Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-03-04
NeIghborhood News.

church edifces which ara about ready for
occupancy, one for the Baptis. denomin-
alton and the other Presbyterian.
The three Brier Hill furnaces are
again IN full blast. The strike did not
last long, the hands returning to work
again at the offer of the proprietors.
The last Register mentions a sudden
b~utsingulaI death as occurring in YOuugs-
town on the 18th ult. 1t was that Of Miss
Ann Steen, an elderly maiden lady, who
owned a small house and lived alone.
Up to the time of her death she had been
about the house and attending to her
duties A physician whom she OCCASION
ally consulted, called to see her but found
the house fastened. On entering it was
found she had locked the door and LAID
down on her bed and was unable again
to rise, where she expired a few hours
after she was found. She resided there
some twelve years, engaged in sewing and
nursing and was supposed to be about six
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that section and no papers or letters were
found among her effects that gave lnfor-
nation concerning any relatives. Some
few hundred dollars were found in the
house, consisting Of coin, ~greenbacks, and
notes. The property was taken charge by
John R. Squire Esq. and efforts are being
made to find the residence of some Of her
relatives.
The Painesv lie Advertiser states that
an effort is being made by the Lutheran
Society of Kirkland to purchase the build
ing known as the Mormon Temple, Tor the
use of that denomination, 1t is proposed
to remodel the interior of the building
and finish in the modern style. When
this shall be done, it will be one of the lar
gest and finest church rOomsi in the county.
Edwin Jackson whose arrest in Por-
tage county for bigamy on complaint of
his second wife, we noticed a few weeks
since, was indicted by the grand jury Of
that county, but the Indictment was not
sustained for the want of jurisdiction, the
alleged second marriage having taken
place in Summit county. The prisoner
was discharged and having effected a set
Element with the complainant, both par
ties went on their way rejoicing.
Another of the Lake county pioneers
has passed away-one whose history for
ffty-six years was identified with that of
gainesville. Silas PepOOn, with his pa
rents-Captain Joseph Pepoon and Mrs.
Eunice Pepoon, his three brothers and one
sis.er-removed to Ohio from Hebron,
Connecticut, in 1904. They Travelled the
whole distance in wagons.
The March term of the Common Pleas
Court of Mahoning County commenced
its session last Monday The number of
cases on the docket to be disposed of are
two hundred and eighty seven.
The Buckeye State, in mentioning
the recent death of Hon James Boone,
says: owe are panied to announce the
death of this gentleman, which occurred
at his residence, in Salem, on Friday
morning of last week, after a brief illness
of some four or five days. The decease d
was we'll and favorably known IN this
community, both as an able lawyer and a
kind and generous a In politics he
was 4 sound Republican, and in 1868 rep
resented this county in the Ohio
Legislature, where he served with credit
to himself and satisfaction to his constitu-
ents. His loss viii be deeply mOurned by
a large circle of friends and aequaintances.
the funeral took place at Salem, on last
Sabbath, and is. said to have been the lar
gest that ever took place in the county,
the Masonic order, of which the deceased
was a member in good standing, turning
out in a body"
The Sharon Herasld says that the two
furnaces of the Westerman Iron-Co., at
this place, turned out during the four
weeks commencing Jan. 18th and closing
February sth, 1851 tons and 900 lbs. of
pig iron, being an average Yield per day
of a little over so tons each. The prOpri-
etOrs claim that the production has never
been excelled by furnaces of equal size,
and using raw coal, and are ready to ''try
again." when these figures are reached by
competitors.