Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08

smooth ard pleasant.
The Courier reports a pretty general
1redac6oR in the wages Of mechanics and
la5orers in and about Youngstown, tc
commence with January lst, to the extent
Of about 10 per cent. notice having been
I given Of the drop some time previous.
Thegnenazrr- mostly aaepuieseing feeling
thatths choice isIbesweeh a reduction OF
wagesand the suspension Of Business.
ION Saturday, the 2sth Rlt. an explo-
sion of gas occurred in he new store room
of Messrs. Packard, in Youngstown'
which, .aceoraihg to the Register, blew
soat the windows of the building and de-
stroys3 some portions Of the ceiling and
foor. The explosion occurred while a
SOskn6n was engagedin searching for a
leak in the gas pipes between the ceiling
and floor, with a lighted lamp.
-Ayopng man named Murphy, said to
be resident Of gainesville, Lake county,
was committed to the jail Of Geauga-Co.,
zone day last week, fer breaking into the
house Of Mr.. Chester Hosford, oGPark-
man, and stealing property to the value of
some fifty dollars, while the family were
absent. A portion of the stolen goods,
among them 8 silver watch, was found on
his person when captured
The Rev. Mr.. Page, having received
a polite invitation to attend a Ball at the
"Austin House" and help "dance the old
year out and the new year in" took occa-
sion IN last Sunday evening to give his
reasons for 'PolAely declining! "A crowd
ed house appeared to relish his 1ressohs,"
which were very raey, and decidedly
Rassg 1E2 1WIGI3sG
The contract for paving the streets of
Warren has been let to Messrs- barley &
Weeks. It IS designed next summer to
complete the paving of Main Street from
depot to depot, and TO continue the Mar
ket Street pavement c asst as far as the res
idehcs of Mr. Wsrren Packard Ifthese
contractors do as good a job as they did
last summer, no person will have any rea-
son to complain.
9-A resident of 6srrettsyiAe, Mr.. E.
E. Udall. while in Chicago. a short times
since, and walking from one depot 10
another, not being Sal of his way, enquir-
.edsoftthree nice young men" who4ind-
" offered their services as guides, but'be-
fore they had reached the wished for de-
pot Mr. r was set upon and robbed Of
three hundred and City dollars. Rather
expensive walking, considering the dis
The communication OF one of our
Pennington correspondents, who signed
himself i" ELI.n dated the 2sth ut, was
not received until some days after our last
publication. Whether the delay in its re-
eeipt w~aocessiOhed BY the writer, or
through the mail, we are not prepared to
say. "EIl " reports the Seminary at West
Pennington as in . fourishing condition,
with a very fall attendance of pupiissand
that the termSis psssingoF pleasantly, to
The satisfaction of all concerned. he
mentioned that tho Literary Society had
been favored with a lecture by General
Garfield, on the evening of the 22d, which
was weffa+tenaed, during which the Gen
directed his remarks principally to the
students, in some very eloquent and whole
some advice. rr
The meeting for the consideration of
the Moving Machine Works question, ad-
journed to meet at the Office of VIM. T.
Spear on Monday evening of next week.
We bespeak for it q general attendance on
the part of all interested in the prosperity
and building up Of the city. 1t is desira
bic that The WORKS be built as a successful
of Investment for those having
spare capital. The return from other
works of the kind having been much
greater than banking, there is no reason
Why these contemplated should not be
equally so. In fact, every farmer in the
county should have from 500 tO-a $1,000
stock IN this Company, making himself
interested in its prosperity. Every man
in town, able, should freely respond,
thereby ~beneftting himself in the invest
ment, and the town in population. At
tend the meeting and build the works.
$500 .Lo4
house of Mr.. John Miller, in Newton
Township, was burglAriOusly entered
throughaa1 upper Story window, by 8.
of men who had their faces covered
with wells, and after they had "gone
through" the pockets of Mr.. M cloth
ing, abstracting the5efrom his knife and
keys, without waking him from his sleep,
they concluded to take a look at matters
down stairs. Reaching the first floor, and.
not exposing 70 AndTauy n occupy
ing the apartments, they struck a light BY
which they might the more readily find
something to their liking, but a sister Of
Mr.. MS, who was on a visit to the family
and sleeping below, heard the noise, when
she gave the alarm. The ~scoundrels made
the ACCOMPLISHMENTS her cries, BY one
of them placing his hands over her mouth,
and in the struggle she succeeded in secur-
ing the veil he had on his face but she
could not identify him. The coming Of
those from y stairs made it necessary for
the young men TO make a hurried exit
from the House, about as empty-handed as
when :hey came; What a pity these pre-
cious s~coundreis could not be met with a
good warm reception, in the shape Of q
load of buck-shob when they are making
their nightly calls
Pleasant Surprise.