The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-08

the Fifth street crossing, John Ramsey,
farmer, drove team of mules hitched to
wagon in front of the train. The cow-catcher
caught the wagon, smashing it into splinters,
besides killing one mule and hurting Ramsey
so badly internally that he can not possibly
live.
Ar Golden, Col, the past week, one hundred
and fifty masked men collected at the Jail, and,
battering the doors in took from it the mur-
derers of R. B. Hayward, Seminole and Wood
ruff, who were recently convicted in the
Courts, and hanged them. Seminole weak
ensd and confessed their guilt; but Woodruff
denied the whole affair and showed fight to
the last.
DISPATCH from Providence, R. l., says: !:
| " Kate Fitzgerald, whe attempted 10 shoot
Postmaster Pierce, of Bristol, months
ago, yesterday failed in an attempt to shoot
herself. Mrs. Pierce, it may be remembered,
was jealous of Miss Fitzgerald, and attempted
| to kill her husband, and eventually succeeded
in taking her own life by saturating her bed
| with kerosene and setting it on fire." .i So.
I'M. WAITE and M. B. Gould, two business
men at Chicago, in an endeavor to play prac-
furniture of Mr.. Waite's room TO frighten him,
and then hid in small closet to watch proceed
ings. The janitor became excited, procured a
revolver, and began his search. He tiled the
closet door, which, refusing to yield, he fired
through it, shooting Mr.. Gould in the head and
instantly killing him.
THE steamer Prairie City, plying between
New Harmony and the St. Louis and South
eastern Railroad, exploded her boilers Satur-
day afternoon four miles below New Harmony,
and killed the fireman, the female cook and the
cabin-boy. The Captain, Mat Cox, who was
plotting at the time, had an arm broken and is
scalded on the body. The engineer is injured,
but not seriously. The boat is total wreck.
The survivors escaped on barge.
| MATTERS are in deplorable shape in ths
Turkish provinces. Intelligence via Constanti-
nople says: kilograms from Noyi Bazaar an
nounce that agitation in Bosnia and Herzego-
vina is assuming serious proportions, owing to
the tyranny of Austrian officers. Four thou
sand Albanians ready to resist the cession
of Gasinje and PLAYA to Montenegro. Ahmed
Moukhtar Pacha's troups are mutinous. They
have not been paid, and are in rags.
Hon. GEORGE S. Houston, United States
Senator for Alabama, died at his home at
Athens, on the 31st ult. The Capitol Offices
were ali closed out of respect for his memory.
Gov. Cobb and many prominent citizens went
to Athens to attend the funeral services on
Friday. Senator Houston's death was quiet
and peaceful. The disease from which he suf-
fered, and which eventually caused his death
was nervous prostration and fatty degenera-
tion of the heart.
SAYS a late dispatch from London A por-
ton of the bridge across the Firth of Tay was
blown down, while the train from Edinburg to
| Dundee was crossing, at IL o'clock last night
The gale strong that steamboats, were
unable to reach the scene of disaster, but sew
eral mail bags have been washed ashore, foul
miles from the bridge, and there is no doubt
that the train is in the water. The passengers
who certainly all drowned, are variously
estimated at frem one hundred and fifty to two
hundred.
AN old man seventy years Of age, named
CIevidence, at Tiffn, O., was married yeal
age to an old lady few years his junior. He
became very jealous of her shortly, and during
the past week endeavored to commit double
tragedy by killing both himself and wife. His
nerve was not steady enough, however, the
first two shots missing their aim, but the
third took effect in the abdomen from which
the old lady will probably die. He then shot
himself, and will probably die from the wound
ALL mail of the following so-called broker
in New York has been Withheld by the Govern
ment upon the grounds that they have beer
using the mails for fraudulent purposes: Law.
| g. ~
Co., % Broad st.. Allen, Jordan & Co., 81
Wall ST.; and Barnes, Garrison Co., 55 Ex-
change Place and IL Broad st. These frml
conduct what is known in Wall street as tn,
combination scheme" by which it is alleged
they have amassed large sums of money con
tributed by unsophisticated country specu.
lators.
GENERAL NICHOLAS DE PIERoLA was pro
claimed Dictator of Peru on December %
The army of the reserve at Lima and Calla
and the navy accept his Government. He ha
promised to effect the salvation of Peru in tn
present crisis. His Cabinet is presided over b,
the distinguished jurist, DR.. Pedro Calderon
President Prado has fed. He arrived at Pan
anna on the 27th. The Peruvian torpedo boa
, which sailed in November from Panama unde
Hawaiian colors, has been captured by tn
Chilians.
OFFICER GRAHAM, while attempting to ar
rest Samuel Whitley, in Cincinnati, for insult
ing two ladies, accidentally shot the latter i
the abdomen, from which he died an hour after
Whitley had declared that the officer shoul
, not take him alive, and made a desperate fgh
for liberty. Graham AYERS that he drew th
revolver under the impression that the sight
e it would cause the prisoner to submit and 2
l.. along. Instead, however, he scuff1ed with th
f officer to obtain possession of the weapon whe
y it was accidently discharged with the fats
9 effect above detailed.
KING ALFoNso's life is in peril. Says a LAT
: cablegram: As the King and Queen of Spai
Q were driving through the gate of the Roy.
q Palace this evening, young man dressed as
: workman fired a shot from revolver at tt
g royal carriage, but his aim was bad, and NJ
body was hurt. The ball has since been foun,
and weighs one ounce. 1t passed close to tt
head of one of the royal footmen. King A
fonso was driving at the time. The would
), assassin was Immediately arrested, and h,
: confessed his crime. His name is Gonzale
and age nineteen years. He is waiter by o.
cupation, and a native of Galicia. I'll
Diario Espanot says two shots were fired at IL
royal carriage, the second passin quite clo
to.the Queens face. The weapon was doubl
: barreled pistol.
dispatch from Bangor the 3Oth say.
The Arsenal was opened to-day under IL
order of Adjutant General Leavitt, wi
l. called on Mayor Brown to notify hi
10 of orders from the Governor for Il
q removal of arms. The Mayor suggestt
I. thai the removal be made in the quiete
'l manner, and believed there would be no inte
q ference with those acting under proper autho
ity. This afternoon several teams laden wit
ss arms and ammunition, without any military
is other guard, passed through the streets to Il
ID Maine Central Depot without moestaton, Il
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