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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-23

We have in stock, Of our own manufactne.
roofing materials. ETC., at the following low
prices;
1000 rolls extra Rubber Roofing at cents per
square foot. Tor we will furnish Rubber Roof
ing, Nails Caps, and Slate Paint for an entire
new roof, at 4 p cents per square foot.)
900 rolls 2-.,ly Tarred Roofing Felt. at N
cents per square foot.
80 rolls 3.ply Tarred Roofing Felt, at ~
cents per square foot.
900 rolls Tsrred sheathing. at y cent per
square foot.
5000 gallons fine Enamel Paint, mixed ready
for use. on inside or outside work, at " per
gallon.
All orders must be accompanied with the
money, except tr N we'll known parties, who
will be drawn on at sight, with Bill OF Lading
attached.
No Goods shipped c. o. ID.
Sample orders solicited.
NY. SLATE PAINT COMPANY,
102 &l04 MAIDEN LANE, New York
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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-23

Thankful for past favors would solicit .
continuance of the same at the old stand. H.
Krause is my authorized agent to act during my
absence. d. J. KRAU6E.
Phoebe, August IS, 1874. J. au21-S0d
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21

jury stood four for conviction and eight
for acquittal Two Of the jurors who
voted for acquittal attained positions
under the District Government very
soon after the trial. Ii is understood
that all the-e points will be matters Of
in vestigation.
DEHARTURF OF M'DoNALD AND AVERY.
ST Louis. April 15.-General Nc
Donald and w. o. Averv left this morn
ing for the penitentiary at Jefferson city.
Mcdonald Was gay. iocose and full of
humor, but Avery was much dispirited
and Stunned the gaze of the crowd at
the depot and the people in the cars.
On the way up Avery reRained his spir-
its somewhat, and became more talka-
tive He stated to the reporters on
board the tram that on his return to
Washington after his trial and convic-
tion here, he found letter which he had
diligently searched for on several preTi-
GUS occasions, explaining why the two
one hundred dollar bills were sent from
ST. Louis to him and Captain Joseph
He did not give the explanation con-
tained in the letter, but expressed the
belief that had it been in evidence in
his trial, il wonld have cleared him. He
showed il to Colonel Dyer yesterday.
and the latter expressed surprise that
Judge Krum did not make il one of the
grounds for his motion for a new trial
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21
THE CROPS.
Reports Of Prospects In Ohio. Indl-
ana, Michigan and Illinois.

TOLEDO, April 1S.-The Blade pub
fishes, this afternoon, comprehensive
crop reports from over two hundred
points in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and
Illinois. These indicate that the pros
poets of wheat in the principal wheat
producing regions of those States are
unusually great. In Southern and Gen.
trail Michigan the farmers are sanguine
of having better crops than for years.
The same is trne of the great wheat
fields of Western and Northern Illinois
and Northern Missouri. In the rich new
lands Of Northwestern Ohio the pros
peel is not 40 good Much Of the wheat
has been drowned out Through Gen.
trAl Indiana and Central Illinois a very
great deal OF the wheat has been winter
killed, and many fields have been plow-
ed. 4 half crop Is all that the farmers
hope for. There will be a large quanti-
ty of spring wheat sown this year, and
the acreage planted in corn and oats will
probably be greater than ever. There is
disposition among Michigan farmers
to plant large quantities of oats.
Fruit everywhere is reported as look
ing unusually we'll Each locality
seem. to hope for even a moderate crop
of peaches. Wet weather has greatly
retarded spring plowing, but in many
localities the farmers took advantage of
the mild weather during the winser to
do good deal of breaking up in their
6aI1s
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21
Full Grown Trees Discovered Forty
Feet Below the Surface.

