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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-08-15

EUROPEAN DRAFTs.-Drafts issued
at lowest rates on Great Britain, Ire
land, Germany. Russia, France, Norway
and Sweden. Tickets to and from
Europe sold at lowest rates by Andrew
Chilberg, Seattle, w. T.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-08-15

POPULATION OF KLIcKirAr. - Tue
new census gives i.sil IS the popaia
ton Of KlickitAt county-uumbeF Of
families, 239
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-08-15

Hot BosTON BROWN BREAD Sunda
morning at the Eureka Bakery.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-08-15

~ 0os lsss than forty thousand
- y californa are out Of em
49, Most Of them are able and
~ sesk and mot : few are Offer
- fo tasIs board and iodg-
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-08-15

PURE Mocha Coffee for sale cheap Q
Chilberg Bros.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-06
Account Of the Action Before Plevna.

A Russian official dispatch, dated Gorny
Studen, September 1, says: "All quiet to-
ward Rustchuk, Osman Bazaar, Loftscha and
the Balkan passes. There was fighting be-
fore Plevna August 81 from eight in the
morning until four in the afternoon. The
Turks numbered twenty-five thousand, and
were repulsed along the whole line. The
Russian loss was six hundred" Five hun
dred cavalry and ten guns and no less than
twenty thousand Turks found the advance.
1t was odds of six to one for eight hours be-
fore the Russians left the village, and firing
was almost continuous during the whole day.
After the Turks had entered a portion of
the village, the Russian infantry held their
ground for two hours awaiting reinforce
ments. At length three hundred came, and
two hours more hot firing ensued, during
which the Turks were continually being
REINFORCED by masses of troops. 1t was
long since certain we must lose our posi-
ton, but retreat did not begin fairly until
four O'Clock, the fighting having commenced
at eight o'clock in the morning, when, from
along the line, came suddenly back the ex.
hausted infantry men.
The only remark passed was, "There are
too many" Gen. Zeonoff and his staff were
indefatigable in their exertions when the
retreat began. 1t was an ugly one; from
one little rise to another we went each
time, until the fire was too hot for us; and
Mt last, when the great body of Circassians
hovered upon our right in the maize fields
below, our Cossacks, and Huzzars were
sent down to meet them. Our po
sition was finally yielded, and W.
struggled back to Gagora. Such o
the wounded as could manage to crawl ava,
did so, while infantry men bore back other
on their rifles. We gave up our horses t.
the wounded officers and finally gathered
few hundred of us at the foot of hill alon
winding road, which leads to Karassar
The result of the loss at Karassan is nc
important, unless the enemy succeeds i
forcing the heights we now hold. Th
Czarowitch's army is necessarily divide
into small masses at different places alon
the whole line of the front, from Giurgev
to Tirnova.
A speedy concentration is impossibl
first from want of troops; second, only Q
account of great distances and mario
roads. Our present position is an admiral
one; we stand, of course, strictly on defe
sive. This correspondent estimates Il
Russians had five thousand killed al
wounded in the battle.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-06

Congress. In explanation of this ap-
parent want of official interest in this
great international undertaking, it may
be said that neither the action of the
French Government nor the character of
the French exhibits at the Centennial
last year was such as the United States
had right to expect from nation with
which it had so long been ON friendly
terms. While other nations sent special
commissioners, many of them men of
high rank and great experience, France
intrusted the interests of her citizens to
subordinate attaches of the French
Legation here, one, at least, of whom
was extremely Objectionable to President
Grant. In addition to this, the charac-
ter of the French exhibition was not
such as the United States had a right to
expect, and the failure of France in this
respect was, it is believed, largely due to
the lack of interest, not to say opposi-
ton, of the French Government.
1t may be remembered that when the
invitation to the United States to par
ticipate in the Paris exposition of 1878
was received, Secretary Fish transmitted
it to Congress without a recommended
ton, and it is understood that he subse-
quently informed the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations of the reasons why
Grants Administration was unwilling to
urge upon Congress any steps looking to
the representation of the United States
at Paris. This feeling of indifference,
manifested by the lastd Administration, is
understood to be shared, to some extent
at least, by the present one.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-06

