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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
Keep Ahead.

One Of the grand secrets of success In
life is to keep ahead In all ways possible.
II yot, once fall behind, it may be very
difficult to make up the headway which
is lost One who begins with putting
aside some part of his earnings, however
small, and keeps it up for number OF
years, is likely to become rich before he
dies One who inherits property, and
goes on year by year spending d little
more than his income, will become poor
if he lives long enough. Living beyond
their means has brought mulhtudes OF
persons to ruin in our generation. 1t Is
the cause of nine-tenths of all the defal-
cations which have disgraced the age.
Bankers and business men In general do
not often help themselves to other peo-
ple's money until their own fund begins
to fall off, and their expenditures exceed
their receipts. A man who Is In debt
walks In the midst of pefils. 1t cannot
but impair mans seH-respect to know
that he is living at the expense OF others.
It is also very desirable that we should
keep -omewhat ahead In our work. This
may not be possible in all cases; as, for
instance, when q mans work Is assigned
to certain fixed hours, like. that OF the
operatives in mill But there ATE GER
tain classes OF people who can choose
their time for the work which they are
called to do, and amongst them there are
some who invariably put off the task as-
signed them as long as possible, and then
come to its performance horried, per-
picked, anxious, confused-ins such state
Of mind as certainly units them for
doing, their best work. Get ahead and
keep ahead, and your success is toler,
ah1v SIRE H Ai
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
ENTER Bridget with her hands on her

ENTER Bridget with her hands on her
hips. "Faith, mum, shall have to ask
We more wages. Stocks have gone SO
low that poor gurrl like me is ruint in
tirely." ..Well, Bridget, you know it is
always pleasure to me to pay my SER
wants more money, but if the necessities
of life are as cheap as you say, I think I
ought rather to cut you down h11e.
With Con. Imperial at forty cents and
Lady Byron at fifteen, you really ought
to be able to load up at very little ex-
pense." "Indade, mum, that's true of
We, but consider the assessments" ," II
shall do nothing of the kind Your posi-
ton here enables you to buy the stocks,
but it does not compel you to pay the
assessments. Be reasonable, return to
the kitchen, and when stocks become ex-
;pshsive again I will add So 9 month to
Your wages, and we will resume, gen.
orally, the style of living to. which you
have been accustomed. Head of the
house (sotto voceD Smart woman, that!
Only she doesn't happen to know that
I'mshort on the whole list, and boom in
the market would be rattlesnakes and
blue lightning. '1'Sdn FRANCISCO Argo-
1OLaIt az
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
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.r.ed from One processing. Of the past week.

LII -. -..rra rrr'fff
SENArE.-The Chsir hid baiore the Senate rnss-
lu ion sdo,' ted by tneg House providing for ad-
journmeht June 10. fheTSfiHI Commission Bill
W % taken ups end atefa long debate. the pending
auesti ID being on the ameDdm INT of red by Mr..
Kirk ood din eli G. the Com,niss.on to include in
their report the relation OF tbs 5arif 70 the exist
systenli Of the In ernaf Revenn19 Law, it was
ADOPTED The qnsstion recalrnngs On. MT tons
bill Mr. Bc,wp moved b amend so that the c Jm-
masyion shall report in Januarys 1854, instead OF
issi He ihp:t E is Peops as%s1drd 2. Sapa
spec ily. Adopts d yeas 25. nays a. The bill was
read the third time and passed, yeas 81, pays1 Is.
HOUSE,. The f.ature Of the days proceedings in
the House the est the Star route npprd-
priatior. The Senate had reinserted in the fo-t-
once Appropriation II the provision for reletting
the mai xoutes IN the interest Of the Star route
part Of these cUntrsetors tprough Conyr-.s aud
throu IN their lobby allies :" retain this pr
vision in the bill but they wee not successful The
House by close vote of "a 10 so, d, cided not to
concur In the amendments Of the Senate, aud the
Star ute men, roping TO secure the lev needed
General eSsiency Bill was passed, and Mr.. Knott
,uhmiued a report OF the Judiciary G mmitte
,upon5he chsrges agsnstJ H. Acklen. The rtport
lent in ento in presenting the report as from the
Committee Foreign Affairs. while he was
aeuprr Of that Commi tee, and was agreed to with
out deba-e or division.
sEsATx The bill reducing the price of public
land within railroad limits from &2 so to 81 25 per
acre was passed ....-M-. Herman made q speech in
I'D refnnjina dutes on a imported altar for Nore
Dame Un,versity, St Joseph C1unty, IDdians, WIS
passed 80. The bill authorizing tn, purchas, Of
rrot1nd and the erection of public building at De-
t-ojt .sas passed ..Mr. B ck, from the Committee
on Approori a-ions. repur ed fth amendments the
Supdry Civil ApprSpriatious Bill THE House bill
rrohib tDa fhe Gov rusneuts suits against iimhs
ire passers on public lafds prior I, Ma ch l. 1879,
and eus5li z defendan.s 10 sui.s now pending TO
settle them by acquiring title lands unier exist
ing laws was called up The section reducing from
81 80 10 81 25 per acre land whose price aised
more than twenty years before the passa2e of this
| vailroad purpo.es, was striken out. As thus
menaed the bin passed
HOUSE. The senate bill rat,fying tne oSe agree
ment, VIII ine amenoments OF ,ne mo"se ~ So'u, ~
zee inereto pasSed-y eas rs, bass To- III tar III
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
Married Again Without Knowing 1t.

