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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18
Relating His Experience.
Louisville Courier-Journal.J

Louisville Courler-Journal.I
Two gentlemen met upon the street
Yesterday close to reporter of the
tourier-,Jownal, who takes the liberty OF
giving their conversation publicity as it
may throw some light on Memphis. The
first gentleman was very much surprised
at seeing the second, and said:
"Where in the world did you come
from?'
"Memphis."
"I thought you were deadg'
&c Yes, those Howards reported me
dead last year, and I am still SO re-
corded"
How is MemphisF'
"It is given over to the thieves"
"The fever does not seem to be SC
fatal this year?' LA
"No; it isn't the regular yellow
Jack. When man dies now his body
crumbles to pieces almost as soon as it is
placed in the coffin. Last year the body
would remain in a dried up condition
for two or three days. We had the kind
of fever we are now having all last win
ter. Whenever a fire was kindled in a
house where the disease had been ii
broke out and the inmates died."
"You must have had some sad ex-
periencesT' -...-
eyes; my wife and children died last
year and l was reported dead. Nc
sooner was this report originated than
the thieves began to pillage the house.
was sitting up with my dead when they
broke open the door. Two or three
empty coffins were in the house, and
determined to frighten the thieves off
I had no weapons, SO got in one of the
coffins and lay there still as death. The
thieves pushed open the door and came
in with lights. 1 raised myself stifly
up in the coffin and tried to make my
face look as CHASTITY as possible. Wher
the burglars saw me they imagined they
saw an apparition. They dropped al
their plunder, and turned and fled like
Wild"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18
Death of John Shiiiito.

The Cincinnati Gazette of the 11th instant
speaks in the following terms of the death of
the most prosperous dry goods man in the great
West:
John Shillito died at O'Clock last evenings
coming just as the city was in the height of a
celebration of the completion of an enterprise in
which Mr.. Shillito always felt warm interest,
will fall with depressing weight upon the whole
community. Mr.. Shillito had not been at his
store for two weeks, but he had been able to
ride out until last Sunday. He was only con-
fined to his house since that day. His disease
is traced back to a severe cold taken four years
ago while bathing at Newport. He went bath
ing with some children, and, forgetting him
self in his desire to please them, he remained
too long in the water. The cold he took then
was the beginning of the disease which termin-
ated in his death. 1t was called a dilation OF
the bronchial tubes, and the immediate
cause of his death was the bursting of the aorta
He was talking at the time with his son Walac,
who had just arrived from New York. The
fatal lesion came without any warning, but h,
seemed to know its meaning. Turning to his
wife he called her name, and with that name n,
the last word on his lips his head sank, and
death was instantaneous, without one pang o
pain. His talk with his was upon business
and his mind was as clear as when he was at tn,
head of his great establishment. His death
happening after the completion of tn,
gigantic enterprise of his new building, nigh
be attributed to the overtaking of his strength
by that undertaking. But that is not the case
lie had the invaluable faculty, for busincs
man, of being able to do business without fric
ton or worry. There was no impairment of hi
mental powers, and there was inronds upoI
his health from the enlargement Of his business
If it had not been for this accidental disease hi
life might easily have heightened to four scor
and ten,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18
Poor Girl.

Mother" said spirituelle creature,
lounging in the kitchen, I don't think
Pm long for this world. l know ] amt
very old, butTvego a presentiment that
/ must soon dier"
NonsenseW said the mother, as she
wrestled with the pots; nonsense, girl
don't be foolishp
Just then the bell rang, the supposed
to-be-dying creature leaped like a fawn
to the front of the house, Peered through
the blinds, and discovered young man
with buggy in the street.
"Sal," yelled the girls brother, "yer'd
better hurry up and bang yer hair. Bill
Wilson wants yer to go out ridin'. You
girls got regular circus on us boys,
havin' fellers take you outp -.
In just seven minutes the girlappearsd,
her hair banged, her cheeks roughed, and
dressed, in the language of her brother,
like daisy" She didn't feel much
like dying just then, either.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18
Coffins as Souvenirs.

