The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05
that O'Leary will contest the right of Parry
to hold the belt in match to be made at an

that O'Leary will contest the right of Parry
to hold the belt in a match to be made at an
early date.
The Washington Hotel, at Hagerstown,
Nd, was recently burned down, and two
persons are known to have perished in the
flames; one, Thomas Troxell, of
Cumberland. His remains were
taken from the ruins in an almost un-
recognizable state and given to an under
taker. The other was an unknown man.
A large number OF persons were wounded
in jumping from the windows. During the
progress of the fire bundle of bed clothes
were picked up in the alley adjoining the
hotel, containing the body of man who
had wrapped the clothing around him, and
leaped from one of the upper windows.
The Iowa Greenback Convention nomi-
| mated Daniel Campbell, of Clark County,
| for Governor. The platform adopted sets
| forth the grievous wrongs that have been
perpetrated upon the masses of the people
by those to whom have been delegated
power of government, especially by limit
| ing the legal-tender quality of the Govern
| ment to National Bank corporations, by
! changing Government bonds into coin
bonds, payable in gold, by converting nom
interest bearing circulating medium into an
| interest bearing debt, thus causing q
| shrinkage OF values, depression of business,
| etc. and denounces resumption.
The following was issued by the Treasury
Department at Washington Saturday:
| "The last Of the ten-dollar refunding GER
tifcates have been delivered by the Bureau
| of Engraving and Printing to the Treasurer,
and will be distributed Monday among
| Postmasters who have filed the
necessary bonds and become 5eposl.
taries. This closes all forms of
subscriptions to the four.per.cent.
bonds, and no one need hereafter apply at
the Treasury Department for them. The
certificates will no doubt be promptly
taken in Gums of one hundred dollars from.
Postmasters receiving them, and when taken
no further bonds or securities will be is.
sued by the Department under existing law
except those subscribed for on or prior to
the 18th of April last"
| TERRIBLE storms are reported in Missouri
and Kansas. A dispatch says: ga terrible
storm of wind md rain passed over North
ern Kansas and Southern Nebraska. 1t ex.
| tended through nearly the whole northern
tier of counties of the state, but was most
violent between Blue Rapids and Centennial
stations on the Central Branch of the Pacific
Railroad, and about thirty miles apart.
The storm moved in a direction little
north of east, and passed into Nebraska
through Richardson County. The town of
Irving, ninety miles west of Atchinson, was
| tbof %Lo
took on the character of a cyclone, and lev
eaed everything in its path. About forty
buildings were destroyed, fifteen persons
killed, and from thirty to forty wounded"
A Globs-Democrat special, from .Indepen-
dence, Mo-, says: " The cyclone struck the
earth four miles from Lees Summit last
evening, and tore furrow through the
country about one hundred yards wide and
ten miles long, leveling everything in its
track, and killing and wounding several
people. The direction of the storm was
southwest to northeast"
THE Presidents message announcing his
veto of the Legislative, Executive and Jul
diciai Appropriation Bill, with amend
ments repeating election laws, is about
equal in length to the last one. No men
|
fact, the President favors the repeal of that
law, but does not sanction the p an of send.
ing it to him on an appropriation bill,
along with other Objectionable 1egisia-
ton. In regard to extraneous legislation
upon appropriation bills, the President
uses much the same language as in the
two previous messages, and refers to
, these messages. The President claims in
the message that the election laws have
had the effect of purifying the ballot box
preventing frauds, and that the presence Of
deputy marshals has secured good order
and fair and full expression of opinion
,, by ballot, and prevented riots and bal
lot box stufing, and that the marshals
, have not prevented the casting of ar
honest vote. 1t is claimed that ths
election laws are Constitutional. and there
, exists no valid reason for attempting tC
, coerce the Executive into agreeing to theil
repeal by placing such repeal upon an ap
preparation bill. BE suggested that if the
laws have been found defective they shoult
be amended. The question of the consti
l tutionality of these laws is advocated, and
1 the right of the Federal authorities to over
look Federal elections is set forth.
THE following circular has been issue,
from the Treasury Department:
"TREAsURY DEPARTMENT,
8 "OFTIcE OF THE SECRETARY,
= "WAsHINaToN, D. c., May rs, 1879.
e "Holders of called bonds which matur
e before the lst of July next, are requested t
/. send them to the Department for paymen
!. during the month of June. In this wa
f holders of such bonds will receive paymen
O for them with interest to maturity, befor
, the bonds mature. The very large payment
q of called bonds to be made in July wi
= fully occupy the different Offices of the d.
o partment in that month, and preference
"a order of liquidation will be given to matu
4 ing bonds rather than to bonds past due, th
q holders of which have failed to preseI
y them for payment. ALI United States nott
~ forwarded for redemption should be Al
dressed to the Loan Division. Secretary
office and all registered bonds should /
3 assigned to The Secretary of the Treasul
l., for redemption When parties desil
"a checks in payment for registered bono
y drawn to the order of any one but the paye
~ they should assign them to the Secretary
~ the Treasury for redemption on account
" the owner or owners, giving the name I
u u names thereof, as it is impossible to noti
~ directly the holders of such called bond
,e The press of the country Is respectful
ie requested to give publicity to this motto
., that there may be no delay in the payme
so of bonds, and that an accumulation
money in the Treasury may be avoided.
ne [Slgned] f,-
n "JoHN SHERMAN, Secretary"
Ill AT Cincinnati, a prominent business mi
~ and honored citizen was shot down in co
On blood while writing at his desk by negl
ne who evidently deliberately planned t
es deed. The victim was Mr.. Willie Black
'r- the firm of Willie Black & Co., the we
es, known tobacco dealers. Their place