From the St. Joseph (Mo.) Herald
The work progresses finely on the
new well near the Exposition grounds
for the Kansas City, St. Joseph and
Council Bluffs Railroad. The curbing
has been put down a depth of fortytwo
feet, but not until great deal of extra
labor and skill were called into requisi-
ton. So great was the pressure to he
overcome that it required the com bined
weight of 265 car wheels, weighing 480
pounds each, and four extra heavy jack
screws-the aggregate pressure of the
car wheels being 1O7 900 pounds.
The workmen are row operating in a
strata of quIcksand. which has boiled up
seven feet, and it will require the heavi-
ial soil aside. There is an abundance of
water, the volume being heavy and at
times almost uncomfortable. II boils like
a spring, and moves in an eddy with the
swiftness of great maelstrom, throw
ing up at times, at a distance of three
feet. limbs Of trees, bars of wood huge
bonlders of stone. The varieties of wood
are walnut and cottonwood, and the puz-
zle to all is, how did these tree limbs
and heavy blocks of wood become locat-
ed at distance forty or fifty feet below
the surface of the earth. Ofcourse there
are numerous theories concerning it, but
the most reasonable is that at one time
this was forest, and by some unex-
planned and unknown river wash, the
earth has been heaped upon the old To-
calities OF the surface of the earth, and
an almost new country created.
The workmen are pursuing their la
bors, and what other remarkable diacov-
erids will reward their almost ceaseless
toll, time alone can tell. There may yet
be something developed of prehistoric
interest to nsturslists, that will tend to
explain satisfactorily what manner of
men we are.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21

The spirits materialized George Wash
ington at a seance in Indiana the other
day, and when one of the spectators ask
ed him whether he was really the great
hatcheter, our first President replied
dot ish der kind of Hans ich am"
Mary:-I say, Mrs. Mccarthy, this
'ere's 4 very bad cabbage" Mrs. NJ: =
"Shure now, and is it, honey2 Then pick
another. Bless yer, y ,ung cabbages Is
like sweethearts; you must thry half a.
dozen fore ye gets good wan."-[Fun.
Somebody gave Paddy McGrath a
picked egg yesterday. Paddy bit it in
two, opened his mouth, made a face and
said: "Be me sowl, I'll go before any
Jedge or jury in the wurreld an take me
oath dhat the hin that led that egg had
the dyspipsy or heartburn"
An indianapolis father was awakened
by what he thought was burglar, the
other night. He emptied all the cham
bers of his six-shooter at the intruder.
and when the noise Of the firing ceased
he heard n well-known voice quietly ask.
"Wazzer mazzer, fazzer; wAzzer doin'?''
Mr.. Gladstone, the distinguished En-
RliEh statesman, said, in a recent address
that hand labor ls better paid in Eng
land than head labor. Same thing over
here, William. A prize-fghter will
make more money pounding his fellow
men black and blue, than a goat can
earn by butting them clear across the
street five or six times day Burling-
ton Hawk-eye.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21
The Philadelphia Census.

[From the Philadslphia Times, April III
The people of Philadelphia have
stood up and been counted by Mayor
Stokeley's police. The result shows a
population of S17.44s. an increase of
over twenty-one per cent. since 1870.
This is a greater rate of increase than
there was between 1850 and 1860, the
rate for that whole decade being only
nineteen per cent. For the decade end
ing 1870 the rate Of increase was thirty
eight per cent, which would be equiva-
lent to about twenty per cent. for the
period from 1870 to the beginning of
1876. This growth is very gratifying,
considering the severe business deprea-
sion which has prevailed for three years
past, and we doubt if any other Eastern
city has increased in population so rapi-
div
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21
Glimpses of Dom Pedro.


New York letter. e
OF all the distinguished strangers
that have ever visited New York Dom
Pedro is certainly the most extraordina
ry. A man who, in the short space of
forty-eIght hours, could decline the prof
fered bonors of Secretary Fish, elude an
expectant and lynx eyed crowd in front
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, listen to a
serenade, visit the Office of daily news
paper to examine its workings tat
o'clock Sunday morning), go to mass at
ST. Patrick's Cathedral, drive to the
Central Park, sit for his picture at the
photographers, go to the Hippodrome to
hear Moody and Sankey. next to the
newsboys' lodging room, and wind up by
visit TO one of the police stations,
say, man who could perform all these
fests within 80 short a space of time,
must be something more than an ordina-
ry mortal, and the community are dis
posed to recognize the fact They say
he is more of live Yankee than q
crowned head.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21
The Formal Opening OF the Centen-
nial.

