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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18
ore, William A. McMasters, John D. Fay

more, William A. McMasters, John D. Fay,
Littleton G. Garretson, Colonel Hardy,
James NJ Ball, and Horatio N Twombley.
Dodworth's Band arrived, and, taking up
their position in front of the hotel balcony,
discoursed several popular airs. Gov.
Hendricks was then escorted to the balcony
by MIR. w. Fl. Vanwvck, who welcomed the
distinguished guest to his native land. The
Governor replied, thanking those present
for his kind reception, and describing
briefly his experiences abroad. No
reference was made to political matters.
THE Secretary of the Treasury, in COM
munication to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, says the estimate of appro-
priations required for the military establish
ment for the fiscal year ending June so, 1878,
as furnished by the Secretary of War, to-
gether with the special estimates of other
deficiencies and the appropriations required
by the several Executive Departments for
the current and fiscal year is as follows: War
Department, $32, ,436,7 ,764; Library of Con-
gress, 81, 800; Court of Claims, 81, ,2O6, ,453
Treasury Department, $273,S91; Postoffice
Department, 100000; Navy Department,
s., ,0O3, ,S61 Judicial, $262, ,535. Total, $780,
906, ,306.66. Accompanying these estimates
are the following submitted by the Secretary
of War, without recommendation Forts
and Notifications, $2,07S,OO0; rivers and
harbors, $13, ,220, 100. An estimate of 81 ,031,-
453, for permanent annual appropriations,
is also submitted for the information of Con.
gress, but is not recommended.
THE San Diego Union of late date has
the following special from Tucson: Advices
from Ell Paso show a most serious and
threatening state of affairs. The entire
lower portion of Ell Paso County is in pos
session of mob, and Americans through
out the county have abandoned their homes
and fed to Ell Paso for safety. Judge How
ard, who killed Louis Cards at Ell Paso or
the 10th inst, succeeded in making his es
cape to Messilla, where he still remains
| Cards is said to have been the leader O.
| the mob, who are all more desperate
and threatening in consequence of hi
death. The Sheriff of Ell Paso is also a
Messilla, but refuses to return with Howard
as the latter would be killed immediatel,
| by the mob, while the Sheriff himself will
be killed if he dares return without How
ard Lieut.. Paine, who is in charge of
detachment of troops, says four companie
will be required to suppress the mob.
large number of outlaws are encamped nea
the county seat. They declare they vii
| fight the troops if the latter attempt t.
make any arrests. Judge Blaker is el
route from Fort Davis with troops to restor
| order
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

Mrs. MYRA CLARK GAINES has
wearied in waiting for New Orleans to
accept her offer to compromise her
claims, and has brought her first suit
against the city in her efforts to recover
what the Courts have declared to be her
legal rights. The property sued for is a
part of what is known as the Blanc
plantation, and was sold by the city to
Felix Formento, on the 26th of Septem-
Der, 1887, for $3.50. The value of the
property has since increased tenfold.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

LONDON Standard: Poikilographrsi
that is the art of photographing in
natural colors, is now. not only discov-
cred, but prohtably practiced in London.
The process in question is one by which
paintings ancient or modern can be re-
produced in fac simile and with all the
softness and blending of color that made
them as pleasing to the eye of the gem
eral observer Though perhaps not to the
connoisseur) as would be the original
paintings themselves. The copy is es-
sentially faithful in the minutest details
from the simple fact of its being photo
graph, which by mechanical contri-
vance can be enlarged to any given di-
mension. Being thus acquired, it sub
sequently undergoes the poikilographic
process by which it is made to resemble,
and is, in fact, an oil painting that would
not discredit the walls of those lovers of
art whose means will not enable them to
indulge in the originals themselves.
The patentee of the process is MIR. Lom-
bardi. He and an American associate
have brought the invention to basis of
practical utility. Z
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

MANY instances have been given from
time to time of improvement in the
value of city properties in London, but
one of the most remarkable is that of a
house in Lombard Street, the property
of the Drapers' Company, which in
1868 was let for s25 year. In 1877
the site let's for e2,600 a year ground
rent, and the lessee having expended
10000 on the building covering it, gets
a return Of $1,000 year rent.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18
The Terrible Snakes of India.
bombay Gazette.1

