The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06
GENERAL.

IT now takes S14 in Turkish money
to pay for staying over night at Turk
ish hotel.
THE summit of Mt. Hamilton, peak
of trap rock in Santa Clara County,
Cal, towering 4, ,250 feet above the level
of the sea, has been selected as the site
of the Lick Observatory.
THE new colony OF the Cumberland
plateau m Tennessee, in which Thomas
Hughes is interested with a company of
English and American philanthropists,
has been named appropriately Rugby.
The road to the town will be finished
soon, and a formal opening is to take
place. A lawn-tennis court has already
been established.
THERE is legend to the effect that
"Forty- rod Whisky received its name
because the drinker could stagger that
distance from the place where he drank,
before his drink overcame him. This
was some time ago, however, and great
modern improvements have been made
in whisky since then. A man in New
York took drink at bar and instantly
dropped dead. This, as far as execu-
ton is concerned, is far ahead of the old
style of liquor.
THE art of dressing in the common
est materials, and yet looking superior
to other women, is studied by fashiona-
BILE Parisians. Fourteen ladies recently
entered into competition, and the prize
was awarded to a dress made of that
coarse sacking used for packing pur-
poses, trimmed somewhat incongru-
ously with Valenciennes lace and floral
embroidery on a gold ground, parasol
and shoes to match. The experiment,
however, was decidedly expensive, for
though the dress itself cost a mere
nothing, the lace was worth $500, the
handle of the parasol cost $120 and the
embroidery $16O, not to speak of the
shoes
Mr.. GEO. w. MORRIS, the conductor
on the Indianapolis and St. Louis road,
who met with horrible death the other
day, was conversing with a newspaper
man short time since and remarked
he had travelled over $4,000 miles since
entering the service of the Indianapolis
and ST. Louis, and had been in several
accidents, but had never yet been in.
jured. As the engine whistled for the
next station, Mr. Morris arose, and re.
marked thoughtfully: SIN our business
it comes sooner or later to us all, and
can't say how soon may be a victim. >
He told the truth. 1t seems but a ques
ton of time with train men. "It comes
sooner or later to all"
ONCE more it was supposed not to b.
loaded. A son of Mr.. Wells, of River
head, on Long Island, fifteen years old
pointed pistol at his brother, who wa
two years his senior, and pulled tn,
tripper ssas he had often done before
He pulled it once too often, the charg
exploded, and the elder boy fell dead
1t is reported that the weapon had beel
a familiar plaything about the house
because emo one suspected that it wa
loaded" That the mere absence of sus
picion sufficed and that nobody tool
pains to be certain that it was not loade'
would seem to be incredible folly, wer
) not such cases common.
A PLAINLY dressed little lady from
San Francisco recently appeared at
California watering place and was snub
bed by all the ladies. She sent hom
, for her best dresses and all her dis
monds. After her trunks arrived sh
went to breakfast in magnifcen
morning dress made by Worth, and pro
fusely ornamented with diamonds, an,
her two little children were dressed i
the height of fashion. Every bod
seemed anxious to make amends fo
! past Sights, but she was extremely dis
!, tant to one and all. She cut them i
this way for week, then packed up he
. nine Saratoga trunks and sent then
home, and resumed her plain and CON
Portable vacation clothes