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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-01-30
roNTINE PLAN,

upon the principle of faccumrlating profits for def
mite periods, which first introduced by this Soce
fy. and has been recommended and endorsed by emi-
experts in Life Insurance. and by leading bust
men. Forty -Four per cent. has btt earned and
accumulated on the premiums paid on its Iontne Life
Policies, and forty per cent on its Tortinc Endow
ment Policies, issued within the las: five years
The Directors OF the Equitable Life Assurance So
cety represent exclusively the interests Of the Policy
holders and in presenting the Society to notice. they
feel that 1t has strong claims upon public confidence,
beer Of the strict and conservative principles by
which its various departments governed. In the
ard IN the administration Of the Society
feet seuriv IL given for the future, which Of great
imports TO those depending upon their insurance
policies for the ultimate support of their families
No Life Insurance Company has such large annual
TRANSACTIONS the Equitable; none is more profAI
and just In its dealings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-01-30
advertising Agents
FOR THE
Kennebec journal,
DiILY IND WEEKLY.

rarhe following Advertising Agents are authorized
10 receive subscriptions and advertisements for the
kENyEBEc JoURNAL:
pnsTny NJ PETrESGIIa& & Co. 10 State
street.
:. Il. NILES, VI. fremont St.
TIC. EvASs, 252 Washington st
HORACE DoDD, 2j2 Washington
street.
pEw YORK :::DAUCIIY & Co, l91 Fulton st.
GEo. L. RoWELL & Co., 40 Park
Row.
JAMES II. BATES II Pnk Row.
W. W. SHARPE Co.
5. NJ. PETTENGILL& & Co, 81 Park
Row.
PHILADELPHIA y. W. AVER & son, Times bldg,
Chestnut and Sth streets.
9 NJ. PETTENGILL Co., 1Ol
Chestnut Street.
NEW HAVEN CONN, II. Il. HUBBARD. City Bank
Building.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-01-30

Premiums are received and Losses are paid In cash
only Policies issued payable at the death of the
Insured. also payable at the end of certain number
of years. Policies are also issued on the
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NEW FIRM
M...'.. WIsa... Wul \ C.s.,,

Successors to Williamson & Greenwood.
having purchased the entire stock Of goods of Will
LIAMsOS 4 GREENWOOD. will continue the same
business at the old stand and now offer for sale
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-01-30
Dailv Kennebec Journal,

I..ued every morning. except Sundays. 1t contains
80 ia,est new. by telegraph and mai gives reports
-, vrtrt. and has carefully prepared political and
veal articles, and u generous amount OF farming,
,",ae and miscellaneous reading with q fuH cOmpla-
ti,u of state news -. .r
'ya par,us ~ per nnntm ia ddrnnce, SO If payment
IA uot made within the year. single copies cents, TO
v. h,d at the bookstores and at this ofiice
advertisements inserted on reasonable terms Rates
,,ag h. had on application at this office.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-09-23
Surpl iSed to Death.

Old John Morris, Little Rock negro,
hit upon the idea of Tanner anti-bilious
pills, compounded, as he declared, accord
ing to recipe obtained of the long
faster. He sold some to a woman who
died soon after taking them. John was
arrested and taken to the court, where
the following dialogue took place !:
"Where did you get the medicine you
gave the woman ?" 81 made hit from
directions sent ter me by DR.. Tanner. !"
"What are its component parts p"
"Hit's made outen roots from the groun'
and leaves frum de trees. Does yer
wanter buy bottle, Jedge?' "No, sir,
I don't. The charge against you is a
serious one. What made your medicine
kill the woman" Why, Jedge, de
medicine didn't kill the 'oman." ssWhat
killed her?" "Why, Jedge, de oman
died OBJ de surprise. Yer see she had
been takin' eberything in the medical
market an hit didn't do her no good.
She didn' hab much confidence in my
medicine, and when she tuck hit an foun'
that hit went right ter wrrk tearin' at
the corners oh de biliousness, hit sur
prised de oman to death. Yer can't hole
a man for surpyjsin' anybody to death.
Eff come an tells you good piece OBJ
news, an you falls dead, de law can't
hold me 'sponsib1e. Az 'cordin ter de
same 'stonomy, if I gins woman dose
OBJ medicine and hit surprise her ter
death, de law can't put de clamps on
me-" The Justice is considering the
points of Johns argument, but John is
sfill in iail
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-09-23
DiYiSible Bank Notes.