The fatal rapidity with which the
venom impregnates the blood is exem-
plifed by the following story, told me
years ago as having occurred at Mahab-
leshwur. A native gardener at work in
a garden at that place was bitten by a
snake on one of his fingers. The man,
with great presence of mind and deter
mination, Immediately chopped off the
bitten finger with his garden knife. But
it was too late, the poison had already
passed up the hand beyond the place of
amputation, and poor malice died from
the effects of the bite.
A party of friends were one evening
sitting at whist table, some playing,
others watching the game. One of the
PLAYERS happened to look down on the
ground, and was Mortified by discover
What was to be done? To move was
certain death, and all that the man thus
strangely shackled could do was to sit
perfectly still and call the attention of
his friends to his dangerous predica-
ment. For any of the rest of the party
to have Immediately attacked the snake
would probably have been fatal to their
friend. By what may be almost called
inspiration, one of the non-players
quietly left the room and ordered in a
basin of milk, which was gently put
down on the ground not far from the
snake In a few minutes, or perhaps
only seconds, which must have, how
ever, appeared an hour at least to the
unhappy captive, the cobra uncoiled
himself and went off to the milk, and
when once well away from their com.
panion's leg, was of course, very soon
killed.
1t may be objected that snake would
not venture in among a number of peo
pie in the way above described. How
then, would the objectors account fol
the danger run by a lady, whom l coult
name, one evening in drawing-roon
full of people? This lady was reach
ing out her arm to draw a chair towarC
herself, with the intention of sitting
down on it, when a snake was observed
on the back thereof. How did the snake
get there? 1t is very difficult to tel
where snake will not be found, bu
still more SO to ascertain hew and wheI
it reached the place of discovery.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

THE portraits of some of the most
famous Americans are to be put upon
the new stamps for beer kegs. The stamp
for the eighth of barrel is blue with
the vignette of Washington for center
piece; the sixth of barrel, brown with
a vignette of Thomas Corwin; one
fourth barrel, green with vignette of
Thomas II. Benton; one-third barrel,
purple with a vignette of General
George H. Thomas; one-half barrel,
buff with vignette of Jefferson; barrel,
pink with vignette of Ex-President
johnson; hogshead, black with vignette
of Silas Wright.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18
.,ENGLAND'S PENSIONERS.

An official account, demanded by
some inquisitive and dissatisfied mem
bers of Parliament, of the sums annu-
ally paid to the royal family and other
public pensioners, has recently been
published. The statement is for the
year ending last March. The Queen, of
course, heads the list, with 9406, 70S los.
Cd. This is pretty salary for one year.
While we are quarreling over our
President ssalary, and hesitating whether
it shall be $25,OOO or $4,000, England
does not grumble at giving its sovereign
50, ,O0O, 600! The Presidents salary is a
good example to compare the others we
shall mention with. The Prince of
Wales had 100000, the Duke of Edin-
burgh 1926, eco, and the other two royal
Princes each $75, 900, the Duke of Cam
bridge 100000, the Princess of Wales
$50, 900, the Princess Royal $40, 900, her
three sisters and the Duchess of Com
bridge each $50, 900, the Duchess of Teck
$25, 600, and the Duchess of Mecklen-
berg-Strelitz $4,000. So much for the
royal family. Among the public pen
sioners are dozen or more retired diplo
matists with from $5, 900 to $40, 900 each
three retired Lord Chancellors eacl
with $25, 1000, six e1-Judges with abou
$20, 900 each, an ex-Speaker with thu
same, and three ex-Cabinet Minister
each with $40, 900. Then came the Duke
of Marlborough and Wellington eacl
with $4,000, on account of Blenhein
and Waterloo, and after them a curiou
: lot, including old servants of George ii
, and Queen Charlotte, with pensions fror
$4,000 down to 5000. Nelson's repre-
! sentative gets $17, 500, and the heirs c
the Quaker William Penn 500, 900. Thes
are big figures, and tend to bewilde
t ones brain.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

