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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31

In recent issue of the Scientific
American we find some very interesting
information in reference to the notes of
the Bank of England. 1t states that
they are made from pure white linen
cuttings; never from rags that have
been worn. They have been manufac-
tured for nearly two hundred years by
the same family, the Portals, Protestant
refugees. So carefully is the paper pre-
pared that even the number of dips into
the pulp made by each workman is
registered on dial by machinery, and
the sheets are carefully counted and
booked to each person through whose
hands they pass. The stock of paid
notes of seven years is about $4,000, 600
in number, and they fill $4,000 boxes,
which il placed side by side would reach
three miles. The notes, placed in pile,
would be eight miles high, or, if joined
end to end, would form ribbon 5000
mills long Their original value was
over s15,000,o 600, and their weight over
liz pounds.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31

The distillers have been in Washing
ton lobbying for reduction of the
taxes on their peculiar article of COM
merce. If the tax should be reduced,
must we attribute it to liberal distri-
button of the brain-muddler, or to an
earnest desire ON the part of our legisla-
tors to subserve the public intesests9
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31

The steam hammer recently COM
pleted at Creusot is the largest and most
powerful instrument of the kind in the
world. The hammer in the workshops
OF Herr KrupP, at Essen, weighs fifty
tons, and descends through a maximum
space Of three metres; but the hammer
Of the Creusot engine, weighing between
seventy.fve and eighty tons, has IA course
Of five metres. Special apparatus has
also been provided for the transport and
keeping in position of blocks of steel
weighing from one hundred to one hun
dred and twenty tons, which can be
forged by the new hammer, and four
steam cranes are arranged round this
latter, three of them capable of lifting
and revolving with weight of one hun,
dred tons and one able to carry one
hundred and fifty tons. Each crane,
also, is provided with special machinery
for causing this weight lifted by it to
rotate about its own axis.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31

The Republicans put forth a dark
horse for United States Senator in the
recent election before the Legislature.
His name is Stephen johnson, and he
received three votes. The rest of the
Republicans voted blank, not desiring to
commit themselves directly in favor of
any candidate at the present crisis.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31
Romance of a Dust Barrel.

The honor and fortune of lady once
hung upon the result of lawsuit in
one of the New York courts. The most
important part of the evidence in her
favor was in the contents of three let
ters. She had put them away in her
desk, but when she searched it the let
ters were not to be found. They had
been stolen.
The lady's counsel informed her that
unless those letters could be produced
the case would go against her. The trial
came on, and on the morning of the
third day the lady did not appear in
court. The counsel we're annoyed, but
went OH with the cross examination of
the plaintiff, the lady's husband.
Suddenly the woman rushed into the
courtroom, and excitedly exclaimed to
her counsel, SO loud the the court and
jury heard her: q have found them!'
Examining the package she handed
to them, the counsel found three old
letters, which had been badly torn, but
were now skillfully patched together.
They were dirty and stained.
If the court please" said the coun-
sci, 81 now offer in evidence three let.
tiers, which, up to this moment, we could
not find"
"Let us examine them," said the
plaintiffs counsel. They looked at them
carefully, and then remarked to the
| court:
! 1--WE object to the admission of these
papers. They purport to be letters
written by some person, but they are SC
patched and pasted that there is no way
by which they can be identified as the
genuine letters"
"We propose, if your honor pleases
to show that they were written by
the plaintiff, were lost, and found in
most extraordinary manner" replied tht
lady's counsel.
The court examined the letters, annie
the silence of the audience and the anx
iety of the husband. "You may iden
tify them," at last said the Judge, "ant
then offer them in evidence"
The plaintiff was again placed on thu
stand.
"Did you ever see these letters be
fore ?'
The witness's hand trembled while h.
held the letters, and his face grew white
at is possible" was his hesitating re
care they in your handwriting?'
alt looks like my writing"
care not the signatures yours?'
"They look like my writing" ~
"Have you any doubt that they ar
your signatures?'
He hesitated.
"Answer the question:" said the court
''I can't say that have" he STAN
mered out.
"That is ALL"
The letters were admitted as evidenc
and the woman's honor was saved.
Those letters had been thrown from
waste-basket into dust-barrel. A rag
picker, while searching the barrel, wa
attracked by the signatures. He read
few words. They excited his curiosity
He searched for and found all the pieces
and carefully put them together, for b
saw money in them.
One day he saw the same name in til
papers, and connected with the lawsuit
: He sought out the lady. Providenc
leading him to her rather than to he
husband. She paid him good reward
and instantly fastened to the court
room.
The letters saved her from ruin. Fe
: of those who saw their exhibition i
, court knew how she found them. Br
to-day that rag picker owns payin
stall in one of the city markets, the n
suit of his finding the pieces of three oil
letters in dust barrel.
4
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31

