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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
A Captured Alligator.

The Kansas City (Mo.) Times is re-
sponrible for the following story: "Yes
terday morning, while Mr.. Samuel
Gardner, the well-known fisherman of
this City, was ont fishing with his two
sons near this City. they captured an
alligator. The presence, of a reptile Of
this species 40 far from its natural home
in the sunny South, was something un-
usual. Mr.. Gardner says that at first he
thought it was large snake with its
head projecting above the drift wood,
and called the attention of his sons to
the strange object. They forced their
skiff cautiously around the strange OBJ
iect, and were somewhat aStoniShed TO
| find the supposed snake to be the tail of
! an alligator about seven feet in length
After some consultation as to the best
mode of killing or capturing the crea-
ture before il could make its escape, il
waa decided to tackle the varInint then
and there without waiting to come to the
City for gun. II required more thar
ordinary courage to engage such an ugly
looking monster with the weapons this
Gardners had with them which wer.
merely knives and clubs. But they die
it, and after desperate struggle. il
which Samuel Gardner nearly lost hi
life, the ugly brute was secured By
means of nets and ropes, and brought t.
the shore. 1t was towel at the stern o
the skif down the Missouri river from
the mouth of the Kaw, aid tied to tn
shore below the Civ"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
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Constltutionallv administered it removals
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The remarkable curative powers, when
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use in all cases.
| SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE is sold by
all wholesale snd retail druggist,
throughout the United States Price 81
Depot, WEEKS q POTTER. Boston.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
In the Long Ago.
From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.l
"Ah, we'll do l remember" said the
Court, as the next man passed out,
''when you were a constable in the
Third Ward, wore velvet coat, carried
cane, and was looked upon as high
jinx, hoop-la, tip-top sort of man.
Men repected you, the boys feared you,
and you conld have got trusted for a
small amount at any grocery in town.
Those days have fed. The sparkling
diamond of the past has become an old
JOINT of stove-pipe thrown into the alley
for cows to nibble at and wonder which
end the grass grows on. 1t makes me
sad to remember what you were and to
now see what you are."
"Yes. used to swell around good
DEAL" unused the prisoner.
"And now you are on the shrink
Your eyes look like pieces of turnif
glued TO red velvet; your hair looks iik.
fax gone to seed; your nose Rlistens lik.
creased apple, you tremble all over
and no boo,black would care to be seer
in your company"
"Its purity tuff," signed the man
winking at his old red boots.
"Have yon any ambition lef?" asket
the Court.
II guess so," was the hesitating re
ply.
DO you think there is any chance 70
you to climb up ngain?"
IL drnther kinder walk around an
take comfort" renlied the prisoner.
$50 we CO." raid his Honor, az h
leaned back. "When a man had M 800
be the dish-clo,h ns the dinner-plate,
ia useless to try TO wiring him out. II
have to send yon up for the winter"
well. it's kinder warm and nice IL
,here," ohaerved the old relic. 81 s'pos
they might give us more oysters thn
they do, hut I'm purity we'll satisfied"
After assuming picturesque position
Bijah sang out:
"Adjourned once more this Station Court,
The Black Maria's coming:
| silent tear for the men in here,
And up they'll g. a-humming.'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
Desires To Be Cremated,

Max Henry Stein, a wealthy citizen
Of Brooklyn, and who is reported to
have been an eccentric individual, has
just departed this life and his will has
been proved. In this document there il
rather a singular clause. After leaving
his wife some property in Omaha and
Brooklyn, and all his real and personal
property, TO the exclusion of all other
relatives, he pays: "Should / at the
time Of my decease be within easy dis
taDce from where a socIety exists for the
sensible and sanitary purpose of bnrn
ing dead human bodies, and having
suitable apparatus for that purpose il
nse, it is my special wish that my body
be disposed Of by the said improved
methods Of operation; otherwise, in con
sideration that costly or expensive finn
erals are hnmbng. | direct tina. in cas,
Of my deceasr the fnnrFal expenses shal
not exceed $50, all told. and that not NOR
than four persona skall follow the bod,
a. monrners." The will of the deceased
WAS written in June, 1874.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
1t SObered Him.
From the Burlington Hawkeye. ]

