Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Gathered From variou
Quarters.

Senator Leland Stanford died at his
home at Palo Alto, Cal, on Wednesday
night. His wealth is estimated at
$35, 100000.
Ringing Bros. Circus was struck by
lightning while performance was being
given at River Falls, Wis, and eight
persons were instantly killed and many
more injured.
Col. Clark was fined $50, at Canton,
for striking General Sherwood, editor of
the News Democrat.
Crane & Co., a large lumber firm Of
Cincinnati. have failed with liabilities
of S150,000.
Four banks in Los Angeles, CAL.
closed their doors. Only one was q
National bank.
The Citizens Savings Bank, of Ports
mouth, has gone under.
Four persons were burned to death at
Duluth.
Rufus Devolt was killed by train at
Flint, o.
Blanche Hogan, of Sandusky, after
quarrel with her husband drank an ounce
of laudanum in his presence, he offering
no resistance and refusing to go for a
physician.
Pearl Butchers, of near Celina, was
baking, when her dress caught fire and
she was burned to death.
The Miami Valley Insurance Company
has gone out of business.
John R. Gibson, of Canton, has
brought suit against George w. Sweet,
of Chicago. for $4,000 damages for
alternating the affections of his wife.
Jacob Haianeeki. a Pole. shot his wife
and mortally stabbed himself at Akron.
Eastern Kansas was devastated by
destructive cyclone on Thursday. Many
persons were killed.
Frank Schoeffler asked a young lady
at church social at Norwalk to go to
supper with him. She declined, and he
shot her and then himself.
A reception was rendered Governor
Mckinley at the Ohio Building, Worlds
Fair, on Thursday.
The new Liberty Bell was successfully
cast at Troy, N. Y.
VIM. Mccoy, U. S. Minister to Liberia,
is dead. He is the fourth to die in
twelve years.
Frank Haney, white man living near
GAINESVILLE, Ga, beat his -year-old
girl to death. After he had whipped and
beaten the child to death he mashed its
head, broke its ribs, and stuck his knife
into its body repeatedly.
In a naval maneuver off Tripoli the
English war ship Victoria collided with
the Camperdown, and the former went
down in Is minutes, carrying with her
over 400 men.
Secretary Morton says the Populists
are going to pieces.
Mrs. Richard Smith, of Rome, o., died
from the bite of copperhead.
Howard Candy, aged 10 years, was
drowned at Youngstown.
Z. E. Craig. an aeronaut, was fatally
injured at Celina by his parachute fail
ing to work.
J. L. Golf, one of the wealthiest
farmers of Muskingum county, was
drowned.
A soda fountain at Lima burst, killing
one man and wrecking the building.
Mrs. Sarilla Yeagley, of near Findlay,
was burned to death by an explosion of
gasoline.
Suits have been brought against the
recent hazers at Delaware, each victim
asking $4,000.
At Findlay Paulina Setback has begun
action for divorce from her husband to
whom she has been married 50 years.
Auglaize county will erect a new
Courthouse.
There is talk of the coming Congress
adopting the Reed rules.
The Infanta has sailed for Spain.
Only 10000 attended the Worlds
Fair on Sunday.
Clyde Webster was killed at Kirkwood
while crossing the railroad in buggy.
The Anarchists at Chicago unveiled a
statue of their brethren that were hung.
The British fired on a body of Mos
lens in Rangoon and twenty were killed.
The State of Illinois is after the trusts,
stringent law having just been en-
acted.
E. H. Todd, wealthy business man
of Quincy, ILL.,, blew out his brains.
Governor Altgeld. of Illinois. has
pardoned Fielden, Schwab, and Neebe,
the anarchists. They were convicted
for completely in the Haymarket riot.
Louis Snider & Sons, extensive paper
dealers of Cincinnati, have failed.
The Merchants National bank of
Moorehead, Minn., was robbed of $1,000
in broad daylight by a masked robber.
A cyclone swept through Clarke
county, Monday. doing much damage
The Bank of New England. of Mime
apolis. Mimi, has closed its doors, and
the Queen City, of Buffalo, has sus-
pended.
c. A Carl's Sons, coal men of CALI
polls, have assigned. Assets $1,000;
liabilities $4,000.
The Jeffersonville bank, of Fayetts
Co., the Sabina bank, of Clinton Co., and
the gloucester Dank, OF AtnenS Co., nave
assigned.
India has stopped the free coinage of
silver.
John Berry Won the thousand mile
cow boy race to the Worlds Fair. His
time was IA days.
The pardon of the anarchists has
caused much bitter discussion.
The Ohio Prohibition Convention is
in session at Cleveland.
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