Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-18
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Gathered From Various
Quarters

Thomas 81. Carter, of Montana, was
chosen chairman of the Republican
National Committee.
"My personal Commissioner" Blount
has been appointed Minister to Hawaii.
Roland Bell, of Findlay, attempted
suicide by cutting his throat in the
presence of his family.
X. T. Humiston, of Akron, was found
dead in the woods near that city. He
had severed the jugular vein with a
knife
A family of five people were burned
to death at Galveston, Ind.
The body of Rohle, the condemned
murderer who recently escaped from
Sing Sing, was found in the Hudson
river.
W. W. Tracy, of Illinois, was elected
President of the National Republican
League.
An Ohio River train jumped the track
and fell 35 feet. Three men were killed.
The Capital City National Bank of
Indianapolis and the Columbia National
Bank of Chicago have failed.
A New York Central train made the
fastest time on record, making a squirt
at the rate of liz miles an hour.
Warren G.. Butterworth, in attempting
to shoot himself at Warren, Mass, also
killed his daughter.
The miners strike has been settled.
Two men at Fostoria narrowly escaped
death by eating spoiled cheese.
The women suffagists held conven-
tion at Delaware last week.
A bank at Russiayille, Ind, one each
at Williamsburg, Ohio, Casey, ILL.,, Dun
kirk, Ind, Wilmington, Del, Hillsdale,
Rockford and Charlevoix, Mich, Oregon,
Wis, and at ElmOre, Ohio, closed their
doors on Friday. All are private banks.
The Cunarder Compania made the
fastest time on record between New
York and Queenstown, eastward, the
time being 5 days, IL hours, and AZ
minutes.
John NJ. King, prominent business
man of Youngstown, was arrested for
hotel beating.
The iron workers will insist on the
old scale of prices. There may be
trouble.
The Worlds Fair grounds will be open
on Sundays but not the buildings.
The express car of Mobile and Ohio
train was robbed of $1,000 at Laketon,
KY, by masked men.
Benjamin Dow, of Lima, has five
times been blown up with dynamite and
is still living.
Anthony Howells, of Massillon, has
been appointed Consul to Cardiff, Wales.
The Seotch-Irish Congress will hold
its next meeting in Des Moines.
Ten miners at Houghton, Mich, fell
5000 feet by the breaking of an elevator
pin on Sunday.
The steamer City of Hamburg ran
down the Countess of Evelyn on the
English coast. Twenty-Five lives were
lost.
Mrs. Hester Buley, aged l13 years,
died ae Chester, Pa, Sunday.
An attempt was made Sunday morn
ing early to rob the Deposit Bank of
Beaver, Pa.
1t is said Cleveland is considering the
advisability of placing the fourth class
postmasters under civil service rules.
Julius Lord died at Williamstown, n.
Y, Sunday, from hiccoughs.
Although the church is opposed to
secret societies, the U. B. conference at
Dayton sat with closed doors.
The car used by President Lincoln is
to be taken to Chicago.
The Republicans win in the Rhode
Island Legislature and will elect State
officers.
The National Editorial Association is
in session at Chicago.
The Presbyterian General Assembly
meets in Washington, d. C., this week.
The negroes of South Carolina are
going to oppose the lynehing of persons
of their race and have issued an address
to their people.