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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
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Alexander III has appointed Gen. Ignatie1
to succeed Gen. Melikoff, resigned. Gen.
Ignatieff has addressed q circular to the Gov
ernors of the Provinces explaining the princi-
pies of the Imperial manifesto. and announcing
the views Of the government ON the internal
condition of the country. 1t refers to the
dark sides of the present state of society; the
irreligious education of youth; the inactivity of
the authorities; the indifference of many
holders of public Offices to the general welfare,
and their avaricious management of public
property. 'Herein," it says, sis to be found
explanation of the painful fact that the great
reforms introduced by the last government did
not yield the full benefit the deceased Emperor
had right to expect. None but an autocrat,
strong in the attachment and unbounded love
of a great people can, even with the lightened
cooperation of the best sons of fatherland,
successfully remove the great evil from whish
Russia is suffering. The first task to be accom-
plished is the extirpation of the spirit of rebel
lion, which society must counteract of its own
initiative. The persecution of the Jews of the
Ukraine shows how completely the people
yield to the influence of evil disposed persons,
and unsuspectingly serve their rebellious
plans. The second task is to strengthen faith
and morals. The government will take especial
care to introduce order and justice into the in
stitutions created by the late Gar"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
New England Wages.

Mr.. Carroll D. Wright, of the Massa-
chusetts Bureau of Labor and Statistics,
who is said to be o careful statistician,
in his recent report gives some interest
ing facts about labor prices and COM
pensation in New England. According
to this report, in the mills of Maine men
are paid ST. so week, and women get
only $3.50 while the little children re-
ceive from $2 25 to S. 40, in the woolen
mills, which pay the largest wages. One
paper mill in Maine pays men $10.50 a
week and women IS. so, working seven
two hours q week. In New Hampshire
the wages are much lower than those
paid in Maine, and the operatives are re-
quired to work sixty-six hours in the
week. In Rhode Island the wages are
a little higher, with sixty-six hours of
work during the week. In Connecticut
operatives work ninety hours a ,peek-
fifteen hours day for six days-and
the wages are 50 for men, $3.50 for
women, $50 for male children and
81. so for female children The highest
spinners' wages are SO. En- Massachu-
setts from sixty-three to sixty-six hours
of labor week are exacted, and spin
ners only get $1.08 day; the highest
class of labor in the mills not exceeding
$40 to $12 for the men. Many of these
factories are run by water power, and
much time is lost during the winter sea-
sons on account of freezes, and of course
the employees are not paid for the time
thus lost. The statistician remarks that
'long hours and poorly paid labor tend
to brutalize," and he shows that one
manufacturing town in Massachusetts,
supports 400 bar-rooms. Such is the
exhibit of gentleman who has no rea-
son to misrepresent things, and it pre-
sents facts which are not creditable to
the boasted civilization, wealth and gem
erosity of the New England manufac-
turers.-NeW York Commercial I4d-
vertiser.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
The Two Girls Of Frostburx.

Two young ladies for the past four
years have had control of farm of one
hundred and sixty acres near Frostburg.
They have plowed, sowed, reaped, built
fences, raised hogs and performed the
other countless duties incident to
pastoral life. In addition to their out
side duties the care of widowed and in
valid mother has been tax on their
energies. One of the ladies is q shoe
maker, and all work of that kind used by
the family is executed by her. The
house in which they live is large and
roomy, yet these two girls, whose ages,
by the way, are twenty-five and twenty,
have made all the carpet, and made it
we'll, too, painted number of farm
scenes and family portraits in oil, and
filed up the otherwise vacant spots with
waxwork, etc. Besides, the fact that
they are good musicians, the fact that
they never shock your refined ear with
ungrammatical remarks, is also note
worthy. Go to that uch-abused village
of Punxsuatawney, and, after inquiring
for the location of Frostburg, walk
in that direction just three miles and
you will reach the homemade home
Of Emma and Marrilla Black. k.-Pittsourg
Dispatch.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
Star Monte Riursters Indicted.

