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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04
Political State Conventions.

The recent Wisconsin Democratic State
Convention, at Fond du Lac adopted resolu-
tions in which it declares firm belief that
the will of the people was defeated in the
late Presidential election, by fraud and
chicanery, under the protection of the
Federal military, and through the ballot
box will express its condemnation of the
act and the actors. 1t declares for the free
dom of the ballot, unawed by the bayonet,
and insists that military interference in regu-
lating and controlling an election is
subversive of the first principles of
sition to subsidies and declares in favor of
the preservation of public lands for the use
of actual settlers. 1t declares its hostility
to the financial policy of the Republican
party in withdrawing capital from taxation,
increasing the burden of the public debt
by declaring currency bonds payable in
gold, demonetizing silver in the interest of
the creditor and at the expense of the
debtor, and attempting to force resumption
when it Will bring ruin upon the general
business interests of the country; and de-
mands instead that the property protected
by the Government pay its just proportion
of the expenses of the Government; that
silver be remonetized, and the present Re
sumption Act be repealed and resumption
be postponed until the financial condition
of the country will permit it.
The following ticket was nominated: Gov
ernor, James A. Mallory, of Milwaukee;
Lieutenant-G Governor, r. E. Davis, of Dane;
Secretary of State, Jas. B. Hays, of Dodge;
State Treasurer, John Ringle, of Marathon
Attorney General, Joseph NJ. Morrison, of
Monroe County; Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Edward Soaring, present in
cumbent.
On the first day of the meeting of the Re-
publican State Convention of New York, at
Rochester, the time was principally spent
in debating the Presidency's policy, ad-
journing at 11:30 without making any nomi-
nations. The platform neither approves
nor condemns the Southern policy. There
is a straightforward profession of faith in
the Resumption Act; a cry of warning
against the subsidy seekers; declaration
respecting the rights and duties of labor and
capital. Upon the reading of the resolu-
tions, George w. Curtis offered an amend
ment heartily indorsing the Administration.
He advocated this in vigorous speech. At
the evening session Senator Conkling re-
piled, strongly urging the adoption of the
platform just as reported, and concluded by
moving the previous question, which was
ordered. The roll was then called, result
| ing-yeas 109, nays 295. So the amendment
| was lost, and the platform was then adopted
ricG voce, with few dissenting votes. A
delegate nominated Hamilton Fish, jr., for
| Secretary of State. Mr.. Fish declined the
| nomination.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04
Falling From a Balloon Three Hum
dred Feet in the Air.
lAbingdon (Va.) Standal


Glade Springs, in this county, was on
Monday thronged from all parts of the
surrounding country to witness the
balloon ascension. According to an
nouncement, the travelling show of
Prof. HI. Hoffman made its appearance
and prepared for exhibition. Their
large iron furnace was put to work, and
the balloon hoisted over it by means OF
two poles on either side, forty feet high.
The balloon was inflated by means OF
wood and kerosene oil, with a small
quantity of gasoline added. When 1t
was filled as usual, Mr.. Hainur, the
aeronaut, was informed, but he said 81
want more gas this time" Two pints
more of oil were put in, and when ex-
hausted, the damper to the furnace was
shut down, then he jumped into his
position, and like an arrow the great air
ship shot upward, carrying its human
freight dangling at its end. 1t had
ascended some three hundred feet, and
while the actor was performing on a
horizontal bar, hanging by his feet with
his head down, waiving handkerchief
to the nervous audience below. the
patched and dilapidated canvas split
from bottom to top with report that
was heard miles away. No sooner had
the gas escaped than the balloon col
lapsed and came shooting down as
swiftly as it had darted up. The
aeronaut saw his situation, and quick As
lightning turned himself up and re-
gained his handhold, and commenced
maneuver to dodge telegraph wire and
post toward which he was falling. This
he succeeded in doing, striking the
ground with terrible force, which
bounced him up, to be caught and
pressed down by the balloon. All OF
this was the work of moment. The
crowd was literally paralyzed, women
sickening and fainting, and men unable,
in their horror, to move. The COM
panions of the unfortunate man stood
riveted to the ground, and not until
some citizens undertook to move the
canvas did they stir. The man was
found to be alive and conscious, but
dreadfully bruised and mangled. He
was through it all calm and cool,
and described his feelings, as, de-
scending, he saw and felt death staring
him in the face. He was taken to the
hotel, where both Mr.. and Mrs. Thomp-
son did all in their power to relieve his
sufferings. With all the aid nothing
could be accomplished, and at IL $50
o'clock p. m. he paid the penalty OF
death for his recklessness. His name is
Frank Hainur, from Warren, Ohio. His
father, we learn, has been for years q
book-keeper for Packard q Barnum,
hardware merchants, at that place.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04
A Nights Experience with Cats.

