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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
True to the Last.

Daisy Shoemaker, the pretty daughter
of a farmer living near Richmond, Va,
had agreed to elope with Westland Pierce,
but when the critical moment arrived
she feared to transgress her parents
wishes, and would not go to the rendez-
vous. Her sister Jane, two years her
senior, begged her to keep her trust with
her lover, but all in vain. "Well, if you
don't keep your word with West Pierce,
I'll do it for you," she said, and indig
nantly leaving her sister, she got into
the buggy and dashed of, despite
the screams Of her sister. Miss Jane
reached the waiting place; explanations
were made; she said she was willing to
take her sisters place. The lover,
touched by her pluck and captivated by
her determination not to let the plan fall
through, did actually marry her--so the
story goes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
A LeadYille Minister.

The following remarkable report of
Protestant Episcopal life in Leadville was
made by the Rev. T. J. Mackay, mis-
sionary in charge of that church, on q
recent Sabbath in one of the large
churches of that denomination CDR. New
ton's), in Philadelphia. After stating
that when he went to Leadville, he found,
instead of hamlet, thriving town, with
churches of every denomination, five
banks, five daily newspapers, etc., he
said: ------...-.
"My first vestryman could drink more
whisky than any man in the town. Shortly
after made my appearance in the town
my parishioners invited me to q church
sociable, and upon going I was astonished
to see the worthy people waltzing and
dancing in the most scandalous manner
To add to this there are two streets whose
entire length were made up of low dance
houses. How was to overcome such
gigantic evil? I secured q hall, had the
floor waxed, and after engaging band
of music, sent out invitations to all
the young men of the place to come
down and have dance. instructed my
floor manager-who, by the way, made
lots of money and skipped-not to allow
any waltzing. The result was, after en-
joying square dances until II o'clock,
the participants quietly dispersed. Some
few said: "Wait until the preacher
goes, then we'll have waltz" but I was
too smart for them-I carried the KEY of
the hall in my pocket, and did not leave
until all had departed. Every other
week I gave such sociable, and the
results are remarkably good. This char
acter of mission would not do in Phila-
delphia or Boston, but it will do in Lead
vile. 1t may seem ungodly to practice
such course, but it is the only way to
reach these people. When first went
out there the congregation used to ap-
plaud me when was preaching, but I
finally got them out of such an unholy
habit. No matter who dies, the process
sion is headed by brass band. When 7
buried Texas Jack, the partner of Buf-
falo Bill, the cortege was headed by a
brass band of forty-two pieces. Lead
vile is also great place for titles.
Everybody has title. Captain is pretty
good but to command attention one must
be Colonel or General. am a sort
of General. I belong to five military
companies, and in my capacity as a
militiaman I watch over my congrega-
ton
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
StOnewall Jackson and the Wagon
Tongues.

Mr.. Howell, one of the proprietors of
the Atlanta (Ga.) Consultation, says of
Stonewall Jackson:
His genius lay in two things-the
thoroughness of discipline and his devo-
ton. 1 do not think he was man of
great natural ability. He could not talk
at ALL He was not an entertaining per-
son. He was a rigid military man; edu-
Gated at West Point, he had learned his
lesson well, and applied it unflinchingly.
l remember a single order which he
always enforced, which, in my mind, ac-
counted for good deal of his success.
1t was that, whenever we stopped on a
march the wagons must go to the side of
the road, and be unhitched with their
tongues pointing to the road, so they
could be driven either up the road or
down. Now that would seem to be a
simple thing, but it accounts for the re-
markable celebrity of Jackson's marches.
Suppose o man would stop and his
wagon tongue would point the wrong
way, and at certain hour in the morn
ing he would begin the march, and that
the wagon would block up the road? If
there were many such wagons the march
would be delayed certain time to let
them get ship-shape. jackson rode up
and down his lines every day, morning
and evening, to see if such orders as
these were strictly carried out"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
An Afflicted Family.

terrible case Of sickness is reported from
the town Of Ceresco, near Marshall, Michigan.
A family named Weaver, eight in number, hv-
Ing on an island in the center of large marsh,
were found nearly all down with q malignant
form of scarlet fever. They were in destitute
circumstances, with no covering upon their
feet and children scantily supplied with food.
The atmosphere is infected with miasma, and
the water for domestic purposes was procured
from barrel sunk in the ground, into which
the surface water of the marsh flows, making
1t totally unfit for use by man or beast. When
the physician first called, one of the children
was dying and beyond all medical assistance.
Soon after death the body became black, and
the doctor calls it the most malignant form of
the disease he ever met with. Three children
OF the family died within twentY-four hours.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

There is great effort being made at Wash.
ington to organize a National representation
of the Workingmen's organization throughout
the country, in order that all may be in COM
munication and act in concert in endeavoring
to obtain an increase Of wages this summer.
1t is claimed by those purporting to represent
the Workingmen's organization, that corpora
tons and employees are making more money
than heretofore, but they will not increase
wages; that the working men intend to demand
an increase, and that general strikes may occur
this year.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
A NehrnslKa Horror.

