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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

The following bills passed: To change th g
time of meeting of county boards of equalization
from the Tuesday after the first Monday of Septem-
Der to the cond Monday of August, and in citi.s
of the fist aud second class the time of meeting OF
such boards shall be changed from the fourth Mon
day OF October to the second Monday of September;
House bill to e able the several townships of Fay
ette County separate road dsti lets. Bills were in
troduced as follows Dividing Greenvil e Townsh p
Ca,k County, into two elt cion precincts; author-
izing the village Council of ashland, Ashland
County, to issue bonds; authorizing the Commits
sioners of Hardin County to increa e the levy for
county purposes; creating special schoo, district
in Solon Tow Dship Cuyahoga County. The House
joint resolution directing the Ohio delegation in
Congress to secure, if possib e. legislation for the
regulation of freight and passenger traffic on rail-
roads was adopted. remonsir nee was received
from Guernsey County against making any further
appropriations for county buildings. The Senate
hi allow ing real estate assessors So per day was
passed. MIR Coles House till autno iziug the Com
nissioners of Seioto County /, purchase Ill road
was pissed: Mr.. Entrekin's hill authorizing the
Council of Cbiicothe to establish fire depart nent
was passed.
Ths House bill making the 22d Of February
(Washing,on's 'rthday)a LEGAL holiday, was passed
Ths fo lowing bills were introducei To authorizs
the construction of a free turnpike In Brown
County; author zing the construction of free tutn-
pike in Perry County; providing that all execu-
tions shall take place in the pententiary and the
Warden shall be the executioner; re-snscting the
law under which Si0O bounty was given vo unteers,
and giving them inter st unpaid bounties; for
the relief of J. W. Ladd and VIM. Brown, tx-
Sheriffs of Delaware County.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19
Bridal and Burial Bells.

A New York exchange makes the fol-
lowing sensible remarks to which we in
vite the attention of all our American
girls: ~
Several circles of New York society
have been shocked the past week by the
sudden and unexpected deaths of brides
of less than a year. Mrs. Rives, who
was Miss Fellows, ond who was mar
ried less than a year ago at st. Thomas
Church, attended reception given on
Friday week by her mother-in-law, and
two days after was dead, having been
sick but an hour. Mrs. Rutherford
Stuyvesant, married less than year, has
also died suddenly. The same thing
recently happened in Boston, when a
wife of less than twelve months, who
was about to become mother, suddenly
died. Such events as these are very
distressing, and of more than ordinary
import. 1t becomes all young married
women and men to seek for their signif-
canoe. Why should young wives die so
suddenly, even before they have put off
their bridal robes! 1t is fact that the
fashionable American girl, the tender
hot-house plant of our great cities, is
unable to bear the strain put upon her
constitution by the changed conditions
in life which the married state imposes
j. she prudent under certain circum-
stances, in keeping up her round of gay
social entertainments Of being out
late, eating at al! hours, dancing, and
dressing in the unhealthy fashion Of the
day? The American girl of the period
is not as robust and healthy as her
predecessors were; the girl in New York
fashionable life has much to contend
with, and if she overtaxes her vitality
the thread of life may suddenly snap in
twain. Parents, physicians, and hus-
bands, have duty to perform in this mat
ter which is imperative. Wealthy peo-
pie are not free from the laws OF life,
any more than poor folks, and they must
obey them, or suffer the consequences.
It seems dreadful pity that SO many
yonng wives should be led to the altar
only to find the bier within the brief
period of year. The burial bells fol
low all too closely the wedding chimes
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19
What Dickens Said to the Boy.

When Charles Dickens visited Amer
lea for the first time he stayed few
days-says an old writer in the Repub
licdn, of Springield-at the old City
Hotel in Hartford, occupying rooms on
the first floor, which had windows reach
ing nearly to the street level. A Hartford
lad, who has since become distinguished
citizen, appeared at school one morn
ing and loudly proclaimed that he had
not only seen Mr., Dickens at the hotel,
but that the great novelist had spoken
to him. Deeply did his mates envy q 9
youth, but his noble spirit was shortly
tanned when it was finally ascertained
that he had climbed up on the window
sill o. room where Mr.. Dickens was
shaving. and that the latter had turned
at the noise, and razor in hand, waived
him away with a stern "Go away,
bow"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19
Wedding Fees.
Philadelphia Fimes !

