Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.

A Catholic congress will be held at Coblenti
on Aug "a. 1t will deal chiefly with labor
questions.
Emperor William touches at Heligoland OF
the 10th inst, and is timed to reach Berlin OF
the 11th. He will pass three days with hi.
family before starting for Russia.
Mexican, the gentleman who had charge Of
the presentation of the cottage to the presi
dent, now states that Mr.. Harrison has paid
$4,000 for the building and furniture.
Cholera has appeared in the Spanish prov
ince Of Badajose, on the Portuguese frontier
A rigorous Gordon has been established on the
frontier by the Portuguese authorities.
The German expedition to Mahenge has beer
successful. The Mafites have fed to Pangiri
The last rebel chief has submitted, and the
pacification of the North province as far as
Rufidge Is achieved.
J. L. Mayer, who lives at 1873 Washington
avenue, st. Louis, had stolen from his room
Saturday night $4,000 worth of mining stock
and small amount of cash. Negotiations on
the stocks will be stopped.
A Socialist congress will be held at Halle on
Oct. l2. 1t will evolve a new programme for
a reorganization of the press propaganda and
for the attitude of the party toward strikes
and boycotts. Herren Bebel, Liebknecht
Auer Singer and Grillenberger are the COM
mittee.
MI. J- ". herOy, OF Wllmore; who was re-
Gently appointed United States consul to
Brazil, at Para, is special protege of ]. G.
Blaine, and will combine with his office duties
the writing for a press syndicate upon the
business possibilities for our merchants in
that country.
A famine prevails in the Soudan. In some
parts of the country the deaths from starya-
tion average 100 daily.
The Marchioness of Londonderry will take
a trip to America shortly, her physicians hav-
ing recommended a sea voyage for her health
Nine thousand acres4of rice and cotton land
in the province of Gerbieh have been covered
with an overflow of salt water, and the grow
ing crops thereon have been destroyed
The wharf on which o. F. Philbrick & Co.'s
coal packets are built collapsed Friday morn
ing at Portsmouth, n. H, carrying the build
ing and over 200 tons of coal into the river
where the water is twenty to thirty feet Deep
The loss is over $4,000.
Desertions by the wholesale have occurred
of late from several Italian regiments sta
toned along the French frontier. This fact
has induced the war office to order that these
regiments be removed from their present sta
tions to the interior of the country.
After quiet day spent at his cottage, Presi-
dent Harrison, at o'clock Friday afternoon,
took a surf bath. Those who accompanied
him in the breakers were Mrs. Russell Harri-
son, Mrs. Dimmtck, MIR. and Mrs. Mckee and
Baby Mckee. The party remained in the
water about half an hour.
company has been formed at Rio Janeiro
for the purpose of assuring stability to coffee
quotations and to facilitate business in that
commodity. Agencies will be established in
London, New York, Havre and Hamburg
Shares in the new company to the amount of
&5O,OOO have been subscribed for.
The London postmen recently discharged
on account of their activity in organizing the
men and urging their demands for better
treatment, are in a starving condition, despite
the efforts of the union to help them. The
newspapers very generally urge Postmaster
General Raikes to reinstate them