dollars; the second prize is a full libation
set of cups and candlesticks, worth two
hundred dollars; the third prize set of
Masonic jewelry, worth one hundred
dollars.
THE Grand Jury at Columbia, South
Carolina, has returned true bills for breach
of trust against ex-Lieutenant Governor
Gleaves, ex-President of the Senate, at
Montgomery; Ex-Governor Moses, ex-Clerk
of the House Jones, and ex-Treasurer
Barker; also against Clerk of the Senate
Woodruff, for forgery, to the amount of
$4,000 against one F. S. Jacobs forgery fo
over $4,000 against Scott Parker; and
United States Senator Patterson for the
bribery of members of the Legislature in
matters of the Blue Ridge Railroad and
other cases, and against Patterson Parker,
and III. H. Kimpton, of New York, for con-
spiracy to bribe the Legislature.
LEWIS DEsH, resident of ST. Paris, Ohio,
cut his wife's throat with a razor few
mornings since, and then cut his own. Mrs.
Desh was asleep in an upper room when at
tackled, and young son who was sleeping
in an adjoining bed awoke in time to see his
father do the deed, and raised an alarm.
Neighbors came in soon and found Mrs.
Desh sitting on the floor, in a rear room,
down stairs, with her throat cut from ear to
ear, the poor woman having walked this
distance after the deed was done. Going
upstairs, they found Desh with his own
throat cut and himself weltering in his own
blood. The only cause known for this ter
rible tragedy is the fact that Desh has been
q ard drin Eer for years
A Neps' special from Paris, Texas, says
that about one o'clock p. M, September /,
a fire broke out in saloon, which spread
rapidly, burning the east, west, and south
sides of the square, Clarksville Street, from
the square to Pine and Bluff Streets, and
from the square to and including the Post
Office. Many private dwellings, offices, and
trade shops are not included in the above
area, making about ten solid blocks de-
stroyed. The old Court House was also
burned. The water gave out, which rem
dered the engine useless. The loss of prop
erty is estimated at from 81 100000 to ST.
100000. Many families are without shelter.
Some lives are reported lost. The fire was
caused by an incendiaIy, who is under
arrest.
THERE was more or less excitement at
Nashville, Tennessee, on August 81, over
the departure of fifty convicts for the Coal
Creek mines near Knoxville. They were
accompanied by fifty guards, who are to
serve in the double capacity of holding
surveillance over the prisoners, and, at the
same time, for putting down any outbreak
that may occur on the part of the Coal Creek
miners, who have not only protested against
the Introduction of convict labor, but who
have threatened to prevent it by force of
arms. It is a well known fact that the
miners have thoroughly organized and
well drilled battalion. Serious apprehen-
sions are felt here as to what may probably
be the result. The miners claim that they
have developed the mines, have established
settlement of one thousand two hundred
inhabitants, and that the introduction
of convict labor would work ruin upon
them,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-06
A Game Fish.

The Detroit Free Press says that, the
other morning while George w. Osborn,
of that city, was fishing from the east
end of the long crib off Stoney Island,
with hand line and float, he had
occasion to leave for few minutes and
made his line secure to the crib, as he
supposed. Upon his return, however,
nothing was to be seen of his fishing
tackle, and as no one had been near it
during his absence he concluded that it
had been hooked by some member of
the fnny tribe. Five minutes later the
float was observed upon the surface of
the water three or four hundred feet
away from the crib, alternately appear
ing, and working towards the middle of
the river. There was no small boat in
the vicinity with the aid of which to re-
cover the tackle, and the float finally
became lost in the distance. This was
between eight and nine o'clock in the
forenoon. Between three and four
o'clock in the afternoon Mr.. Osborn
walked down to the end of the Canada
Southern ferry-dock, and looking over
| the western side discovered his line and
! float near the dock. With considerable
risk of getting into the river he climbed
down to the water, some ten or twelve
feet, and got hold of one end of the line,
but found something lively tugging at
the other end of it. The telegraph
operator at the ferry station now came
to his aid, and with the help of a pike
pole, ten-pound pike was soon landed
on terra firma more than six hours after
it had taken the hook.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-06

