Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-05-03
NEWS ITEMS.

90 R 4FAH
A terrific storm of thunder and hall
visited dtheneighborhoed Of Spring field,
ILL.,, Friday evening
Governor Nichols has designated
May 10th as day Of thanksgiving and
prayer. ffff tFF alfE /
The Russian Minister at Washing
ton was knighted by Grand Duke
Alexis during his recent visit.
The senior class at Michigan Uni
versity has been forbidden to have
dancing at the graduating reception. j
Washburne has returned to Paris to
resume his post as Minister to France.
until his successor is appointed.
Attorney General Devens will not re-
commend the pardon of Joyce, convict
ed at st. Louis for completely in the
whisky frauds. - s.s-4--s -7-s a
Chicago is beginning to demand an
ordinary degree OF frespectability and
efficiency in the police force. The pro-
position is quite startling to the police.
The Alabama State Journal, the on
/ ly Republican newspaper in the State,
has suspended its daily paper, but will
Ic0ntinue lis weekly % ssszzq. - FF fre.,
o. H. Irish,- of Nebraska, has been
reau of Engraving and Printing, vice
Charles McCarter resigned. &
Among the callers at the White
House last week was Mrs. Sarah Davis,
who has shaken hands with every
President from Washington down.
There is authority from the Execu
tive Mansiou Cor the statement that
no one has bee:i decided upon for the
position Of Minister to Russia. Ga
Edward MCPHERSON, ex Clerk of the
House of Representatives, appointed
Chief of the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing of the Treasury Department,
will take charge ofthe bureau on the
1st of May.
G The Justices of the Supreme Court
are unanin Gus in the opinion that the
vacancy on the bench should be filled
by Southern iEan, and Chief Justice
Waite favOrs ex-Secretary BristOw.
The. Insurance Superintendent OF
New York has given notice to agents
of the Life Association of America
headquarters at ST. Louis, not to trans
act any more new business in that State
until further notice.
The value and use of centenarians j:
demonstrated in the case of the ageC
Ifperson who has shaken hands witt
levery President from Washington t.
4 Hayes.
The Illinois Legislature proposes t.
Iendow conductors with police power
4 Ito prevent the honest granger from try
ling to win the money Of simple thre'
! card artists. .a0vIs a08 zG.rrlss
4 The hotel keepers at Niagara Fall
d have just published volume of stats
ties showing that weddings and brida
tours can be INDUCED in cheaper thi
j lseasOn than ever before. ~ ~ - =.
4 Gen. Pleasonton has been reinforce,
by. Vim. Charming, of Philadelphia
who has written fifty page pamphle
to prove that blue glass is miraculou
:. remedy for all diseases. = l'isl grsiis
Anna Dickinson has quarrel no,
;. with Miss Helen Potter, who has bee
y giving Limitations of her in tn
ssCrown of Therns," and yet Miss Po
ter did the very best she could for he
8 Lieut. COL Grant has been Interview
ed by an Inter- Ocean reporter on Eur;
e pean armies, He ranks Germany frs
France next England thirds the
Adstffa. Italy, or Turkey, and the
a Spain.
e President Hayes will appoint,0B
L. Lang private secretary to sign Ian
n warrants. Mr.. Lang was fornerl
Professor of Mathematics in Kenye
a College, of which the President is
graduate. y y %. ssyo iiss li.g bhs .nlas'
II Judge Spofford, the newly .eleete
Senator from Louisiana, is brother
)f A. r. Spofford, the aLibrarisn of Co
gress. : Heis a native of Connection
but has lived in Louisiana for near
I forty yearssst N 0sRs
n 1t is rurneredethats Gen. John i
Logan has been offered and has accel
Is ed a prorninent. position in the Russis
army, and that thisis what his trip i
Europe means. Others claim that 4
If goes to fill an important mission.
,e A special from Berlin says An unc
/ Eof the Emperor of Japan, who has bet
II studying in the Prussian war academ
% has been summoned home to take cor
IS mand of the army sent against the i
/ surgents. .ias
= A heavy snow storm visited Omal
~ and the Northwest on last Friday. !
~ Kearuey Junction it showed hard al
, 20 the thermometer ranged very low f
- = the season. The most sanguine hop
I, are INDUCED in that this cold stor
~, ~ wil-have the effect to entirely destrl
: the gra@hp ppers. q - 4. 81
Fhistownofs sKAlafat in Remnant
at abont which SO snneh islsaid in the di
rs patches, is on the Upper Danube near
n. Iopposite the strong Turkish town
as Wi1din. Kalafat is naturally stron
l. and is we'll fortified. 1t comman,
at the approach to the Danube, and hen
E, the Turks want to occupy it, whi
o, Roumania, friendly to Russia, protest
,e The banishment of wine from IL
b. White House table recalls some piqual
ST words of John Adams, written fro
2. Philadelphia in 1777 to. his wife All
d gail. Gen. Washington he say
N sets fine example. He has bauishe
e wine from his table, and entertaias h
friends with rum and water. This
much fO thp hOnor Of his wiSdapo - n