Considerable comment has appeared
recently with regard to the advisability
of reviving, for the convenience of COM
merce, the fractional currency. The
facilities afforded by the new system of
registering packages by mail for making
purchases of small articles from dis
tance makes it very desirable that there
should be in existence some circulating
medium of smaller denomination than
the dollar which may be sent by mail.
Maj. Powers, Chief Clerk of the Treas
ury Department, proposes to meet this
demand by issuing greenbacks of the
denomination of 81 and SO, which may
be dvisible into halves and quarters,
His plan is to have the face of the note
printed as at present. The back he
would have divided into four sections,
each bearing a separate obligation on
the part of the Government for its re-
demption. These may be issued as they
are called for, and may pass in their
complete form until the holder finds oc-
casion to cut them for the purposes of
change, when their tendency will be
toward the treasury for redemption as
mutilated currency. By an order of
the Treasurer, issued by Mr.. Spinner,
the regular greenbacks now current are
redeemable when cut in two or. more
pieces, the amount being proportionate
to the size of the pieces presented. If
Congress should authorize the adoption
Of Maj. Powers proposition, it will
merely legalize this long-standing prac-
tice.-- Washington Cor. Chicago ITi6-
n77e, 49,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-09-23
The Wrong Remedy.

Barker read one day of boy in Otta-
wa, who was being choked. to death
with a peach stone which had been
lodged in his throat, being saved by
Detective O'Connor, who gave him a
blow between the shoulders, thus fore
ing the stone from the wind pipe. His
mind was still on the story as he went
down town, and just as he reached the
corner of Boylston and fremont streets
he saw q reasonably good-sized man
holding half-eaten peach in his hand
and evidently choking. Here was where
the Ottawa story came in very pat, and
Barker rushed up to save the mans life.
Drawing off, he struck the man blow
between the shoulders that sent him ten
feet, and, following him, Barker asked
if the stone had come out. In less than
ten minutes from that time the would
be Good Samaritan was as well-whipped
a man as could have been found in q
Sabbath-day's journey. Both eyes were
blackened, two teeth were gone, and his
nose reposed-not GRACEFUL his
left cheek. "There," said the stranger,
in satisfied sort of way, that will
teach you to let man alone when he
feels sick at his stomach, guess" and
Barker says that the stranger was per-
fectly correct in his remark. Boston
TLObe
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-09-23
AbOut Mourning.

Speaking about the custom of wear
ing mourning which there
are many conflicting opinions writer
says: ''Why mourning should be worn
at all, except at funeral, 1 do not under
stand. A near and dear relative dies.
One may deeply regret the loss, but, as
it is irreparable, it is the part of wisdom,
which seeks to make the best Of every
thing, to endeavor to forget it as soon as
possible. Why, then, wear for lengthy
time garb that brings back its recollec-
tions? A person who is ruined might
with equal sense walk about for several
months with an empty cash box affixed
10 his back.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-09-23
shocking Rrusa,ifx.

