Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26
NEWS ITEMS.

Our standing army numbers nov
q about IS, 900 men.
New aud rich mines have been discov
. cred on White River.
The National Bank currency in circu
: lation is S299, ,90l ,3S9.
There were 1856 deaths and 236 birth
= in New York last week.
Gen. Grant is reported by st. Loui
! correspondent to be worth $500, 900.
The custom receipts from Novembe
9th to I4th, inclusive, We're s.. 224S iS6-
Lopez is reported to have shot boil
! his brothers andto- have his sister in
prison. -szra.<-. =--...sT -a-,.-.
Mr. am, AIRS. Coif:,X,it il said. pro
pose to spend q portion of the coming
winter in Europe.
! General Grant has ordered all recruit:
! for the regular ariny now at Northern
!. stations, 10 be sent to Texas forthwith
y. There are now about is, 900 men oper
ating against the Western Indians, anC
this number will probably be increased
!; The report OF the Land office shows
! that the sales of lands for the past yeal
j did not pay the expenses OF The Bureau
! One hundred barrels OF whisky from
Kansas City were seized at st. Louis
I "Wednesday, for violation of the revenue
laws.
;! TIVE freight trai.s on the Erie Rail-
iIroad eoili,iesi at Allendale, 81 miles from
4 New York, Wednesday, wrecking sew
eral cars. .-....
I Over one Thousand miles of the Pacific
f, Railroad. west of Omaha, will he conn
: pieted before the work is suspended for
the season. i-'
] The Internal revenue receipts. from
July 1st 10 date, amount IN 528 mil! ions.
for the present mouth, to little over
,S4. .U0u, 900. ,s.-,.
! A picture of Abraham, Lincoln was
I found on the body of CosharkaIna, Chief
.of the Apache indians. who was killed
/, in battle with our troops las month.
! Secretary sSeVmr.. has given notice to
the Captain General oi C,lbH t!h,i The
rights of American citizens on that is
| land must he protected by tins govern
nient.
The British tiovernmeuI has yiveE up
all title to the IssillI,l OF S1u Juan, aud
the United Stales will take possession of
one OF the finest harbors D! the Pnget's
Sound.
An Omaha dispatch says: Red Cloud,
the famous rhief iT the SI,IIlX inaials,
and sc seral other chiefs iieret0inre hos
tile, signed a treaty of peace and I,r0In-
ised to behave themselves.
Minister Hale telegraphs from Madrid
that he fears blOodslIed III case a Repub-
lie is established in Spain. France,
Aus tria, Italy, Rome and Portugal will
all combine to prevent such an event.
Hon. Schuyler C0lfax was married at
Andover, on the morning of the 18th
inst, ut haif-past eight O'Clock, 30 Miss
Ellen NJ. Wade, niece OF Hon. b. F.
Wade. The c,'iHnony WAS performed
by Rev. L.. b. Beach.
On the 9TH of August pexta total
eclipse of the sun will be visible in the
United States. The eclipse will he par
tial throughout the Union, but total i'm
Iowa. Central Illinois, Southern Indiana
Kentucky, and North Carolina.
-gPork packing is ia full blast in In
dianapolls. Up to Thursday night there
had been killed nine hundred hogs. 1he
average weight is about two hundred
and twenty pounds, and the price six
dollars and seventy-five cents.
Gen Robert Z. Lee has been offered
the appointment of 'Superyis0I or
Agencies" Of Tie Einckerbocker Life
Insurance Company 0i the South. Sala-
ry $4,000, with the intimatiOn if il is
not enough the amount will be increased.
The number of PostofIices in operation
in the United States and territories dur
ing the fiscal year is 6,4Si; number of
changes of POstmasters, 1881; stamps
and stamped envelopes sold, l4,066, l39;
number of letters delivered by carriers,
81 249, 483; newspapers delivered, la,GiG,- |
715.
Mrs. Abraham Liucoln, accompanied !
by her sou, arrived safely at Bremen on !
board the steamer Baltimore, from Bal !
and has gone to Frankiort-On- ;
the Main, where ''little Tad entered ;
a boarding school. Mrs. Lineal.i then !
started for Nice, intending TO spend the !
winter in Italy.
The Ohio National Bank Association
met in Cincinnati last Wednesday,
The resumption OF specie payment was
arSHeti uGDil Ut siStltt I'b!Si't Pihi - iEsll !.
to as advisable for the host interests of
the country. Without taking any de-
cisive action the Conven ion adjourned
to meet In Columbus on the third fues-
day ofDay 1869.
A number of Wisconsin people have
presented Mrs Randall. wife OF Pest
mastar Genes9i Randall, With :. purse 81 /
S2O, 900 and paid up iiKi lis;larnfe poi
icy of her husband for Sl0,090. With
the money Mrs. Randall has purchased
u fine farm at Summit, Ohio, where the
ex- Governor and herself will 'Icsitie at
the expiration Of his term ofseryice,
Baron James Bo5iischiid, who died at
Paris. Sunday, WAS the youngest and
last surviving son of Meyer Anslem
Rothschild, founder OF the great house
of Jewish bankers. He was born ut
Vienna, May 5, l792. but came early to
Paris, where lie has since resided
James Rothschild, the late ROthschild,
was always mos nenurious and ayaric-
iouS man, and leaves a. roftuGo estina-
ted NJ from $3.50, ,000, 600 To STD, ,000, ,WM.--
The banking house Of the family is still
continued by members of the third and
fourth generations. u