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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
AGghaniatan.

A dispatch from Candahar says: A formid-
able rebellion prevails in Herat. Ayoob Khan
is, perhaps, already exiled or q prisoner. Mo-
hamed Hasan Khan, Governor of Kushk, in
duced three Herat regiments, stationed at
Kushk, to mutiny and to join him and the
Aimak tribes in an attack on Herat 1t may
be safely inferred that the murder OF Mohamed
Jan, who commanded these three regiments,
was the first act Of the rebellion instead Of the
result of a private quarrel. At last accounts
the rebellion vas so formidable that Ayoob
Khan was virtually besieged in the citadel.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
A New Fashion Of Sleeping.

The Chicago Tribune lately contained
a lengthy article on the new fashion
which is rapidly coming into vogue, OF
husbands and wives occupying separate
beds. The practice is said to be an
European one, and is being received in
New York with great favor. It has long
been held by physicians that the habit of
two persons occupying the same sleeping
couch was vicious one, as the superior
magnetism of one would draw the vitality
out of the other; and while one would
awake in the morning refreshed with
new energy, the other would be en-
ervated and listless and hardly able to
drag the body around during the day.
Acting upon this European theory, 1t
is supposed that the dealers in beds and
bedding have secretly organized boom
in their business, and knowing how q
fashion will be followed by people, they
are preparing for q reason of prosperity.
But, be this as it may, there is little
doubt that the fashion of sleeping singly
has it's good as well as bad points, and it
will be hailed with delight by those hus-
bands whose wives are troubled with
charity feet. It will also come as q
sweet boon to the tired wife whose hus-
band is q beautiful dreamer and habitu.
ally kicks her out of bed as he yells,
"Ill sell two thousand March at six seven
ieghths." But on the rich old husband,
whose young wife is kept awake by his
asthma, and who will avail himself of the
new fashion for a night of undisturbed
repose, it will fall with leaden hand,
and his supply of magnetism being cut
off he will droop and die and leave his
cash so much the sooner. There are, aa
we said, many good features which will
recommend themselves to different peo.
pie upon reflection. Acting upon the
new fashion, it is said that landlords are
already providing the bridal chambers in
their hotels with two beds, TINS aiming
to leave nothing undone that will be con.
ducive to the comfort of guests. Upon
the whole the new fashion is one pos.
sessed of great merit-Peck's Sun.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
Tho Northwest

The snow Is rapidly disappearing from the
Northwest, and there is no apprehension Of
flood. Farmers expect to begin seeding by tho
r,iisidle of kpril
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
Highly 0ensationAI.

San exciting scene took place at the store Of
Bridgeford & Co., stove manufacturers, Louis
vile, during the past week. While Mr.. Dan
Spaulding, the twenty-year-old shipping clerk
of the firm, was engaged in conversation with
another member of the house, q lady Of middle
age came in and called him. Spaulding recog-
nized the lady as the mother Of Miss Garfield,
to whom he expected to be married within a
week. Mrs. Garfield upbraided him severely
for insisting on . marriage in which, she as
serted, he was incapacitated from taking part.
Spaulding was inclined to be silent, and Mrs.
Canfeld, leveling pistol at him, fired. The
young man lodged in time to avoid the shot,
which whizzed past the heads of two ladies
who had just entered the store. The irate
mother then seized Spaulding and, pushing
him firmly against wall, placed her pistol on
his forehead, swapping it twice without causing
the load to be discharged. Interference by
outsiders caused the lady's arrest. She de-
clares she will yet kill spaulding, and the
daughter says she is determined the marriage
shall occur. All parties concerned are of good
families.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

The leo started out of Loup River, In the CEN
trsl part Of Nebrasks, March 26, and carried
bridges and everything before Il until Il reached
Columbus, on the Platte River, where . gorge
flooded Columbus and inundated Benton, seven
miles below. A tremendous body Of water
moved down ON Schuyler, doing immense dam
age, but as the wires are down the extent Of the
destruction can not be ascertained.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
Emigration 20 America,

Says Vienna dispatch: From the mountain
districts of Bohemia the emigration of the Ger
man portion of the population to America, has
begun to assume large proportions. The prin-
cipal cause Of the exodus is the intolerable po-
litical tyranny of the Czechs, who form o ma
jority Of the population.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
Arasenred 60 Death.

