Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-04-29
News Items.

George W.Johnson, one of the largest
sugar planters of the Mississippi. below
New Orleans, died recently leaving an
estate valued st 81, OOO, 0OO. He has,
BY his will, manumitts d all his slaves
1900 in number.
DR.. BIeELow of Boston recently re.
moved from the lungs Of a C i'll six years
of aye, a smooth pebble abou: the size
Of a large hazel nut. Ether was first
administered, ths necessary i%ncision was
then made, and the stone quietly removed,
The lad is now apparently well.
Mr.. jesse Harbor, of Concord, Ohio
is the father of thirty children-thirleen
the children of lis frs! wife. seventeen Of
the second. This is literally. tn tribe oil
lessee and his house ought to be a snug
HarbOr, and it is well they live in Con.
cord.
A wrctcheI f male, named E izabeth
Jones. a spiritualisl, died at Chicago
recently. under attempted abortion by
Mcbride, her spiritual doctor.
The convicts in the California State
Prison, were at last accounts slaryinI,
some had already died. The Lsgisla-
ture had appropriated $4,000 for their
relief.
A liquor dealer in Miilbridge, Maine,
last week, sold some brandy to a young
lad whose sister, hearing OF it, armed
herself with an axe and stove in several
barrels Of liquor.
TIE Kalamazoo GIzeHe, the most able
and influential Of all the interior demo.
cratic papers of Michigan. has bolted
its party. 1t cannot stand the bred
Scott decision.
The Halifax Journal of the OH instant
says that salmon are beg inning TO make
their appearance in the market, and adds
that $500 were paid for one last week
A COOP LAw-The Ohio Legislature
passed a bill through both houses. Civ
ing married women the control Of all
personal property now exempt from exc.
%cution, so that the husband cannot sell ii,
from the family. 1t also gives her the
contrIl of the earnings of all the minor
children.
The government al Washington art
making active preparations for the occu.
patton of the Isthmus by a military force
if it should become necessary.
Mr.. Ephram Hsrtstock of Hendrick:
Co, Ind, while taking the harness off a
horse in the stable, on Monday week,
was struck by lightning and Instantly
killed. The horse was also killed and
the barn set on fire AMI de>t.oyed.
Since the year 1S48. there have been
eleven hundred and thirty five divorces
granted by the Court of Common Pleas
Of the city of Philadelphia,
MILITARY APPRoPRIATIoNs.-The Ie-
cent Legislature appropriated $4,000 for
bull Ing a State Arsenal $500 on the
Quarter NJ ,ster Generals salary; $3.50
for contingent expenses ; $40 Tor Adju-
tant Generals salary +; a. d 5000 for the
storage and care of the public arms.
A crazy mln entered a passenger car
on The Central Railroad a, Rochester, the
other day. with not a rag Of clothing on
him a " a clolk, hat aud pair of boots.
Here he calmly proceeded to hang up his
cloak on a peg. The ladies screamed
some of them tainted, the window few
open on all sides. tn, train was stopped.
aud the lunatic speedily returnd TO the
ASYLUM where he belonged.
A young farmer living zeal the town
of Knox, N. Y. ran away on Sunday with
a young lady by the name of Hunt. He
left tie house while his wife and two
children were absent 1t church. Ia his
hurry to depart he left his pocket book
in his other p%antloons, On examining
tn pocket book, it was found to contain
1918, four love letters, and a lock of
Miss Hunts hair, done up in IA true
lovers knot.