The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

oath inst.
THE advance in pig iron during the past
week has been 81 to "a per ton.
! FEVER is reported as increasing at Coneordia,
Mississippi.
1 The floor of synagogue at Szolonak, Persia,
gave way, killing eighteen women.
WAGES are to be advanced ten per cent. at
Fall River, on and after October lst.
IMMENSE beds or veins of the finest bitumn.
GUS coal have been discovered l45 miles west
1 of San Antonio, Texas, near the Rio Grande.
SEPTEMBER 25 was bad day for Memphis.
1t reported, upon that day, twenty -one new
cases and seven deaths.
Four negroes and one white man were pub
lcly whipped at New Castle, Delaware, for
larceny.
MANLEY FURGEsoN shot and killed John
Gasten at Lebanon, Kentucky, few days
ago. circus in town.
THE fire at Deadwood, it is said, according to
later advices, destroyed property to the value of
So, 900 200.
ELEVEN prisoners sawed their way out of a
new $50, 900 Jail at Chillicothe, Ohio last week.
Nearly all of them have been recaptured.
SEPTEMBER %, the seventeenth anniversary
of the emancipation proclamation, was cele
brated at many points in the North, by the
colored people.
An attempt was made to assassinate post
master at Blackville, South Carolina, by
ruian named Williams. Williams did not alb
scond, nor has he been arrested.
NUMBER grain dealers in Chicago have
been "eaught short" owing to the rapid rise in
cereals. r. II. Golsan 4 Co. and Debondio l.
Co. are sufferers.
"cLosE shave comes from Washington,
Indiana. Thomas Knox, a colored barber,
hung himself. He was discovered and cut
down by his wife, who finally succeeded in re-
storing him to consciousness.
JOHN RUSSELL You've, the New York Her
aids correspondent who travels with Grant,
, says of the General that he is not candidate
for the Presidency unless he is nominated,
and then, when that has occurred, he will
make up his mind as to how he had better act.
WORKING on the railroad does appear to agree
with the convicts of the South Carolina Peni-
tentiary. Out of two hundred and twenty five
employed by the Greenwood and Augusta rail-
, road, nearly one hundred have died. An in
) vestigation is to be instituted.
: GEORGE SCHwAB, near Bucyrus, Ohio, an in
, temperate man, being repeatedly rejected by a
respectable young lady named Mary Long, shot
and instantly killed her, and then suspended
, his body to a tree, in which condition he fortu-
nately died.
The Georgia House of Representatives al
demning Governor Colquitt for alleged cor
n 10 n lufin chi in q
e the Governor to examine into the conduct OF
= the principal keeper of the penitentnry.
: The following pedestrians began the six days
g walk for the Ashley belt the 2lst inst, at
a Gilmores Garden, New York: Weston, Rowell,
r Hazel, Guyon, Ennis, Panchot, Merrett, Hart,
6 Krohne, butcher, Taylor, Jackson and Ferder-
. meyer.
THIRTY ONE deaths from fever at Memphis
last week. This is not encouraging. The rule
in the recent quarantine regulations permitting
refugees to return is the cause of this sudden
increase in the death ratio. 1t seems now as il
e only severe cold weather would check the dread
q destroyer.
EVERY day comes the report that cereals are
e rapidly advancing. Wheat raises from two tt
e four cents a day, and the greatest excitement
= rye, barley, corn and pork are also steadily
raising. On the %, spring wheat at Chicag'
- advanced three cents, and fall wheat two ant
10 half.
Or the ravages of the cattle plague at tn,
70 Island of Mauritus, the United States Consu
~ reports to the Department of State that sine
n July 81, 5,59l cattle have died of the prevail
s, ing disease. This is an increase of ,188 owe
n the previous month. The whole number de
1- stroyed since the first appearance of the plagu
n reaches 10000.
IN TELEGRAM from Boston says: The jury il
- the case of the state VS.. DIR. kimball AM
Madame Goodrich, for the murder of Jennie
'o Clarke, whose body was found in trunk, cam
in this morning and reported disagreement
The jury were discharged. 1t is reported tina
1t eleven were for conviction.
t. ABOUT one hundred and fifty coored emi
z grants of all ages, from Nashville, arrived a
,y St. Louis Tuesday night, route to Kansas
n They claim to be bona .tfde emigrants, able t
pay their way and to take up land when tho
u. reach their destination. They are looked afte
" by the Colored Relief Board, and will probabl
10 be forwarded to Kansas by steamer.
rd ANOTHER brutal murder is reported froi
II, Janesville, Wiz. A farm hand killed five yea
70 old boy by first hanging him, then disembowel
ts ing and beheadng him. The brute's name
al Geo. harrington, German. He made his es
ape by the use Of one of the horses, but as pun
=. suit is hot, he will evidently be captured. N
10 cause is assigned for the crime.
~ CHARLES p. ATwATER, book-keeper, she
at himself in the head at Indianapolis, infictin
nd a fatal wound. lie had been unemployed ft
y, some weeks, and concluded to end his trOub
ed and loaf at the same time, leaving letter al
y. nouncing his determination. He leaves a wi
;. and three children. His wife is daughter
Benjamin johnson, a well-to-do farmer
Rush county.
w THE execution of Anthony Blair, for the mu
der of his daughter Maggie, occurred at Morri
town, Tenn. during the past week. Blair m
Az his daughter returning from church with Il
nm family with whom she was living. He endea'
,et ored to make her go to his home with hiT
nd which she refused to do. He began pulling ar
he dragging her along and she began screamin
=, Finding his efforts unsuccessful, he drew a r.
- volver and shot her twice, killing her Instant
=, BIG fire is reported from Carroll, low
Says a special: A disastrous confagration o
'"s cured at Carroll resulting in a loss of fro
iu $l50,0O0 to 100000. The greater portion
he of the business center of the town is wiped ou
re, The fire originated in Henry S. Chapman
ers saloon, on Fourth street. Two hours had dol
ew all the mischief. The Masonic and Odd Fe
;r lows Hall, Presbyterian Church and over for
- business houses were burned out. Insuran
" about S35 900.
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-, TELEaRAM from Washington says that d
Widow Oliver, who sued Simon Cameron
ch hrs.ch If nrom;ss as Mr. Rarda,, S"aa o.
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