DEs MONIES, Iowa, August 30.-All the
wounded by the railroad accident on the
Rock Island road yesterday who were
brought here are doing well, and the physi-
clans are confident none of them will die
The dead were brought here last night,
washed, dressed, and put in neat coffins.
Several were forwarded this afternoon to
their friends. The work of clearing the
wreck, where it was driven deep into the
mud and soft earth, is going on to-day. Five
bodies are known to be in it, and it is feared
there may be three or four others, as that
number of passengers are still missing. The
body supposed last night to be that of Jafry
a. Price, of Cincinnati, was to-day identified
as A. V. Flowers, of Wisconsin. One of the
dead given as of the name of Bronson, of
Cincinnati, is Branson. General Superin-
tendent kimball is still here assisting Super
intendent Ryce in caring for the wounded
and the dead.
ACCIDENT ON THE HUDSON RIVER ROAD.
HUDSON n. Y, August GA freight
train on the Hudson River Railroad ran into
a passenger train at the depot last night,
killing the fireman, injuring the engin-
eer, and wrecking the engine and several
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-06
What Long Tailed Yellow Dog Did.

An old fellow Just up from the Kern
River country says that one day while
down in that region he went out hunt
ing. He procured fine, gentle horse
and borrowed dog that was highly
recommended as a nOser-out of almost
any kind of game from quail to full
grown buck Indian. He was told that
the dog once belonged to some Mexicans
who had taught him to ride, and that in
case of his becoming tired. he might be
taken up on the horse until likely place
for game was reached. The hunt was
but indifferently successful, though the
dog seemed to be quite industrious. He
was a long bodied, short legged, long
tailed animal of an old fashioned yellow
color. He showed no desire to ride un-
til start was made for home, when he
came whining about and was taken
upon the horse behind our hunter. All
went well enough for time, but
presently the horse started off on keen
run. When. stopped he stood quietly
enough, but as soon as started up he
broke into a run again and could not be
held in. Says the old man: "What had
got into the 'tarnal lcritter Ididn't know ;
but presently, happening to look back,
caught that Internal yaller dog standin'
up on all fours, whippin' the hoss just
as hard as he could lay on with that
long, timber tail O his'n; he was bound
to get out of that hoss all the run there
was in him."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-06
THE EUROPEAN WAR.

THE London TimesS Bucharest dispatch
says that the re-enforcements sent to Gen.
Zimmerman in the Dobrudscha, have
brought up his corps to an effective strength
of about fifty thousand men.
A DISPATCH dated Erzeroum, Saturday,
August %, says the Russians advanced ON
Kurkanara and Wezinkay on Friday, but
were compelled to retreat after five hours
engagement, during which some of their
ammunition cases were exploded by Tur-
kish shell. A dispatch from Constantinople
says telegram was received there that the
Russians lost four thousand killed and
wounded in this affair.
A TELEGRAM from Shumla, of August 80,
announces that the column of Selim Pasha
has advanced from Eskiajuma and crossed
the river LON, near Ogashnar, driving back
the Russians, who, after short resistance,
retreated from the river. Nedjib Pasha has
advanced from Rasgrad toward Tarlak, re-
pulsing the Russians and capturing two
guns. A great battle is believed imminent,
The Turks are assuming the offensive all
along the whole line.
SULE1MAN PAsHA made an assault on the
Russian positions in Schipka Pass, at nine
o'clock in the morning, August 81. The
battle, which was sanguinary, lasted until
six o'clock in the evening. The enemy,
who were assaulted on both fanks, were un-
able to resist the attack, and the Turks
gained possession of all the earthworks at
the opening of the defile. A telegram 10
the London Times from Shumla says:
''Suleiman Pasha captured nearly all the
Russian positions. The Russians lost three
thousand killed and wouned." The Stan
dard's dispatch from Shumla says: 1t is
reported that the Russians have abandoned
their works, and that Suleiman Pasha is
pursuing them"
THE Russian Government has sent to its
ambassadors abroad dispatch saying:
"Besides the several cases of Turkish bar
barities already published, our troops on
occupying batteries in Schipka Pass found
there heap of heads belonging to Russian
soldiers, whose mutilated bodies were dis
covered in the neighborhood. Correspond
ents with the Russian army say in the early
struggles in Shipka Pass not one wounded
Russian who fell in places temporarily occu-
pied bv the Turkish troops was
found alive. From twenty to thirty
of these unfortunate men had been decapi-
tated, and several of the bodies were
found with feet, hands, ears, noses and other
parts cut off and breasts slashed by
yataghans. Heads had been carried into
the Turkish camp, where they were found
by the Russian troops after the occupation
of the works. The contraction of muscles
and tensions of members showed the horri-
BILE tortures of mutilation that had been in
f1icted while the victims were alive. One
body, decapitated and otherwise mutilated,
was extended on litter, where it had been
placed when wounded, and not far from it
were the bodies of two litter carriers, also
decapitated, each of whom bore the badge
of the red cross"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-06
The Use of Lawyers.

