Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-04-02
THE NEWS.

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room.
The posteffice at Celina, o., was rob-
bed of money and stamps last week TO
the amount of 5000.
Sylvia Brown. aged seven, was shot
in the eye by his elder brother, and fa+
tally injured.
Large quantities of canned beef have
been ordered from Chicago packers for
the British army.
w. Headley, formerly of Cincinnati,
was arrested at Cairo, ILL.,, with forged
checks il his possession.
Milton Buckner, the desperate who
murdered D. Hodgkiss, at Campeells-
vile. KY, year ago, was arrested lass
week.
The Toldo, Columbus and Southern
Railroad Company, of Toledo. incorpo-
rated with capital stock of SSO0,0OO.
George Hunter, charged with killing
Gertie Phillips, at New Lisbon. o., was
codvicted of murder in the second de-
gree.
The authorities of Lexington, KY. are
making vigorous efforts for the suppress
sion of the illegal sale of liquor by UNI
licensed grocers.
Two farmers, named FletchmaR and
Scherndal, met near Stewartsville, Ind.
A deperate fight ensued, in which both
received fatal injuries.
The House of the Texas Legislature
passed bill opening to actual settlers
the public lands reserved for railroads,
the reservation having lapsed.
The Indians of Winnebago Reserva>
ton are on the warpath and settlers are
forced to fee. Buildings and property
are being burned. A sheriff 8 posse was
called out.
The Supreme Court has decided the
ripper bill, for the reorganization of the
city of Columbus, unconstitutional. 1t
was reintroduced in the House'by Allen |
O'Myers, slightly amended.
Gen. Hatch has been ordered to Okla |
homa Territory to destroy the ranches
of cattle men who refuse TO remove at
the ordre of the Interior Department of
the Government.
Attorney General Garland has an
nounced an opinion that salted meats
which are exported with sae benefit of n
a draback of duties on foreign salt, used
in curing meats, are entitled to be re-
imported duty free. upon refunding of
the drawback.
A fire, in St. Louis, last week, destroy
ed the carriage factory of D. W. Hay
dock and the Old Congressional Church.
Loss $4,000. Two firemen were fatal
ly injured.
The Music Hall and st. Louis Roman
Catholic Church, Buffalo, N. Y, were
DESTROYED by fire. By the burning of
Music Hall the McCaul Opera Company {
lost large part of its wardrobes. One {
man fell from the roof of the church
and was instantly killed.
A lady named Mrs. Ireland reported
to the District Attorney of New York
that her husband had been enticed into
Canada, and then arrested by an Eng {
lish detective as a deserter from the {
British army. He took out naturaliZa-
tion papers in New York about 1876,
having deserted from the garrison at
Aver, Scotland The matter is referred
to Secretrry of State Bayard. q
An imitation of the standard silver I
dollar, with figures distinct and the edg-
es plain and fine, is being extensively I
circulated in Titusville.
Ten carloads of work horses were r
last week shipped from Walla Walla to
Chicago, being the first shipment of the
kind ever made. 1t is said this will be
by large cargo of cattle, as an
experiment, to the same destination.
The vessel Prince of Wales, belonging c
to the Hudson Bay Company, from !
Moose Factory, James Bay, for London,
with $3.50, ,G&,0 worth of furs, on reaching
Charlton Island, 100 miles from the fac Z
tory, was imprisoned by the ice, and has
been there ever since.
A preacher who sued the Marietta and +
North Georgia Railroad Company for
salary as chaplain to their convict gang, s
has been nonsuited by the Supreme +
Corut on the ground that the Gospel bet 4
ing free, the preaching of it can not Gre h
ate claim for compensation. n
Reports from the drouth districts of z
West Virginia continue to come in, and q
much suffering is reported in Jackson,
iilmer, Calhoun and Roam counties to e
men, women children and beasts, the a
farmers, being without food e
ind unable to purchase seed for the J
coming planting season. Relief is need
ID for these counties, but Kanawha q
county is being provided for by more q
fluent residents.
The majority party in the U. S. Sen
tie has decided to dispose of pending
reaties before adjournment, as follows:
rhe Well and La Abra, (now being dis n
ussed in executive session.; the Belgi>
m, (eDlarging the scope of existing
reaties between the United States and "
selgium); the Hawaiian, Continuing G
or seven years the existing reciprocity
reaty between the United States and
1awaii) and the copyright, protecting a
american copyrights in foreign coun
ries).
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