Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-02-15
STATE NEWS.

ELMoRn, Ottawa County. was nearly de-
stroyed by fire Sunday night. H~
THE Democratic State Convention Is to be
held At Columbus, May oath. EN
THr Creleville Uhion chronicles arat
hunt in Jackson tp., Pickaway Co., which
resulted in two thousand rats losing their
tails. ~ W
Tue Shepard Farm Oil Co., Morgan
County, are sinking four wells with one en-
gine at the same time. Mr.. Stubs orgi.
mated the plan.
The Newark American says that a second
National Bank, with the title " Wool. Grow.
ers National Bank is to be established in
that place with a capital Of 800 000.' .''1T-'eia
THE next Ohio State Fair is to be held on
the llth, 12thfl3th, and 14th of Septsm-
Der next The place has not been decided
upon, but rests between Dayton and Toledo.
THE Senatorial seat Of the Athens Fair.
field District has been contested and the
matter is referred to the people, by Gros.
venor Withdrawing the contest, and Golden,
the sitting member, resigning. '' 'i". 9''
The Ohio House Of Representatives has
passed, after an animated debate, resolu-
ton giving additional bounties to the soldiers
who enlisted in 1861 and 1862 also, one
hundred aud sixty acres each from the lands
to be confscated in the South. The meas
ure has yet to come before the Senate. ~.
THE Cincinnati Journal of Commerce
claims that Cincihnatiis the first Inanufac.
turing city.in The country, population being
taken into consideration. ON H'i ''''T
JUDGE WFfWERELL, at Delaware, Ohio,
| ho,1 IaI m h,, m
, ditional through ticket, over any railroad,
is bound to remain on the same train or for.
felt his ticket. The ease will be carried up
THE Noble County Republican says the
Upper Duck Creek Petroleum Company"
! near the village Of Olive, at depth of l40
feet, have struck a vein Of oil which pumps
E five barrels per day, and increasing. B. D.
|. The Dayton Journal says that it has been
. informed by an engineer on the Dayton &
Michigan Il lirosd, that twenty child
9 rem were drowned in the reservier at Celiua
= Ohio, on Wednesday. They were attending
Q school, 10 the Eicinity of the reservoir, and
+ at noon ail:tbe scholars but two-twenty
/, seven IN, number,-,went on the ice to,slide,
! when it broke with them, the whole party
|, drowned before. help could reach them, The
|; engineer was told the story at Napakopeta
v and believed his Information to be reliable
b DR.. j. w. HuaHEs, who deserted Nj,
u wife, decoyed agirl into pretended mar
i riage, and then murdered her, was executed
+ at Cleveland ion Friday. On Thorsda,
morning he attempted to commit suicide BY
!, taking morphine but the quantity swallow
ed was so large az to produce vomiting, hi
d object was thus defeated 2Tags' ''f-a'n
$ The SanduSky Register says the ice OF
the bay and lake is in better condition fo
d sleighing than it has been for many years
:. 1t boasts ofa glsssy,turnpike twenty mile
d long, vide enough tor two thousand sleigh
: to drive abreast. ,l .~t, aim q r7irf.
THERE are about 10000 u. s. 7pensioner
in Ohio and it is estimated that the mum
3, ber will reach l4,0OU when all the applcl
/. tions shall have been considered at Wash
! ington. 3e'''' ,V''. 'r oh. !. '.'a
i, GEN, ScHENcK has communicated to th
ia Internal Revenue Commission the desire o
>, the tobacco growers. of this State that th
ID Commissioners should>visit Ohio and coDfe
1t with them IN relation to modification o
" the taxes on maantacturea tobacco. H. a.,
y !.TuE Horticnltnrst says Mr. Dunham
10 near Cleveland, Ohio, pays taxes on 50 os
received last season. for grapes sold at Ill
, teen cents per p;iund, raised on one aud
:. half acres 6l,lahd. u m .'a
n The citizens Of Massillon report that tn,
T. canal has been ffozen up for longer time
o this winter lhaa for many years, Nor
It than three months have elapsed since it wa
q frozen over aud it remains so yet.
e , The Mt. Vernon (O.) Banner says that
[; girl aged five, and boy aged two year
II children Of William Maxwell, of that place
Q were burned to death on Tuesday by theil
:; clothes catching fire from matches, Will,
their parents were absent. -7afr.
n The Newark American says large Eagle
" was seen by Messrs Evan l., Jones, and
o Silas Wales on the I'd inst, near the resi-
o dence of Mr.. John l., Jones who lives or
/. the east side of Granville Township. 1t was
:, flying southwark, at the height of about
- sixty yards. .,s, .Nt4Nni ss. 4r,
4 THE Carroll Union Press givss the partic
d ulars Of a very shocking tragedy which occur
n red Ia Perry Township In that County on the
q lst. An ARRAY occurred between two men
a who were intoxicated, named Davis and
q Mclntire. Mclntire, who was armed with
IA pistol, was struck twice with an ak BY
q Davis. The first blow inflicted severe
i. wound in the lower jaw severing the teeth
J. and gums from the jaw bone and cutting
. entirely through the mouth. In the second
!. blow dealt with both hands, the AK passed
through the skull above the right eye into
the brain. McIntire, when found had
crawled some forty rods from the place
He died few hours afterwards. Davis was
j. arrested but was released from custody on
t giving botd for his, appearance at the next
n term Of court,
Il tbs Zanesville Courier declares there is
!. but little doubt but what valuable oil vel
. has boen struck on the Mcdonald iarm,, il
4 Blue Rock township, Muskingum County.
4 The FIRST report that reached GAINESVILLE Of
the enormous quantities of oil yielded by thi:
uI well, two hundred barrels per day, prove "a
y have been greatly exaggerated. The amount
L pumped from the well is at the rate Of
about forty barrels pdr day. 81 ysd.te st
. A NAN named Broadberry, residing in The
: vicinity of Hamilton, Butler County,, go