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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12
A California Stage Robbery.

At $50 o'clock yesterday morning.
says the Stockton (Cal.) I'adeDepCte7t,
as the stage from Sonora to Milton was
nearing the Garibaldi mine, ten miles
from Sonora, it was stopped by four
masked men, who stepped in front of
the horses and commanded halt.
The driver Mark Strslgham, imme-
diately pulled up, as there was no other
way. The chief of the masks then.
without q word, but by simply waving
his hand, assigned his men to their
various stations. One took charge of
the driver, two of them attended to the
passengers and the chief held himself
as d reserve for purposes of plunder.
Everything being thus arranged, the
three passengers were ordered to dis
mount, file to the rear and stand with
hands behind them and with backs
toward the stage. The driver asked if
there was any thing of his they wanted.
The chief said:
ssNo: the drivers on this line are all
fine fellows, and 1 would rather give
them something than take anything
from them"
Just then a second thought seemed
to strike the knight of the road, and
he said, laughingly: '1gues5 I'll search
YOU; you may have a revolver and
might get mad and try to use it, The
driver was unarmed, hence he was not
molested further.
+, The robbers then with a sledge kam-
mer broke open two of Wells. Fargo &
Co.'s iron-bound chests and their iron
safe and rified them of their contents.
! The amount taken was not ascertained,
| but is thought to be heavy.
| {, Having finished the safes, the robbers
turned their attention to the passen.
| gers, who had been lett standing as
ordered out. After seeing how much
money each had they returned it to
him. John Mundorf & Son. merchant:
| O. Sonora. had in the coach $500 il
! gold dust, which was in with theil
lunch and was " ing on the bottom O
! stage. This fell into the robbers
hands. They also took $40 from youne
Muudorf. but on hi; asking them To-
some money to he p HIM go on, thu
ro ober gave the $40 back. The young
ran had also 800 greenback on hi
| person, which they overlooked.
II While all this was going on, Mr.
.Stringham. the driver, was growing i'm
| patient. and called out to the chief t.
hurry up. as he (the driver) did no
w sh to miss the Milton train. Th'
chief said, "All right He then asked
what time it was, and was told 5:30
| At this he said: go ahead, In
through" shook hands with the driver
1 wished the passengers pleasant good
morning. and, with a sta ta,'' skippe
with the balance into the woods an
disappeared. a ~ --
| When the stage reached Milton
Sheriff Thorn was there. He foun'
the third passenger to be booked fo
Marrsviile, W tn a through ticket froI
S nora. This man he soon persuade
to accompany him back to the scene c
the robbery. and the two started 8
once with fleet horses, and the Sheri
said he should commence pursuit 3
once. At last accounts none of the rOt
bers had been arrested. -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12

Hon. II. G. Greiner has been made
Chairman OF Com. or Geology, Mines
and Mining, Public Works and Blind
Asylum. Mr.. Greiner is an honor to
his constituents and is the first mem
Der Perry county has had to represent
her since 1866 that the county has
not been ashamed of, and the only
one that has been of service to the
county, and looked after its interests
and has proved himself to be one Of
the most useful members of that body.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12
The Greenback Press.

We cannot too strongly impress upon
Greenbackers the necessity of building
up and sustaining Greenback papers
more especially the local papers. We
cannot be too emphatic in our appeals
to you to support and sustain the papers
which support and sustain the cause
which you believe in. 1t is only little
for each one, if all will contribute. Five
cents per week will pay for any two
Greenback papers in the country. And
this is not equal to the tax upon half of
the amount of sugar and molasses used
taxed debt. There is hardly Green
backer in the country but what can af-
| ford to pay five cents a week to support
the press that advocates the Greenback
cause. If every man who voted for
Weaver would pay this insignificant sum
each week it would quadruple the circu-
lation of Greenback papers-and if that
were done how much more speedily
would come the final victory and relief.
And unless the press is sustained the
cause must go to the ground. Blot out
the Greenback papers and the people are
left to the mercy of the shylocks-for it
is the truth that the Greenback press is
more potent to-day in educating the peo-
pie upon the money question, and in di-
recting the policy of the Government
upon the subject, than all the rest of the
papers in the country combined.
Let every man bear in mind that when
he gives five cents week for Greenback
papers he is putting in that many cents
in order to get rid of many dollars Of
taxation.
Let this winter be season for school
house meetings and the scattering o.
Greenback newspapers.
School-house meetings are little or NJ
expense. There is not town but wha
affords one or more persons who is com
petent to enlighten the people upon thu
subject of Greenbackism.
Let the large and expensive meeting
be abandoned and school-house organ
ization and subscription work for news
papers be Observation-Disclosures Sen
ti1lel.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12
Deeds of transfer of about $50 farms

