Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-03-08
ITEMS OF OHIO NEWS.

Wilmuth, aged l02 years, died at Whites
Station. on Feb. 22d He emigrated from
what is now the District Of Columbia in the
year 1906.
"A conductor on Dnne Of the city railroad
cars, Cincinnati. has been fined e2D for
compelling . man to yield his seat to q lady.
The court held that no lady could claim a
seat as a right, and the court was right.
"A man was arrested In Cjnclhnsti on
the 3sth hlt., Tor having in his possession,
and trying to circulate, $500 Ia coupter-\
fei, money on the Indians banks. !iFD
A CHUkcH Blown Dows IN TINE OF
SERvIoE.--The Massillon Journal says tina,
during the gale of the 22d the gable end of
the Lutheran c huFch at West BrookfeId, D..
was forced in and the roof carried of. At
the tim a service was being held, the con-
gregaiion .numbering between three or four
hundred. Fifteen, persons were injured, four
having fractured limbs. Great excitement
and consteInat:on prevailed, and the number
Of The wounded is considered very small in
view Of the Gircnmstances under which, The
disaster occurred; ri,
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A LITTLE Boy SHOOTS His .BAorHss-
On Friday afternoon, while Two little sons
of Rev. J. g., Wise, Methodisi minister at
Lithopolis, about fifteen miles from Column
bus, were at plsy together, the elder took a
loaded shot gun which he pointed at his
brother. making ut The same time GONE
playful demand with which the latter refused
to comply. He ,~hereupob, utterly uncon.
scious that the gun was loaded, pulled the
trigger. The charge took effect in the vic,
Tins head, blowing of the top Of the. skull
and killing him Instantly.
The most destructive gale, in The rec.
objection Of the Oldest inhabitant, visited
Cleveland and other lake towns on last
Wednesday evening.
Ju1EnltE HoRss srEEAI,So.-on Fr;d.,
last (ssys the Circlevills Watchmsn. Of the
81 ins,.) a horse and buggy were stolen from
in front Of the Valley House in Cbilieo,b..
where they had been left hitched for q few
minutes BY the owner. On Saturday Dec.
Sheriff Maiden, Of this city, got on the track
and overhaulsd the thieves, and succeeded.
in taking one Of them and s~ecuringthe horsc
and buggy. On Sunday he put out after ,he
0 her thief and succeeded in capturing him.
The two thieves were small boys, brothers,
one II and the other "a years of age. WI
learn that they have respectable parents re-.
siding ia Columbus.
CoUHrERrkITERs ARRESTED -OfEcer Us
WIT at the depot, received a dispatch from
Newark, yesterday (ssys the Columbus
Journal, OF tie Sd inst. to look out for q
corn'er'ei,er and accordingly Yesterday eve
ming watched the train and naBGed a sus.,
Picious looking individual, " hose pockets.
upon being searched, yielded $b5 10 bogus,
on the Bank Of Vince ling, most excellentlv
engraved. The rogue gave his name %
James Brown, a young man about % years
OF age, and we'll appearing. He was locked
up. The dispatch was from Marshal Brooke.
and suited that he had arrested Broxn,s
partner and found $3.50 Of the bogus stuff
on his person. Brown was taken to Newark
on the 4;ao train this morning. 4-..
PIKRIoiDE IN JACKSON Counry.-rh.
Jackson STANDARD furnishes the particular,
Of a shocking murder committed in that co.
on the night of the 18TH ult. The victim
was Daniel WinchelL an Old residen, of
Jackson township, and tho asssssins we're
one OF his sons, his spn-in law and nephew.
As he was about entering his door, one o:
the above parties knocked, him down, when
the a~ccomplices se.zed him, and carried him
o SHORT DISTANCE from, the house, cut his'
throat with a knife, and then held MIN over
a hole already dug in the ground for the re-
ception Of his blood. His oody was then
tied up in a sheet and thrown igts a neigh.
boring CREEK, where it was found by some
OF the neighbo!s. A little son of the de.
ceased gave the information which led to
the discovery OF the above facts. The muir
derers are now in fail.
SINGULAR DEATH OF 4 COLT --Lsst week
o colt two years old the cunning spring, and
belonging to E Gregg, of this village (says
the Eiyria Democracy died or his isrm in
Sheffield. For one year or more tho cot
has been ail'ng. being Inactive, stunted in
growth, and poor. A post norton examina.
ton revealed a singular cuuss of ito death.
tor III the intestines, where mortificatiOnhs had
already commenced, was found . dead snake
Of the common striped species, fully two
feet in length. The snake had undoubtedly
remained 10 the stomach Of the colt for more
than q year, when it died from the effects of
medicine administered TO the colt, and passed
into the intestines where il was discovered.
The col: doubtless swallowed the. .yosng
reptile while drinking and |: had grown to
the size above mentioned. AsE
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