Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-12-10
DO MEsTIC INTELLIGENCE.

knocked at the house of old Mrs. Kennedy
| OF Cleveland, Ohio, in the night. Her son
John chased the ghost in his shirt and with
an AK A Apiiited run ensued, and the ghost
ultimately boted into Tom McClans's coffin
shop, whore he finally disappeared, proba-
bly, into one Of tho collins. Tom and John
thercupon had terrific battle Of words, and
next day the former brought an action for
sander. The costs were S4O0; 50 witnesses
were examined and the defendant gained
the suit, the Court charging that it would
be difficult for man to cammit sander in
his shirt in the street, on cold night, and
while chasing ghost
WE understand that Henry Ward Beech
or positively refuses, for the present, to leo
ture before any society for money. He will, |
however, make public addresses in two or
three of the principal cities, on condition
that the entire proceeds shall be appropri- |
atadi0r the benefit of our sick and wound |
ed soldiers, or in some other way for the
benefit OF the cause for which he battled in |
England. SAB o..
A CORRESPONDENT telegraphs: General
Butler in his first walk at Fort Monroe, was
astonisbed at me- ting rebel officer looking
at the parade Of our troops. 1t was Gen
eial Fnzhugh Lee Being told that he en-
JOl cu tut n''t'ty VI Oiu uiu's pcu
sharply expressed his disapproval of this
reprehensible courtesy. The next day Lee
made voyage to Fort Lafayette.
The late Senator Douglass estate at Cot
tage Grove, Chicago, was sold on the 2lst
under foreclosure Of mortgage. The total
Indebtedness was SS3 963, and the property
was sold in single lots Mt far below its value.
The Chicago Times calls upon the State and
/ IL L r l.
the home of the departed Senator.
THe Harrisburg Telegraph calls for
monument to Jenny Wade, the heroine of
Gettysburg She was making bread for
our army during the battle, having refused
to leave her house, which was within range
Of both armies, and was shot through the
g heart.
The unfinished rear wall of the new Bap.
tist Church at Detroit, Mich, was blown
} down during the recent Wind storm there,
| completely demolishing thu chapel at the
f back, which was to have been opened for
t service on the following Sunday.
; Mr. BRAY Of Bloomfield, Oakland coun-
9 ty, Mich, is making flying machine ION
the model Of tho wild goose," with wings
and practicable tail. This modern Icarus
, intends to make his first flight in tho Spring
time for his second not fixed.
o ALL the grandsons of Thomas Jefferson
are with the Confederatss, and all his gran
d daughters are with the Union, as are the
e husbands Of those who are married. The
r Hon. Henry s. Rlnlall of Cortland, N. Y,
states this fact in recent letter to friend.
7 Gov Morton has published an appea
y to the men of Indiana, who, from age anC
l.
ing eaoh to- procure at least one volunteer
e Individual efforts in this way may produc,
great results and assist materially in filling
~ quotas
,i ONE of the ways in the Potomac Army o
.. punishing man found intoxicated is t
bury him all but the head, and label hin
thus, changing the name to suit each ca se
of course: Here lies the body of Georg,
Mars, who fell dead (drunk), Nov. IL, Us.
The press AMI printing materials of til,
Philadelphia Evening Journal have beer
. sold by auction, realizing less than $500. -
y The paper owed for rent alone $4,000. Cop
/" perheadism was the cause OF it's death.
ACCORDING to Hunts Merchants Maga
zine tor November, the Confederate priva
Is teers have destroyed in all, thus far, III
8 American vessels, comprising an aggregat,
,e of 81, 500 tons.
" WIN. L. SMITHsoN, the Washington
d banker sentenced TO Eve years imprisonment
~ for holding correspondence with tho enemy
''' has been sent to the Penitentiary at Alba
i. ny, N. Y.
B A New HAVEN lady, whose dress wa
., badly torn the other day by a gentlema
)t who Stepped upon it, stopped him in hi
nnnlnlrtas suyln,r that sha aolalu in 90 Al
IN for having such ample skirts.
Mt MASSACHUSETTS, has contributed $500
" men to the Union armies, rs shown by til
books Of Aljutant-Geuefal Schouler. The
e have, besides, many thousands from tina
y State in the Navy.
10 CoMMoDoRE .. Fl PERRY s. watch ha
9 been found in iowa. 1t is heavy, bu
is bous, Eng sh affair, and is inscribed "Prt
J. sented to Oliver II. Perry, by his father
,e 1904"
Four hundred persons are hard at wor
A recruiting in Indiana, aud soon 800 soldier
a. will join them in their labor The State OK
it poets to fill its quota in time to avoid draf,
of THE boys Of Dayt IN, Ohio, have forme
or Of wood-sawyers The soldiers families ar
s"'hshS "oeN phso ~ ehSf ioboi'
ry THE stringency in the money marke,
ds both East and West, is attributed to th
fact that Senator Sprague has taken all Q
no Secretary Chase's first issue.
Il A ooAoHMAKING firm of New York ha
as just finished a campaign carriage" desigI
n, ed as present to Gen. d. II. Sickles, b
~ A. the officers and men Of his army corps.
We THE Hartford ladies have set the exampl
q, of disseminating the practice of swsepin
DIS with their dresses. Skirts to the ankle an
y, balmoral boots are the style.
a. 1T ia said that there will soon be enoug
In colored troops on the Mississippi to guar
nj nj the whole river and garrison the towns.
rs Two hundred coal-cars are to be adde
ry Immediately to the stock Of the Baltimoi
ny and Ohio Railroad Company.
10 FIVE girls, dressed in male attire, arrive
at at Louisville, recently, in company with 80
ny Rebel Prisoners