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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-11-01

the streets and started for the river
but were overtaken by the storm Of
fire, and fell in the middle of the
streets. One man carrying his wife,
approached the. river, but the blast
drove him over some obstruction, and,
falling, he was separated from her.
He picked up a woman, supposing
her to be his wife, carried her to
the river, and saved her. 1t proved
to be another mans wife, and his own
was lost. One man was sick of ty-
phOid fever; a young man stopping
with him took the sick man out back
of the house and buried him in the
sand. He was saved, and is rapidly
gaining his health.
The half has not been told; the
whole will never be known. The loss
of lie increases every hour. On Fri
day last twenty-six dead bodies were
found in the woods, and Saturday
thirty-six. The woods and fields are
literally fullof dead bodies, and mary
were burned entirely up. We found
some teeth, jack knife, and a slate
pencil. 1t must have been all that
remained of a promising boy. Truly
in this case the darkness precedes the
light. On Sunday night, October 8,
Just after the churches were closed,
for half an hour there reigned the
stiffness of death. The smoke settled
down so thickly that the darkness,
like Egyptian, could be felt. Then
came light gusts of wind, and in the
south was seen through the smoke
and darkness faint glimmers of light.
The earth trembled, and the roar of
the approaching tornado and the
shock of the falling trees broke the
awful stiffness. Nc one could realize
the approaching danger, when in al
most a moment the holocaust was
upon them. The fire, in its madden
ing rage, could not keep pace with
the wind, and trees, and houses, and
men were blown down that they
might be more rapidly consumed.
Men, women, and children rose again
to rush like spectres through the
flames, and fell separated from each
other. In this terrible moment men
thought the fiual day hadcome when
the earth should be burned, and they
bowed themselves to offer their last
prayer. More might have been saved
If this conviction had not seized them.
One man gathered his family into his
store, and resignedly walked 10 and
fro in the room, awaiting the awful
consequences, and if they believed
prophecy, had they not reason for
this belief? A day of darkness and
of gloominess, day of clouds and of
thick darkness. as the morning spread
upon the mountains. A fire deYoureth
before them, and behind them flame
burneth; the land is as the Garden of
Eden before them, and behind them
& desOlate wilderness; yea, and moth
ing shall escape them. The appear.
ance of them is as the appearance Of
horses, and as horsemen, so shall they
run. The earth shall quake before
them; the heavens shall tremble, and
the sun and the moon shall be dark,
and the stars shall withdraw their
shining.
The best data gave the loss in the
Sugar Bush and Peshtigo at eight
hundred. On the east shore forty
bodies were found in one field. They
had fled to the field hoping to escape,
and they ran into the worst place
possible. Small elearings were more
safe than large fields.
J.H. HAUsER.
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The Hawkins Case.

