The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-21

generosity many migrants have been en-
abled to reach Liberia.
AFEARFUL earthquake prevailed at Colum-
bus, KY, at four O'Clock on the morning of
the 11th. 1t was so violent as to rock
houses, to roll beds across the floor, turn
over sofas and presses, smashing them, and
to ring locomotive bells. A portion of
the Mississippi bank caved in, leaving the
houses on the ragged edge. All the people
were suddenly awakened and badly fright
ened. Two distinct shocks were felt at
Milford, N. H, on the 18th.
AT Kings Mountain, KY, a small porta
BILE engine, owned by Henry Todd & Co.,
exploded its boiler with terrible force, kill.
ing two men, named John 81. Newton and
James Damron, severely wounding C. F.
Mcdonald, and Mr.. Todd miraculously es-
Gaping injury. The engine was thrown
thirty or forty yards from it's original posi-
ton. The scarcity of water and accumula-
tion of mud in the boiler was, in the opinion
of many, the cause of the explosion.
The execution of Gus. johnson, for the
murder of Daniel Afford, a colored man, in
August, 1876, took place in Rome, Ga, on
the 18th of March. The case has attracted
great deal of attention throughout that
section, both on account of the desperate
character of the condemned man, and be-
cause it is thought that this is the first in
stance in the history Of this State of the
hanging of white man for the killing of
negro. Eight thousand people witnessed
the execution.
AT Mansfield, Ohio, heavy stroke of
lirh %rin b to i H., Al
Congregational Church, and was conducted
safely down nearly to the ground, and then
left it, and passing through the wall, struck
the gas pipe, breaking it, and lighting a
large Jet of gas. The burning gas set fire to
the woodwork adjacent, Immediately caus-
ing dense smoke to issue from the tower,
and this led to the discovery of fire. The
alarm was Immediately given and the fire
soon extinguished, SO that but little damage
was done. The spire is over two hundred
feet high.
A FEW evenings ago, Washington street,
the main thoroughfare of indianapolis,
was the scene of a shocking tragedy. r.
w. Hogshire and P. W. Bolan, Democratic
ward politicians, were talking, when Dan:
Mahoney, teamster, came up, and disputed
some statement made by Bolan, and called
him vile name. Bolan demonstrated, so
he says, and warned him not to repeat it,
but MahoneY did so, at the same time
throwing up his hands as though about to
strike: Bolan drew revolver and fred
three times, all the balls entering the body
| of his victim, Who died instantly.
MRS. ANN ELIZA LEGGETT, rich widow,
I yuhn har1 nlc1
| in Tuckahoe, near New York City, was shot
| and instantly killed, in hepresence of one
her own daughters, in her own hall, by
Thomas Merritt, a neighbor, at about three
o'clock Oh Thursday afternoon. After
shooting Mrs. Leggett, Merritt hurried to
! his own house, and shot himself through
| the heart. Both moved in the best circles
of society. Merritt had been drinking on
the day of the murder, and was refused ad-
mission to Mrs. Leggett's house. To insanity
from dissipation, and offended pride, are at
tributed the tragic act of Merritt.
A STRANGE discovery has just been made
on the farm of John Miller, near Spring
Creek, north of Champaign, ILL.,, on the
Central Road. Mr.. Marshall, while digging
a ditch, caite upon the Skeletons OF two
| huAioA pCAASo ds q uOptA VI tuA &C 1OCt SIt1iAS
erect. They were in slough that has been
covered with water ever since Miller owned
the place Thirty years., and the slough was
impossible for any animal most of the time.
Mr.. Miller knows that no hhmah bodies or
bones have been buried there during the
last thirty years. Many suppose they are
the remains of Indians. Their position is
very remarkable. The oldest residents can
recall NO tragedy in which these bodies may
have played part.
A SENSATIONAL affair occurred few days
ago on Washington street, indianapolis
Adaline Thomas, dressmaker and milliner
assaulted Lawyer George w. Calvin and
attempted to shoot him. She was arrested
and taken to the station-house. She say.
Calvin seduced her under pretense of mar
riage and by representing that he was {
single man. Mr.. Calvin, who is married
: man, and has fair reputation, says tn,
. woman has attempted to annoy and perse
8 cute him in many ways that she did tn,
same to a man in Terre Haute, where sh,
e formerly lived. The most charitable ex
PLANTATION is that the woman is out of he
: mind, and that as Calvin has attempted t.
collect bills sent to him as attorney, she ha
a conceived malice against him. Galvil
t utterly disclaims any relations with tn
l. woman.
l. THE execution of Brown Ceble, the eolore
e minister murderer, took place at Winchet
ter, Tennessee, in the presence of seve
d thousand people, on March Ia. At tw
d o'clock he was placed on the scaffold. Afte
a prayer and Scripture reading he made
1t speech forty-fve minutes long. He proteste
Is his innocence to the last. The rope was CT
u at 2 so, and he was left dangling in mid al
g for half an hour. He died without stru,
sr gle. The neck was broken by the fall. 3
was pronounced dead in seven minutes. 3
II had few friends. There was no trouble
in all. He was considered mean negro. Q
ia account of the sentence his wife went d
g. ranged, in which condition she has remains
d. for eight months, but is partially recovere
ns The crime for which Coble suffered dea
it. was the murder of Felix Gardner (coloreG
of in Franklin County, June %, 1876.
AN Atlanta, Georgia, dispatch says a tc
es nado struck that city on the morning of Il
a 11th inst, about eleven o'clock, levelil
,rs the Episcopal Church, and iniuril
90 eighteen members of the congregatio
,se When the building was struck, the ofic
I'm ting minister, knowing that it was merely
nr. question of moments to secure the safety
mr.. the people, cried to them to throw the
selves under the seats. This advice
pu congregation followed, and not nome
~ too soon. With few fearful cracks a
ns jars of its roof and walls, the whole bui
~ ing crumbled into a shapeless ruin, buryi
IA, the congregation under the debris. Seve
H. other churches in Atlanta have been
wo riously injured, their walls shaken, a
.d roofs partly stripped. The City II
' has been entirely unreofed, and the
sheds of the railroad depot unsettl
IN Great damage was done to private re
NY dences and stores.
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