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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
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An old family feud of years. st,nding be-
tween Benjamin Scroggins and Rainy Chastain,
well known citizens, was washed out in blood
at Tbomasville, Ga. They had their old quar-
rel Of five years of bitterness, and recently had
n new difficulty. fight between them was
apprehended, and both were prepared.
1t seems that Scroggins heard some remark
that Chastain had recently made about him,
and secured shotgun and loaded it heavily
with buckshot to kill him. He met Chastain
on the public square, and when a few feet from
him leveled and fred. Chastain fell dead,
full OF buckshot. The officers attempted to ar
rest Scroggins, but, armed TO the teeth, he
dehed them and went out of town. The
Sheriff summoned posse to take him, but he
warned them not TO approach, and when near
him he fred. The posse then shot at him and
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06

most terrible and destructive cyclone, which
prostrated and demolished every thing in its
course, wounding several persons. The cloud
was described by those who saw its approach,
as large, inverted funnel rolling upon the
ground, springing now and then from the
earth, but returning again with force and fury
to It's work of ruin. A little girl of Mr.. Town
ley's, sick and in bed, was carried through the
torn end of the house, bed and child together,
and deposited upon the ground some fifteen
feet oE, but without the slightest harm to the
child. At Lynnville, Tennessee, house was
washed away by the torrent. of rain and three
children in it drowned. A number of houses
were blown down at Point Rock, Tennessee
and three persons were killed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06

During the proceedings in the Kentucky
Legislature, the other day, Hon. John d.
White, of Clay, rose and charged the Speaker,
Hon. J. M. Bigger, with favoring the fllibus-
terers. Mr.. Bigger replied by denouncing the
assertion as false, and answered that he was
personally responsible for the statement. Mr.
White said that he hurled the falsehood back
in the teeth Of the Speaker with Indignation.
When the House adjourned, the parties met in
front of the Capitol building and Mr.. White
asked Mr.. Bigger if he was in earnest about
what he said. The latter replied that he was,
whereat Mr.. White struck him a stunning
blow in the nose, that would have prostrated
him had Lot friend broke the fall. They
were then separated.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
The Markets.

CINCINNATI-FIour- Winter family, So 0O@5 40;
fancy s. 1896 So patent Sc 5og7 So spring s. 80
-four 81 5'@4 g.. GRAIN.-W heat-Choice red sold
at 81 Is a 10 and No at 81 1s@l IS; Corn Mixed
sl@s2Ic. oa,s.-No: mixed are selling at s2@35c
Barley No is quoted AT SS@S9c. extra No. at 80
@92c.. No. spring sold at 65@75c. Hay-good to
s1o@io.25. Lard prime kettle, 75s@77sc Cotton
NEW sYoRK. K.-Flour-superhne State and West
ern, S4@5: common to good extra Western and
State, 81 1895; good to choice Western and State
IS c5@7 o.; common to good white wheat Western
family, s. So@6 IS. -WheatwUnsraGed red, d.
g 23@1 30; mo. rel 81 31@l 81 ungraded white
Western, 69c. Corn Ungraded, 52@54l4c.; No.
white, Western, 52@541ac. Oats-4ogl2c Lard
easy; middling uplands, 12c; middng Orleans,
BALTIMORE Flour Western superfne, 50 rs
fly, IS 2596 o.. Wheat-No. 2 Western winter red
81 251l.. Corn Western mixed 4s1a@is7sc. Oats =
Pennsylvania, 42@4sc. Rye Good to prime $50
.-Flour-Minnesota extra fam
6i2H. Rye -four, 81 25@4 81 Grain.--wheat No. Het
Western mr. red 81 2ssl So OHIO amber 81 81. Corn
tqaef ss whe yeS% So
white. 46hc. Lard. Western tierce. 7sG@TAc
Observation-Disclosures 81 90; extra fam
s so. Grain-wheat, red and amber, 81 '5 Corn
No. white 43c; mixed. '40c. Oats-white
&c.,; mixed. 35c. Rye-No 2, SIC. Hay
common 10 choice, si5@l7.50 per ton. Pork is firm
Mt Sll.50. Lard-choice prime steam &C.. choice in
kegs, sM@s5kc Cotton, 1i12c.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. heat is weak No.
2 red 81 III. Corn-Is quiet at 36@37c. Oats
Are firm at 32Cd35c.
STOCK MARKETS
CINCINNATI.-Beef CJttle-Common, 2. .00@2 SOC.
fair to medium, 2750l3.50c; good to choice butcher
grades g. I5l4 .40c fr TO good shippers O064 75c
fair TO good cows. 3. .750t.l5c.; common TO good
stockers, 2.5b@350c. Hogs--Common, 3a3. s5c.;
far to good light, 420@4 .4Dc fair good packing
grades, 4i0@4.45c and selected butchers qualities
4d5Cg460c Shecp-Common to fair, 3.50@s<.75c., and
good to choice, 50g6c.
NEW YORK.---Beef Cattle--Dressed beef "a
&c; Texas sides, 7i1MSc. Sheep and Lambs-Mar-
ket fair 6.2J6s7 62c per ib. for sheep, and 1909
So for lambs Hogs-drcssed, 81 s5d5.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Beel Cattle--Best steers
at S56g5 IS per 100 lbs Sales made OF fair TO good
a 81 4D14 90; common 81 35a3 So per 100 lbs Hogs-
Sales made Of Workers at 81 55CS4 70 per 100 i1s,
Philadelphia hogs sL60@5.0O. Shsep-sellng Al S6Se
0e so per 100 lis.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
Kong Sentences.