NoRRIsTowN Herald: Mr.. Bryant,
the poet, more than year ago was pre-
sented with very handsome vase, cost
ing some ten thousand dollars. Last
summer this vase was on exhibition at
the Centennial, but having no other use
for it this season, it is suspected that,
taking advantage of the abundant fruit
crop, he has filled it with currant jelley,
or blackberry jam, or spiced cantaloupe,
or something that way.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

THE newly appointed Senator Arm
strong, of Mississippi, writes his fellow
student, Ex-Congressman Perry, of
Portland, came to Kent's Hill Seminary,
in Maine, in the autumn of 1880 on
foot, with only twenty cents in his
pocket. He and General Perry worked
on the school farm five hours day of
the term for their board. He speaks of
his old associate in affectionate terms, as
a manly, kindly boy, who would fight
when put upon, and being an athlete,
was soon avoided by those disposed to
make fun of others.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

The Krupp cannon works in Ger
many are of immense dimensions. They
send their armaments to all parts of the
world, and employ an enormous capital.
A striking feature of the establishment
is hundred thousand pound trip-ham-
mer. The Emperor William recently
made visit of inspection there, and six
thousand three hundred and ninety-four
workmen turned out to receive him.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

THE University of Wisconsin is trying
the experiment of co-education of the
sexes, and a committee of the Legisla-
ture report "an unmistakable appear
ance OF i'll health" among the female
students, who are as well provided for as
the young men. The committee come
TO the conclusion that the peculiar
physiology Of women will not permit
them to study as closely as men.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

The fund bequeathed by Benjamin
Franklin to Boston to aid worthy young
mechanics has accumulated to two hun
dred thousand dollars, and will prob
ably be intrusted for practical use to
:, the Charitable Mechanical Association,
(which has appointed committeeto to con-
suit with Josiah Quincy, who is to
present to the Legislature petition to
that effect Of some four hundred per-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

Mrs. ELIZABETH WEBER, who died
Of hydrophobia in Boston the other day,
was bitten through the nail of the sec
ond finger of the right hand on July 81,
by her own pet dog. Pains in her arm
appeared on September %, which she at
tributed to rheumatism; they increased,
and the physicians called it "a bad
cold" Even after she turned away from
water with aversion, and her throat had
swollen frightfully, SO that she gasped
for breath, the physicians persisted that
it was not hydrophobia. She was car
ried to the City Hospital, strapped to {
mattress, and barking like dog. She
died in three quarters of an houl
after her arrival. The Hospital physi
clans unanimously pronounced the dis
ease hydrophobia,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

LONDON Times: The statistics of the
military prison at Oberhaus, in Bavaria,
contain some curious information as to
capacity of the Bavarian soldier for
beer. One, an artillery man, who was
discharged for lung disease, said that
twenty quarts did not exactly hurt him
A second a mason by profession, said
"I never count more than ten or twelve
quarts, but after that it goes quickly"
and third was of opinion that, if he
could get it, he would drink twenty-eight
quarts day, and not feel it. Another
exclaimed Indignantly that he was not
drunk, for he had only had eight quarts
whileone, regular habitue of the prison,
insisted that he was no blackguard, but
| he did like drinking
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

LOOKING at the enormous German
element in our population to-day, it is
curious to reflect that George Ticknor
mentions in his memoirs that in 1910 he
couldn't get any instruction in the Ger
man language in Boston, and had to
borrow a German dictionary from
another city.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

NJ THEIRS has left to the State not
only all his collection, but also the i'm
mense historical materials which he had
gathered for his works. As well as the
house which he had partly rebuilt with
funds voted by the National Assembly
after the defeat of the commune. We
understand that this house will be
converted into museum. The packets
of MSS, comprising documents of the
highest political and diplomatic interest,
which he used for his History of the
Revolution" and his "History of the
Consulate and the Empire" and which
had been given him or transcribed foi
him by the surviving members of the
families of the historical personages con
cerned or by the chanceries of the vari
Gus countries, will be deposited in the
National Archives, after the friends Of
the deceased have selected from them al
matter purely of personal natuae.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