SALT LAKE. October 21.-The jury
in the Hawkins case, came in last
night with a sealed verdict, which on
being opened this forenoon, was found
to be "gnilty." The court room was
crowded and the announcement Great
ed much sensation. The counsel for
the people moved the court that the
defendant be taken into custody,
which motion was stOutly resisted by
the defendants attorney. The prose-
eutiOn however were firm in their de-
mand, that the case should take the
ordinary course and United States
Marshal accordingly was directed to
hold Hawkins as prisoner. Time was
allowed to prepare a motion for new
trial, and arrest Judgment. The PEN
atty of the Utah statutes for the crime
of adultery, is imprisonment not ex-
eeeding twenty years and not less
than three years, or by fine Of not
over one thousand dollars, or bOte
fine and imprisonment, at the dis
cretiun Of the court. This is q test
case and virtually places the poly
gamist at the mercy Of the first wife,
who, under the act is the only party
who can institute proceedings against
the husband. The case was contested
on both sides with great determina-
ton and the charge of Chief Justice
Mexican to the jury last night, is
spoken of as being eminently able.
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The Galaxy for November eontai
the following good joke on Colonel
Given. Indiana cannot claim the
honor of sending the Colonel to the
field:
Colonel Given, one of Indiana's
most gallant volunteer soldiers during
the war, now Deputy Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, is fond of joke,
and likes to make the opportunity for
the preparation OF one. Sometime
since the Colonel, whose duties are
principally with manufacturers of and
dealers in spirituOus and fermented
liquors, made a tour of inspection of
the breweries, of the west. At st.
Louis he found some very fine ones,
having immense vaults for thestorage
of lager beer, great quantities OF which
are consumed in that city. The Colo
mel was going through one of these
vaults, under the guidance of its Teu-
tonic proprietor, who exDatiated in
broken English upon its capacity
He finally called the Colonefs atten-
tion to the huge casks, made in the
vault for holding the beer. The Colo
mel, little disgusted at the Germans
constant praise of his premises, said
the casks IOerc certainly very large;
'but" said he, "they've got larger
ones in Pittsburgh. Why, some Of
those are so large that four couple can
dance eotilliOn on the head of them f"
"Vat you say ?" replied the Ger
man. ''You call dem big easks2 Dem
is nOdding. Wy, I've seen beer casks
in Berlin bigger as dem-sO big dat
more as a hundred Dutch gals at a
time can UdLse on de bl,Hg hole"
The Colonel called for ''Zwie lager
and departed.
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Silver Spring. FloridO, is one of the
greatest curiosities in the South. II
bursts forth in the midst of the most
fertile country in the State. 1t bulb
bles up in basin nearly one hundred
feet deep and about an acre in extent,
and sends from il a deep stream sixty
to a hundred feet wide, extending
six to eight miles, to the Ocklawaha
River. In the spring itself, fifty boats
may lie at anchOr-quitea fleet. The
spring thus forms q natural port, to
which three steamers now run regu-
larly from st. Johns, making close
connection with the ocean steamers
at Philadelphia The clearness Of the
water is truly wonderful. 1t seems
even more transparent than air; you
see the bottom eighty feet below the
surface of the water; the exact form
of the smallest pebbles, the outlines
and color of the leaf that has sunk,
while all the prisnatie eOlors Of the
rainbow are reflected. Large fish
swim in it, every scale visible and
every movement distinctly seen. II
you go over the spring in boat, you
will see the assures in the rock, from
which the river pours upward, like
an inverted cataract.
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Whole No. 1874

A remarkable plausible theory az
counting for the rapid spread Of the
Pfiames at the Chicago fire, is that a
large number of the houses in that
city were built Of an oil-bearing lime
stone, which is found in large deposits
near the city, which when exposed to
the intense heat took fire and was
consumed. The public have remarked
upon the singular fact that stone
buildings exposed to the fiery blast
burst into flames. and in an incredi-
bly, short space of time had disap-
peared. 1t will also be remembered
that accounts were given of the ap-
parent combustion OF the tagging in
the pavements, which were calcined,
and erumbled at the touch. Specta-
tors doubted their senses at seeing the
very stones seemingly on fire, but
should this theory prove correct, there
is left no doubt that the stone did
burn and aided in the spread Of the
nre. The instance of the burning of
the New England Church, wholly
built OF stone, is case in point For
a long time il resisted the power Of
the fiery element until suddenly, as
quick as 3 Hash, it burst into flames
which covered il entirely, and coming
together over the roof, aseended in a
solid body -heavenward. Now all
that mass of flame could not have
come from windows and doors, in
such body at least, as to cover the
whole structure, and in a second Of
time almost. And it was observed
that buildings Of stone seemed to
make the hottest and brightest fires.
This theory is startling, but, as we
said in beginning, it is an extremely
plausible one.
Whether this theory has been
adopted by the people of Chicago or
not, the disposition to build of brick
rather than stone has gained ground,
and most of the new buildings are
being put up of brick 1t is un-
the safest, for they knoO
that brick won't ignite, and while
they may lose something in appear-
anee they will certainly gain in Sc
curiIy.
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THE CHRONICLE.
WAIT.

