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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02
.FOkEiGN SIiMMAR Y.

ONE hundred Thousand men are involved
III the impending colliery strike in York
and Derbyshire.
Ex-PREsIDENT GRANT, accompanied by
Minister Welsh and Ex-Governor Noyes,
was expected at Dublin on the Sd of Janu-
airy.
SIR WILLIAM HAYTER, formerly a we'll
known Liberal member of Parliament, and
at one time Secretary of the Treasury, has
been found drowned in a lake on his es.
tate in Berkshire.
THE marriage of the Princess Thyra and
the Duke of Cumberland, son and heir OF
the late King of Hanover, was solemnized
Saturday evening, 2lst, in the church be.
longing to the Castle of Christi.nsburg.
GEN. BROWNE telegraphs from Jallalabad
on the Goth of December, as follows: awe
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02
Bric.a-Brac.

Thomas Mast, the American artist,
was born at Landau, Bavaria, on Sep
tember q, 1910. He came to the United
States in 1916, and at the age of fourteen
found employment as draughtsman on
Frank Leslie's illustrated Paper. In
1860 he went to England to illustrate
the Heenan and Savers prize fight, his
sketches appearing in the New. York
Illustrated Neaos. He then went to Italy,
followed Garibalda there, entered Naples
with him, was present at the sieges of
Capua and Gaeta, and executed sketches
of the war for the New York Iltasstti&ted
Ne,Ds, Illustrated London Neps and fe
Monde Hlustre, of Paris. Returning to
New York he began in July, 1862, a
series of war and political sketches in
Hdrper's Weekly, and since then has
been one of the principal artists on that
journal.
The English or American mile is l, 76O
yards: the German short mile, $3.50
yards, or nearly four. times more. The
German geographical mile is S,237
yards, or more than four and hall
times that of the English or American
mile. The Irish mile is 2,240 yards; a
Roman mile, ,62S yards; Swiss mile
9,153 yards; a Swedish mile, IL ,70C
yards. The German long mile is 10, lie
yards, or nearly six times as long as the
English or American mile.
Davy Crockett was member of Con
gress. In 1918 he served in the Greek
War. under General Jackson, and aftel
the peace, settled on Shoal Creek in,s
desolate region of Tennessee. A com
munity of reckless characters having
flocked together, it was found necessary
to establish temporary government
and he was appointed one of the magis
trates. He soon after became candi
date for the Legislature, and made j:
successful electioneering tour by shootin,
at matches and telling amusing stories
He was twice reelected to the Legisla
ture, but devoted himself especially t
bear hunting, till in 1927 he was elected
by the party of General Jackson, a repre-
sentative in Congress. In 1929 he wa
again chosen to'Congress, but soon afte
changed from partisan to an opponen
of Jackson's administration and j
1881 it required his most serious exel
ton to secure a reelection. He subse
quently sought new career in Texa.
then in revolt against Mexico, and afte
a series of military exploits, met hi
death while defending Fort Alamo, i
7 San Antonio de Bexar. After har
siege, the survivors, six in number, il
7 Guiding Crockett, surrendered, hut b
. order of Santa Anna they were put I
death. 5 e. '.~'- 2; 'e.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

