Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-04-05
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Gathered From Various
Quarters.

Inc New 1 Ork Legislature mas passed
Il bill making it penal Offense to offer
a reward for "a large and small vote in an
election.
In crossing railroad track Fred
Thomas and Joseph Kinney were killed
near COshoctOn.
Wheat went up five cents bushel in
Chicago one day last week.
The Baltimore and Ohio has Just
negotiated loan of Sl0,000000.
T. H. Daily. cashier of bank at
Goshen, Ind, died in a dentists chair.
At Point Pleasant pnmp boat blew
mp, killing the engineer and injuring
five others seriously.
Thomas Holloway dropped dead at
Columbiana when he looked upon
Coxey's army.
There will be general strike among
the miners in the Pennsylvania coke
regions.
Since May l, 1892. 2,O63, new prison
ers have been received at the Ohio
Penitentiary Hard times does not
affect that institution.
The President vetoed the seigniorage
bill and the disruption of his party is
imminent.
l.. H. Heinsheimer, travelling man,
was struck by a train at Massillon.
Speaker Crisp was appointed Senator
to fill the unexpired term of Senator
COlquitt, but declined in the interest
of party.
Ex-Sheriff Tressell, of Richland eoun-
ty, who was deposed some months ago,
has been convicted of embezzlement.
Congressman Breckinridge on the
stand admits his relations with Madeline
Pollard, but denies that he promised
marriage as consideration.
An attempt was made to wreck a
c.. H. & d. fast express at Oxford, o.,
but an extra engine ran into the OBJ
struction first.
Eight children and hired girl were
burned to death at Hinton, w. Va.
Nine persons were caught by an
avalanche in Oregon and lost their
lives.
An investigation of the Sandusky
county treasury, at Fremont, is being
made.
Ex- Governor Hoadly, predicts disaster
for his party in the next fall elections.
At Fremont lawyer and a minister
INDUCED in rough and tumble fight
over A. z. A. matters.
A number of Oberlin boys, some of
whom attend the College, have confessed
to numerous burglaries.
Several persons were killed and others
fatally injured by the bursting of
water tower at Peoria, Ill.
The Legislature is wrestling with a
number of bills to increase the revenue
of the State.
The Fraternal Mystic Circle, an insur-
snce order. is in trouble, and charges
against the management have been filed
with Insurance Commissioner Hahn.
Five eouncilmen of Louisville have
been indicted for corruption.
Four persons lost their lives BY a
natural gas explosion at Alexandria, Ind.
The latest report from Honolulu is
to The effect that ex-Queen Liliuokalani
is in favor of the annexation of Hawaii
to the United States.
A number of ocean steamers are
overdue at New York, but it is supposed
they are running on slow time on ac-
count of floating icebergs.
The militia of South Carolina have
refused to obey Governor TiIlman's
orders to go into Darlington and Flor
ence counties and suppress the liquor
insurrection.
Frank Kylor shot at a face which ap-
peared at the window of Adam Aekers's
farm house, near Holidaysburg, Pa He
killed William Butler, suitor for Miss
Ackers's hand, thinking he was
burglar.
Congressman McLaurin, Democrat
from South Carolina, is heading move
ment to organize new party as a result
of Cleveland vetoing the Bland silver
bill. He proposes to organize the South
ern and Western Democrats against the
Eastern.
A boy was bitten by dog at Fl.
Wayne, Ind, and in a few hours the boy
exhibited symptoms of hydrophobia.
The rioting pottery strikers at East
Liverpool have been quieted.
Twenty seven Big Four conductors
were discharged for "knocSing down"
falls.
Elizabeth Slaughter, aged 30, was
ponrdorod paar DOmarnu Tho Nhiaaf of
the murder is mystery.
Coxey's army has now gotten as far as
Pittsburgh and so far everything has
progressed without trouble. The army
numbers about 800.
At number of voting places in the
State women presented themselves for
the purpose of voting but were denied
the privilege.
A large number of Ohio federal ap-
pointments were made Monday, mostly
Brice men.
DIR. Browns -Sequard, the eminent ply
sician, is dead.
A woman was hung at Liverpool.
England, on Monday for the murder of
her husband.
The steamer Ems, several days over
due, broke her propeller and put into the
Azores.
Congressman Wilson is now out of
danger and in few weeks will be able
to return to his seat in Congress.
At Howardstown, KY, Lewis Ratiff
quarreled with distiller Mahoney. The
latter shot Ratiff and then chopped his
head off.
In fight between A. p. AS and
Catholics, at Kansas City, one man was
killed and three fatally injured.
In Michigan elections Monday As out
of 55 towns went Republican.
There is a serious strike on in the
coke regions and lawlessness is threat