Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Twenty-one Illinois railroads are In
he hands of receivers.
John @. Smith, the new Commis-
.ioner on Indian A6airs, assumed |
.harge of the Indian Bureau Saturday. |
Ex-Governor Ward, of New jersey
has declined the Indian Commissioner |
ship.
A French newspaper states that the
value of hens, chickens and eggs sold
annually in the markets OF France is
$50. 100000.
William P. Mortimer, one of the
men charged with rebbihg the City
Auditors Office at Toledo, was arrested
in Brooklyn on Tuesday.
''That," said the tramp, ''is the top
buck heat; it has been used to keep the
others warm and don't eat no cover
lids" So he laid it one side.
1t is estimated thst there are about
l,4OO young men from the United
States now pursuing their studies ut the
universities and colleges Of Germany.
The horse upon which General Sheri-
dan made his famous Winchester ride
is yet alive, and is in the possession OF
a citizen of Rochester, n. Y.
The first volume of Popular His
tory of the United States by William
Cullen Bryant and Sidney Howard
Gay will be issued from the press soon.
a compromise has been effected be-
tween Pittsburgh manufacturers and
puddlers at S4.75 per ton for boiling, the
arrangement to continue in force until
February II.
A Duluth girl married young man
because he lifted his hat so beautifully
as he passed her. She got divorce
because he lifted the table so beautiful
ly when the dinner didn't suit him.
Parson Brownlow says that il the
Democrats had DemocraticPresiden
General Grant would have to begin
again under the big apple tree at Ap
pomattox, where he left of.
> Bishop Simpson has denie d the stat,
ment that he had expressed an opinion
on the subject of the third term. HI
deprecates any attempt to connect the
the Church with political nomination,
or elections.
Sixteen prisoners escaped from th'
Henderson county jail, at Henderson
KY, last Sunday night Their escap,
Was effected by their saving through
several iron rods placed before th'
windows.
The jury in the Egner case, in Cincin
natl, in what ia known as the tan yart
murder, an Monday returned yer
diet Of "guilty OF murder in the sec
ond degree" The jury were out sine
Saturday.
Prominent Democrats are boldl,
claiming that, i'm view of the death. O
Vice President, If General Grant shoult
now die, Mr.. Kerr would besome Pres
ident by virtue OF his Office As Speaker
There has been several consultation
over the subject.
Great dissatisfaction exists touchin,
the distribution of minor offices Of thu
House. The Postmaster, who Is q Vir
ginian, has given all the places at hi
disposal to the Virginia delegation
, who have filed them with ex-COnfed
ates from that State.
Susan Denim, the well-known actress
died at BlufftOn, Indiana. Saturda,
r morning, from injuries received from I,
fall while performing at IndianapOli
recently. She was about fifty years o
age, and hsd been on the stage fo
nearly thirty years.
The young Baron Rotbschild ha
F been quietly roaming around the Ter
ritories and through the Pacific States
visiting nearly every place of note. Il
!, is reported that he has made arrange
ments for the investment of twenty
millions OF dollars in the mines anl
other resources of Utah, Nevada, ant
California.
Sharks are said to have done consid
cradle damage to the fisheries in tn,
lower St. Lawrence. So numerous
have they been that thirty-seven wer,
taken in single system OF nets at thu
mouth of the Saguenay hast week
They had followed school of porpoise
into the nets and had become entangl
ed.
!. A good idea that, and it's a wonde
!, Soyer never thought of it. In Massa
chusetts man calls at your house
takes chicken or turkey, and bring
it back at dinner time cooked, and al
for twenty-five cents. In New jersey
the first part of the plan has been il
vogue for years, but the bringing bacl
part has not rs yet been general,
adopted.
A dispatch from Concord says that .
deficiency of at least $4,000 has beer
discovered in the accounts of the late
Treasurer of Dartmouth College and
Presidedt of the Dartmouth Saving,
Bank, Daniel Blaresdell, who died las
August. The family of the deceased
have placed all their property at the
disposal OF the college to make goot
the loss.
Information from Brownsville, Tex
as, states that three cOlored soldier.
were tried there cha1ed with the
murder of Mexican at Solici's ranch
in January last. The prosecution fail
ed TO produce proof, and the jury re-
turned verdict of mot guilty" with
out leaving the box. Lieutenant
i French, Of the United Sta les army
was tried on charge OF burglary, witt
u similar result. Gen Hatch is in
Brownsville, but his trial will not be
had until next term. II is stated that
public opinion has changed and the
military are not blamed in the mstter
During the recon noissance recently
effected in the Steppes By the Russian
troops they discovered the ruins of an
ancient city, the existence OF which
was hitherto unknown. The site bear