The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-02-04
RAILWAY MATTERS.

RAILWAY MATTERS.
The rail is now down on the indianapolis
road to Union, connecting the line from this
city by Dayton and Greenville. Daily trains
are advertised to run regularly from Lafayette
and Terra Haute by Indianapolis to Cincin-
matt, in one day, commencing on the lst of
February.
The Louisville and Frankfort company
have resolved to take vote Of the Stock
holders on propriety of constructing branch
Of their road from Eminenceto the Ohio river,
opposite Cincinnati, and also for branch to
Harrodsburgh.
The line north of Troy I'd Toledo, on the
Dayton and Michigan road has been all let
to Toledo, including the Equipment, Station
Houses, &C., Mr.. Dolittle, Ge efficient con-
tractor on the line, has the whole contract,
but the terms have not trarf fpired.
The Delaware Gazette states that the
Springfield and Mount Verdn Company have
recently sold $5OO,OOO of their bonds, at the
East, on advantageous terHs, and that the
Little Miami Company has taken 100000 Of
their stock, and agreed to tln the road, for
term OF years, in connectidl with their road.
The Lebanon Star says the subscriptions
on the straight line" road from Xena, by
Lebanon to this city, with san arm to Spring
field" are mounting up dnd that the road
will be made in two years
The Board of Directors of the Maysville
and Big Sandy Railway Company invite pro-
posals for the graduation pnd masonry of the
road between Maysvile and Springvile, in
tending to commence the work about the first
of April.
Quite number of contractors on the Pitts
burgh and Steubenvlle. Railroad, we under
stand, have left without giving notice, after
receiving their estmate-and what is worse,
fofgettingt to pay their raborers.-SteuJ. Herald.
Some of the Cncinnatians are strongly in
favor of abandoning the Whise. Water canal
and building railway in its stead This,
we think, would be good change, provided
they could secure it against floods, which
have always been the ruination, of the canal
The Ohio and Mississippi Railway begins
W Ilhhc tullC SIbN III luc WY vi all tllluuiIh-
ment through the bottom, between the Miami
river and this place. They have good force
at work, and intend putting the line through
to this place Immediately.
A passenger car was put on the track of
the L. g. U. NJ. Railway on Monday last.
We shall after this have a regular line
through to Observation-Disclosures having es-
tablished an omuibus line to intersect the
railway some % miles from this Place. -
Lawrenceburgh (Ia.) Register.
LOUISVILLE AND CONVICTION RAILWAY
We understand that two corps of Engineers
have been formed, and are about entering the
field for the final survey of the road.
AWARD OF LOUIS NAPOLEON IN THE
PORTUGUESE DIFFICULTY.-The New York
Herald learns by a private letter that Louis
Napoleon, to whom was referred, as arbiter,
the claim made by our government against
Portugal, for ndemnifcation for the loss OF
the privateer General Armstrong, has decided
against the claim, and in favor OF Portugal.
Amy other decision could scarcely have been
expected from such an arbte,.
GRAND LODGE OF Ono |. o. O. F.
The Grand Lodge, which met at Dayton
elected the following officers:
John Hamilton, of Lancaster, NJ w Grand
Master.
CIV Cowan, of St Mary's, R w Deputy
Grand Master.
Alexander Z Glenn, of Columbus, r w
Grand Secretary.
James McGinnis, of Chillicothe, r w
Grand Warden.
William Slater, of Urbana, R w Crane
Treasurer.
Charles T Wistach, of Cincinnati, Crane
Representative.
The number of Lodges in the State, is two
hundred and two; number of members
fourteen thousand three hundred and twenty
This exhibits an increase of seventeen
Lodges and sixteen hundred and s(venty-si1
members within the year ending June 3Oth
During the same time there have been initiated
2,233; deceased lO5; suspended 97 expelled
S65. The receipts for the year, $92,O9l SO
Expended for relief, S3s,S7l.29; expendet
for relief of widows and orphans, $2,26l SS
expended for burying the dead, $4,233.57.
The next Session of the Grand Lodge will
be held in GAINESVILLE.
PORTENrs DIRE.