A man in Toledo, with wife and three
children, became enamoured of anIintef
esting woman and procured divorce in
an obscure Indiana town. He did not say
a word about it at home. One day hisold-
est daughter receiveda parcel of patterns
from a lady in Indianapolis. twas an old
copy of country newspaper. An-ad-
vertisement attracted her attention. II
was an application for divorce for her
father from her mother. The young
lady decided to visit her friend in In.
dianapo1is, and to make an excursion tc
the county where the divorce had been
granted. She returned with ample evi.
dence that her mother was living with a
diyirced man. She showed her father a
copy of the advertisement, and told him
that she had found out all about him.
He walked the floor for minute, and
then turned to his daughter: f'I have
been a very bad and guilty man." he
said; tbut it is not too late to make
amends. I will go to her and confess all
and Undo what have DONE ,"Confes,
first to me, said the girl "ft Il, Miss
- who is the woman in the case, is
not?" eft is" az thought as much.
zsssAre you to marry herr "I was to
have married her. 2 ssYOu must not g(
to mamma yet. She must be your VIII
again before she knows the fearful
. truth. 2 hi The young lady was equal Il
the emergency. The twentieth snnixer
sary Of, her parents marriage was clos
at hand She invited all their friend.
and had them married again BY The
same minister who performed the cere
mony tyenty years before. She tool
pains to have her mothers rival present
and remarked to her in a corner "Paps
and mamma 4 are married again a
fast as law can1ado sit.iiss Whether th,
truth is ever known depends upon you
Papa will never tell it, / am sure, ani
I for mamma's s sake ! never shall. But i
does seem to me, dear, that some !othel
climate would suit your constitution bet
than this szssss
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
Our Fln~ In.uusea.

The schooner Ethel o. Merritt Captain Au-
gustus Rand, arriving at Philadelphia from Ja-
maica, West Indies, on May IS, while five miles
of Port Guantoma, Cuba, was fired upon by a
Spanish war steamer. The pursuer first fired
blank shot, whereupon the schooner showed her
American colors At this the Spaniards fred a
solid shot which went through the schooner's
rigging without doing any damage. After firing,
the Spaniard hauled TO two hundred yards away,
and sent a boat containing two sailors and an
officer on board the Merritt. The officer, who
was barefooted, wore semi-uniform and cap,
with visor and band of tortoise shell aud was
armed with brace of revolyers and sword. He
was gruff, and being unable to speak intelli-
gently, went into the hold, looked around, and
declining an invitation to enter the cabin, with
drew: Mr.. Merritt has written to the Secretary
Of State about the matter. ~ 81 a
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
a r,.h, Amor. Th,m,,lve,,

:. A late special from vicksbvrg, says: ga little
episode occurred on The street this morning, in
which Will H. Herman, formerly Of the Okolona
States, was cowhided by Col. A. Y. Harper,
editor, and former associate of Herman. Ker-
nan had made some slanderous remarks con-
corning Harper's family. The cowhiding oc-
Cured in front Of G. c. Reynolds & Co.'S drug
store. Herman retreated into the store and
begged protection of the inmates. When the
attack was stopped Herman talked of duels and
shotguns, and bought cowhide to be used on
Harper, but the two have not yet encountered.
Both left for Yazoo City on the same boat
Herman sent an apology to Harper retrscting all
he had said. !" b trl't-sl 1sCifI
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