occupied this city today. The inhabitants
are friendly" a telegram from Calcutta
says the notables of Jellalabad came out to
meet the British troops The same dispa ch
also SAYS the Ameer left Cabul on the 10th.
RUMoRs have been current of attempts
on the life of Francis Joseph, Emperor of
Austria. The police guarding the Palace
of Goedselloe, where the Emperor, En-
press, and Crown Prince spent the Christ
mas holidays, were arrested. A dyer was
arrested at Altenburg, Saxony, charged
with threatening to assassinate the En-
peror of Austria. He pleaded drunken
ness.
A DISPATCH from Lahore reports that
Yakoob Khan has been proclaimed by the
Chiefs of one of the great Afghan sections.
Opinion is divided as to his future course,
but the detection of the Ameer's troops, who
at Jellalabad, even joined The British, will
probably compel him to accept terms,
coupled with guarantee against his father
and the Russians. This might obviate even
a temporary occupation of Cabul by the
British troops.
A PASSENGER by the steamer Granada,
just arrived from Panama and way ports,
reports that as the Granada was leaving
Mazatlan, bound north, news was received
of severe battle between the forces OF
clerical Chief Lerma and the national
troops under Gen. Escudero, mi itary com.
mander at tGuadalajara. Lerma, with his In.
dians, had captured the town of Topic, in
the name of the clerical party, and there
held high carnival for few days. He also
| held the road leading from Topic to the sea,
port of San Bias. Upon the advance OF
Escudero Lerma marched out to meet him,
but was totally defeated and most of his ad
herents captured, of whom eighty were i'm,
mediately hanged. The balance of those
captured, claimingto have been forced into
the rebel service, were allowed to go to
their homes.
IT is said the West India steamship Emily
! B. Souder, two days cut from New York
has foundered, and that the officers and al
the passengers are lost. London cable
/ dispatch says "The steamship Emily B
Souder, which left New York on the Sth o.
| December for Turk Island and Sar
Domingo, foundered at sea two days ou
from New York. This news reached
London from Kingston, Jamaica, tele
graphed by tloyd's agent, who states the
two of the crew~just landed at Kingston
What became of the passengers, the officers
and the remainder of the crew, is no
known by the seamen picked up, but the.
believe all the others on board the steame
have been drowned. The passengers were
J. A. Tossano, Mrs. 4. E. Root, R. Crosby
R. A. Priend, Mrs. J. NJ. Cazeneau, Mrs. A
NJ. Storm, A. NJ. Rose, Ferd. Klemmer, Y
Mella. Capt c. J. F. Kuehl, pronounced Al
accomplished seaman, commanded tn
Souder, and T. NJ. Deaken was First Officer
The crew numbered twenty-seven men.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

The work of fortifying the two lines
OF defense of Constantinople proceeds
with great activity. The government
factories are occupied in the manufac-
ture of ten thousand wagons and bar
rows for the conveyance of the material,
carriage of earth, etc. These fortifica-
tions will, when complete, be armed
with eight hundred guns of large cali
bcr. The defensive works are con-
structed in parallel lines, 10 that the
first is commanded by the second, the
second by the third, and so on. They
are connected by trenches, with en-
bankments serving as shelter for the
infantry. Since the armistice pre-
ceding the conclusion of peace between
Russia and Turkey, twenty-nine vessels
have arrived at Constantinople, with
large cargoss Of rifles and cannon, and
the Turkish troops are now armed a,
completely as on the eve of the Russo
Turkish war. g.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

IT is said that between two hundred
and three hundred men and women of
St. Louis drink daily from a half to a
pint of blood, piping hot from the veins
of slaughtered cattle. More blood
drinking by consumptives and aged
persons is done in September and Oc-
tober than during the remainder of the
year. The blood of young steers is the
best, and should be caught as it comes
from the animal and drank while the
foam is still ON and the steam rising.
Consumptives are advised, in addition
to drinking the blood, to sit in a
slaughter-house for a couple Of hours
every day at killing time to inhale the
"steam" of the running blood.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

ALTHOUGH Williams of the Norris
town Herald has denied that he lately
fell heir to a large,fortune, it issurmised
that this denial was made to prevent
grave-robbers from stealing his body and
thus obtaining a large share of that for
tune for its return. In view of the late
Stewart affair this is wise plan on Will
liams's part, and in this connection we
would say that if any body starts the
report that a Dutch uncle of the Times
editor is in danger of falling off and
leaving us million or SO, no credence
must be attached to it. Our nncle in
Holland, if we have one, is not rich
enough to leave us more that fifteen or
twenty dollars, if he should ever die, and
that sum would be Immediately expen-
ded for an ulster overcoat, or sun UNI
brelIa.- WhitchdU Times.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

COMMANDER CHEYNE, of the English
Navy, has new scheme for reaching
the North Pole He proposes to go by
ship as far as possible, then go over the
ice with sledges until that method OF
conveyance is no longer practicable, and
finally, by means of three balloon:
lashed together, he would try to get tc
the Pole. After making observations
he would send back two of the balloon:
and endeavor to proceed with the thi-d
to an inhabited part of Russia.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

SAUSAGE makers are objects of general
suspicion, and when it became known i'll
the neighborhood of Charles Pizzola's
sausage factory, in San Francisco, that
he was buying cats, the excitement was
intense. The story went that boys had
captured dozens of cats for him, and
that, whenever one was sold to him, he
cut off its tail with cleaver, stuck the
stump into a pail of salt, and then
turned the manned brute into room,
from which it never came out alive. A
cat with its tail cut off is believed to
fatten quickly; so the conclusion was
that Pizzola was fattening cats for sau-
sage. He was arrested on a charge OF
cruelty and fined twenty-five dollars
but he proved that he had bought only
four cats, and had put them to catching
rats in his factory.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

