Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09
NEWS ITEMS.

The court house at Marion, Ohio. has
been condemned.
Mrs. Annie Howard, who died last
week in Boston from starvation, had
1900 in bank and $40 in cash in the
house. She loved her money better
than life.
Gen. Hancock went west over the
Pan Handle road On Thursday, to st.
Louis, from whence he visited his farm
ten miles below that city.
At Corwin. Ohio. lad named James
Phillips, fourteen years old, fatally shot
himself with suicidal intent. The read
ing of sensational juvenile literature is
said to have turned the child's head.
The Washington City Republican has
just changed hands. Col. George Bliss,
'of New York, warm friend of tile
President and one of the counsel for the
government in the Star Reute cases, is
the principal purchaser.
The Directors of the Northern Ohio
Fair Association have finally decided to
hold no fair this year, and will doubtless
abandon the enterprise altogether. owing
to the lack of interest manifested by the
business men and citizens of Cleveland.
The Jefferson public school building,
Virginia avenue. Washington, D. c.,
was burned at an early hour Saturday.
The building is one of the finest in the
city. Loss S135,000
.. The Committee on Pensions have re-
ported to the United States Senate bill
granting Lucretia R. Garfield, Sarah
Ghildress Polk and Julia Gardner Tyler,
widows of ex-PIesidents, life pensions
of $4,000 per year, from September 10,
1881.
VIM. Belchham has been convicted of
murder in the first degree in the Cincin-
natl common pleas court.
Near Fieldon. H.. man had quar-
rel with school children, and followed
them to the school house, where 15-
year old lad turned upon him with
knife and killed him.
Robert Berkshire,a prominent farmer.
living near Albany, O., has become
hopelessly insane through the excite
ment of church revival, and has been
sent to the asylum at Columbus.
Mr.. Blaine has given to the press a
copy of letter TO the President, in |
which he defends the suggestion of 4 |
Peace Congress Of American nations.
Northern Virginia had foot of snow,
City fourteen inches, and |
parts of Pennsylvania three feet. Trains
on some of the New York roads were
were abandoned.
The Postmaster General, referring to
the action of the Postmaster at Cincin-
natl in placing the Limitation on the age
of employees, gives it as his policy to be
opposed to such regulations, and will
issue an order only STIMULATING that mail
carriers shall be above the age of TWEEN
ty-one.
Col..VOn Steuben has written a letter
to the Mayor of New York, expressing
the thanks of the Won Steuben family
for the kindness with which they were
received in America.
A span of the Mayos CVa.) bridge
over the James river, gave way under a
stage coach, precipitating the passengers
thirty feet. into the rocky bed of the
stream. None were fatally burt.
A crazy fireman on North Pacific
Railroad engine. near Olsop, D. T., over
powered the engineer and came near {
,ausing collision.
A Chicago Grand Jury wishes the
Mayor and Chief of Police to explain
rhy thirty gambling houses are open in : :
he business part of the city.
Another coal mine horror occurred at
shaft in Chesterfield county, on Satur- t
ny. ThiIty-two men were killed by 5
as explosion.
The smallpox has extended to Ports
mouth and GAINESVILLE.
Several negroes were sold as vagrants
t Paris. KY, on Saturday. o
Craft, another of the Cattlettshnrg b
lurderers, has been found guilty and :
to death. 81
Places have been given in the United ..
tates Senate to several of the deposcd
'emocratic employees of the House.
Three million four hundred and sixty
dollars in gold were shipped
'om New York last week to the Old
Yorld.
Two boys who were coasting on Mt.
dams, Cincinnati, on Friday, were
rowned. by the sled upon which they
ere riding running into pond.
This city of Newark, Ohio at an elec
on on Saturday, voted in favor Of the
'ection of water works, but against the
Wy Of tax to build them.
Gen. Grant is to be chairman of the he
wv Board of Trustees of the Madison 1rt
venue Congregational Church. New An
ork. IL comes natural to the General Ca
be President. ha In
Gen. Abe Buford, noted Kentucky sw s%
rfman, at Louisville, on Sunday, pro- col
,sed religion, joined the Christian We
urch and announced his retirement sol
,m the turf. on
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