The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-26

PIERRE NAPOLEON BoNARAnrx, third
ION of Lucisn Bonaparte, tie brother Of
Napoleon I, died Il VsraniiIsa sn Saturday.
Gus DRAPER, an old and ssspeetebls
citizen, had his brains knoeksa out and
killed while gumming saw by he
bursting Of an emery-whssl near Stamford,
Ind.
IN the city election Q. Portland, Oregon,
the Republicans elected the Mayer and tw,
and the Democnts the balance
Of the ticket In the election in East PORT
land the Republicans nsds . clean sweep.
The younger of the brothers Andrews,
who together crosssd The Atlantic from
Boston Ia the dory Naqtilas last summer,
intends to return In her Alone, sxcspt for
the companionship of small dogs He will
start from Brighton. q TSGl[ S6l
: AN eastern bound freight train on the
Chicago and North-westernf Road Swas
ditched near;I,,ndon, Town. -Four tramps
concealed in q car loaded with corn wore
killed, and the. conductor, Mr. Moore,
received Injuries which must prove fatal
sEcRErARY EsHERmAn examined the
Legislative Apprcpfistioh Bin 81 Il passed
the Senate in an amended form, and says
no difficulty in D consttuing IT was
experisnesd, morris any acimculty In carry
ing ont its provisions anticipated. Z
CARL ~UNDKRERR, twelve years, son Of
Professor John 1Underner, "a Gwell-know
music teacher of Cleveland. was ,accident-i
ally shor dead by William Donnaiiys . boy
about Underner's age, BY the careless hand
ling of pistol. E'T ?. .41-ty GAE3sA
AT Valley Forge, Penn, June 1e, the
ceremonies of relsyiug the rnerstone Of
" w Ashington's q Headquarters = took place
in the presence of a great nxny people.
In. the absence of Senator Bayard an
address was delivered by FExsGoverno or
Pollock. 'ssi-'-i-- --ss'-~ =
ALFRED T. SANFORD, son of Professor
Sanford, OF Chicago Uniyersity, and Olive
c. Holmes, daughter Of . udge Holmes, of
Syracuse, New York, were; drowned Satur-
day In Onondaga Lake. They we're rowing,
and in changing places in the boat it was
capsized. Z YfEfff8sEs kEz{ilF g
THE House Committee on Elections has
formally decided by vote of ten to two
that the Congressional elections in Iowa
Jast October were legal, and that the present
Congressmen are entitled to their seats
Toe ten comprise all the COMMITTEES. but
Springer, of Illinois, Colerick, of Indiana
and Weaver, of Iowa.
A BOY aged fifteen, and girl aged four
teen sloped on foot.from St. Clair County
Alabama. After being gone two days theil
parents overlook them near Pelham, Shelby
County, and, going to q magistrate, hat
them married. Each father then took hii
own child behind him on horseback ant
logged home.
sONEof the most terrific boiler explosions
that has ever taken place in Eastern Penn
sx1vanis occurred Saturday morning neal
East Texas, on the East Pennsylvania Rail
road, at the Lion Ore Mines of the Leigh
Iron Company, resulting in the death O
seven persons, and serious injury to ,
number of others. .l
THE Honorable Josiah Scott, for
perly one of the Justices of the Supreme
Court of Ohio, died at Bucyrus recently
He had been sick several weeks with
disease of the kidneys, accompanied b,
other serious complications. and the fata
resultwas not unexpected, though he bat
enjoyed one or more periods of GONZALES
cence. - - -. -. -
II. W. Il J. 81. FARLEY, cotton brokers
1872 Pearlstreet, and B. r. Smith & Co.
cotton merchants, 103 Pearl-street, New
York, have announced their inability :.
meet engagements. The liabilities of tn.
former could not be learned, but ar,
Tthought to be small. The liabilities of B
sRs Smith & Co., are variously estimated q
pffom $4,000 to 100000. They claim to b,
able to pay 100 cents on the dollar. Tn
failures of bo'h firms are said to be due to
refusal of Southern correspondents to re
spond to calls for margins.
/ TgTHE Republican State Convention of Cali
Ffornia, in session at San Francisco. nomi
mated Gen. John Mansfield, of Los Angeles
for Governor. by reclamation; for Secretar,
of State, d. M. Burns, of Yolo County; 70
Controller, D.. M. Kenfeld, of Tuolumne
The platform, among other things, sustain
lie Presidents veto policy, and pledges tn
party to the faithful application Of the ne,
Constitution. There are also resolutions Q
an anti-Chinese character and in favor q
small holdings Of land. A resolution d,
mandiug q reduction of railroad charge
was embodied in the platform.
JOHN sKEMNLER, German at Sout
Holyoke, Massachusetts, Saturday she
dead his three children. all girls, aged si,
four and one yoar, being unable to suppol
them. He has been out of work sine
February. At that time he went to Co
orado, but recently returned and had bee
ordered to vacate q tenement belonging [
Germania Mills, as he NO longer worked
the mills. He sent his wife on an erran
before committing the crime. Whe
arrested Kemmler said: I" Let the law tai
its course" He feared the children niixl
grow up and enter houses Of prostit tutipl
He thought they would be better in h6&Ssi
The schooner Hattie Howes arrivsda'
the port of New York on Sunday nigh
after having lost nearly all her origin
crew by yellow fever. DR.. vande
Hattie Howes was the worst case that hs
come to port this season, ana fully AZ bad
any last year. He said the prevalence
the scourge in such malignant form
Hayti was placing this port in extren
jeopardy, and spoke Of vessels smitten
yellow fever arriving every few day
Two are now lying in the Upp,
Bay discharging their csrgoes. One
the brig Lousia Price, which arlivt
from Port au Prince June T.. She shs
some bad cases on board, but only coup
of deaths. The other one is the schoon
Rein, from Hayd, which arrived sfew do,
ago and reported having some severe cas-
of yellow fever on board. DR.. vanderpo
thinks that unless a rigid quarantine is ke]
up there is a possibility of the fever makil
its appearance in New York. '
| 81. .FOHEIGN 8 URINARY
Il "A VIOLENT earthquake Is reported ne
Aci, Sicily, in which five villages were 1