The gentleman heretofore in nigh standing
throughout the country, moving in the best
circles Of society, always flush with money and
beau brummet generally, and who was, some
time ago, arrested at the instance of DR.. Dix, in
New York, for prosecuting him IN various ways
among others, by writing him blackmailing
letters-and who, charged with forgery on a
Pittsburg bank, pleaded guilty, and who, let
US keep on saying, his friends believed to have
been the victim of insane impulses, has beel
sentenced to three and half years in the peni-
tentiary. That sentence, like the sentence
just finished, is rather long for a respectable
gentleman, yet decidedly in keeping with the
strung ont euphonious name of EugeSe Fair
fax Williamson, which cognomen he BEARS
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
Another Devastating Cyclone.

The town of Macon, Miss, county seat of
Noxubee, was almost totally annihilated on
Sunday evening, April 25, by furious storm.
The day had been unusually sultry, and at
the time stated, two terrible currents of air,
one from the north-east and the other from the
south bearing clouds charged with cleo
trieity, were hurled together right at the fated
locality. 1t was of storms. Besides
incessant lightning, balls of fire were seen
whirling across the clouds, varying in size
from a chestnut to that Of a mans head.
Right in the center of that part of town around
the railroad stations the storms met, and the
work Of destruction commenced, and in less
time than it takes to tell it, the place was in
ruins. The loss of life was fearful. Eighteen
persons were killed outright, and forty more
were either seriously fatally wounded.
Out of twenty four houses in the town, only
two remain standing, and these are being used
as hospital for the wounded and dying. Men
and women were found decaptated, limbs torn
from their bodies, and otherwise mutilated, a
quarter Of mile from their homes. Stock was
all killed ia that vicinity. bolt of goods
in tree top. The loss is variously estimated
from $l25,OO0 to 5000, 900. Macon, Mis-, is
about one hundred and twenty five miles south
of Corinth, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
The village Of Edenton, located in the north
east part of Clermont County, was visited by
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06

To KEEP ONIoNs-Onions are best
kept in a well-ventilated building se-
cured from moisture, stored on shelves
or racks, not too close together, and
kept as hear as possible at freezing
point.
A NICE PUDDING SAUcE.-One cup
sugar, one egg, one heaping teaspoonful
of butter to be beaten to a cream, one
cup of boiling water to be quickly
stirred in just before serving. Flavor
to the taste.
CocoANUT PIE-One graded cocoa
nut, one quart of milk, Eve eggs beaten
separately, one tablespoonful of fine
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
Manhattan Bnnk Robber..

Peter Ellis, Alack Coakley and James Hope,
implicated in the robbery of the Manhattan
Savings Bank, of New York, in 1878, when
nearly S3,000,0 900 worth of securities were car
ried of, have been arrested in Philadelphia
Of the three, Coakley made the most desperate
fight, succeeding in knocking the officer down
who attempted to arrest him and running away,
but he was pursued and captured.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
Connecticut Democrats.

