The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-26
REVIEW OF DOMESTIC NEWS.


HERBERT GREAvEs, an old man of Wood
vile, o., was struck by a train near Patter-
son, O., Saturday and his head literally torn
to pieces.
THE Maine House of Representatives
will be composed of sixty-seven Republi
cans, ffty-seven Greenbackers and twenty
seven Democrats.
PHILIP LEE, near Palmyra, N. Y, was
killed instantly a few mornings ago, by a
steam thrasher. Three others were fatally
injured, probably.
A REVENUE party raIding in Sumner
County. Tenn, report the destruction of
three distilleries. They thinks this ends
the list this summer.
SATURDAY afternoon VIM. Taylor, of the
firm of Taylor & Warren, edge-tool makers,
No. 25 Coiumbus-street, Cleveland, caught
his arm in shaft and was killed.
THE Board of Health of Columbus, KY,
September 81, ordered that hereafter no
mail matter, or mail agent with such matter,
would be allowed to enter the City of Co
lumbus under any circumstances.
THE dead body of B. w. Fay, halter, was
found in the locks at Chicago, Wednesday
evening, with bullet hole through his
head, probable case of suicide. He had
been unfortunate IN his business relations
in New York and Chicago.
ALBERT STRATToN, while on his way from
Findlay, Ohio, lately, stopped at William
CornwelPs, his brother-in-law, near Can
nonsburg, and shot his six-year-old nephew
who came to the door, fatally wounding
him. Those most concerned think the shot
accidental.
THE Soldiers Reunions of Veterans of the
late war, in Ohio, at GAINESVILLE, Chillicothe,
Findlay, and Sidney, and in Indiana at
Greensburg, are reported as immense affairs
Thousands of old soldiers refought their
battles DER again, harmlessly. and with the,
best of feeling.
THE dry goods house of E. S. Jeffray d
| Co., New York, has been extensively rob
bed, through a conspiracy among its EN-
ployees. OF one class of articles alone
there have been eight thousand pieces sto-
len. The police have been arresting
thieves, receivers, and go-betweens.
THE commanding officer at Camp Brown
telegraphed ON Saturday that his courier
had lust arrived from Lieutenant Bishop,
who reports striking a party of Bannocks
on the march on one of the tributaries OF
the Snake River, about fifty miles west OF
Tosoto Epaso, and south and west of Yellow.
stone Lake.
MISS LIZZIE PEARsE, well-known and
much respected young lady, twenty-five
years old, sister of the Pea1se Bros, of the
Miltraff House, Lancaster, Ohio, suicided
in the hotel at Columbus Saturday morning
about seven O'Clock by cutting her throat
with razor. The horrible work ended her
life Immediately.
COLONEL SCHwEITZER telegraphs General
Ord from Ringgold Barracks that thirty
Mexican soldiers have deserted their garri
son in body. Three were drowned in the
Rio Grande, one was shot in pursuit, and
three were captured and afterward shot
by order of Colonel Estrada, which occa
stoned much indignation.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
the seventy-frst call for the redemption O.
the $40 bonds of 1865 and consols of 1865
The call is for five millions, two million!
coupon and three millions registered bonds
principal and interest to be paid at tht
Treasury on the 10th of December ant
after, and interest to cease on that day.
"THE. ALLEN" notorious gambler il
New York City, shot and killed Privat'
Detective Edward Malloy, at Aliens gam
bling house, on Broadway, few days ago
Allen was the first to inform the authori
ties of the affair, and claims it was acci
dental. They were in a room alone to
, gether, and Allen was showing Malloy tn
} revolver he had purchased on the evening
] previous.
AT the final session of the Grand Lodg
: of Oddfellows, in Baltimore, the Committe
: on Finance estimated the receipts woul
be for the fiscal year $2s,210, and the ez
, penditures $32 040. Texas entered protes
against the action of the Grand Sire il
+, ordering the present session in Baltimor
5 instead OF Austin. Rev. wv. Venable, Q
Kentucky, was appointed Grand Chaplain
5 The next session is to be held in Baltimore
1 BEN. BUTLER received the nomination G
the Massachusetts, Democratic Conventio
for Governor, having majority of the Cor
vention in his favor, his friends havin
gone early to the hall in Worceste
n where the Convention was to meet, and 81
: prevailed for time. Many of the member
= of the Convention bolted and adopted an az
dress to the Democrats of the State, callin
4 Convention at Faneuil Hall.
e A SPECIAL to the Detroit Free Press fro
/ East Saginaw says Sherman City, sma
O village in Isabella County, Mich, was a.
l. nihllated, September 10, by terrible to
r. nado, every store, dwelling house, and she
in the village being swept clean, except OF
frame dwelling, which was partially
Ii stroyed. The air was thick with timber
z boards, brick, and stone. The inhabitan
I, took refuge in cellars. Mr.. Tryo, his wit
2. little girl, and baby, were badly injured.
l. YELLOW FEVER is reported in the lumb
t. camp of L. D. Wells & Co., near Elmor
d Montcalm County, Michigan. One of Il
a. men, Thomas Mcclure, was taken with IL
disease, and removed from the camp.
- panic among the people prevented his a
40 mission into house, rendering it necessa
or to place the poor man under tree, whe
he remained under drenching rain, al
died soon afterward, when his body turn
a. as black as negro, while his eyes assum
is a bright yellowish hue. The remains we
~ then placed in rough box and deposit
as under the tree at which he died.
ar JOHN SPEERs, for the murder of Pare
40 Pledger in McLilan County, Texas,
- 1875, was executed September 20, in Wa
~ Jail yard. Only the county officers, me
" bers of the press, physicians, and a limit
ly number of citizens were admitted to t
of yard. The drop fell at two minutes p,
D four o'clock. His neck did not break, a
er death ensued from strangulation in
to minutes. He made no speech, but left
N written statement to the Waco Telephone,
= which he made himself particeps crimil
w with his brother-in-law, father-in-law, an,
ne cousin of his brother-in-law.
0n The Nashville Anaerican's Prisceton TX
80 special says: Saturday evening, at thu
a. o'clock, about ten miles from Princet,