Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-11-15
state News.

The Ottawa County Union says the
sign" indicate navigation on the lake
will close unusually early this fall
The Ohio Reform Farm is crowded.
The National Bank, Of Kent, O., was
broken open on Saturday night, the outside
door Of the safe blown off, and the inside
door wedged and dial broken off, but not
opened. At ten and half A. NJ. Monday,
the agent of the safe makers, who had been
sent for to open it, had yet succeeded.
"A former body servant of President
johnson preached at Marysville on Monday
night.
The Sandusky Register reports large
quantities of ducks coming to market and
being shipped from that point.
"A telegraph line, 30 miles long, is under
the control of Oberlin College, for the use
of the students who are studying that
branch.
The Mahoning Register,at Youngstown.
says a large hotel is badly needed at that
place. 1t says with population of six
tbousaad, and increasing faster than any
other place in the State, Youngstown has
no hotel that deserves the name. Men
going there on business sometimes go four
teen miles to Warren to spend the night -
Youngstown is the terminus OF the Mahen-
ing Railroad, and two car loads of psssen.
gers arrive there daily, being forwarded
from that point by other conveyances.
The Steubenville Herald gives an ac-
count of an amusing mistake of the citizens
of Wellsville, who were expecting Secretary
Station on his way to visit his cid home. -
They were in mass at the depot when the
train arrived, and finding person on the
cars who bore slight resemblance to the
Secretary, they supposed they had found the
man, and teek possession of him, going
through sundry motions of welcome. inquir-
ing about matters at Washington, &c. As
soon as the stranger could recover frem his
surprise, he told them they had got bold of
the wrong man, as he was not in the conf
defce of the Government, and in answer to
direct inquiry, told them he was not Mr..
Stanton. The car was soon cleared.
The GAINESVILLE Courier tells story of a
fashionable young gentleman in that place
who carried back his wedding suit to the
tailor, asking for an exchange of pants, say
ing that the young lady to whom he was to
be married objected to the others on account
ofthe Hghtness of heh
"A village of several hundred inhabi-
tants has grown M on the old site of Camp
Dsnnison, and bids fair to become quite a
thriving town.
The Pomeroy Telegraph claims for
Pomeroy and the contiguous village of Mid
dleport population Of 9,2s9. .......
The population Of Athens County is
estimated at thirty three thousand
The Marietta Register announces the
death of Hon. VIM. A. Whittlesey, former
iy member of Congress from that district,
at the age of TO- He died on Tuesday last
in New York, where he had gone for his
health.
The Ashland Times reports the corn
crop in that vicinity as enormous. Corn is
worth SO cents bushel at that point.
II. @. Rowles, Esq, Of Cadiz, is an
nounced as an associate proprietor OF the
Springfield Advertiser, with A. d. Hook.
Hon. Thomas Ewing, Sr., voted q
plumper for Scott, Union candidate for Su-
preme Judge. The Crisis, and the rest Of
the Democrats, don't like it.
Among the competitors for the Cincin-
natl Post Office is lady, who is working
hard to get it.
-Corporesl punishment has been abolish.
ed in GAINESVILLE public. schools, except by
permission of the President and Discipline
Committee ofthe School Board.