Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-05-22
NE WS ITEMS.

4 frost in the vicinity of Atlanta has
seriously injured the cotton crop.
Hon. Asa Packer, of Pennsylvania
died Saturday night, in the 7Sd year OF
his age.
Minnesota exchanges report that veg
citation is greatly advanced for this sea
son of the year.
The New York Assembly has passed a
bill making six per cent. the legal rate
of interest in that State.
The graves of the Confederate dead in
Elmwood Cemetery at Memphis, Tenn,
were decorated Saturday.
Saturday afternoon the residence of
Mr.. r. Pepper, at New Philadelphia,
Ohio, was destroyed by fire.
The Brewers Association of Zanes-
vile, Ohio, report 26,191 barrels of beer
brewed there in the last four years.
Wallace Wilkerson, convicted of muir
der, was executed at Provo, Utah, Friday.
at signal, three concealed marksmen
fired, and he fell dead.
Senator Matt Carpenter, who has been
troubled of late with rheumatism, has
gone to Florida, where he will remain a
fortnight for the benefit of his health.
The Secretary of the Treasury an
nounces that $2,500.OOO will be available
prior to July, and 100000 monthly
thereafter, for the payment of arrears of
pensions.
John Greenleaf, of Columbus. Ohio.
was appointed Trustee of the Columbus
Asylum for the Insane, SATURDAY., in
place OF David w. Brooks, whose term
of Office had expired.
Hopeful trotted at Philadelphia, Fri
day, to beat 2:17. Three trials were made
'-2:221s, 2:19 and 2:19L. In the second
trial he went to the quarter in 331& sec
onds, and to the half in :O74.
The adoption of the new Constitution
in California was celebrated by the
Workingmen and Greenbackers of
Washington, Thursday night, by pro-
cessiOn and serenade to the Greenback
members of Congress.
Miss Virginia Hicks, young lady of
Wyandotte, Indian Territory, was
thrown from her saddle by her horse
the other day. She struck on her head
and high tortoise-shell comb which
was in her hair was driven into the
brain, causing almost instant death.
A gentleman arrived at st. Louis from
Mississippi states that since the steam
boat captains have declined to allow the
negroes to travel on their boats, the poor
creatures have undertaken a pilgrimage
to the promised land on foot. They are
travelling northward in large numbers.
Winans, the American millionaire, is
building in the Clyde a monster cigar
ship, at a cost of about two hundred
thousand pounds. She will be of be-
tween four and five thousand tons
burthen, and it is believed by her owner
that she will be able to cross the At
lantic in five days.
l.. z. Federmeyer, the man who is
wheeling barrow from San Francisco
to New York, arrived at Washington,
Ind, Saturday night. He left San Fran
cisco December Sth, and expects to ar
rive in New York July 1st. He is 400
miles ahead of his competitor. The wa
ger is $1,000.
The New. York Graphic publishes a
list of 4S horses belonging to Robert
Bonner, with the prices paid for them,
showing an aggregate of S341, 700. In
addition he owns large number of
brood mares, and several young mares
and geldings of great speed that he
bought at prices less than $1,000.
The Secretary of the Treasury has is
sued notice that the 500 registered and
coupon bonds, consols of 1867 and 1868,
embraced in the ninety-fourth, ninety
fifth, and ninety-sixth calls, will be re-
deemed at the Treasury Department on
the 1st of July next, with interest to the
date of the maturity of the bonds.
William Lloyd Garrison lies critically
ill at the house of his son-in-law, Mr..
Willard, in New York. Until the pres
ent attack the health of Mr.. Garrison
has been fair, though hardly robust He
is like retired war-hOrse after victory,
enjoying rest, but at times snuffing the
breath of battle, as he hears of the
Hamptons and Buffers of the South set
ting their heels OH the necks of his old
clients. .-.
Gen. Kennar Garrard a well known
citizen, died at Cincinnati, on Thursday.
At the beginning of the war he was an
officer of the Second United States Cav
airy, appointed Colonel of 146th New
York, serving in the army of the PotO-
mac, and was promoted to Brigadier
General for gallantry at the battle of
Gettysburg. At one time he had charge
of the Cavalry Bureau of the War De
partment, was transferred to the COM
mand of the Second Division of the Six
teenth Army corps, and was brevetted
Major General for conspicuous efficiency
and gallantry on the field of battle be-
fore Nashville, Tenn, in 1854.