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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28
FOREIGN SUMMARY.

NEWS from San Domingo says a Provis-
ional Government exists. General Cesaro
Guillemo presiding. A new President will
be elected. The revolution was the cause
of immense damage to property. The ruin
and distress prevailing will probably be a
safeguard against fresh risings for some
time.
THE Irish Rifle Team decline to accept
the invitation challenge received from the
National Rife Association of the United
States to compete for the "Palma in the
long range international rife contest of
1873. Rigby, on behalf of the team, says:
"Our team and the Scotch team, singly,
and the Irish, Scotch, and English teams
combined, have competed fruitlessly at
Creedmoor."
ACCORDING to an official telegram from
Cuba the surrender OF the insurgent forces
of Las Villas was completed on the 10th of
March, the territory being now completely
quiet. Those who presented themselves are
Major General Roloff. Brigadier General
Maestro, three Colonels, eight Lieutenant
Colonels, forty-fve officers and four hundred
and forty soldiers, with about one hundred
women and children. The insurgent bands
Of Bayamo, Manzanillo and Jiguani had
already presented themselves on the sth
inst, with Modesto Diaz, SO that in Holguin
all is pacifed.
A FORMIDABLE expedition against Mica :
qua, to enforce the claims of the Govern
ment of Germany in the case of Consul
Eisensuck, left the port Of Panama and
Colon the 23d. The Medusa, on the Atlantic
side, is a wooden corvette, carrying nine
heavy guns, and is intended to blockade
Greytown, rather than to attempts landing.
The fleet to operate against San Juan del
Sur and Counto consists of three powerful
vessels. The Elizabeth, the flagship, carries
twenty guns and nearly four hundred men
and the Ariadne carries eight guns. The
Leipzig is a formidable iron-clad corvette
with twelve heavy guns. The German
Minister to Central America accompanies
the expedition, for, although diplomacy has
hitherto failed, the presence of the feet viii
be sufficient to cause the NicaraguaT
Government to come to terms, when hi
services may again be required.
A REPORT has been received at Londo1
| that the British naval training ship Fury
| Ulcc. Will lOuT mcu OA UOdIu,
been cap lied on the coast of the Isle O
Wight. The Admiral commanding at Ports
mouth telegraphs the following particulars
received from the coast guard at Ventnor
The Eurydice capsized off Dunnose Head il
a sudden squall. One boy and seaman
were saved. Other adviees indicate tina
between three and four hundred lives wer
lost. A survivor of the Eurydice disaste
gives the number on board as over thre
hundred. Five were picked up by passin
schooner after being in the water over al
hour, but all have died except two. 1t
not probable that any of the others wer
saved, as a strong ebb-tide was running
The Eurydice was under full sail, when SD
was overtaken by snow-storm, accom-
panied by heavy squalls. The sun shon
again brilliantly shortly afterwards, bu
nothing was then visible except few boxe
floating down the channel. Survivors sa
they saw the ship suck down many as sh
| rouH
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28
THE CHINESE HOLOCA UST.

