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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27
The Fraud Committee.

The Potter Investigation Committee had
a short session, June IL, and III. Conquest
Clarke, late Private Secretary to Governor
Kellogg, was cross-examined by Mr.. Nc
Mahan relative to the second set of Louis
lana electoral certificates. Witness said:
The two lists of returns lay on the table
in the Committee room at New Orleans, ac-
cording to his present memory
until he gathered them up for
forwarding to the Secretary of State after the
signatures were complete. The only parties
signing in the presence of witnesses that he
remembers were Governor Kellogg and Mr.
Brewster. He thought there were one or
two others who signed in his presence, but
could not be positive as to that. Did not
know where Levissee or Joffrion were at the
time of the signing of the second set of GER
tifcates, and could not say positively
whether or not they signed personally, but
was of the opinion hat the signature ap-
pearing on the cert icates is that of
Joffrion, being familiar with The gentleman's
! signature.
| @. Wasn't it well known fact among
the politicians in Louisiana that Judgt
Levisee was not in town at the time the
papers in question were signed?
| A. 1t was certainly not known to me.
Mr.. Mcmahon questioned the witness a.
to who signed the names of Joffrion ant
Levisee, and witness replied he knew ab
sOlutely nothing about it.
The Potter ommittee met on the 21st O
June, and Captain Thomas A. jerks, o
New Orleans, was examined. He sal,
that he was present when Anderson signe,
and swore to the protest which he now de
nies; that subsequently Anderson tried to in
duce him to make an afiadavit that h
(Anderson) was tight when it was signed
and that on another occasion, Anderso
tried to have him state that, while he signe
it, he did not in fac swear to it. These r,
quests jerks refused. Anderson informe
J him that he (Anderson) cou make an
money by denying the protest.
One of the most important points in h
estimony was that he was well acquainte
with Weber's handwriting, and after idel
, tifying several documents and letters as hi
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

peafed with the sundry civil bill, which
was Immediately signed by the President
pro tem., and then sent te the President o
the United States for his signature, the
President being in his room at the Capitol
having remained the e during the night
Mr.. Anthony submitted resolution proVld,
ing for the appointment of Committee OF
two Senators to join the Committee of the
House of Representatives to wair upon the
President aLd inform him that Congress,
having finished its business, is now ready t.
close its session by Adjournment. Agreed to,
and Mr.. Anthony and Mr.. Thurman were ap-
pointed the committee on the part OF the
Senate. The Senate then held brief ex-
ecutive sessi n, and when the doors were
feopened, Mr.. Anthony, frsm the committee
appoi' ted to wait on the President of the
United States, reported that they had per-
formed that duty, and that the President re-
piled he had no further communication to
make. President pro tenn. Ferry then con-
graduated the Senate on the termination OF
the session, and thanked them for their
favor, their confidence and their courtesy,
and the second session, of the Forty
fifth Congress adjourned SINE dte.........
In the House, the session extended till
seven O'Clock. A committee of three was
appointed 70 wait on the President. Mr..
franklin offered resolution declaring that
in the investigation of the charges preferred
against the late Doorkeeper of the House
J. w Polk, nothing has been shown affect
ing his personal integrity or rejecting on him
as an honorob man, and allowing him two
months extra pay Agreed 10. At 6:45
Mr.. Rainey, of the Committee on Enrolled
Bills, appeared in the House with the en-
rolled sundry civil service bill, which the
speaker laid before the House and signed
amid applause. After remarks from the
Speaker, the House adjourned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27
The Serpent of Hanaale.

