Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-04-21
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bigamy. The Bulletin names three or
four of his wives. and a number of wo-
men he came near marrying. and adds:
at is believed that the accused has
wives all over the country, and those
who have been duped by him should
come forward and testify"
The frauds of Gish, the rorger at
Richmond, Va, are known to amount TO
$500, 600. Such was the insipuating
character of the scamp, and his success
in gaining the confidence of the people,
that men who 70. six months were aware
CT his transactions, their W names
having been forged, refrained from ex-
posing him on GROUNDS of personal feel
ings and delicacy!
A new sect has been formed in Wur-
temberg, under the name of Friends
OF Jerusalem" and with the object of
reconstructing the Temple of Jerusalem,
so as TO fulfil the prophecies. 1t has
already sent out a commission to under
take the re building of the Temple Of
Solomon, but it has only been able 10
raise 5 400 forms for the purpose.
The waters of Ontario have been
making encroachments for some time
past on the Island at Toronto harbor,
and the gaze of The 18Th not only swept
away Mr.. Quian's Hotel on the Island,
but a permanent eastern entrance TO the
harbor some five hundred yards vide.
P. T. Barnum is in luck oncs more.
He is again at the head ofthe New York
Museum, which has been languishing
for want of his paternal care, and with
assistance of s27, COO lately received on
insurance, is preparing TO rebuild Iranis-
tan on a magnificen, scale.
An aspiring rogue has got up a new
game in Philadelphia. A fellow named
Jackson was actually arrested for viola
ting the game laws, and his offence con-
sisted in gluing cows hair to rats tails
and selling them for squirrels at a Ger
man restaul anti
A letter from Lawrence, Mass, says
that the stagnation Of business is greater
there than in any manufacturing town
in New England. A year ago the pop
ulaiion was estimated At 10. 900; by the
first of May it will not exceed 10000.
The hard times which have of late
prevailed have filed the ranks of tie
English army. Since October last, So
600 men have Joined the military force
of Great Britain, and enlistments are
progressing at an average OF 1000 per
month.
strawberries and cream may now be
had at some of the New York restaur-
ants. The berries came from Savan-
nah by some of the late steamers, and
have been displayed in the restaurant
windows in diminutive baskets.
Two couples were married in New
Baltimore one day last week, under
peculiar circumstances. Twin sisters
married twin brothers, the parties be-
ins each % years CT age, and the
wedding day of the brides was the an
niyersary of their birth.
Conrad Pleister, a brewer at S.. Louis,
made a wager that he could uplift a
.alf barrel of beer by his teeth. Whilst
endeavoring to 60 so he had his upper
Jaw broken in so fearful manner that
it is expected he will die of his injuries.
A man belonging TO Swampscott,
named Bartlett, swallowed while
on Friday night, a set of six
false teeth. with gold plate attached,
which lodged in his throat, and came
very near causing death.
a young man was ridden on a rail
and driven out Of the neighborhood of
Madison. Chenango County. N. Y, last
by the citizens. for having base
" deserted an orphan girl whom he
had married for her money.
A letter from Gerrit Smith is publish.
ed, in which he says that to.his knowl-
Brooks would never have commit
ted his brutal assault upon Sumner, had
he not been under the influence OF liquor
at the time.
In Berlin, Alabama, a lad Is years
old, named Collins, disliking 10 lie
chastised, stabbed the school teacher,
Mr.. Bravmer. who pursued the boy, but
fell dead before catching him.
The raising the salaries oil the Judges
Of the Supreme Ccuri to IS 600 a year
does not apply to the Judges now in
office, but 10 those who are to be here
after elected.
The steamer Fall City exploded her
boilers as she was leaving New Orleans
on the 14Ih, killing seven or eight per-
sens, and wounding several others.
Children should not go near the
woods at present. as the trees are shoot
In a few days they will pack
heir trunks" and ''leaye."
An Italian in Chicago. worth $780,.
300, who also owns five houses on Mil
s aukee Avenue, has seven or eight girls
his employ, begging and stealing.
A in st. Louis was whipping
her child with a stick a day or two since,
when a splinter flying from it entered
Ter left eve, and destroyed the sight.