LIT Ia now many generations ago since
there arose in the City of London
great benefactor to the gormandizing
species. The history and early life Of
the man have not been recorded for the
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31
ru;n and desna;r settle ike . nall upon

ruin and despair settle like pail upon
the people.
If all this is not " the black darkness
before dawn" what is it? If the mill
lennium is not at hand, what, in the
name of all that's good, is the endto be?
We pause for reply, and echo only
answerst
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31
Stanley.


DIR. J. G. Holland writes in Scribner:
When he arrived in America, after his
splendid feat-than which none more
heroic and daring has been performed
during this century, except later one
by himself-he was received with small
burst of enthusiasm, which soon died
out, when it was found that he
could not lecture, and would not be
lionized. Nothing was forgiven to him
on account of strangeness to society,
and the social cold shoulder was turned
toward him by all those who could
neither tell hero when they saw him,
nor hold him at his superlative value
| when they had him in their hands.
Stanley lived in New York for some
time, his social relations limited to few
congenial mep and women. Then he
went away, and, at last, we heard of him
engaged in organizing a force to march
across Africa. When he received the
dispatch which summoned him to this
task, it threw him into a violent fever.
He knew what the undertaking was. No
one else did; and for more than three
years he has been engaged in the gigan-
tic task of managing hundreds of wild
men, in the midst of thousands of wilder
men, in passage through wilderness
thousands of miles in extent. Hehas had
to pierce forests, thread rivers, cross
lakes, tread morasses and fight wild beasts
and savage men by day and by night.
His one will has directed and controlled
everything. The strain upon him must
have been terrible-three summers and
three winters long. Can any one
imagine his Joy as he traced the Congo to
the sea, and caught sight of the waves
that connected him with his home?
We do not feel particularly interested
in Mr.. Stanley's discoveries. The
| geographers may have that part of it
but we are immensely interested in the
hero, and shall be glad to see his face
and take his hand once more And il
New York shall fail to take and hole
him at his value this time, she will dc
herself foul dishonor This man who
has done SO much to honor the Ameri
can name, and so much to illustrate tht
higher traits and capacities of human
, nature, should have beftting welcom,
on his arrival home. 1t should not be
fitful and quickly forgotten affair; bu
after such tempestuous tossings upo1
the sea of his great enterprise, h.
should find himself in smooth water
The heroes of few battle-felds hav,
: been worthier of lasting admiration an,
! homage than he is, who will come to IL
from his latest achievement in Africal
discovery. Let us give him the freedon
of the city in the freedom of our homes
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31
MUCH alarm has been created at Mos
.o,., hx,a tba ar,y.oa rarea of the Sihariau N

MUCH alarm has been created at Mos-
COW by the appearances of the Siberian
plague. One day a lauudress at the
university, who was suspected of having
died from it, was subjected to a post
mortem examination, with the result
that the suspicious of the authorities
were confirmed. Since then several other
persons have succumbed to the same
malady, which is more disastrous than
smallpox or cholera, and the police are
now taking energetic measures to pre-
vent the disease from spreading. 1t is
believed that the seeds of the plague
were brought from Tifis either by Turk
ish prisoners or Russian invalids.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31
. q EDITORIAL OLIO. ttk

IT is the opinion of Southern papers,
almost without an exception, that the
negroes in the South are dying almost at
the rate of four to one, as compared with
the whites. The causes are uncleanli-
ness, lack Of proper food, clothing,
shelter and cooking, sensual excuses of
all kinds, drunkenness, neglect of the
sick, the preference of "cenjurors" to
physicians, and absence of proper pre-.
cautions against contagious diseases.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31

IT isn't always the man with the most
nose that knows the most.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31

Our troops were supplied with Sl17,-
444. "A worth of tobacco last year.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-20
Mr.. KING, in the Third Wiscon-

Mr.. KING, in the Third Wiscon-
sin District, proposes to contest the
election of Mr.. Uazelton, and relies
upon the Democratic majority in the
House rather than any evidence he
has to secure his seat Judging from
past the BourboDs may be counted
on to give him the seat-unless they
have senses enough to see the dis
astrous results that would ensue by
longer persuing such course, and
what their like action in the last
House has cost them Wil,cauhee
Sentinel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-20
AT THE CAPITAL.

