Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-09-02
THE NEWS.

Bayou Sara, La, was burned Friday
loss, S11S,000.
Joseph Scanlon was killed by rail
roati train at Akron, o.
Francis Murphy is conducting a tenn
perance revival at Tilfiu, Ohio.
Gov Hill is being actively boomed in
Washington for the Presidency.
John T Swift was nominated as Re-
publican candidate for Governor of CAL
ifornia.
4 receiver has been appointed to close
up the business of the Spiker wheel COM
pany Of Piqua, o.
According to a Chicago report. there
is promise of full corn crop in OHIO,
Indiana aud Minnesota.
Mrs Davis was murdered by negro
at FickSbarg, Miss. He was caught by
neighoors aud Shot 20 death.
Another switchnen's strike on the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail-
road aC Chicago is imminent.
The American Free Trade Association
has issued an address to the people, in
dependent of either political party.
Senator Evarts aud the daughter of
Justice Matthews, injured in runaway
accident in Vermont, are recovering.
Secretary Manniug's health is still i'm,
proving, but his son says he will prOba-
bly, not return to his seat in the Cabinet.
Nathaniel S Bates, wife-murderer,w was
hanged at tchnond, Ind. 1t was the
first execution in Wayne county since
1922.
&C Snyder, wealthy business man
of Canton, Chic, was fatally shot By a
POLICEMAN, who mistook him for a bur-
glar.
The hanging of Maxwell, murderer of
Preller, and of three Cinnamon. which
was to occur in St Louis Friday, was
postponed.
Judge Johnson, of the Ohio Supreme
Court, has just returned from Natural
Bridge, Va. to his home at Ironton,
greatly improved in health.
Sister EuIaIie, the venerable Superior
eSs at the Academy of the Immacnlate
Conception, Neport, Ky, was burned to
death by her bed catching fire.
Tne Cincinnati Centennial Associa-
ton purposes to have erected an eques-
trian statue over the grave of Gen. Wm
Henry Harrison at North Bend.
The wild mau" who has heen roam
ing about in the vicinity of Lexington,
KY, Was captured by two boys and
marched into town. He is insane.
There is lockout of clothing cutters
in New York, the association of employ
ers refusing to employ Union hands un>
less a strike against one of the firms is
lifted.
The Indiana Democrats are said to
have quarrel in almost every congress
al district and Ill almost every county.
There is also dissatisfaction with the
State ticket recently put in the field.
A farmer named Wells cut his wife's
throat naar Ypslanti, Mich. For some
time trouble had existed over the farm
property, his mother in law holding
mortgage which she was about to fore
close.
During heavy storm near Chicago.
Sunday morning, powder magazine
WAS struck by lightning and exploded,
killing two persons outright, wOunding
a number of others and destroying $75,-
600 worth of property.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, Ernest Schmie-
dicke, while recovering from the effects
of ID spree, swallowed an ounce of car
bolic acid in The presence of his family.
The wife, on realizing that her husband |
was dead, became dellrious.
Two hundred Cleveland Anarshists
met Sunday to denounce the conviction
of the Chicago murderers. The princi-
pal speaker said that if the men were
hanged, seven hundred Thousand aveng-
ers would arise from their blood.
The Seventy-ffth OV l held its sixth
annual reunion in the Fair grounds near
Hamilton, Ohio. Friday. Out of the
1000 men who went into the war, less
than 150 are living now, and not more
than sixty answered to the roll call Fri
day.
Assistant Secretary Fairchild has
made known his decision in regard to al
lowing Norman emigrants to land at
Castle Garden. lie says there is no war;
rant in law for excluding them. unless
they are paupers, and liable to become
public charges.
Mary Davis, 13-year old colored girl
Is under arrest on charge of poisoning
five summer boarders at a farm near
Wilmington. Mass. by placing arsenic in
their tea. The poison was taken in such
large quantities that it produced vOmr
itinn and saved their lives III