An old lady in Glasgow was left a
legacy of 1000, having already small
fortune of some $4,000 or 10000. She
invested the legacy in the City of Glas-
gov Bank, and when the crash came
went distracted at the thought of beg
gary that was awaiting her. To her sur
prise no call was made upon her, and on
investigation she found to her delight
that her agent had embezzled the money
while pretending to invest it in the
shares desired.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

THE articles made of paper in the late
Berlin Exhibition comprised the roof,
ceiling, cornices and interior walls OF a
house, the exterior walls of which were
of pine wood, but all the furniture,
blinds, curtains, chandeliers, carpeting,
ornamental doors, mantel and table
ornaments were of paper, including a
stove made of asbestos paper, in which a
fire was burning cheerfully. There
were also exhibited wash-basins, water
cans, full-rigged ship, lanterns, hats,
shirts, full suits of clothes and under
clothing, straps, handkerchief, napkins,
bath-tubs, buckets, bronzes, flowers,
urns, jewelry, betting and animals, both
for ornament and for toys. ~
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

A STREET. CAR motor to be run by
quicksilver is being manufactured at
Aurora, Ill. About eight hundred
pounds of quicksilver is to. be placed in
a reservoir at the top of the car, and to
pour down over cast iron overshot
wheel, producing an equivalent to three
horse power. The quicksilver is to be
returned to the reservoir by pumps
placed underneath the car, 10 be
operated by a brakeman by means of a
crank on the front platform.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

The Government of Honduras is
making great efforts to develop the
agricultural resources of the country.
Coffee planting has been vigorously
carried on, and the government makes
free grants Of land to all persons desir-
Gus of undertaking the cultivation of
coffee, Of sugar or of cocoa, and gives
free transport OF the necessary material
and labor TO the site OF the grant. Be
sides these advantages, planters are
exempt from military service, and all
implements and materials necessary for
the use of formation of plantations are
admitted into the country free of duty.
Strangers are admitted to the same
privileges as citizens of the republic.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02
Outline Of the Work of the Yellow Fe.
YER Commission,

The following members of the National
Yellow Fever aud Cholera Commission ar
rived at Memphis on the 26th of December:
Senators sIsham G. Harris, Stanley Mat
thews Congressmen Casey Young, Surgeon
General John NJ Woodwork, Mrs. S. NJ.
Bemis,, Jerome Cochrane, Samuel A. Green,
Jacob Moshier, Stanford E. Chaille, r. w,
Mitchell, NJ. J. Croft, R NJ. Swearengen, ".
H Randle, l.. A. Tullgant, Colonel T. S.
Hardee The Congressional Committee ef-
fected an organization and adopted the fol-
lowing:
"Me MPHIs, Dec. 26
CDR. John. NJ. Woodwork, Surgeon
General Marine Hospital Service, having
by resolution of Joint Committees of the
Senate and House Of Representatives,
appointed to investigate the causes and
methods of preventing yellow fever and
cholera, been constituted President ex.
officio of the Board of Experts, provided
for by resolution of Congress, he will pro-
ceed TO organize the same, and direct them
to investigate the following points Of
inquiry, viz: L
"First The origin. cause, and destructive
features Of yellow fever and cholera, ard
whether or not they are indigL nous to any
! part of the United States. If not, how they
are brought to this country, and the local
tiles from which they come, and If found
! to be indigenous and also imported, in what
proportion and to what extent has their
presence in the United States been owing to
| impor. ations.
| "Second-Season of the year, and at
mospheric conditions in which they are
propagated.
/ at; ,ird-Means to be adopted by which
their introduction into this country from
other localities may be prevented.
"Fourth-Method of preventing their
propagation and spread when once intro
duced into any part of the United States.
Fifth-The number of deaths that have
occurred in the United States during the
present year, the expenditure of money.
and injury to business resulting therefrom
The foregoing is the order of the com
mittees in joint session, and the experts
will confne themselves to it nearly as
possible
i [Signed.1 I" IsHAM G. HARRIS,
| tsChairman Senate Committee
"STANLEY MATTHEWS,
chairman Sub Committee
"CAsEY YOUNG,
chairman House Committee.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

THERE are no fewer than forty-six
varieties of. the date tree, twenty-six of
which are exhibited at the English Con-
servatory of Kew Gardens. The date
was once abuudant.in the Holy Land,
but is now disappearing there. 1t -four
ishes in the Desert of Sahara, wherever
water exists.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

