Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-02-24
News Items.

VIM. ] Clark, of DanvilIe, Pa, has
been sentenced to death for the murier
Of his wife.
Col. Wade Hampton, of S G., died
suddenly a: his plantation in Mississippi.
The wife of Senator Douglas. who
was taken seriously III at Washington.
on Thursday. is out Of danger.
The Peniientiary Hospital on Black
wells Island. was totally des'royed by
fire a few days since. The 600 inmates
were all rescued. though in the panic it
was accomplished with difficulty. The
loss is upwards of $4,000.
The office of the Democratic Union. at
Upper Sandusky. Ohio, vas partially
destroyed by FIRE week before last. Loss
not ascertained.
The trial Of Elk Governor Bebb for
manslaughier. which commenced on
Thursday of last week. at Rockford, H.,
resulted in a verdict of not guilty.
VIM. Mckay. who shot constable
Taylor en- the l1th inst. at Bradford,
was found secreied in a house of i'll fame
in Toronto. on the night of the 12;h inst,
aud arrested Taylor was attempting
MeKay's arrest for forgery.
The Worcester Bay Stote. the mean
est Buchanan newspaper published in
Massachusetts,, died Saturday. The
Transcript. of Worcester, the
event under its usual head of deaths
thus:
''In this city, on the 7th inst, at 81
P. NJ. the Daily Bay State. 1t lived a
~vagsbOnd. and died a pauper.
We are pinned TO learn that the ven-
Grated widow of President Harrison, has
been for a considerable time confined to
her bed, at the residence OF her son. ].
Scott HarrisQn, near North Bend. Old
age. rather than any particular disease,
has asserted its influence upon a natural
" robust organization. The venerable
lady is now over eighty years of age.
The case of the heirs of R. Clapr
against the celebrated Sarsaparilla
Townsend, n. Y, claiming as a part
ner. an immense amount of profits 10 the
business. was decided in the Circuit
Court, at Albany, a few days since, in
favor of the heirs; the verdict being for
s1O4 .OoOl 1t will require the people to
pa,ronize Townsend's ssrsaparilla very
extensively to make up this item in hi
fortune.
The cars on the Virginia Central rail-
road have been run through the Blue
Ridge tunnel several times
The P. II. at Chicago, has been re-
moved and Mr.. Coos, the old incumbent.
re appointed.
The Augusta Age, the leading Demo.
cratic paper in Maine, d~enounces Mr.
B%uchanan's Lecompton message.
The people of Plymouth, Mass, cele
bratel the landing of the Pilgrims. on
the 20ih ult., by dancing parties. Ghost
of Miles Slandisb, think of thatl
All explosion of the heating apparatus
in the Church of 81. Sulyice. Paris. had
occurred during divine service. killing
three persons sad wounding several
others.
The Boston and Worcester railroad
has been muicted in 81 900 dana res for
injuries received on the Ash Of July last.
By Miss Susan A. Preit, b. a collision
near the depot.
MURDER.-On the 31st ult., a row oc-
Cured at Mi1ster. AugIaize county. in
which Mr.. Henry Helskum was stabbed
by NJ. Dick Fnrtman, and died within
ten minutes. Nc. Fortman is now in
jail at Wspakoneta- Western Standard
YoUXG AaERrcA-At the poor house
in Taunton, a fewdayssince, agirl gave
birth 10 a child weighing eigh, pounds.
the mother being eleven years old, and
the father but fourteen. The mother her
self was born 10 the poor house.