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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
ADDITIONAL NEWS.

AIRs. GARFIELD, with her three children,
have left the Mentor home and gone to reside
in Cleveland. .-
MASSEY HILL, colored, was taken from Jail at
Manchester. Tennessee, for attempting to rapo
a little girl and hanged by mot. ..
The s'Big Missouri" of Cincinnati, a large
tenement house infested with rats, vermin and
a low order of humanity, has been burned.
CHARLES II. PHILIPS; one of the editors OF
the Kokomo (Ind.) Tribune, widely quoted
paper, died on the 5th inst. of consumption.
A RoME correspondent says "the Pope has
expressed himself strongly in condemnation of
the proceedings of the Irish Land League"
COLONEL WAsroN d. SMITH, Clerk OF the
Jaited States Circuit Court for Nebraska, was
shot at his office door by an unknown assassin.
.DoB WILLIAMS, a negro, was lynched in
Greenyille County. South Carolina, for an out
rage upon nine=year old girl. He confessed
his guilt.
Ak. SooTr, Ex-Governor of South Carolina,
on trial at Napoleon, Ohio, for the murder of
Warren'G. Drury, on Christmas last was ac-
quilted. .geq 81 F-...s.- = - a. {. ~. ~
A MERCHANT just arrived from Spanish Hon
duras says 5000 lives were lost by the recent
floods there, and the loss of live stock, damage
to the fruit interest aud railroads is estimated
at $2O. .Ooo, 900. ~ ..zaal ~ hae ssed
EAGLE Block, Hoboken, was entirely de-
stroyed by FIRE. entailing a loss Of half q mil
lion dollars. The flames could have been
quenched and the property saved. but the fire
company, made up of volunteer men, refused
to respond to the alarm.
q
In THE Lower House of the Washington
Territory Legislature the bill giving theyright
of suffrage to women passed, thirteen to
eleven. A similar bill was defeated in the
| Upper House on the 26th ult., by vote OF
seven to fifteen, but it will come up in another
shape, and it is believed will pass. s.
A. STEIN, a worthless character at Iowa City
| Ia, took poison, went to the honse of his
mother-in-law, cut his wife's throat, chopped
| up his mother-in-law, AMI then died from the
effects of the poison. His wife died, but the
mother-in-law, it is thought, will recover. His
strength to finish her did not hold out. His
| wife had left him because Of his failure tx
provide for Ler. fH '
The Government Examiner of the Newark
| Mechanics' Bank, has finished his preliminary
labors. The actual deficiency by this statemen
lis 80, All, 600. 45, which is to be made up b,
assessment on the stockholders, and the losse
| by depositors. The Examiner estimates, after
making allowance for all probable losses, tina
| the depositors will receive from so to go pc
cent, and the stockholders will lose an anlonn
equal to their stock additional.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
Not an Exceptional Case.

Jenkins came to New York from
suburban city, and, going to first-rate
restaurant, had broiled porterhoues
beefsteak which was cooked by we'll
paid man who had fine fire. He paid
rs cents for II, and went away satisfied
and happy, saying that after all it is
nonsense for a woman to think that sho
cannot cook beefsteak in the right
style. Then he got out Of the train at
his station that evening he thought he
would have another fine, tender, juicy
and rich beefsteak, and, as he was used
to doing the marketing, he went into
the butcher store, bought thin piece
Of beef from the round for 20 cents, wei
home to find his wife at the washtub,
and, throwing fhs round stesk on the
table, said: al vspt you TO cook that
fn the New York style, o. Else T. is time
Tor me 10 stafve TO death. . Mem York
HernLd ~ ."..H.. Ia. ....
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
Extraordinary Impediment of Speech.

