Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-08-04
WHOLE NO. 21S3.
EXTRAORDINARY BIRTHS.

EXTRAORDINARY BIRTHS.
1t is stated by Burdock that the wife Of
a countryman in the Moscow district had
given birth to 50 childrea at 27 confne.
times, four at one birth, sew
en- times, three, and sixteentimes, twins
In the year 1909, the Vienna newspapers
contained the following announcement:
Maria Ann Helen, the wife Of poor
linen weaver in Neulerchenfeld, 90 years
married. bore at II confnements 80 chill
dren-29 living and 4dead; &c were
males and 6 females; all were begotten
by one man and nursed by herself. She
had at her last confinement threeehildren,
one living and two dead. Her husband
was a twin, she herself one of four.-
Her mother had produced % children,
and died during Confinement with twins.
The greatest number of children ever pro.
duced at one birth appears to have been
SIX, allof whom were boys, and all dead.
The woman who gave birth to them had
been twice married, and had already giv-
en- birth to "A children; during her first
marriage. which lasted 22 years. she bore
27 boys and 8 girls; in her second mar
ria ge, which lasted but three years, she
bore IA children-three at the first, FIVE
at the second, and six the third cenfne-
ment.-Rerc7d.
A GREAT WINDFALL-s17000, ,00o.-
Thomas Winans, of BaIimcre SAYS the
Clipper of that city has, it learns, recov-
cred a claim of 55,OoO,0oO, against the
Russian government, which makes his
share of the proceeds from freight and
passenger travel oyerthe railroads ofthat
country reach the sum of s17,o0o,0o0,
drafts for which on the banks of Europe
have been brought on to him. Il sp-
pears that, in his contract with Russia, he
WAS to receive certainSper centage Ga
all freight and passenger travel, but it
was thought by the governmenttha they
were exempted from this tax when ap-
piled TO the transportation of soldiers to
take part in the war of the Crimsa. He
accordingly engaged the services Of John
FL. B. Latrobe, Es4-, who went on and
recovered The claim in due course of law,
and, on account of the many thousand
soldiers transported. his proportion was
swelled from :welyeto seventeen millions.
Mr.. Latrobe, we understand, received
fee of $4,000 month, independent of
his expenses, and upon reaching Balti-
more and announcing the result of his la
bors, was presented with check for 500,
600.
SQUAw SLAVES In UTAH.-The New
York Tribune says:
An Intelligent writer in the train OF
the Utah Peace Commissioners, states
that the system of buying and selling
Indian women is carried on all along the
route across-the plains, among the traders
and frontiersmen, asa regular establish
ed practice. Almost every white man
along this route has an Indian concubine
purchased, in the case of young and
beautiful squaws, at as high price as
three or four horses, though old and ugly
ones may be had at much less COST
Once sold lothe white mea, Ter Indian
relatives renounce all further interest in
her her, and not merely her person, but
her life, is at the disposal of her owner.
When awhile man gets tired of his slave-
wife, he ships her off and ge:s another
The children of these unions are totally
neglected by the fathers, and grow up as
they may under the care of the mothers.
At all the forts along the route, the young
officers, settlers, and all who can afford
it, keep their squaws.
MANA bubble on the oceans rolling
wave.
Life-A CLEAN of light extinguished
by the grave.
Fame-A meteor dazzling with its dis
taut glare. %
Wealih-A source of troubling and
consuming care. -
Pleasure-A CLEAN of sunshine pass
ing soon away.
Love-A morning dream whose mem.
ory gilds the day.
Faith-An anchor dropped beyond the
vale ofdeath.
HOpe-A lone star beaming Ger the
barren heath. ~
Charily--A stream meanderiBg from
the fount of love. E
Bible-A guide to realms of endless
joy above.
Religion-A key which opens wide
the gates of Heaven.
Death--A knife by which the ties of
earth are riven.
Earth-A desert through which pill
grims wend their way.
Graye-A house of rest where ends
life's weary day.
ID A r.