A wealthy farmer, being engaged in: a
lawsuit against one of his opulent neigh
bors, applied to a lawyer, who happened
to be engaged on the other side, but
who told him he would give him a
recommendation to professional friend,
which he did in the following lines:
" Here are two fat wethers fallen together,
If you'll fleece one I'll fleece the other,
And make them agree like brother and brother"
The letter being unsealed the farmer
had the curiosity to open and read it: he
did so, and instead of carrying it to the
lawyer he took it to the person with
cured both parties, and ended the dis
pute. Inference-Lawyers frequently
live by the violation of the laws OF good
ness and truth.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-06

A SPECIAL dispatch from Eureka, Ne
vada, to the st. Louis Republican says
the United States Circuit Court at San
Francisco has Just decided the case of
the Eureka Consolidated Mining Com
pany against the Richmond Mining
Company in favor of the plaintiff. The
consideration involved is the title of one
of the most extensive lodges or ore
bodies ever discovered, it being nine
hundred feet in thickness. When it
was struck" last year by drift in the
Richmond an injunction was procured
by the Eureka Company, and since then
matters have been at deadlock. The
people of the Eureka have been very
anxious TO see the difficulty settled one
way or the other, in order that the ex-
traction Of this immense mass of ore
might be begun. The Richmond and
Eureka Consolidated are the two greatest
corporations of Eastern Nevada. The
former last year took out 81, 300, 900 in
bullion, and the latter about 81 SOC, 900,
PERHAPS the busiest tramp in this
country just at present is General
Harding, one of the railroad commits.
sioners of Missouri, who is now engaged
in the work of inspecting the railroads
OF the State. The Republican says he
makes " ita personal and particular bust
ness, walking over ever mile of thu
road in the State, and treading on nearly
every tie in them. He began the worl
about month ago, and up to this tim
he has walked from Kansas City to Lex
ington, from Lexington to Sedalia, iron
Upton to Boonville, from Centralia t
Columbia, from Louisiana to Ceda
City, and from Hannibal to st. Joseph
inspecting six roads, of an aggregate O
four hundred and fifty-five miles. H
intends to keep on until he shall hav
walked over the three thousand tw
hundred miles of road in the State
When his task is done he will have
better knowledge of the condition of tn
roads and of their practical operation
than could possibly be acquired in an
other way, and will be prepared to max
an intelligent report.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-06
A BosToN gentleman of some literary

A Boston gentleman of some literary
pretensions recently told an acquaintance
in New York City the following story, IL
Illustrative of the alleged discrimination of
magazine editors in favor of contributors
of mote, and vice versa: He was dis
coursing some months since, he said, to
the poet Lowell on this topic, and in
sisted that contributions to magazines
were not published for their merit, but
only when they were from friends of
the editor or were the productions of ia
nous pens. Lowell, on the contrary,
maintained that magazine, like news
paper, editors, were no respectors of per-
sons, and that they were entirely inn
partial in their choice of contributions.
To prove this case he wrote a short
poem, on which, it is to be presumed,
under the circumstances, he bestowed
more than usual pains, which his friend
sent to prominent Boston magazine as
his own. 1t was returned as unworthy
of publication.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-06
The Indians.