| passed night once away from home.
What 1 learned that night would fill a
very large barrel. I had retired and
was endeavoring to tangle myself up in
sleep, when most indescribable bouquet
of sounds stole into my room and en-
twined itself about my ears. 1t was
the first strains of cat fight. l got out
of bed and opened my mouth and
dropped "ScatH out of the window.
The yowling increased. added pair
of ten dollar boots to the affair; boot
jack followed the boots, but the noise
continued with more zeal, if possible,
than ever. My contribution was not
the only one; from other windows a
continuous fire was kept up; bottles,
shoes, slippers and every available article
that could be reached was SHE'D into the
darkness at the noise. Occasionally a
more terrific yell would seem to indicate
that the objective point had been
reached, but still the yelling continued
with unabating ardor.
At last | bethought me of q dark
lantern | had, and lighting it, | turned
the light down into the backyard, in
the direction of the noise. What l saw
| can tell about, but how | felt and
looked would need larger pen than
mine to describe. To say that my hair
stood up would be very tame. 1t not
only stood up, but it fairly lifted me
from the floor. | saw hanging from the
clothesline a couple of Tom cats, tied
together by the tails, and engaged with
all their might in tearing each other
apart, while in the yard was a man with
a bag, into which he was putting my
boots, boot-jack, and other contributions
making for him fair nights work, and
gathering up all the spoils, as he un
slung the cats from the line and placed
them in the bag and scaled the fence, il
dawned upon me that l had been sold
l blew out my light and crept into bed
wondering if my angel grandfather wa
not smiling from beyond the clouds a
his grandchild.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

OK the recently-robbed Union Pacific
railroad train there were silver bars of
nearly ten tons weight, but the bars
were so heavy that the thieves could not
carry them, and the whole shipment was
left untouched. 1t must have been a
severe trial to the road-agents to be COM
pelled to drive away and leave whole
carload of the material for the dollars
of their daddies, but there was no help
for it. They had not even time to smash
up bar or two and line their pockets
with the fragments.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04
Who Sitting Bull Is.

A correspondent of the World, writing
from Fort Walsh, Cypress Hills, British
Northwest Territory, assumes to have
discovered who Sitting Bull, the Indian
chieftain, is. He says: The mystery
that has hitherto shrouded the person
of the great Sioux warrior has been re-
moved. In conversation after dinner
with one of the police officers the other
day he said that he was native of
Fort Garry, and an Alumnus of St.
Johns College there-statement which
he himself afterward confirmed. Sew
eral old traders who have had look at
him declare that they remember him
we'll as Charlie Jacobs, half-breed, who
attended the college in its infancy thirty
years ago. This young Jacob was of
Ojibway birth, and was remarkably
intelligent lad, with ambition to become
big Iniun." He disappeared from
by the police officer if he recollected
anything about Fort Garry, Sitting Bull
laughed heartily, and said he knew the
principal people there, among others
Donald A. Smith, the Hudson Bay
factor; James Southcrland, and Father
Vary, now missionary at the Sault.
IIc Was dlSO We'll dCq udlHUeu Will tue
late James Ross, Chief Justice of the
Riel-Lepine Government in 1869-70; in
deed, he says they were boys together.
Ross was half-breed, who after gradua-
ting at st. Johns College, went to To
ronto University, where he was gold
medalist. Sitting Bull says his father,
Henry Jacobs, was at one time employed
as interpreter by Father Proulx on Man
itulin Island, but whether the old
gentleman is dead or not he does not
know. Sitting Bull is thoroughly
familiar with French and English, and
several Indian languages. He is about
forty-two or forty-three years of age, 8
medium-sized, athletic-built man, Of nc
distinguishing traits beyond those al
ways found in the half-breed. He is ar
excellent conversationalist, and will tall
on every subject but his plans for thu
future.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