The Grand Jury in the United States Court at
Philadelphia have returned three bills of indict-
ment against Joseph R. Black, VIM. R. Cason,
Joseph Frank and Henry Arbuckle, one of
which charges them with conspiracy to defraud
the Government in the sum of $4,S00 on
bond accompanying proposal made by Black
to carry the mails on route No. 81, ,592, between
Ft. Griffin and Ft. Elliott, Texas; another for
IS, 300, on route 31,572, between Bracketsville
and Ft. Stockton, Texas; and the third for
81, 900, on route 81, ,s49, between Ft. Elliott
and Wichita Falls, Texas. Statements are
made and denied, to the effect that Black
would make a full expose of the entire busi-
ness, SO far as his knowledge goes, involving
some officials in high standing.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
Keep tne lieaa Ulean.

A distinguished physician, who has
spent much time at quarantine, said
that person whose head was thorough
ly washed every day rarely took conta-
gious diseases but where the hair was
allowed to become dirty and matted it
was hardly possible to escape infection.
Many persons find speedy relief for
nervous headache by washing the part
thoroughly in weak soda water. have
known severe cases almost wholly cured
by this simple remedy. A friend finds
it the greatest relief in cases OF "rare
cold, the cold symptoms entirely leav-
ing the eyes and nose after one thorough
washing Of the hair. The head should
be thoroughly dried afterward, and not
exposed to draughts of air for little
while. EXCHANGE.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
M. Ioxea His si.fer.

Henry Hall, proprietor Of the Eureka Hotel,
ut Nokomis, ILL.,, created sensation last week
by publicly cowhiding his sister, young lady
aged eighteen years. She was in the company
OF Geo. Pinkerton for an evening walk, and be-
cause Hall opposed their courtship, he unmer-
cifully applied the rawhide to the back of the
mortified young lady. He was subsequently
arrested for his brutality.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

A terrible disaster occurred at the Mount ST.
Gothard Tunnel, in Switzerland, on the 18th
inst. While large force of workmen were en-
gagged at work in the tunnel large mass of
rock became dislodged and buried nearly 400
of the men. The accident summoned large
number of employees and others to the scene of
the disaster, and great efforts were made to
rescue those who were wounded. Three hun
dred Of these, some MANNED for life, others
fatally injured, were taken from the debris.
Seventy workmen were killed outright. All
that was possible was done for the wounded
and the scenes about the mouth of the tunnel
where the families of the unfortunate men
gathered were heartrending in the extreme.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
shameful Treatment,

A late dispatch from Vienna says: During
the sacking of Podwalyska, on the Russian
frontier, several peasants were killed by fall
ing rafters. Four grain warehouses and nearly
all the buildings around the railway station
were burned. At all the stations along the
Southwestern Railroad houses were plundered
and burned. The Austrian frontier towns are
crowded with fugitives. At Odessa the plum
dering continues. The rich Jews have fled,
and the poor ones are in a pitiable condition.
At Kieff a synagogue was broken open and the
congregation grossly maltreated. The Jewish
quarter of the town looks as if it had been
sacked by Tartars.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
Servant Girls, Read!

delicious little story is told of Lottie Ma.
loney, aged twenty years, of Smyrna, Del.
Her parents were poor, and she went out as
domestic. She strolled into the park one day
and incidentally was observed by DIR. Leon,
wealthy physician. He admired her appear
ance, made inquiry about her, found her of
good character, and subsequently employed her
as his housekeeper. She proved to be such an
excellent young lady that by process of law
(not by marrying herr he had her name changed
to Lottie Josephine Leon, and made her his
heiress, bequeathing her his fortune of $780,,
900. Every servant girl should try to initiate
Lottie Maloney. You can't tell at just what
moment you are under the inspection of some
one who is contemplating bequeathing you
something like million dollars.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

Fresh riots, directed against the Jews, have
occurred at Sweta, the Government of Kieff,
and at Odessa, where the Jews houses were
wrecked 1t is reported the populace of Tar
tova threw a Jew into the flames of his burning
house. A telegram from Woloszca, on the
Russian frontier reports the Jews there have been
attacked by the populace and all their houses
destroyed. Three hundred and thirty families
were rendered homeless, and fed into Galicia.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
Why the Bey of Tanis signed the Treaty.