Wait till the storm wind ceases its moan,
And the angry surges are resting;
Till the stars throng round their pale
queens throne,
And shine on the waves you're breasting.
The midnight darkness, ere long, VIII pass
The heavens will sweetly smile;
Let the coming calm md the soul at peace.
Only wait awhile.
Wait, II the friend you have trusted long
In the humble, secluded valley,
Is luIed by the glitter Of wealth's proud
throng,
Round fashions standard who rally.
Wait. ne will tire Of the soulless strife,
Splendor will cease 10 oeguile.
He'll sigh again for the quiet life
Only wait awhile.
Wait, II he never come back TO you,
Weep not for the love thus perished;
The friendleSs flower could never be true
Unless in the summer cherished.
There are others whose love, on the darkest
night.
Upon you still would smile;
Others would make your pathway bright
Only wait awhile.
Wait, when you fold the pulseless hands,
And lay the cold head on its pillow;
When the spirit has reached the unknown
lands,
Safe over the wild, dark biIlow,
1t is not broken, loves silken band.
Death cannot true hearts exile;
You'll meet again, on the golden stand
Only wait awhile. ADA
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A prominent lawyer was hailed
while passing q jewelry store by the
proprietor, with General, come In
here q moment, we have something
for you to solve. Ifa man brings his
watch to be fixed, and it costs me ten
cents to do it, and I keep it a week,
and charge him six dollars, what per
cent. do make. We have been ig.
uring and making it nine hundred
per cent, and have only got up to one
dollar" "Well "repl1ed the General,
a 1 do not wonder at your perplexity;
for it is well known, and the cele-
brated Rabbit calculating machine
has demonstrated, that at certain
points in progressive numbers the
law governing them changes. In this
case the law would change, and long
Lefore 1t would reach the six dollars,
it would run out Of per cent. and into
what is known as larceny"
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ATOTUCE

M O11NG.
IN George II. Porter, and William Grace
win take notice that Henry Wagner, Of the
County of Trumbull. and State of OHIO, did
on the 14th day of October. 1871, file his petit
tion in the Court Of Common Pleas, within
and for the county Of Trumbull, in said
State. Of Ohio, against them, setting forth
that on the 26th day OF December, 1855, he
and said Porter entered into an agreement
by which the said Wagner sold to said Porter
lot of land situate in Mecca township,
Trumbull county. and known as parts OF
Lots Nos. l3 Ind a. and wherein said Porter
agreed to pay therefor the sum of thirteen
thousand dollars. that there is now due to
said Wagner on said contract the sum Of
eleven thousand dollars ana interest from
the 23d day Of August. A. d. lS7l, and that
said William Grace claims some interest in
said land. said petition prays that said de-
PENDANTS may be ordered to pay said money
so due, or that said premises may be sold 10
pay the same, and for other and adequate
relief The said defendants are notified that
they are required to appear and answer said
petition on or before the 10th day of Decem-
Der, 1871. HENRY WAGNER.
By Ratliff & Moses, Att'ys.
0cf 1s lS71-Rt
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A IDNINTSTRATORIS SALE.


n In pursuance Of an order granted by
tue Probate Court Of Trumbull Co., Ohio, l
will offer for sale at public auction, on the
25th day of November, 1871, at two O'Clock,
D. m, at the south door of the Court House
in Warren, the following described real
estate situate in the countv Of TrRmbull.
and State Of Ohio, and in the township Of
Warren, and is known by being part Of Lot
No. q in said township, and is bounded and
described as follows: Beginning at post
standing at point where the south line Of
Lane Street in the city Of Warren intersects
the east line Of six acres in said Lot p,
decided by John Crowel to a. F. Newell;
/ thence 749 west seventy three and one-half
links from the northwest corner Of a frame
dwelling house standing in the within des-
cribed lane, meaning the main building (;
thence north 7Bo east aloDE the south line Of
said Lane street one chain and nfty-six
lsaks and = to a stake; thence south 2s1So
east four chains and eighty-siK links to a
line which is a continuation Of the north
lineOf School St.; thence south 7lo west along
said last mentioned line one chain and fifty
five links tc post; thence north 2l1zo west
4 chains and eighty-five links TO the place
of beginning, and contains T28-lO00 of an
acre OF land. The sale 10 be made subject
to the life estate OF Samuel Elwell.
Terms of Sale one half in hand, balance
in one year, secured by mortgage. Apprais-
ed at $1,000. II. h MOSES, Admir-.
Of Clarissa Elwell, decd.
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A religious journal gives the follow