Handale is in the parish of dollhouse,
in Cleveland, England. A small abbey
of Benedictine nuns was founded there
by William, son of Richard de Percy,
no remains of which now exist. The
situation is truly delightful and pic
tureseque; the sea, only three miles dis
tant, adts variety to the scene, while the
profound seclusion of the woods, the
deep solitude and repose of the glens,
and the quiet and retirement around,
carry back the thoughts to that remote
period when
"Their bells were heard at evening swelling clear
By pilgrims wandering Ger the heath-clad hill"
In ancient time these quiet woods
were infested by huge serpent, pos
sessed of most singular fascinating pow
ers, which used to beguile young damsels
from the path of truth and duty, and
afterward to feed on their dainty limbs.
| At this time there lived in these parts 8
brave aud gallant youth named Scaw,
who felt greatly incensed at the ravages
which the serpent made among his fail
acquaintance, and determined to des roy
the vile monster or perish in the a tempt
Therefore, amid the tears and prayers o
his fir ends and sweethearts he bucklet
on his armor and proceeded to the ser
pent's cave.
Striking the rock with his sword, tn
reptile Immediately issued from his den
breathing fire from his nostrils, and rear
ing high his crested head to trantix tn
. bold intruder with his poisonous sting
Nothing daunted, the young hero Tough
bravely, and, after long and sever
, contest, succeeded in killing the NOR
ster. Young Scaw forthwith marie
! an earl's daughter found in the cav,
and thus by his valor rescued from
cruel death, by which marriage he oil
tained vast estates. The wood where h
slew the serpent is called "Sca'
e Woods" to this day, and the stone co
a fin in which he was buried is yet show
e near the sight of the priory.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27
FOREIGN SUMMARY Y.

A VIENNA special says eleven Socialist
Democrats have been arrested at Prague on
the charge of high treason.
DURING an interview between Bismarck
and Gortschakotf, the large Danish dog of
Bismarck made ferocious attack on Gorts-
chakoff, who was rescued after considerable
trouble.
JOHN BURKE, aged one hundred and nine,
teen years, died at Ballyanihan, Glanworth,
County Kerry, Ireland, recently, after a
fortnight's illness, being the only sickness
he had known during his life.
THE Paris Moniteur asserts that the
Khedive of Egypt recently proposed to alb
dictate, leaving the management of affairs tt
England if the civil list and his sons sue
cession were assured. The offer was de
clined and the Khedive repeated it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27
He Took the Hint.

The Duke of st. Albans, the heredi-
tary Grand Falconer of England, is a
great goose breeder, and employs large
number of gosherds to tend the birds
upon one of his estates. Last autumn
His Grace presided one Saturday at the
payment If his laborers. Simon Bluff,
an intelligent boy, gosherd, ten years
old, was called up to receive eighteen
pence, his weeks wag S. The boy re-
fused to take the money. Upon being
pressed for the reason of his denial, he
replied:
"Why, cause all the geese on Monday
morning flied away, and how could
take money for looking arter birds wher
there was no birds to look arterf
The Duke, returning home, imme
diately sent in his resignation as sinecu
rist Falconer. In humble imitation o
Simon Bluff, he even refused to TAX
the current quarters salary.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

A LADY in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, while
walking along the bank of large creek
about month ago, slipped and fell
into the water. She was an expert
swimmer and in short time would have
been on shore had she not been caught
in a mass of weeds, which completely
paralyzed her lower limbs and rendered
her farther advance toward the sh re
without assistance impossible. She
managed to keep her head above water
for hours and cried for help until she
was hoarse. She eventually tainted,
and, from that time until she was res
cued by a gentleman next morning, she
remained unconscious. When she was
found a log of wood ioated on the water,
and on it her head was pillowed, thus
preventing her from drowning. How
the portion of the tree trunk came to be
under her head is a mystery. The gen.
tleman had to work for an hour before
her neither extremities were released
from the weeds. She had been in the
water nearly twenty hours before help
came.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27
HOW THE PEOPLEARE FEDAT THE
PARIS EXPOSITION.