Last night the midnight blackness
that prevailed throughout the City was
more dense and more impenetrable
down in the railroad yards, and the sill
ent cars stood gloomy and spectral like,
dimly discernible by the faint light re-
fected from the numerous switch lights
that cleaned like the eyes of demons
from their places. Back and forth
through the darkoess strobe the night
watchman, his FURNISHED lantern swing-
ing from his arm, its shifting rays chas-
ing the changing shadows like sportive
specters as he moved along. Presently
the light of the lantern fell upon long
dark object lying upon the ground with
one end resting on the rail. The lantern
stopped it's pendulum like swing and by
its steadied light human form was
dimly deserted prone upon the earth,
It was a man STEPPED with drink. his
head resting upon the iron rail and
touching the fange of the wheel of a
car standing upon the track. But one
revolution Of the ponderous drive wheel
of the buay switch engine--yes, but a
tenth Of 1t, enough to have moved that
car single little foot-would have
made the blood curdle in thousand
hearts this morning. 1t would have
made a acpne CHASTITY in its horrible
realities, and the headless trunk Of ar
unfortunate victim to beastly appetite
wonld have been the only evidence 0
his dangerous folly.
The watchman approached him. HI
moved the lethargie limbs and shonl
the s.npor from the drunken man
; "What are yon doing here? Do yo,
. know where yon have made ynur bed?
The m IN aro-e stupidity and gazed will
strange varnity into the face of the in
? terrogator. He gave one lock NJ III
lantern. at the place where his head ha
so lately rested, and with siar,le,
{ look mp into the silent skv, with i,
= twinkling ssara. he started toward
z Main street. He was perfectly sohel
= But for hiH timely discovery he woul
e have been corpse to-day. He wa
:. saved. but had he been killed wher
q would the responsibility have rested?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
Is Wheat Growing Profitable!

The Wisconsin Jefferson County Tn
ion Lelieves that wheat growing is un-
profitable in Wisconsin, and goes for it
in the following rongh fashion,
Wheat growing has nearly ruined this
section of Wisconsin. 1t has destroyed
the fertility of one of the best soils that
ever the sun shone on. 1t has intrnluc-
ed vast army of insects which now
stand ready to destroy other crops
Worse than all, it has struck the farmer
himself with mental blight Like in
temperance, it steals away his brains
making him totally obIivious to his owl
folly. The culture of grass and corn
and the raising Of beef, pork, butter
and cheese is the remedy for our i'm
povcrisheh farms and farmers Dairy
men are getting rich, grainraisers arr
getting poorer every year. The profit,
that come from grass culture are not ex
cessive. but they are cure, and beside
the farmer is not selling out his farm b,
the bushel
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
The Ingenuity Of Surgery.

An artificial nose was manufactured
recently for a man in Illinois, whose
had been bitten off, in the following
manner: After he was placed under
the influence of chloroform, the pattern,
two and one half by three and three
quarters inches at it's widest parts, was
laid upon the forehead and outlined
with iodine. The skin inside this area
was taken out, left fast at the lower end
between the eyehrews. This was then
pulled down, turned upon itself, shaped
into the form of nose. nostrils being
cut, and piece was brought down te
make the division between them, and
grated, as it were in the upper lip. In
the meantime the sides, where the new
nose was to grow, had been freshenee
by cutting. The stitching was done
the place in the forehead where the Skin
was removed attended to, and the oper
alton was complete. At last account
the operation gave every promise of sue
| cess.-T Henderson News.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
An Interesting Manuscript Stolen

What appears to be strange. case of
theft is reported in late English papers.
Mr.. Blanchard Jerrold, who is writing II
life of Napoleon III. in the interest of
the Imperialists, has for some time been
in Paris working upon the third volume;
for the completion of which it was nec-
essary for him to consult large mum
ber of State papers not easy of access.
Having completed the volume a few
DAYS ago, he took his manuscript to the
Office of the London, Chatham and Do
yer Railroad, in Paris, where it was reg
istered, in order to be transferred to the
publishers in London. But the parcel
has never reached its destination, and
no tidings of it can be gained. 1t is
surmised that its disappearance is the
result of some political conspiracy OF
the part of those who did not wish to hs
made known their share in the circum
stances that led to the coup detdt, ant
which Mr.. Jerrold has most carefully
| descrihed
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24

