The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-02-21
REVIEW OF DOMESTIC NEWS.


factory, and killed Otis B. Smith, junior
partner.
REQUIEM services in honor of the de-
ceased Pope have been held in every i'm
portant city in the United States, as well as
other Christian countries.
F. w. BIGoNY, prominent citizen of
Fairfield County, Ohio, hanged himself in
his carriage-shed, at Basil. He was formerly
Representative from this county.
A PRIVATE dispatch frem Shreveport
says: Five large business houses On Texas
Street, above and adjoining Morris drug
st re were destroyed by fire Sunday.
THE mansion of Daniel Webster at Marsh
field, Mass, was burned the other morning
The loss is $4,000. The most valuable of
the mementos of Mr.. Webster were saved
DENNIS O'LEARY, the champion pedes-
trian, accomplished successfully at Cincin-
natl, the remarkable feat of walking one
hundred and seventy-fve miles in eighty
hours.
A vAGRANT negro was shot at Cincinnati,
by policeman, in trying to escape while
under arrest. His death followed soon
after. The police officer was thought to
have done his duty.
AN understanding, based upon mutual
concessions, has been arrived at between
the manufacturers and Crispins at Lynn,
Mass, which virtually ends the strike, and
the establishments resume operations.
SECRETARIES Sherman and Thompson
propose visiting the coast of North Carolina
for the purpose Of inspecting the same, and
to determine what steps are necessary to
be taken to render them more secure against
shipwreck.
JEAN THEoPHILE LAUDREAU, late of
Lima, Peru, has presented claim against
the Government fer a hundred millions of
dollars, on account of certain discoveries
made, under the direction of the Govern
ment, relative to guano deposits.
Tom RIVERS, colored, was shot and fatally
wounded the other night in South Memphis,
by special Constable Tom Kane, who says
that Rivers fred two shots at him before
he was arrested, and then attempted to
escape.
Mrs. BENN PITMAN, of Cincinnati, a lady
well known in literary and newspaper
circles, died in Cincinnati, recently, and her
remains were embalmed and removed to
Washington, Pa, for the purpose of crema-
ton, such desire having been expressed in
her will.
A NUMBER cf coasting vessels, about
which much uneasiness has been felt, have
reached San Francisco, some in a crippled
condition. number of others have been
oh ofn
The storm has been very heavy all along the
Pacific Coast.
A HAVANA note says the insurgept Gen.
eral, Jesus Perez, has been killed in action
with the Spanish troops under Col. Miret,
and DIR. Bravo, member of the insurgent
Congress, taken prisoner. 1t is reported
that Vicinte Garcia, and other insurgent
chiefs, have resigned their commands.
THE telegraph announces the death, on
February II, of Gideon Welles, one of the
surviving members of President Lincoln's
Cabinet, at his home, in Hartford, Conn.
None now remain but Simon Cameron and
Montgomery Blair. Mr.. Welles was made
Secretary of the Navy by Mr.. Lincoln, and
continued in that Office to the close of
Andrew Johnson's Administration.
A PETITION signed by large number of
Irish. en-, was presented to the School
Board of st. Louis, lately, asking that the
study of German in the Public Schools be
discontinued, or provision be made for the
teaching of French, Celtic, Italian, or any
other language the parent of the pupil may
desire. The movement is designed to put a
stop to the free teaching of German.
THE President and Mrs. Hayes were pres.
ent a few nights ago, in Baltimore, at the
opening of the Methodist Fair for the benefit
of Emory Grove Camp Meeting Association
The President, on being introduced to the
assemblage, expressed in few words, his
qualification in attending, and presented
Mrs. Hayes. The throng was so great it wal
almost impossible to move about the hall
The President and party returned to Wash
ington the same night.
The Pennsylvania Senate has passed {
joint resolution declaring the sentiment O.
Pennsylvania to be strongly in favor of pro
lection for our industries by means of
protective tariff, and denouncing the bill
for the revision of the tariff now before tn,
Committee of Ways and Means at Wash
ington. The vote on the resolution was
yeas, 25, (all Republicans but one); nays,
Democrat. The remainder of the Demo
Gratis abstained from voting.
NOAH CHERRY, a negro, at the dead o
night, entered the house of Mr.. Jane
Wormly, near Goldsboro, N. c., inhabite,
by Mr.. Wormly, his wife, and youn
daughter, and murdered Mr.. Wormly an,
his wife. Cherry was arrested next day
and, after a preliminary examination, wa
committed to Jail to await trial at the sprin
term of the court. The Wormlys were wei
to do and respectable people, and there wa
great excitement in the city, where the
were well known.
ON the evening of February II fire brok
out in the six-story iron.front buildin
known as the excelsior Block" on th
south side. of Twenty-third Street, nes
Seventh Avenue, New York City. Th
building contained six stores, Nos. ZIG t
. 226, inclusive. The Twenty-third Stree
Presbyterian Church, adjoining it on th
: east, and the Scotch Covenanters' Presb,
t terian Church, on the west side, were total
: destroyed. The total loss is variousl
: estimated from $500, 900 to 81 100000.
!. CINCINNATI Gazette: Mrs. Pitman's bod
n was reduced to heap of ashes in the sho
/, space of one hour and fifty one minutes,
. about half the time required to consume Il
. body of Baron DePalm. The remains we
:. kept in the furnace until Monday, when Il
ashes were brought back to the city al
e planted under rose bush. In due cour
Of time, Mr.. Pitman will be able to we
T. the wife of his bosom next his heart in Il
st form of boutoniere, which will be fl
e grant and pleasant reminder of her WI
D. always loved the beautiful.
- J.W. BEAVERS was hanged at Maids,
!. Ind, on February 10, for the murder of
w W. Sewell, in November 1877. The exec
A. ton took place in the Jail yard. On t
scaffold, Sheriff Nugent asked Beavt
whether he had anything to say, a
,e Beavers simply shook his head. Rev.
Id Tinsley then offered aferventprayer for
70 salvation of the soul SO soon to return
e. the God who gave it, and at the conclusi