J. II. Walsh, who stabbed his sweetheart to
death in Brooklyn, New York, Barbara Groen-
thai, has been sentenced to be hanged May
40. He is but nineteen years old.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

Private dispatches from Las Vegas, New
Mexico, state that James Currie, the man who
shot and killed Ben Porter, the actor, at Mar
shall, Texas, was himself killed ut Las Vegas
on the oath inst. The kilograms said that
Currie was on . drunken spree and threatened
to kill several people. Among them was bar
tender, who, in a scuffie with Currie, shot and
killed him in self-defense. A number of rail-
readers, Currie's friends tried to lynch the bar
tender, but the Sheriff Of the county succeeded
in getting him into Jail, where he was kept until
the Coroner held an inquest on Currie's re-
mains, when the verdict exhonerated him and
he was released from custody.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
Hleo<Is In The Wess.

A dispatch from Sioux City says: Most Of
the bottom, five to fifteen miles wide, is flooded
by gorges. Thetown OF Green Island, opposite
Yankton, has been swept away. Inhabitants
could be seen from Yankton clinging to their
houses as they fosted OF. A large amount Of
stock Ia supposed TO have been drowned. All
bottom lands are flooded. All were well settled.
The river steamer Western sunk at Yankton,
and steamer Fontonelle six miles above. The
boats In harbor at Yanlton are 30 broken by
Ice that none will be ready for service for sixty
days. The names of the boats lost 30 far are:
Western, Fontenelle and II. G. Bachelor. The
steamers above Yankton are in bad shape on
ON the bank by the subsiding Of the water.
The river Is now falling ct Yankton and points
above. At vermillion, thirty-hvs miles north
west Of this city, water was ten feet deep in the
principal streets. All tho inhabitants have
gone TO the bluif back Of town. Gorges held
at the latest accounts. The river ID running
across the bottom lands. The river, at this
city, ID rising slowly.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

Tho second largest electric light system In
tho world il In operation at Salt Lake City, and
10 pronounced . success. A dispatch says its
appearance was hailed with prolonged shouts
BY the populace.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
Raasrssss. Trsun Trsz.sA.

Says . Dublin correspondent: 'Tt Is . re-
markable fact that despite the specious sdvice
of the Land League to tenant farmers to main
tain their grip Of land and not to leave the ooun-
Try, the emigration returns show 95, S57 persons
smigratsd last year, an increase of 4s,49s over
the previous year"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

x, ARRIVING from Naples, is ques-
te toned i; by & friend; s Had you no adyen, N,
II turned them all to fight" "How
SOP" "Why, il L saw an il-looking in
dividual went and begged charity Of
him."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

Advices from Old Calabsr state that the
missionary, Mr.. Milum, who recently visited
Attorney, found the custom of making human
sacrifices still continues. Several hundred na-
tives were barbarously sacrificed during his
stay 1t Abomey.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

An extensive fire Is reported along the line Of
the Lehcigh and susquehanna Railroad, Penn
sylvania, and between Attleboro and Mansfield,
Maaa
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
A Hpfrft$A deal.

In . gambling saloon at Pendleton, South
Carolina, . desperate black-leg named Paul
Richardson was literally cut TO pieces, and jos
and William Green and Milton Brown, all
gamblers, were badly wounded. The fight is
described as an unusually bloody one.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

DARIus, during his reign, had an in-
come Of $14, SOC, 900 year, and when
eggs went up to forty Eight cents dozen
he growled as much as the modern
newspaper paragrapher whose income
isn't half as large.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

Says dispatch from Rome: lady obtained
private audience with the Pope and warned
him the day and hour were fixed for the
murder OF himself and Cardinal Pecci.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

A dispatch from Wood Mountain says that
Sitting Bull and camp-about 100 lodges-ar-
rived at Wood Mountain, N. w. T., the last
day of January, and has been camped near
thai most ever since.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

Secretary Blaine has taken steps TO stop the
importation Of disreputable persons from
Europe to this country.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

A Constantinople dispatch says that great
activity prevails in preparation for tho defense
Of volo. The work Of placing torpedoes has
commenced. Troops have occupied Tukeri, on
the Turkish side of the entrance to the Gulf
Of volo, and an earthwork is being constructed
there.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