Mr.. Edwin Cowles, editor of the Cleye-
land Leader, in consequence of charges
of low character which were publicly
made against him as the cause Of an inn
pediment in his speech, published a state
ment under his own name, as to the
nature of his affiiction, and to say the
least, it is strangely remarkable. He
says: F@ il
"The cause of my impediment of
speech is most extraordinary one, and
I am informed that there is not similar
case on record The popularity of my
deafness is akin to that of color blindness.
There are certain sounds I never hear.
I can not, nor did ever, hear the hiss
ing sound of the human voice q portion
of the consonant sounds I never hear
consequently, not hearing any of these
sounds when I was a child, never made
them in my articulation, and never be-
came aware of the existence of those
sounds till I arrived at the age Of man
hood, and then I discovered their exist
tence and was taught to make them in
my articulation. It having become
second nature for me when I discovered
the existence of those sounds, to speak
without making them, and withal not
hearing them when do make them, it
can be seen why I labor in my articula-
ton. In listening to conversation am
governed by the sense of the remarks,
and by the motion of the lips in order to
understand what is said Inever in my
life heard the music of the birds, and I
had always supposed that it was q poeti-
cal fiction till / grew up to maturity, and
ascertained that it was reality. You
may fill this room with canary birds and
all may sing at once, and not n note
would / hear, but I would hear their
wings futter; the upper notes of violin,
piano or other musical instruments |
never hear, although would hear all
notes below the seventh octave. can
hear the street car, but never hear the
car bells. I have walked by the side of a
policeman and have seen him blow his
whistle which could be heard half a mile
away, and yet would not hear the least
sound"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
Creatures OF circumstance.

.'I suppose you had always great
fancy for SURGERY" people often used to
say to Sir Benjamin Brodie, the great
English surgeon of the day. The truth
was that he had no more taste for it
than a fop for pole-cat. He went into
the business because there was nothing
else for him to do. 1t is not at al prob
able that the elder Bennett ever had any
youthful aspirations in the direction, Of
Journalism, or that A. 7. Stewart ever
thought Of becoming q merchant. Ste
phenson was not an inventor because he
willed to be one nor Edison an cleo
trician because that was the dream of
his boyhood. These men followed the
bent Of their own genius. and for them
it was along the line of least resistance.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

CRANKs are eternally turning up in Washing
ton. Last week cranky individual called at
the White House and said he was authorized
by Almighty God to act as President. He
struggled ferociously when au attempt was
made to arrest him, and tried to shoot the
sergeant. Another cranky individual, hailing
fromH New York and calling himself Thorn
Jefferson, declares that be is President of the
Senate, and that David Davis is doing him
. great wrong in acting in tina capacity. He
says when the Senate meets again he will take
the Chair, address the body, and see to it that
the Seuates morals in future are improved
spon. fs..4 .........
A WASHINGTON Associated Press dispatch
says: MacVeagh states that he long ago de-
clared that he would prepare the Star Route
cases for court and then drop them that he
never had any intention of going beyond the
Grand Jury with them, and in pursuance of
this plan he employed eminent counsel for the
prosecution therefore he maintains that he
cannot Justly be charged with abandoning the
cases OF shirking duty in insisting Upon leaving
the Cabinet. The President is undoubtedly
'zdesirious of holding Macve agh until these
cases are disposed of, and he does not intend to
let James leave the Cabinet until the Star
Route prosecutions are ended. l,..-..
yyTHK ex-soldiers in Washington believe that
the law giving them the preference for subor-
dinate positions in the Departments is not en-
forced-in fact that it is dead letter. In
stances are cited where prominent officials have
half dozen relatives In office, male and fe-
male, and who are in no sense "ex-soldiers."
While this is true, it is also true that the De-
partments are well stocked with ex-soldiers,
probably one-ffth of the aggregate being of
this class-a large proportion, when compared
to the proportion which ex-soldiers bear to the
entire population. But they are not satisfied,
and have formed league for the enforcement
of their claims to Office in the Departments.
They advertise for information follows:
UTANTED-THE NAMEs-Of two more
w relative of one family in Departments where
located and relationship; the influence of each the
State credited to, aud when appointed; also names
of persons furoughed over month, and the names
OF Substitutes and whom for; the names of unnatu-
ralized foreigners and ex-Confederates; also the
names of ex-Union soldiers and sailors discharged
the politics of each may be given all reports strictly
| confidential. Address SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
| NATIONAL LEAGUE Republican Office. IL
| The tracing of family ties in the Depart
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
A wonderful Gold Mine.

