Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-03-01
STATE NEWS.


owned by Capt May, located near Dry Run,
in Ohio, and about two miles below the
mouth OF Little Beaver Greek. This we'll,
from appearance, will yield about twenty
barrels OF oil per dav. IL is located within
twenty rods Of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh
Railroad.
Tue Buckeye State states that a whole
family by the name OF Dixon, consisting of
the father, ruother, two sons, two daue hters
and granddaughter have all been afflicted
with lunacy as TO incapacitate them for any
duty. The family are Qnakers, were for.
merly. wealthy. and are much respected for
their honesty, industry, and heretofore sim
pie habits OF life. They reside near New
Lisbon.
The Summit County Beacon says that a
tree was cut down few weeks since. in
Northampton township, in which was found
imbedded. about thirty feet from its base, q
bullet, which from its position in the wood
and the number Of grains surrounding it,
must have been lodged there at least one
hundred years ago.
Mas. ELEorA BUCKLES, Of Piqua. ad-
vertises tor information Of her husband,
Willis N. Buckles, who left his home about
a year ago. He is about AZ years old, and
has sandy hair and whiskers 5 feet 8 ,;nch
es high. and weighs about 100 pounds; was
lame in right leg. Any information OF his
Whereabouts will be thankfully received by
his wife, Electa Buckles. Piqua, Ohio.
THE GAINESVILLE Signal says another oil
well has been struck on the land Of Isaac
Piles, in Blue Rock township, Muskingum
county. The well isonly twenty feet deep.
The present owner of the we'll is a poor man,
who hasa lease on the property.
THE New Lisbon Patriot says It is report.
ed that train Of cars will be put upon the
New Lisbon Railroad by the LIST of April. =
Hands are at work on the northern portion
Of the road, and it il expected it will be fin
shed during the year.
| ONE hundred ladies Of Portsmouth have
petitioned the City Council of that place to
take measures to relieve them from annoy.
ance, caused by i'll mannerlJ persons on the
side walks and street corners
THE Newark American says a District
Masonic Convention was in session in that
city on Wednesday. Fify-two Lodges werc
represented. Howard Matthews, of Cincin-
natl, Deputy Grand Master and Grand Lee.
turer, was in attendance.
TIE steamboat Winchester was burned
near East Liverpool, above Steubenvile, on
last Friday morning, at about 3 o'clock. -
The fire caught from some cinders which a
fireman was throwing out into the river, and
parts Of which blew into some baed hay,
Of which about 200 bales were on board
About $50 persons were on board, of whom
Is were lost As soon as the fire broke out
information was conveyed to the pilot, and
the engineer, putting on a full head oil
steam, ran her well up on the bank. The
scene is described by eye witnesses as awful
ly grand. The flames leaped to tremend
Gus height and lit up the country for miles
The boat and cargo are a total loss. The
boat was new, this being its first trip. Il
was valued at SSl 900. ...
BENJAMIN. D. SraorHEa, Sr, died il
Van Vert, Van Vert county, January 26
1866, at the advanced aye of 80 years, Il
months and Is davs Ho was born in Cul
pepper county. Va, ten years before tn,
Declaration Of Independence was signed. -
He emigrated to Newark, Ohio, in 1905.
TIE Bellefontaine Republican says tha
on the evening of the l7th about 0 click
as Mr.. Daniel Mann was going home. h
: was assaulted, knocked down, and robbie,
Of nearly $3.50 in money and note for com
$500.
TuE Athens Messenger notices the wan
: dering away of two little children, five year
OF aye The corpse ofone. after genera
search in which the inhabitants ofthe neigh
borhood participated, was found in the river
A MEETING was held at Canton, recently
to outsider the plausibility of constructing
a railroad from that place to Cleveland. :
? A proposition was mad, by the Directors O.
the A & g w. Railway to build and ops
rate branch road from Aurora to Canton
giving uninterrupted communication will
Cleveland.
AN affray occurred at Deerfeld, Warner
County. on Friday evening, between Dr.
James Littleton and another citizen nance
William Lee, in which the latter was stab
bed in the abdomen. the wound being sup
posed to be fatal. DR.. Littleton is in Gus
tody.
The Akron (Ohio) Beacon says that tn,
, fruit trees in some parts OF Summit Count,
sustained great injury from the recent cole
snap, though it hopes the damage may moi
be general.
Ma. JAMES PREsroN. one Of the larges
psach growers of Southern Ohio, informs
the Gallipolis Journal that the crop for tbi
year is gone-killcd by the recent col,
weather.
BY the breaking Of the axle of the tende
on Saturday nights Eastern bound train OF
the Pittsburg, Columbus 4 Cincinnati Rail
road, two passenger cars were thrown owe
an smbahkment twenty five feet high. On,
person is reported drowned by the wate
into which one OF the cars tumbled, anC
several other passengers we're hurt, non,
fatally, it is believed.
THE Cleveland Paindealer says the Gus
tom of shaving on Sunday is about to b,
abandoned by the BARRIERS Of that city, tht
change to date from last Sunday.
The Delaware Gazette says citizen Of
that place, whp used his hat as deposi
tory for cash in hand, lost $3.50 il
consequence Of his hat blowing off.
The Portage county Democrat announce.
the death Of Mrs. Sarah Hudson, the oldes
person in the County, and resident for ovel
fifty years. She was "a years old.
New Freedmen's Bureau Bill
Mr. Eliot, Of Massachusetts, has intro
duced new Freeduiens Bureau bill into
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