A religious journal gives the follow
ing on the authority Of a gentleman OF
unquestioned veraeity:
A parrot, belonging to pious fami-
", was generally taken out Of the
room when the members assembled
for prayers, for fear he might take it
into his head to join irreverently in
the responses One evening, how
ever, his presence happened to be un-
noticed, and he was entirely forgotten.
For some time he maintained deco
rous silence, but at length, instead OF
"Amen," out he came with "Cheer,
bo IS, cheer.u On this the butler was
directed to remove him, and had got
as far as the door with him when the
bird, perhaps thinking that he had
committed himself, and had better
apologize, called out, "Sorry Ispoke." F"
The overpowering effect on the com
pany may be more easily imagined
than described.
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The following it the salutatory Of
an Oregon editress: Z" We have served
a regular apprenticeship at working
washing, scrubbing, Patching. darn
ing, ironing, plain sewing, raising
babies, milking ehurning, and pOul-
try raising. We have kept boarders,
taught school, taught music, written
for the newspaper, made speeches,
and carried on an extensive millinery
and dress-making business. We can
prove by the public that this work
has been well done. Now, having
reached the age of thirty-six, and
having brought up a family Of boys
to set type, aud daughter to run the
millinery store, we propose to edit
and publish a newspaper, and we in
tend to establish it as one of the per
manent institutions OF the country.
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Standing on the shore OF riveryou
notice that the waters near you are
refuent and judging by them, you
may conclude that the whole stream
is flowing backward. But cast your
eve over the broad rushing current,
and you soon see that it is sweeping
onward in the right direction, and
that even the eddying waters are
drawn into it, and borne to their grand
destiny. A narrow view Of your
Christian life, the contemplation OF q
single aspect or feature Of It, may lead
YOU to fear that it is arrested, or actu-
ally on the retIograde. But look 1t
all over, take its purposes, its beliefs,
its aspirations. its conflicts, its con-
fdences, Its resolves, and to your JOY
you may find that its course Is
steadily tolVdrd heaven.
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THOMAS I. GILLMER,
WIN. L. HOSIER,
CHAS G. GRAHAM,
LUTHER PATTERSON,
JOHN n. ENSIGN.
Agents as Aforesaid
NOTICE.

NJ OIlCE,
" Austin Evans OF East Palestine, in the
county of Columbiana, and State OF Ohio,
is notified that Maria Evans did, on the 18th
day of september, a. D., 1871. file her peti-
tion in the Office of the Clerk Of the Court of
Common Pleas within and for the county OF
Trumbull, and State of Ohio, charging the
said Austin Evans with adultery with one
Mary J. Tumble, and also with three years
wilIfuI absence from said plaintiff, and ask
ing that she may be divorced from said Aus
tin Evans. and that she be decreed the Gus
tody of her child, and be decreed reasonable
alimUny. Said petition will stand for hear
ing at the first term OF the Court Of Com
mon Pleas of said county in session after
the ex piraIion of the sixth publication Of
this notice. MARIA EVANS, p
By Il. c. Camp, Woodwork & Writ, her
Attorneys. (oct. Is, lsTl-6t.
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A Baltimore paper gives the follow
ing recipe for making oyster soup
which can be retailed with profit al
five cents bowl: Take five Balti-
more oysters, thesmaller they are the
better, photograph them; to each pho
topraph add five gallons Of water and
q teaspoonful Of milk, then season to
suit the taste.h
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IT S. MARSHAL'S SALE.
" Q. S. Circuit Court, Northern District

IT S. MARSHAL'S SALE.
u q. S. Circuit Court, Northern District
OF Ohio.
Nancy Sloan. by By virtue virtue q an
william S. Pendergest.I mas issued out OF
the u. s. Circuit Court, Northern District OF
Ohio, in the above named case, 70 me direct
ed and delivered have levied upon and
shall expose 20 public sale at the south door
of the Court House, in the city Of Warren,
Trumbun county, Ohio, on
Saturday, the 18th day Of NOT., 1871,
between the hours Of one and three o'clock,
D. m. of said day, the following described
land and tenements, OF William 5. Pender-
geSt to-Wit: The following described tract
OF land situate in Liberty township, Trum-
bull County, Ohio, being part of Section No.
Is and No. s, in said township, beginning at
the south E corner OF what is known as the
McClary saw Mill Lot, Of ten Q0) acres, at
the south line Of said section Is; thence east
6 cnains 81 links along said section line No.
Is, to post at the n. Z. corner Of what was
formerly known as the Z Stewart farm /;
thence S. 2so W. along the E. line Of said
Stewart farm chains % links, to the mid
die OF the road leading from Hubbard to
Warren; thence along the middle Of said
road n. 10 w. chains 81 links to a stake
standing S. 2I1<o Z, IS links from a small
beach sight tree on the west line OF the land
hereby conveyed; thence \. 2il4C w: II
chains 2S links to a stake on the 4 bank OF
the mill dam, at one Of the corners Of said
10 acres saw mill thence E chains 80 links
10 another corner Of said saw mill lot; thence
s. chains and 50 links. TO the place Of be-
ginning, containing SS-lOO acres Of land
Also another tract of land, to-wit: The fol-
lowing described tract of land, situate in
Liberty township, Trumbull County, Ohio,
and is known by part OF Lot No. Ii, and
bounded as follows: Beginning at post for
a corner, at S. W. corner of lands Of John
Wilson. and running n % chains and 50
links with the W. line Of said wilson's land
TO a post: thence S. $50 W. 81 chains TO post;
thence s. % Z 20 chains and 50 links to "a post;
thence z. with south line Of said Lot No. Is,
81 chains to the place of beginning, contain
ing IS acres and Sc rods OF land, excepting
and reserving out Of the above described
lands ten acres sold by James Donaldson to
Alexander McClary. For more particular
description, see Jas DennisOn's deed made
70 Thomas Donaldson, dated June, 1882:
which. according to command Of the Court
Of Common Pleas Court Of Trumbul Co,
Ohio. has been attached by the Sheriff Of
said Trumbun County, to satisfy a judgment
of the Circuit Court Of the United states, for
the Northern District of Ohio, rendered at
the January term in the year 1870. in favor
Of Nancy Sloan, and against William S.
Pendergest. Appraised at $500. Terms
Cash. r. HASTINGS. U. S. Marshall.
By GEO. W. DICKINSON, Deputy.
q. s. Marshal's office, ,Clev', o., Oct. is, list
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House and Land for Sale.

