Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-05-24
THE CHRONICLE
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LOCAL and Personal
The next term of Trumbun Com
mon Pleas commences on Monday,
June ..
Rev. o. P. Kellogg, a former resi-
dent Of Newton Fails, viii preach in the
Town Hall, of that village, on the first
Sunday in June, at IL o'clock, A. NJ.
There willbe q reunion of Company
D.. I'd O. v. C., at Pennington, on the
9Th day Of July next. It is desired that
all SURVIVING members, together with
their friends, be present on the occasion.
On Wednesday evening last, some
laWless person forced an entrance into
the cellar OF Mr.. James Brooks, on the
river road, and stole therefrom about a
half a barrel of pork. We call this
hoggish.
The alarm OF fire raised on last FRI
day night, was O~ceasioned by the burn
ing Of two stacks Of fax straw on Quinn
by Hill, belonging TO Camp : Randall.
Loss 500. Probably set on fire by some
imp.
The ere bells rang u an alarm on
Friday forenoon last, the causeof which
was the discovery that a house near the
Austin House was on fire. The timely
application Of a few pals Of water ex-
tinguished the flames before any serious
damage had been done.
There win be a quarterly meeting
held st the United Brethren Church in
Ba1ettz. May z7th aud 2sth, at ], P. n,
Saturday, and l0l, A. NJ, sabbath. Also
q quarterly meeting viii be held at the
United Brethren Church, at Baconsburg,
June 10th and Ilth, at the same hours.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. MeLain, jr., cele-
brated the tenth anniversary Of their
wedding on Tuesday evening, the 10th
inst, at the residence OF General MeIAin,
on the Avenue. A large number Of
friends assembled on the occasion TO
congratulate the happy bride and groom.
The presents were many and fine. Some
bad a marked tin-tsl-nabulary music
soothing 70 the nerves.
The Garrettsvine Journal says that
On Tuesday Of last week, one o. T. Bliss
was arrested for forgery, having repre-
scented himself as an agent Of Springer
L Cos Buffalo Stock Journal, and tax
ing subscriptions and giving receipts,
signing them Springer s Co, but never
sending the Journal. One Of his vic
tins, Z. c. StockEell, te.egraphed to the
publishers, who replied that Bliss was a
swindler, whom they had long been
looking for. Hewa5 arrested and sent
to jail to await further Developments.
Lon Wednesday evening, the 10th i
inst, about dark, two men entered the :
hause Of Mr.. Hugh Montgomery, one {
fourth mile west OF Brookfeld, and 4
when Mr.. II. arose to offer them seats, G
one Of them struck him on the head with (
'biIly7 producing an ugly wound, but 7
fziled to disable him, when he clinched Z
the scoundrel, and with the assistance of
his wife and son about fourteen years I
old, succeeded in routing both the rob o
bers. Robbery was undoubtedly their O
object. but failed in their attempt. '
On Saturday last as Mr.. Lewis Ri o
der, a resident Of this township, was n
to town, the horse he was driv- 5
ing 10 buggy, became frightened when a
the canal bridge, on the west sidesandiH
commenced running at furious speed a
Mr.. Rider, who is about 20 years Of age, e
becoming alarmed, jumped out Of the o
buggy, near Whestley's grocery. and p
the ground with such force as to Il
severely stun him and produce, proba- b
Div, serious internal injuries. The tc
horse broughtup at the new iron bridge, Ii
in 3 heap. with the ruins Of the buggy Il
promiscuoasly about him. v
The sharon Herald says that the
disputes and other difficulties which e
have heretofore prevented the building n
the jamestown & Ashtabula railroad II
"a continuation Of the jamestown & al
Franklin railroad to the lakes-were "
satisfactorily settled on Monday last, IA
and we hear that active measures are be-
ing taken to place the road under con- B
tract immediately and to complete it as
soon as possible. The Herald also says to
that the contract for building the first el
four miles Of the Sharon and Greenfield eC
railroad, was awarded on last Friday to 81
SIR. James Jones, Of Hickory township. n
Consideration SII,95O. Work viii be G
commenced soon. 81
On Friday last s boy named John II
Crawber, aged about eieyen years, and n
in the family Of Mr.. William II
Murphy, Of Champion, went out with a b
man who was hauling logs on q Jog "
boat to mill. While Mr.. Murphy n
was engaged in measuring lumber, he "
told the boy he might drive the oxen "
TIE boat to the woods. In a short A
time the boy was found lying on the p
bost in a nfeless condition. An exam Of
showed that his neck had been
broken, probably occasioned by a sud Il
len jerk ofthe boat throwing him back
ward, causing the back Of his head to P
strike q cross piece on the boat. His
nearest relative was an uncle, residing
Cleveland. H
M. EIlsler, OF the Cleveland Acad- c.
my O Ausics HS PLaS0u VI t1 71s0 =
he soriginal, romantic and spectacular L
Drama, entitled the "Black Crook" m
oncerning which every body has heard n
rood deal, and II they ever saw ii. have II
lso seen q good deal. The drama is a m
uccession Of the most gorgeous, dazzling nc
nd beWitching scenery, with astonish-
ng transformations from one scene Of
xquisite beauty to another The grand m
de ballet and hgurantes are even re
worse OF than Miss Flora McFlimsey Ca
or ssomething TO wear" The play will Bl
De performed in Cleveland during all I.
his week, ending Saturday evening la
text, making the third week of its sue-l O.
'essfnl career in that city. il