The body of the late Louis Napoleon
was brought to England in three eofins,
the innermost one being African oak.
This was inclosed in one of lead, and
both were protected by strong chest
painted black. The three were left at
Woedwieh on the removal of the body in
a new coffin to Chiselhurst After the
funeral they were carefully taken to
pieces, and packed for preservation in a
large box. Every piece was jealously
guarded, and not screw or clip was
lost. The box was placed in an ambu-
lance wagon and taken to Chiselburst,
M. Pietrie and Baron Corvisart follow
ing in a private carriage. The contents
will be distributed as souvenirs. l1.s
In another box was placed a quantity
of South African grass, in which the
body had been laid, together with some
other discarded material. The whole
was then taken to one of the forging
furnaces and thrust in. In few mo-
ments not a vestige of it remained.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

THE emigration commissioners of New
York complain that paupers are sent to
that city by the authorities in England,
Belgium and other European countries,
who Immediately upon their arrival be-
come charge upon the commission,
and that national law is needed to pre-
vent this imposition. The expenses of
the paupers are paid to this country
and the charge of maintaining them or
sending them back is becoming great
burden. The owners of steamship lines
should be made responsible, and then the
evil will be checked. If the number OF
able-bodied laborers which vessel shall
bring can be regulated by law, certainly
it is within the power of government to
reduce the immigration of paupers to
its lowest possible point.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

EVERY year there are coined at the
Untte6 States mints what are known as
proof-set sof aii the coins of the country,
which can be purchased Ly any one de-
string them, and as collectors want a
complete set for each year, the number
of coins struck off annually is con.
siderable. This year the demand for
these proof-sets will be much larger at
the miuts than usual, as there has been
no minor fractional silver coined, and
consequently no one has any bearing
the date. The mints, however, will
coin proof-sets, and these, on account
OF the small number coined, will in
time become very valuable. Already
numerous inquiries are being received
at the mints as TO when these proof-sets
will be struck off.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18
The Yellow Fever.

About the only interest attached to the yel-
low fever disease is, that it is yet almost
wholly confined to Memphis. The reports from
there have grown monotonous, the daily dis
patches consisting almost exclusively of list of
the dead and those who contract the disease.
The chief number of those dying are colored.
President Langstaff, of the Howards, is making
a trip through the northern cities with view
to collecting sufficient aid for the helpless to
avoid general appeal to the country. AT Pitts
burg he received ST. 600 from the Pittsburg Re-
lief Committee. Jay Gould has telegraphed the
acting President of the Howards, A. j. Smith,
to draw on him for s., 900 more--making $10,-
600 in all that he has donated to the suffering
of Memphis. The daily death rate continues
about the same as heretofore reported.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

CoECElNING overworked school chill
dren, Prof. Huxley, in a recent publi-
cation, says: "Their faculties are worn
out by the strain put upon their callow
brains, and they are demoralized by
worthless, childish triumPhs before the
real work of life begins. | have no
compassion for sloth, but youth has
more need for intellectual rest than age !;
and the cheerfulness, the tenacity :,
purpose, the power of work, rb;rh
make mary a successful r.an what he
is, must often be plac, ., to the credit
no, " che hours Q. industry, but to that
o'n'' hours % fdleness, in boyhood."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

IN spite of the complaint in England
of depression in all industries, the in
come derived from trades and profes-
sions shows an increase Of over &c, ,000,-
900 over last year. The income tax
schedule shows also that there are
ninety persons in England enjoying in
comes of over $25O,0OO year from
trades and professions, and 994 enjoy
ing between $4,000 and $250,0OO a
year. There are, therefore, about a
thousand "trade" millionaires in Eng.
land.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

