Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-05
THE NEWS.

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A dynamite cartridge was picked up
on the steps of the Ottawa (Canada)
court house.
The Legislature of Minnesota adopted
high license liquor law, fixing the Ii
cense at $500.
Samuel Grafton fell at roller skating
rink, at Forest, O., and received injuries
from which he died.
John Barkel, an iron ore minor, of
BoyertowD, Pa, is insane over the result
of the Presidential election.
The Democrats and Greehbackers of
Michigan have made up compromise
ticket on State officers.
Henry Jennings was horribly mangled
by machinery at Akron,O, his right arm
being torn from its socket.
Three girls and two boys, of a coasting
party of nine, we're injured by collision
with wagon at Pittsburgh last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weiser, of Coshocton.
died of typhoid pneumonia, the husband
Sanday,a ,and tie wife Monday of last
week.
The sentence of the Swain court mar
tial, as approved by the President is sus-
pension from rank, duty and pay for 3
years.
Great fear is entertained for the safety
of the coal fleets on the Monongahela on
account of the ice-bound condition of
The river.
Mrs. Annie Sullivan has begun suit
for divorce in Boston from John L. Sui
livan, the pugilist, charging cruelty and
drunkenness.
A boiler at the Dayton Screw works
exploded Wednesday, wrecklHg the boilr
er building, but doing no damage to
person.
The Republican members of the Leg
islatuTo held conference and decided
to stand by the principles of the Scott
law.
The Supreme Court of Ohio affirmed
the validity of the statute under which
the savings and loan institutions of the
State carry on business.
The cable of an inclined plane at Pitts
burgh broke, letting loaded coal car to
the bottom, killing one man, Fritz Belt
er. Others were injured.
Webb and Roach, the Norwich, Conn,
bank defaulters, pleaded guilty and were
sentenced to five years in the peniten
tiary.
An additional $4,000 was forwarded
from the city of Mexico to the King of
Spain, to be used for the relief of the
earthquake sufferers.
aThomas Builitt Harrison, of Baltimore,
committed suicide by cutting his throat,
because of the loss Of his money in cot
ton speculation.
Lieut. E. w. Remey, executive officer
of the .. 5. training ship Portsmouth, is
mySteriOuslv missing from his vessel,
now lying at Norfolk, Va.
The Minnesota House of Representa-
tives passed a joint resolution memori-
alizing Congress to place Gen. Grant on
the retired list of the army.
PattisoD, Democratic Governor of
Pennsylvania, approved the concurrent
resolution memOrializiBg Congress to
pass the bill for the retirement of Gen.
Grant.
The high license bill which passed the
House of the Minnesota Legislature,
failed of passage ia the Senate. The
friends OF the measure will make AM
otheA effort.
Patrick Dugan, a niueteen-year old
boy, was shot by captain of a canals
boat at New York. The latter shot at
some boys who were snow balling him,
and with the above result.
A passenger train on the Texas and
Pacific was wrecked by running against
a tree that had fallen across the track.
One man was killed and four others in
jured.
A County Court Judge, of Chicago, de-
MED the petition of respectable Chi
nese and his wife for the adoption of a
white child against the consent of the
mother of the child, on the ground of
policy.
A suit has been brought in the U. 8.
Court, at Chicago, to test the constitu-
uonallty OF the clause in the Iowa liquor
law which for forbids railway compar
MES transporting liquors into or through
the State.
VIM. NeaLthe last of the Ashland
murderers, was taken from Mt. Sterling
to Grayson, KY, on Wednesday of last
week, fori execution. He protested his
innocence to those assembled at the Mt.
Sterling depot, and insisted that the wit
nesses against him had perjured them
selves. He was to have been hanged on
Friday, but was respited by Gov. Knott
until March 81.
The examination of the sofes of the
Adams Express Company, which were
in the cars burned at Four-Mile Ramon
the B. u o. r. R., recently, revealed
100000 of charred money, which will
he redeemed by the Government, after
identification by experts.
| Samuel Grafton, marshal of Forest,
Ohio, fell while skating at roller rink,
driving the point of sewing machine oil
can, which he had in his hip pocket. into
his hip. The man suffered great pain and
died in short time.
The Independent Citizens Associa>
tion of the State of New York" has been
organized in New York City, its object
being to bring together the different po.
litical organizations so that they may
work as a unit toward the nomination
and election of the best men to Office,
and to correct the Sunday evils.
The President nominated F. E. War;
ren for Governor of Wyoming Territory.