Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-12
NEWS ITEMS.

Vim. Hennell, a farmer aged 7SI
wears. and one of the oldest settlers OF
Tuscsrawas county, died Saturday.
The case of the widow Oliver against
Simon Cameron is set for January l
She wants $4,000 worth of crushed
affections.
At Philadelphia, Saturday, O'Leary
finished his match to walk 400 miles
in 124 hours, and had 40 minutes to
spare. :.
The House Military Committee has
agreed to report in favor Of donating
all the cannon needed for the proposed
Custer monument.
Rev. Jas. Challen, leading clergy
man and editor Of the Christian
Annual. died on Monday morning at
the residence of his daughter, in Gin
cinnati.
The Patent Office at Washington has
fsvorably passed upon Thomas A.
Edison's application for q patent for
his electric light.
The Washington county, Iowa, Poor
House was destroyed by fire Sunday
afternoon with all of its contents, and
five of 26 inmates. Loss $4,000.
A fire at Abba, Iowa. Friday even
ing destroyed public school building.
About 500 scholars eScaped with but
few injuries. Loss, 10000; insurance,
$4,000.
The scrapers and cutters of Chicago
Pork Packing Company struck last
week for higher wages, three dollars
per day, throwing about two thousand
hands connected with the establish
ment out of work.
A private letter to a friend states
that General Grant still purposes to
travel eastward through India and
China, and thence home by way of the
Pacific and San Francisco, in about q
year.
The boiler in Hayden's rolling mill
at Columbus, On ursday killing four
boys and seriously injuring several
others. One boy had his head blown
from his body.
Congressman Ewing and Senator
Jones, of Nevada. have purchased the
James River and Kanawha Canal, in
| Virginia. Recently the stock of this
concern has been two cents on the dol
lar.
The first shipment of horses from
| America for the use of the French
army arrived during the past week al
Havre, and were ordered through
Consul Bridgland. The French Mill.
tary Inspectors are much pleased with
them.
i Advices from Panama furnished the
particulars of the assassination of eX-
President PardO, of Peru, before pub
lished. The act was committed by the
sergeant of the guard, Melchoil
MentoZa, and was cOnnived at by
other soldiers and officers. The as
sassin confese5s to conspiracy fol
the purpose, and implieates another
sergeant, who, at the last moment, left
him to do the deed.
The directors of the Ohio Peniten.
tiary have completed their investiga-
ton of the charges made against Chiei
Warden McWhorter and Deputy
Warden Quinn. The former was re-
quested to resign on the ground of in.
competency. Deputy Quinn was
found guilty of insubordination, and
his resignation WAS accepted, to take
effect immedi ately.
The condition OF Governor Hampton
of South Carolina is considered highly
alarming II will be remembered
that by fall from a horse while hunt
ing few weeks ago he fractured his
leg in two places and sustained other
serious injuries. 1t is now announced
that there is no hope whatever of saw
ing his leg and that the chances Of his
surviving the ordeal of amputation
are exceedingly small.
The West of England and South
Wales District Bank has announced its
SUSPENSION, aud is spreading conster
nation wherever its branches were
located; other commercial troubles are
also reported from England, and q
gloomy feeling prevails.
The Virginia Legislature has refer
red to the COMMITTEE on Federal Re-
lations the questions raised by the de.
cisiGn Of Judge Rives, of the United
States District Court, which is virtual
ly that negroes indicted for crime are
entitled to trial by jury of their own
color.
The victory of the English forces at
the Peiwar Pass his induced the
Afghan Ameer to solicit peace; he de-
clares that there is no enmity existing
against England, and he will not re
sist the coming of a snail temporary
mission. Gen. Roberts has been order
ed to advance on JelIalabad. The
Ameer Is reported to have fl ID to
TurkeStan. A portion of General
Roberts command will winter in the
PeiWar Pass.
Late news from the civil war that
has been raging in Breathtt County,
Kentucky; for the past two weeks, is
to the effect that affairs are in ICED in
a deplOrable condition. and that in