuracy lega-
cy, IS business men know, far richer than
GOLD
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2. Second bells shall ring long
enough for pupils to reach their rooms
from any part of the school grounds.
8. Pupils coming in after second
bell has ceased ringing shall be marked
tardy.
4: Pupils are required to attend reg
ularly, unless prevented by necessity.
5. Pupils tardy three times, or absent
twice without good excuse, shall be re-
ported to the Superintendent.
6. Pupils, on arriving at the school
grounds in the morning, shall go imme-
diately to their respective rooms and re-
main until recess, unless excused by the
teacher.
Z. Pupils shall leave the grounds i'm
mediately at close of school at IL M,
and 4:15 P. NJ, unless permitted to re-
main for special reasons.
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Yours respectfully,
Mrs. FRANCES HARTMAN.
ORLAND, Me-, April 21, 1875.

There is no medical or protective ap-
pliance that prove SO grateful and effec-
tive in Tickling Coughs, Irritation and
soreness of the Chest and lungs. We
believe them capable of preventing seri-
GUS diseases of these organs.
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PRICE. 25 cents. Sold by all drug
gists. Mailed on receipt of price. 25
cents for one Sf.25 for six, or 50 .25 for
twelve, carefully wrapped, and warrant
ed, by WEEKS & POTTER, Proprie-
tors Rostnn Mass
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-14

Prof. SLELYE, of the Massa chusetts dele
CATION in the House nt Washington, is
credited with having made short and
effective speech on the financial situation
on Saturday last, in which he declared
that the bond redemption Of the green
backs was the only true solution OF the
financial problem. We are glad to hear
that his views were presented in such a
way rs to make an impression. II short
speeches by sensible men, well grounded
in sound general principles on this subject,
were the rule in discussing IL in Congress,
we should look for real progress
Its long, windy, gaseous, thcorctic nnan-
cial disqusitions that disgust everybody.
and make the uniformed believe there is
no truth anywhere on the subject. Yet at
the bottom this matter IS simple and plain.
We trust Prof. SEELyE will continue his
brief instruction from time 10 time rs he
can find occasion. Let him give the House
line upon line and procept upon precept !;
and let him fight II out on that line if II
takes all summer. A few brilliant feats ia
storming the works of the enemy would
yield the professor u valuable renog H..
Distant canuouadCs at long range, such
as the theorists love TO indulge in, are all
vain and useless.
Let Mr.. SEEIYr put fcw practical qucs-
tions 70 the hazy mental luminares around
linn. Let him ask. for example, why Gov
eminent should not pay Its notes when
the holders request 1t, its ability being
confessed and uudOubtcd. II 1t be replied
that these notes are money by law. and
that their payment diminlshcs the volume
or money, let him then inquire If tho pay
ing of q note TO the holder can by any pos
sbiliy diminish that holders ability to
buy, or sell, or borrow, or pay, or CON
sumo. IN the rcmotest degree. And II not,
how can it affect any other man's capacity
or ability 10 earn. or pay, or sell, cr buy,
on consume? When note is raid, some
thing must De given for II which Is It's
equivalent aud rs that equivalent remains,
how can the exchange he injurious:
few easy questions like these might do
10 start with. They go right to the mar
row OF the bond redemption plan. and
when once fairly solved in the understand
ings OF the Representatives, they would
dissipatc u good deal Of the fog that we
fear now rcigns there, and ultimately lead
TO the uuravelling Of various intIicacies
which the industry and ingenuity of the
papermoney apostles have succeeded in
spreading over those unenhghtoned do
mains. We hope the learned Professor
will industriOusly adopt the Socratio
method which We suggest, with his fellow
members, on This subject until lac couquors
oil fH. ia. t,rafttIf..4s