The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

Greek mothers are very careful in
training their children to good man
ners.
Al little daughter of Mrs. f. G. Vim
cent. at Union, ). c., was killed by a
fall from her mothers lap.
The deadly quicksapd in the San
Pedro River. Arizona, lately swallowed
up carriage containing a gentleman
and three ladies.
Mile. Sara Bernhardt is, by the Off
cial utterance of the Paris Conserva-
toire, declared to be tbirty-six Years Oi
age. having been born in 1874.
The wife of wealthy Boston sugar
refner was caught stealing lace shawl
IN store. though her wallet was
C. ahmed full of money, and her hus-
band permitted her to spend all she
wanted to.
Charles Greenburgh loved the widow
Cleveland, in whose boarding house he
lived, at Norwalk, Conn, but could not
make her realize the fact. After assur-
ing her of his devotion again in vain,
he seized rope and ran To the woods.
The widow gathered the nei ighbors and
went in pursuit. They found him hang
ny TO tree. He recovered, however,
aud she, convinced at last of his sim
ccrity, has promised to marry him.
A farm servant plowing near Rosen-
berg, in West Prussia, a few days ago,
turned up an earthenware pot contain
ing about six thousand gold coins.
They were so-called hollow pennies
OF the old Teutonic knights. and be-
4 a. 2,
centuries. The " hollow penny" is a
silver coin with a raised rim around it;
the center displays the arms of the
Grand Master of the Order for the time
being. There were twenty-one differ
ent sorts among the coins found.
While party were watching a
storm at night from the front room of q
brewery in Tombstone. Arizona, sud
. denly the apartment filed with daz
cling light and an explosion like that Of
ton OF giant powder followed. The
, whole party were lifted several fee
from the floor. and thrown in a con
fused mass. When one of the party re
gained consciousness he found the cell
ing in flames, the contents of the bar il
, woeful confusion, the doors wrencheC
from their hinges and the weathe
boarding of the house torn into ribbons
Nobody seriously hurt.
The Faith Doctor, as q Virgini;
. clergyman named Miller is called, i
credited throughout that State with mi
raculous power to cure diseases.
= physician who has made an investiga
, ton reports that he is wonderfully ful
of electricity, which strongly affect
nervously disordered persons with whor
he comes in contact. But Miller firml
believes that his gift is directly fror
0 God, in answer to fourteen years c
prayer, and he proves his sincerity b
) refusing money for his services. II
= will accept nothing but food AID lode
ing.
Mr.. Fawcett, the Postmaster Ger
eral of Great Britain, has hit upon
very clever device for the purpose {
t encouraging the saving of money anon
the lower classes. The Government hs
issued at its various postoffices an of
. cial strip of paper, having upon
4 places for twelve postage stamps to
stuck. The possessor, man, woman {
q child can, whenever he has spaI
T. penny, buy stamp and put it upon til
Slip. When the slip is full, that is, whe
twelve stamps have been glued on, th
holder can, by taking the slip to II
/. postoflice, get Savings bank receil
for n shilling. which is the minimum
J deposit that the Postoilice Saving
l. Rank will take.