Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-06-17
THE NEWS.

Ex. President Arthur's condition has
taken serious turn for the verse.
The buildings on the new Fair grounds
at Columbus, o., cost over 100000.
US. Senator Aldrich has been re-elect-
cd by the Rhode Island Legislature.
George Mack. of Goshen. Ind, has gone
insane through religious excitement.
Hon. J. K. Bod we'll has been nominat-
ed fer Governor by the Republicans of
Maine.
The next Ohio Democratic State Con-
IL and Is.
Springfield, O., is making strenuous
efforts to secure the location of the State
Soldiers Home.
Local option elections in North Caro-
lima resulted in varying successes in the
different towns.
The village of Rawley Springs, Va,
was almost completely destroyed by ire
last week. Loss Sl30,000.
Mr.. Beecher will probably rest in Lon
don until Lhe middle of July, and then
begin his lecture tour in England.
Richard NJ. Hoe, famous American
inventor of printing presses, died sud-
denly in Florence, Italy, last week.
Cincinnati liquor dealers steadily re-
fuse to pay tax until the constitutional
ity of the Dow law shall have been
tested.
The Urbana Camp-meeting Assocla+
ton has secured the services of Sam
Jones and Sam Small for the meeting in
August.
Competition for the Cincinnati POST
masteIship has stirred up bitter feeling
among some of the leading Democratic
politicians.
A car load of insane, from the Dayton
Soldiers Home, was taken last week to
the National Insane Asylum, at WASN'T
ington City.
The Sheriff at ST. Louis received let
ter offering Lin $4,000 to enter into a
scheme for the release of Maxwell, the
murderer of Preller.
Archbishop Elder has issued an in
junction against fair to be held at Cum
minsville (CincinnatD for the benefit of
st. Henry's church.
R. G. Ingersoll has been elected Presi-
dent of the Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis
Railroad, changed to the name of Toledo,
st. Louis & Kansas City.
The casting of wrought iron, process
that will. if successful, engage great at
tentioD, is said to have been introduced
in New York by Swedish inventor.
The night express on the Georgia Cen
traI Railroad was wrecked by some
scoundrel at Rogers Station. killing the
fireman and seriously injuring the en-
gineer.
The number of liquor sellers on the
tax duplicate of Hamilton county, o., is
2, 2,344-said to be one thousand less than
the actual number of those whose names
ought to be on the list.
Patrick Ford, of the New York Irish
World, says, in view Of GladstOne's de-
feat, that the duty of all Irishmen is to
stand by Parneli, and sustain biIn in the
coming struggle at the polls.
JuuSc l1tIlle, vi OulO, dO Cuc lOS ucoI
of the Republican State Central Commit
tee, appeared before the U. S. Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections
on Thursday, and read his presentation
of the Payne bribery case.
According to the government reports,
the gram crop prospects are not so favor
able as they were month ago. The
winter wheat crop will probably average
about twelve bushels an acre the count
Try over. Other growing crops are in
good condition.
Mr.. George K. Duckworth, leading
Cincinnati Democrat, says any talk
about defeating the Dow law is sheer
nonsense. "The Democratic party" he
says, put its foot into it badly when it
fought and defeated the Scott law, and
if it proposes like course now l want
it understood that /. for one, cut loose
fir rnm :he organization"