Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-04-09
THE NEWS.

| Aho uecIedSe III Tue PUBIC 0eOJ Tor the
month of March is S4S3, 900.
VIM. Corday. of Dresden Junction. O..
suicided by hanging, Wednesday.
The coinage at the Philadelphia mint
in March amounted to $4,000 492.
The Legislature of Colorado passed
resolutions of sympathy to Gen. Grant.
The miners of the COalton o., district
accepted the reduction ordered by ope~
ratOrs.
The new asylum at Greenfield, Ind.
has been condemned as insecure by the
county grand jury.
James H. Lawhead, Treasurer of Cbes-
ter township, Meigs county, Ohio, is a
defaulter in the sum of S1,7OO.
The Council of Indianapolis has deci+
ded in favor of new City Hall. the es,
timated cost of which is SI25,O34.
A. Leo Knott, of Maryland, has heen
nominated by the President to be Sec
ond Assistant POstmafter General.
J. T. MeGraw. of Grafton, was nomi>
mated by the President for Collector of
internal Revenue for West Virginia.
The NJ. E. Conference of the Lexino-
on, Ky, district passed resolutions of
sympathy and respect for Gen. Grant.
L. ]. Cist, of Cincinnati, who OWNED
the eompletest and largest collection of
autographs in the United States, is dead.
Senator Beck and other Demo.
cratic Senators threaten to fight the con-
drmatian of Postmaster Pearson, of New
York.
Col. J. II. Magill, Cincinnati agent of
the American Express Company. has
rendered his resignation, to take effect
April 10.
The Committee on Railroads favora-
bly and unanimously reported on the
nomination of GeH. johnson as Com
missioner of Railroads.
The Ohio Valley Glass Company. at
Bridgeport, Ohio. was totally DESTROYED
by lire for the second time in two wears
one day last week, involving a loss of
$4,000.
The whole line of the Central Pacific
Railroad, with branches north of Cos
shen. has been leased to the Southern
April 1.
Riel, the Manitoba rebel. is said tn
have two thousand armed menincJudino
many Indians, bands of whom pillaced
and burned Battleford, and killed sever.
al whites.
Three desperadoes, charged with six
murders, escaped from the jail at Mt.
Sterling, Ky. Rewards are offered for
their capture. and posses are searching
the county.
The clubs and umpires of the Ameri.
can Base Ball Association have
unanimously agreed to construe the
rules strictly, with particular reference
to pitchers.
Osborne. the roller skating artist and
blgamist, who married the Bncvrus heir
ess, was received at the Penitentiarv
Wednesday afternoon, to serve a term
of three years.
The nomination of Henry G. Pearson
as Postmaster of New York City has
caused good many Democrats to beS
come disaffected with the reforms of
Grover Cleveland.
The Canadian Government suspects
that the troubles in the Northwest have
their origin in Fenian influence. The
Indians have possession of the Industri-
al School at Battleford
The miners strike at Diamond and
other places on the Cleveland, YouLps-
town and Pittsburgh Railroad was set
tied by the miners returning to work at
the ten per cent. reduction.
George Reuse. a colored ex-couvict.
outraged and murdered the wife of Jesse
Doles, farmer living near Vienna, Ga.
Rouse was caught, nutilated and hang
ed naked to tree on the public road
Hiram H. Kimpton, formerly Wall
street broker, and worth $4,000. 900. has
been committed to the care of the Com>
nissloners OF Charities and Correction,
having become beggared through drink.
Representatives Crafts and Baker. of
the Illinois Legislature, two Democrats.
Iuarreled about bill under considera-
ton. last week, and came to blows. 1t
IS Bakers second fight. The House ad-
iourned.
Morgan Sweeney. of Parkersburg. beat
his wife so severely because she would
not surrender to him deed of trust of
belonging to her brother, that
'he is not expected to survive the inju-
les. He escaped, but officers are pur-
IuiDg
The force of the Bureau of Engraving
md Printing has been reduced by 92
nen, because Congress failed to make the
necessary appropriation to increase the
Iuantity of .. ). notes furOished the
Treasurer of the U. S. for redemption
nd exchanges.
Secretary Manning has instructed the
of the U. S. Mint at Car
on City to suspend coinage operations
Until the beginning of the next fiscal
ear, July l, and to reduce the force &C
ordingly. The mint will, however. re-
main open for the receipt of bullion
rom depOsitors.
Postmaster General Villas has issued
circular to the effect that railway post
j clerks who have become efficient and
ave not meddled with politlce, aud who
ontinue to render meritOrious and
althful services, need have no fear of
eing disturbed.
The man who was shot and killed
Fhile pryiDg about the premises OF W.
Hoyt, in Cleveland, Sunday night, =
roves to be Charles Stanley.a painter, so
ears old. He always bore a good repu>
alton and his friends denounce HOyt's
aSty acton. Hoyt is at large on bail.
The Central American troubles are in
reasing. U. S steamships have been
rdered to Aspinwsll to protect Ameri>
An interests and Commander Kane, at
Aspinwall, has boen ordered to use the
Stent of his means to enforce that end.
he President of Nicaragua has march
into Honduras with the combined
orces of his state and Costa Riea, to
revent those of Honduras joining those