The Centennial Exhibition will be
formally opened on the 10Th of May
The ceremony will not be elaborate A
grand march composed by Richard
Wagner. will be performed by Theodore
Thomas orchestra. The hymn for the
occasion will be contributed by John q.
Whittier A cantata. the words OF which
are by Mr.. Sidney Lanier, of Georgia,
and the score by Mr.. Dudley Buck, will
be sung by large choir. General Haw-
ley will make an official statement to
General Grant, who will declare the
Exhibition opened. and. perhaps, there
will be procession through the build
ing.
The chief military demonstration will
probably take place on the Fourth of
July. The ceremonies on that occasion
will include an oration by William NJ.
Evarts, poem by BAyard Taylor. and
the reading of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, by Richard Henry Lee, OF
Virginia. grandson of the Lee who NOV .
ed the adoption of the Declaration in
the Continental Congress-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21

Then Henry Filler, John Law, An
drew Arndt and Zadoc Wilson certified
that they examined the team complained
Of. and found them good horses, and
were "the same team driven by John
Mcdonald on the night said Dittoe,
ljams, &c. came from Zanesville VIM.
Davis, on the same night or morning.
drove the same coach, named 'GueTnsey,'
from Rushville to Lancaster, al that
the coach came in on time"
Then another certificate from John
Greed. NJ. Garaghty, s. T. McCracken
and other citizens of Lancaster, certify
that they inspected the coach"Guernsey"
and pronounced it in good and sufficient
order for public use"
Other certificates follow. tending to
show that the signers of the card enti-
lied ITO the Public" had no good
grounds of complain. 1t is certain they
never followed up their grievances, and
it was generally conceded that "old Da
rius" bound them up effectually.
have been thus explicit in this mat
ter for the purpose of bringing to the
remembrance of your old readers a fact
that created considerable excitement in
and around Somerset at the time.
append Few of the many marriages
October and November of this year.
Christian Binckley and Elizabeth
Shredder; Jacob Cooperider and Eliza
beth Swineheart; Lewis C. Miller and
Elizabeth Mcbride; Cornelius Lacey
and Elizabeth Hillen. 1t will puzzle
some of your readers TO remember the
Hillen family, so well known about
Somerset in that day.
Some of the deaths that occurred
within the same period Lawrence
Allwine, John Mayer, Daniel Wheat
craft, Thomas Cowen and Henry Cover,
all well known citizens.
Somerset had a Ere engine, called
1.-The Wolga," and fire company was
in active operation, of which Henry
Filler was captain. i have seen the
said Wolga throw water over the court
house steeple, but never knew it to
qnench fire. The fire company used to
practice on stated days. and then drag
their "squirter" into its den. and as long
az it was in any kind of working order,
the fires refused TO occur But it was an
antiquated concern, and soon got out Of
order. and was afterwards not relied up
on in case of fire. The last ] saw OF
the old "Wolga" it was lying in a gutter
along side Of the Logan road, between
South street and the foundry. Since
then the citizens of Somerset, as they
did before the Wolga was introduced
have resorted to buckets, and depended
upon the inspiration of the hour, fol
protection against fire. SEMEN.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21
Stolen Sweets.

The Vicksburgh hoy can stand up
with any other boy in the world against
an accusationer The other day when a
Vicksburgh mother discovered sugar on
the pantry shelf, she called to her boy
and said:
"Some one has been stealing this su-
gar"
ais it possible!" he exclaimed, rolling
up his eyes in astonishment.
"Yes, it is possible, and the thief is
not far away. either"
Aint he? do you suspect father"
mo don't"
Couldn't be the cat, could it?" he in
quired, glancIng under the table in
search Of the feline.
"Cats don't eat sugar, young manp
"They don't?"
"No. sir; the thief is boy about your
size"
ole is, eh? I'd just like to catch hin
in here just oncew
"If the Sugar is disturbed again." sh,
said. as she covered the box. 81 know o
a boy who will get his jacket busted"
That's bully! I wish you would lie
me stay out Of school SOS to see yoi
catch and maui him"
And he went ont to devour the othe
Jumps Vicksburgh Herald.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21
The Fatal Thirteen.
From the Sew York Sun. !