Three men we're mobbed at Nashville. Tenn,
by a mob of one hundred men. Ramsey, one of
the men, was shot down at the jail. Ramsey
had shot and killed Miss Holt short time
ago, because she refused to marry him. The
other two mobbed were negroes. They were
taken away and hanged. They had participated,
with six other negroes, in one of the most
heinous crimes that has ever been recorded.
correspondent writing from Nashville, of the
crime, gives the following horrible details: An
old negro named Jim Higgins, one of the par
ticipators, was arrested and tortured until he
made q confession in substance as follows:
Laprade was the name of a bachelor, who
lived in an isolated part of the country and
from his mode of life, it was supposed he
had accumulated considerable money. Higgins
said himself and eight others went to Laprade' s
house and woke him up, when one of the ne
groes, initiating Laprade's brothers voice to
perfection, asked him to open his door, which
he did. The black demons then rushed in up
on him, threw him violently to the floor and
told him to give up his money or die. He de-
cared he had only IS, which he gave them.
Then followed series of diabolical tortures.
They first sinsed the hair off his head and
ody, when they again demanded his money.
He declared he had spoken the truth. They
then hung him until he was almost unconscious,
when they dropped him to the earth and
again asked him for money, but with all this he
still told the same story. He was then repeat
edly hanged and let down and the same ques-
tions propounded, with the same answer. While
this was being done the negroes uttered the
foulest and blacklist of oaths, in keeping with
their inquisition of Laprade- Numberless tor
lures, too shameful for print, succeeded each
other. Disappointed and furious, they at last
hacked him with knives and cut off the tendons
of his legs from the knees down, and then
killed him. They then hid his body away un-
der some bushes. On the following night two
of the party became alarmed and removed it to
sink-hole in front of his sisters house.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-09-23
- The SihiIi.t. at Work.


i On the Northwestern Railway, in England,
an attempt was made the other day to blow up
the down express train from Edinburgh and
Glasgow. The train was supposed to carry
among its passengers the Russian Grand Dnke
Constantine and Admiral Poppoff, OF the Rus
sian navy, and some other Russian officials who
had been visiting Greenock for the purpose of
examining certain new vessels now in course of
construction there. Nihilist refugees in Eng
land, it is believed, had concocted plan for
blowing up the train and destroying the officials.
Dynamite which had been placed under the
trackwas connected with an India rubber t1be
containing gunpowder. The locomotive in its
passage cut the tube in half, but at one point
where, by an almost miraculous accident, the
percussive caps, which were intended to fire the
dynamite had been misplaced. They failed to
explode and the train passed in safety over
what was designed to blow it and its passengers
into eternity. The plot was discovered soon
after the passage of the train.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-09-23
60 inf. Henry ~

AS an illustration of how the simple are
used by politicians, the following acen-
dote is interesting:
At q political meeting, the speakers
and audience were very much disturbed
by man who constantly called for Mr.
Henry. Whenever new speaker came
ON the stand, this man bawled out:
"Mr. Henry Henry Henry! I call
for Mr.. Henry" !" a"
After several Interruptions of this kind
at each speech, young man ascended
the platform, and was soon airing his
eloquence in magnificent style, when the
same man rs before was heard bawling
out at the top of his voice:
"Mr. Henry! Henry! Henry I
call for Mr.. Henry to make speech r.
The Chairman arose and remarked
that it would oblige the audience If the
gentleman would refrain from further
calling for Mr.. Henry, as that gentle
man was now speaking.
els that Mr.. Henry ?" said the dis
tlrber of the meeting. "That can't be
Mr.. Henryl Why, that's the little fell
low that told me to holler!"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-09-23
The Markets.