Official returns from all the coun-
ties of the Sd Congressional District
show Hazelton to have received l2O
majority. He seems to have run
behind his ticket in every county
except Richland, which proves be-
vond cavil that the TRIBUNE was
justified in opposing his nomination
on the ground that he could not Sc
cure the full vote of his party at the
polls. A glance at the returns fur
Their proves that those localities from
whence went delegates to Muscoda
most enthusiastic for Mr.. Hazeltons
nomination, are not the places where
truest Republicans are found. In
the Southern Assembly District of
Iowa county, where opposition to
Mr.Hazelton's nomination was alone
expressed, he was better sustained
at the polls than in most of the dis
tricts where, before the nominotion,
he was claimed to be an especial ia
vorite of the people.
Owen King is preparing to con-
test the election has been here and
retained counsel. Ostensibly he ba-
ses his claim to the seat on charge
that men engaged at work on the
narrow gauge r. r. voted in Grant
county, who had no legal right to do
so but in reality, as a prominent
Democrat here was incaution enough
to remark, His basis of claim is
the fact that the Democrats have a
majority in the House, and may
seat him, in defiance of all evidence
and justice, as they did that fellow
from Colorado in the last Congress.
W. II. 3.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-20

Of the day. In some cases the polls
were opened before the Republicans
could get there and the boxes stuff
ed before the voting begun. At one
precinct they went into town, yell
ing and shooting pistols. They
marched up into the Court House,
and knocked down the Federal Su-
pervisor, who stood near the ballot
box, saying they intended to carry
the precinct. They at once CON-
menced to stuff the ballot box, refus-
ing to take the oath required OF
all voters 10y the laws of the State.
They presented several pistols at
the Supervisors head. and he says
it was Gods mercy that he was
not killed. After he had been driv-
en- from the ballot box. Lawyer Kel-
ly asked him to come back and dis
charge his duty, saying he would
protect him. The Republicans vot-
ed in force and polled more votes
than on any previous election. While
the usual majority in the past has
been between 800 and 400 IN this
precinct, yet the Democrats claim
to have defeated the Republicans by
twenty. three votes. OF course that
result was secured by stufting the
ballot box. In another instance it
is alleged that the ballot-hox was
stuffed with 2,4O0 bogus Democratic
tickets.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-20

ENGLAND has another little war
on her hands, the Kaffir tribes being
on the war path, and placing the
few British troops in an exceedingly
uncomfortable position. Reinforce
ments will be necessary to the safety
of the English force. Perhaps Eng
land might secure the service of a
few of the warlike Newfoundland
fisherman seeing that the Americans
are quiet Just at this season.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-20
SECOND DAYS SESSION.
Wednesday, Nov. l3, rs, S a.

"Wednesday, NOV. IL, rs, s Il. m.
The Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. The Chairman being absent,
the Board was called to order by the
Clerk, whereupon Mr.. Smoker was
chosen temporary chairman. All the
Supervisors were present eXceptMeSSrs.
Curry, Ellwood and Rewey. The min
uteS of yeiterday's session were read
and approved.
On motion. the special committee on
the bill of DR.. Vivian WAS granted
until afternoon session to prepare their
report.
The special committee to whom was
referred the report of the District \ t.
torney reported tbs following:
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors of Iowa co1n
Your committee to whom was reerred the
report of the District Attorney. beg leave to
make the following report:
That they have examined the said account anG
report and fluid the same correct.
Dated Nov. IL, 1878. John Eliwood, j. IL
Billings. Jos Bennett, Committee.
Adopted.
Messrs. Gile, Grant and Shepard were
appointed 4 special committee on OH
GERS Bonds.
Messrs. Cox Billings and Dimock
were appointed special committee Oh
County superintendent salary.
The following report of the Commit
tee on Claims was read and approved :
To tie Hon. Board OF Supervisors Of iowa cour.-
", Wisconsin.
ferhed the several hiiis against lie County, a.
per accom- any'ny schedule, respectfully report
That they have carefully examined all the
claims in SAID schedule, and would recommeG q
that the same be allowed at the sums fixed BY
your committee. and set opposite each claim:
Sc hedule OF Clsimr presented 10 the cunnt,
hoard Of Supervisors OF lows county at their
Aunuai Meeting, held at Dodgev:i!c, comm.uc.
Ing Nov. ~. A. D. 1875:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-20
G.. q. Cox,
(HAs. PAUL.,
w, :. DIMOCK.
Superintendents Of the Poor.

