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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28
Capital Punishment.
From the Philadelphia Press

It is, no doubt, terrible thing for
man to be cut off by sentence of the law
as the penalty of heavy crime-in fact
according to Limitation of capital pun
ishment of late years in all civilized
countries. where there has been a con-
viction for murder in the first degree.
1t has always been considered that if the
death penalty must be inflicted, "a life
mum of bodily suffering to the alfender.
The medical journals of England have
lately taken up this subject, and we
learn from one these that Professor
Samuel Houghton, of the University of
Dublin, who has bestowed time and
care on its investigation. has arrived at
the following firm deductions from facts;
1. That the old system of taking the
convict's life BY suffocation is inhuman-
ly painful, unnecessarily prolonged, and
revolving to the spectators whose duty it
is to be present. 2. That the object Of
an effective execution by suspension
should be the immediate rupture of the
spinal column by the fall. 3. That the
use of ''long drop" (which. by habit,
has become known as the Irish method)
is not only much preferable from a hu-
manitarian point of view, but is the on
ly method by which the desired object
can be effectively attained. 4. That
the short fall and the position of the
knot employed for so many years by
Calcraft are barbarisms which should
cease to be permitted. 5. That the
fracture of the spinal column can best
be instantaneouslv effected by placing
the knot under the chin and allowing a
fall of at least ten feet. 6. That in the
carrying ont of a capital sentence care
should be exercised in the selection of a
suitable rope. In the execution of Hen
~ Wainwright it would seem from the
published accounts that these principles
were adopted by Marwood, the execu-
tioner, and with perfect success, and
that the instantaneous rupture of the
spine resulted from placing the knot un-
der the culprit's chin. position which
was unintentional in Montgomery s case,
but was purposely adop,ed in Vain
wright's.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

Mr.. A. T. Stewart, says a letter writ
ter in the Paris Register, is now seventy
five years of age, and has the appearance
of man not over fifty. His daily hab-
its are rather remarkable; he rises at the
stroke of the year ronnd, be break fasts
simply, at 8, upon an egg, "stirabont,"
bread and tea. He dimes at $50, and
from break fast to dinner he partakes Of
no refreshments whatever. For years
he has eaten but two meals a day. He
never was in restaurant to sup or dine
in his life. He never takes wine outside
of his own houae, unless at p dinner or
soiree, and then very sparingly.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

This. of course, occurred out West.
Astride a log sat Sam and another sin
ner, engaged in a little game of seven
mp, when a minister approached. who,
after a moments solemn contemplate of
the game, laid his hand npon Samuel's
shoulder and said: "My friend. is that
the way to save your soul?" perhaps
not" answered Sam, who, having just
PLAYED a card, was attentively consid-
ering his hand. perhaps not. But it
seems about the best thing I can do to
save nv Jack :"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

LosT-NoTEs.-On Sunday, the 19Ih
inst, between the residence of Lawrence
Cover and Slabfown, or between Slab
town and Thornville-two notes: one, Of
$275. 90, on Samuel ChalfHnt. and the
other, of $4,000, on John Black kburn. and
both assigned to the subscriber. Any per
son returning the same 10 me will be lib-
erally rewarded Persons are cautioned
against purchasing or trading for said
notes. J. NJ. RANDoLPH.
3S-3w Thornville, Ohio.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

From the Rochester Times, October 81. 1851
Briggs & Brother, who can boast of
conducting the largest seed business in
the known world. are arranging TO com
pile work in which they will give to
the Horticultural and horticultural pub
lie the benefit of their thirty years of
experience in the culture of vegetable
and flower seeds. The work will he
substantially hound, and its several hunt
dred pages will be illustrated with num-
erous cuts, chromatic plates and succinct
directions with regard to the care and
culture of everything known in the foral
and vegetable kingdom. We know Of n o
persons better qualified to treat on the
above subject than Briggs & Brother,
whose seeds are sold in almost every city
town, village, or hamlet in the United
States. They are practical growers of
seeds, and the forthcoming work will
emanate from acknowledgements
sources What Seth Green is to fish,
Barry or Purify to fruits, Briggs &
Brother are to seeds. A very large edi
tion will be published which, it ia we'll
understood, will lessen the price per
volume. Purchasers of the work out
right will only be charged cost. while
the customers of Briggs & Brother will
receive il as a premium on the purchase
of seeds. The intended work will go to
press about May next, and the artists
are now engaged upon the engravings.
1t will be separate and apart from the
January Catalogue, which will be issued
in December, or from any other of the
publications of this well known house.
Every lover of Horticulture or horticul-
ture should put himself, or herselfin the
way of obtaining it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28
Change of Firna.