Deeds of transfer of about $50 farms
in the towns of Bethlehem, New Scot
land, Cumberland and Watervliet, N.
Y, were filed in the Clerks office at
Albany recently. The deeds are from
the Representatives of the estate of
Stephen Van Rensselaer, to Walter S.
Church. The lands in question consti-
tute a part of the original manorial
grant from the British Government to
Killian Van Rensselaer,. which COM
prised about 100000 acres. The con-
veyance also includes thirty-two farms
in the town of Nassau, Rensselaer,
County. This will make Colonel Church
one of the largest landed proprietors
in the State, as the farms range from
five hundred to two thousand acres
each
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12
LABOR AND VOTES NOT LOST.

Though the old party organs and
leaders have strenuously insisted that
the Greenback storm didn't amount
to much and would soon be over, il
has crearly exerted a most beneficial
influence in national affairs by educa
ting the people, exposing the true
character of legislation under old par.
ty management, tending to concen-
trats and central political power and
the nations wealth in the hands of the
relatively few while practically ensla.
wing the many.
Though the Nationals strenuously
urged the prompt payment of the
bonds falling due in 1881, the means
for doing which they clearly and re
peatedly pointed out, yet in view Of
the impossibility of their securing the
accomplishment of that most right
eous end, they strenuously demanded
that any refunding done should be al
a greatly reduced rate of interest
with the expressed condition that any
and all such refunded bonds should bt
payable at the nations option, essenti
ally as subsequently arranged by Sec
retary Windom-a thing most dis
tasteful to old party leaders, and ON,
they would gladly undo if they darec
and could. All the leading organs o
the old parties still seek and urge ev
cry conceivable reason for the natiol
not availing itself of this most valua
ble privilege.
The National Party through its lea
ders and press has successfully resis
ted the efforts of the old party leader
and their organs in their persisten
struggle for the destruction Of the Ia,
monetary proofs of the nations power
when embodied in its fat, stampe
upon paper and silver, making thel
a. full par value as money, regardle'
of their worth as mere articles of mel
chandise in the absence of the fla
and thus efiectually bind the peopl
and turn them over helpless prey {
the caprice Of events and the "tend,
mercies" ofthe money changers.
There has been nothing done for IL
nations good that has failed to recei,
added strength from the National
while they have turned the elentr
light upon many schemes for evil III
der old party auspices, and compell'
them to seek the friendly shelter
the Internal abodes from which tn,
originated. Henceforth, let no m,
be deceived by the assertion tn
votes cast for the candidates Of the N
tional party are thrown away.
nearly all cases they have been the Q
ly votes that have told for the natiol
welfare, while those cast with the @
parties. with few exceptions, ha
been worse than wasted.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12
A Novel and Successful Legal Specula.
-s ton.

A letter from Frederick, Nd, to the
New York Sun, says:
Yesterday about 1000 of the suits in
stituted by DR.. Harrison Wagner, the
professional litigant, against citizens of
this county, were settled, the defendants
being compelled to pay various sums,
ranging from $50 to S75 in each case.
The operations of Wagner are without a
parallel in the United States. About
two years ago he was generally consid-
cred to be harmlessly insane. His ac-
tions were calculated to confirm this
theory, and his eccentricities were re-
garded with Indifference by every one
who knew him. - In the fall of 1879
Wagner caused much amusement by go
ing before an obscure country magiS-
trate, and entering several hundred suits
for damages against leading citizens,
chosen at random in all parts of the
county, who had never seen or had any
dealings with him. The amount of
damages sued for in each case was be-
tween $50 and 800, the limit for which
suits can be brought before magistrates
in this State. No attention was paid to
| the supposed lanatic's suits, and the
| cases were soon forgotten, but were sew
eral times recalled to memory by notices
of hundreds of other suits being brought
| by Wagner, who frequently entered as
high as one hundreo ctaiais against one
person. ..-..r
Early III lSoo wagner olsappeaIeo
from public notice, but IN the iali OF that
year the entlre' community was thrown
into q turor' OF excitement when 1t was
tearned That wagner mao commenced
proceedings to enforce Judgments IN
!,oo9 OF the suits. IL was then learned
| 1of the nrst time tnaC the persons sueo,
havlnS falled 70 appear perore the mag
istrate to answer, Judgments had been
entered IN each case 1or the amount
named III the complaint. wagner made
| no effort to collect the judgments until
, q year had expired. when by law the
! power OF appeal had iapsed. In No.
vember last, therefore, he was possessed
OF l,6U0 Judgments, averaging $50 each,
against about 500 county residents and
corporations. Each Judgment was IN.
dorSed, 'sBy default'' and ''No appeal
taken," and OF course they amounted to
| lien on any property owned by the de
PENDANTS. H'ai la .slsr
During Wagner's absence several
persons against whom he had OhsaineG
judgments died. and his first move wa;
to file the Judgments in the Orphans
Court as claims against the estate
Martin Shank, one OF his victims, hao
died and left an estate valued at So,ooS
to his wife and three small children
Wagner filed Judgments against tn,
estate amounting to $4,000, and tht
Orphans Court was compelled to post
pone the hearing of the claims severa
times in order to avoid the necessity o
admitting their validity. At length
several citizens employed counsel foI
Mrs. Shank, who filed an application
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12

