The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-10
REVIEW OF DOMESTIC NEW


covered from the ruins of the Barclay Street
fire, New York City.
THE liabilities of Polledo, Rionda & Co.,
whose failure is reported at Havana, are
about 1000, 600 gold.
CHIsM & BoYCE, in the sugar trade at
New Orleans, have suspended. The cause
is the failure of the sugar crop.
THE schooner Addie P. Avery, of New
Haven, came ashore at South Truro few
days ago. Vessel and crew lost.
A SCHOONER, supposed to be the Martha
Innes, went ashore on Cape Cod, Thursday,
and a crew of six men were drowned.
JAKE HARNESS was hanged at Clinton,
Tennessee, Saturday, December %, for a
murder committed twelve years ago.
GEORGE NJ. BROOKS Bank of Lowville,
New York, has suspended. Liabilities
about 100000. Assets claimed to be equal.
THE State Savings Bank at Indianapolis,
having concluded to quit business, has fled
a petition to that effect with the Auditor of
State.
Two men were killed and third proba-
bly, fatally wounded at Glendale, L. l., by
the explosion of dynamite cartridge while
preparing blast.
THE Scranton Coal Mine, near Wilkes
barre, Pennsylva ia, was the scene of a
terrific explosion Saturday, December 90.
Several men were seriously injured.
GEORGE WUNKs& Co., one of the oldest
and argest dry goods importing houses in
Montreal, has failed. Liab lities $500, 900; /;
will pay seventy-fve cents on the dollar.
BANKER BUM, of Springfield, ILL.,, the
State Savings Bank of indianapolis, and the
Woburn ive-cent Savings Bank, are among
the number placed on the suspension list.
LABoRERs digging in the ruins of the
Barclay street fire, New York, ON the Sd, re-
covered two bodies, which were taken to
the Morgue. This makes fifteen bodies
found so far.
A CAB broke through the ice, on the out
skirts of Halifax, lately. Two young
women, Flora Mcdonald and Ida Boutiller,
and John Milton, the driver of the vehicle,
were drowned.
JOSEPH w. HELMER, real estate and loan
broker; Levi J. Anna, halter; Norman c.
Perkins, lawyer; Amas Fl. Woodruff, coal
dealer,- all of Chicago,-are the reported
failures of a single day.
REPORTS from points in Louisa and
Hanover counties, Virginia, state that a
shock of earthquake was felt on the eve
ming of the Sd. The shock is said to have
been accompanied by roaring sound, like
chimney afre.
THE Workingmen's Congress in its recent
session at Newark, N. j., decided to publish
the party organ in the English language, in
Cincinnati. The Executive Committee was
directed to select name and issue it as
soon as possible.
S. n. THOMAS, a private banker doing
business on the East Side of Des Moines,
Iowa, has suspended. Liabilities, $4,000:
assets, 1000. The latter are claimed to
be tolerably good. Thomas claims to be
able to pay dollar for dollar in sixty days.
THE Pennsylvania Legislature met at
| noon on January 1. In the Senate, Thomas
v. Cooper was chosen Speaker pro tem.,
this being an adjourned session of the Leg
| islature of 1877. With but few exceptions,
| the officers of both houses are the same as
! last year.
| THE London Advertiser hears, on reliable
authority, that official information has been
received in St. Petersburg that the Chinese
have massacred fifteen thousand men
women and children at the Kashgarian town
of Manas, committing frightful atrocities
ONE of the saddest and most appalling
accidents happened lately at Bellefontaine
Ohio. Frank Conner, a boy fifteen years
old, came from Sidney to spend the holidays
with his cousin, Grant Fry. While com
pairing loaded pistols the former was sho
in the right eye, producing instant death.
AT the dinner of the Banks Club, il
Boston, Saturday, December 29, Genera
Butler spoke at length on the political sit
uation. He defended the Presidents title
but criticised his Southern policy. Abou
eighty prominent Republicans were present
General Banks and others made speeches.
THE little village of Ferndale, Pa, has jus
been shocked by terrible tragedy. JohI
Haddock, in fit of jealousy, murdered
Miss Lizzie Davis, with whom he was madl,
in love, by stabbing her several times will
knife and shooting her with revolver
and then fired bullet through his owl
heart,
PROF. HENRY, of the Smithsonian In
stitute, reports that Prof. Forester, of Be,
lin, announces the discovery by Palasa, Oh
the 29th of December, of planet of tn
eleventh magnitude, seven hours eigh
minutes right ascension, thirty nine degrees
and seven minutes north declination, DOS
sibly Eva.
REIGN of lawlessness prevailed at Gal
land, Colorado, on the last day of the yeal
-Four men were shot in the afternoon in
saloon, and at s AS in the evening, Georg
NJ. Clay, lawyer residing there, entered
J concert hall, had a dispute with the bal
keeper, whom he cut with knife, and wa
then himself shot through the temple, eau
ing his death.
FOLLOWING is an official statement {
United States currency outstanding d,
!, cember 81:
Old demand notes $63, 81
Legal tender notes, all issues ......... $40
One year notes OF 1863 "a, II
wo year notes OF 16,0