Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-14
TELEGRAPHlC BRIEFS.

The report that John Jacob Astor was
to marry Mrs. Bowlew is pronounced un-
true.
The state supreme court finished its
session in the western district in Pitts
burg on Tuesday.
]. Blakeslee, importer and dealer in oil
paintings, New York, has made
general assignment for an amount not
stated.
Shira & Hays washing machine and
churn factory was burned in Butler on
Tuesday. The loss is estimated at
81 200.
President Harrison has pardoned Or
lando Arbuckle and Grin Staley, two In
diana school teachers, convicted of coun-
terfeiting.
The engagement of Miss Elizabeth
Lancaster Drexel, Oldest daughter of the
late Francis A. Drexel, to Mr.. Walter
George Smith is announced.
John H. Shoenberger, one of the
pioneer iron manufacturers of PittsDurg,
died at his residence in New York, at an
early hour Tuesday morning.
President Harrison is afraid some per-
son will steal his message before it is
ready to be delivered, and, as conse-
quence, he is having il written on type
writer.
Thirty-nine prisoners were taken from
Cincinnati to the Columbus state prison
yesterday. They were sent up for vari-
Gus crimes, ranging from murder to
larceny.
A report comes from Lockford, Cal,
tn at about 4 o'clock yesterday morning
a Congregational minister named Ross
killed his wife and 12-year-old son and
then committed suicide.
The directors of the Northern Pacific
Railroad company declared a dividend
of 1 per cent. on the preferred stock
This will be the first dividend received
by the preferred stockholders since 1883.
The following Ohio postmasters have
been appointed by the president: Charles
Hipp, at st. Marys. vice r. r. Gordon,
Jr., removed; David J. Davis, at
Wapakoneta, vice S. w. MacFarland,
removed.
Minister Preston introduced to Secre-
tary Blaine Arthur Laforastrie. the dele
gate from Hayti, to the International
American congress. Later he was pre-
sented to President Harrison by the
secretary.
The supreme court of Pennsylvania
affirmed the lower courts in the case of
David and Joseph Nicely, convicted and
sentenced to be hanged for the murder
and robbery of Farmer Umberger, of
Somerset county.
A gigantic pool, in which all the
window glass manufacturers in the
United States are concerned, is in pro-
cess of organization. Its object is to
regulate prices and shut out, if possible,
foreign Importation.
The statue in memory of the late Col
Thomas Cass, commander of the old
Ninth regiment of Massachusetts,, who
died of wounds received at the battle of
Malvern Hill, July 12, 1862, was I'M
veiled Tuesday morning in the public
garden at Boston with appropriate cere-
monies.
The secretary of the treasury is con-
sidering a proposition to close Castle
Garden, New York, on Sundays. 1t has
been represented that the landing of i'm
migrants on that day is attended with
great hardships to them by reason of the
lack of food and proper sleeping accom-
modations.
President Wikoff has issued the follow
ing bulletin: Contracts 1890: With Kan
sas City, Elmer E. Smith; Louisville, P.
F. Jones, John Keenan,; Washington.
Lewis Whistler; indianapolis, John Fee:
Chicago, A. c. Anson, NJ. j. Sullivan;
Minneapolis, E. E. Foster. John E. Car
roll; Denver, G. III. Trumpey.