IxexHAusrIBLE beds Of Ignite have
been found between Jaffa and the Dead
Sea. This, with the asphaltum, also
abundant, will make the Holy Land a
coal supplier for all Egypt and syria,
both of which, having no WOOD pay
from sl2 to sl4 ton for foreign coal
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

NEW ORLEANS is busiiy preparing for
the carnival which is to take place on
the 25th Of next February. Many have
wondered whether Rex would make his
appearance after the sad experience of
the late epidemic. To this inquiry e
special messenger who announces the
coming Of Rex makes answer: "All sea-
sons of sorrow must have an end the
clouds of gloom which the epidemic
brought are now happily dispelled, and
a people so joyous and full of life as the
subjects of Rex can not for long pc
riod-sit in sack-cloth and ashes, bemoan-
ing over evils which have passed away
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

DIpHTHtRIA and typhoid fever are
two foes that no guard keeps out OF tne
old palaces, although every days lessons
60 to show that they are or may De pre-
ventable diseases, and there is no reason
they should gain an entrance ln'o tne
humblest house. Both seen to come in
a mysterious way from underground
contamination of the water that is drank
and the air that is breathed in either
palace or tenement house.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

"A POSTAGE STAMP has generally been
supposed to be of the mail gender, but
we insist that it is fee mail.--Elmra
Advertiser. 'a .s.s.. r. i.-a ..a. .a.5
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-02

The English duty on tobacco amounts
to some $4,000, ,O00a year.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-12-05

The reprint of the Westminster Re-
view for October, lately issued by the
Leonard Scott Publishing Co., Al Bar
clay street, N. Y, is full, as usual, of
articles on subjects of interest at the
present time. The paper on "The Fed
Grafton of the English Empire" is de-
voted to consideration of the question
of representation, and the arrangement
of the revenue and expenditure, and
urges the adoptiomof political system
to embrace all the colonial possessions.
AS the land question is now rising into
importance in England, we find an ar
ticle ON "The Law of Real PROPERTY"
in which the inconvenience of the
present laws on the subject are forcibly
portrayed. "The Indian Mutiny" Is
an epitome of the great rising in 1857,
based on Col Malleson's recent history
of the same. A long article on Prince
Bismarck is intended to exhibit fairly
the quality and temper of his states
manship. 1t appears to be very Impair
tial in its measure of praise and blame.
Recent publications relating to Lord
Brougham have afforded the material
for an article on that famous lawyer
and statesman. The sketch of his lite
and the estimate of his career, derived
from comparison of Campbells mar
rative and his own autobiography, is
we'll worth reading. "India and our
Colonial Empire is a summary of re-
cent events in the British Colonies.
Other articles are "Cavour and La Mar
NORA" "The Bohemians and Slovaks,"
and the customary short account Of the
principal recent publications under the
head of Contemporary Literature"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-12-05
L1rrE11'sL1vrsc AGE FOR 1sso.--Tb

LITTELL's LIVING AGE FOR 1S80.--The
fact that this standard weekly maya
zine has had q successful career of over
thirty-five years against much COMPETE
ton, is. proof sufficient that it meets an
undoubted want of the public. 1t fur
nishes what Is essential to American
readers in great and indispensable
current literature Literature which en-
braces more and more every year the
work of the ablest thinkers and writers
of the day. AS the only satisfactorily
complete and fresh compendium of this
literature, its Importance and value
have steadily increased. 1t enables the
reader, at trifling expense considering
the quantity and quality of the reading
furnished, to keep pace with the best
thought and literary work of our
time; and its great convenience to every
intelligent person or family can there
fore hardly be over-rated.
The extra offer to new subscribers
for 1880, and the reduced clubbing rates,
are worthy of note in the prospectus
published in another column. The
magazine is well worth the attention
of those who are selecting their reading
for the new year. AS the multitude of
periodicals increases more and more be-
yond the means and leisure of readers,
the value of such comprehensive one
as this becomes more and more appar-
ent.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-12-05

