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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-15

when a March gale shall drive the
tide back upon the river, swollen and
terrible with drifting ice, drowned st.
Petersburg will be the pendant for
burning Chicago.
Modern science has brought the
world a fifth gospel. In it we read
that GOD commands us to give him
our .Sh ole heads as well as our whole
hearts, for that e cannot know him
nor obey him till we discern him in
every M Inutest fact, and every. immu-
table law of the physical universe, as
in every tact and law of the moral
1t is barely two hundred years since
the great Cotton Mather preached q
famous sermon called "Burnings Be-
walled" wherein he attributed ter
rible conflagration to the wrath of
God kindled agBinst SAbbath. break
ing and the aecursed fashion of mon
strOus periwigs For years after his
time the Puritan colonies held fasts
for mildew, for smallpox, for cater
pillars, for grasshOppers, for loss Of
cattle by cold and visitation Of God.
They saw an Inserutable Providence
in all these things. But, when their
children had learned better husban-
dry and better sanitary conditions,
the "visitations" ceased.
In the perfect providence Of God
there are no surprises. If there seem
to be, it is that we have suffered our
selves to be taken unawares. We
must work out our own salvation.-
The book of natural phenomena is
opened wide before every man, and
he is set to learn it for his own good.
If he will not study it through rever-
ence and love, he is taught it through
pain. But the pain itself is the bene-
ficenee of a perfect law, and it is
constant testimony to the goodness
and tenderness of God that calamity
not less than prosperity-is s Scru
table Providence Christian Union.
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THE DEATH WARRANT.
Gresler. hammond and Rennett.

In burying Mr.. Greeley we bury
/ the third founder of q newspaper
which has become famous and veal
thy in New York during the last
thIrty-fve years. Mr.. Raymond
died three years and Mr.. Bennet
scarce six months ago. These three
men were exceedingly unlike each
other, yet each of them possessed eX-
traOrdinary professional talents. Mr..
| Raymond surpassed both Mr..
Bennett and Mr. Greeley in the YER
satility Of his accomplishments and
facility and smoothness as a writer.
But he was less a journalist than
either of the other two. Nature bad
rather intended him for a lawyer,
and success as a legislative debater
and presiding officer had directed his
ambition toward that kind of life.
Mr.. Bennett was exclusively a news
paper man. He was equally great as
a writer, a wit, and puryeyor Of news;
and he never showed any desire to
leave a profession in which he had
made himself rich and formidable
Horace Greeley delighted to be a
maker of newspapers, not so much for
the thing itself, though to that he
was sincerely attached, as for the
sake Of promoting doctrines, ideas,
and theories in which he was a be-
liever; and his personal ambition,
which was very profound and never
imperative, made him wish to be
Governor, Legislator, Senator, Cab
met Minister, President, because such
elevation seemed to afford the clear
est Lossible evidence that he himself
was appreciated and that the cause
he espoused had gained the hearts of
the people. How incomplete, indeed
would be the triumph of any set of
principles if their chief advocate and
promoter were to go unrecognized
aud unhonOred!
tits most Impressive circumstance
that each of these three great journal
lists has had to die a tragical and pitia-
Gle death. One perished by apOplexy !
long after midnight in the entrance
of his own home; another closed his !
eyes with no relative near him to /
perform that last sad office; p nd the |
third, broken down by tolls, and /
excitements, and sufferings too strong |
to be borne, breathed his last in a |
private mad-house. What q lesson |
to the pOssessOrs of power, for these |
three men were powerful beyond 9TH
ers What commentary upon hu- |
man greatness, for they were rich !
and great, and were looked upon with |
envy by thousands who thought them |
selves less fortunate than they And /
amid such startling surprises and /
such a prodigeious conflict of lights |
and shadows, the curtain falls as the |
tired actor, crowned with long ap- |
plause, passes from that which seems |
to that which is.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-15