IT is now estimated that the forests Of
America will be oil used up at the end
of another thirty years, and man who
wants to 60 hunting will have to sit on o
drawbridgs and shoot at sailors,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

Tho body Of Col. I. N. Ross, Of Holden,
Mass, was cremated the past week in Le
Moyne's Furnace at Washington, Penn. Col.
Ross was colonel OF the Nineteenth Ohio Vol
untecrs, and was at one time member Of tho
Ohio Senate.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

Mr.. John b. 7. Daviess, q prominent attor-
neyst Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and the owner Of
two largo cooper shops, suicided by shooting
himself through the head. No cause can be
assigned for his act except that Of insanity.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

The Oleomargarine Investigating Committee
Of the New York Assembly report that the
testimony taken showed that some manufac-
turers made oleomargarine from the fat of Of
fensive meat, and extracted the fat by melting
1t at q temperature Of 120 degrees, which was
nearly 100 degrees below the temperature
necessary to destroy animal life in fat. One
witness said he had little faith in legislation as
q measure to prevent the sale of an adulterated
article for genuine butter, but thought small
license fee and o penalty of $5 for each offense
might do something toward suppressing the
idulterators. An immense amount of 'lardine," +"
Or lard butter, was disposed Of in the New York
market, manufactured principally in Western
New York. This article Is more easily detected
than oleomargarine. Both lardine and oleo-
margarine have seriously affected the trade and
weakened prices. Not Tooth per cent. of the
oogus article manufactured is sold for what It
Is, and grocers sell it ut an enormous profit,
Tor the reason, II they took only fair profit,
customers would suspect the character of the
article sold them for butter. Customers, IL
hey know what they we're getting. would not
GUY u,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

There are continued rumors of General Meli
zofrs resignation It is believed the Emperor
mas ordered uksse to be prepared convoking
commission to discuss the question of repre-
sentstion Of the people on State questions.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
IN. w,w~, .rr,u....~h.setts.

The House Of Representatives Of Massachu-
sets defeated tho bill 10 give municipal suf-
frage 10 women by vote Of 122 to 70.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
Lavang On Faisn-

A man In Chicago, who imagines himself
Christ's successor, began fast March 2, since
which time he has taken nothing inwardly en-
ecpt water. He declares he viii hive on faith
till Easter
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
AR~<vssar WO1a

On March n, Miss Hattie Deuel., the Iowa
woman who Is fasting ss . religious obligation,
had finished the sist day Of her fast
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
WulPhar.

In saluda Township, Jefferson County, In
diana, quantities Of sulphur -four fell In the
snov-storm on the evening Of March III.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

The n<awsnhaka Disaster Invssaigation.
The trial Of Steamboat Inspectors Jayne and
Matthews, charged with granddaughter in giving
false certificates of inspection to the steamer
seawanhakA, by the burning Of which fifty per-
sons lost their lives, has begun ut New York.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

The prospects Of good peach crop In Mary
land and Delaware are very discouraging, the
peach crop for the coming year not only being
injured, but the orchards themselves. Fruit
growers Of three States, during the past week
or two have become alarmed because Of the
failure OF fruit and leaf buds 10 show SIGNS of
healthy life. One farmer In celebrated peach
center writes his landlord be has made careful
investigation of peach orchards on the farm.
and cannot fnd . live peach bud among ali the
ten thousand trees, and he thinks old or
chards are an killed, % there u no sign Of life
In leaf buds.
Tho most intense excitement prevails at
Reading, Pa, from the fact that two smallpox
patients jumped from the windows Of ths
Smallpox Hospital and escaped in all their
hideousnsss, and attired In clothing they have
worn during their terrible disease. Efforts
were made 10 recapture them, but the officials
failed 10 nnd them. A number of now cases
have developed In the Poor-house, making siz
In all. One man died, and the officials report
that his body turned perfectly black after
death, creating the impression that he had died
Of black smallpox. The general public ha.
bssn requested TO abstain from visiting thu
institution. Tho disease was brought TO thu
place by wandering stranger Afflicted with IL
The man who captured him In the open coun.
try and brought him there was also infected
Ths institution has about 400 inmates at thil
time, many Of whom are In . state Of alarm
end panic ID threatened.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

Great fears arc entertained respecting the
safety Of the Prince and Princess Of Wales at
the Russian Capital.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
A Singular Story.

