Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-12-18
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
NEWS.


A Democratic paper is to be starte
at Massillon, o.
The Arkell Exploring Expedition
bound in Alaska.
The Russian law against the Jews i
expected to be promulgated January
The Western Union paid out s1,077,
399 in dividends for the last quarter
and has $780, as a surplus.
About five millions of gold has beer
withdrawn from the Bank of England
for shipment to the United States.
Charles G.. Jefferson of Clinton, Mass.
has broken the amateur lifting record
raising 1914 pounds with his hands.
Some of DR.. Koeh's consumption
lymph was tried Wednesday on q
patient in st. Luke's Hospital, New
York.
All the Clark thread mills have beer
shut down indefinitely, .on account OF
the strike. and three thousand people
are thrown out of work.
The residence of Cyrus Dieter, a
farmer, near Alliance, O., was destroyed
by fire, and one of his children, aged
five, perished in the fire.
Secretary Window has temporarily
discontinued the purchase of four per-
cent. bonds, but will continue the pur-
chase of four and d-a-half.
A favorable report has been made on
the financial condition of the Westing-
house Electric Company, of Pittsburgh,
by the committee appointed to investi-
gate.
AT Paines Valley, 1. T., Senator San
Paul, of the Chickasaw Legislature,
quarreled with his son over a woman of
bad repute and they fought a duel, in
which the son was killed and the father
seriously wounded.
Clarence Martin. who was sent as a
messenger to the N. A. Jeffras Cloak
Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati,
mistoOk the elevator-door for the hall
door, and fell down the shaft, breaking
his neck.
The British steamship Westbourne
was caught in gale on the Black Sea
and went down. The weather was so
intensely cold that seamen froze to
death at their posts. All but eight of
those, who escaped in an open boat,
perished before reaching land, and four
of the eight died afterwards.
FRIDAYS NEWS.
DR.. Welti has been elected President
of the Swiss Republic.
The Bessemer Rolling-miIl Company,
OF Birmingham, Ala, will go into the
hands of receiver.
The Kentucky Constitutional Con-
vention has decided on reporting in
favor of secret ballot.
Miss Halle Voorhees,, daughter of Z.
). Senator Voorhees,, has become a
convert in the Roman Catholic faith.
J. L. NJ. Irby, Farmers Alliance.
was elected by the South Carolina Leg
islature to succeed U. S. Senator Wade
Hampton.
At Chattanooga, Tenn, G. E. Holtz-
claw was splitting kindling, when the
block turned and he cut off his left hand
at the wrist.
The Farmers Alliance of Kansas will |
probably hold a Convention at Topeka, |
January 26, to decide on candidate |
for U. S. Senator to succeed ingalls,.
Rev. D. J. Mitterling, Lutheran
minister of Gallon, o., has been expelled
from the East Conference of Wittenberg
IN the charge of licentiousness.
White Caps visited the house of
rhos. Burgess, a farmer living in Mead
county, Kentucky, to whip him. He
hot and killed one and badly wounded
wo others.
Nine table glassware factories are
aid to have closed down on account of
he anti-lottery law, which prevents tea
md baking powder companies giving
way prizes.
The Irish ENJOYS in America have
ssued another manifesto, in which they
eclare that -Parnell is jeopardizing the
ause of Ireland on false grounds in his
wn interest.
Commissioner Raum reports that
27,270 new claims have been filed for
ensions under the last law, in addition
o which there are 29S,330 claims filed
y old pensioners.
A bill has been prepared to be intro ,
uced in the Indiana Legislature pro- !
iding that children born out of wedlock
hall take the fathers name, be supported ,
nd educated by him, and become an I
cir to his estate.
SATURDAYS NEWS.
A company has offered S35, 100000 for :
he Cherokee Strip.
Twelve Democrats have been indicted q
t Lexington, Ky, for frauds committed |
/ the recent election. t
The Druid Mills Manufacturing Co.,
altimore, assigned on account of the S
ringency of the money market.
Joseph Edgar Boehm, sculptor, died
lddenly in his London studio. At the
me he was engaged on a bust of U
rincess Louise. Il
The City of Baton Rouge, from st. q
ouis for New Orleans, sunk at Hermit is
ye Landing on the Mississippi. Boat n
Id cargo total loss. No lives lost. II
Willie Kramer, aged five, was scalded
death by reason of the bottom of a
a pot that his mother was carrying B
Hing out and letting the hot liquid $
BON him. Z
Prof. John A. Broekhoven, wife and =,
rvant, Cincinnati, were seriously poi o, o.
ned from eating of vegetable soup, b
hich is supposed to have contained
inted flavoring.
An unknown man died at Tennyson,
3D.. few days ago, after confessing n
at he killed John r. Bolderbach twenty ;,
ars ago, for which crime Thomas " "
INN was hanged