Persons who are acquainted by ex-
perience with the heat of Paris during
the summer months, especially in the
low-lying grounds where the Exhibition
is situated, wi be anxious to know what
provisions have been made at the Tro-
cadero and the Champ de Mars to quench
the thirst and crafty the appetite of
visitors. In the exhibition of 1867 there
were many picturesque inns, cafes, and
bars in which food and drinks were
served after the fashions of several coun-
tries, by walters and mattresses dressed
in national costumes. There are on the
grounds four frst-class restaurants, a
French and Belgian atthe Champ de
Mars, near the Point d'Iena, and a
French and a Spanish restaurant on
each side of the cascade of the Trocadero.
At each of the corners Of the Palace of
the Champ de Mars are luncheon bars
for the sale of cold meats and drinks.
These are considered insufficient for the
great building. In the garden facing
the Ecole MilitaiIe are two immense
restaurants, Duval establishment and
a Strasbourg oresserie. Two pric fac
restaurants are established, one near the
Porte de Tourville, and the other on
the bank of the Seine in the middle of
the agricultural exhibition. Near the
railw station an immense restaurant
Of l 800 square feet is constructed, out
side the Exhibition inclosure. 1t i!
calculated that $1,000 persons cal
breakfast at the same time in the two
parks of the Champ de Mars and th'
Trocadero. Besides these establishments
there are several picturesque ones which
should be mentioned. Near the Avenu
de Suffren is Hungarian csarda or inn
in which there are Tzigane concerts
Tunisian, Moroccan, and Algerian cafes
with music, coffee, conscousson, an,
other African viands, have been estaf
, lished in the Trocadero Park. Cigars @
the French regre are sold in a
the restaurants. Eastern tobacco wi
be found in the Moorish cafes, and Ru
} sian cigarettes in an .isbah, prett
t wooden structure near the Avenue d
> Suffien. Havana cigars are sold in
special kiosque near the Point d lena.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

ONE hundred and fifty thousand dol
Lars have thus far been expended upon
the construction of the Keely motor ap-
paratus, while over a million and half
have changed hands in the rise and fall
of stocks. Keely is now making his ar
rangements for final test, and when
everything is in order, he proposes to
invite Edison and others to his laboratory,
and either blow the whole affair through
the roof or demonstrate his claim to be-
ing the greatest inventor that ever shed
blessings upon humanity. The general
impression is that the motor machine is
like Orpheus q. Kerr's cannon.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

THERE died not long since, in En-
gland, gentleman named Mytton, who
had earned the highest character as land
steward to Lord Kilmorey. Mr.. Myt-
toms father had succeeded to an ances-
trail estate of 100000 year, but spent
the lat years of his life in the Queens
Bench prison. He lost $4,000 in one
year on the turf, and left his family
penniless. And lately comes Sir Charles
Nugent, aged thirty-one, into the bank
ruptcy court, who, too, has lost $780,
900 on the turf. Cases of similar com.
Plexion, though perhaps not of quite
such magnitude, will readily occur tc
all intimately acquainted with the inside
track of New York society.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27
A Dutch Arctic Expedition.

On the 9Th inst, little schooner,
the Willem Barents, an eighty-ton craft,
sailed from Amsterdam for six months
cruise in the Arctic regions. The whole
ships company consists of fourteen
six scientific experts and eight sailors
and officers. The enterprise is
strictly ational, foreign aid having been
refused, and nothing even having been
asked of the Dutch Government, but
everything being supplied by voluntary
contribution. The schooner will pur-
sue the track of previous Dutch navi-
gators, along the northwest coast of
Spitzbe gen, to Nova Zembla, and
thence as far to the northwest as can
be reached in season for the schooner to
return before next win er. An immense
crowd assembled in Amsterdam TO bid
| the intrepid navigators goodbye.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

ened them that they ran into pass
with only one outlet. He built fires
along the mouth of the outlet, and heap
ing enough fuel on to keep them burn
ing for hours, he rode to town and hired
thirty men to build strong fence at the
hole, thus keeping them in the inclosure.
He has slaughtered great many, but
there are about one hundred yet. He
would like to hear from the managers of
menageries and others who desire ami
mails of this class
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27
Spice.
A sweet craft-Court ship.

A sweet craft-Court ship.
A man in st. Louis has had suit in
court about dog for over a year--a case
of dogged obstinacy.
We are not prepared to say that the
investigation at Washington is a failure,
but certainly the lie abilities that have
been shown are tremendous.
No new family hotel has been erected
or even opened, in Boston the past week.
Things are slowing down little.
If there is one thing SO IL per cent
more mortifying than another, it is tc
sit square and plump down on your new
spring style of hat-instead of another
fellows.
Somebody says deeds are fruits, whil'
words are but leaves; and somebody els,
says if this be true, the leaves must b.
knee-deep and more than half the frui
crop rotten in Congress.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