The Wallingford Community, an off
shoot of the Oneida Community, follows
the example of the parent society, and
has formally declared that its members
ehall marry in conformity with the laws
of the land. The society in New York
numbered about three hundred mem
ibers, while that in Connecticut had
about fifty. The readiness with which
these people give up practices followed
for years would indicate tn vt free-love
doctrines, put to the test, had not come
up to expectations
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

A WOMAN who was able to "see" the
nurse of George Washington and go her
several points better, died at New Or
leans the other day of old age. She
was a colored native Of Virginia and
claimed 10 be one hundred and twenty.
five years old, and TO have been present
on the memorable occasion when the as
tonishing love of veracity on the part
Of the youthful G, W. surprised his
sire into allowing him To escape the
whipping he merited for cutting the ole
gentlcman's cherry tree.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

TELEGRAPH editors will be deeply
gratified to learn that the king of Bur
NAH is getting fixed fer war upon
England Burmah is the kind of a
place that rejoices in such euphonious
horrors as Shwegyeen, Hleintavay,
Joungoeramoun, Jenassammghoul, Naf-
chittagoug and Pegusittoung. II the
king of Burmah really means business
and If the telegraph lines don't sue
cumb, the coropors all over. this country
will have To hire deputies.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18
Filling a Nameless Grave.

Strange things happen in the world
At Atlanta, Ca, q few days ago.
mysterious life was ended by suicide.
For over forty years an old German of
reserved habits and fine manners and
education has lived at a German farmers,
about three miles in the country. he
declined to give any name, and at first
paid for his board. During the war he
did not receive his regular remittances,
and has had none since. He never wrote
or received letters. The family with
whom he lived could never discover his
name, although deeply attached to the
kindly old fellow. He said on Friday to
child that Uncle Henry ought TO die,
as he was toe old to live, and then placed
a musket to his face and sent the ball
through his BRAIN. He died with his
secret, and was buried without name.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18
Romantic.

1t was after the opera, and they were
in rendezvous for material refresh
ments. The usual talk about the singing
and the artists subsiding, he, rs a
souvenir Of the evening, offered her his
button-hole bouquet. She, accepting,
said "How lovelyw He added:
" What fragrance, toop And then she,
shifting the savory odor of the incoming
oysters, echoed: Yes, what fragrant
stewp Then he became involved in
thought
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

TEE London Academy of Science
give a public dinner every three months.
They are pleasant affairs. The gentle
manly members talk about spiders legs
and s-nake's entrails, and the habit of
lice and other appetizing subjects,
while discussing the viands before
them
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

The Quincy GlD Modern Argo says
that one OF the meauest things Talmage
ever did, was to charge the English five
hundred dollars night to hear him lee
ture. His enemies in the church will
hardly agree to that
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

PRESIDENT LANGsTAFF, of the How
ard Association. now making tour of
northern cities for thcpurpose of solisit-
ing financial assistance, hopes, by this
means, to avoid a general call for sub
scriptions in behalf of the fever suffer-
-ers in Memphis.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

THE discovery of an illicit still, with
a capacity Of three hundred gallons,
within two blocks Of the White House
at Washington, and hardly as far from
Commissioner Rsam's office, has caused
considerable amusement.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

Ir is estimated that the foreign debt
Of this country, including all national
and corporate securities held abroad,
reached its highest point in 1875, when
IL amounted to s2,O43, ,9l7, ,o01. By
June 80. 1873, lit had been reduced to
$1,s10,632, 1927, outside Of losses by de-
fault and depreciation.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

The revi sers of the au... ...horized version
of the New. Testament recently held
their 9lst session. 1t is expected that
the revisi ON will be cop. pleted within a
year, and. that publication will speedily
follow.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18
The Failure OF Complex Marriage.

