Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-12-23
THE NEWS.


The jury in the case of ex-Boodle AL
derman McQusde. of New York. return
ed verdict of guilty.
VIM. Helms, of Trenton, O., is believed
to have become demented because be
was refused in marriage.
Oliver A. Linden has been arrested iu
San Francisco on a charge of forgery on
requisition from Illinois.
Miss Bessie White, the sister of ex-
Congressman White, of Kentucky, has
been granted license as pharmacist in
Kentucky.
Perrysburg. o., near Toledo, has
coal-Oil excitement.
The Democratic candidate for Mayor,
Of Boston, was elected by reduced ma
jority.
The election frauds cases at Indiana
polls are to be tried by The U 5 court.
The report of the Ohio commissioner
of RAILROADS and telegraphs is severely
criticised.
Congressman Reed, of North Carolina,
is financially embarrassed, owing TO
speculation.
The court house at Poplar Bluff, Mo-,
burned. All the valuable books and
papers were saved.
All the leading coal mines In the viz
cinity of Youngstown, o., are idle, with
little prospect of the labor dispute.
DR. Adams. a young physician, died at
Marseilles, o., the cause of his death
being Overdoses of chloral, taken for
nervous troubles.
The Lexington (Ky) chamber of COM
merce adopted a resolution protesting
against any action of congress placing
hemp on the free list.
Senator Smith has appealed his suit
for the Lieutenant GovernOrship of In
diana to the supreme court, but it is
thought he will soon abandon 1t.
George Bowers. living miles from
Newton, Jasper county, ILL.,, was on
Monday night murdered and robbed of
$4,000, the proceeds of the sale of a farm
in Indiana.
At trial, at Lebanon, o., DR. F H
barley, of Morrow, was sent to Jail for
contempt, for refusing to answera ques-
tion unless paid fee of $50 as an ex
pert witness.
The board of control, of Hamilton
county, O., has confirmed the action of
the board of county commissioners, in
creasing the salaries of common pleas
court Judges from $4,000 to $4,000 per
year.
A son of VIM Arnold, of Reading, Pa,
supposed to have been abducted by
tramps, has been found by detectives
alive and well. He was thought to be
held by New York crooks for a heavy
ransom.
Emperor William subscribed 81 900 to
the fund for the relief of the widows
and orphans of the life~saviDg men of
South Port, England, who lost their
lives by the upsetting of boats while
engaged in relief work during the re+
cent storm.
By the burning. Tuesday. of the steam
boat j NJ White, on the Mississippi,
some forty lives were lost, about fifteen
of them white passengers. the balance
being negroes of the crew and passen~
gers. The boat was the finest on the
western waters.
AT Washington, D. O., one day last
week. while wOrkmen were tearing
down an old building opposite the east
front of the Capitol, the top part of the
outer wall fell, burYing several Of the
| -lzu hn
Several were seriously Injured.
VIM. Daily. reported lost among the
victims of the Mississippi steamer ]. NJ
White disaster, is supposed to be ex
United States Marshal Daily, of Ne
braska, his home being at Peru, that
State. He left home recently for a
Southern trip. He was prominent pol
itician, farmer and cattle raiser.
The local election for prohibition in
Greenville, Ala, on Monday Of last
week, resulted In victory for liquor
Cheves, temperance lecturer from Ken
lucky, who took part In the campaign,
was assaulted by J. T. Perry, Mayor OF
the city, and beaten violently about the
head. The Mayor was on the liquor side
in the contest, and claimed that Cheves
insnlted him in some speeches made
The Mayor has not been arrested.
Mr.. II. c. Rogers. Deputy Commission.
or of Internal Revenue, has resigned
The resignation is to take effect on the
appointment and qualification of bis
successor. This action was taken at the
instance of the President. Mr.. Rogers
is Republican, and has been in Office
for many years. There are no charg
es against him. II is generally under
stood that Mr.. Henderson, Chairman OF
of the Indiana State Democratic Com
mittee, will be appointed to succeed him
The indications are that the newly
formed united labor party in Pbiladel
phia will go to pieces before labor can
didate for mayor is nominated for the
spring municipal contest. The German
Socialstic element In the party claims
that the Knights of Labor are endeavor.
ing to mold the party and the platform
according to their own wishes without
regard to the intdrests of labor in gen.
eral This is the rock on which wise
political leaders of the other parties
predicted the labsr movement would
on tn DieceS