The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-05-11
CURRENT NEWS.

Snow in portions Of Pennsylvsnia May6.
sxow fell in New York State on the I'd inst.
THERK is Q general exodus Of Jews from
Russia
DExvKa viii have an Exposition beginning
August 1.
TEE s1-Empress Eugenie is incognito in
Paris, very i'll.
AxEARrHquAKx, at Granada, Spain, destroyed
several houses.
FHosr has done serious damage in the
Michigan fruit belt.
The President has issued proclamation in
voking peace in Arizona.
| PARSKLI, Dillon and O'Kelly have been re-
leased from Kilmainham Jail.
SINCE the first Of January sos persons have
died Of smallpox in Cincinnati.
SEVEN persons were killed by an explosion in
the Victoria Colliery, Leeds, England.
eHERrrv BOWMAN and one Of his deputies of
Gunnison, Col, were killed by cattle thieves.
REAR ApnRAL JOHN RoeERs. q. 8. Navy,
and Major W. J. Twining, q. 8. Army are
dead.
JUDGE wYLIE has overruled all the motions
to quash the indictments in the straw bond
cases.
The loss by fire at Racine, Wis, by which
four blocks were consumed, Is estimated at
s750, ,O0o
TIE release from prison of Michael Davitt
| has been announced in the British House Of
| Commons.
HKAvY loss Of life by the burning of the
\ United States steamer Rodgers, ia denied from
Washington.
| The dead body of Judge varney, an editor,
was found in the ruins of burned church at
Dover, N. II.
A DISPATCH from Vincennes says "The
chinch-bug and dry weather have played smash
with the wheat"
CINCINNATI will hold an Industrial Exposi-
ton this year, beginning September and
closing October Z. =.
from New York to Queenstown in six days and
twenty-five hours.
The corner stone Of the National Mining and
Industrial Exposition building, at Denver, Col,
was laid on the I'd inst.
PAENEIL says he does not intend to come to
America, and that the idea of reviving the
Land League is not thought of.
Hon. HoRAcK MAYNARD, late Postmaster
General, died suddenly, of heart disease, at
his home at Knoxville, Tenn, Mays.
DURING the next six months Russia will
station fourteen war ships, capable of carrying
eight thousaad troops, in the Pacific waters.
A RATTLE was fought near Yarmora, Mexico,
between troops and bandits, in which the
former were badly defeated, their commander
being killed.
TIE poet Longfellow's brother Samuel will
receive . legacy Of five thousand dollars
and each of the children Of the latter one
thousand dollars.
The London Times says: "If Parnell will
make use Of his liberty to restore order, there
may be an immediate improvement in the con-
dition of Ireland
EnE inmates of Pittsburs boarding-hous
were poisoned by a fellow-boarder, and it is
feared one or two Of the victims will not sur
vive. The poisoner has fed.
THE law against the use Of musical instru-
mcnts in United Presbyterian churches has
been repealed, the vote of all the Presbyteries
standing, for repeal SIG; against 6o6.
The United States House passed the Tariff
Commission bill. 1t goes to the Senate for
concurrence in omitting the Senate's provision
for an investigation of interval revenue.
TEE Ohio Republican State Convention is
called for June z. A Secretary Of State,
Supreme Court Judge, and member Of the
Board Of Public Works are to be nominated.
AT Cabinet meeting it was decided that
the President should issue q proclamation for
the lawless cowboys in Arizona to disperse, and
il the order is not obeyed to use the military
to enforce it.
A GIGANTIC Government land scrip fraud and
forgery has been unearthed at st. Louis Its
ramifcations appear to have extended through
| out the Western country, aggregating in money
amount to half million dollars.
A LoUIsvMLK woman killed An adopted
child and took poison herself, through fea,
that the contemplated marriage Of the fathe,
would result In depriving her Of the child.
Tho woman viii probably recover.
BIZ TnE collision of two freight trains on the
Iron Mountain Railroad, near Little Rock
Ark, both engines were destroyed, fifteen carl
wrecked, two tramps stealing . ride wer.
killed, and . stockman and laborer badly in
jured.
TIE engineers in charge Of the work on tn.
Hudson River Tunnel, New York, report thai
very satisfactory progress was made last month
, 1t is expected that before the LIST of June tn.
frat thousand feet Of tunnel work will be com
pleted.
ITHE principal part Of the Pittsburg penn
sylvania) Courthouse building has been de
stroyed by fire. Nearly all the records and Law
} library were saved. Henry McDermott wa
fatally injured by falling glass. Several fire
, men were also severely hurt.
nrvD nsbLosb Wiz Epbrs;r, Sherrna,
I Durfee, aged ninety-seven years, who wa
Worshipful Master of Rochester Lodge Of Ma
i sous in 1928, and conferred degrees on Morga
q who subsequently exposed Masonic secrets
? He was = soldier of the War Of 1912.
q A MANIFESTO is issued in New York denyin
the release of the Land League leaders wa
the result Of bargains with the British Govern
Q ment, and that the withdrawal of the "n
t rent" manifesto and tho disbandment Of th
). League were portion Of such bargains.
! REPORTS from Mexico are to the effect thi
Captain Tupper and his troops had = secon
8 encounter with the Indians on the LIST inst
x about forty-Gve miles south Of Cloverdal
7 killing forty Indians, and recapturing abol
Q two hundred head Of stock. Tupper lost OIL
q killed and one wounded.
TRAIN robbers are operating in New Mexic
As the southbound train was standing on Il
y side track at Glorietta, three desperate chara
{, ters entered and went through the passenger
II securing about $500. The gang secreted ther
selves in the train, riding to Lama, where tn
robbed hotel and saloon.
A GERMAN farmer named Robert Behle
living near Leona, Kansas, was fatally shot
8 his wife, who afterwards committed suicid
10 She left = letter stating she had committed Il
q deed that her son might be enabled to emf
-. their property undisturbed, the father havir
OF threatened to disinherit him.
'st W. 4. FORSTER, Chief Secretary for Irelan