Henry Quarles, convicted of wife murder,
was hanged at Houston, Texas, on the 11thins
During the morning he was accompanied by his
illegitimate child and its mother. To the child
he bequeathed his property, to come into its
possession when it arrives at the age of eigh-
teen. The greater part Of the forenoon was de-
voted to religious service, and at LOS the exe-
cution took place, the victim falling seven feet,
and dyingof strangulation, with terrible con-
tortions. His body was buried by the side of
that of his murdered wife. 49,. Il. I.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

Tho aged and inArm are siren gthened and
faculties frightened by Malt Bltters. ysss
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

The large Wholesale drug house of Arthur,
Peter d Co., on Main, between Seventh and
Eighth streets, was completely destroyed, while
the establishments of Kahn & Wolf, Wholesale
clothing, an johnson, Newman & Co., wholesale
grocers, adjoining on either side were more or
less damaged. Kahn Il VOLTS wholesale cloth
ing house carries nearly sao0, 600 worth of stock,
and nearly All Is more or less damaged. The
firm had Just got in over a hundred cases of
fall goods, which were stored in the cellar, and
il is thought must be almost ruined. --.---
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
aeorgfa Denoera~y.

The Georgia Democratic State Convention
was attended by five hundred delegates. A
caucus Of the Convention showed Field to be the
favorite. The delegates at large are General
Lawton, of Cutham; General Young, of Bar
lowi Evan Howell, of Fulton; George Barnes,
Of Richmond Barnes is for Bayard, and the
Others for Field. No instructions were given.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

The committee appointed by the Chicago
Convention TO officially notify General Garfield
OF his nomination, performed the duty assigned
them at midnight Of the day Of the nomination.
MI. osrheid responded In few brief words,
accepting the nomination and thanking the Re
publicanpar through them for the trust and
confidence placed in him. He promised letter
Of acceptance at an early day. au
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

The nomination Of Postmaster Hartranft, Of
Philadelphia, to be Collector Of the Port Of that
city Is surprise. Mr.. Hartranft is tho only
one of the numerous Presidential candidates at
Cincinnati whom Mr.. Hayes has decorated with
ONCE, first making him Postmaster and now
Collector Of the Port
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

young school teacher named James Hunter,
teaching twenty miles from Dallas, Texas, was
approached by four masked men, dragged from
his horse TO q brush pile and castrated. There
he remained all night and was found next day
by his continued cries for help. Hunter knows
his sszailantz, but refuses to give their names.
He had seduced the daughter of rich planter
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

A New HAsrpsHrRE woman has hus-
band who is addicted to joining secret
societies. One Of her exasperated OUT
bursts is thus reported: "Jinet He'd
iiine anything. There can't nothing come
along that's hark and sly and hidden but
he'll jine it If anybody should get upa
society to burn his house down he'd jine
it as soon as he could get in, and If he
had to pay to get in he'd go all the sud
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

The Maryland Democratic Conservative State
Convention TO select delegate to the National
Convention at Cincinnati, passed resolutions
declining TO instruct delegates, but expressing
confidence In the distinguished ability of
Thomas Francis Dayard. - tga os-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
4 AEamiIx oTEarxsr

On the arrival of the steamer Rhineland,
from Antwerp, at Philadelphia, family of five
persons, composed Of Widow Hatch and four
grown children,-thee sons and a daughter
were arrested by Deputy United States Marshals
Bernhardt and Miller Of New York. on charge
Of having forged drafts on the German Empire
to the amount of s12, 900 with which they came
to this country. An examination of their
effects resulted in finding good portion of the
money. They will be sent back to Germany
forthwith for trial,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
rs. EI,s a.. 3. or,ren.

dispatch from Portland, Oregon, says:
an. c. George, Republican, was elected to Con-
gress by about sight hundred majority. Three
Republican Judges were elected by an average
majority Of over one thousand The I,egislar
sure N douptfui, with the chances in fsvoraof
the Republican, ~ M &, ~
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
x..w. Wu A.,,e,.ss..