A sHIPwRECKED Irish sailor was mar
rating how he and his companion had
floated about at sea for twenty days in
an open boat. "And what did you do
for food, Pat, when the provisions gave
out?'' asked bystander "Shure, and
we dined on one of tn officers. Twas
the first mate we'd had in fortnight" "
was the reply.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

A LOVER of good coffee entered a
grocery recently, and holding up a hand
full of ground coffee from big can, he
inquired: care there any beans in this
coffee?'' "No SIR" promptly replied
the grocer. Chow do you knowT'
asked the man. " Because l was out of
beans and had to put peas imp was the
answer.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

FANCY rural estates in the suburbs of
New York have shrunk fearfully in
value. An estate at New Rochelle,
which cost $500, 600, was sold lately for
$50, 900, and another at Dellwood, New
Jersey, formerly valued at $190, 900,
went for $37, 500.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

THE spelling of "keramics " is new,
and fantastic, and agreeable, but it is
not k'rect, says the.Chicago. Tribune.
The word should be keramiks or cera-
mics. Nobody has pronounce "kera.
miks" who is not prepared to adopt also
Sophokles, Thukidides, Kikero, and
Kelt.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

FULTON Times: The man who has
heretofore collided with plate of soft
butter when feeling around in the cup
board in search of something to eat after
dark, now experiences relief from the
monotony by sticking his fingers in
the pumpkin pie.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

New YORK Graphic: A woman never
measures her Mysteries according to the
size of the occasion, but furnishes just
as fine variety on finding bug in her
lunch basket as she would if it were an
alligator.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18
EDITORIAL OLO.

THEY are going to set up drinking
saloons in the New Castle Jail, and thus
hope to keep some of the prisoners be-
hind the bars. They will make bar
tenders of them. This is highly
original idea and worthy of the Delaware
authorities.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

PHILADELPHIA Bulletin: We would
like to ask the ladies conundrum.
Why is it that during the whole of sum-
mer they wore low crowned hats, and
now that the theaters are open they re
sort to seven-storied hats with cupola
of flowers ON top?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18
VOLUME V.

The Keely motor is pronounced de-
fusion by eminent mechanical engineers.
1t is said that Keely has sold the ma
chine over and over again, the Patent
Office records exhibiting no fewer than
thirty-four transfers in the following in
ventions: Independent fywheel," 4"
"hydro-pneumatic pulsating vacuo en-
gine," globe MOTOR" "dissipating en-
gine, mutiplicator, generator" OR
automatic water lift" The first
patent is dated 1871 and the last 1875.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

A MAN is like bit of Labrador spar,
which has no lustre as you turn it in
your hand, until you come to particu-
lar angle; then it shows deep and beau-
tiful Emerson,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

ONE of South Cardinals Governors,
James Glen, is buried in an ancient
churchyard at Linlithglow, Scotland.
He died in l777, aged seventy-six.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

A delightful entertainment was given
in the Town Hall, Glendale, night before
last, by the young ladies of the Presby-
terian Church. All amateur entertain
ments given here for that matter, are of
that character, for the simple reason
that it is doubtful if more beauty and
talent could be assembled in any COM
munity of ten times the population.
Glendale girls are really superb. The
following was the programme of tab
leaux: The Play Scene-Hamlet; The
Dancing Lesson; Aiming the Young
Knight; Comm Thro' the Rye; The
Abdication of Mary Queen of Scots
The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
The Duel Interrupted; The Soldier
Vision; Wilkins and His Dinah ;. .Th'
Artists Dream National Reception.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

A VERMONT man boasts of geranium
in his garden that has had thirteen
thousand blossoms this year.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

NEW ORLEANS Picayune: A man who
stands good chance of getting it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

