Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-03-29
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HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

! JOSEPH CARLIN, prominent farmer
at Portsmouth, o., was crushed to death
under his wagon.
ZACHARIAH SEARCH was robbed by
highwaymen at Newark, o., of S236 in
cash and silver watch.
ELLIOT F. SHEPARD, son-in-law of w.
II. Vanderbilt, has purchased the New
York Nail and E1preSS.
AMARIAH H. BRADNER, Danville IN.
y bank President, died in the Auburn
| prison of acute pneumonia.
THE Committee on Pensions has re-
| ported in favor of giving Dr. Mary Walk
er pension of $25 month.
JOHN C. Emo and wife are in Ottawa.
They will return to New York, Emo hay
ing settled with his creditors.
THE President has nominated Strether
NJ. StOcklager, of Indiana, to be Commits
sioner of the General Land Office.
WARREN WOoLPORT, a farmer living
near New Washington, o., was accident
ally killed while putting away shotgun.
Mrs. WILLIAM A. STAHL, of Fostoria,
o., went violently insane on account of
religious excitement. She took ill and
died
HENSON G. C. WILLIS is being pursued
by band of fifty citizens in the Wilds of
West Virginia. He is charged with four
murders.
A FREIGHT train and snow -plow col
lided near Gravenhurst, Ont. Seven per-
sons were instantly killed and five seri-
ously injured.
FREDERICK FUERBACHE of New York
is under arrest charged with the murder
of his mistress, with whom he had been
living for seven years.
EBENEZER STANYARD, for the murder
of Alice Hancock, at Youngstown, Ohio,
has been refused a new trial and sentenc-
ed to be hanged July Is.
L. $. NORTON, a prominent attorney of
Erie, Pa, became violently insane while
arguing a case in Court. He was arrest
ed and sent to an asylum.
WHILE crossing the Missouri River,
near Bismarck, Eagle Head" a well
known Indian scout, and John Warren,
a white hunter, were drowned.
AT Millersburg, o., the jury in the case
of the State against DR.. E. A Cole, for
practicing medicine under false diplo-
ma, returned verdict of not guilty.
THE annual report of the Board of En-
igratiOn shows the total number of pas
sengers landed at the port of New York
during the past year to have been 450,-
S45.
SPEAKER CARLISLE is not confident
that the Mills bill will pass the House as
now constructed. He expects some re-
1uction in the tariff schedules before the
THE capitol at Washington and the
Monument were struck by
lightning on the 2lst inst. Great con-
5ternation and startling electrical phe-
lOmena were witnessed.
TIE Bell Telephone Company has no
.ified the officers and subscribers of the
Pan Telephone Company to account for
damages sustained through the use of
he Pan telephones, and to surrender
heir apparatus.
The Circuit Court at Xenia, o., has re-
fused to entertain motion for stay of
in the case of Fred Steube,
who has been sentenced to four months
for assaulting Prosecutor
Huling at Columbus.
THE exact amount of the defalcation
If State Treasurer Tate, of Kentucky, is
lot known, but it may reach the sum of
100000. Loose business methods are
exposed by the examination, and it is be-
ieved the fleeing official has gone to Can
ida
EARTHQUAKES are of daily occurrence
n and about Bavispe, Mexico, and are
preceded by loud underground noises
Between BatepetO and Fronteras there
S a place where the shocks are much
stronger, and it is believed a volcano will
Don burst forth.