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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1856
Abstracts 3558 - 3562
SUGAR (Cont'd)
end to buy the 'labor' than to buy the 'laborers?'"
3558 - L Nov. 22; ed:2/2 - The deterioration of sugar cane in the southern
states, and the increased demand for the article, has recently brought
to the attention of the public the subject of a substitue for it. The
most prominent and plausible of the substitutes that have been mentioned
is the Chinese sugar corn. Those Nho have informed themselves in the matter
are sanguine that the new plant wi 11 not only successfully displace
sugar cane in the South, but that its introduction will enable the northern
states to raise their own sugar, inasmuch as the sugar corn can be
cultivated in a colder climate than the sugar cane. Experiments have
been made in different parts of the Union with seeds distributed by the
patent office, and the plant came to full maturity in Pennsylvania and
other northern states. (12)
SUICIDES
3559 - L Feb. 21: Ij-t - Thomas Wi 11 iamson committed suicide yesterday in
his cell at the county jai 1. He had been cnested on the charge of indecent
behavior. He seemed in good spirits when breakfast was served at
seven a. m., but was found hanging at nine o'clock when the turnkey
came to release him for trial. Doctor Roeder was called and pronounced
him dead upon arrival.
Mr. Williamson, about 40 years old, left a wife and little boy. He
had been a skillful mechani