Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-06-12
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.

The strike of the Toronto bTicklayers and
laborers has been settled under an agreement
which is to last five wears.
Illinois contractors are charged with viOlat-
ing the alien contract labor law and proceed
ings will be instituted against them
The Canadian steamship company announce
their intention of resuming steamship service
between Vancouver and San Francisco.
The appointment of the new agent, Kelsey,
at Koshena Indian agency, Wisconsin, has
had the effect OF quieting the red mans out
burst of rage.
The New Bedford whaling bark Lancer,
Capt. Cleveland commanding, has been
wrecked at Vladivostock, in the Japan sea.
The crew were saved
Two highwaymen are said to have robbed a
mail carrier of Si,COJ in currency, which he
was conveying to the Mine-la-MOtte, Mo-, to
lie used in paying off the men.
At the evening session of the Farmers al
lance convention in the Sixth district, Hill
City, Kan, Saturday. William Baker, of Lin
county, nominated for congress.
At Albany on Saturday ex-RecOrder An
thony Gould was arrested, charged with EN-
bezzling St5,900 from the City National bank,
through colusion with defaulting Book
Hon. Lee F. Wilson. of ShelbyvilIe, Ind,
has been found guilty of violating the pension
laws. Sentence was suspended. He had had
eleven widowed pensioners, who were dropped
from the rolls on remarrying, restored.
Capt. Kennedy. of the Tenth United States
cavalry, left Tombstone, AriZ., Saturday with
sixty-two colored troops and Indian trailers
from Fort Grant for the Mexican frontier.
He was to be Joined at Bisbee by Huachuha
troops.
The proposed lottery amendment to the
Louisiana state constitution will be intro
duced to-day. 1t provides for Sl,OOO.OO to be
paid annually into the state treasury by John
A. Morris and associates for twent y-five
years, for the benefit of public schools, leyees,
charities and pensions, and for New Orleans
drainage and sanitary purposes.
The lumber carriers in the docks at Hull
have struck for an advance in their wages.
Henry Irving drew Sanfoin in the derby lot
terry at the Garrick club, and was benefited to
the tune of fl0C0.
Yesterday was ladies' day at EPSON. The
Oaks stakes were won by Memoir. SignOrina
second and Ponsea third. Seven horses ran
The Ames Thrcshing Machine and Reaper
works, situated in the outskirts of Oswego, N.
Y, were struck by lightning and burned.
Loss, S200O0.
Among the bills signed by the governor OF
New York Friday was one eXempting editors
and reporters of newspapers from jury duty
in New York City.
Mrs. Langtry is confined to her bed with q
severe attack of pleurisy and her physicians
express fears that the disease will compel her
to remain in doors for several weeks
Miss Cissie Kent, a parachutist, descended
from balloon at Wakefield, England, on
Wednesday, at distance of II 800 feet. This
is said to establish the record for tLis peculiar
business.
At 9 o'clock Friday an old man named John
LAIR, of Chicago, shot his wife through the
right cheek, the bullet passing out under the
ear. He then shot himself through the head.
Both will probably die.
The strike of labOrers at Yonkers, n. Y, is
assuming large proportions, and the outlook
is somewhat threatening. One thousand men
are out and others threaten to join them.
Work upon the construction of city sewers Is
seriously interfered with.
The United States steamer Rush has sailed
for Behring sea. One of her officers sIid he
believed very few seizures would be ma lie this
season, as the government had assumed posi-
tive attitude and few sailors would risk seizure
by hunting in Behring sea.
Miles. Pedosova, LabrOvitch, Bromberg and
Atchinazithe, young women, who, with eleven
other persons, were arrested last week in
Paris on suspicion of their connection with a
Nihilist plot against the life of the Gar Of
Russia, have been released, there being no evil
dence Of their completely