Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-08-30
7old closed on Monday at 1I2s.

Gold closed on Monday at 1923.
1.-Two military companies are to be
organized in Sharon.
Late dispatches state that the cholera
is losing ground in Europe.
The amount Of national bank notes in
circulation at this date is SS21, 1913, $50.
One Of the oldest paper mills in Penn
sylvania, In Erie county, was destroyed
by fire last Wednesday.
Last week, on Friday, a blind man
named A. D. Straw, Of Vensngo, Pa,
caught a pike weighing twenty four
pounds. The Crawford Deaaoerdt is re-
sponsible for this.
Hon. James Ssyler, who represented
Preble county in the last House, has
been nominated by the Republicans Of
the counties OF Montgomery and Preble
for the Senate. Glad of it.
The, Pennsylvania Prohibitionists in
State Convention, last Wednesday, NOM
mated Barr Spangler for Auditor Gene
raj, and Hon. E. H. Wheeler, Of Sharon,
Mercer Co., for Surveyor General.
We ara glad to observe that the Repub-
licans Of Delaware county have nomi-
mated Capt. Alfred Lee for Representa-
tive. We had the pleasure OF serving in
that capacity two years with Mr.. Lee,
and know him to be capable, faithful
and honest.
Horace Greedy will start in q few days
lit is said in about ten-on 8 l~ecturing
tour among the Horticultural, Geologi-
cal and Agricultural Societies of the
West. he will travel through Ohio,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota
and Kansas.
The Mercer, Pa-) Signal, a Democratic
newspaper, has succumbed to hard times
and gone under. The Meadville Demo-
Graf, in speaking Of the fate of the Sig
nGL, very truly observes that sit is n
OF the easiest things in the world to
start a newspaper, but one of the hardest
to keep it running"
The Geaugs county Republican NOM
nations are as follows: Representative,
George H. Ford, Burton; Treasurer,
Theron C. Smith; Auditor, A. P. Til
den; Recorder, A. W. Young Com
missioner, Horace ]. Ford; Prosecuting
Attorney, L. E. Durfee; Surveyor,
Royal Burton; Director Of Infrmary,
R. E. Waters.
The Mahoning Courier has thrown of
all pretended allegiance to the Republic
can party, and came out last week square
ly as a prohibition organ, running up
theticket Of that party at the head Of its
columns, and dropping the Republican
ticket which it had previously placed
there. The change Of front probably
neither astonishes or grieves anybody
very much.
The Democrats Of this county, on Sat
urday last, nominated the following
ticket: Representative, F. Casper,
Weathersfeld. Sheriff, Alexander n.
King, Hubbard. Auditor, Luther Pat
terson, Newton. Treasurer, Jno. Koch
Ter, Rowland. Prosecuting Attorney,
Nelson G. Hyde, Hartford. Commits
siomer, Daniel Dunbar, johnson. In
Urinary Director, Daniel Wannemaker,
Warren. Coroner, Jonas Hoffman,
Southington.
Every invention made to promote the
safety of travellers, is worthy Of praise.
A Pittsburgh machinist has invented an
air-brake, to be applied to railroad trains,
by which an entire stop of the cars al
be effected in one-third of the time here
tofore required. As time is Of the great
est consequence when accidents by rail
are imminent, such an invention, if
found to work well, is Of the greatest
consequence.
The Chief of the Statistical Bureau, at
Washington, states that the valuation Of
the annual whiskey product is SS75, OOO,-
600; of fermented liquors $126, 900, 900
OF imported liquors 500, OOO. 900, and of
the annual sales OF the 15O, 1000 licensed
liquor stores in the country about $780,
100000. Enough to pay of U national
debt in about three years. How is it
that an intelligent people can sustain q
traffic whose only results are waste, pau
perism, wretchedness and misery, tenn
poral and eternalf
The Democrats Of Mahoning county
have nominated VIM. L. Clark for Rep
resentative. MI. Clark's strongest rec
ommendation to this endorsement Of
his party probably consists in the fact
that he was the bitterest and most bla-
tant anti-war Democrat in Mahoning
county, and if he could have had his
way the stars and bars Of secession and
slavery would now be floating victori-
ously. There are scores of Democrats
in Mahoning county who will not sup
port such an undisguised coppsrhead a
Clark has VIGOROUSLY been for years.
A few disconnected Republicans. in
Cleveland, under the lead Of R. P.
Spaulding, have insugurated a boilers
party in Cuyahoga county, for the pur-
pose Of trying to defeat the regularly
nominated ticket. Judge S~paulding has
been butting his head against the admin
istration for 8 year or two past; and sl
because Grant could not be made to see
the propriety Of appointing a dozen or
two of the Judges relations 70 Office
Not being able to disturb the composure
Of the powers that be, at Washington,
the maleontents blindly turn on their
old friends at home. We observe that
they presumed to place Nj. N. p. Gal
lup, a former Representative from Guy
ahoga, on their ticket for the Legisia-
ture. Mr.. G. informs them that he viii
not accept the nomination; that the reg
ular ticket was fairly nominated, and
that he intends supporting 1t.