A cHINAMAN who died in Belleville
N. j., recently, was buried as he would
have been if he had died in his native
land. He was clothed in the usual
Chinese garments, including hat and
shoes, and placed in common coffin,
which was then put in grave
three feet in depth. At the
side of the grave were placed dish con-
tanning two roasted chickens, another
holding rice and chopsticks. By the side
Of the dishes bottle was put, and in a
hole at the foot of the grave small
stone pot. Religious ceremonies were
performed, the grave was filled up and
all the property of the deceased
trunk and clothing-were burned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

If you have your piano in the parlor
you are out of style.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18

A volume of "Selections from the
Writings of the Author of the Schon-
berg-Cotta Family" has just been pub
lished by Dodd, Mead & Co.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-01-25
REMOVAL.

o. p. BRUCE g. Co. have re-
moved to the new brick on tic
north side of the public Square,
which has just been completed
by Maj. Hurt, next door to Ma
tional Bank, were they wish to
buy all the corn, wheat, rye and
oats now, or that may in the
future be offered in the Fay
etteyille market. AS they are
the Oldest grain dealers in town,
any one would do we'll to call
and see them before selling their
grain. jan. 1l-tf
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-01-25
Hn,r fn Cnre Cnnsmmntion,

The great number Of deaths from this
destroyer of the human race and its rapid
increase, call with trumpet voice for the
genius Of some one to devise means for the
dethronement of its power. The cure has
been discovered and is saving thousands.
Genius has invented a detector; nature has
furnished the remedy. Avail yourself of
it before it is too late slight cold il neg
lectod, often terminates in consumption. To
guard againsttlds sure ard fatal destroyer
use the only known antidote, compound
Honey of Tar. Price so cents per bottle.
For sale by SMITH & MILES, Fayetteville,
Tenn. i
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-01-25

The adjourned meeting met
last Friday fifty-two magis-
trates present. The following
county officers were elected
81 Superintendent Of Common
Schools-T. j. Riyes.
Ranger-N.O. Wallace.
Coroner-E. G. Mclaughlin.
Poor House Commissioner
j. II. Burnam, Theo. Harris
and L. l.. Cole.
Jail COMMISSIONERS. B.
Mckenzie, Jno. Y. Gill and T.
p. Fulton. s
j. T. sRoWell was appointed
Back Tax Collector to collect
the unpaid taxes Of the years
1873 and 1874.
TherJail Commissioners we're
allowed S1.50 per day for the
past year. .s-as...
. The Poor House Commits
sioners were voted the same
compensation as inthe year 1875.
The Superintendent Of the
Poor House was voted $500 for
his services for the year 1876.
An appropriation of $500 was
made to defray the current ex-
penses for the present year.
Ordered by the Court that
VIM. Buntleyb e.appointed COM
missioner of Thomas Handy,
in room of d. M. Holloway, APP
preparation 10 be drawn quar-
terly. &
2 A petition for a jury of view
was presented, to examine a
second class road in the 18th
district that intersects the Fay
etteEille and Elkton road and
runs to- j. B. Lambs grass lot.
The following accounts were
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-01-25
SaI@kFtO take Place.

Alklsales of property adyer-
iised In the OBSERVER, Or for
which llandbills may be printed
at tins office, viii hereafter be
noticed under the above head
ing free Of charge. We ask at
tention to the following:
ByD. w. Clark, @. and NJ.
and Special CON-, on the prem
ises,a Saturday, February 21st,
1877, 140 acres in, the 10Th dis
trict, in the case of ID. G. Hall,
adm, against Mary sE. Gray
and Others.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-01-25

The question no longer agitates the pub
lie mind, whether Lightning Liniment is
better than all other Liniments. We think
emphatically it is the best Eminent in the
world for rheumatism, neuralgia, sprains,
bruises, contracted mu cles, letter, stiff
Joints, pains IN breast, side and back, cures
tooth ache in five minutes, ear ache instant
". Nothing is superior 20 it for horses,
cattle and hogs; viii cure blind staggers,
and kidney disease ia hogs; viii remove
warts, knots, sp.int, and cure disternper,
epizsoic on horses and cattle. TO satisfy
yourself call and get a bottle. Price 50
csnts. For sale BY sNIrR & NrtEH. 1