house and seven acres of land situate in
Eeavittsburg, three miles west Of Warren.
Good comfortable House, new Barn, good
orchard and ether fine fruits growing. VIII
be sold on reasonable terms. Enquire at
the Chronicle Office or of the subscriber on
me premises. JAS. I. TRACY.
Nov 20 1S7u-fE
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Mr.. John Samuel Cough, the father
of the distinguished temperance re-
former and orator, John B. Cough,
died at Upper Holloway, suburb of
London, on Sunday morning, Sept.
"a. He had attained the great age of
81, and had been confined to his room
for only three weeks prior to his death.
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II LEGAL NOTICE


il Notice is hereby given TO all the inhabi-
tants OF Newton Falls, and vicinity, in New
ton township, Trumbull County, and State
of Ohio; that on the llth day Of September,
1871, Thomas l. GillmeT, VIM. l.. Hosier,
Charles G. Graham, Luther Patterson, and
John y. Ensign, the authorized agents of
the Inhabitants Of said village andits vicini-
ty, desiring 10 secure the privileges Of an
Incorporated Village, presented to the board
of County Commissioners, at a regular SeS-
sion. a petition, signed by upwards of thirty
OF the legal voters OF this State and on the
territory proposed TO be incorporated in
pursuance of the laws of Ohio entitled "An
Act 10 provide for the organization and
government of municipal corporations" /"
passed 9Th May, 1865. and the amendment
thereto, passed April 20, 1871. Setting forth
in said petition that said village and vicini-
ty proposed to be Incorporated contained
upwards of i've hundred Inhabitants. That
the petitioners desired TO be incorporated
under the laws ofthis state by the name and
style of "11he Incorporated Village Of NeltfOn
Fs1llS, and that an accurate map Of the ter
ritory described in said petition accompa-
MED by same. The prayer Of said petition
ers is for the incorporation of said territory
miSsioners appointed for the hearing of said
petition the 14th day Of November, 1871, al
o'clock D. m, at the Auditors ofiice in the
city of Warren. in said county, when and
where all persons may attend and be heard
respectively.
WIN. L. HOSIER.
CHAS. G. GRAHAMa
LUTHER PATTERSON,
JOHN n. ENSIGN.
Agents as Aforesaid
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VALUABLE
House and Lot for Sale.

I will sell at bargain, a desirable
House and Lot on Monroe Street. doors
from MahOning Avenue. House In first rate
repair; contains nine rooms, a nTst-class
cellar, with sewer connections complete. A
fifty barrel cistern with pump and sink in
kitchen. Good well Of water handy. Lot
underdrained, and everything in tip top
order. For terms, DC. enquireOf
WM. B. PORTER,
once ever Iddipgs & Morgan's Store,
Warren, Ohio. oct. ll-tf
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FARM FOR SALE.

THE undersigned offers for sale 40k
acres of land. situate in Champion Tp..
about one and one-half miles west of the
center, and about seven miles from War
ren. Good frame buildings, and fair tm-
provements-- A bout eight acres timber land;
bslance pillow land Address
Oct. Is-3ts H. c. WILSON, Warren, o.