US? In what respects have we been
cleansed? What habit has been weak
ened that should be eradicated ? What
right tendency has been lifted up that
before was thrown down? What spir-
itual element has been made regnant
that had to be introduced as an exotic
into our nature? How far has the
promise that Christ should bring great
joy and hope to the world been full
filled to US?
He shall save his people from their sins"
What other thing could be promised
that would be so sweet TO us, or that
would fill our hearts with such delight
if it might be accomplished? But to
how few has it been accomplished -
Who does not at times say, "Who
shall deliver me from the body of this
death ?n Who does not often have
occasion to mourn his infirmity, his
transgressiOn, and, abe We all, the con-
trolling influence of the appetites and
passions in his nature? And Is there
Saviour revealed to redeem Us from
these? And is this the anniversary,
the remembering day of that Saviour?
Let not one of Us who are named with
his name, and who have hope in his
love, forget to celebrate the coming of
Him who came, not for our Joy alone,
but to save us from our sins.
And is it not a good time now to
review our experience, and see how
the work of grace has gone with us ?
Is 1t not a good time to set in order
before our own minds our actual con-
ditiOns, and to measure our disposi-
tions by the law of love as it is given
to US in the New Testament? Is it
not q good time to throw open the
heart and say to the Lord Jesus Christ,
LET thy advent be here and to me?n
And if there are any who are not
Christ's, if they would be wise, let
them behold where that star shines
which the wise men sought, brighter
now to them than ever star was that
hung in the heavens; and let them
follow it till it comes and stands over
the place where the young child Jesus
lies. There let them find their king.
And though their king be like child,
it shall be Prince and a Saviour to
them. Is it not a good time to take
hold of the past, aud to take hold
bravely upon the future?
Ny dear friends, i wish you not only
a merry Christman, but pure-hearied
Christmas; a Christmas filled with
more earnest purpose; with more hu-
mility; with more conservation to the
work of God; with more patience un-
der your burdens; with more hatred
of your sins; with more gentleness
one toward another; with more kind
ness toward those who are dependent
upon you. 1 pray that God may, by
Jesus Christ, save you from your sins,
and add to your virtue; and that you
may abound in it more and more un-
to the end.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-15
[From the n. y. Heraid. Jan. 8 ]

At twelve o'clock precisely on Sat
urday night Edward s. Stokes re-en-
tered the Tombs a condemned felon,
on the very anniversary of the day of
the week on which he committed the
deed which may send him to a felon's
death.
THE MENTAL ANGUISH OF STOKES.
The keeper saw him lying on the
bed, which is on the side of his cell,
his face concealed in the pillow, and
evidently laboring ander the most Sc
we're mental depression. For hours
he never stirred, and at the promen-
ade time Of the prisoners refused to
leave his cell to take his customary
walk. He did not weep, for when he
turned up his face at the question of
the keeper, whether he wanted to go
out, his eyes were not red, but his face
was haggard and his look was that of
q man who was undergoing the very
extremity of mental anguish, and only
wished to be left alone to plunge him
self in it to the fullest extent posi-
BILE.
The keepers in the prison are main
ly of opinion that Stokes has deserved
his fate, as indeed is the general pub
lie outside. 1t lis generally considered
that this conviction of q murderer is
a wholesome lesson, and will do more
to rid the community of murderers
and cut-throats than any dozen other
convictions could have done. And
vet the keepers feel an innate sympa-
thy for him begotten of his quiet ways
and his gentle behavior since he has
been in the Tombs. The keeper told |
the Herald reporter that he had heard !
Stokes say in conversation about a /
week or so ago that if he should be |
COZ victed of murder he would never /
hang, but would find some means of /
suicide in preference to |
public and ignominious death. This 1
Is the general opinion that he will at
tempt something of the kind, and un
less a .yely severe watch Is kept over
him he may succeed. 1t is intended,
in view of this, and also considering
the large number of murderers now
in the prison, to increase the force Of
keepers, and place such a watch upOn
them all that no such thing may hap
pen. @
Stokes still inhabits the cell on the
second tier of the Tombs which he
has lived in ever since he has been
placed in the prison. But to-day, at
an early hour, a number Of the women
in the place will be put to work to fix
up the famous cell No. 5, which has
been the dwelling place of all our eel
ebrated criminals from the time they
were sentenced until the hour OF their
death, or their delivery to q lighter
fate. This cell is on Murderers' row,
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-15
TXAMINATIONS OFTEACHEBS..
CITY MEAT MARKET

ft4RTHE undersigned would res
49, Il pectfully announce to the citi-
zens of Warren and the vicinity
erty Street, opposite Z. K. Wisell's Carriage
Factory, where he intends to keep co Instant.
yon hand, all kinds Of fresh meats, and OF
as good quality as the country viii ford
1have employed the services ofa good butch
er who has had long experience in the busi-
ness, and who will always be on hand 70 at
tend TO the wants Of all customers. All or
derS left for meats in the evening will be
Sromptly attended to, IL desired can be de-
dvered at their residences, or kept N re-
frigeratOr till called on.
une %. lS70-If LEHUEI DRAY
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-15
How TO Measure an Acre and Paris Of
an Acre.