The terrible fatality at Tien-tsin,
China, on the. 9Th of January last, when
a great relief station was burned and
over one thousand four hundred women
and children perished in the flames, was
briefly announced by telegraph at the
time. From the Hong Kong Press of
January 81 we CLEAN the following ad-
ditional particulars in regard to the sad
affair. 1t seems that refugees from the
famine-stricken districts of the empire
had been for months collecting at this
point, and at the time of the disaster
their number was variously estimated at
from fifty thousand to one hundred and
fifty thousand. To provide for this
enomous influx of starving wretches, the
authorities had established relief yards.
strongly inclosed by high fences and
with locked gates. These yards were
furnished with light shanties covered
with mating, where the inmates lodged,
and the soup provided for them was
dealt out. The yard where the fire oc-
Cured was about ninety feet in length
by eighty in width; and as it was in
tended for only women and children,
care was taken to make the fence sur
rounding it unusually strong to prevent
interference outside. The gate was al.
ways kept locked except at certain hours,
but gatekeeper was always supposed
to be on duty. Into this limited space
were crowded four thousand women and
children, whose husbands and fathers
were at other stations. 1t would be diff.
ficult, says the Press, to find outside the
boundaries of China a place where SO
many human beings were crowded in q
place so small. 1t was here that on a
bitter cold January morning the fire
broke out sweeping through the fimsy
and combustible structures with fright
full rapidity. From some unaccount
able reason the gatekeeper was not a
his post, and there was no means O.
egress for the imperiled women ant
children until help could come from
outside, and 80 rapid was the spread O
the flames that before the appalled,
spectators of the affair could demolisI
the fence one thousand four hundret
perished in the flames. The male rela
tives of the imperiled ones were, man,
of them, in adjoining yards, but wer
unable to reach the scene in time t
prevent the terrible loss of life. Th
Press states that the scene within wa
awful. In a few minutes the lon
sheds had vanished in smoke and ashes
and only the poles were still burning
yet not the poles alone, for beneat
stretched long line of something onl
indistinctly seen, and which, betwee
the gusts of fame and smoke could
recognized as the remains of those VIII
were caught, smothered and burned
the fiery sirocco. Not one in twenty ha
time to move q yard before being m,
: by the fatal flames. From the time th
fire broke out until those who were fo
tunate enough to escape had got ou
side the yard was not more than fftee
minutes. Some hundreds who su
ceeded in escaping were so badly burnt
that they could not survive.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

AT a recent meeting of the st, Louis
sdemy of Science, Mr.. ]. A. Dacus
ssented drawings of the ruins of
t palace at Xayi, Chiapas, Mexico.
ne discoveries have just been made
the subterranean portions of this
q. II is supposed that a library has
n found, prehaps of sacred writings,
ich are contained upon a very large
nber of tablets, each six by eight
hes in surface and a half an inch
ok. The material is spoken of as
"a Gotta. The inscriptions appear to
in a language possessed of an alpha
{, but they have not yet been trans
ID
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

LIvISG some eight miles north of
Dallas: Texas, is gentleman named
Rodgers, who has pet crow, that when
permitted, follows him wherever he goes.
II his master is riding it will fly away
ahead of him and wait for him to come
up. When tired or attacked by other
birds it alights on his shoulder and rests
itself. 1t keeps company with the
chickens in the yard, seemingly well
contented with its lot, evincing no dis
position to go off with its kind. 1t un-
derstands great many things when
spoken to, obeying them intelligently.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

PARTIEs are being formed in Paterson,
j., TO explore a subterranean passage
r the city. The cave or passage is
lated between the Notch and the
intclair Railroad. There are two en-
noes, large enough to admit man,
the passage grows gradually narrow,
4 seventy-fve feet from the entrance
g. a mere hole, through which a man
mall frame can crawl. This opens
o the cave, from which there is
other exit. 1t is said that the place
IS explored some years ago and the
rty came to a precipice, at the foot of
Itch was a body of water. Further
! more minute investigations will be
de in few days.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

A. NEW YORK Herald man had the
rheumatism, and in just one-half hour
he learned that the following will cure
it: Iodide of potassium, quinine,
glauber salts, onions, raw lemons, baked
lemons, raw silk, oiled silk, gin and
tansy, Turkish baths, potato carried in
the pocket, a horse chestnut carried in
the pocket, an eel-skin tied rourd the
leg, a suit of red flannel, chloroform lin
iment, hot water, cold water, hot lemon
ade, a trip South, dry atmosphere,
equable temperature, sulphur baths,
mustard and hot water, camphor lini-
ment, electricity.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28
TRAVELLER in Western Iowa WI

A TRAVELLER in Western Iowa while
riding along came to large sign which
implored him to "Look out for the loco
motive" He accordingly rode down
the track for better view, and whlie ne
was obligingly looking out . for 1t, 1t
came along. He saw 1t, but ne mad 10
sit in the ditch and wait until a freight
train of thirty-seven cars passed by, De
fore he could get back to the other piece
of his horse.---Buriiagton Haarkeye.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

