Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-06-26
NEMs OF rHE MRFK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
About 80 men have been killed by the
Indians during the past week, and about
300 head of cattle stolen. Some days
since the Indians attacked simultaneously
half dozen ranches. s-.r.
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A boy riding on the cow-catcheF Of .
locomotive, at Indianapolis, had both legs
cut off while attempting to get of while
the engine was in motion. a-
The coal miners in. Mercer and Law
renee counties, are on another s-strike,
and their action is likely to interfere seri-
ously with the rolling mills and furnaces,
as well as with the operations Of coal deal
ers. -..--.-.
Jay Cooke & Co. have recently made q
heavy investment in Minnesota, by the
purchase Of 100, 900 acres of pine lands on
the st. Louis river. They will immedi-
ately erect number Of uills for the man
nfacture of lumber to be shipped to Nit
wsukee, Chicago and the Eastern market
A poor but welf-edu,ated New England
girl few years since opened real estate
office in st. Paul, and last year the profts
of her business were 5000; and she now
has an estate Of $3.50, 900 to settle. That
is extending the sphere of woman" to
some purpose. ~. 80 q
A farmer near Erie, Pennsylyania,
bought several barrels of spoiled sausages
for the purpose of using them as manure,
and put q link into each hill of corn
Before the next day; every dog that lived
in ,ff a.. Al. Il
had been there digging ssnsages. Ihe
corn came up little quicker than the
farmer had baFgained for. -i-3
A California story tells of a man who
resolved to quit drinking. He went to a
notary TO get him to draw up an affidavit
to that effect. The document was drawn,
read and proved; the party held up his
hand and murmured the usual its'elp me. >,
1t was properly sealed and delivered -
whats to pay" asked the pledger.-
''To pay-to payI" exclaimed the party:
s'nothing of course-this is q labor of
love-" Nothing to payi" returned the
grateful but very forgetfnl afiant, ''Your
brick. Let's take drink"
An Indiana paper gives the following:
itA love-sick sucker sends Us some dog
geral to print Respectfully declined
60 and tell the gal that you are fool,
without letting anybody else know it."
A CURIOUS FAcT.-A modern philoso-
pher. taking the motion Of the earth on
Its axis at seventeen miles second, SAYS
that If you take of your hat to bow to
friend, In the strest, you go seventeen
miles oare-neaded without taking cold
A boy in Montreal put two Hre-crack-
ers into his nostrifs snd fred them to see
the effect He now knows that he has no
nose. -f c@ -- -;i --
At q conference meeting recently q
.eonntryman gave it as his oplnloa chat
'.lf men were not born totally depraved,
they became so pretty middln' early"
'Job printing!" exclaimed an old lady
the other dzy, as she peeped over her spec
taeles at the advertising page Of country
paper. Poor job! they've kept him
printing, week after week, ever sines
frst learnt to read, and if he wasn't theI
most patientest man that ever was, he
never could have stood It so long, no
how" {
The Freemasons have very wisely dis
eountenanced the holding of gift entsrpri-
ses to pecunisrily aid in accomplish 2
any project Of the order. The outside
world will applaud the Grand Lodge for
the Injunction. -.i-l
The driver Of street car in New Or
leans pushed a boy from the step Of his
vehicle few days ago and the youth
was run over and had his leg broken.
The lad has since become an inbecile.
SUIT was brought against the company
and damages to the amount of $40, 600
have been awarded. The father of the
Soy ssts 81, 900 for expenses, and s25,
eOO for the maintenance of the son. 4
German papers of Cincinnati say that
seventy thousand Germans are on
their way from Germany, many of
them intending to 60 to Missouri.
A distinguished London surgeon has
lately taken the lecture room to reassure
he ladies in regard to the s'ekignon falla-
cy." He says the ''organisms'' are neither
antozano nor epic, but only ectozano,
which are comparatively harmless.