The Connecticut Democratic State Conven-
ton was held at Hartford on the 2Sth. Reso-
lutions were adopted favoring adherence to the
Constitution and respect for civil service
which shall bring to all parts of the Govern
ment former honesty and economy denouncng
the election of President Hayes as fraud,
calling for the nomination of a candidate al
Cincinnati devoted to the Constitution and
honest government, of conservatism, which
shall unite the party, and prescribing the unit
rule for the government of the action of the
Connecticut delegation. An effort to instruct
for Tilden was quickly frowned down.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
The Pennsyryaria Brissrs Again.

Remble, Crawford, Salter, Petroff and Rum
berger, convicted in the courts of Pennsylvania
of corrupt solicitation and sentenced to one
year at hard labor in the Penitentiary and to
pay fine of 81 900 each, have been pardoned
by the Board of Partons, of Pennsylvania,
paid the fines and costs-S6 ,p21-and returned
to their respective homes. The recommends
tion for pardons was signed by the whole
board, and was substantially as follows !:
"That the act of 1874 provides for simple i'm
prisonment, and that there is no law for the
imposition of additional conditions in O SEN
tence, such as prisonment at separate and
solitary confinement at hard labor. The Su-
preme Court has often decided these enlarged
sentences unlawful, and by common law i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary has beon re-
garded as infamous. As these are offences re-
Gently made punishable, and the first consie-
tions under the new Law, the board recom-
mends as above,'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
he fell, covered with wounds. The affair has
created intense excitement
IN. .ro,.s.,,.,I... p.,.,.,

Captain Potter and ether officers of the ship
Constellation, after the transhipment of the
Consultations cargo to the different British
gunboats had been made at Cork, were ban
quoted by the Mayor and the citizens of Cotk.
A dispatch says the hall was " "maghiHcently
decorated" The opinion would seem TO OBJ
tain among az observing people that in times
of famine it is not exactly the proper thing
do to lavish money for luxurious feast merely
in celebration Of The arrival of ship from q
foreign country whose cargo has been contrib
uted, in greater part, by strangers who per-
haps could scarcely afford it. Somehow
we think the money that was u.ed to get up
this banquet and magnificent display had
much better beer added to swell America S
free gift and sent to the starving thousands
in the interior of the island, whom, we are
told, are not only hungry, but naked. But
then of course, we may be wrong, after all.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
South Carolina Republicans.

The Republicans of South Carolina Leld a
State Convention at Columbia on the 2sth, at
which the following resolutions was adopted
Resolved, That the South Carolina delegation
to Chicago hereby instruct and solemnly pledge
to vote as unit to the end of the contest tor
the world renowned, and most available of all
candidates, General Grant, and on all questions
arising in said Convention, are earnestly
recommended to vote in like manner to the end
that the true interests of the constituency may
ne subaeryed
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
IuSading the Ute Territory.

The Clerk IN Charge at Los Pinos Agency
reports to the Secretary OF the Interior that mi
ners are invading the Ute Reservation with
such rapidity that trouble is anticipated.
Most Of the miners and prospectors are bound
for Gsrr'son County, in the vicinity of the
Camp Of the White River Utes. Ouray sug-
gests that troops should be ordered in immedi-
ately to prevent trouble.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06

The Republican State Convention of California
metin Sacramento and after the regular order
of business, adopted resolution which says
awe do hereby Instruct our delegates to the
Republican National Convention to vote as
unit first, last and all the time for James G.
Blaine, and to use all honorable means to se-
sure his nomination for President of the United
States"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
I'm Powder Form.

Vegetine put up in this form comes within
the reach of all. By making the medicine
yourself you can, from a SOC. package con-
tanning the barks, roots and herbs, make two
bot,les of the liquid Vegetine. Thousands
will gladly avail themselves OF this oppor-
tunity, who have the conveniences to make
the medicine. Full directions in every pack.
age.
Vegetine in powder form is sold by all
drug lists and general stores. If you cannot
buy it OF them, enclose fifty cents in postage
stamps for one package, or one dollar for two
packages, and l will send it by return mail.
H. K. Stevens, Boston, Mass.
DIR. C. E. Shoemaker, the well-knewn aural
surgeon of Reading, Pa, offers to send by mail
free of charge valuable little book on deafness
and diseases of the especially on running
ear and catarrh, and their proper treatment
giving refe1e and testimonials that will sat-
isfy the most skeptical. Address as above.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
Inwer.Oil In RIum,.

