Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-04-12
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

THE remains of Jacob Sharp were
buried in Greenwood Cemetery, n. Y.
Sunday.
JOHN SUTCLIFF, notorious criminal
died al Steubenville, o., aged ninety-five
years.
a LARGE wolf that has been playing
havoc with flocks of sheep, was killed
near Newark, o.
BENJAMIN RHODES, a farmer living
near Vine Grove, KY, was found MUIR
dered in his bed.
THERE are one thousand cases of
measles In three hundred families in
Terre Haute, Ind.
TIE public school building at Plain
field, Ind, was destroyed by an ineen-
diary fire Saturday night.
AT Paterson, n. J., John Ritchie was
accidentally shot and killed by his wife
while practicing with. rifle.
ALBERT LEA, of st. Paul, Mimi,
burned 1925 in notes, gold watch and
other valuables, while insane.
A STOCK company at Jersey City, n.
j., with $1,000,000 capital, has been
organized for the construction of air
ships.
II is generally believed at Washing
ton that Hon. VIM. l.. Scott will be made
Chairman of the Democratic National
Committee.
Hon. join A. PRICE, of Bellefontaine
will be candidate before the Ohio Re-
publican Convention for Judge of the
Supreme Court.
JOHN p. Vance, prominent business
man of Manchester, o., is smysteriously
missing. a receiver for his property
has been appointed.
FRANK SAUNDERS, derrick hand at
Riverside Furnace, Steubenville, o., had
his forehead crushed while at work, and
was fatally injured.
In game of "cowboy" at Burgetts-
town, Pa, little James Burton was las
soed by playmate, receiving injuries
from which he died.
PROPHET FRAZER was hanged in
Walterboro, S. c., for the murder of his
wife, he having burned her body after
committing the deed.
TIE Centennial exercises at Marietta
closed Sunday with religious exercises
in the different churches and an eloquent
Grafton by DR.. Storrs.
SAMUEL WIGGINs, a saloOn-keeper at
West Lafayette, o., shot himself in the
presence of his wife, after having squan-
dered fortune of $4,000.
THE Canadian Parliament, by a vote
of 124 to 81, defeated the resolution fav-
Oring unrestricted reciprocity between
the United States and Canada.
REPORTS from county conventions
throughout Ohio show that Senator Sher-
man is almost the unanimous choice of
Ohio Republicans for the Presidency.
AT Palmyra, Mo, fifteen children, en-
gagged in Arbor Day services, were pre-
cipitated into an old well. Arthur, the
son of Mrs. Lem Little, was drowned.
AT Lexington, KY, Tom Walsh, an
ex-convict, cut the thIoat of Leroy Smith
whom he accused of being the cause of
his going to the penitentiary. He then
escaped.
DIR. WINTHROP +. Haywood, of Bos-
ton, who has returned from Florence,
declares that Hon. James &. Blaine is
afflicted with diabetes, and can not sur
vive over two years.
ALLEN O. MYERS was adjudged gull
ty of contempt of court in the Franklin
county common pleas, and sentenced by
Judge Pugh to pay fine of twenty-five
dollars and the cost of prosecution.
Mrs. j. w. REYNOLDS, of Las Vegas,
n. NJ, was accidentally shot through
the heart and killed by the discharge of
her husbands revolver, which fell from
his pocket while walking on the street.
THE State Normal School building at
Terre Haute, Ind, was totally destroyed
by fire. The loss is estimated at $240.
600, and no insurance Eight hundred
pupils escaped from the burning build
ing without injury.
. PRISONERS in the GAINESVILLE (O.) Jail
were discovered in an attempt to make
their escape. One of them attacked the
Sheriff, who administered such a drub
bing to him that physician was called
to repair the damages.
EXPLORERS who have prospected Low
er California carefully, state that gold
can be found in large quantities from
near the boundary line down to San
Quenten. Silver, iron and copper are
also reported to be in abundance.