Governor Rutherford B. HAYES SAYS
that Samuel J. Tilden told him that he
heard w. Frank Stewart say that E. A.
Shultz told him that Thos. f. Kelley
heard that there was no doubt that WIN.
NJ. Chandler said that George !. Lam
mon thonght that John P. Mcfarland
previously stated that Anthony Fox in
formed Warren ] Sheridan that q w.
Hall insisted that Fred Ni.hol declared
to the whole world that it WAS generally
credited that c. B Smith had a-sev+rat-
ed in plain terms that John L,mhpri
said that il wa- we'll known in Virgins
City and Gold Hin that Ogden Hill.
had made no bones of il to Frank Y
| Drake that il WAS fac, of great mill,
interest that Dr. H. Berg>tciu had mad.
his affidavit that D + Hodges knt v
well enough that W. d G. Gibson ars
/ W. Fl. Mes-rrve did say that any mSt
caught reading this is stuck for tn,
! drinks for the whole crowd Eirgini,
! City Nevadal Chronicle.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
A Card to the Public.

For many years we have made two
medicines suited to the ailments of a
vast class of sufferers. Thousands of
cures have been made by them, and, in
fact, the word failure could not be
co.'pIed will, them But within the last
swu v<a,s c-,;ni-rf.i:s Of our m. diein+s
hay. sp-nng NJ. d.neer,'u< ia their
ni"<. i.nit ton of nIr Tr.de Mark 70
sec ire the people We have placed upon
Zach genuine box of Holloway Oiut-
msnt he fac sim;ie of the signature of
our agent. Mr. jos. Hay.ioch, To couu
terf,.it is felony. We shall reIenilessly
pursue any one who initiates this with
the utmost viaor of the law. We most
earnestly beg that the great mass of the
American people will aid us in our eff
forts to protect their health, and help US
in our task of bringing these most un
prinoipled men to the bar of Justice
Uniformly refuse to purchase Medicines
purporting to be ours unless Mr.. Jos.
Haydock's signature is attached TO each
box of Pills or pot of Ointment and the
end will soon be reached.
The public's obedient servants,
HOLLOWAY & co.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
An Economical Frenellman.

Under the pressure of hard times.
says the Pail Mall Gazette, the keeper
of Paris cafe has hit upou an ingeni
ous device for reducing the cost of his
establishment. He keeps a fine New
foundland dog, which is great pet with
frequenters of the house, and from eve.
rv consumer of coffee contrives TO ex-
tract at least one lump Of sugar pei
diem. insomuch that men have marvel.
led how dog could eat so much sugar
without being very sick. The secret il
this: The dog has been taught to take
the sugar back to the store room, and
there deposit 1t in large basin, whence
il is again taken for the supply Of Other
customers. the dog himself receiving .
commission Of ten per cent. A good
many Frenchmen have bad habit o
pocketing all the sugar that is served Il
them. and Of which they have no im
mediate need, for the purpose OF sweet
ening their coffee. The proprietor 0
the cafe mus, therefore be considered te
have acted in self defense.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24

4 man nnmed Holly, riding from
Mimi, aota To Wi-cop-in on the ST. Paul
an'l Milwaukee Railway. the ether night
WAS mi-l@d hy the slacking.np of the
train while ON the bridge over the Mis-
sis-ipti into the b.lief thar it had arriv-
ej 81 the depot. and ssepped of the
platform into the river. twenty feet he
low. Fortunately the water Was too
shallow To drown and deep enough 10
break the force of his fall. and when
thore on the trnin who had seen the nc.
cident returned to the river, expec ing
60 find corpse. they discovered Mr
Holly wading ashore uninjured.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24

d VI Fulton, after whiting the gt-:.
Cenl-nniai. and giving special aiirn;i".
Ia ,ne photograph department. has re
,urhe,i ~ lis nice Hitl. gallery la Snu
cI>,g. Th,re hr expects Io IL main shcr
,iinr I" give his customers a chance L.
gel rnann.r pins of anv size. Vie or tn
IN. al -ach exc, eGingly los prices tha'
nnne need do without. lie has pr"
r.-a whereby he Is enable d To mast
beautiful photographs at one dollar per
dozen tchildren excepredl. Large pie
tnre- nicely framed At - each. and all
mhsr styles pruportionate!v low.
Eulion's long experience, in connec.
tion with his fine instruments and man
moth lights. enables him 10 please the
most faslidiuus. He can take any old
picture, no matter how small. and en-
large to any desired size, and when fran
ed will be not only an ornament to your
house, but a keepsake priceless in value
So if you have any pictures to copy oil
to frame, or want q nice cheap album
go to Fulton's, and go soon, for you maj
never have another chance to get snci
fine work at 40 greatly reduced prices
Don't forget the place-N. f. Corne
Public Square, over b. Whitmer's gro
Gerry. 81
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
STILL IN DOUBT.

