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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
These Are the Figures.

The committee appointed to audit the expen-
ses incident to the last illness and death of JAS
A. Garfield have failed to aggree with DIR. Bliss
in the estimate of the value of the services of
the respective physicians employed in the case.
Bliss thought he ought to have about $4,000
and the others he graded from $25, 900 down,
placing the services of Mrs Edison, who labored
increasingly, at $1,000. Instead Of the Bliss
barometer as guide, the committee have fig
ured it in this way: To DR.. D. W. Bliss, $685.
600; to DR.. D. 81. Agnew, $15, 600; to DIR. Frank
H. Hamilton, $15, 900; to DR.. 5. A. Boynton,
$4,000; to DR.. Robert Reyburn, $40, 200; to
Mrs. DR.. Susan Edison, $5, 600; to Crump, the
steward, $3, 900. ALI the other White House
employees, two months extra pay.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
The Horror OF Horrors.

The Herald, Of Hartford, Kentucky, published
the following terrible story in its issue of Feb
ruary "a: can outrage too horrible almost to
call to mind, happened near Caneyvilie, jan
uary %, 1881, by which Wiley Embry and six
children were burned to death. We have Just
learned that deathbed confession has brought
out the perpetrators. DIR. Jas. N. Brandon, of
Caneyville, on his deathbed, confessed that he
and John whittinghill and Bill Taylor Whit
tinghill, sons Of Remus Whittinghill, did the
deed. Brandon said that they took syringe
and threw chloroform through key holes into
the different rooms, and waited till it
caused deep sleep, then went in and robbed
the house, getting $1,600 in money. They
then set the house on fire in several different
places and ran of. Mrs. Embry and three
children escaped from the fire, and Mr.. Embry
and six children, including three SONS, almost
grown, persisted in the flames. The parties
have been suspected from the time Belle
Taylor, Whittinghill's wife, took hundred
dollar bill to Moorman'B store to get changed,
End as Whittinghill was known to be scarce Of
money, it excited suspicion. Brandon married
q sister Of Whittinghil. We understand that
Brandon is dead and the Whittinghill's have
fed. This is information as received. 1t may
not be exactly correct in detail but the sub
stance is. A number Of DIR. Brandon's friends
deny that he made any such confession"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

The report is current that Ex-Governor
Palmer, of Illinois, has received q letter from
Samuel J. Tilden announcing that he will posi-
lively be . candidate for President in 1884.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Ntrange Reseae.

A survivor of the steamer Bahama, foun-
dered February 10, arrived at New York Febru-
ary 23. He went down with the steamer, came
to the surface and was SO fortunate as to come
ACROSS q big ice-chest, into which he got, and
foated around for six days before being picked
up by passing vessel.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Aid nr, the M,..,..,ps valley.

A measure has been passed by both Houses
of Congress appropriating $10o, 200 to be used
by the Secretary Of War for the relief Of desti-
tute persons in districts overfowed by the Mis-
sissippi and it's tributaries, and authorizing the
Secretary to cooperate with the State authori.
ties in the distribution
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Rouuer,. We.k Paint

Robert Bonner, the owner of Dexter and
other blooded stock, and publisher of the Oldest
story paper on the continent, last week pur-
chased $15, 600 worth of blooded young horses
ut Lexington, Kentucky.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

A man named Stewart Jamison, boarding
with August Wuest, Cincinnati, became delin-
quent in the matter of paying his bills, and
Wuest, in arguing the case, struck Jamison
with his fist, killing him instantly, the blow dis
locating the fellows neck. wuest notified the
authorities Of the affair and then fed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

The Newcomb- Buchanan Distilling Company,
of Louisville, has failed, with assets estimated
at $4,000, 600 and Liabilities about 81, ,200,-
900. lack Of ready money precipitated
the assignment, and it is thought . little
delay will set the firm all right
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

Mr.. SPURaEoN feels strongly on the
subject Of vivisection. ~ loathe the
subiset intensely" he says. ''and am
unable to imngine the process by which
men of education, u~xaen at all, bring
themselves to perform uch-eruelties."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

The statement is published that the holders
of Virginia State bonds intend to contest the
validity of the acts passed in the settlement of
the State debt
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Isaiesinx the star Routers.

