The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-02
REVIEW OF DOMESTIC NEWS.


walk # two hundred and twenty miles in |
sixty hours, at Dublin.
THE Louisville Gas Company has entered
suit for $4,000 against John S. Cain, late
cashier, to recover an alleged defalcation in
his accounts.
THE Peoples Bank of Belleville, Ill, has
made an assignment to Joseph Penn. Due
to depositors, sls9,0O0. Other liabilities
not yet stated.
MRS. GEO. w. BLUE, of Bunker Hill, a
few miles south of Peru, Ind, was instantly
killed by stroke of lightning, while plac
ing tub near a water spout.
AUGUST and Hannah Grisler, an aged
couple, who lived near Youngstown, N. j.,
were found horribly mutilated and dead in
the house of the latter. They had been
separated some time, and it is thought Au-
gust killed his wife and then himself.
AT Deadwood Edward Durham shot and
killed Chris. Hoffman in the latter's place
of business. The shooting arose from
dispute regarding the settlement of a busi-
ness transaction. Durham is in jail. There
is strong feeling against Durham, and
lynching is talked of.
HON. WILLIAM ORToN, President of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, died in
New York City on the 21st of April, the i'm
mediate cause being apoplexy, with which
he was stricken at eleven o'clock at night.
He leaves wife and eight children, and an
estate estimated at 81 100000.
A LAREDO special says the raiding In
dians have returned into Mexico, where
they are being pursued by Mexican troops,
who may possibly overtake them before
they reach the Santa Rosa Mountains. Nine
men were killed in the vicinity of Laredo,
and four hundred horses carried off.
A DISPATCH from Mahoney City, Penn,
says Charles E. Suburg, receiving teller of
the First National Bank for seven years,
and who resigned in February, was arrested
on two charges, brought by President Silli-
| man, of embezzelement, altering and mutt
lating and falsifying the books and papers
of the bank.
| A SEVERE storm of wind, on the 23d of
| April, did great damage at st. Louis, Cairo,
Memphis and other points in the West,
South and Southwest A$25,0O bridge was
destroyed at Memphis. Between Bethalia
and Alton Junction, on the Indianapolis and
St. Louis Railroad, about 1000 feet of the
road was washed away. Much damage was
| done to the crops.
The Galveston Neaps' Corpus Christi
special of late date says all the ranches
in Duvall and Falls Counties have been
broken up by Indian and Mexican raiders.
Among the persons killed are Fred. Moore,
son of Colonel Moore, Clerk of the Court of
Appeals; Antoine Menley, John Jordon, a
Scotchman named Steele, and two children.
Many ranches are not yet heard from.
SALES are announced of railroads: The
Chicago and Southern Railroad, which is
the only opening to Chicago for the Grand
Trunk Railroad, was bought in the United
States Court by Henry A. Rust, in the in
terest of the latter corporation. Price,
$155,000. In the New York Exchange the
Erie Road was put up at auction, and pur.
chased by ex-Gov. Morgan for $6,000,O00.
ONE of the most severe rain and wind
storms ever known in Illinois visited Pres
t few nights ago, destroying everything
in its way. Several buildings were nearly
demolished, and fences, trees, and roofs Of
houses were own to the ground. Two
, men living three miles from town, return
ing home in a wagon, were killed cutrigh
by lightning; also one of the horses in theil
team.
For some time past Prof. VIM. Patrick
> of the Lawrence University, has beer
making extended explorations along tn
, line of the Kansas Pacific Railway in Kan
l sas, and he was rewarded by the importan
/ discovery OF phosphate OF lime in grea
4 quantities near Wakeeny, three hundre,
r and twenty-one miles west of Kansas City
@ Similar material is found in Georgia an
!. some of the Southern States, and is shippe
North and to Europe, where it is used a
: fertilizing matter. 1t is most importan
: discovery, and will prove of great value t
l. Kansas.
" On April "a, the city of Philadelphia wa
gay with flags and bunting. The publ
offices and many large business and privat
houses displayed the national colors i
great profusion, in honor of the four day
visit of President Hayes, the visit bein
O made in response to the earnest solicitatio
-. of the Union League, the Commercial E.
!. change, and other public and social organ
III cations. The various points of intere
~ were visited by the Presidential party, an
to after their arrival speeches were made fro
st the balcony of the Continental Hotel
ae the President, Secretaries Sherman al
80 Schurz and General Patterson.
n THE announcement that O. C.. Zells
=. cashier of the National Exchange Bauk
Tifin, Ohio, had absconded with $45,
'A caused great excitement in that city. Zell
We left the city Saturday evening, announci
le- that he was going to Wauseon on priva
in business. He did not return Monday, b
as nothing was thought to be wrong un
he evening, when the money was being plac
os- in the safe, and it was discovered that 81
20 500 in cash was missing. Zeller has alws
-. been considered an upright, straightforwa
~ business man. 1t is supposed that he /
ne been speculating with the school fund,
he being the Treasurer of the Board of Edu
ro- ton.
me THE April cyclone did some lively VIC
RS. in Tennessee. 1t took the form in four
an ferent portions of the State of tornado
by which swept everything before them, te
lid ing and twisting timber to pieces, blow
it down and into the fields, sweeping av
'Po fences, unroofng barns, killing stock. 7
vas third story of the immense tobacco barr
y a Dresden was blown away. The tower of
put City Hall at Franklin was torn off; the r
uld of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
,w- that place was swept down. The storm
do so violent there that people took refuge
do cellars. Near Nashville large numbe
barns were leveled. At Shelbyville
Courthouse roof was blown one hund
ign yards. At Wartrace a Methodist and :
re- tist Church were crushed and destro,
nee At Chattanooga the Alabama & Chattano o
ess- passenger Depot had its roof taken off,
nch .ne iroh' Oh 'he van horn House was biz
|, to II. -. :. TS,'t a, ionec o'mn ", 'ne 81
Duc to timber, orchards, houses, and farm
'seo incalculable.
'n"' Mr.. MCLIN, the ex-Secretary of the s
ne of Florida, and Mr.. L. G. Dennis, pre-
the nent politician of the same State, have m
was what is called confession of frauds G