Christian Koch, an engine wiper on rail-
road in Nebraska, upon returning to his home
At st. Paul. in that State, the other morning,
was Mortified to find that his wife had cut the
throats of their three small children and then
cut her own throat. The weapon used was a
razor. The three children were lying upon
the bed, and she on the floor. She only left
The words goodbye" written on piece of
paper to explain
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

John Gotthold, aged 60 years, was hanged at
Towsontown, Nd, for the murder of Joseph
Woods, q farmer of Palapsco Neck last Decem-
ber. Woods wife was present. Gotthold was
upon the scaffold as she approached, and
seemed for a moment overcome by her presence.
When she reached the front of the platform he
leaned over and asked her to shake hands with
him. Mrs. Woods answered in loud voice,
'T'n do nothing Of the kind"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

On the 25th of April Whitelaw Reid, Of the
New York Tribune, sent his eleventh party of
homeless people and children to Western
homes. The party consisted of sixty-five peo-
ple-thirty-six boys, six girls, and four fami-
lies. They were divided into two sets-going
to Page County, and O'Brien County, Iowa.
The marriage of Mr.. Reid to the millionaire
daughter of Mr.. Mills, we are now almost sure,
is merited by the able editor.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

Information from San Francisco is to the
effect that great difficulty is being encountered
in securing sailors for the Mary and Helen for
the Arctic cruise. The government offers but
$22 per month, and sailors can do better than
that on ordinary sea voyages. This is owing to
the scarcity of sailors at that port. 1t is also
stated that Of those presenting themselves as
applicants for the cruise not Is in 100 will
pass physical examination.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

A dispatch from Limerick says an attempt to
evict tenants at New Pallas failed. Five hun
dred military and police were present, but q
mob of five thousand hooted and groaned and
stoned the Sheriff and assistant. The police
charged the mob several times, but the bailif'f
life being threatened, he refused to point out
the houses of defaulting tenants. 1t is stated
two hundred of the mob were armed with re-
volyers. Another attemptto evict will be made
shortly,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
The MOrMOns.

The steamship Wyoming, on the 9th Of
April, among other immigrants, landed 1877
new Mormon converts at Castle Garden, New
York, who were forwarded on the Pennsylvania
Railroad to Salt Lake City. They were in
charge of Elders VIM. w. Jackson, Dunbar,
Turner, Owens, and James, who spoke very
hopefully of the efforts now making 'to prose-
lyte all Europe, and to bring the converts all
to Utah." The new converts are mostly from
England, a few, however, being Germans and
Scandanavians. Many of them are the wives
Of those who preceded them to their new
homes nearly a year ago"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

Says London cablegram: "Glasgow papers
state that Catherine Marshall, aged fourteen,
daughter Of q railway laborer, has not taken
food since the beginning of the present year.
She takes little water daily, but scarcely
sleeps She is greatly emaciated, but her pulse
In perfectly natural"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

To remove grease stains from wood:
Spread some starch powder over the
grease spots, and then go over 1t with
hot flat-iron till you have drawn the
grease; then scrape with glass or a
proper scraper, and repeat the starch
powder and hot iron. Ammonia liquor
may be used rs n finish, if the starch
does not take all the grease out
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
The rroubI,s i'm Albania.

There are n. 900 Albanians between Prisrend,
Ipek and Jakova. The Turks occupy Prisrend,
the insurgents being encamped three hours
march from that place. The Albanians
occupy Pristina. Dervisch Pasha arrived at
Gizorevich with q, 900 men. He will advance
thence to Askub, which has surrendered to
the Albanians.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
SUFFERING from Terror,

A cable dispatch says that ever since the
assassination Of the Gar, the Empress has
been suffering from severe hysteric attacks.
Threatened with death of the most horrible
description, should Sophia Pieffosky and Hessy
Helfmann, the two women implicated in the
assassination, be executed, she made most
strenuous exertions to obtain their pardon,
and received promise to that effect. She did
not discover the deceptive character of this
promise until after the execution of Piefosky,
and the discovery threw her into violent
paroxysm.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
The salla.'s Assa.sins Arre.t~<i.

