The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-07

othcial out Of politics and keep him out.
General Grant, on his arrival in England, I
was received by the Mayor of Liverpool,
and others, with great cordiality and en-
Ten Brock, on the last day of the Louis
vile races, ran two miles in three minutes,
twenty-seven and half seconds, two Sec
onds faster than the best running on record.
A hand car belonging to the Pennsylvania
Railroad, on which were four workmen, was
backed into by freight train, near Hack
ensack, n. Y, the other morning. Thomas
Hogan and Phillip Goodman were instantly
killed, and Edward Henry and Patrick Don
nelly mortally wounded. Several freight
cars were thrown from the track.
Theresa Weiss, aged forty-fve, was lately
arrested in Philadelphia, charged with at
tempting to poison the family of Mr.. |
Slegel, No. 215 George Street, by sprinkling |
corrosive sublimste over some strawberries, |
butter, and other articles of food, and also |
putting some of it in pitcher of milk which |
was to be used by the family for supper. A
large quantity of poison was found upon the
person of the prisoner. She had had some
difficulty with the family, which had led Mr..
Siegel to serve her with notice to leave the
premises.
A youth of eighteen, named John Reese,
in difficulty with another youth named
John Nugent, at Miamitown, Hamilton
County, Ohio, struck him in the head with
loaded whip, causing his death in few
hours. The parties had never had any diff
Guilty before, and the quarrel was a sudden
one, originating from Nugents passing
ahead of Reese on the road in buggy.
Fletcher Harper, the last of the original
Harper Brothers, is dead.
Mr.. ]. Lothrop Motley, the American his
torian, died May 29, at Kingston Russell
Mouse, Dorsetshire, Eng, the residence of
his son.in.law, Mr.. Algernon Therdaw.
Major Charles T. Powell, United States
Consul at Iquique, died of fever at that port
on the 9th May.
Decoration day was generally observed on
May 80.
Tom Whitehead, deputy jailer of Hen
derson County, KY, shot and killed pris-
oner named Totten in the Henderson Jail a
few mornings since. Totten was trying to
escape, and struck the jailer on the head
with a. bar of iron, stunning him, when the
latter shot him.
Governor Cullum, of Illinois, hes vetoed
the bill passed by the Legislature to make
silver coin legal tender in that State.
A bolt of lightning struck Patrick Dwyre,
farmer, .,of Kappa, ILL.,, recently, instantly
killing him. One of his horses was also
killed.
: The South Carolina House, by a vote OF
Sc to 20, has refused to admit the entire
: Charleston delegation of seventeen members
fifteen colored and two whites, includine
= Mackey, Speaker of the Chamberlain
, House.
? A correspon dent at Orland, Indiana
. writes of the fearful death of James Lara
a mer near that place a week or two ago
y Laramer was handling lamp, when it ex
q ploded, sett; ng fire to his clothes He started
q for the mill pond near his house, but sanl
= down on the road aId was burned to death
n A man who attempted to rescue him wa
. severely burned.
n An accident occurred lately on the Lehigl
Valley Railroad, by which Mrs. Homer, o
Scranton, Pennsylvania, was killed. He
daughter, Mrs. E. N. Willard, and MI
r, Rupert were seriously hurt, and severs
r, others fatally injured.
N The General Assembly of Rhode Islam
1t has passed resolution inviting Presiden
s, Hayes and his Cabinet to visit Rhode islam
ID on the occasion of the army reunion i
lie Providence June 26, 81, and %, and appoin
N ing a committee to make proper arrang,
lie ments.
d AS the express train on the st. Louis an
IS San Francisco Railroad, late the Atlanti
It. and Pacific, reached point one and ha
IN miles west of Woodwend Station, one hui
to dred and ffty-fve miles from ST. Louis,
n 9:2O on the night of June 3, the engineer sa
" some kind of an obstruction on the tract
re and instantly applied the air brakes, but n,
,y quickly enough, for when reaching the sp,
C., where the obstruction was the engine an
er baggage car left the track and plunged dow
sy an embankment forty feet high. Samu
Richardson, fireman, and DIR. E. L. Atkinso
ce who was on the engine, were instantly kille
ar and Frank Cation, engineer, was SO bad
er, wounded that he died in two hours.
hn examining the track it was found that Il
on " "Fish.bars" connecting the rails on bo
ed sides of the track had been unjointed, al
er. the ends of the rails moved so that the ira
he would run down the embankment. A mo
key-wrench, an iron pick and claw.bar we
OF also found on the. track. This, in connecti
ar with the shots fred and;the men seen, l,
in no doubt in the minds of the conductor a
ch passengers that diabolical scheme h
: q been planned to run the whole train do,
he the bank, rob the express and plunder t
he passengers.
Geo. II. Wolff & Co.. dry goods jobbers
New York and Cincinnati, have failed
al, $450,000. OF the liabilities 100000 is s,
ere to be due for goods, and $350,0O0 to ban
les for discount.
in A son of A. B. Aurs, aged about ffte
in years, was drowned recently while BATH
ard in Long Lake, near New Portage, Ohio.
{ a Israel Randolph, an aged and esteem
.he physician, who had large practice amo
IN. the Old School class of patients, and VI
believed in bleeding and calomel, dropr
of dead in Third Avenue street car, in N
ire. York. He was worth over million dolls
the and had long lived in the st. Nicho
Hotel.
the Many of the recently discharged Treasu
md employees are reported as in a destitute c
ON dition.
of Rev. ] ohm NJ. Forzay, pastor of the Luthe,
Church at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, v
,h., drowned there a few days ago.
the A little daughter of A. Sanderson's, ag
and four years, fell backward into kettle of
Ish. lye, at Logansport, Ind, and was terri
BILE, scalded. Death resulted in few hours.
e is Foreign Items
The sufferings from famine in the no
ula provinces of China are unab ated. Part
hin relief is afforded by the exertions
lies foreigners and the wealthy Chinese,
en- these are effective only to limited exte
IONS The war feeling in Greece has brou
rop- about a revolution in the Government.
are the first sitting of the Chamber of Depu
at Athens, the Ministry were defeated
announced their designations.
1t is reported that Arabian has been
his taken by the Turks, by a coup de main.
to a The steamer City of Brussels, so m,
days missing at sea, with the Ameri
dis pilgrims for Rome on board, arrived
tied Liverpool on May -. Crowds assembled
SO the landing stage and on the pier to see