Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-20
Grants majority in New Jersey is Civ.

en- officially at l4,559.
Chicsto has contributed 500, OOO to tie
relief Of Boston.
Twenty thousand people have been
rendered homeless by the great flood in
Italy.
The loss by the Chicago fire was $685.
600; that By the Boston fire is about $780,
100000.
Grants official majority in Delaware IS
Gus. Lahand, Republican, is elected to
Congress, by S52 majority.
Ten million dollais is the subscription
found called for 10y The commission for
the centennial celebration.
Dawes and Boutwell, are said to be
candidates for United States Senator
from Massachusetts,. Both are first
class Men.
The Virginia official returns, except
ing one county, give Grant 1878 msjoTi-
ty. The remaining county is reported
at 100 for Greeley.
About two feet of snow fell near Butfa-
10. N. ", last Friday. Trains on the
Lake shore road were tue and de-
tanned several hours.
Tie second stage of the horse disease
is called the dropsy, and is more fatal
than the sore throat complaint. 1t Is
spreading in the east.
Chicago was one of the cities set dow
as certain for Greeley. Her majority
for Grsut is only s,776. False prophets
were the Liberals everywhere.
The ~epizootic, or some other malady,
has got among the chickens along the
Susauehanna. Pa, and poultry is being
thinped out az a fearful rate by the cpl
demic.
Now that Greeley resumes the edltorl-
al chair of the Tribune, will he also re-
sumo his high protective tariff essays, or
will be stand by the Cincinnati Balti-
more platform?
The State Journal wants to know If
the epi&c. ever attacks the Mayors Of
cities? No, but it's said that Horee
Greeley caught it in October, hence the
porr run he made in Nov.
The only reason why the official votes
by counties In Ohio are not given as they
come in, is because the law provides that
thew shall not be opened until all are in,
and then only in presence Of the Cover
nor, Secretary of State and Sherif1s.
A $40, 900 fire occurred in New London,
n, .be line of the Cleveland and Column
bus r. R., on last Saturday night
consuming Is buildings and leaving Is
firms without business rooms. Total
insurance 5000.
The Ministerial Associations of Wash
ipgton and Philadelphia have passed
resolutions against all Sunday funerals,
on the assumption that they are "incon-
sistent with the proper sanctity Of the
Lords Day, ami END to call away he
attention OF the people from ther religious
worship of God"
About 1I:3O Friday night, a trapeze
performer at Wild's Opera house, in
Cleveland, named Harry Maynard,
formerly If Syracuse, New York, was
shot and instantly killed by a sporting
woman named Minnie Fish. She Is feld
to answer to a charge of murder in the
second degree, on a bail of $1,000.
Woodruff and Clahin nave acknowl-
edged that their recent statements about
Mr.. Beecher, Mr.. Challis, and others,
were malicious lies and offer, if Mr..
Challis will withdraw his suits, TO re-
tract their ISLANDERS, leave New York and
return to their former homes in Cincin-
natl and st. Louis.
President Grant is reported as having
stated to a party of Office hunters that he
had determined to appoint in accordance
with the civil service rules, as a general
rule, but when it should appear that he
could secure a better appointment by
going outside of the civil service rules,
he should not hesitate to do so.
A series of well defined gold-bearing
veins have been discovered near kellys
Ford, Virginia, five miles from Kappa
hammock station The surface rock Of
the gold bearing quartz yields from $50
to 500 Der ton. Three tunnels are now
being worked through the rich rock,
and everything gives evidence Of Perna-
nency.
The Young Mems Republican Club of
Washington called upon the President,
on Saturday las, and congratulated him
on his election. The President in reply
TO an informal address, said the vote he
- - 2roNffufnn IN him
than the possession Of the office, as 1t
served to show that the American people
did not believe the campaign ISLANDERS on
his character.
The teachers institutes held IN OHIO
thisyear have been the most successful
series vet conducted in the State. The
instruction has been more practical and
and valuable, and the teachers present
have manifested an unusual interest,
often risisg to enthusiasm. An institute
has peer held in nearly every county,
and. with few exceptions, with good
Observation-Disclosures Monthly.
On Saturday night last the residence
of John Watson, n mile from Titus
vile. Pa, was entered by five masked
men, who, after binding each member of
the family, compelled Mr.. Watson to
open his safe, from which $1,000 was
taken. after which he was likewise
bound, and the robbers made good their
escape. The unfortunates were not lib
Grated until midnight. No clue has
been obtained to the perpetrators.
Mrs. Sylvia, Of A~shtabula, was put
under arrest last week for shooting her
husband. She claimed at the inquest
that he had been drinking, zane home
auarrelsonle, and got in a skuffie with
her. and botli tried to get possession of
revolver. She alleged it accidentally
went off and killed him. Her two sons
testified that their mother fired at and
shot their father, and the jury gave a
verdict accordingly.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed at a recent meeting of the Baptist
General Association of Pennsylvania:
Resolved, That we earnestly recommend
70 pastors and churches of u State to
teach and enforce total abstinence from