Rev. DR. chainey, pastor of the Unitarian
Church, at Evansville, Ind, has renounced his
faith in Christianity and resigned his pastor
ate. The most intense excitement prevails
over this turn Of things in that denomination,
and the conservative members are said to be
very indignant. They blame the whole thing
70 the influence Of IngersolI.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
Indian DepredaiiOun-

The danger of an outbreak among the
Chimehueva Indians grows more serious.
They are gathering in force through the
mountains, and especially at the springs on the
west side Of the Colorado River. Mail riders
report seeing their signal fires through the
mountains and along the river. A large stock
dealer with his men has been run off his ranch,
houses burned and stock driven off. The agent
and employees of the reservation have gone to
Ehrenburg for protection, and were warned by
the Mohaves that the Chimehuevas intended
TO cross the river, kill the settlers and pillage
the settlements. 1t is reported that 200 rene-
gade Piutes win join the Chimehuevas.
Cavalry have landed at Ehrenberg ready to
march at moments notice.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06

At Land League Convention in Dublin,
the other day, n resolution was unanimously
passed In favor Of the speedy pushing forward
OF the bill for the suspension of ejectments for
non-payment Of rent for two years, and Par
nell and 0'Donohue, aud three members Of the
Land League were appointed a committee to
draft such n bill
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06

citizens had been busy decorating tho houses,
raising arches, and preparing a most gorgeous
display. Two hundred thousand Gags we're
used on the line of march, and esergreens and
bunting in unlimited quantities. 1t is esti-
mated that at least twenty thousand strangers
viewed the procession. There were fully
seventy-fve thousand people on the streets,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
Unexamp,ed Emigration to the United

The emigration returns made up by the
Board of Trade Returning officer at Liverpool
show that the stream of emigration from the
Mersey has reached a point never before
experienced, and in striking contrast to the
figures which have been presented during the
past few years of commercial depression. Dur
ing the month of March eighty thre, vessels
left the Mersey with 1858 passengers, an in
crease of 7,4O9 persons over the previous
month, and of :, ,46l over March, 1879. OF the
above number of femigrants, 12,13l were for the
United States. The returns for April thus far
show still further increase.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
Pennsylvania Rribers Se,,eueea.

We. II. Kemble, Emil J. Petroff, Chas. B.
salter, Jesse B. Crawford and wm. F. Rum
berger, convicted of bribery in the Petnsyl-
vania Legislature, have been sentenced by
Judge Pearson to pay ane Of 81 ,0eO each and
serve one year in the Eastern Penitentiary at
hard labor. After sentence had been passed,
the prisoners were remandsd to Jail to await
their removal to the Penitent'ary.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06

The latest advices from Mandalay are to the
effect that King Theebaw is not dead, as pre-
viously reported. He Is afflicted with pecu-
liar disease, remaining in n trance for three
days, and was believed to be dead. During
this time the priests burned twenty seven
virgins each day as a sacrifice and propitiatory
Offering.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
Has Driven Him Mad.

Harrisburg, Pa, telegram, dated April
"a, says: " The prison physician of the Har-
risburg Jail was sent for tonight to attend A,
II. Rumberger, one OF the riot bribery convicts,
sentenced on Monday. Rumberger, the doctor
states, has lost his reason in consequences of his
imprisonment"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
Vege,ine is Sold by all Druggists.
WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS.
WH0 HAS NOT HEARD AND READ OF IT?
NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

FHAKlsBURG, u, May ~
Messrs. ]. N. HARRIS 4 Co.-Geanemen: Permit me to
that for several weeks suffered with cough.
first used Deng's Cough Basam, and after that
availed me nothing For the succeeding six days used
medicine. By that time thought in the first
stages OF Consumption. My cough being
han ever then commenced using ALIENS LpSe BAL
sAM which has eff-ctua!y cured me. conscientiousy
believe to be excellent medicine and you
shat it will afford the highest possible qualification
commend it to any person you may refer to
Yours truly, NEWTON MURPHY.
HB For Sale by all Medicine Dealers. ia
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06

few days ago Hal Rogers shot and killed
Ross Isaace, in Jackson County. Ky. David
Garrett, Sheriff Of the county, attempted to ar
rest Rogers, whom he turned upsn him and
shot, instantly killing Garrett. Rogers is still
ut large and defes the officers Of the law.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
a u.fyel, S.rfkA