Constantinople dispatch says: "Nine per-
sons were arrested for completely in the murder
of Sultan Abdnl Aziz, including the Hunga-
rian renegade, who was his physician. Mehe-
med Ruchdi Pasha, Grand vizier at the time
of his assassination, has been summoned to
give evidence. The Turkish ambassador at
Berlin has also been summoned. The trial
will be public"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

The weather, the past few weeks, has had the
effect to produce o wonderful effect ON the
wheat crop. Fields that were thought would
have 10 be plowed up are now clothed with
verdure, and those that showed some signs Of
vitality are now luxuriant In Ohio, Indiana,
and Kentucky the crop will be a full average,
IL not above the average.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

In the harbor of Wisenar, in the Baltic,
animalcules increase and multiply at a
great rate, for 1900 cubic feet Of mud
are formed there every year, and every
grain of this mud contains 100, 900, 900
of the beautiful siliceous remains of the
infusoria.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
A Disgraced DAUGHTER.

A doting mother in Chicago displayed
her solicitude for her daughters good
name by frantically rushing into the
station and shouting, "My daughter is
disgraced" True enough, she had
eloped with an insurance agent; but had
the mother been discreet she wouldn't
have given it awav.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

A popular movement against the Jews has
broken out at Argeneau, West Prussia. A mob
led by q school teacher wrecked the house of
some Jews and maltreated the inmates.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

The Star Route swindling operations, which
seem to be of a character SO conclusive as to
dissipate all cati, have become the chief topic
Of interest both at Washington and through
out the States. Another account than that
already given, of an explanatory nature, is
perhaps necessary. The Star Route Ring was
really composed Of two principal rings, that
operated through smaller ones, or through
individuals, who dealt directly with the con-
cipals. The largest operators were Gilmer,
Salisbury & Co., who had more than twenty
agents or straw bidders, whose names appear
In the list as contractors. This concern is
known to have received nearly $SD0,000 In
excess Of their original contracts. The other
combination consisted of j. w. Dorsey, J.
M. Peck and J. r. Miner. J. w., is q brother
of stephen w. Dorsey. J. NJ Peck is Stephen
Dorsey's brother-in-law, and Miner is his
partner. The Dorsey combination got over
100000 in excess Of original contracts
Among those who usually dealt with the
Department direct on their own ac-
count were B. H. Peterson and J. r. Price,
star route contractors for Louisiana. Peter
son formerly resided in Louisiana, but removed
to Washington, where he could more readily
pursue his operations with the Postoffice De-
partment. He has a contract for carrying the
mails from Red River Landing to Shreveport,
which, under the extravagant system Of Cen
eral Brady, was originally let at $4,000 per
| annum, and in a short time increased TO $52,-
900 per annum. Peterson also had valuable
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
Fatal Lightnnmg.

The house Of Eugene Parnell, at Hastings,
Neb., last week was struck by lightning, and
was Immediately consumed by FIRE. Mrs. Par
neil persisted in the flames. Her husband
managed to drag himself out, but cannot sur
viva
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
A Brothers, Deed.

The sister of VIM. Mcintosh, Of 240 West
Thirty-third street, New York, named Louisa
Harvey, owed him, as he AYERS, &11, 900. He
called upon her for settlement. She refused
10 settle, whereupon he drew o revolver and
shot her dead. Mcintosh Is under arrest.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
Volcano I'm Kentueky.

A volcano is reported on the farm of N. A..
Jarnagin, in the southern part Of Ohio County,
Kentucky. A corn shuck held over the point
where the heat escapes ignited it. Great e1-
element prevails, and hundreds of persons are
visiting the place.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

The Electeur newspaper Of Quebec, which
charged that the administration Of the Mon
treal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway was .
den of thieves, has been sued for libel for
100000 damages, and the manager has been
arrested.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

A correspondent at Paris says: There is no
prospect Of the success of the Monetary Con-
ference, and, in view of the present attitude of
the Powers, q decision to postpone, or even to
close deliberations, may be expected shortly.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

At the Prohibition Convention in Raleigh,
N. c., every county Of the State is represented,
and the delegates are composed Of both parties
and both white and black races. Tho popular
vote ON the prohibition amendment will be
taken ON the first Monday in August.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

Louis Whitaker, ,-colored, charged with the
murder of NJ. c. Jenkins, white, at Gadsden,
Florida, was taken from Jail by masked men
and hanged
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

dispatch says the business portion Of
the town Of Greenville, in Plumas County,
California, burned last week, entailing q loss
of about 100000.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
The FarraKut statue.