There are silly stories in the papers
about the superstitious notions of the
late A. T. Stewart, and his belief in signs
and omens, lncky days, places. peraQns,
events, &c. But it is curious thing, as
we'll as a true one, related of the so
called superstitions. or whatever they
may be called, which seemed to linger in
his mind, that, at the very last of the
usual Sunday dinner parties given in
his house before his death, there were
the unlucky number OF thirteen persons
present at the table. He had always
previously avoided that number. 1t is
also a curious fact that, on this occasion.
the unlucky omen was noticed by one Of
the thirteen guests, who raid to another
Of them that there would be death in
the house. In eight days afterwarh the
master of the house lay dead in a cham
Der not far from the dining room.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21

The question has often been asked by
those interested. "Can / have my gray
hair restored to its natural color, with
out colorIng the skin? and can my thin
locks be thickened up?" We answer, at
CAM" and would advise you to read a
treatise on the hair, which is published
by r. P. Hall & Co.. Nashua, n. H..
who send it free, upon application
They are the proprietors of Halls Vege-
table Sicilian Hair Remover. We learn
from it, the hair, in a perfect state of
health, is constantly falling out, and new
hairs grow from the same tubes; but, in
case Of any disease of the scalp, or by
the use of alcoholic preparations, the
hair tube becomes contracted at its
mouth, and prevents the new follicle
from reaching the surface. Their prep
aration will create a perfectly healthy
condition Of the scalp, and, by its tonic
properties, will preserve and strengthen
the roots of the hair.-lStatesman, Des
Moines, lows.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21

Very diacouraginR it must be, to the
anti-tobacco reformers, to read that there
has been recently discoeered in Ken
lucky vast deposit of mari in the to-
bacco growing counties, which on this
account is of vast importance to the to-
bacco interest. The State GeologIst says
it is, perhaps, "the most important dis
covery ever made by geological sur
vey." This mari bed IL described as be-
ing of thickness varying from twelve
to thirty feet, very rich in potash. soda
and phosphorous, 80 exposed and easily
dug that at several points it can be load
ed into wagons or cars at about twenty
FIVE cents per ton, accessible by open
digging over an area of about 300 square
miles, and by deeper mining, sure to be
used in time, over ] 200 miles. Thou
sands Of acres which have been 30 ex-
hausied that they no longer make to
bacco at all, or even respectable crops Of
anything else, can, the Stat geologist
SAYS, by proper nse Of this fertilizer, be
restored to their pristine productive
ness
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21
An Enthusiast in Hugging.
From the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.I

From the Augusta (Ga.) Chron icle.l
A couple from the country came TO
the city yesterday, procured license
and were married in due form. They
left on the afternoon train for home.
They attracted the attention of every
passenger by their lavish display of af
fection. The young man kept his arm
tight around the brides waist, as if he
was afraid she would vanish before he
knew it, and she didn't seem TO care if
he hugged her right along for half day
She was 50 terribly homely that every
body wondered how he could love her.
and by and by he seemed to think that
an explanation would be in order. He
borrowed a chew Of tobacco of man
near the door, and remarked: "I'In go
ing to hug that girl all the way home,
though ! know she isn't purity" al
wouldn't" briefly replied the man. "And
that's where yon'd fool yourself con-
tinued the young man. when I'm
hugging a hundred acres Of clean, nice
land, with forty head of stock on it, ]
can make the homeliest girl in the world
look like an angel to me-"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21
Instruction for the Issue Of Silver
Coin.