J
The Rev. John Hall, d. D., of New
York, has one of the wealthiest churches
in this country. The statement Is given
that the Doctor receives about S10,t 90 a
year in wedding fees. This is not STIR
be married are millionaires or the sons
and daughters of millionaires. DIR.
Hall rushes into print to correct the
statement. He says: "If | publish
the actual facts have a little appre-
hension that I may lose the respect of a
part of the community-that part which
always looks deferentially on large sums
of money. / am aware that slight
streak of envy sometimes mingles with
the respect, bu. that is neither here nor
there. If tell the readers of the por-
tion of the prt IS that deals in informa-
ton of this kind that l never, per-
sonally, knew of a wedding fee of more
than hundred dollars, and that never
received as much as five hundred dol
lars as marriage fees in one year. why, I
may 60 down 10 the estimation of. my fel-
low citizens. shall be to them no more
than one-twentieth of what | seemed.
My shadow will be less. Not only so,
but | may seem to reflect on that
particular part of the press that affects
this kind OF news, and | may not get
credit in the future even for compara-
tive good looks"
Having thus knocked $500 off of
this wedding fee account, DIR. Hall pro-
ceeds to denounce the whole wedding
fee business. He asks: "Would it not
be good thing to cut off all the small
favors given to ministers-such as half
fare passes on railroads, wedding fees,
and even donation parties,' and let
ministers be put, like other men, on liv-
ing salaries?'
This is toe sweeping. As to railroad
fares and donation parties it is well
enough; but the wedding fee is alto
gethera different affair and rests on
a different basis. There ia no reason
why a man should ride for half price
simply because he is minister. If he
render service to the company trans
porting him, he deserves pay for it and
shouli be rewarded accordingly. The
donation party is anoutrageous nuisance,
which should not be inflicted on any
decent minister. But the wedding fee
is fair compensation for special SER
vice. 1t is matter almost impossible
to fix as to definite amount. Men pay
all the way from dollar to thousand
for getting married. A man who is very
poor or very mean, or who does not
think the lady of his choice is of any
particular account, may satisfy his soul
by handing the officiating clergyman a
dollar or two. A wealthy man, or one
fwho marries an heiress, can as easily
pay hundred or five hundred, or even
thossand dollars. There are many
cases in which hundred dollar bill is
gracefully slipped into the clergyman's
hand, although DR.. Hall does not seem
to have had much of run of this sort
Of luck. The average fee among we'll
to-do. people is probably about $40.
Most clergymen give their wedding fees
to their wives. An Episcopal clergy
man who made a practice Of this was
embarrassed by the receipt of pair ol
trousers as fee from a nice young
tailor for whom he performed the mar
riage service.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19
Corporal Blanks Little Story.
[springfeld Mass } Republican,


