Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-12-16
NEWS ITEMS.

Miss HELEN Weston the actress
died at Washington, DC. on the 18th
inst.
Governor Boutwell,, of Massachu-
sets, is spoken of for Secretary of the
Treasury.
One hundred and nineteen vessels
have gone into winter quarters at
Cleveland.
There is $751; 600 coin in the
United States Treasury, including
S23, 900, 900 in coin certificates.
The thermometer reached ten de-
grees belO zero at Madison, Wisconsin,
on the 10th inst.
The Mississippi river is frozen
solid at Prairie Du Chen and passen-
gers are crossing on the ice.
Hon. George Peabody has made an
other donation of one hundred thou
sand pounds &c the poor of London.
Hugh Craig was arrested at Phila-
delphia on the 9th, for the cutting of
his mothers throat while in her bed.
Alexander Cummings has been
nominated as Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, in the place of Mr..
Rollins.
The Western Union Telegraph
company informs the associated press |
that they will terminate their contract
with them on the I'D inst. :
4 French paper records the death
by asphhXia of a lady who slept in a
room in which were also kept a guam
tity of ounces.
The increase of the Methodist
Episcopal Church for the year ending
on the present mouth is estimated at
about loo, 200.
1t is reported that General Grant
has offered the New York Collector
ship to Charles a. Dana, with good
prospect of its acceptance.
The Supreme Court of Washington
D. c. took up on the Sth inst. the
several cases Involving the constitu-
tionality of the legal tender act.
George Langston, sheriff Of Brown
county, Wisconsin, shot and killed a
professional burglar named NJ. Nehill
at Green Bay, while he was attempt
ing to escape from him.
Seward will hereafter reside in New
York. No pent up Auburn will con-
tract his powers, although he hasn't
succeeded in making the whole bound
less continent ours.
The recent accident on the Ohio
river whereby so many lives were
lost, will result in efforts TO get a bill
through Congress prohibiting passen-
ger steamers from carrying petroleum.
1t will be introduced at an early day.
Commodore Vanderbilt prints a
card denying the Erie Railway Com
pany paid him stock in bonds, last
spring, the sum of So, 500 900, with o
bonus of 81, 200, 600, in order to stop
the suits instituted by Messrs. Schell
and others.
General Custer captured from the
Inians 775 ponies, l,l22 buffaloe robes
and skins, 535 pounds of powder 1850
pounds of lead, 1900 arrows and 700
pounds of tobacco, besides rifles, pis-
tolls, lariets, and an immense
Quantity, of dried meat and other pro-
visions.
Representative Heaton fIom North
Carolina reports that since Grants
election a wonderful change has ia
ken place in all parts of the state.
The very men who before the election
committed Outrages, then so common,
are now among the most quiet and
law abiding.
Secretary Seward has addressed q
note to Secretary Wells, stating that
he has advised the President that a
sufficient naval force should be sent
to Paraguay to protect the lives and
property of Americans, and to demand
prompt redress for such injuries a
may have already been inflicted.
During the recent rough passage Of
the VIM. Penn from Havre, one old
lady, expecting the vessel to go down,
arr9yed herself in her best bonnet,
and with her good clothes in a bundle
under her arm and an umbrella in her
hand, sat awaiting the sinking of the
ship.
The Erie Company is constructing
a line of railroad from Buffalo to the
Suspension Bridge, and says that the
line from Buffalo to New York will
soon have a double track; that the
company are now manufacturing
their own steel rails at a rate which
will cover the entire line in two years.
Secretary MeCullouch's reccmenda-
ton, in his report, for a new loan to
fund the public debt at five per cent.
interest is the leading feature of dis
cussion among members of Congress,
and meets with some favor. II is not
: likely that financial legislation will
take any shape until after the holt
days.
The John A. Andrew Division No.
256, Sons of Temperance, of Troy, n.
Y, composed Of Oolored members
t exclusively, has surrendered its
charter and dissolved its connection
with the Grand Division of the state,
on account Of the existing law ex-
Guiding colored divisions from
t representation in the superior body.
I The AYalanche's Augusta, Ark,
: special, says the militia under General
Upham continue to seize property
and arrest citizens. \ large number
= of citizens of the surrounding country
, have banded together, and purpose
attacking the militia, and are reported
to be marching on Augusta. Upham
: declares if he is attacked he will
= shoot all prisoners now in his hands
and burn the town.
The Young Mems Christian ASso-
citation of NOrwalk, Connecticut, have
voted not to employ Anna Dickinson
: to lecture for them, as she is q female
of perRiciOus influence! Most ~virtuous
young men! 1t is to CHOPPED their
pure morals will not be subjected TO a
very severe strain, for evidently they
could not bear it. Clearly the supply
of adolescent brains in and around
Norwalk is deficient.
Gen. Geo. w. Cole has been acquit-
ted of the charge of murder in killing
L. II. HiscOck for the seduction of his
wife. The jury stated that found the
: prisoner TO be sane at the moment be-
fore and the moment after the killing,
5 but were in doubt as to his sanity on
f the instant of the homicide. The
4 Judge said they must give the prison.
S er the benefit of the doubt, and thus
: instructed they rendered a verdict of
e aequittal.
4 can Of blasting powder of the
!, !, Patent Safety Compound" kind ex-
: plOded at the Dean Ore Mine Compa-
: ny, at Fort Montgomery, on the
o Hudson river, instantly killing
!, three men, one of whom, Thomas
Hustled, who held the can at the time