Intelligence from Constantinope says the Bey
of Tunis telegraphed the Porte Thursday as
follows: 'French General has come to my
palace with body of cavalry. and submitted
treaty, recognizing French protectorate, to me
for signature, stating he would not leave the
place without answer. SeeingI was under the
pressure of superior force, the French army
being near my residence, I was obliged for
honor's sake, and for the prevention of blood
shed, to sign, without examining or discussing,
but declaring I was constrained by force"
Several Powers have replied to the Porte's re-
cent circular to the effect that the Sultan's
suzerainty over Tunis was not clearly defined
in the existing treaties. The Porte has re-
solved to protest against the French abuse Of
force.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

ton of Senators until Tuesday, the 31st inst.
An Albany special says that the Albany En-
press, which is the only organ of the Stalwarts
at the capital, comedies the defeat of Conkling
and appeals for peace. 1t also speaks in the
kindliest manner of Robertson. and acknowl-
edges him as the present leader of the party,
and guarantees its firm support of him in the
future
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
wife Murder and su,c,ae-

Charles Given, . cook at the Atlantic Hotel,
Atchison, Kansas, shot and killed his wife upon
the street, in that city, and then shot himself,
dying almost instantly. Given was a drunken
sot, and because of his intolerable abuse, his
wife left him last March and secured employ
ment in Walkers restaurant.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

A correspondent writing from Noble, Rich
land County, Illinois, says: "The extreme hot
weather of last week and the ravages of the
insects have made sad havoc in the growing
wheat throughout this section, and the most
sanguine now do not count on more than half
q crop, il that much. At any rate, there can
not possibly be anything approximating last
years yield, and the sooner this fact is admit
ted the better, perhaps, it will be for all
concerned. reports to the contrary notwith-
standing"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
Wedding Anniversaries.

The wedding anniversaries are as fol-
lows: First Year, iron; fifth year, wooden;
tenth year, tin; fifteenth year, crystal;
twentieth year, china; twenty fifth year,
silver; thirtieth year, cotton; thirty fifth
year, linen; fortieth year, wooden; forty.
fifth year, silk; fiftieth year, gold; sew.
enty-fifth year, diamond
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
Tn, rroh,b,,ory Law. of Kansas.

John walruff, brewer, of Lawrence,
Kansas, proposes to test whether under the
Federal Constitution q State has the right to
prohibit him from the manufacture of an ar
ticle which the State law permitted him to en-
gage in. His brewery he values at $4,000,
which property he says he can not afford to
lose, and the Brewers Association, at Chicago,
have voted him $75, 900 to test the law.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

The publication in a number Of Eastern pa
pers respecting the prohibtory measures Of the
Kansas State Constitution, is irritating the
people of that State to a considerable degree.
They declare that 1t is having the effect to turn
away emigration, a little matter which they do
not exactly like. It seems TO affect the Ger
man emigrant more than any other, and the
thrifty German, it seems, is in popular de-
mand in all new countries.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
A Kentucky Heroine Of Early DAYS.

A well-authenticated incident of Mel
son county, KY, illustrates the charac-
ter Of the early emigrants from old
Virginia In 1857 the cabin of one John
Merrill was attacked in the night by
seven marauding savages. The barking
Of faithful dog gave notice to the occu-
pants that somebody was coming. Mer-
rill opened the door TO see what was the
matter, when he fell severely wounded,
being shot through the shoulder and
lower limbs. He called upon his wife TO
shut the door, but it was speedily demol-
ished by the tomahawks OF four Indians.
Mrs Merrill, being n woman of great
courage and of herculean strength,
seized an ax and dispatched all of them
as they entered. Two mounted upon
the cabin roof and were entering by way
of the chimney. Quick as thought Mrs.
M. ripped open her only feather-bed and
emptied its contents upon the fire. Tho
blaze and smoke Of the burning feath-
ers 80 suffocated the invaders that they
fell TO the hearth, where she dispatched
them with the AZ. Only one escaped,
and he was severely wounded by blow
from the heroine's deadly weapon.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
D..trvestve Fire nj Nashville.

