The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-06

'' VOLUME x.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Tow. Ds.srsysA
Grundy, Virginia, has been almost entirely
destroyed by fire.
The Tari6 Comaissasn Bill.
The United States Senate has passed the
tariff commission bill.
Reeegni.a.g . Necessity.
It is stated that the polygamists are resign
ing their Offices in Utah. ...
QuIte Eaosgh for sleighrfAing.
On the 2sth Of March snow drifts were
reported ten feet deep in Newfoundland.
To Educate the Indian.
The United States Senate added s25o, 900 to
the appropriation for educating Indian chill
dren-
Protecting the Fish.
The Kentucky House has passed bill to pre-
vent the destruction of fish In the Kentucky
River.
Had On Metsspelisan yoersals.
II Ia stated from London that the rates for
cable telegraphing are to be materially in
creased.
Anerfean Pork In Kranee.
The French Senate has adopted the bill re-
pealing the prohibition Of importation of
American pork.
LoriIlara's Herses.
LoriIlard's Iroquois, Gerald and Aranza
have been scratched from all engagements at
EPSON spring races.
Projecting Themselves.
A Chinese Merchants Exchange has been
organized in San Francisco by the Chinese mer-
chants for mutual benefit and protection.
Rnssia Prshibiti.x Anaerieaa Pork.
A st. Petersburg dispatch states that decree
has been issued by the Government prohibiting
the importation of salt pork from America.
Smallpox In Cinefnnasl.
Smallpox in Cincinnati seems to be ON the
increase. The number of new cases reported
per day has risen from eighteen and twenty to
forty.
HonorbIe Exile OF skobeleE
General Skobeler has been nominated to q
commission for the reorganization of Turkes-
tan. This appointment in Russia is regarded
an honorable exile.
Prohibition In Massachusetts
The Massachusetts, House of Representa-
tives, by q tie vote-110 to 110-defeated the
bill prohibiting the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquors.
Good Wages"
Mime. Gerster has signed q contract to sing in
the Imperial Theatre, St. Petersburg, next
winter for 5000, and expenses-the engage
ment to cover three months.
Mig Find.
A pot containing 900 in English and
American coin, and o hatful of Continental
money, was unearthed in st. Louis by some
laborers who were digging trench.
A Terrible Fire.
cable dispatch from Pesth states that sixty
houses and fifty outbuidings at Boezenfa, and
248 houses ut Paks are burned. Several hum
dred families are in destitute condition.
Nihilisss C0mmuted.
All Nihilists who were recently sentenced to
death, except Marine Lieutenant Guchanoff,
L. hsI 4Has-
mite hard labor in the mines, by the Czar.
Bloody ARRAY with Conviets.
Six colored convcts working on the Texas
Pacific road killed the guard and escaped.
Two got into Mexico, but the others were pur-
sued, and two were killed and two captured.
The Andre monument at Tarrytown, New
York, was last week partially destroyed by
| dynamite. The monument did not sustain
much damage, but the base was entirely ruined.
Heavy Shows I'm the Northwest
Heavy snow storms are reported along the
| Canadian Pacific Road, which block travelling
until warm weather. The storms at Winnipeg
have been unprecedentedly severe this season.
Fenian Scare In London.
| News from London states the night police
force now around the docks numbers GOO. 1t
| Is believed the Fenians intended to blow mn the
tunnel to North Woolwich, which passes under
the docks.
| Only . Printer.
Sterling P. Rounds of Chicago, who is widely
known among the craft as an artist in the cart
Il - L. -,
by the President as Public Printer at Washing
ton uice Defrees.
Another Lecturer In the Field.
George @. Min, the Unitarian minister OF
Chicago who recently turned "sgnostic VI
don't know whether there is = God or not
has entered the lecture field, his subject being
"The Agnostic Church"
| Swain ON Mason.s Case.
The Judge Advocate General has submitted
report to the Secretary Of War on the Ser.
geant Mason case. He holds that Mason is moi
lawfully confined, and that the proceedings Of
the court-martial are invalid.
Murdere.s Pardo.ed.
Kate Sothern, the famous Pickens Count.
(Ga) murderess, who, about five years ago
killed her husbands paramour, and was sen
fenced TO death, but was subsequently given
communication Of ten years in the Penitentiary
has been pardoned by Governor Colquit.
| Crop Statistics.
Statistics Of the seven surplus corn-produc
ing States-Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Nebraska-indicate . com
parative shortage of 5000, 900 bushels, or 8
per cent. less corn on hand than an March 20
1881, and also decrease Of 2S,00O,o 900 bushsl
wheat or "A per cent. less.