Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-10-12
Gold closed. in New York, on Monday

G~aribaldi, the Italian patriot, has
arrived at Marseilles, in France, and was
received with quite an ovation.
General Quesada viii return to Cubs
in the latter part Of November with 90
600 muskets and 10000 rifles.
Gen. Banks has received the Labor
Reform nomination for reelection to
Congress from the 9Th Massachusetts
District.
A Dubuque jeweler has just engraved
the Lords Prayer on n side of a gold
dollar, and a msgnifying glass is needed
10 read it.
The Illinois Grand Lodge Of Masons
has repealed all rules made in 1915, for
bidding subordinate lodges to receive
negroes and mulattos to membership.
One hundred and fifty American vol
unteers arrived in Tours last Saturday,
and marched through the streets, carry
ing the American and French flags.
They were warmly greeted by the opu-
lation.
A tumor Of five years growth, and
weighing forty-six pounds, was taken
from Mrs. Phidelia Richmond, Of Paines-
vile, on the 25th ult. The patient is do
ing well with prospects of a quick re-
covery.
Wonderful silver discoveries have re-
Gently been made near Sault St Marie,
in Michigan. Two American companies
--,-l-s,r Fba -s,l lo,o-s.- NH
ore is said to exceed the celebrated Com
stock lode in Nevada, and Yields Sl69
per ton, besides the lead and copper.
At Baxter, Kansas, on the 9th, while
Max Saluts, a clothing merchant and
his clerk, Max Horra, were engaged in
unpacking goods, a double-barrel gun,
which was hanging yer their heads, fell
TO the floor. Both barrels were dis
charged, and both men were shot through
the head and instantly killed.
It is suggested that the Indians be col
Onized upon the. Bad Lands of Dakota,
where everything petrifes. even birds
as they fly over the region drop stone
dead. The theory is that thus q large
supply Of Indian statues for tobacco
signs would be provided, while also set
ting the ve1ed Lo question.
Paris letter has the following: The
Mobiles from Britain are Christian
heroes. They have the moral courage
before going into battle to kneel and
pray. After their devotions are con-
Guided they receive a blessing from the
priest As a sign Of the times, the writer
adds that the people do not jeer or laugh
at this.
The boiler Of a saw mill exploded, on
Thursday, near Richland, Indiana, kill
ingand horribly msngling Andrew Half
freon, sixteen years old, and VIM Wood
ruff, t~wenty-fOur years old, who had his
head blown Of. A Spring had his skull
broken, and will probably recover. Nc
Cridsll, aged eighteen years, had a leg
crushed, which had to be smputated.
Pieces Of bodies were thrown thirty feet,
and pieces Of machinery fifty to one hun
dred yards.
The latest prison breaking dodge was
perpetrated by Adolph Lawrence, a
Frenchman, in the Maryland P~enitentia-
~, the other evening. Having prepared
and placed at the cell door long figure,
straw-stuffed, with a pspier mache face
and a hand holding the check which the
warden collects on his first mighty round,
he climbed over the walls with a rope
His ticket was duly collected from his
dummy and nothing wrong noticed,
until after some time the alarm was Civ
IN, but too late.
At Peoria, Illinois, on Saturday, A. L
Wilcox, travelling agent for the Christian
Union, from the house of J.. B. Ford &
Co., Of New York, while conversing
with several ladies and gentlemen in a
private room, was relating a story Of the
suicide of q man he once knew, and pull
ing out his revolver &c illustrate his
story, placed it against his head, whenit
suddenly went of, and Wilcox rolled
from his chair to the floor, and almost
instantly expired. His folks live at
Fitehfeld, Conn.
At Branch, Michigan, Saturday after-
noon, L. W. Eldridge, with his step
daughter, in a lumber wagon, while
crossing the railroad, was struck by a
passenger train, killing Eldridge instant
" and seriously ihhuring the daughter.
Both horses were killed. Eldridge was
sixty years old, and quite deaf. He
probably did not hear the engine bell,
which was ringing at the time. Eldridge
was a farmer, and had lately bought a
farm. and was moving on to it.
Jesse L. Savage, of New Haven, Con-
necticut, on Saturday morning drew if
teen hundred dollars from a bank in
New York City, took it to the public
room of the Frankfort House, where
he counted it for the edihcation Of the
crowd, and then took the steamer for
home. The result OF this -carelessness
was that on his arrival in New Haven,
in the evening, he was assaulted puobs-
bly, fatally stabbed, and robbed Of his
money and a gold watch. The thieves
had followed him from New York.
A. terrible and fatal ARRAY occurred at
Columbus, Kentucky, Saturday even
ing. It appears that five men who had
had a difficulty a fortnight ago, met in
town and proceeded to settle the matter
in a free fight, with the following result:
Smith Gibson, stabbed twice, died in
stantly; George Gibson, stabbed and
dangerously wounded; Austin had his
skull fractured by a club, viii probably
die; Conrad was shot, and there is but
little hope Of his recovery; Brockman
was stabbed and terribly beaten, but was
taken TO his home in the country, and
the probable result Of his injuries is
unknown. The desperate nature Of the
encounter is shown by the fact that ali
those engaged were bOrS dH combat in
three minutes after the commencement
of the affray.
The rumors Of Cabinet changes increase.
It is repeatedly asserted that Secretary
Fish can no longer be persuaded to fore
go the pleasures of private life, and will
resign before Congress meets. General
Hiram Walbridge, o New York, is most
frequently named as his successor,
though Wayne McVeigh, son-inlaw to
Mr.. Cameron and Minister to Turkey, is
spoken of as a candidate. It IS further