ACCOUNTS as to Patti in Italy are not
always trustworthy, but according to a
Naples letter, her last performance at
the San Carlo Theater realized $1,000,
elected twenty-three recalls and was re-
warded by one thousand bouquets, six of
which were three yards in circumference.
On the same occasion golden coronet
waspresented to the prima donna on a
cushion of velvet.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28
A WOMAN working in a shoe factory

A WOMAN working in shoe factory
North Adams, Mass, has died from
9 effects of poison contained in fancy
ther which she stitched. Der face
yelled no much that when she died her
lures were hardly recognizable. Two
sories are advanced as to the cause of
risoning-one, that poison was in
ed from the leather; and the other,
4 it was from rubbing her face with
y hands after working.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

Mr.. JOSEPH BoNoM, who died in
gland the other day at the advanced
. of eighty-two, was SON of Joseph
nomi, architect to st. Peters, Rome.
e son also was an architect. He
4veled extensively in the East, max
:, drawings of the notable buildings
4 monuments in the Holy Land and
ypt, and his long practice at the
wing of hieroglyphics, as well as
Syptian sculpture, gave him facility
that style which has never been ex-
led by any other draughtsman.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

DURING the past year the experiment
Department of Agriculture, at Wash
ton, distributed over twenty thou
I'D tea plants, grown in the green
,uses of the Department. Three hun
I'd pounds of the seed Of this plant
lve been lately sown, with q view Of
tensive distribution in the Southern
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

The Supreme Court of Commission,
in the case of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
& Chicago Railway Company and the
Pennsylvania Railway Company VS..
Mary Valleley, administrator of the
estate of John Valleley, deceased, has
very lately decided that it is not only
the right of a conductor to expel from a
train drunken, unruly, boisterous pas
senger, but when such a person endangers
by his acts the lives of people it is the
duty of such conductor to remove such
passenger in order to protect others from
violence and danger. But this right must
be reasonably exercised, and not SO as
to infiict wanton or unnecessary injury
upon the offending passenger, nor SO as
to needlessly place him in circumstances
of unusual peril. If, having exercised
reasonable prudence, considering the
time, place, circumstances, as also the
condition of the drunken man himself,
the conductor expels such passenger,
who is afterward run over and killed by
another train not in fault, the expulsion
itself is not such proximate cause of the
death as will make the company liable.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

THE reason given for girls not be-
ing able to throw anything with the ac-
curacy of boy is that her collar bone
is several inches longer and several de,
grees lower down, and being long and
crooked, interferes with the free action
of the shoulders.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

An almost incredible story is related
Marshal Canrobert, who was sent to
)ne to represent France at the funeral
Victor Emanuel and the accession
the throne of Humbert. For the ex-
lses Of himself and suite he was given
900 francs, of which he spent only
900. On his return home he went to
foreign Office and handed to the
mister of that department the balance,
counting to II, 1000 francs. The Minis
refused to take the money, saying
It there was no precedent for such a
ing; that the outlay was made and
oounted for, and that there was an
d to it. The Marshal answered that
IL was absolutely necessary that some
1y should steal this money he would
her some one else should do it, and
ked for areceipt.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

CAPT. HoweATE is hopeful of reach
ng the open Polar sea despite press and
personal opposition. He bases his faith
partially on the failure of the ship Dis
'overy. He believes that that ship
ailed TO reach the Pole only by few
inutes' time. Had she reached the
int she did reach only "the fraction
a an hour" earlier, she might have get
rough the ice in which she was caught.
.owgate Is Of opinion that her failure
g due 10 an unusually bad year.
iere are, therefore, milder and severer
.ars, and his project of a colony rests
"a the theory that wintering through
om year TO year, 1t must come some
me upon an open year, a year of ex.
cePtionably favorable weather, which
VIII give ample time for the exploration
that Is still necessary to solve the grea,
liar problem. This is the essential
lint In the whole plan of the Polar
lony.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

THE sweetest, the most clinging affec-
t;on is often shaken by the hghtest
breath of unkindness, as the delicate
rings and tendrils of the vine are agi-
'tated by the faintest air that blows In
summer,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

