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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

Years ago, into n Wholesale grocery
store in Boston walked q tall, muscular
looking man, evidently fresh conner
from some backwoods town in Maine or
New Hampshire Accosting the person
he met, who happened to be the mer-
chant himself, he asked:
"You don't want to hire man in your
store, do you"
"Well," said the merchant, "I don't
know; what can you do"
"Do?' said the man, II rather guess
can turn my hand to almost anything
what do you want done?"
"Well, il I was TO hire man, it would
be one who could lift we'll q strong,
wiry fellow. One, for instance, who
could shoulder sack of coffee like that
yonder, and carry it across the floor and
never let it down"
"There, now, Captain, said the coun.
trrman, "that's Just me. can lift any.
thing hitch to; you can't suit me bet
ter. What will you give man that will
suit you? 2"
"I'n tell you," said the merchant, "h
you'll shoulder that sack of coffee and
carry il across the store twice, and never
lay Il down, I will hire you for year al
800 month"
"Done," said the stranger, and by
this time every clerk in the store had
gathered around and waited to join in
the laugh against the man, who, walking
up to the sack, threw it across his shoul
der with perfect ease, though extremely
heavy, and walking with it twice across
the floor, went quietly to large hool
which was fastened to the wall, an6
hanging it up, turned to the merchant
and said
"There, now; it may hang there til
doomsday shall never take it down
What shall go about now, mister
Give me plenty to do and one hundred
dollars q month and it's all right"
They broke into a laugh, and the mer
chant, discomfted, yet satisfied, KEEP
his agreement, and to-day the greer
countryman is the senior partner in thu
6rm. and is worth million dollars.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
Good Humor.

Surely nothing can be more unreason-
able than to lose the will to please, when
we are conscious of the power, or show
more cruelty than to choose any kind of
influence before that Of kindness and
good humor. ola r-..-.-.f -e-...-e =
He that regards the welfare of others
should make his virtue approachable,
that it may be loved and copied; and he
that considers the wants which every
man feels, or will feel, of external as
sistance, must rather wish to be sur
rounded by those that love him, than
those that admire his excellencies or
solicit his favors for admiration ceases
with novelty, and interest gains its end
and retires. "a .,.s,v II -. lfs .t
A man whose great qualities want the
ornament of superficial attractions, is
like a naked mountain with mines Of
gold, which will be frequented only till
the treasure is exhausted. - Samuel
,TOhrs0,l
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

VOLUME TX.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
ALaw.
The Riddleberger debt bill ID now . law i,
Virginia
Frequent cotton failures are reported from
New Orleans.
The Early sprfng.
The ice blockade in the Straits Of Mackina,
has been cleared.
Governor of Arizona
The Senate has confirmed Fred. A. Thistle, O
Nevada, as Governor Of Arizona
Afraid Of His Life.
The coronation Of the Gear, it ID said, hs
been postponed until September.
Chinese Professor Dead.
Ko Kun Hua, Professor Of Chinese in Hal
ward University, died the past week.
Earliest Dase On Record.
Lake navigation had opened 1T Chicago
the 18th inst, the earliest date on record.
News ApP0ant.ent.
The President has appointed Jno. @. New, {
Indiana, Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury.
Broke Up.
The ice in the Hudson and other rivers in Ii
East is breaking up, and navigation is being n
sumed.
Pigeon AhOotfng.
DR.. Carver won pigeon match over Englis
and Scotch champions, giving them odds a. /!
distance.
Life for Life.
James A. Allison was banged at Indian
Pa, last Friday, for the murder of his faith
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

Alexander Arnold, who was arrested at Fort
Wayne, Ind, some time ago with two stolen
horses in his possession, has confessed to steal
ing thirty-four horses the past year, and in NO
case was he ever apprehended. Fifteen of the
thirty-four horses stolen have been recovered
by their owners rs a result Of Arnolds confess
ion. They were scattered mostly through the
State of Illinois. Arnold, two years ago, was
pardoned out Of the Illinois State Prison after
serving sixteen months of an eighteen-year
sentence. The grounds upon which his pardon
was obtained was insanity.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

Recent exposures Of the cruelty practiced in
the charitable and educational institutions of
Montreal, has resulted in the organization of Q
society to prevent . repetition of such crimes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
Morse Thief Lynched.

colored man named Smeal. living on
Thomas Billiards plantation, Guerny County,
Ga, was suspected Of stealing horse. A mob
broke open the negro's cabin and whipped him
until he confessed the stealing, and took the
men to where the stolen horse was tied in the
woods. The mob then hanged the negro to a
blackjack limb near the Jefferson and Law
renceville Road.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
Blown to Atoms.