CINCINNATI.-Flour-Is in moderate demand.
particularly for the lower grades. Fancy, sells as
low as 81 90, and ranges up 70 s. rs. Family can
"a 10; superfne at 81 s5@3 Is, and low lrade
at 81 4o@2 IS; spring family is easier at IS ESQ
-four is firm at "a 1894 90, the latter figure for
choice city and northwestern Wheat, choice winter
red, s7@5sc; No winter red, sec. prime mixed
ssss Rye No see oits 'ss aaa sl's r. g
prime pTins by sampie sSe. Nc I g. ''eaSs Hay;
prime timothy, Sl4@15. Wheat and rye straw,
s6@7 per tom oats straw sells at $3.50 Mess pork,
cured hams, 12A@l2l4c Shoulders, 771c; Sugar. New
seS NEW oRSnTfour0sape'rti6e Gs.1n' Western and
State, So 5O@4 05; common 10 good extra West ern
and and State, s. o5@4 o@ rs wheai.Ungraded winter
Sc %ies g. ssfrsssS csa's os4s
ssssSs' sss s1a 81! %ssa @s.,sIa. ysSsS 1Si:
Western. A@4le. New mess pork, s15 Is. Lard,
81. LOUis.-Wheat, No. 2 winter red fall,
No. mixed, s7h@s7asc. Oats, No. 2, 2s11S@2sc
Kye s2@S B5ey prime to fancy Mor'hsrn
Lard, prime steam, Sc.
PalLADELPHfA.--Flour Western superfine,
81 65@4 IS. Wheat, Western, s5@96c; No. Z
winter red. 81 o5H. Corn. yellow western, 5sc.
Oats NO. l white, 4l1a0142c.; No. mixCG SIC.
Mess pork, 'Sl6@l6 90. Smoked hams, 12@13c
BALTIMORE.-Flour Western super6ne, SAG
8 so; Western extra, s494 IS; Western family,
81 40@5 rs. Wheat, No. Western winter red,
81 05ssgl 0S54 Corn, Western mixed, 81 51Z@5l14c.
& oats white bite westerR Sss 4l@4ac mixed Western g
vania and Maryland timothy, Si9td21.
Flour, extra, 81 OO0lS 25; extra
family ssss g 59@4 s SS No 81 6@4 as choice
b5Hc.; No. 2 mixed, 441ac. Oats, No. 2 white,
S5c No. mixed. SAC. Rye, No. Q, SOC Hay, SIi
OILS. Mess pork, SIG 90. Lard, prime steam Sic
Shoulder, 6Hc Sugar culed hams, 1214@i2l5c.
lNDlANAPOLlS-W heat, No. red, new, 9i5z
@92c. Corn, 4019@4lc. Oats, new white, 3i@32c.
for september.
STOCK MARKETS.
CINClNNATI.-CattIe,co common, 81 1912 25; fair
to medium, 81 50@3 IS; gooi to choice butcher
grades, 50 50@4 15; fair to good shippers % 90@
SO; good 10 choice cows, SO 256l3 So; good to
choice heifers, So 50@4 90; common to fail oxen,
mon 10 good Texas and Cherokees. 81 so as 25;
md stockers, " 25@3 IS. Hogs selected butchers
IS 2095 35j common TO good mixed packers, 81 s0Ca
20; fair to good selected light, 81 3o@5 co. COM
mon. "a o'g4 65; stoekers, IS 1904 IS; Sheep,
common axo siospors e lsr 2Sss good TO ehoce 3
&C., and good To choice. 414es45zc. per Id gross
ST. LOUIS Cattle Choice shipping steers,
@ sn to 20 sooG 9ss e .otp osspsGs ss ss e'r: :i =
GO COWS and hefers 81 oo@s a5 choice grass Texans
mnttons S3@4 per 100 lbs Hogs, Workers and
sai,lmeres j. odss 80 oo@5 20; mixed packing grades
EAST LIBERTY Best shipping steers ss@5 2s
per iOO lbs. fair TO good butchers cattle 81 SOFA
%; common and light butcher stun So 5o0s4 2s;
bulls cows and stays, $23 rs. Hogs, Philadelphia
hogs 70 4o@o 60 per 100 lbs. !; Workers, s5@5 Is.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-09-23