The Grand Jury at Washington has indicted,
among others, ex-Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral Thomas ]. Brady, ex-senator stephen W.
Dorsey, his brother, Captain W. H. Turner,
formerly clerk in the Postoffice Department,
and J. W. Peck, brother-in-law of ex-senator
Dorsey. Twelve In all are indicted.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
A Saving Woman.

"You may talk about your mean
men," said one rustic to another, "but
we've got woman over there in Alameda
who takes the pie
kinder closets sheY
"Close? Why, last month her hus-
band died-fourth husband, mind-and
TIM blamed if she didn't take the door
plate off the front door, had his age
added, and then nailed onto his coffin.
Said she guessed likely she'd be wanting
a new name on the door soon anyway"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Down win the 1,urrent.

While repairing q span Of the bridge over
New River, north Of Hamilton, Ohio, on the
c., II. and d. Railroad, which had been dam
aged by the flood, it gave way and fell into the
stream below, carrying the workmen with it.
One man was drowned and many injured.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
nfsfre~s An the Noufh.

Congress has been asked to authorize the
Secretary of War to issue rations and extend
such other aid as shall appear necessary, to the
poverty-stricken people Of Eastern Arknansas
and Northern Louisiana.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
SNOW.

Canada reports the heaviest snow-storm Of
the winter, snow lying to the depth Of SIX feet
on the level. Northern Wisconsin reports
show drifts eight feet high.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

vorce from her husband, VIM. Sprague, ex-
Governor Of Rhode Island. Mrs. Spragde will
be given the custody of her three daughters,
the boy to remain with his father.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

An anti-polygamy bill has been introduced in
the United States Senate to amend the act es-
tablishing the territorial Government Of Utah,
and to change the name to "Altamont."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

Lieutenant Harber and Master Scheutze, of
the U. 8. Navy, have left st. Petersburg for
Jakutsk via Orenbug. They win proceed down
the river Lena in . steamer, and along the
coast to the east in search Of the Jeannette's
third boat. Lieutenant Danenhower starts
from rkutsk for St. Petersburg IN q few days.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

Mike McCay, who was injured while coupling
cars on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad,
has recovered q verdict against the road in the
courts at Louisville for $500.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
S.ner,ur nj Louisville.

The high waters flooded fully 800 houses at
Louisville, imprisoning many of the occupants,
who, when found, were discovered to be desti-
tute and actually suffering for food.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
w.~h,u<,ou,. n,rthd.x.

The distress produced everywhere by the
high water and storm had q tendency 10 reduce
patriotic fervor, and in consequence the birth
day of the Father of Our Country was not
particularly observed anywhere.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
El.esr,e Ii.ht win KIN.

Henry Balzer, of Pittsburg, while examining
an electric light machine, placed his hand on
the wire and the shock was so great that he
was instantly killed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Temperance and woman suffrage.

The Republican editors of Indiana, in ses-
sion, decided to leave the Temperance and
woman suffrage questions to vote of the peo-
ple-so far as they are concerned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Rem0xnl Of Maud 8.

Maud 8. has been taken from her winter
quarters in Cincinnati to New York. She is to
be driven to the pole by Mr.. Vanderbilt, alter
nately with VIM. Il. and Lysander.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
AoteldO'n KuennIea.

The fact has developed that Soteldo, the
journalist who was shot in the office of the
Washington Republican, was being mercilessly
prosecuted by the infamous Star Route Ring
whose assaults on his private character were
persistent, outrageous and without an iota of
truth. 1t was he who had been the means of
exposing their rottenness, and they left no
stone unturned to hound him to doing some
desperate deed. He was led into a trap and
unfortunately was slain in the melee that ensued.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Sent Up.

