Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-10
NEWS.

On Saturday, burly negro near Rut-
land, o., came across some girls out
blackberrying, and frightening away the
younger ones, brutally outaged the eld-
est. He was afteward caught and placed
in Jail.
L. B. Baird, president of the Baird
Iron Works, Columbus, o., while bathing
at Long Branch, became exhausted and
narrowly escaped drowning. A strong
smimmer near saved him.
Mrs. Scoville, at Chicago, has filed a
bill for divorce, alleging cruelty and an
ger against her husband, who i'll turn
claims she is influenced by interested
outsiders and has no real grievances.
A. j. Hostetter, ex-Democratic Con.
gresham, has come out as an Indpend-
ent candidate in the Second Congress
sional district of Indiana. The Green
hackers and Republicans will support
him and the regular Democrats are
ALARMED.
On the application of a Chinaman for
naturalization papers, at Washington,
Judge Wylie informed him the Chinese
bill recently enacted absolutely forbade
the naturalization of the Chinese from
the date of its passage.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and VIM. Henry
Trescott, have been appointed by the
President as commissioners to negotiate
a commercial treaty with Mexico.
The grand stand at the State Fair
grounds at Columbus, o., burned Sun
day with a loss of about S1,2CO. 1t was
supposed to be dn incendiary fire.
A reunion of the Colored National
Guard of the United States will be held
at Columbus August IA, 10, 16, II and Is.
1t is expected that more than five hun
dred representatives of colored compa-
MES will be present.
I Gov. Foster opened the Republican
State campaign at Elyria, where he de-
livered an address before the Lorain
County Republican Convention, on Sat-
urday.
Fifty cases of yellow fever are re.
ported at Brownsville, Texas. But few
deaths have occurred.
The wife of Fred Douglass died on
Tuesday.
Artemus Hall, said to be the oldest
ex-member of congress, died at Proctor,
Mass, on Friday.
Pinkeye still prevails among the
Guernsey county horses, but the attacks
are not generally fatal.
President Arthur, it is expected, will
take trip West in September. Illinois,
Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin special
ly invite the President.
| There was water spout near Lexing-
ton, o., Thursday night, and Rendville
and Corning were badly damaged. The
loss will exceed $4,000.
Rev. Mr.. Henselmen, OF the Disciples
church, at Canton, is accused of acting
| in naughty manner toward several of
| the sisters.
Ohio is the sixth in the list of the
lumber producing states.
Six men were killed and thirteen 9TH
ers badly injured by the wreck of run
away coal train on the Cranberry rail
way near Oil City.
There are indications that the Repub-
licans will elect their congressman in
the Galveston, Texas, district.
Five men belonging to Forepaugh's
show were shot and slightly wounded
by woman at Portsmouth, O., while
robbing her orchard.
The report of the Ohio Auditor of
State shows that there are more horses
IN the State in 1882 than in 1881, but
less cattle, hogs and sheep.
The wheat throughout Minnesota is
nearly ready for harvest. Cutting in
Southern Minnesota will generally be-
gin this week, and in the northern coun-
ties and in Dakota next week.
The Boston Herald is of the opinion
that General Butler can have the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor if he
will take it straight" but that there is
likely to he opposition to his desire for
nomination by the Independents, with
Democratic Endorsement.
Pick-pockets successfully worked a
train, Monday, at the camp-meeting
grounds near Lancaster, Ohio. Gen.
Jas. Goldman was victimized out of a
watch valued at $4OO and considerable
money besides.
Under the act just passed by Congress
for the reorganization of the railway
mail service, postal cars are to be known
hereafter as railway postolfices, and
their employees as railway postal clerks.
OF the latter there are to be five classes,
with salaries ranging from $500 to
81, 400 annually. Local agents are to.bs
abolished,