Superintendent Of the Poor.
Which was referred to special COM
mittee consisting of Messrs. Smoker,
Wyman and Gle.
Inc special committee to whom was
referred the communication from Mr..
Wilson, and also the bill of DR.. Vivian
for refund of taxes, reported as follows:
To the Board OF Supervisors Of Iowa
county:
The special committee to whom was
referred the petition of j. ii. Vivian
for refund of taxes, would respectfully
report as follows: The petition is
made by DR.. Vivian to have certain
moneys refunded which he paid the
| County Treasurer for certain tax GER
| titicates on real estate. situate in the
! city of Mineral FONT. for the taxes of
! 1873, sale of 1874. AS Your committee
understands this matter, this petition is
no aSel on the usual grounds of ask
ing refund of taxes, but is based upon
| the alleged decision of courts, that
where property is assessed at any
other price than its true value, such
assessment is illegal, and the tax COM
puted upon such assessment void.
While your committee believe and
have good reason to believe, that there
were many errors committed by the
assessor of the city OF Mineral Point
for the year Indicated above, we also
believe there never has been an assess.
ment made under the present law that
would have been decided binding il
contested in the courts.
And while we are compelled to admit
that there were many wrongs perpre
trated and unjust burdens imposed up
on certain individuals in said city. fol
the year 1873, yet equity and justice
demand that there is some amount due
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-20

ACCORDING to all accounts, the re-
cent election in South Carolina was
an outrageous farce. On the au-
thority of EW. NJ, Mackey, formerly
Speaker Of the House of Represen-
tatives of that State, and informa-
ton from other sources, it is stated
that Democrats were guilty of the
most disgraceful conduct. The
cred Shirts" started from Beaufort
where the Republicans have large
majority, went riding through the
country on election day, visiting
plantations, threatening the negroes
and firing into the houses Of Repub-
xoans. Ballot stufiug was the order
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-20
THIRD DAYS SEoo"

THURSDAY, Nov. II, ls's' ~ n 3D.
The Board met pursuaNs ,ryi:ors
iournment. All the Sup "rv The
were present except Mr. O0, ,n,ss,ipg
minutes of the previous Tho fol-
were read and approved. lad and
lowing resolutions were
adopted: ,nns comp,si,Ss,,t.s'.
Resolved. That as the funlv;nr upon '. .s,,,-
asys sG~s slss't n 70 s =. Is 'a19'.
hands into the county tressuIS' rso.n. GG"
~" ii,rthxr business for them 70
hereby houorably dachasSsS'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-20

NEW YORK dispatches state that
the Stewart grave robbery has been
traced directly to rcminent atto'-
,ney as the principal in the scene.
Can it be possible that this means
Mr.. Tilden.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-20

In view OF the epidemic of grave
robbery just now, it would be q
wise precaution to fasten vaults with
time locks, set to open at the judge,
uent day.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-20
wH.&B. J. BENNETT, Editors,
~ W. YLOR, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.-

The New Jersey Legislature has
. Republican majority Of seven on
Joint ballot. Why not admit New
Jersey into the Union.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-20
AFTERNOON SESSION.