Secretary Bristow Tuesday afternoon
issued the following instructions con-
cerning the issue of silver coin in place
of fractional currency:
"By virtue of authority vested in the
Secretary of the Treasury by the second
section of the act entitled an act to pro-
vide for the deficiency in the Printing
and Engraving Bureau of the Treasury
Department, and for the issue of silver
coin of the United States in place of
fractional currency, approved April II,
1876, the several officers below named
are hereby authorized, upon presenta-
tion at their respective offices for the re-
demption of fractional currency of the
United States in sums of FIVE dollars or
mu!tiples thereof, assorted by denomin-
ations and in amounts not to exceed
$780, to issue therefor like amount Of
silver coin of the United States, of the
denomination of ten, twenty-five and
6fty cents; and further more, upon pres
entation for redemption at the Office of
the Treasury of the United States, in
this citv. Of any amount of such curren-
cy. properly assorted and in sums of not
less than FIVE dollars, the Treasurer is
authorized to issue silver coin therefor
to the amount of the currency present
ed, or he may give his check therefor,
payable in silver, at either of the offices
hereinafter named, at the option Of the
| party presenting the currency, as far as
may be practicabl from time to time.
Fractional currency redeemed in silver
under these instructions by any of the
! Assistant Treasurers or designated de-
positories of the United States will be
sent in sums of $1,000 or multiplies
thereof to the Treasurer in this city, the
amount to be charged in the Treasurer's
general coin account as a transfer OF
funds, and any amount Of snch currency
for which silver has been paid remain
ing at any time in the cash of the sever
al offices will be treated as coin assets,
and in no case will such fractional cur
rency be reissued.
Fractional currency sent by express
or otherwise to the officers below named
for redemption in silver, under the pro
vision of this circular, should be accom-
panied by a letter of advice, stating full
| ly the address of the sender and how
the remittance in payment therefor is
desired, and if by the Treasurer check,
the Office at which the check should he
made payable. The Government will
not pay express charges on silver issued
or fractional currency presented for re-
demption under the provisions Of this
circular.
"The officers herein referred to are as
follows: Treasurer of the United States,
Washington; Assistant Treasurers at
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, St.
Louis, Charleston, South Carolina, New
Orleans, Cincinnati, Chicago, San Fran
cisco and Baltimore, the United States
repositories at Buffalo and Pittsburg.
B.H. BRISTOW, Secretary"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21

In a street car yesterday, a mans
breath smelled so strongly of whisky
that gentleman moved across the car to
get out of the circle. "Any zing wrong?"
asked the drunkard az he observed the
change. Nothing, except your breath
smells of whisky enough to knock a
horse overr' aspect she does-she
does" was the candid reply, "but you
don't 'spect a poor man like me can buy
cologne and whisky too, do you?"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21
A Veto.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 18.-The
President returned to the Senate, this
afternoon, the bill which provides for
reducing the salary of the President to
$4,000 per annum from and after the
4th of March next, with = message stat
ing his reasons for not approving it. The
veto message was not, however, read to-
day. Tie President says that S25, 900
was established when the population of
the country was but three millions; that
knows By experience that it is impossi-
BILE to live on that amount in these times;
that he has no personal interest in the
matter, but desires the amount to remain
as at present in Justice to his successor;
that members of Congress. once received
but six dollars a day for session of one
hundred and twenty days, and since
their compensation has been increased st
divers times, until now it reaches $5. 900.
and that the Executive should also be
treated consistently.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21

Now is the time of the year for Pneu
monis, Lung Fever, Coughs, Colds, and
fatal results of predisposition to Con
sumption and other Throat and Lung
Disease. BosCHEE's GERMAN SYRUP
has been used in this neighborhood for
the past two or three years without a
single failure to cure. If you have not
naed this medicine yourself. go to your
Druggist SKINNER & BRO, and ask
them of its wonderful success among
their customers Two doses will relieve
the worts case. If you have no faith in
any medicine. just buy Sample Bottle
of Boschee's German Syrup for 10 cents
and try it. Regular size Bottle rs cents.
Don't neglecta cough to save 10 cents.
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