Land can be measured with salts
factory accuracy for many purposes,
ay pacing. Five PAGES are equal to
one lineal rod. A man having long
legs will usual y measure more than
a rod at five PAGES, while short legged
man will be obliged to step unnatu-
rally long to measure a rod at five
PAGES. The correct way is to meas
ure 163 feet on level ground, then
practice gauging the steps, until one
can measure one rod at every five
steps. Then one hundred steps or
PAGES will be equal to twenty rods
If a piece of land be two hundred
PAGES long and fifty PAGES wide, call
every five PAGES a rod, multiply the
rods in length by the number of rods
IN width, and divide the product by
$50, the square rods in one acre. Thus:
100 PAGES, 20 rods, and 80 PAGES, 10
rods, or 10 by 20, 200 square rods, which
divided by l6O, II acres. A square
acre Is about 20S feet 81 inches on every
side.
In order 10 lay out an acre of land
twice as long as the width, the length
must be All feet and five inches, and
the width I04feet four inches. Twenty
feet front, 2,1TS feet deep, one acre.
In one square acre there are 43, $50
superficial feet; $40 acres make one
square section. Ifs plow tarn fur
row slice one foot wide, team must
travel about eight and one-third miles
to plow one acre.-N. w. Farmer.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-15

There may be some truth in the
talk of aristOeTaey in churches, iudg-
ing from the result Of a recent sale OF
sitting at st. Bartholomew Protes-
tant Episcopal church, at the corner
of Madison avenue and Forty second
street, New York. There are two
hundred pews in the church, and the
valuation is S3l2, GOETHE lowest being
valued at $500. At the sale the pre-
miums for choice ranged from SO to
81 500. the latter price being paid by
Vanderbilt for the first choice, who
paid also for the second ehoie-, 81 ,lOG.
Nineteen pews sold for So, 900.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-15

The characteristic of the umbrellas
is its power of changing shapes. YOil
can leave q bran-new silk with an
ivory and rosewood handle at any
public gathering, and within three
hours it will transform itself into a
light blue or faded brown cotton.
somewhat less in size than a circus
tent, with a handle like telegraph
pole, and five fractured ribs.
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Il I " II r. Y
Boarding and Sale Stable.

THE undersigned having purchased
the interest n Peter Fulk in the new sta
bic at the rear of the National House, are
prepared to accommodate their pa irons with
new eQulpages, Of all varieties, single and
"~" STO@~
Is all in good condition, and will be let at
reasonable rates. Hearse and carriages fur
nisbed for funerals. The best of care given
to boarding stock. BARTLETT & HERZOG.
May p. ISz1-tf
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on the ground floor, and the last who
inhabited it was Foster, who was
placed in another cell since he sue
ceeded in getting his stay Of proceed
iugs. Here Stokes will live for the
next few weeks, either until his death
on the gallows, or until his able coun-
sci succeed in procuring him the fur
ther benefit of the prOverbial laws
DELAY. This cell is ne yer inhabited
by one person for more than q month
or so, until his fate is decided one way
or the other.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-15

1t is now thought by some eminent
railway engineers that the true adj
vantage OF the broad gauge would
have been IN using rails two or three
times heavier than the ordinary rails,
and engines in proportion, so as to be
able to make 3 running time that
would absolutely defy the composition
of the common gauge railroads.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-15

The Vieeroy of Egypt proposes
light upon a very dark subject, the
Pyramids, by transforming them into
lighthouses, to guide travellers on the
Niie. Had they been so used in 1893,
Napoleon might have changed his fa-
nous speech to something like this !:
Soldiers, forty gas burners look down
upon you"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-15
From the Herald, Jan. II