1o'clock p. m.
The Board met pursuant 70 adjourn
ment, and was called to order by the
Chairman. All the Supervisors were
present except Mr.. Curry. The min
utes of the morning session were read
ana approved.
On motion, the District Attorney
was instructed to notify Mr., Hutchinson
that the County desires payment Ol the
amount due, within sixty days, and to
foreclOse in case of default.
Mr.. Cox offered the following:
RESOLVED, That the sum OF $1,000
be, and the same is hereby appropriated
out of any moneys III the county treas
ury not otherwise appropriated, foi the
use of the poor fund Of the county,
Which was adopted by the following
vote: Ayes-Messrs. Arneson, Fen
nett, Billings. Coe, Cox, Dimock, Ell
wood. Gle, Grant. Morris, PAUL., Paul
son. Rewey, Shepard, Smoker, Smith
and Wyman. Nays-None.
The committee on Public Buildings
reported as follows:
70 the Honorable Board Of Supervisors
of Iowa County, Wisconsin:
Your committee on Public Buildings
beg leave to make the following report:
That they CONTRACTED with DAVIS "
James for the building of substantial
fence. on the east, north and part Of
vest line OF the Court House yard, for
the sum of $3.50.
That they contracted with &C. Rohr
for painting the said fence. for the sum
of $500.
That said fence has been built. and
painted, in accordance with sait. con-
tracts. and in Il manner satisfactory to
your committee.
Ali OF which is respectfully submit
ted. JOHN ELLWOOD.
SAMUEL :. GLE,
Committee.
Which was ordered on lie.
The committee on Finance and Tax
alton submitted the following report:
To the Honorable Board of Supervls-
orS of Iowa County, Wisconsin,:
Your committee, To whom was re-
ferred the matter of finance and Tax
alton, having duly considered the same,
respectfully report and recommend the
adoption of the following resolution:
RESOLVED, That the following kinds
and amounts of tax he levied upon all
the taxable properly Of the county VI
Iowa, for the year 1878, to-wlt;
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-20
County BOrd Proceedings.
Continued. from 1stpage)

To Joseph Hooking for -four and butter & 5 A
Nenning 4 Roberts on contract % 90
Charles Egar, quarters salary u %
pr Eastman do Is 90
Burial & Cutler do 81 25
X r. vii Jams do II GO
r. w. Jones do 10 90
Terberhy Pearce 4 Co. latches & screws 2 IS
:. Hooking 4 Co locks is 90
James MARI coffin 10 20
X. D. Pulrord snndries II As
do do paint and oil 10 10
Nenning & Roberts balance on contract T52 %
James Msrr chairs and coffin % GO
NJ. r. Rewey painting new building 70 90
Elliott & Son mason work 10 90
Mineral PORT X Co. freight 70
Dsyis Brop lime 10
Veroine Rohe,ts extra work on bul'd 81 70
=. Hooking & Go. locks ]? GO
w. j. Guam Il Co, tea II 30
Birely son repa ring clock ! 20
John =. harris pressed urlck IL ~
W. j. Onaun groceries IO4 55
Robert James coal 100 90
NJ. +. Rewey quarters salary 225 w
VIM r. Henry insurance % GO
Pryor n Temby sugar and tobacco 20
W. J. Guam sack OF coffee ~ 63
Town OF Pulaski temporary aid ID .D
NJ f. Rewcr freight Is
Chas Esan qaarter- salaIy - rs
DR. Eastman do ID 90
Burial Il Cutler do u %
H. W. Jones do 10 90
Town of Linden temporary aid IL co
Jorcph Duller dry goods ~ IS
Total expenditures $15ls 10
Leaving u balance in our hands of
Sl2.74. OF which amounts $l02S.4
has been expended on the new insane
building that be, anne necessary to have,
and which has been built this season,
leaving balance Of Ss6S5.l9 that has
been used for the support of the poor
farm. There are bills outstanding, some
of which have been running since last
March, for necessary articles and pro-
visions, which have just been presented,
but not audited to the amount OF $50,
which will haveto be met; likewise the
salaries of the resident superintendent,
county physicians, and other expenses
which are known, that will amount in
the aggregate to about $1,000.
There are always expenses to be met
that cannot be toreseen, such as tenn
porary aid to towns, moving paupers
to the poor farm, insane persons TO and
from the state hospital. etc, and there
ought to be funds in our hands at
all times, sufficient to defray such
and will therefore respectfully give
notice that we will, at the present ses-
sion of the county board, ask for an
appropriation to the poor fund Of
$1,000.