Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-05-28
NEWS AND Personal ITEMS.

Judge Drummond OF Canada IL 10 be impeach-
ed for drunkenness.
The. Boston crctap. fair netted s2csio, and
their expenses were tssse.
There are nov ten hundred and seventy con-
counterfsit tens on The NetIonsi Bank Of
Lockport, New York, are circulating.
Hon. Anson Buriingame, and members OF the
Chinese embassy, arrived IN New York Friday.
The annual examination Of the Naval Cadets
at Annapolis, Maryland, commenced on Friday.
The Grand Jury at Albany, New York, is In
dieting members Of the last Legislature for bril-
berry. 49,,
One of the Jennlngss has shot himself thus
leaving one claimant less for the great estate In
A million dollars worth Of rede eemed Con.
Thursday. " - =
The President has approved the bill Of sppro-
priation for the impeachment trial and contin"
gent expenses,
over the FIRST anti slavery meetings ever held In
this country, In 1908.
The Governor OF New York has refused re-
prieve 10 James Brown, the child murderer He
will be hanged on the 30th r.-.r- ff
The wheat in Bell, Williamson, Cornell and
McLennan counties, in Texas, has been totally
destroyed by the grasshoppers.
Accounts received at the Agricultural Depart
ment from erain-growing districts OF the eoun-
try indicate fine crop this year.
Some Of the public schools in Eyansyllle, Ind,
which are cultivated by the pupils.
Speaker Colfax is contemplating new lecture
-"Fourteen Years in Congress-" His Across
the Continent" has netted him $1,000.
The grain crops in Oregon are very large, but
fears are expressed about the possibility OF har-
vesting, especially In Rogue river valley.
A.
largest from clad In the world, 8,7OO tuns burth-
en-, has arrived at New York for repairs.
Four gentlemen invested $4,000 in Detroit,
four years ago, ins manufacturing enterprise,
since which time they have cleared s25e,O0o.
The American and English fleets under Ad.
mirals Farragut and Paget had q very cordial
meeting in the Mediterranean, near Malta.
There is q great freshet now prevailing in the
Hudson river at Albany. The water on Satur-
day was AZ high as at the time the ice broke up.
The Grand Army of the Republic Of Clncin-
natl will march in procession to Spring Grove
on the 3oth inst, to decorate the graves of de-
ceased comrades.
The Springfield (Ohio, Advertiser says that
the Hon. Samuel sheliaDcrger intends leaving
for Washington early in the present week to re-
sumo his seat in Congress.
Seventy-two thousand seven hundred and
thirty-three acres OF land were entered at the
Humboldt land office, Kansas in the months of
January, February, March and April
n NUMBER OF SOlulerS OF tne EleVentn KANSAS
regiment, to which Senator Ross belonged,
burned that gentleman in effigy in front Of the
State House ut Topeka, ON Tuesday night.
Among Presidential nominations Thursday
was that of w. w. Randall, of Wisconsin, for
Consul to Canabria. The Senate confirmed
Robert L. Farr Surveyor of Customs ut Peoria,
Illinois. ... ra-I-
A company styled the Atlantic and Pacific
States Telegraph Company, organized in San
Francisco last week to o-build q new line across
the continent. Ex-Governor Low and Mayor
MCoffin are among the directors.
Capt A. G. Wilcox has Withdrawn from the
Fremont, Ohio, Journal, and purchased the
Richmond Indiana, Telegram. Ralph Robin
son, for over six years proprietor of the Bucyrus,
A manufacturer Of corn shelters some time
ago spent Sl0O in gold in advertising his ma
chimes in Buenos Ayres journal, and lately he
sold S3o,WO worth for the south American mar
ket as a consequence There is no money lost
by advertising. .....
On the night of may 9th, a band Of Indians, on
Rueen's river, Nevada, drove nearly a hundred
cattle away. The settlers went inpersuit. Three
| ages, but escaped without fatal wounds. The
absence of troops from Fort McDermott, to
search for the murders of the Pearson family, has
emboldened the Indians.
Advices from Montreal say the Fenians arc
preparing at st. Albans for another raid ON the
frontier, which is expected to take place some
where between the lst and 10th OF June. The
preparations indicate O more serious affair than
! amy of the previous raids. The Canadian Gov
eriimcnt has ordered arms and ammunition for
| active service to be served to the volunteers.