Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-03-15

been so unweH as to have ever found
it necessary to take any medicine.
The remains of the deceased laid
in state in the Governors Office IN
til Wednesday morning, when they
were taken to his home, in Jackson
county. DR.. Williams was a faithful
Representative and an uneompromis-
ing Republican, whose place will not
be easily filed. Governor Hayes has
ordered an election to fill the vacancy,
which will occur in about ten days.
The county votes usually closely, DR..
Williams having been elected by only
thirty-one majority. Lastfall the Re
publican majority on the State ticket
was about two hundred. Should the
Democrats elect their candidate, par
ties will be a tie in the House.
ANTI-LIQUOR PETITIONS.
A larger number of remonstranees
have been presented against the re-
peal Of the liquor law passed last win
ter, than on any other subject. I do
not think the present law will be dis
turbed in any particular. It is re-
ported as accomplishing great things
in restraining and abolishing the IN
licensed liquor traffic, and Of course is
very unpopular with the free traders
in rum. The bill introduced by the
member from Richland county, MI.
Schirk, 10 amend the law so as to
make the doggery business less peril
Gus, will not get over twenty votes in
the House, if put upon its passage, a
contingency that the author of of the
bill will probably not insist upon.
RAILROAD BILL.
referred, 8 week or two ago, to a
railroad bill proposed to be offered by
Mr.. Streator soon. On Friday last he
introduced it in the Senate. 1t au-
thorizes the State Railroad Commits
sionerto control the running of trains
Onroads that may be in bad condition
and unsafe, andt to advertise such roads
as T unsafe for public travel and
also provides that the leases of roads
by foreign companies THAT is COM
panies outside of the STATED shall be
forfeited by neglect to comply with
the requirements of the Commits
sioner. Tits unquestionable that such
a law promptly executed, would be
of great public utility, and is much
needed to remedy fragrant careless
ness on certain roads.
HOMESTEAD LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
On Friday the Senate consumed
most of the dayin discussing a bill to
repeal the homestead loan and build
ing association law. The objection
made to the law is that it has been
perverted from its original purpose as
a mutual loan association among bona
fde members for building purposes,
and its provisions are taken advan-
tsge Of by parties seeking to do a
banking business and evade the
usury law. The Senate bill went too
far, in that ft provided to wipe out
all building loan associations, instead
of amending the law so as to eonfne
its privileges to the definitely pre-
seribed objects authorized in the orig
inal act. The Senate refused to repeal
the law. An effort will be made in
the House to pass a bill amending the
law so as to prevent excessive usury
being imposed. The several loan as
socistiOns organized under the law,
doing a banking business, especially
the Cleveland concerns, have had an
active lobby here in their interest to
prevent the law being modified. As
it is a question dark and peculiar to
the un%initiated, it is doubtful if any
change will be made.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
The bill furnishing persons guilty of
cruel treatment of animals has be-
come a law, and human brutes who
.nhumanly treat animals a little lower
han themselves, may now be COM
oensated with their own base coin.
LECTURES
DuChaillu, the famed African hunt
II and traveller, Iectured in the Opera
in this city, on Friday evening
asst. He is q dark skinned, middle
iged, light built man, not over five
'eet six inches high, and looks to be
lbOut forty years of age. It is almost
to believe that this little,
1leasantlooking and agreeable spoken
nan is the greatest hunter in the
.orld-that is if the size and kind CO
game he has pursued and captured is
considered. He goes for big game
lions, tigers, elephants, gorillas, to say
nothing Of huge snakes, cannibals,
etc. hope he may be secured for a
lecture in Warren, as he is very inter
and attractive both in the man
ner and matter of his lectures. Some
evening next week, DR.. Hayes, the
famous arctic navigator and explorer,
willlecture here. On Thursday even
ing last Rev. Rexford, Universalist,
delivered q lect re reviewing the doc
trine of infant damDation, which he
held was a part Of the Calvinistic the
Dry. The hubbub in " church circles''
leregrows out of the ministerial assO-
of this city having refused
% fellowship with Mr.. Rexford, on
account Of the charge OF "hetero-
as compared with their " orthO-
Since then he has been de-
considerable attention to a dis
ussion of so-called evangelical doc
he assuming that many of the
dOxies" Of the evangelicals are IN
evangelical. OF course these differ
.ees of opinion will not be settled
y this dOetrinal combat between I
lese gospel messengers. !
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION:
The State Board of Equalization I
osed its labOrs on Friday last, after :
of about ninety days. The .
ygregate valuation of the State foots |
,, after the u per cent. reduction >
ade, SL.O1S, $50, 452, Trumbull cOun c
real estate, S91,O2O acres, has an 7