Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-07-12
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The Lynn County (Iowa) Register re.
ports the affecting Of every member Of a
large family Of that vicinity by trichinosis.
They had occasionally partaken Of uncooked
but well cured ham Of their own raising. -
One of the family. who had never eaten the
ham, was the only one who was not affect ed
by the disease. Two Of the family died in
great agony. and post mortem examination
revealed multitudes Of the tricbina worm ia
the muscles.
Pelican eggs from Pyramid Lake are
for sale in the California markets at about
IS cents per dozen. They are about three
times az large az hens eggs and said to be
quite as pslatable.
"A correspondent Of the Cincinnati Ga
zette gives an account Of the ceremonies a,
the laying OF the corner stone for the new
buildings about to be erected at Tawawa
Springs, about three miles from Xenia, O.
for the Wilberforce University, an institu.
iion Of learning belonging to the African
NJ. Il. congregation, and devoted to the In
struetion of colored persons.
DIR. Potter, Of Tionesta, Venapgo Co.,
Pa, recently drove a pair Of horses 100
/ miles, on an ordinary country road, in Q
hours and IL minutes. stopping once to feed
| and twice to water. He afterward refused
$1,000 for bis team.
In Ashland, Ohio, inst before the COM
mencement Of the performances for circus
the campbene chandelier exploded. setting
! fire to the tent and creating panic in the
audience. several members of which were
severely injured in the rush for the exit.
1t is reported of the late Nine. de
Marguerittes that she at one time intro.
duced the theatrical novelty of curtain of
mirrors, which, when lowered between the
acts, reflected the whole audience.
"A select committee of the Ohio Senate.
appointed to take consultation in regard to
! preparing measures for the regulation of
the railroad. telegraph and express compa-
MES of the State, is in session. An interest
ing report is expected at the next session.
| "A monument has just been erected over
| the grave of Oven Lovejoy, at Princeton,
the shaft being one of the largest in marble
ever erected in the West, weighing 81 tuns,
and rests upon perfect cube, supported by
two square bases. On the upper one is the
name "Lovejoy," in high relief The
cube contains on the front side the follow
ing (beside other inscriptions of members
Of the family: "Owen Lovejoy. born Jan
uary 6, 1911; died March 25, 1864. "
Lately a child was pecked to death in
London by gamecock. The owner of the
cock treated the matter very cavalierly, and
thought his furious bird of more i'm portance
than the lives Of children.
Two boys of Memphis, one II years old
and the other IA, made up duel a few days
ago, in consequence of some quarrel. They
chose pistols. but the seconds were sensible
enough to load them with blank cartridges.
When the would be duelsts found this out.
they wanted to attack each other with knives,
but were prevented.
"A correspondent of the Louisville
Courier states that on the 18th ult., while
some men were getting out large stones for
doer-sills for banking house in Springfield,
Ky, they found encased in one of the
blocks live frog, which leaped out of the
cavity in which he had been closed. upon
the ground, but, giving signs of distress,
was placed in bottle, where he lived until
the night of the 17th, when he died.
Mrs Senator Sprague, Miss Chase cher
sister,, Mrs. and Miss Storey, OF Boston,
and two Misses Van Buren,, of New York,
were presented" at late reception of the
Princess of Wales.
-Watermelons in Montgomery, Ala, are
81 SO each.
"A Baltimore court has decided that no
title can be acquired on property won at a
rattle.
The Cincinnati Commercial speaks of
the Presidents return to Congress of the
joint resolution as brevet veto.
"A woman in St. Waller, Canada, after
taking dose of medicine, last week, slept
SO hours.
Peaches are getting plenty in Georgia.
The various organizations of the Odd
Fellows in Cincinnati have united in the
enterprise of purchasing lot of ground,
whereon they propose to erect q building
that shall equal in grandeur of architecture
and size any public building in the United
States.
The cane owned by Mr.. Lincoln and
used by him for the few of his last years, is
in possession of Frederick Douglass. Mr.
Lincoln having signified to his wife his de-
sire to present Mr.. d. with some token of
regard this cane was selected by Mrs. Lin.
coin after her husbands assassination.
A bill to provide Temporary govern
meut for new territory, to be called after
the late President Lincoln, has been ordered
by the House to be printed and recommitted.
-Minnesotisus are urging the improve
ment of the Minnesota River which they
claim may be made navigable for $50 miles
from its mouth.
Five noblemen-the Earl Of Bread
albane, the Dukes of Argyle, Athole, Seth
erlaEd, and Buccleuch-are said to own
one fourth of the land in all Scotland.
An early visitor at Saratoga says that
thus far conservatism rules in politics, high
church in religion, and the all.fredest friz-
zleizatiou in fashion.
S. d. Page, Esq, formerly of the Cleve-
land Leader and recently editor Of the Reno
Times, has accepted as. position as one of
the editors Of Che New York Tribune.
The Leavepworth Bulletin places at
the head Of its editorial columns the follow
ing ticket: 'For Presidentin 1868 Ulysses
s. Grant. For Vice Presidsnt--A man We
can trust"
-In-s late number of the Richmond Ea-
quirer is a striking example of what justice
means in Virginia. In o list of persons
that have been sentenoed for various crimes