Having disposed of my interest in the
Meat Shop and the butchering business
to Lon. Kullman & Bro. am desir-
GUS Of closing my books, and to that
end, respectfully requst all who know
themselves indebted to me to call aud
make settlement at their earliest con-
venience. Without further notice, all
such accounts remaining unpaid by the
1st of February 1876, will be placed in
tho hands of an officer for collection.
GEORGE KULLMAN.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

The Chicago Tribune furnishes tine
following apt quotation from Hesiod
900 b CT:
LET no fair woman tempt thy sliding
mind
With garments gathered in a knot be-
hind"
We should be pleased to follow the
advice but if they tempt, how on earth
are we going to help it ?-[New Haven
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28
Symptoms Of the Buzz Saw.

~ suppose there are plenty of saw
mills over in your State" said Chicago
man to a party from Michigan, the 9TH
er night.
"Wal. shnd say there wuz," replied
the Michigander. "Why, sir, Michigan
is getting so durn full of saw-mills that
yon can hardly meet man over there
with more than two fingers on hand"
And sticking mp paw on which dwelt
a lone digit as a proof of his assertion,
he quietly continues:
awe shook hands with um myself"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

The worst muddle on record il in old
Floyd. The County Judge, believing
that he had the power, and that it was
his duty, let out the building of a bridge
across Little Paint, near its month,
which the contractor completed, accord
ing TO contract. Soon thereafter the
road commissioner, believing that he
was the man to do that sort OF thing. ad-
vertised for a second bridge. right by
the side of the first, which is now al
most completed, the two structures
tonching, and costing over FIVE hundred
dollars each.-[Catlettsburg (Ky.) Sen
tinel
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

EDITOR PREss:-In last week q paper
S. s. DollIson says: Unless DIR. Skin
ner will answer my articles with at least
a semblance of truth and accuracy,
shall have no more to say"
Now as reward of merit, We will
give that gentleman all the JalaP We
have, to show us one word in any thing
that we have said that is not truth and
decent We did not discuss the condi-
tion of our patient in the public print
nor did We ever intend to do so. We
condsider the bringing the condition of
this or any other patient before the pub
lie bv Physician an outi age, such az no
one but S. S. DolliSon ever did, so far as
we know, and we hope no practitioner
will ever again come down so low.
1t ia a shame and disgrace to the pro-
fession and if it was not, we think il
would be interesting TO the patient
particularly so to a young lddy-to be
thus publicly described. Hoping that
common sense and deeency will prevail
with S. s. Dollison in his future GdreY'-
tisemeRts o. himself.
C.. J. SKINNER
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

PorAToEs PLANTED DEEP.-We tried
the experiment this year, on several al
ternate rows of potatoes about thirty
rods long, of planting part about two
or three inches deep. and another part
FIVE inches deep. The latter invariably
produce about twenty to twenty FIVE per
cent more potatoes. the treatment in
every other respect being the same.
They were cultivated fiat, which always
gives more than when ridged.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28
To the Public.