GA cousin of the notorious Jesse James,
named Wood Hight, who was arrested in Lo-
gan County, KY, for completely in the robbery
OF the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail-
road train, at Winston, Mo-, January IS, 1880,
has been sentenced to the Penitentiary at
Gallitan, Mo-, for twenty ty-fve years.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

N. Rouzaud, husband Of Christine Nilsson,
who recently went insane in consequence of
the financial crisis in France, died on the 22d
Of February in . mad-house.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

"EuaENIH, Eugenie, will You still in
sist on wearing the hair of another
woman upon your head2" "Alphonso,
Alphonso, do you still insist upon wear
ing the skin Of another calf upon your
feet?"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

Hugo Preyer has issued call for National
Convention Of the Union Greenback Labor
party to be held at st. Louis March 8.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

Roscoe Conkling has been nominated % As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States, rice Ward Hunt, rstired.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

A STONE church, built 200 years ago
by Puritans, is used by Unitarians at
HinCham. Mass,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

Bradlaugh has been expelled from the House
of Commons on Northcote's motion, by vote
Of 29I to SO.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

To the Land Of the Free.
Last week there arrived at Philadelphia 325
Russian refugees, consisting of men. women
and children.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Drowned.

Five persons were drowned at Paducah, KY,
during the high water. James Murray, Jennie
Brown, Carrie Smithers, Saddle Williams, and
anegro named Henry Cox, were on a fiatboat,
which tore loose from its moorings and in an
instant was floating out into the current. A
boy named Dode Little, seeing their perilous
condition, started after them in = skiff. The
turbulent waters overturned the skin and the
boy drowned, and . moment more and the fat
boat was rent into fragments from the same
cause, and all the occupants went down to a
watery grave.
LATER.-In addition to those named as being
on the hatboat were Annie Donavan and Kay
Bolder. Annie Donavan was drowned but
Bolder was saved by lodging in a drift pile.
The young man Dode Little, reported drowned,
has been rescued. He drifted two miles down
the river, where he was found clinging to a
tree, unconscious, and his arms frozen round
le tree. He will recover and is the lion Of the
hour.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Tn. Flood I'm the Lower mississippi.

The damage by high water in the Mississippi
Valley is incalculable and the extent Of the dis
tress caused to both humanity and stock will
perhaps never be known. The whole shore
line between Memphis and vicksburg has been
inundated, stock drowned, and property car
ried away, with occasional reports of whole
families going down in the. rushing cur
rent. The greatest distress prevails. Many
families, who were forced to abandon
their homes, are living on rafts and
on the knobs or parts Of old levsss. Their
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

Sergeant Mason complains that hi treatment
in prison is not nearly 50 good as that of Gui-
team, the Presidents assassin, whom he tried to
kill. ..H.f
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

The wsll-known actress, Rose Eytinge, has
sued her husband, Geo. H. Butler, for divorce.
Butler is . nephew of General Butler.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

Recovering the Dead.
Seventeen victims have been recovered from
the ruins caused by the explosion at Chester,
Pennsylvania.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Horrible Work of /. Boiler.

At Carlisle, little village about twelve
miles east of Millersburg, OIio, steam boiler
exploded in Stutzman & Troyer's sawmily in
stantly killing five men and perhaps fatally
wounding sixth. The water in the boiler
had gotten very low in consequence of the
pump being out of order, and when the trouble
was finally remedied and the pump began to
work, forcing cold water into the boiler, an
explosion ensued, completely demolishing
everything in the vicinity. The unfortunate
men were mangled almost beyond recognition.
Their names are Michael Immel, George Stutz-
man, Daniel Hershberger, Levi Beechey and
Daniel Beechey all Of whom were married with
the exception Of Hershberger and one of the
Beechey boys. Michael Stutzman, brother of
one Of the killed, was SO badly mangled that
amputation Of one Of his legs at the hip was
necessary, and he will probably not recover.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Hicks Hanged.