The old homestead of Admiral Porter, at
Chester, Pa, and occupied by Professor Jack
son, pyrotechnist, in the manufacture of e1-
plosive commodities, was last week blown to
atoms with terrible loss of life Immediately
after the explosion an alarm brought the
fire department to the scene, which, after being
assured there were no explosives in the place.
went to work, and after playing on the flames
about half an hour terrible explosion occurred.
and bodies Of men were thrown in every direc-
ton. The air was filed with rubbish, and
the ground was covered with victims, some
killed, some seriously injured, and
others badly hurt. Dead bodies of
men lay coiled on the ground, and others Ia
bored in the agonies of death. A number
writhing in their blood moaned and groaned
piteously for help. Many lay insensibleto their
surroundings and others, bruised and bleeding.
groped their way from the scene of the terrible
accident. The scene beggars description. Peo-
pie prayed in the open streets, and the shrieks
Of the dying were appalling. The fire was
abandoned, and everybody in condition to
do 60 turned attention to alleviating the dis
tressed. The houses in the vicinity of the ex-
plosion were converted into hospitals, and the
wounded were removed thereto. Following is
| COEIoCVeu uSt OF Lne KllleQ JOnu AAmplOuBu,
Thomas Donaldson, Thomas Anderson, Alexan-
der Philips, John Pollock, James Kestner, Geo.
Taylor, James T. Daugherty, Perry Williams,
Anthony Barber, William Wood, David
Daiers and Peter Viscati. Benjamin Cart
side, reported killed, is still living. William
B. Franklin, VIM. Cowan, and boy named
Calls have since died from injuries. The list
of woundedis Police Officer Blizzard, VIM. Glib
son, and Smith Nobblett, fireman; Alexander
Hamilton, Horace Larkin, A. Greenbaugh,
VIM. Ford, James Clark, Jacob Roth and John
Wood are dangerously wounded. John Wood
is a brother of VIM. Wood, killed, Eliza Watson
Daniel Rothwell, May wooding Geo. Williams
and David Blizzard are painfully hurt. The
limbs of Jane Kay (coloreO have been ampu
tated, and her life is despaired of. Charlel
Dalton, son Of Chief Engineer Dalton, is in
jured internally, with no hopes of his recov
cry. The Chiefs injuries are serious. Jame
Dougherty's head was blown of. The fami
lies Of many killed and wounded are in need,
circumstances, and relief committees ar
formed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

CLERKS in the French Government
Offices are not that we'll paid as to make
the struggle for places so disgracefully
great as in some other lands, notably our
own. On an average the salary is. only
$500 francs, or about $500 year, and
the most of them marry on this and have
children. Rent costs them at least 800
q year, clothing and linen another $l00,
il not $120, leaving them $3.50 for food,
drink and the dowry Of the daughter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
No FOOlishneaa.

Fighting duels in Mexico Is something more
serious than the ordinary French duel. At
Guadalajara, the other day, two rival editors
fought duel, both men firing simultaneously,
and both were instantly killed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

The report Of the Secretary Of Internal AZ
fairs of Pennsylvania shows that there are l.
72,769 taxables in the State. The value Of
taxable real estate property last year was $1,-
$40, sos, ,27s, and there was CLOS, SIC, 525 worth
Of property exempt.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
A Call for Help.

The committee to solicit subscriptions for
the relief Of the widows and orphans of the
men killed by the explosion at the Midlothian
Mine, Virginia, asks aid for these poor sufferers.
Subscriptions may be sent the Merchants Ma
tional Bank, of Richmond, Va.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
Sudden Disappe.r.nee..

The male population of Camden, Ohio, have
suddenly become imbued with mania for run
ming away. Within one week five persons dis
appeared. Wilson Coons, George Fowler (of
Fowler Bros.) have disappeared as . result of
reading ''yellow back" literature; also John
Sheafer and William Thompson. Young men,
and prominent stock buyer, became suddenly
scarce. So far as it is known no act has been
committed that would necessitate any of the
narties leaving
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
Murderea with Whisky.

At Point st. Charles, Canada, an eight-year-
old boy died from the excessive use Of whisky,
and the Coroner's jury brought in verdict of
willful murder against the person who gave
him the huuor
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

tunnel near Baltimore, having stepped from
one track to avoid train, and being run down
by . locomotive advancing on another from
the opposite direction.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

Ithas been ascertained that when Navin, the
absconding Mayor Of Adrian, Mich, was in
New York and negotiated the fraudulent water
works bonds, he was accompanied by Alderman
Fred. A. Clark, President of the Council, and
as . result Mr.. Clark has been arrested as an
accomplice in the scheme. 1t is estimated that
Navin obtained $31, 900 Of the New York par
ties, with whom he negotiated the bonds.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

