Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-08-29
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Dtli1 PROVIDED WIN pOlcS, nc SupPIiou
their place by planning in each hill sun
flowers, trimming up the stalk, so that
it served the purpose of a pole. For a
time all went on well, till at length, the
s~unfowers growing so much faster than
the beans, ;he latter were absolutely
drawn up by the roots.
The COLLAR BUsINEss.-Lynn is not
more famous for shoes than Troy is for
collars and boSoms. There are fifteen
of these establishments in Troy, and it
is estimated that they turn out. on an
average, $4,000 collars per day One
establishment employs forty sewing ma
chimes, worked by rs many young la
dies, who easily turn off fifteen dozen
per dav, and it is estimated that they
can readily earn from SO to SO per
week.
DEATH OF ABBOTT LAwRExCE.-He
died at his residence in Boston, Mass,
on Saturday, Aug. 18th, in the Ga year
of his age. He was self-made. Unaid-
ed, he rose from obscuriiy TO fame, and
from poverty to great wealth. He was
a wise, generous and noble man, and it
will be many years ere Boston can boast
of two such liberal, rich mn, as Abbott
and Amos Lawrence.
THE PoTATo DISEASE Mr.. W. Flu
cote, of Undertook, Ind claims the
reward of SO 600, offered by the Mas
sachuSetts Legislature for a discovery Of
a preventive of a potato rot. He Gays
the cause is a bug, and the prevention
consists in cutting off the vines before
they shed their blows, about three or
four inches above the ground, removing
all the leaves.
THE Kansas Legislature has passed
an act excepting 100 acres OF land from
execution, if lying outside a town or city
plat. If the debtor live in a town or
city, his house and lot if not worth more
than 81, 500. All the wearing apparel
and working tools are also exempt from
execution. This is a very liberal pro-
vision.
IMPRISONMENT for debt in Massachu-
sets was virtually abolished on the 4th
Of July last. From the Isl of January
up 10 that date 492 debtors were lmpris-
oned in Boston, and since then only 3
have been incarcerated, and a charge of
it is said, was alleged against 3
of them.
MATT WARD, the murderer, passed
down the Lake, Thursday, en- "a for
Niagara and Saratoga. VIII he be "the
at these fashionable watering pla-
If the ladies would but take him
to their s~ypaihies as a poor, prosecuted
man, he may yet become a %''lion."
THE New York Eoening Post says.
There will be a mass meeting at East
on. the residence of Gov. Reeder, on the
Goth inst, when suitable notice will
pi obably be taken of the indignity which
Pennsy lvania has sustained in the time
and manner Of his removal"
A HUNDRED YEARS OF METHoDIsM IN
AMERICA.-In 1855, FIVE Methodists sell
lied in the city ofNew York, and formed
the first society in America. In 1855
just a century later, the Methodist
Church in the United States numbers
over four millions of worshipers.
Mr.. GAIT, of Charleston, S. c., while
in the express train, near Albany,
Boston, had his arm out of the
window, when it was taken entirely off
by coming in contact with The edge of a
1t is a warning to travellers to
keep within the cars.
A LARGE CRoP.-Mr. Samuel Olin, of
Streetsboro', raised the present season
100 acres of wheat, averaging about 80
bushels TO the acre. The entire quaint
ty he has sold 10 DIR. Earl, of franklin,
fol 81 90 a bushel.-Portaqe Dem.
OBERLIN COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT took
place on Tuesday, Aug. 21st, in the Fe'
male Department, and On the 29d in the
other Departments. A concert, under
direction of Prof. Woodbury., of New
York, came off on Wednesday evening.
The Haverhill, n. H., Banner SAYS,
Friday and Saturday, fourteen hun
bred eases, containir G eighty thousand
pair of shoes, were sent over the Boston
and Maine Railroad from that town to
Boston.
SENrENcED.-Young Denniston the
CHICAGO Post Office robber, was senten-
ced last Monday, by Judge DrummOnd,
Q. S. Circuit Court, at Chicago, to ten
years solitary confinement in the county
Jail in that city.
The Supreme Court of Iowa has de-
cided that the law of the late session,
locating the capital at Fort Des MONIES,
is constitutional and binding. This set
ties the question as to the future capital
of that great Stale.
WI learn that the Grand Jury of Erie
County recommend a subscription 20 the
Pittsburgh and Erie Railroad of $780,
600 by the County, and $500, 900 by the
Cily of Erie.-Greeari le Rev;ew.
DEATH OF BARON RoTHscHILD.-Bar-
ron Solomon (Rothschild) died about
August Is, at Paris, aged 82years.-
He was the fourth son of the founder of
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