The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-08

stopped the cries of the farmers Ii tie
daughter by rolling her up tightly in a
blanket. When unrolled the child was
nearly suffocated, and died in an hour. The
neighbors were securing the country for
the fends, but at last accounts had not
found them.
The Associated Pioneers of the Terri
torial Days of California, in New York
City, rendered a reception and banquet at
the Stur evant House to General John C.
Fremont, Governor of Arizona Territory,
previous to his departure for the Pacific
Coast. A large number of prominent guests
were present. In the absence of the Presi-
dent, General John A.. Sutter, the Vice
President, General II Gates Gibson, well
coined Geueral Fremont. Speeches were
made by General Fremont and Ex-Governor
Price, of New Jersey, Colonel E. C. Kimbe
and others. A magnificent bed of flowers,
with the word Jessie" wrought in blue
violets. was sent to Mrs. Fremont, who
acknowledged the acceptance.
DURING a storm of thunder, lightning and
rain that came upon Philadelphia, Saturday,
the Gospel tent of the Ridge-avenue Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, at the northwest
corner Of Thirtieth-streeta and Ridge-avenue,
was struck by the electric fluid at moment
when a number of persons happened to be
under the canvass. OF these, Mary Elfrey,
ten years old, was instantly killed; Waller
Elfrey, her brother, eight years old, and
Ellie Burns, nine years, were knocked sense
less and dangerously prostrated; William
Adams, ten years old, was made uncon-
scious, but not seriously injured, and
Charles FL. Wilson, grocer, was SO struck
senseless, and left suffering from severe ner-
vous prostration. None of the other occu-
pants of the tent were touched by the
lightning. The tent and its furniture were
set on fire, but the flames were extinguished
befo. much damage could be done.
A REMARKABLE bank robbery occurred
at Bloomington, ILL.,, Tuesday night which
was discovered at nine o'clock the next
morning. L. L. Holmes, agent for money
lenders at Wiilimantic, Conn.,, has for two
years carried on loan agency and private
bank in a room over the Postoffice, corner
of Center and Frontstreets. The room is
fitted up elegantly, and equipped with a
Hail. fire and burglar proof safe. Wednes-
day morning when Holmes entered the
bank, he found papers scattered all over the
floor, and discovered the safe doors, three in
number, wide open. An examination
showed that Sic, 900 in bonds on the Holmes
Bank were missing; also 81 900 in currency.
The record book in which the list of bonds
was kept, and other important records,
w.re mutilated by cutting the leaves out
and the leaves taken away, SO that no re-
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of the denomination of $3.50 and upwards,
and represent loans on real estate. They
are payable at the Bank of North America,
in New York, and are probably not negotia-
BILE. A package of $500 in currency was
overlooked by the robbers in their hurry.
On the 29th of July, the eclipse of the
sun was fairly observed by scientific inves-
tigators in Colorado and Texas. The clouds
shut off the view in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
and New York. Parties among the astrono-
mers at West LosAnimas, Colorado, who
have observed all the eclipses of recent
times, say this was in many respects the
most satisfactory and picturesque on the
list. Probably no better place could have
been selected for making the astronomical
observations, and no doubt the spectacle
was grander here than at any other lint in
America on account of the perfect weather
and the remarkably dry and Gear atmos-
phere. The scientific results Of the obser-
va'ions, as courteously furnished by Prof.
Eastman, may be briefly summoned up as
follows: The search for another planet,
supposed to disturb the orbit of Mercury,
developed nothing beyond what is already
known. No sun-spots we're detected, and very
few protuberauces, and those on the
preceding limb of the corona brilliant, but
| no Pickering or motion in any part of it.
The spectroscopic limits of the corona were
traced by the coronal green line, and found
| not to coincide with the limits Of the corona
as seen either with the naked eye or the
telescope. In many places the structure Of
the corona was so complicated as to defy
any attempt to represent it by drawing
in the limited time of totality, but draw
ings were successfully made of some portions
of it.