Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-05-21
NEWS AND Personal ITE MS.

Railroad fare from New York to Chicago, is
go 90.
sl22, 600 in specla were exported Friday from
New York.
The value of the coinage at the u. S. Mint last
month was S3ji, ,09l.
Emigrants are going to Wisconsin at the rate
ofa Thousand a. week.
The Ohio State Teachers Associationwillm meet
June SUN, at Daytoh'
The receipts Of customs from May lst to 9TH,
inclusive, were so,I69,oil.
The American Geographical Society has re-
elected Judge DAILY President.
The steamer Rising Star, from Panama, has ar
rived at New York, bringing y,
Ex President James Buchanan, is recovering
from his recent severe attack OF pleurisy.
The farmers of Texas report loss in the last
five months of ,2OO cattle by Mexcans ana In
dians.
be laid in Youngstown on The coming glorious
Fourth.
Six thousand dollars in gold was found on Fri
day by "a laborer in an old building i'll Hopoken,
formerly used as bank.
A letter from Paris states that John g. Breck-
inridge has returned to that city nom the HOLY
Land, and will soon leave Tor quebec.
VIM. T. Lee, Postal Clerk on the Acquia Creek
route has been committed for robbing the mails.
Since April II, siOOOO has been lost on the route
Mrs. Margaret Mcknight, of Philadelphia,
leaves, by WILL nearly her entire fortune. s5oOOO,
TO the various charitable institutions in that
city.
During the last six months, in New York,
twenty-five people have disappeared from
among their friends, and never been heard Oh
again.
The storm Thursday night was very severe In
Maine, the severest, It is said, known for years:
Much damtge was done In Lewiston and
vicinity. lrs
IT,.
Friday night, having In their possession gold
bars of the value of $50, ,000 being the proceeds
ofa robbery in NJ exico
Crop reports from Ark ansas and West Tennes-
high and good color. Cotton shows a good
stand, and IL very promising.
The Memphis Avalanche speaking of" Brick"
Pomeroy, says, apparently in all sincerity: 1--WE
know him to be perfect gentleman, ana wrl-
ter of force and Graceful sarcasm"
The Massachusetts State Temperance Conven-
tion, in resolutions, condemned the license sys-
tenn, advocated prohibition, and WIN supporting
party whose platform and candidates are oppos-
ed to prohibition.
The people of Indiana are surprised and pleas
ed because silver wedding took place in that
State recently. Divorces are SO easy there that
not taken advantage ofthe law within twenty
five years. HHt Uttg
The. American Rible soc,ety celebrated its
day. The Treasurer's report shows the years
receipts to be s723, ,lO6 Pages Of books printed,
l5,OOS,Sa7. Quite number Of ofinteresting speeches
were made, including one by Ex-Governor Buck
ingham, Of Connecticut. r.
The Board OF Directors OF the Pennsylvania
General Railroad have resolved to increase the
cent, which win make the capital Of the com:
declare that the extra money Is needed to devel-
op the company's traffic. Aott
ON Saturday last a train on the New York
Central Railroad was nearing o mile post. on
Green Island, stephen Heffernan, the fireman,
saw a little child sitting ON the track and APP
risk OF lis own life, climbed over the engine te
the cow-catcher, reached down, snatched her
from the track, and lifted her uninjured upon
the engine, -lf - ~ q rs