Says London dispatch of the 18th inst.
"By an explosion in . colliery at Trimdon
Grange, Durham, to-day, 100 persons were on
toned. Thirty imprisoned workmen were res
cued. The foul gas resulting from the explo-
sion caused tho death Of four persons In an
other oolliery, two miles distant"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

Two young men at Owensburg, Ohio, were
discussing the Sullivan-Ryan prize fight, when
one Of them, upon invitation to demonstrate
point, struck the other . blow upon the breast,
from the effect Of which he fell to the ground
and instantly expired.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

At Edinburgh, Scotland, last week. two
boxes containing internal machines were de-
livered to two different addresses, and on being
opened, exploded, injuring, in all, eight per-
sons. Aman named Costello has been arrested
for the crime, and his motives are thought to
have been Of personal nature.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

WILLIAM w1NANs, the Baltimore
Croesus, who lives in London, has .
Yacht that cost fortune, but is mortally
afraid of the sea; has English, American
and Russian race horses, and rides an
old cob which frightens him by backing
its ears pays seven thousand pounds
wear for the most expensive deer park in
Scotland, and can not sit IN O room with
a gun; has Patti and Albani to sing at
his drawing-room concerts, and does not
know "Rule Britannia" from yankee
Doodle. - Waits.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
Money Gaiherers.

While the cashier of Patrick Shannon Bank,
of Terra Haute, Ind, WAS engaged in CONVEX
sation with . stranger, another "stranger "
stepped behind the counter and captured
&1, 500, with which he made his escape. The
money was missed before the stranger who was
engaging the attention Of the cashier had time
to get away, and he was taken into custody,
giving his name as Benjamin Simmons, of Chi
caco.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
He va. Financi.IIx Emh.rr.s.eA.

Late Chief of Police Of Cincinnati, Colonel
Jacob Gessert, committed suicide the past
week by shooting through the brain. The ball
passed entirely through the head, struck .
door -jamb, and rebounding, lodged in the wall
opposite. The cause for the act was financial
embarrassment.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

Reports from Wayne, Franklin, Saline,
Wabash, White, Gallatin and other counties in
Southern Illinois indicate great suffering in
that section, particularly among the tenant
classes. This condition is owing to the
drouth Of last summer, and in Saline County
and other portions there are those who are
said to be actually starving. and are compelled
to eat anything and everything that can be
converted into food.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

Morsr mortar destroys lead pipe. Un-
dsrground telegraph wires have been
cased in lead pipe, laid In mortar, and
the pipes soon become useless. Moist
mortar viii eat through an ordinary
sheet Of lead in . year.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
Frfghtf.l Accident.

While walking on the Bee Line Railroad, near
indianapolis, Mrs. Catherine Doty, . widow,
and Mrs. Julia sennett, stepped from one track
to another to avoid an approaching train. A
train. however, coming from the opposite direo-
ton on the track 10 which they stepped struck
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
shaHinx Up the laorms.s,

An earthquake of five minutes duration was
felt at Salt Lake City on the morning Of the
18th inst. At the time the inhabitants thought
the rumbling was caused by powder magazine
explosion.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
Had o. British Columbts.

A dispatch says British Columbia member
of Parliament has caused quite stir in the
Capital by arriving with . harem of four
squaws. He experienced much difficulty in
finding . clearinghouse for himself and
party, ~ at the end of the last session Of
Parliament he cleared out without paying his
board bill, and left many other accounts un-
settled. It's altogether probable that motion
will be brought up in the House of Commons
to expel him.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
a Handsome verdies.

The wife of . Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railroad brakeman, whose husband
was crushed to death in coupling cars, has
secured verdict Of ell, ,675.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
This is Remarkable.

The young woman from Center County, Pa,
upon whom was performed the delicate opera
ton, by Prof. VIM. Goodall, at the University
Hospital at Philadelphia few days ago, Of
removing an ovarian tumor, is in an improving
condition, and scarcely any doubt is now enter
tanned by the attending physicians of her
ultimate recovery. The tumor weighed, when
removed, 112 pounds, leaving the patient her
self reduced to seventy-fve pounds in weight.
In other words, the tumor removed was third
larger than the woman herself.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
Rather Lengthy.
Rix Men KilIeA. .