Major Hicks, colored, aged nineteen years,
was hanged at Covington, KY, the past week
for the murder OF Henry NJ. Williams, in Lud-
low, the 18th Of December, 1880. The evidence
upon which he was convicted was purely circum-
stantial, but SO conclusive that there was little
doubt as to his guilt. He maintained his in
nocence up to the last moment. When on the
scaffold he became SO weak from fright that he
was obliged to cling to the rope by which he
was to hang, to support himself,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

The conductor who can keep himself
will grow rich.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
An Arkansas Court Scene.

Lawyer Mclaughlin arose and said |:
"And now as TO being hired, hurl back
with contempt into the teeth of this
man his remark, as being unprofes-
sional."
Don't say that am unprofessional, /"
replied Colonel Howard.
"I do say So"
"You must not talk that way" said
Howard, quietly.
II will talk that way"
"I1l whip you. though, If you talk
that way" continued Howard, still quiet.
Then Mclaughlin roared, and striking
the table, exclaimed:
'And you'll have the dist time
beg your Honor's pardon-you ever had
in your life."
The Magistrate finally succeeded in
restoring partial order.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
MnaseAxs OF NlonspSsy.

consolidation is proposed Of the associa-
tions of paper manufacturers Of the Ohio VAL
ley and Of the Northwest.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

IT u proposed to light up the greater
part Of the Suez canal by electricity,
with the twofold object, first Of enabling
dredging operations TO be carried on at
night instead Of during the day, and
next, in order that vessels may pass
through at an hours instead OF blocking
up the passage and anchoring, as hither-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
BraAlaugh EXPELLED.

The deadlock in the Virginia aenate wal
broken in favor of the Readjusters.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Rain, Wind and Sleef.

On the list OF February the Ohio River,
which had been gradually rising for week or
more, reached its highest point, flooding the
entire valley along its course and doing meal
culable damage to property and stock. At
Cairo the water was eight feet above the dan
ger line, twelve feet above the danger line at
Louisville and eight feet six inches above the
danger line at Cincinnati. The highest point
attained at Cincinnati was ffty-eight feet and
six and half inches, the highest the river has
been slEce 1847. In the lower part of the city
all business was suspended and scores of people
we're driven from their homes. Railroad traffic
was seriously impeded, particularly on roads
leading West. The Ohio and Mississippi were
compelled to suspend entirely, taking passen-
gers from Cincinnati to Aurora, Indiana, by
boat, where they we're transferred to trains. At
st. Louis railroad traffic was seriously inter-
fered with, many of the roads suspendipg
operations. The most serious injury was sus-
tanned from the washing away of bridges.
This was particularly 80 throughout Indiana.
The J. M. and I. Road had bridge washed
away on the Madison branch. The Vandala hal
several washouts west of Efingham the l. &
st. L. also suffered serious damage in Illinois,
and had to transfer passengers. The Iron
Mountain Railroad at Birds Point was washed
away, and trains could not run east Of Charles
ton, Mo. At New Albany, Indiana, twenty
one factories were compelled to suspend opera
ton and $500 operatives were temporarily
thrown out of employment. The bridge of the
New Albany and st. Louis Railway, over Fall
ing Run Creek, was washed away. At Jeffer-
sonville, Ind, both shipyards were compelled
to shut down, and a portion Of the town was
! inundated. The waters did more or less dam
age to all towns along the river, at several
points entering the houses of not less than
three hundred families, compelling some to
evacuate while others took refuge in the upper
stories. The storms in the Northwest assumed
the form Of sleet and wind and much damage
was sustained. In all the lower country,
particularly the Mississippi Valley, the reports
are of a very discouraging nature. Farms are
| inundated and stock drowned-fences swept
| away and property ruined. Nor is there a
| prospect at present of better condition at q
very early day. All work will necessarily have
to be suspended until it has become too late to
put in crops. The human suffering is also
very great-people deprived of their homes
and turned out in the cold and wet without
| means and without shelter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Rfehs N Ysu want %.