The abandonment by the Oneida Com
munity of their peculiar and offensive
social practice is a significant concession
to the force Of public opinion, and per-
haps something more. 1t may be con-
fession that their practice has not been
productive to ruch excellent results al
had been hoped for.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

HssFAFTEe all officials of the Gov
erument will receive ten per cent. of
their salaries in silver, by which policy
IL is thought the silver currency
will b., disposed of as fast as coined,
and thus forced into general circula-
A,ox
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

TH'G idea of cutting a ship canal
through the Isthmus of Panama is at
least u rec and half centuries old.
Philip II, of Spain, had route care
fully surveyed by some Flemish engi-
nee y, but never pushed the matter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

The Sunday laws are being enforced
with great strictness in the parish of
st. Landry, which is the largest in
Louisiana. Sunday had become such
day of frolic and debauchery that re-
action took place in the public mind,
aud the necessity was felt for day of
restful quiet. Most of the buying and
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

selling had been done on Sunday, but
it wes found tiat nearly all business
could as we'll be transacted on Satur-
day. The chsnge brought about by a
quiet Sunda.J is said to have worked a
great impro' vement in the morals of the
people.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

THE wouien sufragists of New 1orf
protest sga inst the nomination of G nv
ernor Robi uson for reelection b' caus,
he vetoed bill last winter WI .,ch per
mitted won Ten to sit on schoc a bosrds.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

COMPARATIVELY great as she is in
politics, we cant help thinking how
superlatively great Mrs. Agnes jerks
would be at writing saake stories Tor the
Cincinnati Commercial.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

A coRREsPoSpEST of the Christian
hteliiqenccr has heard of clergyman OF
the Church of England who wants to
visit America that he may see Joseph
Cook and the Niagara Falls.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

The. London Truth says that rs long
as swimmer keeps air in his lungs he
wort sink" He can also feel perfectly
cafe on another point-he won't die for
want of breath.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

A POLICEMAN at Columbus, Ohio, named
Sheaf, has killed a negro named Lee ostensi-
bly, in the discharge of his duty, yet the col
ored people of that city have become greatly
excited over the matter, and caused Sheaf's ar
rest upon the charge of ' murder in the first
degree" 1t is said that for some time past a
class of reckless loafers have been in the habit
of going out Broad street during the even
ing, and near the point where the tragedy tcek
place, many ladies have been grossly insulted
This state of affairs came to the notice of the
police and as Sheaf, the policeman, heard the
cry of " Help" and " Police ~ he fastened to
the spot, where he met two ladies, who stated
that coored man, who then short dis
| tanee away, had insulted them. The officer
approached Lee, and grasping him by the
shoulder, ordered him to return with him to
the ladies that they should identify him. This
Lee refused to do, and, being a powerful man,
at once resisted the officer, and had succeeded
in getting his and the officer on his knees.
In this position the policeman managed to get
his revolver out, just as the prisoner was about
to strike, and fired, the ball taking effect di-
rectly between the eyes. .-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

soLA is writing book, Which will be
entitled " French Viitue." As indi-
Gated by the title, it will be a work of
pure fiction.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

OVER 10000 pounds of glycerine are
used annually in the United States for
mixing with beer.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

The last Chicago atrocity is this
When a st. Louis girl slieezes it is sign
Of damp weather or rain across the river
in about two days, when the spray comes
down. s
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

Mr.. GLADSTONE thinks the settle
ment of the Alabama claims by arbitra-
tion will rank in history with the aboli-
tion Of the slave trade.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18
TOPICS or THE DAY.

Jay COUP thinks there il not suffi-
Gent commerce to support the Pans.ma
Canal scheme.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

THE two journalists. Charles LIE
Young and Frank M. Beniis, are now
out Of Jail.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

THERE are 80, 900 more men at work
in Pennsylvania than there were a year
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

estimated that Davis, the Republican candi :
GATE Tor Governor, has plurality of 2o,oo0
over the Greenback candidate fsf Governor,
Smith, and a plurality ur 40 900 over Garcelon,
the democratic candidate. The vote of Maine
IN recent years has been as follows:
Year. Office. Gen Dom crb,k Scat
IS IS49 Governor Is Al ,371.... Sc
iS.e ,6S1 IA, ,114...... 1896 $50
Governor. ,s67 ..60, ,423...... 533.
1910 President &c, ,3OO... 40 s23... 663-
The last Legislature politically composed as
follows:
Rep. Dem. Grb'k. Ind.
Senate. ..... IL
House .........-27
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

