Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-23
NEWS ITEMS.

N EWS ITEMS.
A destructive fire occurred in Lon
don, England, Oh the 10TH inst. Loss
very heavy.
Victoria Woodruff delivered lee
ture on the Beecher-Tilton scandal, Oh
Saturday last, in Utah.
The telegraph cable vessels, Faraday
and Ambassador finished their work
at Portsmouth, n. H., "Wednesday
night, and sailed for Nova Scotia.
The loss by the Oshkosh fire is esti
mated at 100000; business houses de-
stroyed, 100; residences, 600.
Goldsmith Maid trotted u mile in
2:l6 at East Saginaw, Michigan, Thurs
day, beating Fullerton.
Isaac Lumbreek, an old citizen of
Chillicothe, and one Gf the wealthiest
in the county, died Thursday morning
of congestive cholera mOrbus, aged sew
enty-fve.
A man named Lutz, aged about 60
years, was found hanging to dUgwood
bush, near GAINESVILLE, last week.
A dispatch from Lausanne, Sw.tzer-
land, announces the death of the Rev.
Mr.. GoOdrich, grandson of Noah Web
ster.
A school house in Scranton, Pa, was
set en- fire by some miScreant, July IA,
and entirely destroyed.
The sale otrum is said to be the cause
of the new Indian troubles i'll the Far
West, as it is the great cause of trouble
everywhere.
A Tioga county, (Pa.,) hard drinker
turned over new leaf, six years ago,
ana put penny into box for every
drink he would have taken. He open.
ed the box the other day, counted the
pennies, and found he had missed ,2S7
drinks.
The Lake Shore and Tusc- raNu, Val
! ley Railroad COmpSny has been placed
! in the hands of E. B. Thomas as recciv.
er. Mr.. Thomas has made no change
in the general officers OF the rossI.
Daniel ". Voorhees,, of Terre Haute
is the author of the financial anti trin
perance plunks. of the Democratic State
platform adopted by the Indiana Dem
Ocratic Convention.
Mrs. Jacob Wilt, of Dayton, aged
about sixty, was killed by coal oil, " It'll
which she was htimg fire saturday
and died at midnight.
The hearing of the writ Of erro- il
| Wiutermute's case has been postponed
until next winter. The court, on Sat
urday, refused an application to admit
the prisoner to bail.
Marshal Jewell, the American Min
lister at St. Petersburg, left that city OF
|, Sunday last, on his return to the United
i States to assume the duties of POstuas
ter-General. He will sail from Liver
pool on the 1st of August.
A little boy while at play, ran on tn
track of the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon
and Delaware railroai at Newburg
Thursday, and was struck by the en-
gine of a passenger train and thrown
considerable distance. He died few
minutes after.
The papers of Mr.. Tilton are bein,
drawn up for the legal separation @
Mr.. and Mrs. Tilt0n. The residence il
Livingston street to be given to Mrs
Tilt0n and children. The separation
{ is to be by mutual consent and the de
tails Of a d;vArca are to be avoided.
, A train on th, Cleveland and Pits
burgh railway ran over three yea
old child near Dover last week. Tn
child being struck by the engine wa
thrown into the cattle guard. where
lay until the whole train passed over
and escaped all injury except Il sligh
scratch and bruise or two.
The suspension bridge. nearly com
pleted, over Whitewater river, at Har
rison, built at the expense of Ha;uil tol
, county, Ohio, and Dearborn county
Indiana, and connecting the two States
fell into the river on the 18th inst, ow
ing to incomplete anchorage. Th
bridge cost 500, 900; loss estimated "A
, 81, 900.
Vice President Wilson, who was il
; Washington on Saturday, saE3 h. ha
SO much improved in hesii;r that
Congress were to assemble nov h
would be prepared TO resum. his posi-
ton as presiding officer OF tht' Senate.
J. H. Mari has been Appointed Frs
Assistant Postmaster-Genrr,l, an,
John l.. Routt lis Second Assistan
Postmaster Gsneral, TO act a Past lnls
ter-General during anT ta'npJra:,
absence of the Pp5tma5t,4r-Gvn
On Saturday morning. a Ann S a
ton, Ohio, Mrs. Bergman. ',t 5... Il
ter, who live near Anna 5i.iIa- .l.a
pared lunch for harvest han !, an- > !
it to the field. While eating lunca int
horses attached to the reaper frightened
ard started toward the group, catchin.
the two ladies in the reaper, killing
Mrs. Bergman and injuring tht
daughter so seriously that there are ut
hopes of her recovery.
Last week, while Mr.. Reason, far
mer who lives near Brown, Dark Go.
was at work in his fields with NOW
ing machine, he mot with his death in
IAN unexpected manner. His horse.
i took fright and ran away, thro \ ing
him on the dividing bar, whicl saver.
cd an artery. He died from IoSs oI
blood IN about half an hunr and before
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