Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-05-08
NEWS NOTES.

A bill will be reported fayorably to
| the House granting to every person who
served in the late war not less than IA
days, aRd was honOrably discharged, so
acres of public land, and to those who
served not less than two years, 160
acres; or, in either case, to the surviving
wife or child.
The murder of old man Jefferson at
Audubon, Iowa, Saturday night, Goth
| April, has been accounted FOR by the
confession of Cicero Jefferson, his son.
that he andihis brothers-in-laws,JOh j Ohm A.
Smythe and Joel j. Wilson, committed
the crime. They have all been ar
| rested.
Two men named Richards and Smith,
arrested near Berne, Ind, Sunday, on
suspicion of having murdered Amos
| Backesto, the Friday previous, were ia
ken from the calaboOse at Decatur, last
night by mob. The prisoners begged
so piteously for life that the mob weak
ed and returned them to the authorities
unharmed.
At Lima, o., 14-year old girl, named
Wilhelm. jumped the rope 256 times, be-
came unconscious, in which condition
/ ouO Lay udyo, WHICH, DIV uACAs
Henry w. Cannon, of Minnesota, has
been appointed by the President as John
Jay KnOx's successor, and James A.
Connolly, of Illinois, Solicitor Uf the
! treasury.
SeuatOr Anthony has arrived in Rhode
| Is and. His health is failing rapidly,
and his lrIeIdS anticipate that be will
Nl,aT-
! dis disease is sotlenIng of The brain.
In an attempt by robOers, of whom
armed Win rifles rode up 10 the tank at
zen O'Clock IH The mOrnIng, TO cOmpel
| i'IeSIdenL L. w. Payne aud Cashier
George GeppeTJ to nand over Tie LnUn-
eY IN the bank at Medicine Lodge, rs,
,uo Cashier Was killed ahd tHs PTtSt-
.eut fatally wounded. They We're sub
SrqIeuLly captured aud executed by =
mob.
At barn raising at Loves farm,near
Luna, Quo, Tie supports gave Way, and
70 men weIe buried III Tie wreck, four
ii wnum were Uddly bruised
Counties, ,,UwnshIps aud towns in Ohio
were- authorized tU Issue bonds Or levy
lakes by The last Legislature To an
amount aggregating S2,SI0,790, exclu-
sIve ut special taxes TO De levied where
the TOTAL amount Was computed or lin.
! tied.
Four dynamite cartridges, with fuses
SLtached, were found under the Parlla-
ment Buildings at Toronto. The per-
SONS depositIng them had evidently been
frightened away before completing their
arrangements.
! AT GraysOn, KY, VIM. Neal, found
guilty OF the murder of the Gibbons
children, was sentenced to be hanged
July Is. In long speech to the court
ne declared his innocence, and said that
he had ROt fair trial.
Officers of the Ohio Wool Growers
Association and delegates from county
societies, met at Columbus and appoint
ed delegates to the National Wool
Growers Convention, to be held in Chi
cago, May 19. A series of resolutions
were adopted, demanding the restora-
tion of the wool tariff of 1867, declaring
their intention of disregarding politics
aEd voting only for such men and par
ties as shall favor the principles an
nounced in the resolutions.
Allan Ingalls, lcolored), who with Ben
! Johnson clubbed to death the old color
ed man Taylor, his wife and grand
da lighter at Avondale, suburb of Gin
cinnati, Feb. Is, and sold the bodies to
the Ohio Medical College, for S45, hung
himself in the Jail there Wednesday Of
last week
Senator Don Cameron has written to
| g. IL, n
ing that he will return to America in
June. He is greatly improved in health.
Scott Hill, Brownlow Hill and Chas.
| Spurlock, tho supposed murderers OF
| Albert Woods, near st. Albans, w. Va,
were caught in the mountains Wednes-
day and brought to st. Albans. Great
excitement prevailed, and mob took
Scott and Brownlow Hill from che Off
GERS and honged them to An elm tree.
The officers escaped with Spurloek. The
| Hills confessed the crime with which
they were charged.
Miss Eva Curtin, beautiful and &c
cumplisi.ed young lady of Eaton, Ohio,
has gone Insane on the subject of the
saIctitiraLion method. Her Case Is y
Iitiablr one.
/ The Dtnoc- attic State Convention at
! Worcester, Mass. adopted unanimously
a resolution favurIng the nomination OF
! Gen. Butler as Democratic Candidate for
the presidency.
| The Wisconsin delegates to the Ma
| tiunal Republican Convention stand
| for Eduuuds. 5 Tor Arthur. g for Blaine
and for Sherman.
The new officers of the Ohio Peniten-
riary entered upon Their duties Thurs
! ldv, Depu.v Warden Dem retired af-
| ter II years service IN tue institution.
Judge james ). Goode, of Springfield.
OHIO, will be candidate for Congress
IN the Eighth Ohio district, against
| Keifer.
The straightout Republicans of Vir-
| ginia met at Richmond, last week, and
| declared themselves in favor of Blaine
and Lincoln. but did not instruct the
delegates To Chicago.
John Jay Knox, who resigned the
! United States collectorship has been
elected president of the National Bank
| of the Republic, New York City, and
has assumed the duties of the position.
Orson Adams, national bank examiner
| for the southern States, was elected
vice president, and Walter 5. johnson
of st. Louis and Charles r. Flint, OF
W. r, Grace & Co, were chosen directors.
| A CONNECTICUT Yankee has invented
an air gun which he claims will throw
cannon bolls fourteen miles. 1t strikes
us that this air gun is an Infringement
on a Western cyclone. If the western
| nanars don't exapgarate the latter will