The Presidency !. siill in doubt
though both parties continue to clai"
the election Of their candidates. The
South Carolina Canvassine Board have
completed their labors by issuing cet'ih'
Gates Of election to the Hayes Electors
and have adjourned sine die. AT last
accounts, the CanvassiDs Board of Flor
ida were awaiting the returns from three
eoun,ies-ths only ones not yet ofheiail'
heard from-before commencing I'M
canvass Of the vote Of the State. IL
Louisiana the Board is proceeding VIII
the counting, but their progress is slow
and the end in all probability will no
be reached Cor several weeks yet.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
Cremation I'm America-The Baron
de Palms Body To Be Scientifi.
@.cally Burned by the TheOsOphists.

The cremation of the body of the late
Baron de Palm, the Austrian nobleman,
who died in this City in May last, and
whose obseqnies "in the Pagan mode"
at Masonic Hall attracted so much at
tention, is to take place at Washington,
near Pit,sburg, Pennsylvania, some day
within the next fortnight. The Baron
was Spiritualist, and Jealous mem
Der of the Theosophical Society, which
he helped to found, and which will have
charge of the cremation.
Its President, Colonel Olcott, wants
i. understood that this il not at all re-
liginus ceremony, hut purely scientific
and experimental. "The body of the
late Baron" he says. sis in as perfect a
state Of preservation "a when he died
1t has been covered up in an antisep ic
powder. IL will be reduced by crema
non to three or fnnr ponnds A man of
$50 pounds weight can be reduced ,o
that"
Colonel Olcost takes no stock in the
>'a.' "f the French Marquis who wore
- ,IDAin- of hi- rremartd wife in q
'"u in. ring. lie does not believe il
"r<ihIe TO reduce body below thres
-,und-.
y great many savan- have been invii
: j 10 witness the ceremony. and solns o
them will probably believer add-ps
The Colonel himself meditates a Ion,
historical discnurse on cremation. -
Where all the people who are going ar
to stow themselves he can't imagine
The room attached TO DR.. Lemoyne
crematory will not hold above twent
, persons; while enough have signifie,
4 their purpose to be present to fill tw
large halls.
- This ia the second cremation in tn
United States. The frat was that c
Henry Laurens, of South Carolina, fft
years ago. Mr.. Laurens succeeded job
= Hancock as Presiden. of the Continent
al Congress. Before he died he direc
. ed his son to burn his body, upon pal
Of disinheritance, and the son fliall
, obeyed.
5 It is understood the cremation wi
- occupy about five hours. The body WI
y be inclosed in an iron retort, which wi
y then be placed in reverbatory furnac
= so that all gases, &c, will be entirel
DESTROYED.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
PeanHts-Somethins About a Fapu.
lar Vegetable.
From he Boston Herald. !

Peanuts, or, as they are popularity
known in the South. ground nuts or
goubera, grow in the ground on the roots
of the plant exactly like potatoes. The
stalk and leaves of the plant somewha
resemble clover. and TO get the nuts
when ripe the plants are pulled ont Of
the ground, the nuts adherlng firmly to
the roots. The greatest trouble with the
ground nuts is in picking them. which
has to be done by hand. no machine. hav-
ing as vet been invented to do the work
though it would seem as if such ma
chine. in the shape of course comb.
might be easily invented But labor is
cheap in the places where they grow.
which are in the light sandy soils of
Tennessee, Virginia, and North Caro-
lima, in this country. Peannts are also
largely grown in Africa, India, Brazil,
and other places. The best are raised
/ in the valley OF the River Cambria, in
Africa. and yield large quantities Of oil
This product, when properly produced
is esteemed equal to olive oil; but it is
also used in woolen manufactures, ir
soap making, in lamps. and for lubricat
ing machinery. Last year the crop il
the United States was as followa: Ten
nessee, 235,000 bushels; Virginia, 450.
g..
ports from Africa last year were sac, ,00t
bushels. OF which Boston imported So,
600 and New York $4,000. The averag
of the new crop this year is somewha
larger than that of last year, and tn
> yield promises we'll, the nut being gen
orally better filed and matured, thai
for the past two years, and of finer quail
ity. The past year was marked by few
er changes than any former one; by
moderate but steady consumptive de
mand; by an absence of specnlation; an
!, by the small proportion of choice Win;
nuts. Tennessee peanuts are put up
burlap bags Of four or five bushels caps
: city, and are sold by the pound, tt
j grades being respectively, inferio
8 prime. choice and fancy. The crop b
e gins Oct. /, and ends Sept. 80 of the el
e sning year. The new crop will con
+" forward under very favorable auspice
e The previous crop having been well so
up, stocks are light in the hands of cor
l. mission merchants and dealers
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Fall of Another FlOOr-Several
Women Injured, One Seriously.