From the Herald, Jan.7.l
At half-past ten yesterday, the
Court of Oyer and Terminer was
opened at the usual hour. The long
protracted trial of Edward 5. Stokes
for the murder of James Fisk, Jr., on
the 9Th day of January, 1872, was
brought to a close by the passing of
sentence of death upon Stokes for that
murder-just one year TO the day from
the date Of the fatal shooting. 1t were
needless to say that the court room
was crowded that there was a great
rush of thousands to witness the clos
ing scene, one hundredth part of
whom could not possibly even be ad-
mitted within the building or get q
view Of the closely guarded doors Of
the court room or that inside the
temple of justice itself the scene was
a most solemn one to all, but terrible
in its solemnity to the doomed one
there, the center figure of all the great
crowd, the only one who, when all
these proceedings are at end, may not
go his own way, but under strict guard
and with sentence of death upon his
head, shall be escorted back to his sol
itary cell.
Judge BOardman, having taken his
seat on the bench, and counsel being
all in their places. the prisoner was
brought in by Sheriff Brennan and
his deputies, the Sheriff remaining
close beside his prisoner during the
proceedings.
THE SENTENCE.
Edward S. Stokes, in obedience to
the requirements of the law, this
Court orders and directs that you be
taken hence in the. custody of the
Sheriff of the city and county of New
York to the prison from whence you
came, and that you be there confined
in close custody by said Sheriff until
the 18th day of February, 1873, and
that upon that day, between the hours
of eleven in the morning and three in
the afternoon you be hanged by the
neck till you be dead, and may God
have mercy on your soul.
THE DEATH WARRANT.
Stokes hearu the sentence unmoved
nor even throughout the reading of
the death warrant-directed to the
Sheriff-by Mr.. Sparks, did he eyin ce
any change of manner or emotion of
aay kind. The death warrant was
then handed to theSheriff; the Sher-
if touched Stokes on the shoulder ;
the deputies stood up; the sad party,
the escort and the condemned man
turned their backs upon the judgment
seat so fatally con fronted q moment
before by one of them, and made their
way through the crowd to the ante
room, and so to the Sheniff's Office
and to the Tombs-a living tomb for
a time at least to him, the youthful
est, and, but a short year and day or
two ago, the fullest of life, health and
hopes of any of them.
So ended the Stokes trial.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-15
JNO. P. DEAN,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
HA r D w A r E

No. 81 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
American, English and German Cutlery.
Spencer q Nicholson Files; Disston's Saws,
and Boynton's Lightning Saws; Beatty's q;
1erkeis q Plumb's Hatchets; Eastern Manu-
faetsi-es and Pittsburgh Novelty Locks and
Latches; Mann's, Lippineotrs and CRAFTS
Axes; Ames and Rowlands Shovels; Black
smiths Tools; Ohio Tool Co.'s Planes; Coil,
Trace and other chains: New London W. b.
Globe. National and other Horse Nails /;
Fire Irons. Stands, Shovels and Pokers;
Practical Clothes Wringers, and a fun line
Of general Hardware at the LOlOeS Market
Rates, Agents for Park Bros & Co.'s Steel.
Oct %, lST2-6m.
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MR.. A. P. MINER, Contractor of
M mail route No. 9l39, running daily from
G5ustavus to Burg Hlll via Kinsman, wishes
TO give notice 70 the public that he has pro-
vided himself with a pleasant riding coach,
and Is now prepared to carry passengers and
baggage 20 all points on the route.
Aug. 2S-z9W.
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W. D. HALL.

WHI11IESE1 ADAMS, Fire and
w Life Insurance Agent, Warren, Ohio.
Merchandise and other property insured In
the best Companies, on favorable terms
Farm property, Isolated Dwellings, and their
urniture insured for one, three and i've
years. Office in MeCombs and Smiths block.
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0nAnprII-M MIrSIC

MUSIC.
~ First class Music furnished for Qua
drfil Parties on reasonable terms. Enquire
OF or address ]. z. ORMES, In care ofJames
Reed & Sons, Warren, o., or R. E Harris,
under LIST National Bank. Warren.
Dec. 1l-lmOs
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-15

nRENNEN & G9IST'S X L. G. R.
lJCarrtage Works. Warren, Ohio, manu-
fAeturers Of Carriages. Buggies, Wagons,
Sleighs, and specialties. All orders from
any part of the conntr promptly attended
to. Painting, Trimming and Repairing done
Canal Gan g., 1872.
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CATTLE FOR SALE.

