Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


morning. The cause of the disaster to the
Danmark was the breaking of shaft ant
the subsequent bursting of pipe which
damaged the vessel and killed the engin
eeT.
EIGHTEEN inches of snow fell on the
18th inst at Veta Pass, Col.
IGNACIO ALAS. Mexican Consul at Chi
cago, died in that city Sunday.
J. \. ENANDER, recently appointed [
5. Minister to Denmark, is very ill.
Two boys were drowned while boating
III miI-pond at Rockville, Ind, Friday
THE saw-mill of Newman & Spanner, at
Ironton, o., was burned Saturday night.
W. NJ. KELsO, the Sabina (O) missing
stock dealer, has turned up at Indianap,
oils.
\ CHILD, while playing around fire in
yard at Tifin, o., on Friday, was fatally
burned.
SIR JULIAN PAUNCEFoTE, the new En-
glish Minister, arrived at New York on
Sunday.
THE business portion of the village of
Harrisburg, o., was destroyed by fire on
Monday.
FIVE Mormon missionaries were whip
ped and driven from Dale County, Ala,
last Friday.
URBANA, O.. voted almost unanimous
ly in favor of bonding itself for natural
gas purposes.
THE gas well at Ada, O., was torpedoed
on Monday. 1t is now good for five mil
lion feet per day.
THREE thousand three hundred and
ninety-twO emigrants landed at Castle
Garden on Sunday.
FOUR persons were drowned on Satur-
day, near Carthage, Mo, while trying to
ford a swollen creek.
COLONEL JOHN p. JACKSON has been
appointed Assistant United States Treas
urer at san Francisco.
THE 114th anniversary of the battle of
Lexington was celebrated at Lexington,
Mass, on the 18th inst.
WM. STEWART, a cOlOred convict from
Madison County. escaped from the Ohio
Penitentiary on the 22d inst.
A FIVE years old child fell from the
dome of the state house at Columbus on
Friday and was fatally injured.
THERE is much excitement in the vicin-
ity of CrOokston, Mimi, over the discOv
cry of gold in the bed of a stream.
THREE children were poisoned at Pitts
burgh on Friday, by eating berries which
they found growing by the roadside.
IN Mason County, S. c., on Monday.
robbers killed family of six persons and
burned their bodies with their home.
MASSACHUSETTS voted on a proposed
prOhibitoTy amendment on Monday. The
measure was defeated by about 1900.
LIEUT.. FREDERICK MARTENS, former
ly an officer of the German army, COM
mitted suicide at Cleveland, o., on Friday.
For the first time in fifteen years Au-
gusta KY, is to have open bar-rooms, Ii
censes having been granted to two sa-
loon-keepers.
POSTMASTER PEARSON, of New York,
died from hemOrrhage on Saturday, pro-
duced by cancer of the stomach. He was
40 years of age.
4 COMBINED passenger and freight
train broke through bridge near Abing-
don, ILL.,, on Sunday. One man was kill
ed and eight persons injured.
It is said that the entire salt product of
the United States will be controlled by a
syndicate, of which Wellington r. Burt,
of Saginaw, Mich, will be the head.
A MEETING of the descendants of Rev
patriots of Massachusetts was
held at Boston on the 18th inst, for the
purpose of forming an organization.
CLAUS SPRECKLES is quoted as saying
hat he will never join the sugar trust
He says that he will use his California re-
inery to fight it West of the Missouri.
DURING terrific thunderstorm Mon
lay, at Trinity Lake, Conn, house was
struck by lightning and an entire family |
unconscious, two being killed. |
THE roll of those holding certificates of
election to the lower House of Congress |
las been made up by the Clerk. 1t con-
aims l6i Republicans and 161 Democrats |
GOVERNOR FORAKER has issued pro-
'lamation setting apart April 30-th e cen
ennial anniversary of the first Inaugural
ion of Westinghouse legal holiday in
ohio.
DURING violent wind at Indianapolis
N Friday house in which three work
nen were engaged was blown down, kill
ng one OF the men and seriously injuring
he others.
FRANCS CORRIGAN, of Weir Village.
lass, tried to poison his neighbOr's dog
With piece of bread, spread with arsen-
C. His three-year-old daughter ate some
# it and died.
Two men convicted of violating the
Arkansas election laws last November
ave been sentenced One goes to the
for five years, and the other
nuSt pay a fine of $500.
WORD comes from Harper's Ferry that
mineral engineer from Baltimore has
igcOYered in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
bout mile above Harper's Ferry, large
ems of silver, lead, and copper, and also
white mineral used in the manufacture
f paints.
As train of fourteen loaded cars on
ne Duluth and Iron Range railroad was
heavy grade the brakes re-
used to work and the train reached a We
'city of 10 miles an hour 1t finally left :
le track, demOlishing the engine and .,
Il the cars. The engineer and two other
len were seriously injured.
TOUGHENING PAPER. {
A plan for rendering paper as tough
) wood or leather, it is said, has been |
gently introduced on the continent. +
consists in mixing chloride of zinc '
ith the pulp in the course of manufac-
Ire. II has been found that the great
the degree of concentration of the !;
nc solution the greater will be the e
nghness Of the paper. 1t can be used C
r making boxes, combs, for roofing G
i'd even for making boats. a
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