Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-20
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WEDNESDAY. NOV. 20. 1872.
LOCAL and

business has been somewhat inter-
rupted the past week by the horse cpl
demic.
The Epizootic is prevailing pretty
extensively in Niles. The Independent
reports the horses convalescent.
The Warren bolt factory was sold,
on Saturday last, at sherif's sale, to MI.
James Ward, of Niles, for $500.
The Ladies' Church Aid Society
give an oyster supper at the basement Of
the NJ. E. Church, on Friday evening of
this week. All are invitcd.
WIN. McCreery, Esq, of Pittsburg,
President of the A. Y. & P. R. R. was
in the city on Friday and Saturday of
last week looking after railroad matters.
Mr.. J. S. Powers will meet all inter-
.ested in sending their children to an
afternoon dancing class at City Hall, on
Saturday afternoon, of this week, at two
O'Clock.
Mr.. P. L. Rush left our city, on Mon
day last, for his home at Williamson,
Michigan, where he is interested in coal
mines. The best wishes of many War
rem friends 60 with him.
"A drunken fight occurred in a dog
gerry, near the canal, on Sunday night,
in which a party named Finnegan had
his head prepared for a large application
of court plaster, by having heavy bottle
broken on it.
The carpenter work on the new
Methodist church is nearly completed,
and, should there be no cause for cessa-
ton of labor, the building will be ready
for the plasterer in a few days. The gas
pipes nave all been laid.
On Wednesday night last, about u
O'Clock, an accident happened to the
stack of VIM. Wards furnace, at Eiies,
by which the roof of the casting house
was set on fire. The damage to the roof
and stack amounts to about $500.
The first accident en- the A. Y. q P.
R. R. is reported as occurring at Rome,
Ashtabula county, on Thursday evening
last. The engine and cars of a gravel
train were thrown from the track, con.
.%siderably injuring three men, and badly
damaging the cars.
Notice is given in the advertising
columns of this paper that the annual
meeting of the TrumbuIl County Agri-
cultural Society for the election of Off
GERS will be held at the Office Of A. D.
Webb. on Monday. Dec. ID.
BY request, the Rev. I. ]. Taylor
will repeat the Sermon answering the
question, "What is the meaning of Pre-
destination, as used by st. Paul?'' in
Christ Church, on Sunday evening next,
Nov. Path. The public is cordially in
vited.
A yoang man named Charlie Track,
of Gigard, while engaged in coupling
cars at orangeville, on Wednesday last,
had his right arm shockingly mangled
by being caught between the bumpers.
The arm was dressed by DR.. Woods, of
this city, who found it necessary to cut
away a considerable portion of the flesh
and muscle below the elbow.
The drillers who are testing on the
Samuels farm in Liberty, lying south Of
the Church Hill property drilled through
a vein Of coal four 1eet eight inches in
thickness, last Friday. This indicates
that very valuable field Of coal exists
on that territory. Anumber of Youngs-
town gentlemen hold the lease.-RegiS-
ter.
The livery stables of this place are
now all closed, and nearly all the dray
and express horses have been taken off
work, the result of the horse epidemic,
which is now probably at its height.
several new cases having appeared since
our last paper A visit to the various
stables of the city, yesterday, revealed
the fact that the horses are all recovering
slowly, but none are yet able to perform
duty. We have to record but n fatal
case, that of a horse belonging to Mr..
Scott, which died one day last week.
Dr.. White Feather, a native Indian
Of the Sha ,nee tribe, and a local Meth
odist preacher, delivered an interesting
lecture at the NJ E. Church, of this CITY.
OF Monday evening last, under the
auspices Of the Ladies' Church Aid So
ciety. The subject matter of his lecture
was the early history of the Indians,
their manners, rites and creeds. He
was dressed in Indian costume, and ex-
hibited many of the eccentricities of the
untutored portion Of this peculiar race
of beings. The Shawnees, a very war
like tribe, formerly lived on the Wabash
and other afiuents of the Ohio river.
but of late years in central Kansas.
The gross receipts of the evening
amounted to nearly forty dollars.