The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

| the dispatch being very brief, but it is
/ thought that full details will be received in
| the course of a few days, when the names of
| the killed will be learned.
SUIT has been filed in the United States
i Court at St. Louis, against Sehon D. Thorpe,
Alfred Bevis, and Thomas J. Smith to
| recover ten thousand dollars damages.
| Thorpe was United States Storekeeper in
the days of the whisky ring, and Bevis and
Smith were his sureties The suit is there
fore to recover on Thorpe's bonds for nom
fulfllment of his duty as storekeeper. A
number of suits have been entered against
| distillers and others.
IN the late election at Louisville, the
workingmen elect five out of seven candi-
dates to the Legislature over the regular
Democratic nominees in the city of Louis
| vile. The election throughout the State
was, as usual, largely in favor of the Demo-
Gratis. The chief interest was in the race for
the Legislature in the city of Lexington,
| resulting in majority of five hundred and
forty for Bush, Democrat, against l 1,156 Re
publican majority in 1875, showing Demo
cratic gain of 1857.
BY the Virginia Conservatives, in State
NOAN6HllOH DIT hICuHlOuu, I1OU. w IlIldIl L
Holiday was nominated for Governor. Gen
eral James A. Walker, of Palaski, was unan-
imously nominated for Lieutenant Gov
ernor; Raleigh T. Daniels, the present in
cumbent, was renominated for Attorney
General without opposition. A platform
was adopted, recognizing the obligation to
pay the public debt, and recommending the
General Assembly to endeavor to readjust
the same in a manner just to the creditors
and honorable to the State.
A NUMBER of Republicans opposed to the
Southern policy of President Hayes held
Convention at Columbus, Ohio, on August
9. A number of resolutions were passed,
expressing fealty to the Republican party,
and opposition to the policy pursued by the
Administration in the South. There were
about twenty-five gentlemen present, and
the resolutions were signed by large num-
ber. The leaders of the movement seem dis
posed to push the matter throughout the
State. Five prominent colored Republicans
| took an active part in the meeting.
THE Coroner's jury in the case of the re-
cent riots at Reading, have rendered ver-
diet acquitting the soldiers composing the
Fourth Regiment from any blame for firing
on the rioters, taking into consideration the
fearful peril in which they were placed.
If any blame attaches to the military, it
must be borne by Gen. Bolton, who ordered
lhem to Reading. The responsibility for
the terrible tragedy is directly attributable
to those who composed the lawless body who
were instigating the riotous proceedings,
| and the mob is primarily responsible for all
| the subsequent trouble and bloodshed.
A SPECIAL to the Chicago Tribune from
Green Bay, Wisconsin, conveys intelli-
gence of destructive forest and
prairie fire, which on Sunday, August 5, de-
stroyed nearly every dwelling in the farm
ing Township of Eaton, a few miles east of
that city. Only three houses were left un-
harmed, nothing was saved, the women
escaping with only the clothes on their
backs. People from all parts of the township
were rendered homeless, and all tell the same
story. All are left homeless and penniless.
Two families were destroyed, and three
| others are missing.