The paragraph going the rounds Of the
papers stating that the old pirate who
made Aaron Bprr's daughter Theodosia
"walk the plank has died again, recalls
q story told some twenty-five years ago
by . venerable gentleman, now deceased,
who passed his youth in Southern Berk-
shire. It was to the effect that in one OF
the earlier years of the century fine
looking, middle-aged woman, came to
one of the towns near Stockbridge and
purchased q small cottage. She APP
peared worn with distress of some kind,
and although seeming to have abundant
means. she neither sought nor accepted
any society, save that Of the poor and
unfortunate, with whom she mingled as
a rule. only to relieve their distress.
There was one exception, however, IN an
unfortunate woman who had been be-
trayed in her youth. This outcast she
took to her home, where she was her
companion and finally her nurse, until
the benefactress died, leaving her poor
friend what remained Of her property.
This woman, in order to make good hef
formal claim to the gift which was not IN
bequest, stated in confidence to magis-
trate that the giver was no other than
IQGOOOSl8 DuII AAAcooA, uAu ehsss S..S 49,
revealed to her under strict injunction o.
secrecy that her melancholy and Nngu-
lar seclusion was due to the fact that she
had been compelled to live for two OF
three years with the pirate captain and
that when she was at last released, with
some money in her possession, she was
SO overwhelmed with shame that she de-
termined never to let the world In which
she once moved know Of her existence,
but to spend the remainder Of her life
in deeds of charity. She had selected
Stockbridge at first as place OF resi-
dence, from family tradition OF its Sc
clusion-her grandfather. Rev. Jonathan
Edwards, having been an early pastor
there-but she found intercourse be.
tween that town and New York had be-
come altogether too frequent for he'
purpose, and she retired to smaller
town.-Pitts,ield (Massachasctts) Stn'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

Coinage at the Philadelphis Mint during
March Is 4,561, 800 pieces, valued at ss,793,-
4o1. OF this amount, "a, 81, 800 were eagles,
%, ,292 400 half eagles, and s6oO, 500 silver dol
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

The Cleveland Leader sums mp the
savings of ex-President Hayes rs follows:
The aggregate salary for the four years
was $500, 900. The expenses of the po-
sition during that time were $l34 600.
Had Congress refunded the $A, 600 he
paid for the expenses Of tho visiting
statesmen to Louisiana his savings
would have been about $40, 900. AS it
is, he went out Of the office with $66, 600
to be carried from his account as Presi-
dent to the benefit of his account as .
private citizen. When he became Presi-
dent he was burdened with debts to the
amount of 500, 900, mostly on account Of
bequests charged upon the Birchard es-
tate. OF this amount he has paid $60,-
600 out of his savings from the Presi-
Dental salary, so that the net available
result in cash of his Presidential term is
81, 5000.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

Jack Embrcy, wife, and two children, An en-
tire family, were killed by Cyclone In kandelPh
County, Ala .. a
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
ExpBsav>s fsr H.ssaa.

Tho sprague divorce case will come on for
trial the last week in May.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

PreE vennsw MaA PreAseteA t.
The severest snow storm of the season Wis
tied the Ohio Valley ON March 10 and 90.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

The recent overflow Of the Missouri River
has caused untold hardships and suffering 10
people In Dakota.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

A large quantity Of dynamite has been snug.
glcd into Russia from Austria.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
me OsA I~sy's Darsf.~.


II Ia rumored that breach Of promise suit
10 be brought against Mr.. Ashmead BARTLETT
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

The blue pencil fiend travels with an
opera troupe.-M O. Ptcdyuns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-08
The New Ce,net.

1T Is SAID TO BE VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
IN TENNESSEE AND ELSEWHERE.
Nobody hereabouts, so far as heard from, has
yet seen Schaeberle's comet with the naked eye.
At the Naval Observatory no observations have
recently been made Of the comet. 1t now rises
little before the sun and just dips below or
graZes the horizon at it's lower elimination.
It's north declinatiOn is now about fifty-one
degrees, which, according to it's ephemeris, is
about it's most northerly limit. 1t ismoving
west rapidly its night ascension increasing, and
before the week is ended will be seen in the
evening sky in the neighhorhood of Ursa
Major. None Of the observers here have seen
the comet with the naked. eye. 1t is said how
ever, that it has been seen in Boston. Prof.
Hall has received letter from gentleman
named Barnard, in Tennessee. who states that
he has seen the comet quite distinctly without
the aid of a glass. 1t win reach its periheliOn
on the 18TH and its point of greatest brightness
about the same time. 1t is expected at our
observatory that it will be plainly visible before
the present week goes by.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-08
he Markets.