Shortly after the civil war had ended
a young rustic in army blue, with his
musket, stopped on his homeward way
at our house. That faded dingy blue
was the most interesting color in the
world then, and the veriest ne'er do
well in the village was a hero, and as
this soldier, scarcely more than boy,
ate his dinner, we felt grateful to him.
He had simple, narrow mind, which
all his experiences of camp and field
had not de, ply impressed. Presently
he said he'd got somethin' he didn't
know but we'd like to see, AID pulled
out of breast pocket leather, which he
opened, disclosing a large bronze medal.
We read the Inscriptions. 1t was to
the effect that the Congress of the
United States presented this medal 10
Corp for bravery in tie field.
Then, of course, he had to tell us the
story, something after this fashion:
4" Wal, ye see, it was down ter the PEN
insaler, one of them days when we didn't
seem to be doin' nothIn'; twas any use.
We was most way up the side # bill,
an ez quiet as a graveyard, but some
times if a feller only showed his head
over the top, he see and heard enough ]
tell ye. 1 KEEP creepin' up an lookin'
down, and see Its of rehs t'want doin'
any morn we, and big feller in the
middle, he stood kind O. careless and
sassy, holdin' hansum flag. l told the
feller next to me, sez l SPUN! Pm
going to get that fagp He sez, Don't
you be darned fooln But 1 jest
dropped my gun and run down hill
tell ye, 'twuz sight further n sposed
down to that field-'n was right inter
'em fore they seemed to notice it, n l
run right up to the big feller 'an says,
Here, you give me that Aagr n he jest
let go, n put it, tell yer didn't wait
to say Thankee' ner anythin'. IF t e
bullets didn't sing round my way fer
awhile! But they didn't take no sort of
aim, n got up to the boys all right. I
tell ye, that big feIler must have felt
kinder silly when he thought on't!'
And this was the real fight for the
standard"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

THE bill for the Worlds Fair, to be
held in New York in 1883, which is to
come before Congress soon, is merely for
the purpose of giving the enterprise
National character. No appropriation
is asked for. The exposition is to be
held in commemoration of the one hum
dredth anniversary of the treaty of
peace. The capital stock of $12 2,OO0, ,00O
isputon the marketin shares of $40 each.
The exposition is to be under the direc-
tion of a commission, consisting of two
commissioners from each State, one from
each Territory, one from the District of
Columbia, and sixty from the City of
New York.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

THERE is a movement on foot on the
part of the Government that looks very
much as if the Monroe doctrine were to
be enforced in the matter of the Inter-
Oceanic Canal. Ambrose w. Thomp-
son, relative of the Secretary of the
Navy, who, with others, owns two mil
lion-acre strip of land across the 18TH
mus, has come forward, and by his per-
mission two coaling stations have been
established, one at the Gulf of Dulce
and the other at the Bay of Chiriqui.
These vessels will remain stationed there,
and the officer in command is instructed
to report regularly and frequently of the
operations of the Frenchman, de Les
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19
Cons0lAd Him With Coin.

TheyCdH, of San Francisco, referring
to William A. Beck and the late Miss
Nellie Croker, of Sacramento, says !:
I" The lady, who is well known in this
city, being related to one OF the railroad
magnates, her father having been also
one OF the originators of the Central
Prcihc. was engaged to be married TO the
son OF an ex-Secretary of State, now in
this city. A few days before she died,
in New York, the young lady made her
will, disposing of 5000, 900 which was in
her own right. Remembering her COM
paratively poor friend in this State, she
inserted clause in the will giving the
young man 100000 in gold coin as a
parting gift"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

AMERICAN food supplies to Europe are
increasing enormously. A single shipper
from our ports filled twelve ocean steam
ships with meat for Great Britain last
week. From New York alone went
twenty-five hundred live cattle, with
nearly seven thousand carcasses of beef
and mutton. Immense quantities of
other foods were also shipped.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

The Mormons have taken credit to
themselves that Utah is one of the rare
and favored spots where women are al
lowed the ballot. That the sex's posses
sion of the privilege has not weakened
the power of the church is evidenced by
the fact that of the present Territorial
Legislature thirty-four out of the thirty
nine members are polygamists, and all
are priests of some grade, save one.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19
HOUSE.

Petitions were presented in favor Of State Board
Of Health, LEGAL option. for the right OF women to
vote tor school officers and hold school Offices to
enable the Commissioners OF Ross County to con-
s'ruct n ee urnp kes, against the establishment tf
subschool district In silly and Hanover townships
Butler County. Mr.. Sstzg ibers Senate bill to al
low the city Of Lima TO issue bonds to the amount
Of 900 to build railway machine shops was
passed by vote of so to s. The following bills we're
inirodueed Defining the duties of persons in keep
ing up fences; authorizing County commissioners
change roads TO avoid bridging and TO permit the
changiGp OF beds Of streams TO avoid crossings to
requie Clerks ST City Councils to receive and open
bids at certain specific times The House bill au-
thorizing the Board OF Education of Washington,
Guernsey County, TO issue bonds was passed; the
House bill uniting the offices of Marshal and Su-
pc, visor in hamlets was passed.
In the proceedings of the House q large number
of petitions local option aud spec al legislation
were presented. The deficiency hill of DIR Scott, Of
the Finance Committee, occupied the greater por-
tion Of the day, and was finally passed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

