Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-03-22
STATE NEWS.

|. The Directors OF the hur0n County Aeri-
cultural Society have decided TO bold Sheep
Fair at Norwa.k on the 22i OF May aext.
The fair will hn held on the fair grounds
just South Of Norvalk. . -:-a.'.'
FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS have been
subscribed by the ciliscns of Deetfcld,
Portage County, fpr the erection of mouu
ment on the pnblic square, to the memory
Of tho brave boys Of that place, who fell in
defense Of their country during the late
rebellion.
II. r. PAYNE, Of Cleveland, who com.
mitted suicide at Ravennn, on Thursday OF
last week, by taking laudanum, was labor
ing under the hallucination that the spirit
of young lady, with whom he had been
in love, and who died some time since. was
following him, and so put an end to his
earthly existence in order to meet her in
the hereafter. The deceased was native
of England and about twenty seven years
of age. He enlisted In Battery X. at Cleve-
land. in 1861, and served until 1865.
SEVENTY ONO VETERANS. =
The Colum bus Journal Gays telegram has
beenreceived yesterday at the Governors
office, from New Orleans, stating that
tho 77th Ohio V. v. Inf., consisting Of II
commissioned officers and 34S enlisted men,
was mustered out on the 18th inst, and
placed en- route for Columbus.
TIE Oberlin News states that there arc
725 students now attending tho College in
that place. There were $50 in 1861.
CAPT. JAMES Il. GRAHAM, recently OF
the S0th o. V, " l.. has purchased share
in the Tuscarawas Chronicle and becomes
one of the editors.
The Sandusky Register gives the partou
lars ofanother tragedy occurring nearShelby,
in Riohland County. The house efa wealthy
old man. named Bergheiser, was entered
himself shot three times with a'pistol, and
his wife choked and smothered and left
for dead under the bed. Their cries aroused
the neighbors and the two men making the
assault fed One lsft his boots and was
tracked by his bare feet about mile to his
fathers house. where he was arrested. His
name is Bruce Slaybaugh. The old gentle
man Bsrgheiser is so years of age and is not
expected to live.
TIE citizens Of Tuscarawas County con.
template the formation Of a Second Agricul.
turai Society, with Fair Grounds located at
Uhrichsville
The Cleveland papers report the harbor
there quite free from ice, and say there is
considerable talk about the opening of river
navigation.
TIE anniversary Of the settlement of Ohio
win be observed on the seventh Of April. by
the different Pioneer Associations Of the
State, at Marietta.
THERE has been some excitement in the
vicinity Of Belleville, Rchland Couaty, over
the supposed discovery Of gold in paying
quantities on the Thompson farm" Mon
day last an old California miner washed
pan full OF the Thompson farm earth, and
got about forty atoms Of what he pronounced
gold-.-somo Of the PARTICLES being the size Of
u grain ofwheat.
TnE Salem (Ohio) Advocate tells sad
story Of u young lady being frightened to
death under the following circumstances
Two ladies living alone were preparing to
retire, when some one raped st tho door,
aud on inquiry who knocked and receiving
no answer one Of the ladies' started across
the floor to an adjoining room, and dropped
dead from sheer fright. THE brought a
shrek from the remaining lady as she ran
to her sisters assistance just then the door
opened, and in rushed tho brother OF the
two ladies', who had been mourned tor as
dead for nearly three years. He stated that
he intended nice surprise for his Ssters by
not making himself Known until after they
had admjtted him, and Judge Of his grisf on
learning that his surprise had resulted iu
the death Of one Of bis much loved sisters,