The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-21


scythia.
At the recent election in Georgia, the vote
in favor of convention for the purpose of
forming a new Constitution for the State, is
about ten thousand over all.
The preliminary examination at St. Louis
of the four villains VINO attempted to wreck
train on the St. Louis and San Francisco
Railroad for purposes of plunder, lear Wood
End Station, some nights ago, terminated in
all of the prisoners being committed to
| Springfield Jail tc await the action of the
| Grand Jury. Bail was refused. They will
no doubt be indicted for murder in the first
| degree and have speedy trial.
| A serious accident occurred on the covered
bridge over the Connecticut River, between
Northampton and HadIey. During recent
storm number of people had sought the
bridge for safety, when suddenly the heavy
timbers began to creak and in a second the
structure was lifted bodily in the air and
hurled with deafening crash into the river
below. 1t was completely demolished by
J the fall. gang of men Immediately went
| to the rescue. The first body removed was
that of Mrs. Sullivan, of Hadley, bruised
and crushed beyond recognition. Sheriff
Cook, of Hadley, was very severely, perhaps
mortally injured. George B. Smith, of Had
ley, and w. w. Smith, of Amherst, received
bruises, but will recover. The others were
taken eut alive and uninjured.
Shortly before Adams was hung at Dayton,
| o., young man at Mt. Vernon, having lit
J tie quarrel with hotel keeper, went out to
[ gun store, borrowed arevolver, returned to
the hotel, and deliberately shot the object of
his displeasure through the head. 1t was
neat way of showing his contempt for the
| hanging business as carried on in Ohio.
| On the afternoon of June IA, the mill dam
just above Norwich, on the Delaware, Lacka-
wana & Western Railroad, which had become
considerably washed and weakened by the
late rain storms, suddenly broke, and precip-
itated fishing party consisting of ten per-
sons through the sluiceway. Mrs. Reemers,
her daughter Julia Reemers, Miss Crewley,
and Thomas Press!er were drowned. The
owner of the boat, Mark Fisher, and James
Osfelt, were fatally injured by falling
into the grinder of the mill below the sluice
way.
In the Jail of Rockwell county, Texas
George w. Garner, a prisoner, under sen
bcHCc VI uedluI COIuultlcu sulCluc, IcCcully
by taking morphine and also by strangula
ton. His wife carried the morphine into
his cell in her mouth, and committed suicide
with her husband. Both were found deac
in the cell by the jailer.
John Ell. Barrett, a saloon.keeper, of Au
burn, N. Y. was shot dead few days since
by his mistress, Cora Young, who then sho
herself twice in the head.
A special from Logansport announces tn
, death of ex-senator Daniel d. Pratt. Nh
, Pratt entered the Senate in 1868 as the sue
cessor of Thomas A. Hendricks. He ha
, Just been elected member of the Forty-frs
, Congress when chosen Senator. At the con
clusion of his Senatorial term he was ar
pointed by President Grant Commissioner o
Internal Revenue, and held that importan
office during the Bristow crusade upon tn
: whisky ring. The death of Judge Petit
!, also an ex-United States Senator, is reporte
l from Lafayette.
= Senator Conkling sailed for Europe Sa
4 urday, June 16, on tour of recreation.
l. Archbishop Williams sailed from Bosto
June 16, in the China, for Rome. He ca
ries large present of money and two az
dresses to the Holy Father.
Fred. Hendricks, a wealthy farmer {
;, Mclean County, Illinois, shot his wife, an
then suicided. Domestic trouble abot
another woman.
'i Several Nellie Maguires, under sentent
y Of death, ON Thursday, June 21, at Pott
u vile, Pennsylvania, have had their sentenc,
< commuted to imprisonment for life at Ha
u risburg.
d Rev. John s. c. Abbott, the historian, die
n N at his home at Fair Haven, June II, ags
~ seventy.one years.
a Foreign Items
n A letter from Paraguay says: Preside
On Gill and his brother William were murder
u in the most barbarous manner. The Pre-
us dent was at home with his family, when
was surprised and killed by band of asss
III sins headed by Colonel Goiburs, and CO
ss' manders Morales and Goderg. In a sub!
re. quent engagement with the troops Goibu
Gu and Morales were made prisoners.
Private accounts received at Constan
nople from Erzeroum, represent the Tul
Ia ish army in Armenia as being in a sad CT
rg dition. 1t is i'll clothed, ill fed, and bat
mt commanded, and the only thing to ma
we up for these very important deficiencies
ds the fact that it is well armed. The Tul
o., are rapidly retreating before the Russians
'O,- Armenia and are evidently determined !
to risk a general engagement, if possit
ed. under such disadvantageous conditions.
ear Orders have been issued by the Russ
cir Government to accelerate as much as po
cal BILE the levy of two hundred and eightt
thousand men. Despite this the opin
rem continues to prevail in Berlin that Rus
rre wishes to settle with Turkey en- the bs
re- of the nominal integrity of Turkey
Europe, and that some such settlement ,
ars be advocated by powerful persons at
'sor stantinople if the Russians succeed in CT
'ge, ing the Danube and assuming an energ'
offensive in Bulgaria.
ma, A Bucharest dispatch reports that
the Roumanian Government has addressed
an note to the powers, protesting against
'ifc barbarous acts of the Turks, and stating
can if the powers do not intervene to prey
md. these depredations, Roumania will be C
Tere PEELED to carry war into Turkey.
lhe An official telegram from Constantine
at dated June IS, says: Suleiman Pssha
forced the entrance of the Duga Pass aft
Tor saDguinary battle, and is advancing on
Der, sizes. The Montenegrins are in full retl
son, Suleiman's junction with two other Tur
corps is expected Immediately.
for Accounts from Trlpoli and Barbary
lin a that an area of one hundred miles
New been devastated by the locusts. The C
inst are entirely destroyed and famine is
for lieved to be imminent. Severe distres
hich ready prevails.
de to 1t has become understood in diplon
circles that England is negotiating
ltice, Turkey for the purchase of the islam
lated Crete. By this Turkey will acquire
rect, sum for war purposes, and England wi
mt of quire another important maritime pos
ut is in the Mediterranean. Engineers
lined scientists are now exploring the island,
, had view of reporting to an English com
,rties upon its mines and other resources.
company will aid in the purchase by p'
town, the British Government large sun