The Indian Territory affords safe
;uge for the criminals of the adjoin-
z States. Having no laws affecting
bites, and no Governor or police to
lrrender him to justice, the fugitive
10 crosses its border is secure. His
ly fear is that the Judge of the West
4 District of Arkansas, hundreds of
lies away, may send a writ and mar
al after him. The territory, there
IRE, naturally becomes a harbor for
aracters Of the vilest sort. From Fort
Nth, Arkansas, where the court is
Id, the officers are obliged to travel an
srsge Of two hundred miles to make
rests and procure witnesses. And the
.sbursements of the marshal of the
strict, on account of the Indian Terri
,y, range from 100000 to $500, 900
anually.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

A TEXAS camel-breeder, speaking of
Q rearing Of the ships of the desert"
Us: They are no more trouble to raise
an horses or cattle. The colts for the
J st three or four days are rather tender
nd require close attention, but after
that take their chances with the herd.
They feed on cactus and brush, eschew-
ing all grasses that cattle and horses
eat II the favorite cactus can be had.
The females with proper care, give a
olt every year, and the price at which
l.ey are sold, the ease with which they
raised, their extreme docility and
9 adaptability of our climate to their
tture, would seem to indicate that
mel-raising is profitable business in
sxas. Mr.. Lanfer says there is one
mel in the herd that has travelled one
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

QUEEN VICTORIA has seven palaces.
Three in London: Buckingham, st James
and Kensington. Her out-of-town
palaces are at Windsor, at Osborne, Isle
Of Wight, and at Balmoral in the Scot
tish Highlands.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

DIR. MARY WALLER wants q law
sed by Congress making her ma
nal police officer. When the thing
done, she proposes to have a handle put
her cane, 80 that she can catch unruly
sys by the collar, and yank then into
lgdom come when they tell her to
rull down her vestp'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

THE driver of the four-in-hand mail
ceaeh between Chambersburg and Get
tysburg, Pa, is the wife of the mail con-
tractor.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28
TOPICS OF THE DAY

sT. PATRICK is the tutelary saint OF
eland, and fourished in the fifth CEN
". It is supposed that he was a
tive Of Scotland, and that he COM
need his labor among the Irish in 4S2,
} which he was successful, converting
my of the rude inhabitants to the
ristian religion.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

NEVER elect newly married man to
office-he has no time to spare from
home"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

THERE is in Berlin a society called
The Society of Collectors of Cigar Cut
tings." Every Christmas the proceeds
of the cigar ends collected by its agents
are applied to the purchase of clothes for
poor orphan children. In 1876 about
thirty children were clothed by this So
ciety, each child having shirt, pair of
strong boots, woolen stockings, warm
dress, and pocket handkerchief. They
were in addition entertained with we'll
decorated Christmas tree. The system
of collection is by one or two ladies or
gentlemen in the various towns of Ger
many getting their friends to save their
sends" for them. Putting the smokers
in that country at 100000, which is
very much below the mark, and assum-
ing that the cigar ends of each person are
worth two cents quarter, this would
make in year $40O, 900, and it lis now
proposed by making more active efforts
to raise a much larger sum than has
hitherto been raised by this means and
found large orphan home.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-28

hundred and fifty miles between sun and
sun, and that almost any well-broken
camel is good for more than one hun
dred miles in day.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-07-19

GV Tho Peace OF Europe has taken
another lease Of life, and let it be hoped
long one. The congress ofthe pow
crs at Berlin ended its labors Saturday.
and the treaty OF peace between Turkey
and Russia, as revised and amended.
was formally signed. The results Of
the war thus closed are OF vast impor-
lance to civilization, Notwithstanding
the failure OF Russia to accomplish all
it desired. The master hand of Lord
Beaconsfeld appears in the terms ofthc
treaty. TO him the Porte owes its con
tinucd existence on both sides Of the
Bosphorus. But the rcmodcling Of Eu-
ropean Turkey and the English protec-
torote of Armenia will be the beginning
OF q new life for the Mussuman empire
Already English enterprise is directed
towards Cyprus. The new provinces in
Europe must soon revive and progress
under liberal regime. The systematic
prosecutions for religions sake are ut
an end, and as soon as the asperiies Of
the war are worn away, though the q.
trocitios which preceded and attended
it may never be forgotten, there is no
reason why there should not begin q
long reign Of peace and prosperity
Boitinoye Sun, July 10
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-07-19