As above stated, we have taken charge
of the Meat Shop. SO long conducted by
onr father; and we beg to state to the
public that il will be our aim to supply
them with the best in our line. the mar
ket affords; and at reasonable prices.
Soliciting a share of patronage, we are
Respectfully,
e6w2 Lou. KULLMAN & Bro.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

A death from an unusual cause occur
red recently at Lincoln, England. A
grocer named Picker, who keeps fowls,
was feeding them, when bantam cock
spurred him in the left thumb. Morti-
6cation set in, and all efforts TO save the
mans life proved unavailing.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

"What do they always put d. c. after
Washington for?" asked Mrs. Quilp OF
Mr.. @. "Why, my dear. don't you know
Washington was the Daddy of the Conn
try?" said Quilp, with snicker.-[ Bos-
ton Post.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

Prepared cocoanut (for cake. etc. >
eitron, fancy colorcd sugars, prunes.
dates, currants, raisins, nuts of'nll kirda.
French and common candy in great va
rieties-all 10 be found al Headquarters.
DITroE e. HUI.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

MAN-Do yon think il wonld be safe
for me to cross this pasture ? Maid.
Well, the old bull don't like red very
much, but il yon will chalk your nose, /
guess be won't attack you.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

The oil springs of Pennsylvania were
known to the whites as early as 1929. but
tn" full uses and value of petroleum
were not known for 200 years afterward
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

Sheridan is in the Indian Territory.
His hair is very thin in places and he
pretends that he wears it SO from choice,
and to discourage the Indiana.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28
YICK,S
Flower and Vegetable Seeds

IV"VI 1II" FbN0""'N I'NN'
are the best the world produces. They
are planted by a million people in
America, and the result is, beautiful
Flowers and splendid Vegetables. A
Priced Catalogue sent free to all who
enclose the postage-a cent stamp.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28
A Saw Mill Wanted.
1,430 ACRES

of timber land four miles from the Ohio
river, down grade, three miles of dist
ance free turnpike. Oak, poplar, pine,
900 acres good for corn or wheat-bal-
ance fine and waverly sand stone-great
inducement to purchaser-call and con
suit
MARTIN KAGAY;
Somerset, Ohio.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28
VICK'S
Flower and Vegetable Garden

is the most beautiful work Of the kind
in the world. IL 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.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

We pay cash for butter and eggs, ana
will take either (at the highest market
price, in eEchsnge for goods.
u DITToE a HUI.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28
VIck's Floral Guide.

This is beautiful Quarterly Journal.
finely illustrated, and containing an ele-
gnEt colored Frontispiece with the first
number. Price only 25 cents. for the
year. The first number for 1876 just is
sued. Address
JAMES WICK, Rochester, n. Y.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

You can get late-style collars and
neck ties at the cheap store Of
DIrToE 4 HULL.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

jority requested me in said session of
Board where j was present, to resign.
the reply was alwa,s "So." and their
word is certainly more reliable, than
that of the three members-who, Mr..
.fTRUTH, crushed TO earth, shall rise again,
The eternal years OF God are hers;
But ERROR, wounded. writhes in pain,
And dies amid her wOTshipers."
and ifthe majority of the Board persist
in making such atrocious and malicious
falsehoods in regard 10 this matter,
hope the public will look uPon them as
men void of honor and unworthy to be
believed. EMMA HEssE.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

Two well finished rooms, up stairs. in
the new building on the north east cor
ner OF the Public Square in Somerset.
Enquire Of T.. r. MAoRrprR
Dec. IS, 1875. 9s.tr
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

We use the best material.
Put up our 1OOr6 neat and
strong, and in as good
style as any establish
D1e71t in the State!
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28
HAMILTON e. co.
Farm for Sale.

IAS ACRES-One mile east Of somerset, on
lUC RehObOth road. II is adapted 70 eitIor
stock or grain; is well watered with never lail-
ing springs; has choice fruit, consisting Of $50
apple trees, pears, cherries and ounces.
plum orchard Of the best varieties ot dams0ns,
cages, etc. Also, peach orchard Of $50 trees
Of the very best varieties. Good buildimga; 80
acres Of good timber, and fences all in good
pair. For particulars, call on or address
GEORGE w. CAHWOOD,
Oct. 20, 1875, 20tf Somerset, Ohio.
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MARKET REPORT.