Even in packing trunk, little fore
thought and planning Is necessary. Col
lect what is most important before you
begin, so that you may not leave out any
necessary article. Think over what you
will be likely TO need, for little care be-
fore you start may save you great deal
of Inconvenience in the end And when
you shut it for the last time, do not leave
the straps sticking out upon the outside.
Put your heavy things at the bottom,
packing them tightly, so that they will
not rattle about when the trunk is re-
versed.i Put the small articles in the
tray. Anything which will be likely to
be scratched or defaced by rubbing,
should be wrappedi in handkerchief and
laid among soft things. If you must
carry anything breakable, do it up care
fully, and put it in the center of the
trunk, packing clothing closely about it.
Bottles should have the corks tied in with
strong twine. Put them near articles
which cannot be injured by the contents,
If breaking occurs. Tack on your
trunk card with your permanent adj
dress. This is useful if the trunk should
happen TO be lost. In the travelling bag
you can carry pins, needles, thread, PEN
cil and paper-all necessary in travel
iuo
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-09-23
THE PENSION BuREAu.
Some idea of the Enormous Busines,
1t Has to Handle.

SV"c AOea OF the Enormous Business
1t Has to Handle.
Mr.. Bently, the Commissioner of Pen
slons, has compiled some information on
the Pension Bureau which illustrates the
magnitude of the pension system. He
says: "On the 30th of June last there
were 245, 900 pensioners. Including the
hrst payment to pensioners whose cases
were settled during the fiscal year, there
was paid out for pensions $36, 900, 900,
exclusive of arrears, which amounted to
"! ,OOO, 900 in addition. So there was
paid out for pensions during the fiscal
year $57, ZOO, 900. The regular pensions
and first payments to the new pensioners
VII, In the aggregate, continue to in
crease until they shall have reached
$4,000, 600 in amount, and perhaps a
greater sum. Great as the interest of
the pensioners whose cases have already
been settled has grown to be, the inter-
ests OF those persons who have unsettled
claims represent still greater sum, and
1t is being daily increased by the new
claims which are continually coming
forward. On the 30th of June last there
were before the Office, awaiting settle
ment, 2SO, 900 claims for original army
and navy pensions, involving an average
first payment amounting to 81, 100 in
each case, or total of $30S, 900, 900 for
the first payment alone. In addition,
there we're 1000 unsettled claims for
the War of 1872 and the Mexican and
Indian wars. The annual average of the
pensions OF all classes is $105 to each
pension. The whole number of persons
decidedly interested in the pensions,
either as the actual recipients or claim
ants, is 532, 900.
These figures represent the condition
OF affairs on the both of June last. Since
then new claims have been filed at an
average rate of $50 per day. The regu
lar annually accrrling pensions of the
whole So, 900, counting the claimants
as already pensioners, are $50, 900, 900.
The annual pensions are sufficient to
pay the interest upon 81 400, 600, 900 of f.
percent bonds. Add to this sum the
$3OS, ,OO0, 900 arrears, or first payments
upon the pending claims, and we find
the enormous amount of 81, ,708, ! ,000, 900
standing as the capital or representative
of the pension interest as it was on the
30th of June last, sum nearly equal to
the whole public debt of the nation.
The 532, 900 directly interested persons
are distributed throughout the country
as nearly as can be calculated about as
follows In the States north of Mary
land and the Ohio and east of the Mis-
sissippi and Iowa, Minnesota, and Kan
sas on the West, from 1900 to 5000 in
each Congressional district. In the
States of Maryland, West Virginia,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and
the States on the Pacific coast with the
Territories in proportion to population,
from / ZOO to 1,5O0, and from 300 to 500
in the Congressional districts Of the
Southern States.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-09-23

