Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-09-30
THE NEWS.

The Minnesota Republicans nomi
|. mated A. R. Magill for Governor.
: A powdermiil exploded near Scranton
5 Pa, blowing to atoms two men.
! The Canadian fishery question is In
: fair way to a speedy settlement.
}, Veterans of Ohio militia of 1888 hell
t a reunion near Tiffin, o., Wednesday O.
( last week.
Il The Western Nail Association meet
p ing in Pittsburg advanced the price tel
cents per keg.
A severe wind and hail storm passed
over Western Indiana Wednesday o.
last week, doing much damage to prop
3 erty.
l. The Supreme Court of Connecticut ha:
3 been petitioned to appoint receiver fol
5 TIE Charter Oak Life Insurance Com
pany.
: Frank Bohads, Cleveland bartender
was fatally injured by the explosion OF
whisky barrel, into which he dropped
fuse.
John McLain, Probate Judge of Au'
iSldlLo COuuIlg O.y do AllOOICN Oh lhC
charge of demanding and receiving lille
gal fees.
1t is reported that Secretary Lamar is
; about TO follow the Presidents example
and get married-the bride handsome
Georgia widow.
By a new Mexican law, American
"drummers" have to take out monthly
license, costing S25, before they can sell
goods in Mexico.
The Ohio Supp eme Court is in session
but will not make any disposition of the
Dow law until the return of Judge John.
stoD, who is sick.
The Ohio Circuit Judges met Tuesday
of last week, elected Judge Smith, OF
Lebanon, Chief Justice, and fixed the
times for sessions in 1887.
The resignation of Franklin B. G0wen
as President of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad has been accepted, and
Austin Corbin elected his successor.
Since the beginning of the issue of
the combined letter-sheet and envelope
one month ago, two millions of the
sheets have been sent out to postOffiees.
Eight hundred and sixty-two thousand
barrels of apples were shipped to Lon
don, Liverpool and Glasgow, from this
country between August, 1885, and May,
1886.
At the session of the Unitarian Con-
ference in Saratoga last week over S11,-
600 was raised to help rebuild the
Charleston church, destroyed by the re-
cent earthquake.
The family of Arresures, the natural
lied Mexican citizen of Texes, who was
kidnapped .by the Mexican authorities
land murdered. have filed an indemnity
claim of 100000.
A Chicago market bear says that it
will be known before the next harvest
comes that four hundred million bushels
of winter wheat were raised in this
country this year.
The Republican campaign for South
ern Ohio was opened at Athens, Tuesday
night of last week. General Grosvenor
presided at the meeting, and Major Nc
Kinley made line speech.
The Democracy of the Eighth Ohio
District held a Convention at SPRING
| field, and, waving the nomination of a
candidate, indorsed Thomas r. McMil-
len, the Peoples candidate.
The Department of Justice has order
ed suit to test the validity of claim
to portion of the Potomac flats, about
sixty acres in all, and lying within a
short distance of the White House.
Martin Logan, formerly resident of
Cincinnati, was found murdered on the
railroad track near Leesburg, Mo. his
wife and children having been burned to
death in their home by the murderers.
A bundle of letters recently discovers
ed. from Aaron Burr to Peter Won Gaas'
beck, of Kingston, N. Y, member of
Congress, has just been published. The
letters disclose of Burr's political
scheming.
Owing to the almost epidemic preVa-
lence of diphtherIa in some interior
counties of Ohio, the State Board of
Health has issued a pamphlet of instruet
ton on the disease, which will be out in
a Gay or two.
The Jewish New Year, the 5647th year
of the world, according to the Hebraic
calendar, will begin on the 10th day OF
September. at suDdown, the celebration
of this event lasting, among the religious
Israelites, two days.
Petitions to the Ohio Legislature, ask
ing for an appropriation of $685. to
pay the expense of casting and erecting
in Cincinnati bronze equestrian statue
to the memory of General Harrison are
being numerously signed.
Miss Varina Davis, daughter of JEFF
ferson Davis. has been elected an hons
orary member of the Lee Camp OF South
ern Veterans Of Richmond. She accept
ed the honor and was rendered recep>
tion at the Soldiers Home in that city.
The Democrats of Cincinnati and
Hamilton county will hold their nom
mating convention October 2, this de-
cision by the County Executive Commit
tee being defeat of the Allen 0. Myers
plan to make nominations at the prima- |
ry meetings.
The Coroner's jury were divided in |
their verdict regarding the responsibility |
for the Silver Creek IN. Y y collision
part blaming the engineer and conduc-
tor for disObeying orders, and the others |
blaming the hdgman sent out to inter-
cept the train.
A severe frost occurred at Concord, n |
H., Monday night of last week. The
ground was frozen, ice formed and vege-
tation is almost completely destroyed
At Hanover there was also a killing
frost during the night, and the corn is
greatly injured.
James Howe, aged eighty years. the
oldest newspaper man in Indiana, died
at Lafayette, Wednesday of last week
He founded in New York the Spirit of
the Times. Horace Greeley was in his
as jourDeymau printer. The
The two were in friendly correspondence
up to the time of Mr.. Greeley's death.
Mr.. Howe went to Lafayette over forty
years ago, and has since made that place
his home.