A marked improvement is noted to
have taken place last year in the ex-
port trade of great Britain, and at
the same time pauperism is said to be
diminishing. This is CRAFTY ing news;
but . nation in which every twenty
eight human being is an incarcerated
pauPer has room for improvement.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12

of the Speakers of the House of
Representatives three have come from
Pennsylvania, one from Connecticut,
two from New Jersey, four from Mas
sachusetts, three from Kentucky, two
from South Carolina, two from New
York. four from Virginia, two from
Tennessee, three from Indiana, one
from Georgia, one from Maine and one
from Ohio. ...-... ....
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12

"A young man is giving himself up
to the agreeable occupation of ridicul-
ing his uncle. "ConfOund it! what does
the old guy dye his hair in that prepos-
ferrous fashion forp" is his remark just
as his venerable relative enters the room.
"Sir," says the uncle, in voice con-
veying the idea of codicils and altera-
tions of wills, if men of my age are
compelled to dye, it is because men of
your age, sir, have no respect for gray
hairs"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12

We indorse the call for National
Convention proposed by Jesse Harper,
of Illinois, under date of December Z,
1881, and we earnestly urge every citi-
zen who can accept the principles set
forth in the paper for signatures to SUBJ
scribe to the same.-Patrick Ford, A.
M. West, E. H. Gillette, A. J. Streeter,
James b. Weaver, Gilbert De La Matyr,
E. P. Allis, T. NJ Rice
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12

The number of assignments and
failures are on the increase which
should be a warning to .all ccntempla
ting deep water. Better keep out of
debt I'd be on the safe side.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12

Honesdale, Pa, was left in dark
ness the other night, some mischievous
persons having entered the purifying
room of the gas works shortly after dark
and unscrewed a cap which permitted
the entire supply of gas. some $4,000
feet, to escape.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12
Gigantic Railroad Combination.

While there is no positive means OF
showing the exact extent of the combi-
nations it is publicly announced that OF
the aggregate capital of all the railroads
in the United States, amounting to ST..
500, ,00O,0 900, Jay Gould, Vanderbilt, the
Pennsylvania management, Garrett, OF
the Baltimore & Ohio, Huntington,
Mitchell, Jewett, Garrison, Field and
the coal kings represent the four great
trunk lines to the East. The Union Pa
cific and its connections from Omaha to
the Pacific, and the northwest and south
west connection, pouring their never
failing tides of production into these
great monopolies, hold and control $3,-
319, 900, 900 of the entire capital, leaving
$1,131 ,000, 900, only outside of the COM
binations.
Of this enormous, and wholly UMPIRE
cedented control of capital, it is report
ed that it is held as follows:
The Pennsylvania combination. 80. s629, 600 ooo
qy The % vanderbilt combination 5SS 5Si,SSOSSS
| The Huntington combination. 321 900. 600
The Jewett, or Erie combination. 81, ,5O0,0 ,0OO
| The Garrett, or Baltimore 81 Ohio
The Pennsylvania Coal Road combi-
nation ........................ 5OSOO0.O .O0C
The Mitchell combination. .......... I29OO0,O0l
The Garrison combination. ......... 620O0,00(
In looking through the combination
and management of all the great lines
which run into Chicago, st. Louis, Mil
waukee and Cincinnati, forming com.
plete network of all the roads of i'm
portance from the shore of the Pacific
Ocean to Omaha, St. Paul, Milwaukee
and the points named, it will be found
that while the four lines leading from
the Lakes to New York and the Unior
and Central Pacific are owned by sep
arate companies and corporations, ye
the Vanderbilts, Jay Gould, the Penn
sylvania Company, Huntington, Dillon
Mitchell, Garrison and the principa
men forming each separate organiza
ton are generally connected in the own
ership of nearly all the tributary lines
and figure in some form in the manage
ment of Stephen B. Dillaye.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12

The principles. of the National party
strike at the root Of class legislation,
and must: in the end, destroy root
and branch, every species of monop.
olY.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12
Charles Darwin, writing for Nature

