The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-18
REVIEW OF DOMESTIC NE WS,


for two hundred thousand dollars worth of
Remington arms.
ATToRNEY-GENERAL DEvENs will ask
Congress to appropriate $255,ooO to cover
the deficiency in the department for the past
fiscal year.
FROM Iowa, the best estimates place the
State majority for Republican candidate at
twenty-five thousand, with a majority on
joint ballot approximating sixty-fve.
SENATOR MOTIONS health had so much
improved that he lately took trip to Indi-
annapolis on the Panhandle Road. He
expressed himself as greatly benefited by
the journey.
PRESIDENT HAYES and part of his Cabinet
attended the Fair at Frederick, Va, on the
11th, John Ritchie delivered an address of
welcome, to which the President responded.
Speeches were made by the Attorney Gen
eral and the Secretary of War.
THE Philadelphia Permanent Exhibition
Company has appointed eommitte to COM
promise with creditors, who are said to be
willing to accept 80 per cent. The debt of
the company amounts to 1854 4,OO0-$ $1sO,OOO
due the Centennial Board of Finance.
GOVERNOR HENDRICKS on his arrival at
Indianapolis, met with warm reception
from his fellow-citizens. George w. Julian
delivered the address of welcome, and the
Governor responded in courteous speech,
which was heartily approved.
FROM dispatches to private parties at
Louisville, it seems that General Harlan has
positively been appointed to seat on the
ha
appointment is received with favor by both
Democrats and Republicans of that city.
AT meeting of Philadelphia merchants,
who suffered losses by the late riots at Pitts
burg, a committee of three was appointed,
with power to employ counsel to represent
all parties having losses. The expenses in
Cured are to be divided among the claim
ants, in proportion to the amounts involved.
THE fifth annual session of the Women's
Congress of the United States convened in
Case Hall, Cleveland, on the 10th, and was
called to order by the Chairman of the
Executive Committee, Miss Abbey w. May,
of Boston. Mayor Rose delivered an address
of welcome: which was responded to by Miss
May.
THE boilers of Col. Jas. w. Weatherford's
steam mill, about two miles from Huston
vile, near the Casey County line, Kentucky,
exploded and killed his son, Tobe Weather
ford, Willis Eason, and John Kaufman.
Eason and Kaufman both left families. Asa
Barlow and William Kaufman were badly
injured by the same accident.
In Ohio, at the State election, there was
a large falling off in the vote, compared with
IL. Ell a1 IN
gains appear throughout the State, the
earliest indicating the election of the Demo-
cratic State ticket by a considerable majority.
The Democrats at Columbus claimed the
election of Bishop by thirty thousand-the
Republicans conceded it by fifteen thousand.
For Legislature, the first returns received
day after election showed small Demo-
cratic majority.
REPORTS received at the Democratic head
quarters at Columbus, Ohio, from about one
| third of the counties of the State, and at
the Republican headquarters from small
number of counties, show net Democratic
gains in forty-four counties of 1867. None
of the counties including large cities, except
| Montgomery, are embraced in this list. The
! Legislature will stand: Senate-24 Demo
Gratis, 10 Republicans and doubtful. House
-65 Democrats, 40 Republicans, 2 Working
men and 2 doubtful.
| THE San Francisco Union has the follow.
ing dispatch, dated Messilla, October 6:
can armed mob of four hundred Mexi.
cans, one hundred from the Mexican side OF
the river, have possession of the county OF
Ell Paso, in Texas, fifty miles below this
| Tho oh 10 oil
| Americans. They have arrested and i'm
prisoned the county officials. Several
prominent citizens have fed from the
county. A small detachment of the Ninth
United States Cavalry started for the scene
of trouble to-day, to protect the United
States Custom House and government
property. The Mexicans claim that Ell Past
County belongs to Mexico"
THE State Register of Iowa gives the re
suit of the recent election on all but foul
members of the House. The Senate viii
stand thirty-eight Republicans to twelv,
Democrats; the House stands, SO far, sew
enty Republicans, twenty-four Democrats
and two Greenbackers, and four to hea
from. OF the latter-it is reported-two a
least will be Republicans, making the Re
publican majority on joint ballot seventy
two. According to the Registers dispatche
from seventy-four counties, Gear has a ms
iority over Irish of 33,695. The remainin
twenty-five counties will make this eluralit
about 10000. On the State ticket, asid
from Gear, it estimates that the Republican
will have majority over the Democrat
of $4,000. The total vote of Jessup, Pre-
hibition candidate, will be about 5000.
A MEETING was lately held in New Yor
City of prominent merchants, banker
r manufacturers, and representative me
r from nearly every State in the Unio
! interested in the approaching Exposition
M. Condert presided, and expressed
l hope that everything would be don
a on this side to exhibit the industries
e the great West in Paris in 1878. A Nation,
f Executive Committee of represents
: tive men throughout the country was al
| pointed. The following were elected pc
manent officers of the American Union
Paris Exhibitors: Gen. Joseph R. Hawle,
. President; A. T. Goshorn, First Vice Pres
l dent; Robert A. Cheeseboro, Second Vic
l. President; August Belmont, Treasurer; I
k D. Olcott, Corresponding Secretary; Ma,
l. well Woodruff, Washington, Recording Sc
e retary.
l. A BOILER in J. F. McKendrv & Co.
0 heading factory at Muncie, Indiana, e
h ploded few evenings since, with monstrol
i force, entirely exhuming the brick engil
:. - room, instantly killing Smith R. Perdie
~ the engineer, and Robert Favors, firema
le and seriously injuring Jas. Shockley and
RS son. Pat McCarty had his shoulder mash
es and his head cut. Collins and Give1
III young boys, have serious bruises on the
m heads. Large pieces of the boilers, n
nc chinery, brick, ETC., were thrown on hou
TT tops and against houses everywhere in til
locality. The front part of the boil
III about eight feet long and five feet
'e- diameter, was thrown over houses and il
of field two hundred and thirty yards d
,se tant. The main buildings, dry kilns, wa
er rooms, ETC., covering about two acres, W,