T0R SALE six (6) yoke Of work cat
tie, in good condition and well broken.
Enquire OF Z. NJ. Sealand, Fowler, Trumbull
ounty, where cattle can be seen.
DELAMATER BRO. & CO.
JAMS, lS7S-2t
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A TTACHSIFNT NOTICE.

AOn the 18th day OF Dec. 1872. at NV in
stance, an order Of Attachment was issued
by Jefferson Palm. Justice OF the Peace OF
Warren. township. TrumbaIi Co. a0sinst
+. T. Cook q Co, for kl52.5O. said cause is
fer trial Feb. 8, 1873. al 9 O'Clock, a. m
Jan. s, ls73-ste W 8. BOITN
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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-15
STOKES ROSE SLOWLY,

and, facing Mr.. Beach, one Of the
counsel for the prosecution, and who
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-15

At twelve o'clock precisely on Sat
urday night Edward s. Stokes re-en-
tered the Tombs a condemned felon,
on the very anniversary of the day of
the week on which he committed the
deed which may SEND him to felOn's
death.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-04
Anthony Indignation Meeting.

Mrs. Susan B. Anthony's numer-
GUS sympathizers in New York
propose to hold a monster indigna.
tion meeting on account of her con-
viction and sentence for an act which
she considered legal, and which her
counsel told her was legal. The
projectors Of the meeting desire the
ladies attending to attire them
selves in mourning. lfthe irrepres-
sible Susan thought it was legal
for her to vote, her trial and con.
viction have demonstrated how
mistaken she was, and now what
is the use Of indignating about
thing which can only be remedied
by changing the law? The spirit,
proposing the black dressing indig.
nation meeting, looks much like
that which justi6es mobs and other
insubordinSte and unlawful enter.
prises, and forces the opinion that
the participators would hardly be
safe persons in whom to entrust the
elective franchise, or the execution
of law. The friends Susan ought
not to ask tina: the executors of the
law regard her case any more favor
ably, than that of any other person
who chooses to violate the law.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-04

An lrishman, a thirsty and not
particular soul, went into the Har-
lem railway depot the other day,
put down his money, and said:
"a dhrop OF ale, sir, ifye Place"
ave keep no beer here" sternly
replied the clerk.
swell, thin, a dhrop of whisky"
"We keep no whisky here; we
sell only bits Of pasteboard."
"Divil q bit do care what it is"
said the lrishman;" "give us a dhrink
of pasteboard, thin!"
A bright little boy, hearing his
father say that a man sought to
stick to bis business" emptied .
bottle Of mucilage in the old gentle
mans otlice-chair. The old man
says he has not ueen stuck SO badly
since 1873, and rewarded him by
taking him on q whaling trip to the
back cellar.
A father in Massachusetts, who
grew impatient the other evening
at the prolonged stay of an ardent
sdmirer Of his daughter, entered
the room and invited the young
man TO remain to breakfast. The
young man declined the invitation.
A Baltimore girl says her lover
is like a telescope, because she can
draw him out, see through him and
shut him up.
The man who had "a will of his
own" didn't get on very well at
home, because his wife had . "won't
of her own.'
A prisoner at Auburn saved
pieces Of cloth for two years, and
the other day made . suit and
walked out.
Mr.. Omlett, Of Pittsburg, Pa,
has been made 10 she'll out for rob.
bing . hen;roost. Bad egg.
A Doublin physician, in speak.
ing ofthe frail constitution ofwomen
Of the present day, remarked that
we ought to take great care Of our
grandmother, for we should never
get any more.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-04
WORMS.

IAs only known and sure Remedy for WORMS
PIN, TAPE, etc.
IMn1Or Of 12 Years. GrOtctA
Cured By RGdsCav,s ResOgvegSs.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-04

Jefferson Davis is said to be
writing a history Of the rebellion.
We wonder ifthe divil doesn't sit
astride of his ink-horn and spit
birthstone and fire at him every time
be is inclined to write any thing
but personal malice.