Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-05-29
LAIE NEWS IN BRlEE.

At BarboursviIle, w. Va, measles and ty-
phoid are prevalent, and 30 persons are sick
Business is at a standstill
The town of Sefrom, near Fez, In Morocco
has been ruined by floods. Fifty-three Jews
and many Moors perished.
A large number of persons have been ar
rested at San Francisco on suspicion for the
murder of Rev. T. A. Larg, the Methodist
minister. Four are still in custody.
Only fifty-seven hits have been made of
Pitcher Rusie in ten games. With first-class
support back of him he would have won them
all. The young Hoosier is truly the wonder OF
the season.
The train which last month conveyed the
Emperor of Japan from Toxic to Nagyia made
the distance, 226 miles, in nine and a hall
hours, including stoppages, the best time yet
made on japanese railroad.
The national japanese exhibition during
April was visited by 5OO,OOO people, the receipts
from the sale Of tickets amounting to abou;
S5G00O, i is now expected that the exhibition
will remain open until August,
Slavin, the Australian champion, Las writ
ten that he will not return home until he has
defeated Peter jackson and captured the Po-
lice Gazette champion belt and the champion
ship of the world from John l. Sullivan.
The Shanghai Mercury says that at place
called Xechu, near Ningpoe, a miser named
his wife, son and daughter, mutilating their
bodies, and afterward committing suicide.
Sammy Andrews, a young farmer boy liv-
ing near CaTrolltOn, Ill, tied one end of rope
around horses neck and the other to his own
wrist, The horse became frightened and
dragged him nearly mile through the tim
Der, crushing his head to jelly.
Governor Thayer, of Lincoln, Neb., on Sat
urday issued proclamation calling an extra
session Of tha lepisla a II m Tnnp The ieris
lature will consider the advisability of adopt
ing the Australian ballot system, express theiI
views on free coinage silver, and consider the
freight rate question,
To-day and Monday will be holidays In the
grain and provision markets at Liverpool.
The Princess Louise, wife of Crown Prince
Frederick, has given birth to a daughter.
Money is very stringent in the City of Mex
leo. The silver bill in the United States is
closely watched.
A curious freak among the equine species
occurred near Greensburg, Pa, one night re-
Gently. \ mare gave birth to a colt and
mule.
The flint glass works at Marion, Ind, were
struck by lightning Thursday night and de-
stroyed by the fire that followed. Loss about
S40,OOO.
A cyclone swept through Hammond, Ind,
Thursday evening, at 6:l5 o'clock, doing much
damage. The east wing of the safe and lock
works was demolished.
1t has just developed, through the authori-
ties, that E. G. Allen, confidential clerk for
Austin & Co., investment company, Knsaas
City, has depamped with $4,000
The little town of Germantown, twenty
miles east of Memphis, was visited by a dis
astrous conflagraIion Friday, Every house
in the village was reduced to ashes,
The syear-old son of John Allen, of Toron-
TO, Ont, was shot and fatally injured by his
7-year-old sister. Thursday night, with a rifle
which had been left loaded within her reach
A number of the Catholic priests at New
Brunswick, y. j., have announced that Catho-
lie children who attend the public schools will
not be confirmed, and there Is considerable
excitement.