Judge Thomas NJ. Bowen, of Del Norte, Col
orado, has struck it the richest of all, having
discovered . gold bearing mineral region in
the Summit District of Colorado that assays
$4,000 in gold per ton. The product Of the
mine from fifteen stamp mill averages about
$780, 900 per month. Bowen has been offered
s3,o0o,Ooo by Eastern capitalists for half in
terest in the mine, but refuses to sell.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
A LandiOrd's CHARGES.

The landlord of the Mt. Vernon Hotel, Balti-
more, who entertained Won Steuben and party,
has put in his bill to the City Reception Com
mittee asking for the modest sum Of 81, $50. If
he had wanted to be mean about it he would
have made it even $4,000; but he wasn't that
kind of a landlord, and besides, the former
figures did not look nearly so large, if they
were nearly as much. Tho Committee won't
pay it, and on that account more than anything
else, the landlord is feeling bad.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
The French nepublic.

France Is the most prosperous country
OF Europe. Its agricultural industries
are large and the people are industrious
and economical. The debt is owned at
home and the people don't want it paid,
because they believe more firmly tn their
own Government than IN outside pow
ers. The French republic will be per-
manent. The death Of the Prince I'm
perial was o great blow TO the Bonapart-
list faction, but the three monarchical
parties together are not formidable
against the republic. The Republican
party can hardly be defeated unless by
serious divisions among the leaders,
which are not TO be feared. The days
Of coup d'etats in France are past.
There have been no serious disturbances
Of late years. The Government is
strong and conservative. -Er-M Mipis-
ter No,Jes
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
The Sun Worshipped From Volcano.
T swrite this from Mount Friii. the


highest mountain in Japan. 1t is an
immense volcano, nearly $4,000 feet
high, and a-famous resort for pilgrims.
I am told that during the season when it
can, be assembled, which is'in July and
August, the number of piligrims visiting
it average about fve hundred per day.
The ascent is very steep aud difficult,
yet it can be made in a day. There are
numerous stations or resting places on
the way up little stone huts covered
with boards and heavily laden with
stones to keep them from being swept
away by the high winds: The scene
from the summit at.sunrise is indescriba-l
bly, grand and it is an object with the
piligrims to be there at that time and
worship the rising sun. This morning
hundreds Of them were gathered in1its
crest, with clasped hands, and chanting
their prayers with a loud voice, their
voices sounding far off through the clear
air.--Japah letter. saa 9 j. ..s.s1,,i S
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
A nrokcn st-nmer.

The finest boat on the Upper Mississippi,
War Eagle, Was carried by swift current
against span Of the Keokuk and Hamilton
Bri ige, at Keokuk, and badly crushed. The.
span in the bridge ives demolished, entailing
loss Of $3.50, 900 to the bridge. The boat was
heavily loaded with passengers, all Of whom,
the account says, made good their escape by
getting onto that portion of the bridge left
standing as the boat swung around.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
Largest Landowner on the Con tInen.

Largest LANDOWNER ON the C0nuheh.
Col. Dan Murphy, of Halleck's Sta
ton, Elko county, came to California in
1914, and may be said to have made
the country pay him well for his time.
He is now probably the largest private
land -owner ON this continent. He has
4, 100000 acres of land in one body in
Mexico, 60, 900 in Nevada, and $1,000 in
California. His Mexican grant he bought
four years ago for $500, 900, or 5 cents
an acre. It is sixty miles long, and
covers a beautiful country Of hill and
valley, pine timber and meadow land.
It comes within welve miles of the city
of Durango, which is to be a station on
the Mexican Central. Mr.. Murphy
raises wheat on his California land, and
cattle on that in Nevada. He got IS, 600
sacks last year, and ships 5000 head OF
cattle year right along. (Neo.)
G0zeffe s'itHf gra
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

The elevated railroad in New York, SO far as
propelling power is concerned, Is to be COM
pletely revolutionised. siemens, the German
inventor Of an electric motor, has held a con-
ference with Jay Gould, Russell Sage and Cy-
rus W. Fields, and as result no has been in
vited to so change the construction that the
motor may be placed in service at an early day.
1t Is estimated that this change In propelling
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
BIai.e'. Letter not 10 Re Answered.

