Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-03-29
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Gathered From Various
Quarters.


Items of Interest Gathered From Various
Quarters.
| Wool men are at the capitol fighting
for tariff on their product.
Senator Colquitt, of Georgia is sick,
and can not recover.
The largest CUR ever built in Ameri-
ca stood successful test at Indian
Head. Several Others will be built.
Lewis Woods, of Niles, was nearly
killed by W. Bruder with hay fork.
N fire in a Chicago school building
several children jumped from the fourth
story and were fatally injured.
The greatest grief was manifested in
Hungary over the death of Kossuth.
The bill to furnish free school books
to the children in this state was defeated.
The new battle ships, Indiana, Massa-
chusetts and Minneapolis are about COM
pleted.
The bill to repeal the Workman school
law has been lost.
T. P. Luit, Ex- Treasurer of Detroit, is
charged with embezzlement to the a.
mount of $4,000.
An investigation reveals the fact that
public school money in Huron county
has been used for parochial schools.
Peter Conamakis, an inveterate cigar
cite smoker shot himself at UhrichsviIIe.
Iowa will try high tax on saloons
instead of prohibition.
A number of Federal appointments
were made at Cincinnati. All but one
are Brice men.
If the Pollard Breckinridge case gots
against the defendant move viii be
made to expel him from Congress.
The United Mine Workers at their
coming convention will consider a Ma
tional strike involving 100000 men.
| A negro who had been playing ghost
was captured near Luna. He had terri
fed whole neigborhood.
There is deficiency of about S9,f co
IN the Columbiana county treasurer
which the treasurer's bondsmen will
make good.
A number of banks in Chicago have
been victomized by a clever forger.
Five person were killed by the explo-
sion of dynamite factory near Pitts
burgh.
Boss McKane is defaulter at Graves
end to the amount of almost a million.
Prendergast was granted. a stay of
execution by the Governor of Illinois
W. 81. Doris, Brooklyn business
man, was shot by burglar.
The maple sugar crop of New Hamp-
shire and Vermont is failure.
The Colorado supreme court decides
against Governor Waite in his appoint
ment of members of the police board
Hon. J. w. Ady, is contesting the
seat of Senator Martin of Kansas.
The Chinese threaty has been trans
mitted to the senate. China agrees to
prohibit emigration of laborers to the
United States.
During coughing fit Augustus ii.
Sutherland, a citizen of Lynn, Mass,
elected bullet which he received in the
civil war at Culpepper c. H. in 1864.
At the Republican mass convention
in Butler county to select delegates for
the Third congressional convention two
sets of delegates were selected viz: ReisS
delegates and Rathbone delegates.
Judge Bradley heard certain deposi-
tions behind closed doors in the Pollard
Breckinridge case. The plaintiffs at
torneys oppose the admission of certain
depositions as they fail to identify her.
At Milwaukee Joseph S. Schissler, as
administrator of the estate of Herman
Plamann, sues to recover S5,000 damage
from John Brier. 1t is alleged that
Plamann went into the defendants sa-
loon and made wager that he would
drink fifteen glasses of beer in fifteen
minutes. He died.
Coxey's Commonweal army started
from Massillon on sunday with less than
a hundred men in line.
Four hundred convicts in the peniten-
tiary are now idle.
President Cleveland is charged with
delaying his veto of the Bland bill in
the interest of Wall street.
Herr Most advises all anarchists to
leave this "accursed country" and go
back to Europe.
There is great rejoicing in Rio over
the close of the war.
The cold wave was general and fruit
is reported all killed.
Coxey is said to be heavily in debt and
his creditors are pushing him hard.
At Salamanca, N. Y, negro hired
man, for revonge on his employer, pois-
oned ten fine cows.
Secretary Herbert may resign because
of the scandal over the Carnegie armor
plate matter.
President Cleveland's big toe is said
to be double its natural size.
The Dodge bill to tax direct inherit
ances will be reported favorably by
Taxation Committee.
Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, is dead.
JUDGE DRIGGs came up from Bridge
port on Monday and held a short session
of court. confirming some sales and
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