UTICA, n Y, November 19.-During
an Episcocal Church entertaiAtnent at
Hills Hall, Perryville, Madison Coun-
ty, on Friday evening, the north bent OF
the floor gave way. precipiiating over
fifty women and children twelve feet TO
the floor below Mrs III. l.. Keeler
right leg broken, bone badly shattered
left arm and foot bruised; Mrs. Jnn
Cress and Mrs. David Wells, severely
injured about the chest and body; Mira
Cora Maines, knee and ankle sprained
Others were painfully bruised. Mrs
Cress NAV not survive.
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Valuable Evidence.

The following unsolicited testimonial
from Rev. o. T. WALKER. d. D..
formerly pastor of Bowdoin Square
Church, and at present settled in Provid-
ence, r. l., mnst be esteemed as reliable
evidence.
No one should fail to observe tina,
this testimonial is the result of two
years experience with the use of VEG.
ETTNE in the Rev. Mr. Walkers fami.
lv. who now prnnonnres it invaluable
PROVIDENCE. r. l., l64 Transit Street
II. r STEVENS. ESQ:
| feel h'.in'i ,""xrr.s- with my sigma
ire tn his" value place npon ynuI
FETE[IA = My family have used i
.ar Ii, i.-i 's" wears. In nervous d.
:.iii;, IL !, in lnti.lt. md | r.ur,nrm, r..
| il la j! W, III y reed an invicnsarin.
rpnnrati, z t.ric @ I. WALKER.
/ Formerly Pastor of B,wd"in SONAR
Church, B.,>t,n.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
India-Thrilling Details of the
Great Cyclone.

CALCUTTA, November 20-Three
large islands-namely, Haitian, Sun
deep and Dakhin Shahabozhare-ard
numerous smaller islands, including in
Backergnnge, Nookholly and Chitta-
gong, were entirely submerged by the
storm wave of October 81, az was al-o
the mainland for FIVE or six miles,
These islands are all in or near an es,u-
airy of the river Megua. The largest
Dakhin Shahabozhare, was 500 square
miles in extent 1t had population Of
about 100000 Haitian and Sundeep to
ge,her had about 100000 population.
Up to IL o'clock on the night of the 3lst
there was no sign Of danger. but before
midnight wave swept over the country
to the depth, in many places, of twenty
feet, surprising the people in their beds
Dense groves of eocoanut and palm
trees around the villages ena bled many
20 save themselves by climbing among
the branches. and some took refuge on
| the roofs Of their houses, but water burst
the houses asunder and swept them ont
| TO sea. Some were carried thus across
the channel, ten miles, to the Chitta2ong
District, but the vast majority were new
er heard of again. The country ia per
fecily Hat, and almost every one perish
ed who failed TO reach the trees. There
ia scarcely household in the i-lands
and on the adjacent coast but lost
many members The cattle are all
drowned. Boats are swept away, and
means Of communication with other dis
tricts destroyed. There is much distress
among the survivors, which the Govern
menr ia relieving.
The Government Gazette says wherev
sr storm wave passed II il believed
that not third of the population sur
he i-ianIs have barely ane
fourth of their former inhabitants. Tn
stencil from the putrefying bodies is in
-nfferahle. and "a general outbreak G
cholera ia expected. The corre.ponden
says this fear is happily not vet realize,
3. excerpt in Nookholly, where the diseas
has appeared.