The Illinois State Board of Health is
wedding out the quack physicians in
that State. in Chicago alone six physi-
clans who held diplomas from reputable
medical colleges had their licenses re
voked, while proceedings are entered
against nearly dozen "doctors" who
have been practicing without the certif
Gates required by law. If such legisla-
ton were extended to other States great
good might be done.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19
A Water-Spout 1000 Feet High.

Wilbur Hammond and DR.. j. Mears,
of Greenport, L. l., describe an extraor-
binary phenomenon which they wit
messed while on the Sound Shore, op-
pos.te that village, on recent after
noon. Their attention was first at
tracted by what seemed to be an unusual
disturbance on the surface of the water,
directly under heavy cloud coming
from windward, the wind blowing
heavily from the northwest and heavy
surf rolling. The tops of the waves as
sumed the spirally-ascending motion
peculiar to water-spouts, which increased
until the elevation was upward of fifty
feet before the water took the cloud
form. This was soon followed by a
second, about mile off shore, similar to
the first, but considerably larger, its
heighth, judging from the angle of
elevation, being nearly thousand feet.
The top of this also resolved into fog
or mist directly under the clou'. Then,
alta distance of about four miles, a third
one was plainly discernible. which
must have covered an area of several
acres. All three of these spouts were
moving with the wind, and the first or
smallest one subsidized to the water level
only few rods from the beach. In
mediately there was sharp dash OF
rain. followed ny hail squall, as the
disturbing cloud passed over, and when
this subsidized, so that view of the
Sound could again be obtained, the
water-spoutsha disappeared. So far as
known, these were the only wate: -spouts
ever seen in the Sound.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

"SHEPHERD" CowLEY used to be the
rector of small Protestant Episcopal
Church Society at Attenborough, Mass,
in 1861, and local correspondent
writes from that place to the Providence
Journ1l that "Cowley's bearing was so
much like Pope that he reduced and
entirely crippled the church so that it
did not maintain its existence after he
left. From Attenborough Cowley went
to BlackwelPs Island as chaplain to the
convicts."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

THE Chicago Commercia,Adverfise is
responsible for this: Dispatches from
Washington indicate that Congress
a good portion of it-has gone crazy on
the subject of speculation. Nearly
every Congressman dabbles more or less
in stocks and it is said that the bucket
shops recently opened in Washington
could not exist were it not for the
patronage of the peoples represent atives
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

1T wasn't religion, nor religious fanat-
icism that made Freeman, the Pocas-
set (Mass.) Adventist, murder his child
in obeyance of a command of God
nothing of the sort! 1t was tobacco
At least, that is according to the latest
decision of those who are making dag
nosis Of his case. Vile tobacco!
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

THOMAS L. MURRY, who was injured
by the fall of a platform at a Republi-
can meeting in indianapolis in October,
1878, has sued the campaign managers
for $4,000 damages, alleging that but for
their opportunities and the inducements
held out by their posters and advertise
ments he would not have attended the
meeting, and consequently would not
have been hurt.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

THERE is almost as much disturbance
in England about the hanging of a few
murderers in and about Cabul as there
was about the massacre of the British
Embassy. General Roberts has not
spared any one connected with the mas
sacre. He has impressed upon the At
ghans the fact that shedding the blood
of Englishmen is an unsafe occupation
for Afghans.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

As was to be expected the Paris
Temps, the Protestant organ of the ultra
Conservative French Republicans,
blames Congress very severely for offer
ing hospitality to Mr.. Parnell, while the
Radical press in France continues to
praise the charitable conduct of the
American Republic towards the starving,
without inquiring as to their religious
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

