Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02
NEWS ITEMS.


Hon. Geo. F. Hoar has determined |
not to run for Congress or any other
Office next fall.
a Calcutta dispatch says the distress
consequent from the famine is deereas-
ing everywhere.
Gen. J. ID. Cox has been offered the
President OF. Anti0ck College, at Yel-
low Springs, Ohio.
The horse, Sam Purtly, was sold to
Frank Malone at San Francisco, on
Wednesday last, for 81 800.
The official vote fer Congressman in
Oregon, is as follows: LadoW (Dem.)
9642; Williams rep 93i0; Davenport
Qnd. $3.50.
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., the second son
of the President, Was graduated at
Harvard last Wednesday.
Congress is entitled t, the thanks of
the country for refusing to extend any
patents on sewing machines.
An aati-Papal demonstration occur
red at Rome, "Wednesday evening.
The ring-leaders were arrested.
The license law recently passed by
the Massachusetts, Legislature, was re-
Gently vetoed by Governor Talbot.
A family of six persons was poisoned
near Hamilton, Ohio. on Thursday, by
eating cheese. None have died yet.
A drunken man committed suicide at
Steubenville, Thursday. because he had
been pushed liz the river and got wet.
The postal convention between
France and the United States has been
ratified ny the French Assembly, with
out debate.
Queen Victoria and the Emperor of
Brazil have exchanged compliments
upon the successful laying of the Bra.
lillian cable.
A row occurred at Youngstown, o..
Thursday, between some parties in a
low grOggery, and three men and a
woman perhaps fatally injured.
The sixth annual meeting and exhi-
bition of the National Photographic
Association of the United States will
be held at Chicago, ILL.,, on July 14th
and 17th, Inclusive.
George Moore, colored man who
lived alone in a house near Athens, o.,
was found dead with bullet hole in
his head and his home in ashes, on
Wednesday night.
Before adjournment until December
next, Thursday, the Rhode Island
Legislature took two ballots for Sena.
tor, the last one resulted: Burnside 42
Dixon 26, Barslow 10, scattering l6.
At a business meeting of the Nation
al American Sengerband, Friday, il
was decided to hold tests every three
years instead of every two. The next
will be held at Louisville, KY, in 1877
A dispatch from Peekskill states that
Henry Ward Beecher in answer to d
queery as to what course he will pursue
in view of the recent statement of Til
ton, says he will not break the silence
he has hitherto observed.
The worn and mutulated national
bank and legal tender carrency is to bs
retired, and replaced with clean, newly
printed notes of the same kind amC
denominations to suit.
The July interest, of twenty-five
millions coin and two millions carrency
is due to-day and will be promptly
paid. 1t is believed that this will &C
far towards relieving the pressure o.
the times.
William Ferry stole two horses and i
buggy from A. C.Morrow, of Washing
ton, and got as far as Steubenville witt
them, when he was captured and sem
back to Washington Jail. Such Ferrie.
are not to be trusted.
The Maine Universalist Convention
by a decisive majority, has recognized
the eligibility of a woman to the Chris
! tian ministry, in an amendment to the
bylaws which forbids the COMMITTEES
on Ordination TO mako any discriinin
alton against candidates On account o.
sex.
The Washington Club, the resort 0
/ the Ring, with the rest OF their affairs
has gone to the wall, and will be sole
out. The furniture of General Butler
residence will be sold in few days
and the building will be used for new
club, to be composed of the best citizens
of the capital.
]. B. Underwood, living near Oxford
Ohio, on Thursday night, committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the head. He had been indicted in tn,
;. United States Court 1or forgery. Th,
4 officers were at his house, and hat
made known their errand, when h,
asked time TO change his shirt. ant
stepping into an adjoining room, com
tOittaI tha aof