Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-13
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

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The mills at Nashua, n. H.. started up
to-day, the wage trouble having been set
tied
The mind of Attorney General Trow-
bridge, OF Michigan, is said to be in
cnrably affected.
An organized effort is being made to
induce an exodus of southern colored
people to New England.
The fight between the creditors of R.
R. Donnelley & Sons. Chicago printers,
has been amicably settled.
The prospect is there will be few un-
rented houses in Pittsburg on April /.
They are being picked up rapidly.
The hemlock output in West Branch
Valley is S0.000,000 feet short of last
season, and the price is to be advanced.
1t is officially denied that the govern
ment of Rio Janeiro has resolved to pro-
mulgate a constitution prior to the meet
ing of the Constituent assembly.
Peter Lehman, a well-known steam
boat butcher, died at st. Louis yesterday
of apoplexy, aged 6O. He went there
penniless and died worth S250,OO
The Pennsylvania state poor commits
sion will prepare bill to compel the es-
tablishment of a poor house in each
county. The overseer system is fail
ure.
Edgewood, Pa. has been renamed by
Uncle Sam. In the document establish
ing postoffice there it is called Edge
woodville. Citizens do not like the
change.
An application was filed Saturday for
g. sc
and Fine Arts. 1t was signed by 100 of
the most prominent citizens of Pitts
burg and Allegheny.
The remains of Judge Daniel S. Tilden,
of Cleveland, who died on Tuesday,
were cremated at Buffalo Saturday. The
incineration occupied one hour and was
completely successful.
While Garland Edmond was examin-
ing revolver Saturday night at India
napolis it was accidentally discharged,
the bullet entering William Maxey's eye
and penetrating the brain.
Cherokee "sooners" have already
staked out their claims in the promised
land, and are hiding in the bush, ready
to take possession as soon as the presi
dent issues his proclamation.
Mrs. Mary Gibney, who with her hus-
band and niece were overcome with gas
at their home in Philadelphia, Thursday,
died yesterday morning. Mr.. Gibney
died Saturday. The niece, it is thought.
will recover.
Two weeks ago Mrs. Huff, of Fayette-
vile, Ark, gave birth to girl baby that
is certainly one of the smallest on record.
Its weight at present is pound ounces.
A string three-quarters of an inch long
will almost go around the child's wrist
twice. The little mite is in good health.
Prince Carolath Schoenaich has been
elected grand master of the Free Masons
in Prussia.
The dwelling of Alexander Stokes,
near Ridgely, was destroyed by fire yes
terday. Mrs. Stokes perished in the
flames. She was subject to epileptic
nts.
George A. Chadwick and Miss Eliza
j. Statesman were married in Seymour
yesterday. The combined ages of the
bride and groom are 81 years, the bride
being 13.
David Ramsey, one of the oldest and
wealthiest farmers of Mason county, w.
Va, was killed by his horse rearing and
falling on him last night. Ramsey was
at one time prominent in state politics.
At the session of the Evangelical
church committee yesterday morning
Bishop Bowman was deposed from his
position and expelled from the church.
All charges against him were sustained.
Judge Rayburn yesterday granted
twelve licenses to Armstrong county ap-
plicants-nine in Kittanning, one in Ma
honing and two in Parker. The liquor
men are happy. The licenses go into
operation April l.
w. H. Farnham. assistant secretary of
the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
company, Milwaukee, committed suicide
last evening by shooting himself five
times. Overwork caused temporary
mental alteration.
The third days sales of blooded horses
yesterday with the stock of Count
George Valensia, of Pleasantville, Cal.
resulted as follows:' The first seventeen
animals sold realized Sl4,22 or all
average of SS36.47.
At Parkersburg, w. Va, bill for di-
vorce was yesterday filed by Mrs. Mary
Rector from Rev. Jonathan Rector.
Rector is 81 years old, and has been
minister of the Baptist church for fifty
seven years. The bill alleges desertion
and cruelty.
While trying to cross the river at
Johnson's Island, sixteen miles above
Knoxville, Tenn, two sons of William
Naples and son of William Baker were
drowned yesterday. They were in a
frail boat, which capsized, and the lads
perished before help could reach them.
Hog cholera is prevalent in several
parts of Washington county, Pa.
Enoch d. Prigg, one of the most promi-
nent farmers of Canton township, has
already lost fifteen from this dreaded
disease. 1t has caused much alarm
among the owners of these animals.
Clarence Brady, a brakeman on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, was seri-
ously injured while coupling cars at
o'clock yesterday morning. Brady was
struck in the abdomen by coupling
pin, which flew out of position as the
cars came together. He was conveyed
in a patrol wagon to the West Penn
hospital, Pittsburg.
Seven degrees below zero with no gas
and very little coal was the condition OF
affairs at Greensburg, Pa, yesterday
morning. People who were not fortu-
nate enough to have coal or wood on
hand were compelled to go to bed to
keep warm. The cause of the scarcity
is attributed to the incapacity of the
pipes to supply the demand.
ANOTHER DAM IN THE OHIO