In is proposed in Brooklyn to put the
tramp to earn his bread in warehouses
specially erected for his accommodation.
That would be cheaper than to feed him
without equivalent, to imprison him as
a vagrant, or to be knocked down and
have your pocket picked or your throat
cut by him on some cold winter night.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

THE Shah of Persia has sent to the
South Kensington Museum, in London,
a fine array of modern Persian carpets
and embroidery. Some of the carpets
made in Kurdistan are very beautiful,
with flowers strewed over a white
ground, and with well-marked borders
Of brilliant colors. Most of the en-
broidery is executed in chain stitch after
pattern, the center of which is a ro-
sette surrounded by geometrically ar
ranged flowers.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

GAMBErTA put out one of his own
eyes, when n child, in fit of rage. He
was placed by his parents in the keeping
of some people who had ill-treated him,
and he wrote to his father that if he did
not take him back home he would put
out one Of his eyes. No attention was
paid TO the childish threat, but he kept
his word and tore out an eye.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

A Moscow letter gives a melancholy
picture Of the amount of household
goods thrown on the market there by the
breaking up of peasant families, whose
heads have been drafted into the army.
Thousands of mattresses and tea-urns
are offered for sale, the prices of pro-
visions are raising, and the quarter set
tling day for rent and all bills was
looked forward to with apprehension.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

The various industries of the South are

The various industries of the South are
progressing with immense strides. Sugar,
of which the production in 1865 had
been reduced to about ten thousand
hogsheads in Louisiana, last year reached
one hundred and seventy thousand
hogsheads. In the meatime cotton pro-
duction has almost regained its dominion
in the South, while rice in Louisiana is
on the rapid march to the Importance Of
a frst-class industry.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

INDIANA has a school population of
679, ,2SO, and of this number only 1872
are unable to read and write. Last year
l3,4ll teachers were employed at these
average salaries: In townships, $1.93
per day; in towns, $2.63; and in cities,
1928 per day. Indiana's school fund
was, at last accounts, Ss,s70,S72.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04
Second Conference with Indians,

In second conference with the Indians
at Washington, there were present Presi-
dent Hayes, members of the Cabinet Com
missioner of Indian Affairs, Gen. Crook,
and others. The Indians were in full cos
tune. The President said he was ready to
hear the Chiefs if they wished to speak fur
ther. After pause Spotted Tail spoke,
urging that the lands now occupied by his
people be secured to them, and Swift Bear,
Red Bear, Touch-the-Cloud, and White Tail
applauded his words, and Red Cloud said:
lhe foot of the hills is good place to put
my agency, and did not come here to beg
anything. The Black Hills were mine, and
gave them to the Commissioner. Isuppose
You are going to decide what you are going
to give us for the Hills, and l have come to
get it." Other Indians having spoken, Gen.
Crook advocated their claims, and the
President was presented with pipe of
peace.
The President, in reply, said: "Your sup
ylies have been carried to the Missouri River,
and there they are now, according to our
promise. You say you do not like to go to
the Missouri River, but your supplies can
not be taken to any other place before your
people will need them, and before the cold
days of the winter come, and if you do not go
near the place where your supplies are your
people will be hungry, and | shall not be
able to give them food. desire to do all for
| you can, and therefore want you to be in
| the place this winter where my helping
hand can reach you. But do moi mean that
you and your people shall stay near the Mis-
souri, River always. You shall stay there
only this winter When spring comes
you shall select for your permanent abode
such land on your reservation as you like
best. My agent will aid you in making the
selection"
The President further said he desired
them to have schools to educate their
children, like the white people, and to learn
to till the soil, and to educate themselves
for work, SO that they might take care of
themselves, and not depend for their sup
port upon the Great Father of this Nation.
During the address the Indians smiled
broadly when the President said they ought
to be better educated, so as to know how to
work and gain their own living by raising
cattle, tilling the SOIL etc.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