CORRECTED BY AsHBRooK & CO
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28

The publishers invite attention 10 the
following list Of some Of the attractive
articles secured for Scribner's Monthly,
for the coming year. In the field Of
fiction, besides numerous noveletles and
shorter stories there will be two Remark
ably Serial Stories by American Au-
thors. The first Of these, now complete
in our hands,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-11
MISCELLANEOUS G1EANINas.

Grain is now going forward from the West
to the seaboard in large quantities. under the
stimulus given to freights by the recent reduc-
ton of railway rates.
Joe Goss, the champion bruiser of England,
now in New York, has challenged Tom Allen,
of st. Louis the American champion, to fight
him for the championship of the world.
Miles, the Vermont convict, has written
another letter relative to the Washington safe
burglary, with which he still maintains he was
connected. He gives the names of Harring-
ton, Gen. Babcock, John o. Evans, A. B. Will
Jams, and Clarvoe, Chief of Detectives, as the
persons with whom he directly dealt in arraDg-
ing the details of the conspiracy, and SAYS
Babcock was the originator of the thing.
Thomas Estrada has been inaugurated
President of the Republic of Cuba" The
executive office is in New York city.
Another railway war, likely to last longer,
and be more disastrous than any of it's prede-
cessors, has just broken out between the East
and West lines the contestants being the Erie,
the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio and
the Grand Trunk on one side, and the New
York Central on the other.
In the Methodist General Conference at Bal
timore, last week, DR.. Lanahan presented 8
memorial charging that the Western Publish
ing House at Cincinnati is insolvent and thai
the statement of the condition of It's finances
published by authority, is not a fair showing
in that it omits from the assets over $500,000
most of which is in real estate. The Doctor
also charged that the records of the last Gen
eral Conference were not completes that al
important document had been omitted ant
that the object of this omission was to cove
some unlawful act on the part of the managers
of the New York Book Concern.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-11
POLITICAL POINTS.

Horatio Seymour has written letter saying
he could not and would not accept nonlina-
ton for the Presidency under any circum-
stances.
The Republicans of Oregon have nominated
Richard Williams for Congress.
The Committee on Transportation for the
National Democratic convention have received
replies from twenty railroads that they will
make half-fare rates, not only to delegates to
connected with the convention, and it is ex-
pected that at least all the main roads will
acquiesce in this arrangement
A State Greenback convention was held at
Jackson, Mich, Last week. 1t was attended by
about seventy-fve delegates. The convention
elected twenty-five delegates to the National
Greenback convention.
The Republic ans of Oregon, in convention
at Salem last week, appointed six delegates to
the Cincinnati convention and expressed a
preference for Blaine for President.
The Maryland Republican convention has
instructed its delegates to vote for Blaine.
The present Governor of Texas, Richard B.
Coke, has been elected to succeed Mr.. Hamil-
ton in the United States Senate from that State.
The Georgia delegation to the Cincinnati
Convention goes uninstructed, but is understood
to stand eight for Blame, six for Bristow, five
for Morton, and three for Conkling.
A Washington dispatch to Chicago paper
says ''Gen. John M. Palmer, of Illinois, is
coming forward as a compromise Democratic
candidate to succeed Judge David Davis"
dispatch from Augusta, Ga, says: ''The
Democratic delegation is uncommitted, and will
vote for any good man that can be elected.
The Republican delegation stands thirteen for
Morton, seven for Blaine and Bristow, two for
Conkling."
The National Committee of the Liberal Re-
publican party met in New York city on the 9Th
inst. The committee discussed the advisability
of holding an independent convention, and.
after an animated but thoroughly harmonious
debate, it was determined to do So and Phila-
delphia was named as the place, and the 9th
of July as the date. Should either the Cincin-
natl or st. Louis conventions nominate men
who meet the approval of the bulk of the Lib
eral party, the chairman is authorized to revoke
the call for the Philadelphia convention.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-11
Recovered his Bonds.

