Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-01

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Tweed pleads not guilty, and his trial
has been set down for the first Monday
in January.
The n. Y. Herald says this is "one OF
the most remarkable falls Of snow since
the fall Of man."
The health b" "Trip Van Wrinkle" JEFF
ferson is reported restored sufficiently
to warrant his temperance on the stage.
Bogus postage stamps are reported in
circulation by the Post Office Depart
ment. They are well engraved, and
closely resemble the genuine.
The snow. was reported SO deep in.New
York city on Friday as to completely
block up the streets and almost entirely
suspend business.
There is a reported discovery of coal
at Kent. A party engaged in sinking a
well struck q vein Of coal about twenty
inches thick, at tho depth of forty feet.
The hoor of the Baptist church in Will
Transport, Pa, way during services
on Christmas day. Fourteen persons
were killed, and about forty badly in
jured.
Twenty persons were injured by a
railroad accident, in which the express
was thrown from the track, on the Indi-
annapolis & Chicago Railroad. Cause, a
broken rail.
The ice gorged on the Mississippi near
Memphis last Thursday. a great loss of
property and destruction of steamboats,
is reported. The coal supply Of Mem
phis is completely submerged.
It is believed the wheat which CalifOr-
mia will send abroad the present year
will exceed in value that of the gold
the State will produce during the same
period. The crop will bring frsm s25,-
OOo, 900 to $685. O,OOO.
Senator Summers health is calculated
70 inspire apprehensions. He suffers
greatly from v prostration, and is
under constant medical treatment, being
visited twice g day by his physician. BE
sbstains for the present from politics,
devotng only an hour or so every day
TO the reading of his favorite authors.
The bill for the emancipation of slaves
in Porto Rico provides for the payment
to the owners o feighty per cent. fndem-
nity, as follows: Forty per cent, by the
Spanish government, and forty per cent.
by the Colonial government, leaving
twenty per cent. to be borne by the
slave holder.
1t will be rendered that Susan B. An
thony took a sudden idea to vote at the
polls in Rochester, n, Y, at the last
general election. She, in company with
fourteen other female vetists, are held to
bail in the sum of five hundred dollars,
hy Henry c. Storrs, the U. s. Commits
sioner, for iIlegsl voting. Trial to come
off the third Tuesday in January.
The e~pizootic has nearly disappeared
from he country. North, east, south
and ives. have shared alike in the vista
ton Of the malady. The question, what
was the cause? troubles the people, a
locality seemed to be no hindrance, for
mules worked in coal mines "under-
meath the ground" were known to have
taken it
Another big fire has just been report
ed in New York. This time it was Bar
NUNS Museum that was destroyed 1t
is reported to hay been a scene OF hor-
ror. Nearly all of q cnoice collection Of
animals were literally roasted alive. The
building was supposed to be fire proof,
Int the fact was it could not Withstand
the force of the flames. Loss e n
million dollars.
Hon. ]. A. Garfield says that Professor
Hngxrd, o the Coast Survey, locates the
center o fpopulation ofthe United States,
according to the last census, at Whining
ton, Clinton county, o., As miles north
east of Cincinnati. A line drawn from
the northeast corner of Ohio, where it
abuts on Lake Erie, to Florida, divides
the population into two equal parts.
Within the past ten days New
city has had its quota Of fires. The au-
thorities are suspicious that all is not
right. Great fears are held that some OF
these fires are incendiary. Anunber of
expelled Communists are in the city,
whose movements attract suspicion.
There is some talk amonginsursnce man
apers of an advance in the rates of insur-
ance.
The government is to decide whether
Council Bluffs or Omaha will be the
terminus OF the Union Pacific Railload.
Those c~on7ending for Council Bluffs
have in their possession the copy Of Mr..
Lincoln's order fixing the terminus OF
the road At a point opposite Omaha The
chances that the decision will be in favor
OF the Bluffs are very good.
The past week has been one of rail
road accidents. Every day the wires
bring fresh intelligence Of some disas-
ter. The most terrible acci lent was near
Prospect Station, Pa. The eastern bound
express was crossing a trestle about 90
rods west OF the station, when the bag
gage and passenger cars were thrown
o the track, and fell a distance Of 80
feet, striking o downwSrds. The trucks
crushed through the bottom, and closed
up the windows, thereby offering no
means Of escape. The ears took nre
from the stoves and before any assist
.nce could be rendered several uniOrtu-
nate persons were burned to death. 1t
is estimated that thirty lives were lost,
out of hty-fve passengers who were IN
the cars at the time o. the accident
Railroad Murders.
The week past has been marked by a
s-;ghtful number of railroad accidents,