In Sweden education is compulsory
from the age of nine, and in case of per-
sistent neglect the children are taken
from their parents and sent to boarding
school, while their parents are made to
pay their board. The Swedish Govern
ment is determined-and very properly
'determined-to extinguish ignorance.
1t has established complete hierarchy
of schools, at all of which tuition is
free, from the lowest elementary schools
up to the two great universities of Up
sala and Lund. The schoolhouses are
quite famous for their neatness and
completeness.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

In the hollow of an oak tree. near
Lebanon, ILL.,, Mr.. Anson Gottlieb, while
searching for a nest of eggs recently,
found human skull was inverted, that
is the upper portion was on the ground.
Mr.. Gottlieb attempted to get the skull
from the tree but could not, and, wish
ing to learn the reason, he procured an
Ak and made the hollow larger. When
he next tried to get the skull from the
cavity it came readily, and to his sur.
prise, the complete skeleton of mar
followed. The bones were covered with
moss and rats nest had been made in
the ribs. When Mr.. Gottlieb handled
it, the bones parted and fell to pieces
The bones were buried in Mr.. Gottlieb'
orchard.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

TIE custom of kissing the Pope's toe
was introduced about 708. Adrian l
caused money to be coined with his
name, 70S. The first Pope who kept an
army was Leo TX, 1864. In 1877 Greg
ory VII compelled Henry w, Emperor
Of Germany, to stand barefooted in the
snow at the gate of the Castle of Canosa.
The Pope's authority was established in
England in 1919; and in 1161 Henry ii
held the stirrup while Pope Alexander
iii mounted his horse. In 1191 Celes
tine iii kicked the crown from off the
head of the Emperor Henry vi to show
his prerogative of making and unmakinl
kings. Kissing the Pope's toe anc
other ceremonies were abolished b,
Clement XIV in 1878. The Pope wa
deprived of the remains of his tempora
power in December, 1870.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

In Cambridge, Mass, there lives one
George Bonham, who is one hundred and
forty years of age, and has been blind
three times, but has as often received
his sight again. He recently cut two
eye-teeth, which caused him the most
excruciating pain. When he walks the
streets he stoops 80 much that his head
cannot be seen when looking from be.
hind. He was George Washington's
school teacher for short time, and well
remembers how the Father of his coun,
try licked him when it was his intention
TO have matters just the reverse. He
says Washington was a bad boy anc
used to steal eggs and suck them, besides
committing sundry other small deprada
tions usual among country lads.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

AUSTIN ZUMBUNsEN, merchant, of
Bismarck, Dakota Territory, about three
weeks ago CHANGED to come upon herd
OF buffaoes while riding near the town
where he lives. The herd contained one
hundred and fourteen full-grown ami
mails and sixty calves, and as Zumbun-
sen was very cute man he managed to
secure every animal in the lot by build
ing a fire behind them, which so fright
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

GA YOUNG Oil citizen" remarks the
Derrick, "calls his sweetheart Revenge,
because she is sweet" And the young
married man ON South Hill calls his
mother-in-law Delay; because she is
Burlington Haackeye. And 6
Cincinnati man calls his coachman Pro
! crastination because he stole his watch
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

THE single STATE is no diminution of
the beauties and utilities of the female
character; on the contrary, our present
would lose many of the comforts, and
much, likewi,e, of what is alb olutely es-
sential to the well-being of every part OF
society, and even of the proper home,
without the unmarried female. The
of social and private happiness as the
married woman. The utilities OF each
are different; but it is vulgar nonsense,
unworthy of manly feeling, and DIS
creditable to every Just one, to de-
preciate the unmarried condition.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

THE Globe diffused through London
the awful intelligence that the Mayor of
Wakefield, having declared himself a
teetotaler, caused ginger beer to be sec
before his guests at his Inauguration
banquet. This ginger beer has caused
such an efervascence of feeli1g in the
city Of London that a dep .dation has
already waited on the LJrd Mayer to
ascertain his sentiments On the great pop
question, and to pop tlne question to him
whether he will ever think of satufating
his fellow citizens with this sort of tip
pie.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

The royal house of Saxony ranks
among the Oldest reigning families in
Europe. 1t gave an Emperor to Ger
many as early as the beginning of the
tenth century: but the house subse-
quently spread into numerous branches,
the Oldest of which, called the Ernes-
tine line, is represented at this moment
by the ducal families of Saxe-Altenburg,
Saxe-C Coburg-G Gotha, Saxe-Meiningen,
and Saxe-Weimar; the younger, the
Albertine line, survives in the rulers OF
the kingdom of Saxony.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

