Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-08-10
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS lIEmS.
The Senate would have shelved Bel
knap but for Carpenter.
The public debt was reduced 81, 1885,
033 last month. Another proof Of Re-
publican extravaganza.
The Maine Democrats are reported
to be happy over promise of 100000
''from parties outside of the State"
The Cincinnati Commercial has it
that Tilden and Hendricks represent the
irreconcilable feuds in the Democratic
Party.
Democratic papers deprecate negro
massacres, like that at Hamburg, s. c.,
because sit will hurt the party at the
North"
Some of the Southern Democratic
papers are bitterly condemning Con-
gresham Lamar's speech denouncing
the Hamburg atrocity.
There is a sudden cessation of sneer-
ing comments in the Democratic papers
upon the length of time Gov. Hayes
took to write his letter of acceptance.
The Democratic Convention of the
Ninth Congressional District OF Indiana
threw aside the st. Louis platform and
adopted an ultra greenback resolution.
THE President has issued procla-
nation declaring that the admission of
Colorado into the Union as State is
now complete.
There are 250,0 Indians who have
had set apart for them about 150, ,000, 900
acres of land, and still they are not hap
Ply.
When the Indian war is over, Sitting
Bull should be sent to Hamburg to give
Bashi-Bazouk Butler few lessons in
umanity.-[ Cincinnati Commercial.
The great powers of Europe are still
undecided what course to take ON the
Eastern question. A Congress will soon
be held in Brussels to settle the matter.
Spain is fortunate for once. Queen
Isabella has informed Alfonso that she
has decided to take no part whatever
in the political affairs of the kingdom.
Andrew Johnson, son of the late
President johnson, and proprietor of
the Greenville (Tenn.) Intelligencer,
is candidate for the Legislature.
The Des Moines Register says it has
yet to hear of Democrat in Iowa, out
side of the professional politicians, who
is pleased with the nomination of Til
den.
The Raleigh IN. CO. News says:
"Black against white-twist and turn
it as much as you please, that's the
issue in this and every other Southern
State"
Senator Jones, of Nevada, has sug-
gested that the only way to prevent the
shooting of negroes is to pass cOlOred
game law restricting the killing to GER
tain seaOons of the year.
General Forrest AID son of MIR.
Davis>have rendered their service to
the government to fight the Indians.
A regiment or two might be raised in
New Orleans for that purpose.
A Christian lady found fault with a
statue by Miss Lewis because it was
unclothed, and Miss Lewis replied !:
MADAM, your mind is nastier than
my statue"
Judge Emmons, of the United States
Circuit Court, in charging a jury in
Michigan, severely rebuked a lawyer,
declaring that the law does not license
lawyers to aSSasSinate the character of
witnesses.
Hon. George w. Curtis emphatically
declares that he is not and will not be
a candidate for the gubernatorial nOmi-
nation in New York. He indicates
that his preferer ce is for Hon. William
M. Evarts as the Republican nominee.
The humane and extremely liberal
principle that capitalists who give en-
ploy to women should be sent to the
penitentiary was enunciated at work.
ingman's meeting at Cincinnati on Sat-
urday night.
The Turks have suffered disastrous
killed and OSman Pacha taken prison
er. The slaughter on both sides was
very great, showing the desperate
nature of the conflict. A few more
such defeats will place Turkey at the
mercy of the insurgents.
The new cotton factory at Atlanta,
Ca, which is nearly completed and
ready for operation, will be one of the
largest in the world. 1t will contain
q, 800 spindles and 500 looms, and
when in full operation will give EN-.
ployment to over five hundred opera
tives. Despite the fact that In the
Northern manufacturing districts ma
ny of the cotton mills are at stand
| still il is Noticeable that the Southern
factoris are working on full time, while
new factories. are rapidly springing up.
SEVEN Democratic votes in the
House of Representatives YESTERDAY