The Governor Of Virginia has vetoed the anti
dueling bill.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

stock and necessaries Of life are all carried
away. In passing from vicksburg to Memphis,
the Captain Of the U. P. Schenck says he saw
thousands of carcasses floating down the
stream. Arkansas City was completely sub
merged, with not a single house in the city free
from the muddy water. At Memphis the river
is estimated to be forty miles wide, and at
Helena, Arkansas, it attained the incredible
width of sixty miles on the Mississippi side.
Intelligence from st. Francis River relates a
sad accident as occurring on the Tyronza, q
small bayou which empties into the st. Francis
twenty miles above Madison, Arkansas High
water had overflowed the lands belonging to q
Mr. Jamison, and while engaged in removing
his wife and six children to place of salty on
the high lands, the dugout which contained
them capsized, drowning all the children, two
of whom were grown young ladies, and the
remaining four being aged from six to fourteen
years. Jamison saved his wife, but could
render no assistance to bis drowning children.
Governor Lowry, of Mississippi, makes an
appeal for aid to the authorities of Memphis,
New Orleans and st. Louis. The best part of
the State is under water, and there is great
suffering.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
veneeance Was Hers.

A man named McAlfee, in Jefferson County,
Ark, feloniously assaulted his ifteen-year-old
stepdaughter, and his wife, and mother of the
girl, felt 20 outraged about the matter that
upon the following morning, while Mr.. McAlfee
was yet in bed, and before he was aware of
what was going on, belabored hirh over the
head with gun barrel until he actually died
under the effects. Mrs. McAlfee is now in Jail,
but the dispatch states that public sentiment
10 with her.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
DiscouraxinS Prospeess In the Misaissippi
VALLEY.

The flood news continues to be the leading
theme throughout.the Mississippi Valley, and
planters are greatly discouraged over the pros
poets. They do not expect the water to fall,
under the most favorable circumstances inside
of the next eight weeks. As no plowing has
yet been done, and four weeks or more are
necessary to prepare lands for planting. it is
feared that o short crop will be the result in
the Mississippi Valley this season.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-10-05
Plants and Animals.

The connection between these two de-
partments of life is closer than is gener-
ally thought. The plant is the bridge
between the mineral and the animal
world. 1t digests and assimilates mineral
matter, and then yields its own substance
as food for bird, beast and man. Plants.
like human beings, have a capacity for
culture and for what might be called
civilization, which gives comeliness at
the expense of vigor, and often of fer
tility. The favorites of our gardens are
monstrosities, with little power to propa-
gate their kind.
/ The plant and man equally depend on
sunlight for health. Each will alike
starve without its proper food. Analo-
gous diseases, to some extent, affect each.
In both cases, life and health often fail
before influences too subtle even for
modern science to explain or detect
Plants, like blood-suckers, frequently
draw their entire life from their fellows.
AS men are often poisoned by the bite
or sting OF insects, so are plants. Nut
gals and other gals are merely tumors
morbid or diseased growth, due to such
stings. Says the Medical Record .sThere
are hundreds of varieties of such galls
easily distinguishable, and each one owes
its existence to different agent''-a
different kind of poison from the differ
ent insect that bites it.
1t is now known that large portion
OF human diseases result from micro
scopic plants which find their way into
the system, multiply with inconceivahe
rapidity, and draw their support from
the most vital parts of our bodies.
Says the above authority, 1.-THE num-
Der OF parasites which infect plants is
enormous. There is hardly towering
plant which is not injuriously affected
by one or more fungi which pray upon
it. The grapevine alone is attacked bv
at least thirty species. The morbid
changes which these parasites induce are
manifold the rust on wheat, the scab
on apples, the rot in potatoes and in
fruits, all represent the activity of these
foreign intruders." All forms of mildew
have the same origin. = Youths Com.
DnuiOn