The unveiling of thI statue to Admiral Far
ragut, at Washington, April Is, was attended
by an imposing naval demonstration. The ap-
preparation for the statue was $4,000, $4,000
to be paid in advance, 5000 when the model
was finished and $40, 900 when the statue was
through with. The contract was awarded by
competition. Twenty-one artists we're in the
-ace. The award was made to Winnie Ream by
the commission appointed by Congress, con-
sisting of General Sherman, Mrs. Farragut
and the Secretary of the Navy. The model
which she submitted was seven feet high. The
colossal bronze which was unveiled is the exact
counterpart of that model only in the enlarged
size. In preparing the model the artist worked
nearly three years. She had seen Admiral Far
ragut once, when he came to visit her studio.
The admirable likeness of the dead hero which
she has reproduced in bronze was mainly
wrought from photographs. The one by which
she guided herself particularly was given her
by Mrs. Farragut. This was a photo of the
head and bust,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

The town Of Buena Ventura, says Panama
dispatch, has been completely destroyed, at .
loss not less than s1, ,OOO,O0O. Three persons
were burned to death.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

A YOUNG italian painter, Signor Carlo,
in Paris, has been astonishing select
circle of spectators with some wonderful
performances in the way Of rapid execu-
ton. A member of the company
chooses subject, and without mo-
ment's reflection, the painter proceeds to
depict it on large canvas, six feet by
three. In four or five minutes the pic
ture is finished and replete with details.
Of course, being produced at such a
rate, the work leaves much to be desired;
but as an instance of lightning speed,
combined with harmonious ensemble,
it is simply marvellous,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

According to information from Athens and
Constantinople, the prospect of settlement
Of the Greek boundry question is slim, and q
war seems imminent on the frontier.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
Sale OF q Trotier for enc, 900.

Isaac vaumeter, Of Lexington, has sold
the well known trotter Won Arnim, to Commo-
dore Kensett. Of st. Paul. Mimi; price s1O,-
900. Won Arnim is seven years old and has q
record of 2:22.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
Sweet Pain.

A Scotch minister once said no WON an
could bear pain as well as man. That
is not so. Where's the man who can
stand having his waist squeezed so he
can hardly breathe for three hours of an
evening, and not even murmur?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
wn,,.I.v we,d,. pT.rr,nre.

whitelaw Reid, editor of the New York Tri-
bune, was married 10 Miss Elizabeth Mills,
daughter Of d. o. Mills, at the residence Of the
brides parents on Fifth avenue, New York,
April 20. Only intimate friends and relatives
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

Disease in the East, and particularly in New
York, is creating much alarm. On Blackwelrs
Island there were reported the other day 127
cases Of smallpox and 107 cases of typhus
fever.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

You will not be troubled with carpet
moths, if you scrub your floors with hot
brine before tacking the carpet down,
and once week scrub your carpets with
coarse salk
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

Or the fifty-eight men who framed the
Constitution and declared the indepen-
dence of Texas, March 2, 1896, one is
still living, DIR. Charles b. Stewart, Of
Montgomery County.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
A Sm all Theft

News from Panama says the Treasurer Of
De Lessups Canal Company has disappeared
with $50, ,OOO, 900 in French gold belonging to
the company.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

The executioner, Roloff, received one hun
dred lashes for mismanagement in the hang
ing of the Nihilist Michailof, whose rope broke
twice
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

The Upper Mississippi overfowed its banks
doing great damage along Its route, caused by
the melting snow and ice.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

THERE are still few negro slaves in
the country owned by the Seminole
Indians in Florida.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

Congressman O'Connor, of South CAROLINA,
died the past week.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
G.rm.uv,. ue,.,.rx NJ,

The German Government have discovered
plot of the revolutionists to assassinate Prince
Bismarck.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
Cotton RurneM.

Two thousand bales of cotton on Braz 4
Battels platform near the depot, at Fort
Worth, Texas, burned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

The New York Central runs one hun
dred and sixty trains day-one every
nine minutes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

The action Of the Ute Indians Indicate that
they mean to give the government moretrouble.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

parents have telegraphed to the effect that
they never received any money from their
daughter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

In making crust Of any kind, do not
melt the lard in flour. Melting will in
lure the crust
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

Charles BradlauGh, elected to the English
Parliament, has again been refused the oath Of
Office.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05
A Carr Pas.e. mp the Rosa.

Royal s. Carr was hanged at Windsor for the
murder Of W. W. Murcommock, o half-bred,
December Z, 1879.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

Teabont & valleau, stock and grain dealers
at Dccorah, Iowa, have failed with liabilities at
100000.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

Germsnv's Monetary DeeisfOn.
Germany has disclosed her plan in the Inter
national Monetary Conference to rid herself Of
superfuous silver.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

The bodies of nine infants (embryo) have
been found buried in fruit jars, in . meadow
near Harrison, New Jersey.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-05

mother in Ohio, Mr.. Reid will take his bride on
Q European tour.