The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01
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lIE1S VI lNIEkESI.
In spite of the death of its founder,
the Figaro newspaper, of Paris, made
100000 last year.
AN English baronet is supposed to
have need of an income of $125 600 per
year to run his castle with.
Four great-grandchildren Of John G.
Calhoun are living, and they are resi-
dents of four different States.
+ N1NETY-NINE out of a hundred news
papers speak of him as Count de Lesseps
He isn't count at all, but is yiscount.
A RICH manufacturer at CLANS,
Switzerland, solmenizes the anniversary
of his wife's death by distributing 15,
600 francs among his workmen.
WAsHINaTON papers unite in saying
that the national capital has become
city of robbers, thieves and street beg
gars, aud they can't see how affairs are
to mend.
The estimate of Herr Krupp, the
famous German gun-maker, for tho steel
girdeIs to be employed in the construc-
tion of the bridge over the Firth, in
Scotland, was fifteen per cent. less than
that of the lowest estimates from any
other firm. The saving in the use of
the German manufactured steel in the
construction of the bridge will therefore
be about $3.50, 900.
"UNCLE REMUs,n who figures SO adj
mirably in the negro dialect sketches of
the Atlanta Constitution, is counter
! part of an old darkey named George
Terrell, once the life of the " Turnwald"
mansion of the Terrells, at Eatonton, Ga.
He had in his woolly pate a regular
storehouse of stories gathered from folk
lore, and in telling them used the dialect
now given.
The ancient custom of tolling the
| age of resident who has ju-t died has
been kept up in the old town of Wealth
ersfield, Connecticut, for almost two and
and half centuries. The other day the
old Congregational church bell tolled
the age of negro called "Black Sam"
at los. The present church was built
in 1850; but neither from it nor its pre-
.decessor was ever tolled SO great an age
before. = ezss e.. sa1=- szs -
IT is said that John Jacob Astor al
ways has detective in his service, and
his dwelling is never left unguarded.
Hence he has never suffered from depre-
4 dations The detective who accom-.
panies Mrs. Astor to all places where
her diamonds are to be displayed is said
to represent an elegantly dressed gentle.
man, who mingles quietly among the
guests and vet keeps a constant watch
d upon the $50: 600 worth of diamonds.
LORD DERBY to the workingmen
"We have heard great deal recently
about the peasantry becoming owners OF
land and having gardens, fields and
farms of their own. Now, an acre ol
good agricultural land is worth, on ar
average, about EGO, or as nearly as pos
sible, Sd. for every square yard. won
der how many workingmen consider
that when they order three penny worth
of beer or spirits they are swallowing
down square yard of good agriculture
land.o kMA AB4 #E4 -
WHEN Grant was in China with hi
retinue he ascended the Yang-Tse-Ki
river as far as the province of Chilli
and its Viceroy, Li-Hung- Chang, wht
entertained the party, is said to have ex
pended 20,000 for native whisky sam
;; shu and other provisions during th'
three days visit. Just before Grant lef
for Cuba he ordered from New Yorl
\ house pitcher of hammered silver
similar in design to that presented b,
the Duke of Argyll to Gladstone, ant
this pitcher has just been forwarded tt
{. the Chinese Embassy at Washington fo
, delivery to Li-Hung Chang in Chill.
A BosToN swindler advertised for "s
lady or gentleman to address circular
evenings at home," and to the thousand
: of persons who responded by mail say
ing he would pay 81 a thousand for ad
+ dressing envelopes. He added: "Ther
' are many who answer advertisement
for mere curiosity; to protect eurselve
against such bore. we are obliged t.
= insist upon deposit of 81, which yo,
! can claim after the delivery Of the frs
: 1000. circulars" The pay offered was 8
liberal that the dollars poured into hi
i, postoffice box at the rate of 200 day
: : but he got none of them, for tho pos
y master refused to deliver them.
e AT Jackson, La, some days since.
r strange dog was seen to rush down on
e Of the principal streets, and in its prt
" gress overlook goose, and, biting th
same, passed on, and before beiD
"a checked by a shotgun, bit some hal
! dozen other animals. The remarkabl
:, . part of the proceeding lies in the fat
,, that almost Immediately on being bi
"a ten, the goose. as well as the dogs, b
70 came rabid. 1t was queer to notice til
10 antics of the goose especially, in its vii
endeavors to bite every creature in j
,g course. The hog, goose, and some hal
~ ~ dozen dogs were killed by the frightene
. inhabitants.