THERE is no printers strike in Chicago,
but the papers there have serious provo
cation. One of them was made to allude
to "the holy of holes" as the baby OF
babies" another referred to the panic
stricken citizens of Memphis as the
prairie-chicken citizens" This is almost
as bad as the work of the telegraph in
spending Taylor's Heart of Leal! Can
this be dyingw over the wires as Heart
of Leadl Can this be lyingT or the
New Haven paper which, in publishing
sermon, made the clergyman cry. is
there no barn in GuilfordT
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

The slayer of veal gazed upon the young fop,
With a sinister sort of laugh,
And said, as he knocked him flipperty-hop:
THERE'S the other part Of the calf, t4
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-02
FIVE CENTS A line.
The GLOBE WANT and Employ.
mpnt Bureau.

Advertisements in this column are published
at five cents line each insertion, but in
order to prove the efficiency Of the GLOBE as
an advertising medium, and also to aid the
unemployed, we will publish for twenty five
CENTS a three-line advertisement, Of Situa-
tions Wanted, Situations Offered, Boarding,
Lost, Found, &c., and continue the advertise
ment until the object sought for is accom-
plished. For twenty-five cents, the man out
of work can advertise for situation until he
finds one.
Each line over the three, to cost five cents
per line each insertion.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-02

MIHNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Jan. ~, 1879.
FRIEND BLACKBOARD: Please send us one gross
DIR. Halliday's Blood Purifier, small size; half
gross large SIZE The medicine is giving excel
lent satisfaction and gaining new friends
every day. See that you have plenty of bottles
on hand, from indications now we will double
this bill next month. Toward spring is the
time for this medicine, so take warming and
don't be caught like you were last spring, out
of bottles. Yours respectfully,
CRossMAN& PLUMBER, Druggists.
P. I. Kavanagh, commission auctioneer, sells
the entire stock of the clothing contained in
the Star Clothing House on Monday Feb. Sd,
at 10 o'clock
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-02

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT INSURANCE.
Whereas, The Hoffman Fire Insurance Company
Ct the State Of New York, has filed in this depart
ment sworn statement exhibiting its condition and
business for the year ending December 31st ls7S
has otherwise fully compiled with the requirements
of the insurance laws Of this State,
Now, therefore, I, A. R. McGILL, Insurance Com
missioner OF the State Of Minnesota, do rereby
THY that the above named company is fally empow-
ered through it's authorized agents. to transact it's
appropriate business Of fire insurance in this State
according to the laws thereof until the 31st day of
January, A. D. 1880.
Witness my hand and official seal this aoth day of
January, 1879.
A. r. McGILL,
Insurance Commissioner.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-02
MEDICAL.
THE COCK OF THE WALK
From the Minneapolis Papers

[
ITO THE CITIZENS OF MINNEAPOLIS-Our
L experience in the handling of DR.. E. B. Halli-
days Blood Purifier is such that not afraid to
tel you that it is the most wonderful Blood Search
err of tho present age No medicine ever went out
as it is giving to-day Catarrh, Kidney and Urinary
Diseases, Female Weakre ss and Nervous Debility we
indorse the statement OF Dr. Halliday that it has no
equal. CROSSMAN & PLUMBER, Druggists,
Minneapolis. 355satsun-w
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-02
" Laugh aud Grow Fat"

If laughter is fattening, then the guests at
the Summer Garden must be ''heshing up
rapidly. The entertainments the past week
have been of the most jovial character and the
house has been nightly filled to overhuwing.
To-m morrow Monday evening an entire change
in programme will be made, and Col. Knauff
promises more brilliant budget Of fun than
has ever before been presented. His artists
are masters in their specialties.