Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-08-17


Gold closed, in New York, on Monda
evening, at 1I7;.
Germany contains a population Of fol
ty-fve millions.
Cholera and Yellow fever is thinnin
the Spanish army rapidly.
It takes nine bushels Of blackberrie
70 supper the Ohio ~Penitentary.
The number Of births in Clevelanr
last year was 1855; OF deaths, 6I2.
Five hundred and three persons die,
in Cincinnati in the month Of July.
The war expenses Of Prussia are foot
ing up over twenty-five millions a day
1t is thought the first Of septembe.
viii witness the completion OF the census
VIM. Bailey, OF Ohio, has been appoint
ed by the President consul TO Honl
Kong.
The 10th Regiment, o. V. L, will hold
their Third AnnualsReunion at Salem
on Sept sth.
The Methodist population Of Ohio in
1869 was nine per cent Of the entire pop.
ulation Of the state.
An unsuccessful attempt was made on
the LIST inst to rob the Noble county
treasury Of $4,000.
Ameetng Of the veterans OF the war
Of 1872, viii be held in Jefferson, on the
10th Of September next
George W. YhistlAr, an American en-
gineer in London, died recently, worth
half a million Of dollars.
The war news Rocked the price OF oil,
at TitusviIle, from about $40 to S,7S
per barrel. For week past the price has
slowly changed for the better.
Rewards to the amount Of $4,000 FOL
the discovery Of the murderer OF Mr..
Nathan Of New York is offered.
The Cincinnati Chronicle in its "maks
up" Of the fashions for August at Sara.
togA introduces the murder Of a woman
by her husband.
Bennet Scop, convicted Of the murder
Of Jacob Goodman, was hung at Nor
walk, Of the 3rd inst He protested his
innocence to the last
On last Thursday, the Long Branch
hurdle race Of two miles was won by
Biddy Malone, Beating Buchanan, Jer-
rold and Morris, in S;56i.
The establishment Of q national gold
bank in Boston under the new law il
probably the ~forerunner Of q number o
others throughout the country.
The Democrats carried the state cleo
in North Csrolina, last Thursday. Dis
s~ensions.in the Republican ranks CAV.
the rebel element an easy victory.
The surviving members Of the Forty
second Ohio, General Garheld's regi
ment, viii hold their reunion at Ash
land on the last Wednesday Of thi
month.
The reunion Of the 18th Regiment a
PainesYille on the 9th inst was a yer!
pleasant affair. About two hundred O
the regiment were present, besides al
immense throng Of citizens.
Phi. R Mertz, = prominent banke
Of Pittsburgh, committed suicide OF tn
I2th inst at his banking house, by shoot
ing himself through the heart with
pistol Financial embarrassment wa
the cause.
The President viii not call an extr
session Of Congress, unless the war il
Europe shall so affect our interests as Il
render one necessary. The President
contemplates issuing & proclamation o.
neutrality.
The elections in East Tennessee re
suited in the success Of the Republican
ticket The Republican majorities art
very decided and show q certain vic
tory in the coming important NOvem'
Der elections.
The atmospheric r. R. brakes, nov in
use on some roads, will stop q train al
most instantly. So say the papers. But
would not an instantaneous Utoppage o.
& train under fun speed have q tendency
to send passengers sprawling about the
cars3
William II. Hanna, one Of the mos
prominent members Of the Blooming
ton, IL, bar, was instantly killed las
Friday night by q stroke Of Lightning
while in bed. His wife lying by his side
WAS seriously stunned by the same
stroke. but soon after recovered to find
her husband dead by her side.
A terrible steamboat accident occur
red on the MississippiriEer, thirty miles
above Memphis on Sunday night July
3lst. The steamer Silver Spray eKplod-
ed her boilers, killing and wounding &
number Of her crew and passengers.
She then took fire and while floating
down the stream, burned to the waters
edge. Eighteen persons were lost.
The American people learn with deep
sorrow the death Of Admiral Farra-
gut, which occurred on Sunday last, al
the residence Of Commodore Pennockr
Portsmouth, New Hampshire. FOrdsys
previous the telegraph had announced
the serious illness Of the Admiral
Though dead, he still lives and viii ever
live as a Of Americas bravest and
noblest heroes and purest Of men. Bis
deeds and great achievements are q part
OF the fmperishable history Of the coun-
try which his valor and skins 50 oonspieu-
ously assisted in saving from dissolution
and ruin. Admiral Fsrragut was in his
sixty-ninth year at the time OF his death.
The following is a list Of fall elections,
and the dates on which they occur: Cal
ifornia. September 6; Maine, September
u; vermont, September 8; Florida, oc-
tober 8: Indiana, October l. Iowa, oe-
tober IL; Mississippi October So Ohio,
October IL; Pennsylvania, October H.
west Virginia, October "a Delaware,
November /; Illinois, November 8
kansas. November L: Louisiana, NO
vemberI l; Maryland, November 8 Mas
.-scbusetts. November 6; Michigan
November Minnesota November il
Missouri, November Il New jersey
November 8; New York, NoyemDere
south Carolina, November Rlseon-
sin, November 8.