Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-07-20

1t is recommended that the primary meet
1ngs for the selection Of delegates, be held Of
Saturday evening, July sd, between7 an
so'clock. By order of Central Conn.,,
= o. MORGAN, Chairman.
7. ]. McLAIS, Jr. Sec'y.
a pension of 5000, has been granite,
Mrs. Lincoln.
On the 18th inst, France declared wa
against Prussia.
Congress adjourned at five O'Clock Oh
last Friday morning.
White fish are rapidly decreasing il
numbers, in Lake Erie.
Mr.. Jacob Stokes, aged los years, die
in Ravenna N the 10th inst.
Senator Norton, of Minnesota, died a
Washington, D. c., on the 18th inst.
aged forty-one years.
An examination as to the ill treatmen
of the colored cadet at West Point, ha
been officially ordered.
The tax and tariff bill as passed, is ex
pected to reduce the burden of taxation
about eighty million dollars.
The death of Rear Admiral John A
Dahlgren, of the United States Navy, i:
announced as occurring last week.
Andrew Logan, an old Cleveland
Editor, died recently at Independence
Iowa, in the eightieth year ofhis age.
The Buffalo, n. Y, races come of
August 9, 10, II and u. Forty-twc
thousand dollars premiums are offered,
President Atwater has resigned his pc.
sition in Hiram College, and Prof. B. A,
Hinsdale has been elected to fill the va
cancy.
Five hundred coolies for the Alabama
and Chattanooga Railroad, arrived al
Chattanooga-the first installment of
1900.
The London Spectator predicts as the
result ofthe war that the Bonapartes will
be found to have exhausted Heavens pa
thence.
The Senate has confirmed the nomina-
ton ofGen. B. F. Potts, of Carroll coun-
ty, Ohio, as Governor of Montana, vice
Ashley removed.
A man was arrested near New MILFORD
station, on the C. & P. R. r. while plac-
ing Instructions on the track. He refus-
ed to give his lame.
The ninth annual meeting of the
Geauga horse breeders association vii
be held in Burton on the 18th, 18th and
10Th, of August next.
The Highland Union Agricultural AS
ISOLATION, will hold its coming fair a
Garrettsville, on the 18th, 18th and SOtf
days of September next.
Two children, daughters, of join
Leonard, OF Akron, were fatally burned
a short time since while endeavoring Il
use coal oil in starting a fire.
The European new has created
commotion among the Fenians, and re
ports say that preparations are being
made to assist the anticipated rising il
Ireland.
Gold closed on Monday in New York
at 1904. During the day the excitement
in the gold room, vas equal to the
memorable September panic. The prices
ranged from 117l to 1222.
The London Daily News expresse:
sorrow at the recall of Mr.. Motley, and
says Frelinghuysen will find the Eng
Iish government ready to settle all the
disputes with America at any time.
John G. Nicolay, formerly private
secretary to President Lincoln and late
United States consul at Paris, has beer
rendered, and has accepted the position
of managing editor of the Chicago Re
publican.
A duel with cavalry sabres was Tough
near st. Louis, on the 18th inst, between
Mai. Henry Kettle formerly of the Bis
n. Y. Regiment and Capt. L. D. Van. o
the French army. Both were slightly
wounded.
The Ohio Statesman is meat-ax-ical oil
a Wayne county Democratic editor. 1
saws: "His mental disabilities are in
durable. Congress couldn't remove then
by a two-ihirds vote. 1t would requirI
a special act of Providence"
A female regatta took place on tn,
Monongahela river at Pittsburgh, las
Saturday afternoon. The contestant
were Miss Lottie McAlice and Mis-
Miss Maggie Lew. The former won il
eighteen minutes and fifty-four seconds
the distance being one mile.
Whisky was lively in Cincinnati
Saturday night. Otto Derr shot Free
Brakeman and Fred Detent. Pat Glane!
shot James Casey. These were salooI
occurrences. NJ. C. Webb cut Pete
Dillon terribly with a shoe knife. Web
escaped.
The word "rentes'' which Eofrequentl,
occurs in the financial kilograms from
Paris. is the French funded debt, tn
holders Of which are styled renters
The Government issues no bonds, bu
accepts loans from the people, enterinl
them upon its ledgers andpaying aspect
fed rate of interest.
on Sunday last. at Sandusky, o.,
terrible tornado swept every thing DC
fore If. buildings were stripped of signs
roofs and shutters. Two fires occurred
nothing serious. The tug Young Hick
orv was dashed to antoms against tn
dock. Several smaller crafts shared
similar fate. Many boats were swampe
and wrecked
Mr.. AKERMAN, thene~ Attorney Gen
oral. on Friday took his oath of office be
fore Associate Justice Wiley, of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. At twelve o'clock b
a,tended a meeting ofthe Cabinet. Thl
IS the first time for many years that
seutheyner has been found among ID
Presidents e~ounsellors.
The war cloud on our north-wes
border has blown sway, and our Cana
dian neighbors can once noEe rest Il
ouiet. Riel has made his peace with tn
Dominion government, and hss gracious
IL permitted the Winnipeg Legislator
70 sseept the terms of confederation pro
posed by the Dominion Parliament
This is a crest victory for the half bree'
sHventurer. The Dominion government
has ,acceded to almost every PROPOSE