1t ID authoritatively announced that Mr.. II.
z. Abbey, of the New York Park Theatre, has
engaged Mile Sara Brnhardt, the famous
Partisan tragedienne, for term of sixty nights
at $1,000 night for a starring tour in this
country. Mr.. Abbey had to deposit s25, 900 as
security for the employment of French COM
pany to support her. She will play in the
theatres of all the important cities ON the con-
tinent. Seats will be held at e5; gallery
seats. II.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

Miss Asgis Caldwell, Of Wheeling. W. Va,
died on ea<urday evening, the 5th inst, of
TYPHOID fever. Hhs oppressed . desire to be
mnnied TO hsr hetrothed, Mr.. J. z. Coen. The
wish was complied with, and the lady in a few
Fminutes sftefwsrd expired. " s-ie9 81
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

The following dispatch from Leadville, Col,
relating to the condition of the strike there,
shows disposition ON the part of the people
to put down lawlessness. The telegram says:
"a citizens organization, 5000 strong, was
formed this morning to protect the working
miners. They issued proclamation stating
that they are fully determined that work on the
mines shall be fully resumed, there being, to
their certain knowledge, men enough in camp
willing to work for the wages offered, provided
the intimidation now practiced under the ans
pices Of the Miners Union Is stopped. The
Proclamation further states that on the first
step taken by any one to interfere with or in
timidate the miners, the leaders Of the union
viii be held responsible with their lives" { =
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

The Democratic State Convention of Illinois
did not instruct, but adopted resolution re-
questing delegates to Cincinnati to labor for
the nomination Of Seymour for the Presidency.
They recommended the two-thirds rule.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

Telegrams from throughout the country re-
specting the favor with vhich the nominations of
the Chicago Convention have been received by
the Republican party, indicates a feeling of
genera Satisfaction on the choice of Garfield
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

The First National Bank, of Newark, N. J.,
has suspcnded the First National Bank, Of
Meadville, Pa, has closed its doors; Handleth,
Ellis a Co., iron dealers, Boston, have quit,
with Liabilities at S75O,000.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

The news comes from Rome that Cardinal
Nina has tsndercd his resignation as Papal Sec
retary Of state, but the Pope refuses to &C
cent IL - sFr---~ i--T re
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
We.s varulnla Ce.ing Ont.

Writ County, West Virginia, has band of
regulators who took q woman named Corder
and her paramour 10 tree and administered
severe lAshmg, after which they were released
and ordered to leave the county.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
os..s.s.. OF On. rr,nc, rmp.r,.,

AParis correspondent writing under date Of
juno 8, says: funeral service in commemo-
ration Of the Prince Imperial, organized by Paul
dc Cassagnac, was held in the Church Of st.
Augustine. Prince Jerome Napoleon held
sloof. The attendance was larger than that at
our Prince Imperial. The crowd was too large
10 enter The church. Five thousand persons
were IN the square facing the church. Cas-
saGnss deliysrsd the Grafton.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

Err Morris, County Judge Of Taylor County,
Texas, was shot and Instantly killed at the
Court-houss In Seymour by W. A. Taylor, a
saloon-keeper. TAYLOR escaped.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
Su..u X. Anshoay and Others, Mad

The woman's Suffrage National Convention
for the State of Illinois, met In Bloomington on
the 7th inst The attendance was rather small.
Susan d Anthons, Mrs. NJ. Joslin Sage, editor
OF The Ndtiomaly Citizen and Ballot Boz, and
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the
National Woman's Suffrage Association, and
Miss Lille Devereaux Blade, of New York, ad-
dressed a public meeting at the Opera-house,
and in the course Of their remarks bitterly CEN
sured the National Republican Convention
Chicago for the manner in which the Associa-
ton had been snubbed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

A dispatch from Gnlena, Illinois, says that
when General Grant received the dispatch from
Chicago, saying that Garfield Mad been noni-
mated for the Presidency, he said: l'It is all
right: am safisfied"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
E.aor,,.r T.aey..ae,...

