Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-03-03
News Items.

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The farmers of Highland county
report wheat in fine condition.
The last new county in Nebraska
has been christened "Colfax.',
Tusks of fossil elephants are being
turned up in New Albany, Ind.
Florida has doubled her sugar crop
this season.
Wheat never looked so promising
throughout Indiana as at the present
time.
The debt of Illinois is said to be less
than that Of any other State in the
Union, some Of the new Sxeepted.
They have a "bootistn in Buffalo
who is at work on a two hundred dol
lar pair of boots for General Grant.
The Zone Thousand Mile Tree" is
said to be the only pine tree between
Omaha and Salt Lake.
Horse-raeing and lady equestrian
ism are not to be tolerated at the next
Iowa State Fair.
The Austrian Cabinet is to be
strengthened by the addition Of q
Minister Of Agriculture.
Dempsey, the stationer sentenced
by Judge Fisher, on Friday, was par
doned by the President the next day.
The first foundation of a public
library, in Greece, was laid in Athens
in 1923, and it now numbers 100, coo
volumes.
1t has been found out that the secret
of making sugar from sOrgum Juice is
in making the liquid clear before it is
boiled.
General Grant, it is said, stated to
Congressman Dickey, on Tuesday,
that a Pennsylvanian would be one of
the members of cabinet.
The remnant of the Maine colony
have begun to intermarry with the
Levantine population, and will soon
disappear as distinct people.
Two millions of dollars in United
States silver coin has accumulated in
Montreal. The Canadians do not
know what to do with it.
The welcome valentine was re-
eeived last Monday, by lady Of Edge
field, Tenn. 1t contained 81, 900
five-twenty bond.
A man recently brought bill of "a
against his brothers. estate in San
ing the funeral.n
There is a great reaction in the New
York City government, and a general
publication and diseOuntenance Of
rowdies and villains, is discernible.
1t is curious fact that though the
rain keeps thousands away from
church on Sunday, it does not deter a
single man from attending to his bus
iness on week days.
A teacher seeking to illustrate to
his class the meaning of the word Gu
ticle, asked "What is that all over
my face and hands ?'' Sits freekles,
sir" responded a bright little girl.
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, can
boast Of a cave no less wonderful than
the famous cave Of Kentucky 1t is
believed to be twenty miles in.extent,
and abounds in curious chamb ers.
The Manhattan Club, of New York
city,. true to her old love for the lead
ers of the rebellion, gave banquet
last week in honor of John G. Breek-
inridge.
A prisoner on trial in Dubuque re-
Gently told the Judge he l'ied,"
whereupon his Honor descended from
the bench and vigorously punched"
the eulprit.
The opening of the Pacific Railroad
is to be celebrated on the 4th of July
next. The Governors of the various
States are to meet at Chicago TO take
part in the ceremonies.
Geo. Roberts, an irreverent English
man, was lately fined five shillings
for singing "If I had a donkey'' in
parish church while funeral service
was going on.
As an indueement, the daughter Of
a Broad street New York; banker,
boasts that, in her own right, she
owns 100 shares of Erie Railroad
stock.
General Grant, in response to an
application for Colleetorship, is said
to have remarked that to the retired
army officers who gained honor but
no wealth, positions would be given
Sunday night, in Manchester, Ind,
John Rogers, respectable citizen,
was shot dead by Tom. Wills, whom
he had ordered from his lot . few
hours before. Wills was arrested.
With reference to the child with no
back bone, who is reported to have
recently died in Ohio, The Boston
Post says that by his death ''the State
has lost admirable material for a
member of Congress.
Ten women of La Fayette, Ind,
have entered for talking match that
is on the tdpis, which will be off set
by snoring match arranged between
two railroad conductors, at Fort
Wayne, Ind.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture
says the loss, by disease, of farm
animals, is estimated at $50, ,OO0, 900 a
year. He says the average of timber
and the various crops has never been
obtained in the census.
The two clerks who escaped from
the Chestnut street fire in Philadel-
phia, owe their lives to the fact that
they kept awake reading, one his BIZ
BILE and the other his newspaper, late
at night.
A nugget of gold weighing three
pounds was taken from the claim Of
POueho & Co., near Yreka, California,
ON the 14th of January. Its value is
estimated at $500, there being some
quartz mixed with it.
O0e OF IQe Olu6SG anu HOSG IeSpecb-
ed citizens of Franklin, Warren coun-
ty, Ohio, w. F. Smith, committed
suicide on the 23d ult. Financial
embarrassment is said to be the cause
of the rash act.
An old minister the other day asked
a women what could induce her hus-
band to attend church, ''I don't
know" she replied, ''unless you were
to put pipe and a jug of whisky in
the pew"
Two deaf mutes, Mr.. Shepherd
Taylor, of Dayton, and Miss Mary E.
Price, Of Summit county, were mar
ried at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
Columbus, on Monday. The whole
was performed in the sign
language.
In the Glenn murder trial at Indi-
annapolis, on Thursday, one lady
testified that the prisoner had offered
her five hundred dollars to swear that
she had seen her at home about 8
o'clock on the afternoon of the mur-
der, which she refused.
In Dubuque, Iowa, they have dog
Carlo, of the st. Bernard breed, who
having saved four lives and otherwise
himself, the Marshals
give him the freedom of the city, and