Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-19
NEWS ITEMS.

East Liverpool is to have new S12, 900
school house.
There are 46 rolling mills in Ohio, 80
of which are in operation.
Mrs. Honora Shea died at Indianap-
oils, Sunday, aged Ill years.
A fire in Chicago on Saturday night,
destroyed stock and property amounting
to S472,OO0.
]. @. Howard, of Ohio, has been con-
firmed as Appraiser of Merchandise at
the port of New York.
The carpenters of Akron have organ
lied a Union, the object being to advance
wages to 1926 per day.
Grant has lost ground in Msnnesota
since the Harrisburgh Convention, and
Blaine is looming up.
The Republican town caucus of Wa
tertown. N. Y, voted Wednesday night
almost unanimously for Blaine.
The Western Nail Association met at
Pittsburgh recently, and advanced the
price of nails from S5 to 1925 per keg.
Marietta is making move to secure
the new Deaf and Dumb Asylum, should
it be decided to construct such an insti-
tuition.
Judge Sherlock j. Andrews, of Cleve-
land, died at his residence in that city
last Wednesday night, aged seventy
eight years.
Hon. Peter Thatcher, ex-Member of
the Board of Public Works of this State,
died at Cleveland, Thursday night, aged
sixty-eight years.
A little daughter of j. NJ. Myers, of
of Nashville, Tennessee, was killed last
week, by snow ball, thrown by some
unknown person.
In the slander suit of Emily McDon-
aid against Stephen G. West, of Zanes-
vile, the jury has returned verdict of
$4,000 for the plaintiff.
Niles Conrad, a well-to-do farmer, liv-
ing near Detroit, Michigan. Was shot by
an assassin the other night, while sit
ting in the house with his family.
st. Louis is making desperate efforts
to have the Democratic National Con-
vention held there. A committee will
visit Democratic managers in Washing
ton.
1T is stated that Rev. II. II. Hayden is
soon to be rearrested and retired on the
charge of numbering Mary f. Stannard
No scientific testimony will be admit
ted.
General Patrick O'Marah believes that
it is better to be Il doorkeeper i'll the
house of Brigadiers than to dwell in the
tents of 0nio Democracy without ra-
tions.
The General Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church of the United
States will meet in Cincinnati in May.
The question of abolishing the itineracy
Of the clergy will come before the Con-
ference.
Rev. J. r. Henderson, pastor of the
Methodist church at Van Vert, was
one day last week, by Miss
Nora Conner organist of his church, |
whom he censured for attending several
1ances.
Mrs. Polly Lee, an old lady of so, was
burned to death in Bath township, Green
County, by her clothes taking fire while
Ieated before an open fireplace. Her
laughter came to her rescue, and tried
% extinguish the fire by piling snow
lpon her.
The Cincinnati Gazette says that the
ministers of that city are in
avor of taxing the liquor traffic. The
ministers are coming to their
enses. Why should there be free trade
n whisky while every other tangible
hing is taxed?
A special from Dennison, Texas, says:
For the past two years trains on the
Kansas and Texas road have
cen fired at just after dark near Codla,
ndian Territory. Cab windows have
cen smashed, cabooses perforated and
mployes wounded. United States Mar
hal Ayres caught a white man named
Ieyers in the act of firing on q train, /.
nd so desperately did Meyers resist ar Z
st that Ayres shot him fourteen times o
efoie he succumbed." p