Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-02-04

Ie Is lntlm dJe0 thaI MI. IhyHe cOnIeu'
plates resigning his seat in the U. 5. Sen
ate.
The election contest case against May
OF Harrison, of Chicago, has been aban
dOued.
Mrs. Daniel Campbell, of Fostoria, 0,
died in her insanity from religious ex'
citemeut.
Mr.. J. B. Maanix admits that his de.
fault in the Archbishop Purcell case is
S23S, 900.
Coke works have started up at Union
town, Pa, with foreign labor and under
police protection.
A receiver has been appointed fol-
Browning s. Sloan. one of the Oldest
drug firms in Indianapolis.
Judge A P Boone, lerding Western
Kentucky politician. died at Maytield
aged "a years.
John c Kimbrell and family-wife
and three children-wsre frozen to death
on road near Dodge City, rs.
The Payne Investigating Committee
are engaged in examining witnesses and
are reported to have struck oil.
The Mississippi River is frozen over
from the mouth of the Illinois River
past st. Louis. to Ste. Genevisve, sixty
| ty-five miles.
A Convention Of Western Cattle and
Horse growers was in session at Denver
last week, with twe thousand delegates
and visitors.
present.
Henry Warner, eolored, was killed on
railroad crossing at Calverton, Nd. He
leaves wife and three children u
mourn his loss.
Five prisoners escaped Wednesday
from the Fayette county (O) jsil by
chiseling hole through the stone floor
and getting into the basement.
Congress Is expected to pass the bill
authorizing the Baltimore and Ohio
| Railroad to construct a. bridge from the
New Jersey shore to Staten Island.
Captain Crawford, If Crooks cavalry
WAS killed by band uG Mexicans in the
mountains of Sonora The Mexican Cap.
tain and four of his nen were killed.
Pierre Lorillard will retire from the
turf, and offers nearly thirty head OF
ce horses ter sale. Ill health and in
creased business cares induce the action
! John s Gillette. commercial traveller
swallowed the extraordinary large doSt
IF sixty grains OF morphine, at Malone
n. Y. and lived two weskS, dying Tues
day of last week.
Abigail G Garrett, who at the age Of
| fourteen years was married to Reber
Garrett. aged 35. was granted diverct
in. Cincinnati court on the ground OF
neglect and cruelty.
The Second Comptroller of the Treas
hry reports that unnecessary expsndi
Iturss have been made in the Signal Ser
vice, and examiners of accounts for sew
eral years back is proposed.
Joaquin Miller's daughter says that
band has begun proceedings of divorc'
against her. she is in luck. and she ha!
several professional offers to star, t.
lecture or to pose.
1t is proposed in Congress TO stop al
advantage of defect in the law by dis
tillerS. whereby they escaped taxation OIL
"a fraction of a gallon in each cask O
liquor gauged, the amount being yer,
considerable in the aggregate.
Cul. Donavin, who made such serious
charges against the manner of Senate
Payne's election, is said to have fallel
into the snares of the boodlers, and to b,
in Baltimore. on the verge of insanity o
death from eXcesses in drink. supplied
by his enemies.
Senator Cameron introduced bill pro
vidiDg that soldiers who contracted il
1.-THE service disability in addition t,
that for which they may be receiving
pension are entitled to an increase.
A negro named Taskell, for an outra
} geous assault on German girl at Indian
lapolis, was found guilty by a jury, ant
his punishment fixed at twenty years il
prison-the full penalty of the law.
The Ohio state treasurer has been com
PEELED to call on the county treasurer
for 100000. for the use of the genera
revenue fund. This makes 100000 tha
has been drawn in advance on the De
cember collection of taxes.
Charles T. Coffin, President of the bro
ken Richmond Qnd National Bank, snr
we'll known as philanthrOpist. has beer
dIsowned in the Whitewater Society O
b. Friends, to which he has belonged all BIZ
J life.
The cost of the arrears of pension Law
was originally estimated at 5000. 900
The present estimate il S259.OOO, 900
bill before the House for the increase
of soldiers widows pensions from SS t.
SIP month will add over $4,000 600 De,
year to the present regular pension roll
A Democratic indignation meeting al
Columbus Wednesday night was not 3
success. Allen o. Myers presided, and
he and three others made crazy speeches
Among the resolutions adopted was one
calling for the removal of the presiding
officer of the Senate. by ferce,i if necessl.
ry. The meeting received the cold
shoulder from the party leaders.