Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-05-31
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest eaSne-ed From Various
Quarters.

| Quarters.
A rope walker was nearly killed at
Shelbyville. Tenn, by the rope breaking.
1t is now thought that Hill will vote
for the tariff bill with the income tax.
The story that Ruth Cleyeland's mind
is cloude1 is vigorously denied.
Armed men in broad daylight robbed
a bank at Longview, Texas, securing
$1,000 in cash.
4 Serious charges have been preferred
! against Warden James of the peniten-
tiary and they are being investigated.
The Pennsylvania Republicans have
nominated Gen. Hastings for Governor.
A seven year convict for bigamy was
married in the penitentiary last week to
a woman with whom he had been living
as wife, his other wife having procured
divorce.
]. B. O'Neil, of Hamilton, Ohio, a
forger, was arrested in New York with
his pockets full of bogus checks.
Ed. R. Parker drank cup of poison
in the presence of his family at Norwalk
and died
The Queen of Hawaii is willing to
give up the throne, but she wants
money consideration for so doing.
There Is some talk of ex-Speaker
Hysell, an ex-Hocking Valley miner, as
candidate for Governor.
Seven school teachers at Wellsyiile
failed to be reelected because they at
tended dances.
Several miners at Srickelle Hollow,
Pa, were shot down by deputy sheriffs
guarding the works.
At Urbana 13-year- old boy shot bis
brother, aged III, in play.
The decrease in the returns of personal
property is very large all over the State.
An old defaulter at jamestown, N. Y,
who came back and gave himself up,
expecting to be forgiven, got two years
in the penitentiary.
| Although Coxey received checks
amounting to $4,000 only about $75
were good.
At Cripple Creek, Col, striking miners
blew up a mine with dynamite and
killed eleven non-union men working
in the mine.
The Senate investigation of the sugar
trust scandal in connection with the
tariff bill is progressing very slowly.
Drunken British militiamen hauled
down the q. S. flag over TIE American
consulate at st. Thomas. Ontario.
Levi Mclaughlin, an old soldier at
Caldwell, committed suicide by sticking
coal pick in his neck.
Coxey Is very busy in the Washington
jail writing letters and directing his
business at Massillon by mail.
France has begun a suit for 100000
against the Worlds Fair because of
damages sustained in the manufacturers
building fire.
Another bond issue to help the u. s.
Treasury out of hole is now probable.
Democrats predict that a vote on the
tariff bill will be reached by the middle
of June.
The great Pullman strike is likely to
be arbitrated
Senator Hill moved to place lead ore
upon the free list and got but three
votes for the proposition.
In battle between strikers and dep
uties on Cripple Greek, Col, three of the
former were killed.
Seventy -one speeches were delivered
on the Smith heresy case before the
Presbyterian general assembly.
Pennington, W. Va, boasts of ths
oldest soldier, John Allen, who was
born in 1890, and was soldier under
Wellington and in the Union army dur
ing the late war.
The United States supreme court has
decided that the interstate commerce
commission had the power through the
courts to compel the attendance and
testimony of witnesses.
Another triumph was won By the gi-
ant Cunard steamer Lucania, when she
eclipsed all previous ocean records for
travelling given distance.
Three trainmen were killed by
passenger train running into a rock on
the B. & o., near Myersdale, Pa
Albert Putnam, section hand CT
Nevada, Ohio. had his neck broken
several days ago and is still living.
Anewspaper man and lawyer fought
a duel in Boston because both were in
love with the same girl. The lawyer
was badly wounded.
At Buffalo a Methodist minister In
undress costume chased his sister for
several miles through the rain to prevent
her marrying young man to whom be
objected. He failed to prevent the
marriage.
While feeding chickens Miss Anna
Howard, of Muncie, Ind, was killed by
lightning.
There are sharp contests In nearly
every Congressional district in Ohio.
A convict in the penitentiary struck
q fellow convict on the head with
hammer and then cut his throat.
Claus Spreckels says the Hawaiian
government is drifting to smash and
predicts another revolution.
As the result of a fight at Lima
Patrick Lyons is dead, Thomas Consir
is badly wounded and Frank Polzer.
who did the shooting, is missing.
The fate of the tariff bill win likely
be decided this week or as soon as the
sugar schedule is disposed of.
An early settlement of the coal strike
now seems probable.
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