A. fire at Nashville, Tennessee, on the 18th
inst, destroyed thirty-four buildings, including
Noers block, the finest building in the city, en-
failing an aggregate loss of s450,0OO; insur-
ance $500. A heavy gale and deficient water
supply combined to place the element beyond
the control Of the fireman.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

and bullion of the United States at this time is
estimated at $500, ,OOO,O 900. The gold circula-
ton of the various countries is estimated az
follows: Germany, s3ss, OOO, 900; England,
1896, 900, 900; France, 1927, ,OOO, 900; Spain
$3.50, 900, 900; Portugal, s4s, ZOO, 600; Russia,
no returns; United States, $3.50, ,O0O, 600; Mex
leo, s1O,0OO,OOO. Mr.. Burchard makes the
following comparison of the gold circulation of
the United States in the period from June 80,
1879, to May 2, 1881, showing large gains:
June 80. Maya,
1879. 1881. Gain.
Held by United
States Treas
ooO, 600 s17o oOo. 900 ss5 900 900
Held by Ma
tional Banks 35,0O0,OOO 94COO,OO0 5000 600
In active circu-
lation........ 116, 900 25e, 900 100000 900
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

Route No. 3s,113, from Rawlins to White
River, Colorado, was let to John W. Dorsey for
$1,7O0. 1t afterward passed into the hands Of
ex-senator Dorsey. The service was once a
week; distance, 1s0 miles; time, 10S hours.
The service was finally increased to seven trips
per week, and the pay to $3O,9S1.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
Loves Test.

The Cashier enters the private office
of the President, nervous and agitated.
"Sir," he says, 81 have something ON
my mind which I feel myself compelled
to disclose to you, though for months 1
have striven to conceal it." The Presi-
dent turns pale. ."The fact is, that /
love your daughter" The President
breathes more freely. "Ah, you love
my daughter. Do you ever make any
errors in your books, or in counting
your cash2 Find yourself abstracted,
eh?" "Never, sir |" with pride. "Then,
sir, l must decline to encourage your
suit. You are not really in love-"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

Tribes throughout Tunis are sending letters
to the Bey, demanding categorical statement
concerning the conditions Of the Franco-Tunis-
ian Convention, accusing him Of treason, and
threatening TO raise the banner of the Sultan.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
Gold I'm the United atAtes.

From table recently compiled by Mr.. Bur-
chard, Director Of the Mint, it appears that
our delegate to the International Monetary
Conference will be able to show the European
powers that the United States can maintain q
gold basis, 80 far as the amount Of its gold is
concerned. The total amount Of the gold coin
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

1t is stated that 800, 900 copies Of the revised
edition Of the New Testament was sold in New
York the first day they were placed upon sale.
Tho old sort can be bought pretty cheap now,
| and might be sent to the heathens to begin on.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

think you have the ugliest head on it I
ever saw. Why don't you change it7
I'm certain I never would let such head
appear on paper of mine" "An
right" said Jones, and off came the
head. "Now, Mr.. Foreman" he con-
tinued, clock up the forms and send
them down to the press ROOM" The
forms were duly locked and went down,
and the paper came out and was dis
tributed as usual. The next morning,
the politician, and the solemn man,
the friend, the school girl, the woman,
the small boy, and all the rest Of
them were standing around the Flap
doodle office with blank sheets of paper
in their hands; not line, not word,
not sign of anything on it but column
rules. with nothing between. "How is
this?" said each to the other, "and
where's that fool editor, to impose on us
in this way?" While they were thus
talking, the devil came in with letter
from the editor, which the old man read
to the crowd. It ran as follows:
sDear friends, you all think you
know how to run newspaper, and when
You come to me with your suggestions I
hate to tell you differently, SO I have fol-
lowed your advice and you see what you
have as the result. If you will be kind
enough to mind your own business half
as well as I do mine. and try to think
know little something, while You
don't know it all, will give you good
newspaper, and whenever 1 don't give
you your moneys worth, then come and
tell me SO, but don't come telling me
how I should do my work, when I have
devoted years to it, and you have never
given it an hours study.
-a. 81 am yours truly,
-,a, m 'tHEzEKIAH JONES,
ssEditor Fyapdoodle."
Then these good people looked at
their blank paper and their blank faces,
and not one said word except the pro-
fame man, who remarked, 'tDamme, the
editor is right; let's go and mind our
own business" and Jones crept out from
behind the counter, and that evening
issued tip-top paper, chuck full of all
sorts of personal and local items, and
news, and everything, and there was
peace in that town for the space Of
long time.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