Charles Darwin, writing for Nature
about inheritance, tells this story: A
gentleman, who, when boy, acquired
a deformity of the thumbs following the
result of exposure to cold, had four
children; and two of them, the first and
third, inherited the peculiarity. The
first, girl, when married, had four
children, and again the first and third
exhibited the popularity of the thumbs,
but in the third generation it did not
appear.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12

The arguments by the attorneys in
the Guiteau case are in progress and
will in all probability occupy the
greater portion of next week.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12

Small pox is spreading throughout
the country, some of the larger cities
are fast being inoculated with the
dreaded disease.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12

Sam Carey is in the field delivering
anti monopoly speeches. He may as
welt retire as no one has any conf
dence inf him.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12

-Easton, Pa, counts up twenty-five
boys who have been rendered permanent
cripples by attempting to jump on rail-
road trains while In motion.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12
The late term Of Court cost the
county about thirteen thousand dol
lars.

A bill las been introduced in the
Legislature prohibiting Railroads from
building barb wire fences sn this state.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

King Alfonso will exhibit the ban
ner of Cortez and the sword of Pizarro
at the "Congress of American Artists"
to be held in Madrid.
1t is significant of Queen. Victoria's
hold on the hearts of her people that she
has to prohibit manifestations which
most crowned heads are only too anxi-
GUS to get. Strict orders were given
against any sort of demonstrations dur
ing her recent journey by night to Scot
land, her Majesty preferring sleep to
cheers.
The Hofburg, the imperial palace
at Vienna, will be ten years rebuilding.
There will be a lofty pavilion in the
center, with wings extending by means
of arcades across Vienna's great boule-
ward, the King STasse. This is in
tended to be the finest royal palace in
Europe
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12
"A house has just been finished which
Oneen Victoria has hflilt for Mr.. John


Europe.
"A house has just been finished which
Queen Victoria has built for Mr.. John
Brown within the grounds of Balmoral,
but which that fortunate subject has not
yet occupied. 1t is a spacious and plain
square mansion, occupying pleasant
situation in the center of lawn-like ex-
panse of the royal demesne, with car
riage drive leading to it from one of the
avenues. f.
There is about to be celebration,
lasting three days, of the erection al
Boulogne- Mer of a monument to the
memory of Frederic SauVage, a native of
the town, for whom is claimed the honor
of the discovery of the principles on
which the mighty screw propeller is built.
These festivities will begin on the 11th
of the present month, and will include o
free performance at the theater, a pub
lie dinner. balls, concerts and aquatic
sports. ....-~.-
Reports from Australia are that the
progress of the Prince of Wales sons
through that country has been an unin-
terrupted series of festivities, receptions
and songratulatory addresses. The
saloon carriage built expressly for thais
father they have been the first to use.
In the Botanical Gardens at Melbourne
they have planted memorial trees, and
among their outdoor amusements is
mentioned a kangaroo hunt. Some of
the finest tails of the slaughtered ami
mails are said to have been selected by
them for shipment to their mother,
The young King of Bavaria is fond
| of travelling incognito. Recently he
made trip into Switzerland, and there,
| while crossing secluded valley, he fell
in with three young Alpine peasants and
entered into conversation with them.
The young men had heard that the
Bavarian sovereign was in the country,
and soon began to talk about him.
Louis the Solitary, as his affectionate
subjects call him, readily joined in the
discussion of himself, and enjoyed it
so well that when he parted from his
comrades he left them considerably
richer pecuniarily than when they met.
| Mrs. Florence, the actress, says
that she talked with the Princess Of
Wales in the box of a London theatre,
and found her charming in manners and
person. Her voice is soft and extremely
musical, and slight German accent
makes her speech all the more pleasing
Mrs. Florence pronounces Lady Ions.
dale and Lady Vaudeville among the
first of English beauties, and says o1
Mrs. Langtrv: s'She is not strictly
beautiful She has fair skin, anG
large, round, dark eyes, which she uses
very expressively, and with all the ART
OF professional actress, in converse
ton. The natural color of her hair Il
chestnut, but she is as often seen with
very light or reddish frizzes as with
those of the color bestowed by nature
These artificial adjuncts enhance th'
effect of her really fine eyes,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12
NEWARK BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
O. q. KING.

NEWARK OHIO.
Keeps the largest ste tck in Central Ohio, Of
Boots, Shoes Trunks, Hats, Caps, Furs, G.nts
Gloves, &C., &c.
He buys and sells for cash and can You money
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12
H. s. Sprague,

WATCHES. CLOCKS, JEwELRY
SILVERWARE SPECTACLES,
All kinds Of Repairing neatly and promptly done
ROCKFORD WATCHES A SPECIALITY.
No. ) Palisade Row. NEWARK. OHIu.