On his return, the writer visited some
of~the very best dairy districts In Illi-
nois, and found that Although there
were large crcameries in many locale
ties, conducted by men with ample cap.
ital, at a good profit, the small farmers
who furnished the milk complained
that at present prices, they could NAB e
nothing; that they hardly paid f.x-
penses; whereas, few years ago, they
all prospered and made money. At
Crystal Lake, near Elgin, some farmers
were disposing of their milk to a cheese
factory at four and half cen Is gallon.
Such accounts as these, from perfectly
disinterested and reliable source, may
well have the effect to reconcile the
farmers of New England to their au-
stere climate and more rugged soil.
But If any of them are thinking still to
better their condition by selling their
homesteads and removing to the far
West, they will do well carefully to
study the whole article to which we
have referred, and seriously to count
the cost in the light of all the facts pre-
scented, before the irrevocable step is
taken.-TN. K. Farmer.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-12-05
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from prac-
tice, having had placed in his hands by
an East India missionary the formula
of simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy aud permanent cure for Con-
sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma
and all Throat and Lung Affections,
also positive and radical cure for Ner-
vous Complaints, after having tested
its wonderful curative powers in
thousands of cases, has felt 1t his duty
to make il known to his suffering fell
lows. Actuated by this motive and a
desire to relieve human suffering, l will
send free of charge to all who desire it,
this recipe, in German, French or Eng
fish, with full directions for preparing
and using. Sent by mail by addressing
with stamp, naming this paper, w. W.
Sherar, 149 Powers Block, Rochester,
N. Y. 27e-o-w.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-12-05
Agricultural Department.
OoNpuorEp By ALBERT CHAPMAN.
SALES OF RECIsrERED SHEEP.


T. Sticknev q Son, East Shoreham,
have sold to j. T.. Stickney, Shoreham,
fifteen ewes. To j. w. Knapp, Rich
Vile, one ram.
ED. Searle, Cornwall has sold to
Chas. d. Lane, Cornwall, six ewes.
To f. Hooker, Cornwall, three rams
and six ewes.
Geo. II. Hall. Shoreham, has sold to
+. ID. Searle, Cornwall, nine ewes.
b. b. Nottingham 81 Son, Shoreham,
has sold to G. @. Smith, Bartlett, Ohio,
three rams, and one from the flock of
ii. w. Jones.
r. Lane, Cornwall, has sold to VIM.
Watson, Cornwall, seven ewes from
his own flock, five from the flock of j.
q. Wooster, West Cornwall, two from
the flock of G. E. Crane, Bridport, and
one from the flock of Q. ID. Lane.
John James, Middlebury, has sold to
Il. Lane, Cornwall, one ram.
ST. Spaulding, Middlebury, has sold
to Harvey Beach, Ferrisburgh, six
ewes.
III. E. Sanford, West Cornwall, has
sold TOE. Warner, Lawton, Mich. one
ram. To A. N. Spaulding, Hartford
Mich, three rams, and three from the
flock of A. +. Ellsworth, Whiting.
l.. p. Clark, Addison, has sold 10 j
j. Brainerd, Attica, N. Y, one ram:
G.. ID. Lane, Cornwall, has sold tC
Henry Foot, Cornwall, eight ewes.
Estate of Robert Hemenway, Bird
port, has sold to w. l.. Hamilton, Bird
port, seventeen rams and twenty-five
ewes.
CT. Barton, Castleton, has sold t.
u. d. Twitchell, Middlebury, min
rams and forty-one ewes.
U. d. Twitchell has sold to II. b
Wright, Middlebury, one ram from tn
flock of John Ii. Mead, West Rutland
to A. III. Copley, Adrian, Ohio, on
ram from the same flock; to Mac u
Nj. Cary, Tymoctee, Ohio, two ram
from the same flock; to A. Dow
Cary, Ohio, one ram from the sam
flock; to B. Becky, Cary, Ohio, ont
ram from the same flock, and two fror
that of &. &. l.. Hendee; to d. Straw
Cary, Ohio, two rams from the sam
flock, Pittsford; to G. D. Fleet, Melir
ore, Ohio, one ram from the flock {
E d. Hindes, Brandon: to L. Rauchel
Cary, Ohio, one ram from the sam
flock; to Perry Bell, Bucryus, Ohit
one ram from the same flock.
Potter & Bingham, Middlebury, hav
sold from the flock of E. G. Farnhau
West Cornwall, one ram, and from Ii
flock of Merrill Bingham, West Corr
wall, one ram, both to Amos Brigg
South Charleston, Clark Co., Ohio;
5. Bishop, jerome, Union Co., Obi
one ram from the flock OF Merrill Bin
ham, and one from the same flock
l. G. Huling, Woodstock, Champaig
Co., Ohio.
l. L. Eels, Cornwall, has sold
Cherbino & Williamson, Middlebnr.
one ram.