A. r. T. Nichols of Greenfield Hill,
Conn, has just recovered $4,000 of
Government bonds in a peculiar way.
They disappeared, four months ago,
and he supposed that they had been
stolen by French couple who lived
near his house, but he couldn't prove
the theft on them. One day, the
woman told him she thought she could
find out where they were by witchcraft,
and said that she would come to the
house that night, and she wanted him to
look in the parlor Immediately after.
He took the precaution to Attach threads
to all the windows of the lower story,
and then went to bed. During the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-11

ineendiary speeches were made, and resolu-
tons adopted approving the destruction OF the
Chinese quarter of Antioch.
There was a heavy fall of snow in Northern
Wisconsin and Minnesota and on Lake Supe-
rior on the Sd inst
The Wisconsin Fish Commissioners have
had session at Madison and unanimously Sc
lected site for State Westinghouse, for
which the last Legislature appropriated
$4,000, at the Nine Springs. three miles from
Madison.
A tornado of unusual violence swept over
the city of Chicago one day last week. Several
houses were blown down, many unroofed, and
church spires, chimneys, etc., without number
were demolished. The freight depot of the
Michigan Southern railroad was shattered by
the wind, and several persons injured, one
fatally. The total damage to the property in
the city is estimated at several hundred thou
sand dollars. The same cyclone swept over a
considerable stretch of country, playing havoc
with farm-houses, fences, etc.
The new Common Council of Chicago has
canvassed the vote cast for Mayor at the recent
election in that city, and formally declared
the Hon. Thomas Hoyne to DC the duly elected
Mayor. II. d. Colvin, who wanted TO hold on
to the office for another year, in deiance.of the
popular WILL is thus forced to step down and
out.
From Fort Laramie comes news that the hos
tile Sioux are confederated under Sitting Bull,
and propose to devastate the border all along
Nebraska, Dakota, and Wyoming.
South.
A New Orleans dispatch states that State Sen
ator M. III. Twitchell, his brother-in-law, George
King, and coloredsman, were recently assas-
sinated while crossing Red river at Coushatta,
La. They were all three shot by one man, who
stood on the shore and picked them off with 8
repeating rife.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-11
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The monthly mint statement for April shows
that there was coined at the several minis gold
and silver amounting in value to IS, 088 $50.
Mr.. Randall, chairman of the Appropriation
Committee, thinks the House will get through
with its business and be ready to adjourn by
the 10th of June.
The Grand jury of the District court al
Washington has found an Indictment against
Gen. Belknap for the alleged acceptance OF
brides while Secretary of War.
A bill has been agreed upon by the Railroad
Committee of the House of Representatives,
providing that no higher rate shall be charged
for transportation of freight and passengers
across the Omaha bridge than for a like distance
over any other portion of the Union Pacific
road. The bill is designed to compel the COM
pany to recognize Council Bluffs as the eastern
terminus of the line in fact as well as in law
The Naval Appropriation bill has been COM
pleted by the House committee. 1t appropriates
$12, 700 900, about a third less than last year,
Mr.. Conkling has presented in the Senate
petitions from twenty-five States, asking the
interposition of the Government to secure the
release of Condor, the American Fenian who
was sentenced by the British courts to imprison-
ment for life, eight years ago.
It is stated from Washington that fully one
fourth of the outstanding fractional currency
has been destroyed and will never be present
ed at the Treasury department for REDEEM tion,
and that the total amount in existence at this
time is not over $780, 600, 900.
Another payment, amounting to $3.50, 900,
has just been received by the Secretary of the
Navy from the estate of Jay Cooke & Co., on
account of Indebtedness of Jay Cooke, McCul-
loch & Co to the department.
The Emperor of Brazil has been viewing the
curiosities in and around the national capital.
Speaker Kerr has gone to Richmond to re-
cuperate. His friends say there is little hope
of his recovery, unless he abandons his duties
as Speaker for q considerable period.
The managers of the bill to make State of
New Mexico have about abandoned their at
tempts of bringing the bill forward in the
House this session.
The bill introduced in the House by Mr..
Randall, providing for the coinage of $25, OO0,-
600 additional silver coin, authorizes the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to purchase silver bullion
with legal-tenders. Said silver shall be paid