THE WESTERN CATTLE TRADE
Few people in the East have really any
idea Whatever ofthc magnitude 20 which
stock-raising has grown in the West
and they will probably bo somewhat as
tonishcd TO learn that the returns FOX
the present season give California ESQ.,
900 head, Colorado $4,000, Utah $50.
900, Montana 100000. Wyoming 22j 900
Washington 100000, ami Oregon 49,
900 total Of 2,45O, 900 head. Texas
Is estimated to have twice as many
more, making a grand total Of between
seven and eight million beevos now
fattenjng or about 20 be fattencd fol
the eastern markets. Within the last
few years great change has taken
place in the cattle trade, and although,
as shown above, Texas now holds the
lead, = is likely that at no distant day
the ranges in the middle latitude Safes
will toe the great centres OF breeding
The cattle drives from Texas thither
this season will reach. it - thought. n
total OF 10000 head and even far-on
Oregon sends is contribution of1OO,O0O
head, some 60 be hoid back on The plaiGs
but a portion to be driven direct across
the continent for eastern marketing.
The idea Of sitting down in Baltimore
Co q steak that has Travelled hther some
thousands Of miles ON She hoor is cal p
culatod TO inspire even an Englisbman
with proper sense Of tho bigness of
Che country.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-07-19
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Efp i5I7tae 1.tei siate, export
81 a.se3 sac pounds Q. nails 70 Europe
~ I'hs car.ler sorts os potatoes in
Ireland have succumbed to disease. and.
itis apprehended, that the later crop
viii also BE entirely destroyed.
,s-Tbe special election in Baltimore.
on yesterday week. for mayor. resulted
in The election Of Gen. +. G. Latrobe.
l0'M r Joseph Peter, OF Augusta
county, Va. gold ia Baltimore, on the
lst inst. o head Of cattle, averaging
400 pounds, which were shipped to
Europe.
~ The Potter committee on Monday
last adjourned TO meet at Atlantic City,
New Jersey, OH July %.
To- Workmen engaged in boring an
Oil weli'at wyoming. Wyoming county,
New YORK, recently, ran the drill through
20 feet Of pare white salt. The salt
was struck at the depth OF l72 foet. II
is sand the excitement is intense, and n
stock company is forming TO utalizc
the find. President Evarts, of Ro chester
Vacuum Oil Company is at the head Of
the new company.
~ At st. Louis, Mo-, during the four
days preceding the 10th inst, there have
been, according TO the accounts VIC have
IN In,
ct aunstroIte, between seventy aud cigh-
81 have been fatal.
tVIt is said that in some lines bust
ess has been very active at Now York
for some days Within the last three
days Of last week the sales Of corn a.
mounted TO $500, 900 bushels, OF which
1905 were sold on Friday, and the
sales Of wheat reached about 100000
bushels. In raw sugar the late sales
have amounted to fully 5000 hogsheads,
worth close TO 100000.
~ Gen. John S. Wtcher. who few
days ago entered upon the Duties OF
Pension Agent at Washington. was re,
quirod to give bond in tho penalty OF
100000, on unncumbeIe d real estate.
As observed by a contemporary. it takes
solid man TO furnish q document OF
that magnitude.
~ During the thrco months ended
June 80 the total number Of immigrants
arriving at New York was 30,240. :.
gainst 25.903 for the same period of 1877
lS''A farm sixty miles long and ten
wide in ono tract. mostly fenced, is that
of Mile: & Lux. cattle monopolists OF
California. They have $4,000 head oil
stock, own 100000 acres Of choice land
and arc rated as worth $l5,O0O,O0O.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-07-19

REWARDS or TorL-Tho testimony
lately brought out by the Porter com.
mittee shows more clearly than ever
how HAYES rewarded bis henchmep.-
The most prominent cases arc familiar
to everybody but how Che lesser scamps
wero repaid for their rascality will be
OF Interest. NoYEs, who was chief su.
perintendent and legal counsel. was made
Minister to France, KAssox Minister 70
Austria McLrN Justice Of New Mexico.