SAN FRANCISCO, Augugt pa Portland
Press dispatch, under date of the Oath inst,
says Captain Williamson, General Howard's
aide, sends dispatch from Lewiston, of
which the following is the substance:
"Just returned from Spokane Falls.
General Wheaton's column will be due here
on Monday, the 9th. The Council with
the Northern Indians has been very sue
cessful. Inspector Watkins has in his
possession a written agreement from the
Chiefs that they will go on the reservations
designated. The Indians seem peaceably
disposed, and express kindly feelings to-
wards the whites. 1t is thought there will
be no further occasion for apprehending
hostilities from these tribes"
HELENA, MONTANA, August 27.-The fol-
lowing is Just received:
FORT ELLIS, MONT, August 27.
Gen. John Gibbon, Helena:
Lieutenant Schofield reports he was on
the top of Mount Washburn yesterday. In
dians appeared in Geyser Basin on the Oath
inst. They struck the Helena and Roders-
burg party, killing seven men and taking
two women and one man prisoners. Just
as he left Mount Washburn yesterday, the
Indians attacked another party, killing
nine of them. One escaped. The Indians
released Mrs. Cowan, her sister, and brother,
who reached Schofeld yesterday. The main
camp crossed the Yellowstone on the 25th.
The warriors went back to fight Gen. How
ard. Whitebird and Loekingglass remained
within camp. Joseph went with the war
riors. They say they are going to Wind
| River and Camp Brown to get supplies.
Schofield thinks they are going to the Lower
Yellowstone via Clark's Fork. They crossed
the river between Mount Washburn and
the lakes. Schofield does not say Just when
he will send a courier to Sturges.
| [Signed] "BENHAM,
| uCaptain 9TH Infantry -
HELENA, MONT, Aug. PA Herald spe
cial from Mammoth Hot Springs, of the Goth
says: "Our party were attacked to-day
about noon. l am the only one far az
known that escaped. Probably they viii
come in tonight. l will give particular
from Bozeman. f. J. PFIsTER."
The party consisted, among others, of tn,
following named persons, all residents o
Helena: Joe Roberts, Andy Werkert, Rich
ard Keitrich, and F. J. Pfister.
An independent extra, dated Hot Springs
GARDENERS River, Goth, says:
'' To Geo. Carpenter, United States assay o6ic,
Helena, Montand:
emma, Ida, and myself are alive. Cowal
and Oldham are killed. l saw Cowan an
Oldham shot The balance are missing
| think they are killed but don't know
Will send particulars when reach Bozemar
The Helena party are all gone except one
All missing. The Indians fired into thei
camp. Joseph, Lookingglass and Whit,
bird were the chiefs. +. CARPENTER"
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Odd Bits.

Habit-A decayed gentlewoman, be-
ing obliged for livelihood to go about
with mullins, used, in a faint voice, to
calculate, Mullins and crumpets," add
ing in still more undertone, &c hope to
goodness nobody hears mew
Destiny-We are all the playthings of
destiny, and it often depends upon a
trife, not more than the toss up of a
penny, whether man should raise him
self to riches and honor, or pine away in
misery and want till he dies.
Leisure--It is sort of eternity for a
man to have all his time to himself.
Poetry-Is butterfly on the flower of
the world.
Wisdom-Choose your friend early
| because life is short,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-06

RAILWAY ReUieU: Those locomotive
engineers who preferred to stick by their
Brotherhood rather than retain their
places on the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad are paying dearly for their al
legiance. of thirty-ive who were dis
charged for not accepting the terms
offered by the Company, but two have
secured new places. They were each
promised $50 month by the Brother
hood until they could obtain new posi-
tions. They received only small por-
tion of that sum, and are now told, so
we arc informed, that there is no money
for them. They say that the funds of
the Brotherhood are exhausted, and
that the membership is slow in paying
its assessments for supporting the
martyrs.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-06
An Absent-Minded Deacon.

The story of an Oshkosh man who
took up a collection at the funeral of his
wife, the La Crosse (Wis.) San says, is
explained by the fact that the bereaved
man is church deacon, and for twenty
years he had always taken up collection
while the choir was singing the second
time. At the funeral, when the choir
struck up cold Hundred" before he
thought what he was doing, he got up
and passed the hat, as usual, to raise
money to defray the necessary expenses.
When his attention was called to it, after
the funeral, and he thought how his mo-
tive would be misconstrued, he felt as
bad about it as anybody. 1t was not
an evidence of meanness, but case of
absence of mind.