A petition said to be 5000 feet long has been
presented to Congress asking the abolishment
Of bank deposit, check and draft tax.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

The dead lock in tho New York General
Assembly has been broken BY Tammany going
over to the Republicans in both Houses.
johnson, Republican, has been elected Clerk,
and the appointment Of committees has been
vested In the Lieutenant Governor.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

The Minnesota State Grange denounces the
Minneapolis Millers' Association for monopo-
lizing the Minnesota wheat market and keeping
down prices.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

1t is ascertained that forty men were killed
by the English colliery explosion, ct Trimdon
Grange, Durham.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

The Coroner's jury investigating the cause Of
the burning Of the World building in New
York, in which . number of persons perished,
find that the fire originated from . defective
fue.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

A boiler explosion at the Georgia Car Works,
at Cartersville, near Atlanta. killed six men Gall
colored) and fatally wounded three others.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

A member of the Ways and Means Committee
says he has no doubt that the committee will
report in favor Of reducing the tax on whisky
and tobacco, but he does not believe the reduc-
ton will be as much as suggested. He thinks,
for instance, that the whisky tax will be
reduced to about seventy cents per gallon. His
idea that the committee will first agree to cut
down internal taxation by certain figures, and
that they will apportion this reduction among
the various articles which bear that tax.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
ahfppeA 70 China.

The body of the late Ko Kun Hua, Professor
of Chinese in Harvard University, has been
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

third year, and was regarded as the life Of the
o. and NJ. Road, and perhaps the most promis-
ing and energetic railroad man in the country.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

The straw-bond Star Route defendants, at
Washington, have been held over in D, 900
each TO the Grand Jury.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
293. In this apportionment Ohio is increased
from 40 to 81, and Illinois from 10 to 20.

After rejecting Colericks substitute fixing
the number Of Representatives at 316, the ap-
portionment bill was perfected, and passed with
out division, as already given. II redistricting
does not occur before fall, States having larger
number Of Representatives under the apportion-
ment than now, will elect them at large; States
having smaller number will elect them on the
same ticket -..t...H-t. n
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

The ice in the Hudson and other riversi in the
East is breaking up, and navigation is being re-
sumed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

Frequent cotton failures are reported from
New Orleans.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
He Had = Partner.

them, passing over their bodies and mangling
them in q horrible manner.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

James A. Allison was banged at Indiana,
Pa, last Friday, for the murder Of his father
some time ago.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK
A Law.
Cotton Failures.

The Riddleberger debt bill ID now . law in
Virginia.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
Pfge0m AhOOt1ng.


DR.. Carver won pigeon match over English
and Scotch champions, giving them odds as to
distance.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

The ship Glenmary arrived at New York Feb
ruary Is, reports falling in with boat contain
ing eleven Of the crew and two passengers Of
the steamer Bahama, from Porto Rico for New
York. She took them on board and landed
them in New York. John Scott, one of the
cabin passenger saved, makes the following
statement: "The steamer Bahama left st.
Johns, Porto Roo, on the 4th of February for
New York. On February she encountered .
hurricane, which threw the steamer on the
beam ends. 1t was concluded to abandon the
ship, and two boats were lowered. The Cap
tain's boat contained seventeen persons. It was
swamped shortly after leaving the ship, and
two or three men were seen to swim back to the
vessel but it was impossible to tell If they sue
ceeded in getting on board. Three Of the crew
refused to leave the ship, preferring to take
their chances by remaining on board, as the
two boats were SO heavily loaded and terrific
storm was prevailing. Our boat contained
Robert Williams, first officer; Robert Ross, Sec
ond officer; A. J. Fear and myself, passengers;
the second and third engineers, chief steward, q
cook, . waiter, . messman and fireman."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

The ice blockade in the Straits Of Mackinaw
| has been cleared.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
Afraid Of Bfs Life

Govern0r Of Arizona
The Senate has confirmed Fred. A. Tristle, Of
Nevada, as Governor Of Arizona
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
Cen. Pass. Agt Como Killed.

The well-known General Passenger Agent of
the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, Mr. Charles
8. Gone, jun, was knocked on train and
killed near North Vernon, Ind, on the 18th
inst. Mr.. Gone and Col. Peabody had left st.
Louis on the fast train in the Directors car in
the morning, and ~ they were nearing North
Vernon, where Mr.. Gone desired to send several
messages from, he went ont upon the plat
form. He leaned out to look back, as was his
custom to see II the train from Louisville
which connects with the st. Louis train was
already in. As he looked down the track. he
had his head to the bridge, and In m instant q
post struck him in the back Of the head,
swung his body between the cars, his feet
dropping on the rails. Conductor McNeelan
saw his danger, but being unable to extricate
his already lifeless body, swung 1t out to the
side to save 1t from being mangled. The whole
back Of the head was crushed In. Mr.. CONF
was . young man, being only in his thirty
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
News ApPSint.en

Lake navigation had opened at Chicago on
the 18th inst, the earliest date on record.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

ALWAYS goes around with long face
An alligator.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
Chinese Professor Dead.

The coronation of the Car, it 10 said, hst
been postponed until September.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23

Ko Kun Hua, Professor Of Chinese in Har-
ward University, died the past week.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
Broke Up.

The President has appointed Jno. @. New, OF
Indiana, Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury. .