Lord Granville, the British Foreign Secre-
tny, has drawn up no reply to Secretary
Dlaine's letter relative to the Panama Canal
and the Monroe Doctrine. There has been an
exchange Of views between Granville and the
French Minister of Foreign Affairs, but IL is
stated on good authority that no joint reply
islikely 10 be made. -i.sa5f + .deI Gl
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
rn.re 8. Money in s,e.,,ns.

Cashier Baldwin, confessor to the robbery of
90, 900 from the Mechanics National Bank,
Newark, New Jersey, is released on s25, 900, Civ
ing him as a free man, s2,575, 900 the advan-
take. A. d. Wheelock, who embezzled S55, 900
fromJ. @. Walcott & Co., New York, is out on
$500 profits to Mr.. wheelock, s5O.0OO. We
do not see why there is not more stealing done
than there Is. The COURTS by their action, offer
every announcement.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
Foster Denies the Allegation.

Governor Foster, Of Ohio, whom the New
York Sun says, stated to one Of its reporters
that he and Mr.. Blaine would be the Republican
team for the Presidency in 1884, denies the
whole matter In toto, and further says the whole
story, as published by the Sun, is fabrication
out of whole CLOTH
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

The attorneys for the defense in the Star
Route cases are insisting strenuously on the
illegality OF . suit brought by information.
Before information was filed Brady was loud
In his demands for an immediate trial. Why
should he now object, since a way for vindica-
ton is open to him, upon mere technical
Qrounds2 'tA fl -a1H. I..- I...
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
MinmesOta's Deb.

The Minnesota House of Representatives
has passed the Senate bill for an adjustment of
the old bonded debt by a vote of n to 20. The
only important amendment is one providing
that the rate of interest Of the new bonds shall
be not above per cent. instead Of per cent.
absolutely. This will permit the Governor in
his discretion to issue bonds at a lower rate if
he finds they can be placed on the market. AS
soon as the Senate concurs in this ame' .dment
the bill goes to the Governor for his signature
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
wHAr is that which has three feet bu,

WHAT is that which has three feet but
no legs, is all body but no limbs, has no
toes on the feet, no head, moves q great
deal but never uses its feet for that pur-
pose, has one foot at each end and one
in the center of the body? This is
queer creature in some respects, and is
very popular among the ladies and some
gentlemen. II never walks out, but
goes with one foot where the head might
Be, dragging the other foot behind.
These feet have nails, but no toes, no
heels and no bones In the feet. Answer
"A yardstick.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

A further investigation into the affairs of
the Mechanics National Bank, of Newark, N.
j., the telegraph says, shows the losses of the
bank to be $4,000, 900. 1t appears that Bald
win, the defaulting cashier, was the financial
manager Of G. Nugent & Co., to whom he
charges the banks failure. Baldwin had tie
power of attorney to fill up and sign notes and
checks for Nugent Co. for eight years past,
and 1t was an easy matter for him to fill such
notes and place them among the banks papers
instead of depositing the receipts of the firm
to their credit. Nugent says he is satisfied that
his firm is not indebted to the bank for more
than $500. 900 or S22O.000
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
Hefuf,reNmen:A

- A troop ship with $40 men has been sent by
England from Portsmouth to reinforce the
various regiments in Ireland. The riot in
County Mayo resulted in the death of two per-
sons and the wounding of twenty others.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

The New York Sun publishes long article,
/ ostensibly on the authority of Governor Foster,
to the effected that the Republican ticket in
1884 will read: For President, James G.
Dlsine for Vice President, Charles Foster.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

A Russian Pole, named Valentine Yeski, liv-
ing in Cincinnati, while under the influence of
whisky, and after series of quaTels, attempted
to murder his wife and then himself by cutting
their throats. Both in o critical condition.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
tho Car. Life In Peril.