LONDON Horldsays:" Meeting Nilsson
at the Pungarian tavern at the Exhibi-
tion the other day, listening to the Tzig-
aaes, and drinking tokay, l learned that
sac was taking holiday, having declined
all engagements in England and abroad,
even refusing to sing in Paris. For
when sing she said, 1 can do moth
ing else, and can not venture on sight
seeing for fear of cold and sore throats
and so know of nothing of either En-
gland or France, though 1 am 80 often
fherp'u
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

THE recent growth of Paris is in re-
markable contrast with former years.
In the reign of Henry II, during the
sixteenth century, it contained about
$4,000 houses. About two hundred
later, in 1850, the number had only in
creased to 10000. In 1917 there were
but 26,751; in 1884, $4,000. In 1878,
after lapse of only forty-four years,
there are 1928.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

ToDLEBEN, the great Russian General,
is described as rigid as granite, as rough
as a file, and as solemn as doom.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

A FALL down a we'll is generally fatal,
The man nearly always kicks the
bucket"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27

The melancholy days have come,
The saddest of the year."
When he we loved and lauded long,
As poet, patriot, seer
Struck by the certa n common doom,
Lies pulseless ou his bier.
We mourn his death, a nations loss;
Such was the high esteem
All held the sage's household name,
That none will care to deem
This trua trinute to his worth,
Aught but n heartfelt theme.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-29
O'LEARY AND CAMPANA.

The First Named easy Victor the
Great Walking Feat--A Business Chal-
lenge to the World.
New YORK, Dec. 2S.-O'Leary and Cam
pana brought to close tonight their six
days walk in Gilnore's Garden. Another
great crowd was present. O'Leary stopped
at 10:4O, and made 400 10 miles. Campana
stopped at 10:46 and covered 357115 miles.
The former appeared quite fresh and agile,
while the latter was utterly used up. The
gate money, it is said, will amount to $780,
OCO, Isl 500 of which goes to Campana, and
the remainder, after expenses, to O'Leary.
OLeary, in conversation with reporter of
the Brooklyn Eagle after regretting his
poor condition throughout the walk said ::
Il wish to issue this challenge: I offer
$1,000 against the same amount that I will
walk $40 miles in Ia hours in the city of
New York four weeks from now, and besides
this | am willing to give half the profits to
be divided equally among all charitable in
stltutions in both cities, they appointing a
committee to represent them here in taking
and selling tickets. think they can realize
100000.
O'LeTy was off the track 2 days, hours
10 minutes and IS seconds altogether
Campana, l day, 30 hours, 80 minutes and
40 seconds. Campana, in an address TO the
crowd, charged his trainer he had in the
early part of the week with paralyzing him,
and said if he had his present trainer at the
beginning he would have by at least
fifty miles. He concluded by Offering to
run any man in England or America a
twelve days match for $4,000.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-29
SeCret SeHSiOll.

The session from which the reporters
were excluded continued from 2 to P. M.
and was for the consideration of the report
of the committee appointed at the last meet
ing to investigate the work of the faculty.
with view to fixing salaries. The report
was made by Regent Lamprey, and it led to
an earnest, and at times, excited discussion.
For the action taken the reporter is obliged
to depend upon the notes of the secretary
which, OF course, only includes mere head
ing-as follows:
Regent Lamprey offered the following,
which were adopted:
Resol0ed, That the sum of 5000 be, and the
same is hereby allowed and directed to be paid
to Hon. John s. PilIsbury for actual expenses
incurred and paid by him in procuring favor
able settle ment and satisfaction Of the mort
gage given by the university to Paul R.
George' OF date Oct %. 1884, upon the univer-
sity for $4,000 aud interest.
ResolOed, Upon the full examination of al
the facts respecting the settlement Of the mort
gage given by the university to Paul r. George
Oct. ~, 1854, flor 5000 and interest. that 500
acres OF land OF the unive sity, set aside by act
OF the legislature for the payment of the old
debts OF The university, and 1880 in money