The people Of Wheeling, Va, extended
grand ratification meeting to A. w. Campbell,
I. W. Burley and :. p. Mccormick, on, their re-
turn from Chicago indorsing their independent
action In that Convention. Aprocession formed
and escorted Mr.. Campbell from his residence
TO the opcra~ house, where large audience had
assembled, and the evening was devoted to
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

THE inference that the telephone
would probably work best when the
membrane is slanted toward the source
Of sound, has been dawn from the fact
that. the drum of the human ear is in
sclined at considerable angle to the axis
sof the outer ear passage. Noture men,
lions an instance in which this notion
was justified by actual Experiment on the
part of a gentleman who found 'sthat
his telephone worked best when he spok.
,to, it in a slanting direction. ~ Jess
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

The body of Mrs. Nancy Duncan, late resi-
dent of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was discovered
buried near Pacific City, Mills County, few
days since, under circumstances that lead to the
belief that she has been foully murdered. The
body had evidently been transported some dis
tsncc. asit was fly blown twas wrapped in a
common coverlet tied about the middle Of the
body with a rope. On the left temple was q
confused spot, and at the iugular vein was q
deep cut an inch long, severing the vein and
causing death. Later developments show al
most concludvely that her son, William Dun
can, perpctrated the deed. The officers are on
his track. There is much mystery about the
matter, but the above are the substantial facts.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
A s,suIe PBague.

From Larnsca comes the statement that the
cattle plague has reappeafed, and two thousand
saimsls disd, Of total Of one hundred thous-
and. In Cyprus. r-g
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
The Cost or she War.

The Secretary of the Treasury has forwarded
to the Senate a statement of expenses incurred
by the United States in the war of the rebellion,
also the specified amount paid on the public
debt thereby incurred. The statement Of ex-
penses growing e.t Of the war from July 1,
1861, to June 80, 1879, inclusive, amounts in
gross expenditures to S6, 796, 1872, sos; ordinary
expenditures, s6O9, ,549, 1882; specific expcn-
ditures Of the war, %, 1871, ,24s, ,ss5. The state=
ment was made in response 10 . senatu fesolu-
ton. - n.AH Htrh
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
a rssea w,.<.ss-n-

During religious sersices aefiurch near Mount
Corey, In Hancock County, OHIO, blew down,
injuring tscnty people, thres Fatally.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

THE beet sugar buildings at Franklin,
Mass, will be very extensive and they
will cover over an acre Of ground -@s41
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
I..sru~sea for seymour.

The Democratic Convention Of Cook County
1chicago) nominated ninety-two delegates to
the State Convention and adopted a resolution
ipstructing them to vote for Seymour.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
Anoiher Appeal &. om IreI..a.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin has telegraphed
the Mayor of every city in the United States
and Canada, as follows: 81 regret to say that
funds are still needed for the relief of distress
in Ireland. In many districts the pinch Is now
equal to any previeas time. Distress is much
felt by the Farmers who dread work house relief,
but can get nothing else until their crops come
in. While deeply grateful for the genereHs con-
tributions already received, can not help ask
ing further assistance for the Mansion House
Fund Qemmittee during this irving period
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

A fire-damp explosion in acoa mine at Dort-
mund, England, resulted in, twenty-one deaths
and many serious injuries. >
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
Isdiaaa De1oerasae state Convention.
The Democrats of t.sdia,aa held Their State

Indtana De3Ocratae state COMtenttOn.
The Democrats Of tssdiaHa held Their State
Convention al indianapolis on the 9th inst The
preliminary organization was effected by the ap-
pointment of Hon. Francis ID. iHord, ,iof Bar
tholomew, Chairman pro tenn, and John W.
Kearns, of Howard, Secretary. Mr.. Hufd
addressed the convention, and In the course Of
his remarks said. 'rWe have here in Indiana
(alladiag t6 HendTicks) a man. who can be, and
will be, the next President and when we elect
him, by the help of God, we will inaugurate
him. This ailusion to Hendricks aroused the
widest enthusiasm. The Committee on Per-
manent Organization recommended Thomas A.
Hendricks for President, which was greeted
with the widest applause. Mr.. Hendricks took
the chair and responded in one of his character
istic speeches, being frequently interrupted by
cheers. The Committe On Resoiutiors ttien' fes--
ported. A resolutier was passed instructing
the delegates to Cincinnati for Hendricks. The
two-third rule was adopted. Hon. Franklin
Landers, of Marion; Isaac P. Gray, of Ran
dolph, and Hon. A. C. Downey, of Ohio, were
placed in noniinationSf for Goyernor. On The
third ballot, Mr.. BandeFs wAs declared elected,
whereupon his nomination was fhade iinani:
nous, 1900 --#-. .a.---rg TIT rEee