One hundred and fifty hands struck at the
cotton mills at Valley Field, Ont, and when
others attempted to go to work, they blockaded
the way and refused to let them pass. The
police charged on them, firing blank cartridges,
but were run into the mills by the strikers
and there kept. Two or three persons were
vounded
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06

Says a dispatch from Madrid, April 27:
" The official declaration of the pregnancy OF
the Queen was celebrated yesterday, by the
granting Of amnesty for all press offenders,
n numerously attended teUee in the palace, and
general parade of the troops. Eighty thous-
and people were in the streets. The King and
Queen with n magnificent retinue, went to
Atocha Cathedral and heard Te Deup,.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
Tornado In Illinois.

A tornado destructive to life and property
passed over Christian County, ILL.,, on the
night of the 24th, that was scarcely less vio-
lent than that reported from Marshfield, Mo.
Its course marked path about thirty rods
wide by ten miles in length, and everything
before it was swept fat to the earth. In this
distance it is said that somewhere between
forty and fifty persons were killed outright,
and many more wounded. A family named
Higgins, who had sought shelter in
woodshed were found quarter of a mile away
where they had been dropped by the storm, in
a mangled condition almost beyond recogni-
ton. Trees of mammoth size were torn out by
root and hurled along in the flying debris.
Fifteen or twenty dwelling houses were swept
away, portions of some of them being carried
two and three miles before they were dropped.
The towns of Sheffield, Edinburg and West
Prairie also suffered from the cyclone. several
persons were killed at II latter place. A
child of William Grubbs was carried away by
the wind, and up to the time the dispatch
was sent, had not been found. The dispatch
says "horses and cattle were picked up and
carried upward of a mile.'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
Why Ladies' Can't Sharpen Lead Pen

cils. .ras4 7t.
A lady contributor to the Californian
thinks she knows why woman can not
sharpen lead pencil: "I In the first place,
she doesn't attack it boldly enough; she
is afraid of soiling her fingers. Then
she never has a sharp knife" Let her
borrow, says you. The California has
tried that with this result: I" If Adam,
the husband, or Adonis, the brother, or
even Johnny, the son, lends knife for
the purpose, he first opens the dul)est,
brokenest blade, and then sneers at the
result. If Eve has knife of her own,
nobody will sharpen it for her." and it
goes without saying that she can not
sharpen it herself. 81 have" continues
this lady, " seen a woman sharpen PEN
Gil with carving-k knife, but that was an
extreme case" Forney's Progress wonders
that this writer, whs seems so willing
to betray the peculiarities of her sex,
can explain why woman's watch never
goes. Of course, one reason is that it is
never wound up, but why it is not is
what puzzles Progress Most watches,
nowadays, are stem-winders, SO the al
ways-iost key is no longer an excuse.
Gold and Silver Produced Annually.
The quantity of silver produced an
nually in the world amounts to not less
than G, 10000 pounds troy, and that of
gold may be estimated at more than
100000 pounds troy; the value of the
silver being above 816, 600, 900, and that
of gold not less than 92S, 900, 900. The
labor expended in mining for the silver
ore in che deep recesses of the noun
tains, and that which is devoted to the
washing of alluvial deposits--the relics
of the cataclysms of former ages-and to
the tedious exploration of quartz reefs,
represents vast expene iture of vital
effort. Eve n then we have still to draw
upon the trained skill of the metallur-
gist before either gold or silver becomes
fitted for use or ornament.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06

Aping the pretentions of Cincinnati, the
Chief of Police of Nashville has ordered all
gambling institutions in that city to be closed i.
That's right. OF course, they all do it the mo-
ment the things mentioned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
Our Orfhoxrnphy.

The Hsusc Committee in Congress on Edu-
cation and Labor have ordered favorable re-
port to be made to the House upon the bill, "To
constitute commission to report on the amend
ment Of the photography of the public docu-
ments."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06

The Arkansas Republicans in Convention at
Little Rock, the 2sth inst, instructed the dele
gates to Chicago to vote for General Grant and
to use their individual and collective efferts as
long as his name was before the Convention to
secure his nomination