Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-11-22
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS.
Cleaned from Late Mails.

Great is trial by jury. A jury in nuf-
der case in Philadelphia had to be with
drawn, Thursday, because one Of the jurors
was out Of his mind. In the supreme court
in New York city, last week, considerable
time was spent in hearing q case, and it was
not until the jury bad retired for eonsulta-
tion that it was discovered that one of the
jurors did not understand word of Eng
lish, and consequently knew nothing Of the
case. The parties agreed to accept the YER.
dict of the eleven.
On the basis that one vote represents
nine persons, the population of the country
is figured up at Sc, zoo, 900, or over 90, 0o0,-
600 more than the gene!a al supposition.
OF thirty eight hundred and forty six
children in Springfield, Mass, thirty-two
hundred attend school.
1t has been decided that colored SOL
diers are entitled to the entire bounty pro-
vided for in the act Of July 90, 1866.
AT the equestrienne tournament in San
Francisco on the 9th ult.. twelve ladies COM
peting, Miss Marion Evans daughter Of
Albert s. Evans, Esq, Of the Alta Califor-
nian rode mile in 2:2S, winning the frst
prize, gold watch ard chain worth 500.
view IIGNeHt win
boast the third largest srgan in tie United
States. Ii is now 10 process OF erection Ter
Trinity Church, at Q cost of $4,000.
A Troy hen, belonging to . hotel keep
er, recently hatchea = brood Of seventy
eight chickens. She is doing as well ~
could be expected
"A letter has been received by the Com
missioner Of indian affairs from Mr.. Todd,
a resident Of Western Texas, thanking him
ior the efforts made through Colonel J. H.
LeaveuwsIth, Indian agent, to obtaia the
restoration ef his little daughter Alice, who
was carried off by the Kiowss or Csnanches
last winter. Directions have been sent to
! Col. Leavenworth not TO relax his efortste
ascertain which baud of lndians has pos.
sessioD of the child, aud 10 restore her TO
her parents if she 10 alive.
-Kossuth, old aud inirm, has fixed his
permanent residence at Turin.
The treatment CT American citizens BY
| Prussia is to be Investigated.
A bridge will soon span Bros sdway,
New York, opposite st. PeuPs church, over
winch foot passe ngers can cross without be-
ing in danger of having their pecks broken.
! If this bridge works well, similar ones will
be erected over Broadway tstxesn Wall
street 2nd Canal. Laa,T
! The ladies of Waukegaa, Illineis. his
upon y. novel plan to raise the wiDa' to
| re- pair their cemetery ground. On. Tues
day evsniag they held q lsvse in the largest
hall in town, and made arrangements to re-
ceivs telegraphic dispatches OF the slsetisn!
trsm all the StatssL They slss provided
oystsIs and other luxuriss, and charged a.
entrance fee to all soAeys. aiJ
There are ffty,eisht Eatieasl Baats ia
New York city. -rs.
One hundred and hfty women are reg
ularly employed as n,ssons and bod sarTisrs
ON the new opera house in Vienna. In
sewer being built at Government sxpenss.
a writer says he eountsd one hundred ana
6fty women and girls who had lost oil the
softness and suppleness OF their sex, wers
coarse Of feature aud muscular OF arm, snd
pIied the pick and shovel, and lung the dirs
: about With will, and shouted. TO each othe!
: in harsh tone and with uneouth gesture
. . -Neorls eight thousspd baildings hsvs
0 been erected 10 CLicigo the past season, d
7 a cost of al VI $7,600,oO0. r.oI
Pray excusc a DIT Of saIsasn, said
: Smith TO Jeacs. 'but ysu are sh iafsnsus
. liar and scouDdrsl." Pray pardoa q
touch Of sysns, /" replied Jones, - be k1tslt
: ed him down with the pskss 80 saw