The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-12
REVIEW OF DOMESTIC NEWS.


CLERK ADAMS has made up the roll of the
next House with 152 Democrats, 134 Republi
cans, and vacancies.
THE total amount of subscriptions to the
four per cent. loan received in the United
States to date is 81, ,222 ,250.
CAPTAIN HowGATE has received the
necessary subscriptions, and will at once fit
out another Polar expedition.
The Government authorities are appre.
hensive that the Nez Perces war will prove
to be long, costly and troublesome.
GEORGE BAME, of New Burnside, Ill, on
July 4, accidently shot son of his part
ner, J. w. Hood, with fatal result.
JOHN KRAMER, of Cincinnati, cut up the
head of William Schmidt with hatchet, and
the victims wounds were pronounced fatal
Jealousy.
WILLIAM CoNKLIN, well-known lumber
merchant of Ionia County, Michigan, sui
cided on July 6. Heleaves wife and three
children.
AYoUNG man named Frank Dunlap was
drowned in the Ohio River, July 4, at Madi-
son, Ind, while bathing. His body was re-
covered.
THE commission of John L. Thomas, Col
lector of the Port of Baltimore, in place of
wilkins, suspended, has been signed by the
President.
YOUNG, MCNAUGHToN & Co., importers
of dry goods and shirt manufacturers, Mon
treal, have failed. Liabilities, $150,00O.
Assets, fifty per cent.
GENERAL GRANT arrived at Brussels on
the evening of July 6, and proceeded to the
hotel No official reception was given him,
as he was travelling incogaito.
ED. JULIAN, a young man twenty years of
age, was drowned at Portsmouth while at
tempting to swim the Ohio River. He is
supposed to have taken the cramp.
AN installment of seven hundred and
thirty women and children arrived in New
York, Saturday, July 7, e,, route to Salt
Lake, as recruits for Brighams band.
GOVERNOR HAMPTON has at last sue
ceeded in negotiating in New York loan of
100000, with which to pay expenses of
the South Carolina State Government.
WILLIE ROBINSON, a colored boy about
thirteen years old, of Piqua, o., was acci-
IDENTIFY drowned, July 4, in Rush Greek,
while bathing. The body was recovered.
THEODORE TILToN and two daughters,
Florence and Alice, sailed for Europe on
the 7th. He will return in the fall, but tn e
young ladies will be absent about two years.
ALL the accused murderers of the Weldon
family in Logan County flour in number),
have been set at liberty except William V.
Terrill. The evidence against him is strong.
GENERAL HOWARD is still pursuing the
hostile Indians on Salmon River. A small
skirmish on Thursday, July 5, resulted in
killing several Indians, and the capture of
their camp and one thousand ponies.
THE Detroit, Eel River and Illinois Rail-
road has been sold at Sherifss sale at Logans-
port, Ind, for $750,000. Jas. F. Joy and
Elijah Smith were the purchasers, they act
ing in the interest of the first mortgage
bondholders.
The Vanderbilts are again in Court
wrangling about the Commodore's money
Cornelius J. now brings suit against VIII
liam H. for a million, the amount agreed
upon in the late contest, but which the latter
is slow about paying.
ARow-BoAT on Horn Pond, near Woburn
Massachusetts,, containing twelve persons
was capsized on July 4, and Mrs. Re,ssiter, o.
Woburn, and one child, Mr.. and Mrs
O'Leary, of Winchester, and one child, anG
Mrs. Kenney, of Woburn, were drowned.
THREE men, Floy, Bellinger, and Pierce
were boating in Niagara River, above the
falls, few evenings since, when the boa
got into the rapids. Bellinger and Pierce
jumped out and attempted to swim to the
shore, but were carried over the falls. Floy
remained in the boat and was rescued.
AS workmen were engaged in blowing ou
the North Lebanon Furnace, at Lebanon
Pennsylvania, on, the 4th, an accident oc
Cured by which Charles Smith and Davit
Grantz were fatally, and John Kilmayer ant
Edward Hoffman dangerously burned.
LATELY, at Cherubusco, Ind, daughter o
Geo. Pinney, aged eight years, met with
frightful death. She attempted to light
fire with kerosene oil, when the can ex
ploded, saturating her clothes, which wer
| burned completely from her body. Sh
| fingered three hours in terrible agony.
|
Lagrange, Ga, on July 6, for killing tw
negro children last winter, aged eight an
two years. He blew off the head of tn
older one with gun, and crushed the hea
of the other with the stock, and cut it
throat from ear to ear with a case-knife.
THE grave of Samuel Meredith, at Noun
Pleasant, Pennsylvania, first Treasurer c
| {1a Ip.f fal Cf,fa 81 ~ e.
noon of the Fourth by party of gentleme
who cleared and cleaned the grounds an
organized a monumental association
1t is proposed to erect plain, substanti;
shaft.
A SPECIAL to the Little Rock Gazette frol
Prescott, Arkansas, gives an account of
fight between gang of horse-thieves and
Sherif's posse, fifty miles below that plac
in which one of the posse, a Cumberlar
Presbyterian minister, was killed. I'll
! murderer was riddled with buckshot.
THE steamships Elphinstone and Re
water came in collision at Point au Trembl
below Montreal, on July 4. Both we
Y sunk. The former was bound inward, wi
: iron, etc. The latter was outward boun
|. with corn. Both were large ocean steamer
and will be total loss. The crews we
saved.
MUCH excitement is occasioned in ]
'' dianapolis, by an attempted suicide by C
y ]. o. Martin, the widely known Secretary
g the Masonic Mutual Benefit Associate
Col. Martin has for some time past been I
able to attend to business on account of b
Is health, and has been a victim to extrel
n depression and melancholy.
70 JAMES KIDwELL, well-known busin
!, man of Fleming County, Kentucky, "
Il struck by lightning and instantly killed
u the afternoon of July 4, at his house,
:. Franklin's mill, on Fox Creek, in tt
~ county. Mr.. Kidwell has for many ye;
a been member of the firm of Samuels, X
n well & Co., of Poplar Plains. He leave.
r. family.
N Mr.. GARNET, of No. 800 Broadw
T. Cleveland, committed suicide recently
N shooting himself. About six weeks ago
as struck man named Brooks on the ht