ALL accounts from Ireland show the
rapid spead of destitution among the
people. Thousands upon tens of thou
sands have consumed their last supplies
Of food, and fever famine has made its
appearance and will sweep away multi
tudes unless relief speedily reaches
them. At the best it is not likely to ar
rive in time to meet the wants of the
most destitute. They must perish.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

The English House of Commons the
other day rejected motion for an in
quiry as to the causes of the decline Of
English manufactures. The member
who made the motion said the great cot.
ton manufacturing mills which were
once located in England were now to be
found only in America.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

The President of defunct savings
bank, at st. Louis, has been sentenced
to Jail for three months for swearing
falsely to a statement of the condition
Of the bank.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

TT is announced that the faculty of
Butler University in Indianapolis has
forbidden the young ladies to belong to
the young mems secret societies. The
awful belief is expressed that the initia-
tion ceremony involved the Kissing of
each girl by every boy, double lines be-
ing formed for the prompt and efficient
performance of the rite.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

THERE are living in Idaho Territory
a small colony of polygamists; and the
chief justice of Idaho, backed by Gov
ernor Brayman, has instructed the grand
jury to indict every one found in that
Territory.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

A CONTEMPORARY suggests that by
the time the resurvey of the Nicarauga
route for an inter-oceanic ship canal
shall have been completed, M. de Lesseps
will have his canal well under way, and
the capital necessary to finish it sub
scribed. -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

The duty of twenty per cent. upon
foreign print paper cannot be regarded
as source of much revenue to the
Government. The entire importation
for the eleven months ending November
30, 1879, was but 1866 pounds.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19
Italy's Sad Predicament.

italy is in bad way financially, an
asis usually the case in European coun-
tries, the laboring classes are the prin-
taxes are very high and employment
very scarce. With an enormous national
debt of $40, 900, 900, requiring $S4,-
600, 900 annually for interest, the gov
ernment is continually being met with
deficits. The cities, too, are largely in
debt and with their workmen clamoring
for assistance, the country people are
barely able to procure the necessaries
of life. The outlook is disheartening
and discomfort is increasing. Italy
spends too much on her standing army
aud is too anxious to keep up in the
race with h punosrv,lls, fsirasA 60
bors. ,,,, Si ~ suffered from vxysRS2sI +
a.. -s'es asing yes' new psrson,
a til
he
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

WILL Queen Victoria allow New
York editor to surpass her in liberality?
Mr.. Bennett is rich, to be sure, but he
isn't worth much more than the Queens
annual income.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

SO far the only redeeming feature of
the trial of Rev. Edward Cowley is the
fact that he wears a white necktie
There have been men in history who
have worn another kind of a tie for less
crimes than those for which he has been
arraiQned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

"MR. PARsRLL might as well go
home" says the Philadelphia Press.
But like the naughty boy who fears his
mothers slipper, he doesn't want to. He
knows what is in store for him when he
goes back TO Britain.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

NEW JERSEY is in a mining fever.
Farmers are sinking shafts on their land
in search of paying ore, new companies
are starting up, telephones are in demand,
and spectators are uncommonly lively
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

CAPITAL punishment or imprisonment
for life, says the Rochester Union,
ought to be the fate of those persons who
point q pistol or gun at another when
they don't know that it is load ed
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

WoMANs rights have made demands
for recognition in Paris. Heretofore
woman's wrongs have been in the as
cendancy in the gay capital.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

HowELLs said once in an after-dinner
speech that such was his stern impair
tiality as editor Of the At lantic Monthly,
that on one occasion he respectfully de-
clined one Of his own contributions.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

AND now we are told that tobacco so
deranges the nervous system that its use
is liable to lead to murder. Beats dime
novel literature all hollow.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

The Land Department at Washington
reports that thereare over ! zoo, 900 acres
of land open to entry south of the
Missouri River, in Missouri.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19

PETITIONS are being sent to the New
York Legislature asking the repeal of
the law which exempts church property
from taxation.