The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20

department, caught fire recently from
sparks blown on the roof, and in short
time the whole roof and belfry were ablaze
Everything that could be done was done to
save the building, and the fire company
bravely fought the flames for many hours.
Nothing stands now except the bare walls.
Persons who were rooming in the building
made narrow escapes with their lives. 1t
was erected in 1889, and the loss is estimated
at $4,000. Insured in indianapolis insur-
as entirely consumed. Loss, So, 900; Whit.
comb Library, So, 900; furniture, 81 900. No
insurance on cabinet.
A BILL introduced in the Ohio Senate
proposes heroic treatment of the medical
profession, to cure their supposed mania for
handling dead bodies which have been
clandestinely procured. Bills on this SUBJ
ject which have heretofore been brought
forward for consideration, have stopped
with criminal prosecutions and penalties as
for felony. This one attacks the "pocket
nerve" of professional and amateur
anatomists, and says they shall be jointly
and severally liable with grave robbers who
furnish them subjects for dissection, to re.
spond in civil damages not exceeding in any
case 5000, to the legal and personal rep
resentative of the person whose body is
stolen.
The fine river steamer A. c. Donnally
was burned to the waters edge a few miles
below Cairo on the evening of the IA h inst.
1t was a bitter night for the passengers to
have to take to the woods, but they were
fortunate in escaping with their lives. One
account says that tine vessel was one mile
above Island No. l., about $50 p. M, when
fire was discovered coming through the
cabin floor, above the watchman's locker.
The alarm was raised, and five minutes
later the whole of the upper works were in
flames. Pilot Bill Underwood was at the
wheel and second Engineer George Senior
and Mace Egnew at the engines. Under
wood turned her for the Kentucky shore
and held her SO until she ran into the bank
head on, burying her nose fifteen feet in the
shore. Both engineers stood at their post
until she hit the bank, then they came
away, leaving her wide open. 49,
Charles McGill was executed in the jail
court at Cleveland, Ohio, on February 13,
for the murder of his mistress in Cleveland,
December 2, 1877. The Cincinnati CONNER
ciops correspondent says that at two min
utes after twelve o'clock Sheriff Wilcox
stepped from the doomed mans cell accom-
panied by him; McGill's arms were already
tied and the handouts were on. Rev.
Lathrop Cooley, the spiritual, adviser
followed with Bible clasped to
his breast McGill walked with his
eyes upon the floor, but took his place
on the fatal trap without any emotion. He
whispered something to the Sheriff. His
feet were fastened, the rope adjusted, and
the black cap drawn over his head. This
done, Elder Cooley said: "Our Father,
unto your hands we commit his spirit.
Amen" As he uttered the last word the
drop fell, and McGill went like a shot
through the tap. It was all the work
of a moment. His neck was broken.
The first minute his pulse was sixty.six !;
the sixth minute one hundred and thirteen !;
at the end Of the seventh minute nothing
The heart ceased beating in thirteen and
one-haIf minutes. The body was placed in
neat coffin and turned over to two
brothers, who left at two o'clock for Athens,
Ohio, with it. The Monday night previous
McGill was baptized in Jail by his spiritual
adviser, and evidently stepped upon the
fatal trap expecting to go directly to heaven.
The execution was the neatest and best con-
Quoted ever had in this county. An i'm
mense crowd remained around the Jail all
day