SOME London papers seem to be de-
lighted to declare that ait is not only
in India that the horrors of famine are
being suffered" and they parade before
their readers the fact that starvation
prevails in district in Brazil In the
absence of any direct news from Rio
Janeiro, it is hard to tell the amount of
truth which there may be in the reports
relative to the Brazilian district of Cara !;
but it is consoling to notice that the
famine there can not have killed, as it
has already done in India, more than
half million of human beings.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04
EDITORIAL OLIO.

IT is announced that the rock founda-
ton of the famous Eddystone Light
house is wearing away to such an extent
that il has been decided toremoye it and
erect another in its stead.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

The Pittsburg Post claims to have ex-
amined with great care the actual losses
by the great railroad riot in that city,
and asserts that the final awards will
not vary far from the following:
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

THE Secretary of the Interior has
given decision that when homestead
claimants land has become valueless for
farming purposes by reason of overflow
or back water of a river, he will be
allowed to make another entry, with
credit for fees and commissions. In the
event of a new homestead entry, he will
be required to show compliance with the
law, as though he had made no previous
antrv
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

THE Sterling Iron Works, in the south
western part of Orange County, New
York, founded by Lord Sterling, about
twenty-five years before the Revolution,
are still in active operation. The first
anchors ever made in America were
forged at these ancient works in 1852.
The great chain which was stretched
across the Hudson River to obstruct the
passage of the British feet, was made at
the Sterling Works in 1777. The chain
weighed one hundred and eighty-six
tons, and it took six weeks to make it.
1t was transported in links to West
Point in carts drawn by oxen. Each
link weighed one hundred and fifty
pounds.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

THE Courier-]ounal, which is pub
lished there, says that Lou-y-vil is the
best way to pronounce it, but that Lou
is-vil is good English and not incorrect
Well, good English is good enough.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

SOMEBODY says: Every failure is
step to success" This will explain why
some more some men fail the richer they
become.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

The Stone Mountain in North Caro-
ina is vast wall of stones built by an
extinct race.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

Love making to his Spanish Princess
is no holiday for the Prince Imperial.
He begins letter with "Aa chere Maria
del-Pilar-Berenguela isabella -Francisca-
d. d'Assize Christina-Sibastain -Gabriella-
Francisco Carraccio-la Saturina," and
has to write all that over again on the
envelope.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

WHY is schoolmistress like the letter
c.? Because she makes classes of
lasses.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

LEvERRrER, the astronomer, whose
death is announced, was one of the great
men, one Of the few, the immortal names.
He was born in 1911, and from youth was
strongly attracted toward mathematics.
He was elected TO the French Academy
when thirty-two years of age, and On the
lst of June, 1916, announced to that
body the discovery of the planet Nep-
tune, with which his name will ever be
associated. At the death of Arago, in
1853, he was appointed director of the
observatory, a position he held at his
death. He has been in ill-health fol
some time, but continued his work to the
last, being wheeled about the observatory
in his easy chair, directing and super
vising its operations.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