At Franklin, Tennessee, Douglass stable
burned, including fifteen horses, two of which
were thoroughbred trotting stations, Rhada-
manthus and Enfield. Loss, $4,000.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

Friends Of ex-senator Conkling state that
Mr.. Conkling will resume the practice of law in
New York, and recommend the election of
General Grant as his successor.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

News from st. Petersburg says another con-
spirators' den containing large store of arms
and dynamite, was found near Warsaw. The
occupants had previously deserted the house.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

Ex-senator sprague is q very irritable man.
Last week he gave his intimate friend, DIR. J.
B. Green, a check for something over a thou
sand dollars, which, failing to be honored at
the bank, the doctor spoke to Mr.. Sprague about
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

Hessy Helfman, who was sentenced to death
for completely in the murder of the Gar, and
reprieved on account of her delicate condition,
has been delivered Of stiil-born child.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
Jay Gould captures q R.ilro.d.

1t is published on authority that Jay Gould
has purchased the Indianapolis, Peru and Chi
cago Railroad, and has thus secured connec-
tion with the system of roads centering at In
dianapolis.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
New York.

. By permission of Mayor Grace, Of New York,
the members Of the Republican Central Clubs
fred 100 guns in the City Hall Park in honor
Of the confirmation of Judge Robertson.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

The army worm has made its appearance at
Watertown, N. Y, destroying all kinds of veg
citation. The ravages of the worms extend
over the whole of Northern New York.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

w. Z. Chandler was not confirmed in the
United States Senate for Solicitor General. The
vote stood yeas 10 Republicans, nays % DEM
ocrats and Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

Three men were killed and five injured by
the works caying in at the Golden Terra Mine,
Deadwood, d. T.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

it. Spragde hauled off and hit the doctor in
the nosA, and followed the blow up with
anothtIf, and another. Green is the madest
kind about it, and is now going to tell several
th hngs that he knows.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

"GooD morning Willie" said the pas
tor, saluting the boy affectionately. II
suppose the folks are all well at home~
Pretty well," returned viii; "the
cooks drunk, sister Sails got the measles
and ma iawsd the old man sick last
night"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

Private intelligence from Rome says a plot to
assassinate the King of Italy has been discov-
cred. The suspected person lis an Italian, re-
Gently arrived in Rome.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

A Paris dispatch says the Monetary Confer
ence has been intensely interested in very
able speech by Judge Howe, United States
Commissioner, who outlined the American po-
sition on the question of bimetalism. ''The
States,' he said "are not here on behalf of
mine owners to bull the market for silver.
Agriculture is our chief interest. Our annual
cotton crop is worth seven times, the wheat
crop twelve times, and the corn crop eighteen
times the average annual product of our silver
mines. America is seeking for herself and the
world broad and stable money basis, upon
which thirty thousand millions of the worlds
indebtedness can rest" Judge Howe predicted
this conference would have q free union on
equal terms nothing The Government of
the United States offers to stand side by side
with its sisters represented there in upholding
the monetary functions of both gold and
silver.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26

TIE butter, cheese, egg and milk
business of this country are estimated
TO be worth S840, 600. 900.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-05-26
ImnaigrafiS

The stipulations in the Franco-Tunis Treaty
excites great indignation in Rome.