Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-05-11
News Items.

oath of office, on the th instant.
Hail seven inchesi in circumference fell
in Philadelphia, on Friday last.
The base ball nuisance threatens to be-
come epidemic in some places again.
A series Of Universalist Centennial
services was held at Columbus last week.
Napoleon's majority, at the election on
last Sunday, in France, is reported at
100000.
Red Cloud Chief and twelve others of
the Sioux tribe, will shortly visit the
President.
Adam y. Riddle, for forty years a
member of the Cincinnati bar, died on
the Sd instant.
In Ashley, Ohio, John F. Wederkind
committed suicide, by hanging, on She
4th instant.
Captain ]. W. Stewart, of Piqus, Ohio,
committed suicide, by drowning, ON the
4th instant.
A bank robbery of $4,000, occurred at
Rockland, Maine, on the night of the
ID instant.
The relspsing fever prevails extens-
lively in some portions of Philadelphia,
as an epidemic.
President Grant gave five hundred
dollars to the Wilberforce University,
on the 4th instant.
Cardinal Cullen has launched the
whole power of the Church of Rome
against Fenianism.
The testimony for the prosecution, in
the Observation-Disclosures case, closed
on the 4th instant.
In England the C~onvocation has asked
the Crown for a revision of the transla-
ton of the Bible.
Hon. John Morrisey will soon resign
his position as member of Congress, IN
account of i'll health.
The Fenians intimate that their grand
army is nearly ready to move, and will
exceed thirty thousand men.
The market for Government Bonds in
New York, Monday, was strong without
important changes in price.
Garabaldi has issued a manifesto to the
French army calling on the soldiers to-
raise the red flag of revolution.
Nearly an entire block of residences,
in Leavenworth, Kansas, were burned
on the Sd instant. Loss $4,000.
The name of ]. A. Amber, Of Column
biana county, is announced as a -candi-
date for Congress from that district.
The miners in the Shenango Valley.
Pa, agreed to accept the reduction in
wages and go to work last Monday.
The reduction of taxes, as proposed by
the bill introduced in the Senate by
Sherman, will amount to s4s, go, 900.
The question Of woman suffrage will
be submitted to the Constitutional Con-
vention of Vermont for ratification.
The London Sun has been purchased
by the Marquis of Butte, and will here
after be published as a Catholic organ.
A father in Indiana charged his son
three dollars for two days board while
the latter was on a visit to the paternal
home.
During a storm in Kansas City, last
Friday night, two blocks fell with a tre-
mendous crash. No n received bodily
injury.
A letter, written two days before the
death of Bishop Kingsley, has just been
received by the Cincinnati Christian
Advocate.
The report that appeared in the dailies,
that one Bertha Lawrence was floating
for seven days in a balloon, is a heart
less hoax.
The bill granting women the right Of
franchise, in England, passed the second
reading in the House of Commons, on
the 4th instant.
An unknown man was foundn near the
river bridge, at Columbia, Ohio, on the
Sd instant. He had been shot through
the head and body.
Senator Thayer's railroad bill, for a
road from Omaha to a point on the
Northern Pacific road, gives a bonus of
7.OO0,O 900 acres of land.
The annual report of the Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions, shows that
the debt of the present year will be in
the neighborhood of $4,000.
Eighty grand children of VIM. Innis,
residing in New Jersey and Bradford
county, Pa, have fallen heir to an estate
of $50, 900, 900, in Scotland.
Passengers from San Francisco arrived
In New York on Thursday last, making
the trip across the continent in six days
and twenty-three hours-the quickest
time on record.
The report of the Senate committee on
pensions against the claim Of Mrs. Lin
coin to pension, states her cash assets to
be S5s,755, besides some unproductive
real estate.
The House Of Representatives has
passed a resolution providing for the ad-
journment of Congress on the 4th day of
JULY. and it now awaits the concurrence
of the Senate.
Capt. Ale Day, of Kent, while getting
OFF an engine at that place last week, fell
against a cattle guard, breaking his leg
below the knee. 1t is feared amputatiOn
will have to take place.
A boy in Rayenna, last week. abstract
ed from a till $1,000 in greenbacks, and
when charged with the theft denied it,
but under the goadings of conscience
restored the amount stolen the next day.
The SOrosis ladies have resolved that
If IAN effort be made to revive the dirty
and disgusting fashion of trailing skirts
ia the street, sensible women should
universally protest against the nuisance,
That is a subject certainly within "wom-
ans sphere"
Gen. Sheridan and his staff left Chi
q on the Sd inst, for Salt Lake city
and other points in the far west, intend
ing to make a thorough investigation of
Indian affairs in Wyoming, Montana
and other territories.
The will of the late Z. NJ. Stanton was
admitted to probate, in the Orphans
Court, Washington city, on the Sd inst.
General Townsend, Judge Wylie and
Stanton, are the executors. Bonds