. Five employees in the Cars palace at Catch
ina have been arrested, and one of them has
confessed plot to blow up the palace. The
Ozar is being annoyed of late by numerous
thrcatening letters-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

Instead of trying Sergeant Mason by Court
Martial for shooting at Guiteau, he will be
subjected to an inquest of lunacy.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

THE petty Duchy of Baden is funny
little kingdom, with funny, fussy little
court, as full of ceremony, equipages,
liveries, powdered wigs, and elaborate
officials as any of tho big courts OF the
German Empire, and its parallel is not
hard to find in Offenbach's sprightly
satire upon the doings in the Grand
Duchy of Gerolstein. However little
the Duchy may be, it tislargely connected,
for the Grand Duke is son of Princess
Sophia of Sweden, and his wife, LOUISE,
is daughter of the Emperor of Germany.
The ducal pair, having married Septem-
Der 20, 1856, the 20th of last Sept, was
their silver wedding, and it was cele-
brated in connection with the gorgeous
marriage of their daughter to Prince
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. =
Or TWO women, choose the one that
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
Married by re,erraph.

Joseph Campbell, of Rawson, Ohio, was the
past week married by telegraph at Bluffton to
Miss Louisa Kelsey, at Celins. Ohio. The cer-
emony was performed with dispatch.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

The steal of $500, 600 by Cashier Baldwin,
at Newark, is already almost forgotten in Wall
street. Ono Of the Directors Of the wrecked
bank says depositors will lose nothing.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
Imporfant to Reer Drink

The brewery of Mayer & Bachmann, on
Staten Island, burned last week, entailing
loss Of $3.50, 900 insurance, $3.50, 900.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
shot for Paving HI. Rent,

A tenant farmer named Doherty, Dublin
dispatch says, was shot while entering his
house, at Carrigan, Galway, for paying his
rent. He had been "Boycotted" for some
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
winteri.h symptoms.

A furious snow storm ragged in New York
State on the 4th inst, snow falling in the
Northern portion of the State to the depth of
one foot Jae-f -fs
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
interesting 10 Kentucky.

Nine prisoners, mostly moonshiners, tunneled
their way out of Jail at Lebanon, Kentucky,
few days since.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
Escape OF sloonshfaers.

Two cadets at West Point have been SEN
fenced to four months imprisonment for
hazinp
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

The notorious James brothers are reported
to be in hiding in the vicinity of Adairsvile,
Logan County, Kentucky.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
force will be saving of thousands of dollars
The German Election.

Concerning the election to the Reichstag in
Germany, Berlin dispatch says the corrected
complete returns from 395 election districts show
that of the successful candidates A are Con-
servatives, % Free Conservatives, 100 members
of the Centre party, 81 National Liberals, "a
Secessionists, 35 Progressists, 8 members of the
Party of the People, Is Poles, and II Particu-
larists and Protesters. The politics Of four of
the successful candidates are not defined. One
hundred second ballots are necessary
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

The news is cabled from England that Glad
stone intends shortly to retire to private
life
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

THE entire Bible has been translated
into the language Of the New Hebrides
group Of islands in Pacific ocean. seq ~
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

IHE total expenditure upon industrial
schools in England amounts to 81 $780,
900. There are now about $4,000 Of
these schools.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

VIM. Petty, convicted of stage robbery at
San Antonio, Texas, has been sentenced to the
penitentiary for ninety-nine years.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
Gladstone to Retire.

Snow fell to the depth of two feet in Eng
land on the LIST inst.
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Confederate Bond. I'm EusI.na.
Herxennf ylnaon.

The severity of the English press on the
speculation in Confederate bonds is killing the
boom in England
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
Formulation and Area of Cities.

!, The annexed table shows the area N
acres and population, by the census of
1880. of the eight chief cities of the coun-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

D Four barrels of water of the, Great
Salt lake viii leave, after evaporation,
nearly barrel OF salt. ssst, = ,,.s..s
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

THERE are 60, 900 boatmen employed
on the "raging canawl" known as tho
Erie. $50 z
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

WHAT social life in this country needs
is less bric-a-brac and more pancakes.