DENNIS DOYLE, of Boston, heard
voices in his wife's 81 eeping apartment
the other night and grew desperately
jealous. So he crawled out upon the
roof, down the water spout and into the
kitchen window. Mrs. Doyle heard the
noise, was sure it was a burglar, and
quietly called to her brother, who was
up stairs, to protect the house. AS the
brother came down stairs, Dennis laid
for the supposed despoiler of his happi-
ness, and fired a revolver at him.
Fortunately he didn't hit, and now the
comedy of errors ends with the dis
covery that the voice which the jealous
Dennis heard was that of his wife's own
sister. The worst of it is that the poor
fellow has been arrested and held for
trial.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

lT is said that in Alsatia; lately taken
from France by Germany, the cotton
printers use annually the albumen of
37,5OO,OOO eggs, or as many eggs as 250,-
600 hens could lay. If we add this to
the number of eggs required for food we
shall arrive at an enormous total con-
sumption. The demand for albumen
has led to many attempts to make it from
blood. Two pounds of dry albumen
represent 81 oxen, 10 sheep, II calves, or
366 eggs. Efforts in this direction are
proving more and more successful, and
there are a number of factories in
Europe where blood is thus economical.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-11
Death Of DR.. Charles s. Perry.

A telegram to The GLOBE, received last
evening, announces the death of DR..
Charles s. Perry of Poultney, which took
place at his residence in that village on
Sunday afternoon. of chrome pneumonia.
He was son of the late Asa Perry, esq -,
of West Rutland, and was in the sixtieth
year of his age. He studied medicine with
DR.. Joseph Perkins, and graduated from
the Castleton medical college. He first
settled in the practice Of his protest. at
Benton, In this county, and after few
years successful business removed 10 Poult-
ney, where he has since resided. He was
quite successful, aud be ore i'll health came
upon him had a large practice. He has
been in poor health for several years. He
married Lorain Langd' n, daughter of the
late Ebepezer Langdon, etq,, Of Castleton,
who survives him with two daughters. He
was a brother of -Parkhill w. Perry'and
James Perry, of West Rutland, and Mm.
Wait ohattertsH Of Centre Rutland, %.
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Have your al z nee, newspapers, and
other serials. uud at The GLOBE bindery.
We have ali the facilities for binding books
in as good style, and at as low prices as
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elsewhere. Books will be bound in any
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Books sent by express or otherwise, will
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man, and the grand jury rose on Thursday.
Have found about fifteen true bills.



Guy Gage, Addison E. B. Wilcox,
Bridport J. M. lockwood, Oliver Moody,
Bristol Charles Benedict, Cornwall; II.
T. Booth, o. L. Gage, Ferrlsburgh p. J.
Aver, Goshen George Ford, Granville
Rollo Flint, Hancock @. o. Swinington,
Leicester Geo. Thayer, Lincoln A. H.
Matthews, 8. 8. Severance, MiddleburY
q. B. Cox, w. w. Wyman, Monkton f.
A. Smith, d. Fl. Squier, New Haven W.
y. Ray, K. l.. Warren, Orwell Jefferson
Converse, Panton; II. G. Powers, Ripton;
]. w. Thomas, Salisbury G. Forbes, Ny
ron Orvis, Shoreham Samuel Taft, w.
j. Sayles, Starksboro +; Isaac Smith, Yer
gennes Midas Tsggart. Waltham ]. F.
Cotton, Weybridge Il. j. Needham,
Whiting.
The first jury case was an action by the
town of Chittenden VS.. town Of Salisbury
for support of one Thomas, pauper. YER
dict in favor of Salisbury. E. ]. Ormsbee
and A. f. Walker for Chittenden; J. W..
Stewart and E. r. Hard for Salisbury.
The second case was Hill We. Farr, Bris-
tol case, action Of trover for COW attached.
Verdict for plaintiff, $l7s4. Il. II. Mar
lin and A. V. Spaulding for plaintiff; j..
w. Stewart and Rider for defendant.
The third case was a contest over the
will of the late John Paine of Leicester.
Paul Dillingham;, f. E. Woodbridge and
]. W. Stewart for contestants e. r. Hard
and W. G. Veazey tor legatees. A large
amount of medical testimony is being taken.
Drs. Hamilton Of Brandon, Allen of Rut-
land and Sparhawk of Gaysville, having
testified, besides many other witnesses
and the case is being closely contested.
Pending this trial the court adjourned on
Saturday until Monday morning.