Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-06-12
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.
THURSDAYS NEWS.

THURSDAYS NEWS.
KANSAS crops are reported injured by
dry weather.
THE town of Underwood, Ia, was
inundated by a cloud-burst and many
building wrecked.
EDWARD Dunn. a sneak thief, sneaked
through the open door of the Norwalk
(O.) Jail while the Sheriff,s back was
turned.
THE town of Bradshaw, in Nebraska,
has been destroyed by tornado. Ten
people are reported killed and a score or
more injured.
Miss MEDIA WATERS, a runaway girl
who was returned to her parents at
Muncie, Ind, committed suicide by
taking strychnine.
SENATOR SHERMAN has proposed as
an amendment of the tariff bill the wool
schedule prepared by the National Wool
growers Association.
DAN RExRoTH, farmer living near
Bucyrus, O., while herding sheep, and
attempting to stop them from jumping
a fence, was kicked on the neck and his
windpipe was broken. He will recover.
NEGOTIATIONS have been almost con-
cluded for the absorption by the Standard
Oil Trust of four large companies in
Pennsylvania and West Virginia. 1t is
said to add to the Standard territory
three hundred thousand acres.
THE German Lutherans, of Milwaukee,
have decided to vote for only such legis
lative candidates as will pledge them
selves to work for the repeal of the
Bennett election law, which provides
for the teaching of English in all schools.
AT caucus of Republican Represen-
tatives in Congress it was decided to
support as silver measure one providing
for the purchase of $4,5O0,O00 worth of
American silver each month; that the
certificates in payment therefor shall be
of full legal-tender value, redeemable in
bullion"
FRIDAYS NEWS
JOHN FLOOD and Michael Cody, work
ing near Lexington, O., were struck by
lightning and killed.
A VIOLENT sand-storm passed over
Carmon, ILL.,, doing much damage to
crops in that vicinity.
THE deaths from the storm disaster at
Bradshaw, Neb., are reported at fifteen,
and the destruction of property at
$225,0O0.
THE bill to tunnel under the English
Channel from England to France was
defeated in the House of Commons, by
234 to 153.
MICHAEL O'BRIEN, a Nypano brake
man, fell from car top to the track
yesterday at Youngstown and was
ground to pieces.
A SERIOUS wreck was caused by a
rear end collision between freight trains
on the Panhandle Railroad at Hanover,
o., Thursday afternoon.
DURING the progress of the Brother
hood base ball game at Cleveland, the
grand stand was struck by lightning,
and three occupants badly stunned.
WHILE attempting to drive vicious
hog from his orchard, near Gallon, O.,
VIM. Linn was attacked by the animal,
and had leg broken by being knocked
down.
AN oil-tank steamer at the wharf of
the American Oil Refining Company,
Point Breeze, below Philadelphia, ex-
ploded, killing one person and injuring
a dozen others, and wrecking a large
warehouse.
DRUNKEN Indians attacked Govern
ment surveying party in the Upper Green
River country, Wyoming, because they
were refused more liquor, and killed
Chief Engineer Crittenden and three
ain-bearers.
SATURDAYS NEWS.
AT Laporte, Ind, Mrs. Fred Spooner
used gasoline to start fire, and was
burned to death.
THE U S. Marine Hospital Bureau has
been notified of a case of yellow fever
brought on vessel from Brazil.
THE Farmers Alliance and the |
Knights of Labor of South Dakota have
decided to organize new political party. |
A VOTE in the Louisiana House of |
Representatives to refer constitutional
amendments to special committee-49
to 26-is supposed to represent the
strength of the lottery people,
A TRAIN on the Northwestern road
jumped the track near Freeport, ILL.,, and
four section hands who were working
near by were crushed to death. The |
engineer also was killed.
AT Dallas, Texas, Frank Quinn caught |
his wife and Ben Nelson together in a |
room. He attacked them with an ak,
chopping Nelson to pieces and terribly |
mangled the woman.
A FoUR-DAY-oLD bride at Admission, |
Ala, quarreled with her husband about |
the arrangement of some furniture, and |
with a complaint that her husband did |
not love her, took three grains of NOR
phine and dieu.
FRANCIS L. DENMAN is suing for a |
divorce from Sarah E. Denman in Gin |
cinnati. One of his complaints is that |
his wife would not provide him with a |
clean shirt for Sunday when he needed |
to attend church and play the organ.
THERE is story from Lima, O., of |
the discovery near that city of box of
old coin, supposed to have been buried |
by a miserly old German, who once
owned the farm upon which the dis
covery was made.
AN EAGLES FIGHT.
An eagle made bold fight on a farm |
near Port Jervis, N. Y, recently. 1t
descended and attempted TO seize a