Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-11-04
THE NEWS.

The Crow Indians are going on the
wsrpath.
The county treasurer at DesArc. Ark,
was wsylaid and robbed of $1,000.
The Rev. R. 7. Pierce, of Butler. Mo-,
was killed by the cable cars at Kansas
City.
Biloxi, Miss, is completely isolated be-
cause of the prevalence there of yellow
fever.
Congressman Willis, of Louisville,
KY, has been Frustrated by his defeat
for denomination.
Sixteen houses, including two hotel
buildings, were burned at Lynchburg,
Va. Loss, $4,000.
James Patterson. a San Francisco
stock broker, and former friend Of Raj
ston, has sbsconded with 100000.
Thomas L. Miller, prominent tobac-
co dealer, was killed by saloon roughs
in Louisville, KY, Wednesday night.
The cattle of Hillsboro. ILL.,, are dying
in large numbers from a mysterious
disease which proves fatal in few hours.
A report in a Chicago paper of the
death of Queen Victoria caused a man
named William Mclaughlin to become
insane.
1t is stated that Miss Rose Cleveland's
health has been entirely broken down,
and that she may go to Florida for the
winter.
An Egyption papyrus, supposed to be
three thousand years old, has been re-
ceived at Stage Library, New Bruins
wick, n. j.
Switchmen in all the Indianapolis
yards have requested an increase of Wa
ges which will equalize them with swich-
men elsewhere.
A trunk containing $4,000 worth of
samples, belonging to Cincinnati jew
elry firm, is reported missing from a
train at Wakena. Mo,
The Case School of Science at Cleye
and, founded by the late Leonard Case
of that city. and costing $4,000, was
destroyed by fire Wednesday.
Father Ardicus Moggorosi, Fran
ciscan Monk, has left his order and mar
ried young lady believed to be Miss
Edith E. Clare, of Newark, n. ].
Frank Caughlin, of Weeellng, W. Va.
was whipped by Charles Mccoy, of Pitts
burgb. in a six-round fight near Shsrps+
burg, Pa. The stakes were 5000.
George Westinghouse. jr, of Pittsburg,
has been granted a patent for = new sys-
TEN of distributing electricity, which, it
is stated, will greatly cheaper the elec>
trio light.
Mrs. DR.. Mary Sparr, sister of Vic
toria Woodruff, has brought suit to
break the will of her daughter, Rosa,
who left her estate to the father of her
unlawful child.
John Charlton, lawyer of Nelson>
ville,O O., jumpted from train while la>
boring under a fit of insanity, and fed
TO the woods, where his friends after
wards found him almost naked.
The President has suspended District
Attorney NJ. E. Benton, of the Western
District of Missouri, and VIM. A. Stone,
of the Western District of Pennsylvania,
for violating of the civil service rules.
Daniel Stout, of Columbus, Ind, who
has been blind ever since the war, and
was led about by his little daughter, has
drawn $10,4S2 in back pensions, and
will get $72 per month the remainder of
his lite.
Maxwell, the st. Louis trunk murder
or, and the Chinese "highbinder" assas
sins, sentenced to be hanged November
25, have been reprieved until January 1,
to enable the supreme court to review
their cases.
A letter addressed by Boston firm to
a gentleman in Bangor, Me-, arrived at
the Shelbyville Qnd) post Office Tues
day. Another example of the efficiency
of the postal service under the Reform
Democracy.
By collision between wild engine
and a passenger train, at Pine Bluff, Wis,
one man was killed, two were fatally in
jured and three others seriously hurt.
The mail car burned and all the mail
was destroyed.
The Adams express car attached to
passenger train No.9 on the st. Louis &
San Francisco road, which left the for+
mer city Monday night of last week.
was robbed of over $4,000 between St.
Louis and Pacific, Mo.
Mrs. George Richards, of Youngston.
discovered her husband has wife and
family in Germany and demanded sep
aration. After the money had been di-
vided Richards came back and sole his
wifes half and her daughter.
John Francis. prisoner ia the peni
tentiary, and a principal witness in the
Columbu tally-sheet forgeries. escaped
out of the court room Tuesday of last
week and drove off in buggy. He was
captured however, and returned to pris-
on.
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