'sIs your name David Shaster?" asked
the court of man nearly seven feet high
who suddenly walked out on Bijah's arm.
"Hey?" replied the prisoner, as he
leaned forward.
els your name David Shaster?"
"Hey?"
"Is-your- r-name-David- -Shaster?"
repeated the court with all his voice.
"Yes, I suppose it is"
"You are charged with being drunk. :"
"Hey?"
"You are charged with being drunk. "
"Hey?"
"Drunk!" yelled Bijah, with his mouth
close to the mans ear.
Who's drunk? What have I got to
do with anybody's being drunk?''
"You were drunk" shouted the court.
"Hey?"
"Yon were drunk" yelled Bijah.
"Bet you SIS, replied the prisoner as
he went down for the money.
The officer in the case said he found
him lying under shed, drunk and asleep
and the court replied:
"Well, I can't yell my head off to
make him understand, I've busted my
collar-butten and broken a suspender
already. and shall let him go. Prisoner
you can CO."
"Hey?"
"You can skip.
"Hey?"
Biiah turned him around and run him
ont and shut the door on him, but he
put his nose against the glass and shook
the door and called out:
"Hey? I'll see if I haven't any rightst'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-09-23

An accident at the Consolidated Imperial
Mine, at Virginia, New, last week, resulted in
the death of nine men. The 8 O'Clock shift
were coming off, and the cage. with ten men
upon it, had started for tn, surface, when the
cable broke, precipitating them down the shaft
some 300 feet. Fourteen hundred feet of rope
piled upon them. A Gold Hill! dispatch saws the
following are the names of those killed: Dick
Ryder, Thomas Meagher, John Roach, Patrick
Murphy, Mat. Winnie joseph Hannahan. Will
liam COrbett, George Farnham. Jerry Sullivan
Most of the bodies were terribly mangled The
men were got out at o'clock a. m. Roach
talked nationally when found, but died while
coming up the shaft. Frank Smith was the
only man saved. He has no external injuries.
The cable broke at the reel and for some mex
plicable cause, the saftys did not catch.
4 rnrfriase Facisry Explosion. :
: Aterrible explosion occurred last week in
small wooden building, occupied by the Union
Metallic Cartridge Company, at Bridgeport,
Conn. The building is situated some distance
west of their main factory. At the time of the
explosion five persons were at work in the build
ing, and all are supposed to have been killed,
as none have been seen since, and four bodies
have been found. Following are the names
J. Sullivan, aged Is; James Tobin, aged II;
Michael Dempsey, jr., aged %; VIM. Fuerich-
niger, aged As; Philander Clark, aged So The
building was completely blown to atoms, and
the debris blown a great distance. A small
lake some distance from the building was liter
allySstrewn with fragments. Two of the bodies
were found in the lake, one with the head and
arm gone. The cause of the accident is not
known. The explosion caused intense excite
ment among the 600 employees in the main
building. The works were shut down and the
hands allowed to go home.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-09-23
The Grand Army OF Invaders.

1t is almost certain that the "Grand Army of
Occupation is fully organized at Austin, Tex,
and are perfecting their arrangements for MAX
ing move of some kind. A signal corps has
been organized and is drilling. The members
refuse to tell anything, or even acknowledge
that they are counected with the movement,
but it is certain that the organization still lives,
and that . niovenaents Of some kind is on foot.
IHe wa.teA % Die Tor HIS BIossy Deeds.
The other day Big Nosed George" the we'll
known road agent and murderer, was arraigned
at Knowlins, Wyoming Territory, on the charge
Of murder, and pleaded guilty 70 the charge Of
murder in the first degree He will be son-
fenced to BE- hung. George had good counsel,
who desired 70 defend, but George said hs
wanted to die for his bloody crimes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-09-23
A Yoicc f.om The Prees.

take the opportunity to bear testi.
moDy to the efficacy of your Hop Bit
ters." Expecting to find them nauseous
and bitter, and composed of bad whisky,
we were agreeably surprised at their
mild taste, just like cup of tea. A Mrs.
Cresswell and Mrs. Connor, friends.
have likewise tried and pronounced them
the best medicine they have ever taken
for building up strength and toning up
the system. / wastfoubled with costive-
ness, headache, and want of appetite.
The two former ailments are gone, and
the latter greatly improved. / have a
yearly contract with a doctor to look
after the health of myself and family, but
need him not now. s.. GILLILAND,
Peoples Advocate, Pittsburg, Pa.
July 25, 1873.