BALTIMORE, August S.-Virginia 6's deferred.
15k; do. consOls, 81; do. second series. 4sS; do.
past due coupons. !2l<; new ten-forties. 534 bid
to-day.
BALTIMORE, August a-Cotton stcady-mid-
ding Eal2T Flour very firm, with upward
tendency-Howard street and western super, q. Is
al 25; do extra 4JOa550 do. family 5.15aG. IS; city
mills SUPER 3.5s4O; do. extra, 4.s5a5.25; do.
family ?O0a. 25; do Rio brands, 6Sa1 0e: Patapsco
familyT5O Wheat southern higher and active;
western higher aud active-southern rcd, Pa
l.29: do. amber, l-s6a1.3l; No. l Maryland. L3Os
no western winter rcd. spot and August 1.aGsss
nj 3O1s: September. 1a2ll: Oc,c.er. 1.A11al34s1t;
November, l351S. Corn. southern quiet and firm;
white. Gl: do yellow. CD: western mixed. spof
and August cOia6lL; September, C2 bid; Octo-
bcr. cIL: November, G6l. asked; steamer S.
Oats lower and more ective-soythern new, SSa
35E; western white, 4Gail. new: do. mixed 3sa
90 new; Pennsylvania, 40 new. Rye, nominally IS
as0 Hay trnt-prime to choice Pennsylvania ano
Maryland. 16O9ll9.00. Provisions firm-mess pork
1915. Bulk mcats-slaotllders and clear rib sides
packed. IL and 10. Bacon-sh0uliers. So; clear
rib sides, IL Hams. I2;Sa13x. Lard--efned, l2ss
Butter frrn-westerH grass l3a18. Eggs dull, IL
Petroleum nominal-refned, sss. Coffee firm
llio cargoes ordinary to fair, p.{a12k. Sugar
higher and strong-A soft. no. Whisky steady,
|. 1a1 .1s1. Ereights to Liverpool per steamer
duil-cOttOn 3-1Ga d.: Hour g. per barrel grnin
5s.a6d. Receipts-fi0uF 1,05l barrels; wheat
HI ,GA bushels; corn, 81 i06 bushe1E oats 492
bushels. ShiplnentS-wfeat 81, ,000 bushels; corn
80 bushels. Sales wheat 96. SO bushels; corr
- 10 bushels. -
NEW YORK. August 81 stocks lower. Money.
saassna ExchauxeicnK ~ eh0rfs ~ Goy-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-08
Wrecked in Halifax Harbor.

THE CREW OF THE VANDALIA TO THE RESCUE.
HALIFAX. Ms, August S.-The steamer
Cortes. on going out of the harbor early yester-
day morning, struck on Thrum Cap and will be
total loss. She was bound to st. Johns, N.F
The COrtes sailed about am. About she
struck on Thrum Cap shOal in dense fog. Two
steam tugs manned by sailors of the us. war
ship Vandaa went to the rescue. Unable to
get the ship off they turned their attention to
saving the cargo, which was transferred to an
other vessel. The cargo, valued at $4,000 or
S10O, 600, principally flour and beef, shipped at
New York for New Foundland, was more or less
damaged. The ship, valued at SEC, 600, was par
TALLY insured in New York offices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-08
Ohio Happenings.
FLocRING MILLS BURNED

NINcNNATI. Ono. August S.-The Touring
mills OF Davidson, Edwards & Co.. at South
folnt, Ohio. We're burned last evening" Loss,
$4,000; no insurance
FIRING UPON STEAMER
- fourtecn shots were fired into the steamer
Handy yesterday morning. when She was an
preaching Portsmouth. Ohio. The shots came
from wagon on the road close to the river
bank. The pilot was compelled to lie fiat.
Balls entered the cabin, and one barely missed
a lazy passenger. Shots also entered the engine
ROOM No cause can be assigned for the attack
Efforts have been made TO arrest the criminals