Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-09-04
5sfI,,tnltt Chronicle.
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.
THURSDAYS NEWS.

THURSDAYS NEWS.
Murderer Sharkey has been respited
by Governor Campbell until Sept. 20.
There is a coal rise in the Ohio at
Pittsburgh, and also the Big Kanawha,
and considerable coal is af1oat.
The dwelling house of Stephen W.
Archer, at East Union, Noble county, o.,
was swept away by the flood Wednesday,
and three persons were dlowned.
Statistics show that the cotton crop
this year is the greatest ever produced
and that the growers are less in debt
than at any time for twenty-five years.
Albert n. Laudeman, a Cincinnati
confectioner, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the right temple.
He was worried because he could not
collect some bills.
One result of the recent census is to
show that there are 2,334 fewer Sioux
Indians on the Rosebud Agency than
the agent has been drawing rations for.
An investigation has been ordered.
A locomotive on the \. Y, P. & o. R.
Il. exploded near Ashland, o. Engineer
Al Graham and Fireman James Murphy
were killed, their bodies being badly
mangled. The train consisted of oil
tank-cars, eight of which took fire and
exploded.
Baron Lagerfelt, Vice President of
the Jefferson Iron Works Company, of
Steubenville, forged certificates and
raised $4,000 by hypOthecating them
with the banks, and fled to Europe.
He is a son-in-law of Calvin B. Doty, of
Steubenville, and was once Swedish
Consul at Pittsburgh.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has protested with the Secretary of State
of Ohio against the payment of the
$4,000 fee on the Panhandle reorgani-
Zation. 1t offers $24,355.3l, the proper
tion according to the mileage in Ohio.
Secretary Ryan insists on the full fee.
The Kilgore estate and the city of Steu
benville have protested against the reor-
ganization. 1t is proposed to increase
the capital from $75, ,000, 900 to $780, ,000,
600, which would make it the biggest
railroad consolidation in the United
States.
FRIDAYS NEWS
Grasshoppers have entirely destroyed
an orchard of four hundred trees near
Martinsville, Ind.
A company has been formed in
Chicago for the purpose of owning and
controlling barber shops in all the large
cities of the country.
The Indiana Democrats in Conven
ton at Indianapolis, nominated Claude
Matthews, a farmer, for Secretary of
State, thus putting in a bid for the
Alliance vote.
At Monmouth Park race track Salvador
ran a mile in l :35s, lowering the record
by 90 seconds. AT Lexington Nancy
Hanks trotted mile in 1:l44, lowering
the four -year-old record by 81 seconds.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has paid under protest the $4,000 fee
for filing in Ohio the articles of incor-
poration of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati,
Chicago and st. Louis Railway Com
pany. the new Panhandle consolidation.
"Brocky" Smith and Otto Leuth were
hanged in the Ohio Penitentiary Friday
morning The latter made a statement
in defense, which is confession that he |
killed his victim, but denying the Grim
inal assault of the dead body.
The total run of coal from Pittsburgh |
in this rise will amount to thre million |
bushels, and the Kanawha is coming |
with two hundred thousand more. The |
bulk of the Pittsburgh coal goes |
to Louisville, destined for Southern
markets. One hundred thousand bush |
els are coming from Kanawha for
Cincinnati.
SATURDAYS NEWS.
l. J. Brown. Vice President of the |
Farmers Bank, of Broken Bow, Neb., is |
The Oklahoma Territorial Legislature |
was organized by a combination of
Democrats and Alliance men.
The Chicago Coal Exchange has de-
cided to advance the price of hard coal
so cents per ton on and after September l. |
This means like advance throughout |
the whole West.
Tristem Burgess, Past Grand Com
mander of the Knight Templars of
California, died at his home, San 10,
Thursday, of dropsy. He was a native |
of Rhode Island and Al years of age.
W. A. Quigley, prosperous fruit |
farmer living eight miles south of Grand |
Rapids, Mich, died yesterday from in
juries received from two men who went |
to his house for the purpose of robbery.
Gen. Grant, Acting Secretary of War,
has directed the abandonment of the
military reservation at Hot Springs, |
Ark, and its transfer to the Interior |
Department for disposition under the
law.
Blaine delivered his first and last |
speech in the Maine campaign at Water
vile last night. Nearly the entire
address was devoted to reciprocity. |
Figures were given to show the ad-
vantages the United States would secure |
by the adoption of this policy.
Thomas G.. Boyle, a Pittsburgh young
man, arrived at Brigantine Beach Friday |
morning. Learning that his father was
bathing in the surf, he went in to find |
and surprise him. Swimming out be-
yonds his depth, he was seized with |
cramps and disappeared before help |
could reach him.
INITIATING HIS BROTHER.
Louisville Courier-Journal.