Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-11-23
THE NEWS.

ty. O.. will investigate election frauds.
The nail manufacturers of the west
have advanced the price of nails five
cents keg.
a National Encampment of the Union
Veteran League was organized WedDes'
day in Fittburgh.
A baby at Madison, Ind. was killed
by parrot. The infants skull was cut
through by the birds beak.
Secretary Manning, while nominally
at the head of his Office. is physically
unable to attend to the duties.
The official majority of Judge Thomas
Republican congressman-elect in the
ninth Keneuckey district, is loS.
AC Jones. consul at Chin Kiang.
under President Hayes. Garfield and
Arthur, has been reappointed.
According to the report of the Ohio
State Board of Health, acute bronchitis
is at present the prevailing disease.
The President has reinstated U s
District Attorney Benton, of Missouri,
suspended for taking an active part in
politics.
In An interview in Chicago Speaker
Carlisle stated that the recent electl Ons
were not unfavorable to the cause of
revenue reform.
Thomas W Ellison, postmaster of
West Union. O., appointed under the
present administration, was arresten for
ombeZZiemept in Office.
John E Ellis, the new Steward-elect
of toe Ohio Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
will assume the duties of bis position
Oh the 18th of January next.
The board of managers of the Ohio
Penitentiary has discharged fifteen
guards. the number of prisoners being
two hundred less than six months ago.
A statement that an attempt, was
made to poison Phil Armour. of Chicago
by sending poisoned buck wheat cakes
to his kitchen servant, is confirmed by
him.
Usually heavy snow-storms were gen.
eral throughout the northwest Wednes-
day, but worst in southern Dakota
Railroads were blocka AIDED and railway
traffic suspended.
Minnie Bess, near Bonne Terre, Mo-,
threw herself in front of man who
was cot to shoot her father, receiving
the co PATENTS of both barrels of the shot
gun, killing her instantly.
In the Seventh South Carolina con-
gressional distaict, with Republican
majority of 25.5O0. returns were farudu'
emily thrown ont and manipulated to
give the Democratic candidate TO ma
jority.
Mrs. Lawrence Hopkins. noted beau
ty and leader in New York society, has
sued fora divorce from her husband,
Amos Lawrence Hopkins, Vice Presi'
dent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
Company.
Cohn, Sampliner & Co., gentlemen's
furnishing goods merchants, Cleveland.
have failed. Assets, S172,0O0; liabiii+
ties, 100000.
Congressman Libby, of Virginia. is
reported as saying in New York that he
believed the solid south was at last bro
ken by the recent elections.
According to official returns of the
election in Pennsylvania, Beaver leads
Black 42.S51 votes. and has clear ma
jority of $685. over all other candidates.
On the 23ult, President Salomon. of
Hayti, completed his first term of seven
years. The occasion was commemOra-
ted by popular fetes throughout the
Republic.
The civil service commission has de-
cided by vote of two to one 10 investi-
gate the charges against Postmaster
Harrity, of Philadelphia, and Philadel-
phia Board of examiners.
The will of Juan Petro Terry,a Cuban,
who died in Paris, was filed in New
York, leaving the bulk of a S6000,O00
estate 10 an unborn child, and the re-
tnainder to his widow.
Mr.. James G. Blaine has written a let
ter to the editor of the Kenebec Journal.
in which he explains in detail his posi-
tinn On the question of civil service
raform