The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-07-11
REVIEW OF DOMESTIC NE WS.

ing treasurer, was arrested IN dam1iton,
Ont, on the I'd July.
President Hayes and family visited Har.
risburg, Pa, on the I'd of July, and had an
informal reception. They left for Wyoming |
in the evening.
JAMES S. BEDLAw, Superintendent of the |
Western Union Telegraph Company, at |
Portland, Me-, was drowned at Pine Point, |
Scarboro, while rescuing his daughter
COLONEL ALyA BUCKBEE, prominent |
resident of Elmira, N Y, shot his wife, and |
his mother-in-law, and then blew his own |
brains out, dying instantly. Both women |
were fatally injured.
In Brooks's coal mine, near Caseyville, |
KY, large piece of slate caved in on Mr..
Newcomb and his ffteen-year-old son,
nearly cutting the boy in two, killing him
instantly, and injuring Newcomb, it is
thought, fatally.
ANDERSON RUSSELL and Bud Tindle, two
young farmers, got into a quarrel near
Centerville Crossing, six miles from Rich
mond, Indiana, and Tindle cut Anderson's
throat with a razor, killing him instantly.
The murderer was arrested.
The steamer Capital City was burned, re-
Gently, at Memphis, Tenn, and two lives are
known to have been lost. The fire broke
out near the boiler-head of the steamer.
Several wood and fiat boats and an elevator
caught fire from the burning steamer, and
were also destroyed
CERTAIN parties at Washington declare
that Two witnesses have been summoned
one 10 appear before the Potter Committee
La 9TH hafn fha
subcommittee at New Orleans-who W II
swear that they have seen the original.
genuine Sherman letter to Weber and An
derson, but they are not SO sure about trac-
ing the document to its present hiding-place.
| SIX steamships, the largest feet of tn
season, sailed Saturday, carrying seven
hundred and fifty passengers to Europe.
Foreign travel is exceeding anticipation,
and forty mi lions in gold is considered a
low estimate of the wealth which is being
lured from these shores by the Paris Expo
sition. A great many have decided to wait
till late in August and early in September.
THE Rand Nitro Glycerine Works at
Preakness, N. j., exploded a few days
since. There was no loss of life. Prop
erty was damaged to the extent of five
thousand dollars, The force of the ex-
plosion was so great as to break windows,
and shatter ceilings of houses a mile dis
tant, and trees of ten inches in diameter
and half mile away were twisted about
and torn up by the roots.
| VIM. SUTCLIFFE, who few weeks ago,
defeated Printz in twenty-four mile swim,
was drowned in the Mississippi River on
July Z. Sutcliffe and others had been swim.
ming, but were in their boat when Sutcliffe
jumped off to catch the swell of passing
tow-hoat. He ventured too near and was
struck by barge. He rose once after
the barge passed over him, but sank imme.
diately.
THE forty-six delegates to represent the
United States at the Worlds Conference of
the Young Mems Christian Association,
which opens at Geneva, Switzerland, August
Is, left New York, Satus day, July IS, on the
steamer Ethiopia. The delegates will also
make a tour through Eng and, Ireland
Scotland, Germany and Switzerland, and
will Wis the Paris Exposition, returning
J here in September.
IT is announced that Fl. G. Meeker, Of
New York, has posted five hundred dollars
: forfeit, and issued challenge on behalf o.
Charles E. Courtney, # Union Springs
New York, to row Edward Hanlon, O.
Toronto, a three or fve-mile race, for from
two thousand to five thousand dollars side
the race to be rowed on the Connection
River at Springfield, Mass, eight week
from the signing of the articles.
l A RECEIVING clerk named James Gil
: more, who had been employed IN the Gin
2 cinnati Office of the United States EXPIRES
{ Company for nine years past and was con
r sidered one of its most valued clerks, ab
seconded on the morning of the 9TH instant
:, carrying with him the contents of one hun
dred and fifteen mon.y packages, amount
ing in the aggregate to $4,000. The de
d faulter, after his long service, was in tn
s receipt of a monthly salary of sixty seve
n dollars, and on this supported wife an
O four children. To this fact his wife a
| tributes the step, alleging that he had b.
!. come disheartened at the prospect of neve
doing bet er, and committed this act as th
last desperate resort.
A MYSTERIOUS and perhaps bold expires
robbery occurred on July 1, at Painsvill
y Ohio. The amount is 200, and th
| AAhASAiooh PiSoo 10 OuO lCopOHc
is BILE party. 1t appears that at 80 in th
l. afternoon the express agent at Painsvil
e delivered to express messenger Dixon,
d the Painsville and Youngstown road, tw
# packages of money, one containing 500 OF
:, and the other $1,000. Mr.. Dixon took tt
= money, recepted for it, and put the pac
- ages in a satchel, which he placed in tt
express wagon standing at the door. I'll
or messenger, Mr.. Titus, the agent, and Il
O. driver, then started for the Painsville al
E. Youngstown Depot, at the crossing of Il
ID Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Roa
ar Arriving here minute or two later, Il
\ satchel with its valuables was misse
~ Search was Immediately made along tt
io way, but without success.
= H. F. Coy, living at No. II Park-avenu
Chicago, was arrested Saturday morning
Vi the charge of forgery. Mr.. Coy is a M
IL about fifty years of age, highly and
at specred citizen, a deacon ina Chica
er avenue church, and real estate dealer
ny No. III LaSal e-street. He was agent
es David B. Gray, a wealthy citizen of Bosto
Nv who is largely interested in Chicago inve
MT ments. At different times Mr.. Gray has
trusted considerable sums of money to \
Coy for investment, and he holds about t
H. thousand dollars worth of Chicago notes
ne lieu of his money. Six weeks ago he ma
nd his last investment of three thousand d
ia lars, and as usual received a note in pro1
ys, form and duly secured. Shortly thereaf
til his suspicious were aroused, and investi
nd tion revealed that his notes were merel,
fe. fine and varied collection of forgeries.
etc hastened to Chicago and procured warral
for Coy's arrest, with the above result.
MANY accidents are reported occurring
~ the 4th of July throughout the country; !
the saddest occurrence of the unfortun
~ ~ day was the killing of Miss Ida Hutton,
Va ~ Avondale, near Cincinnati. Miss Hut
&c was maiden lady living with her widow
sister, Mrs. Wells. Between seven q
eight o'clock in the evening she sat on
frnuf unroh of har rasidapoa ronJ;- N