Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-07-05

will die this summer, bit says that Span
sler and Arbold are lively as crlckcts.
The editor Of the Leroy IN. " Ga.
zette. as President of the New York State
Editors Association, at the clese Of their
to know If he could furnish special train
from Leroy to the Falls direct, and the
cost thereof. To this Mr. Richmond, ia his
characteristic liberal manner, replied,
through Jerry Haskell, the Receiver at
Batavia, that but for the law of the last
session against Tree passes. il would afford
him pleasure to give the Press Of the State
free train-but under the circumstances,
as be could not exactly do that the editors
could have train on paying the Receiver
one dolsrl They accepted the offer.
Lieut. Gen Grant has accepted the posi-
ton of Second Vice President Of the Wash
ington National Monument Society, which
was--until the recent death--filled by
Lieut.. Gen. Scott. .... .s .....h
"A number Of the former workmen at
the American Watch Company's establish
ment at Waltham, Mass, have united 10 the
erection of a watch factory at Elgin, ILL.,,
with capacity for 60 watches per day. e
The indianapolis people will mix things
in their next lecture course. Among the
lecturers announced are Alex. FL. Stephens,
Fed. Douglas. Horatio Seymour. Wendell
Phillips, John b. Cough and p T Barnum.
Over 24,OOo people have visited Mr..
Lincoln's grave at Springfield. ILL.,, since
the removal ofthe remains to "Oak Ridge"
The vases and smoothed stones of the tomb
are already written over in pencil with
autographs. 'nt
Boston intends to brink back the Fourth
OF July. She is preparing for high old
celebration. - a101
The telegraph in Switzerland il the
property OF the government. An office is
established in almost every village and the
charge is uniform, one franc for twenty
five words, irrespective Of distance, and it
yields large revenue. ''7'
-Barnum lately paid one hundred gnin-
cas- in London for the skull of an elephant
with large ivory tusks, for bis museum.
The st. Paul Pioneer says that on the
Red River settlement, FIVE hundred miles
North of that place. sixty bushels of wheat
to the acre is an ordinary yield.
1t is supposed that the cattle disease is
among the buffaloes on the plains A great
many have been found dead, without an
outward appearance of any cause.
General Fitzpatrick. our minister to
Chilli; is accused Of having taken an aban-
doBed woman to Chill, and introduced her
into good society. IF the charge is sub.
stantiated he will be removed.
Two ladies-employes in one of the
largest business houses in New Haven-in-
dulged themselves in a tw0mile boat race
in the harbor of that city on Thursday last.
The Palladium says that both pulled finely,
showing that they possessed considerable
muscle and strength"
Gold has been discovered in small
quantities we don't know how small y in
Schuyler County. III. The Chicago Tribune
says company is already at work, having
pitched their tents and built dam across
the stream. preparatory to entering fully in
to the mining business.
Several large ica house, and their con
tents we're burned in ST. Louis on Satur.
day last.
james w. Duncan. late of the Confed.
crate army, one Of the Andersonville prison
notoriety, recently tried by q Military Com
mission. at Savannah. Ga, has been sen.
fenced to be con6ned at hard labor for fif.
teen. years, at Fort Pulaski, Ga. for mur.
der in violation of the laws Of war;
The old police of Memphis were replac.
cd, on Saturday. by the new body appointed
under the Metropolitan system. The
change occasionsd no disturbance.
There is great crowd of visitors at
Niagara: Blondin, the tight rope walker,
proposed to carry his wife and child across,
but the people would not stand the fool
hardy attempt.
Assistant Secretary Of the NAVY Fox
writes to the Navy Department by the Euro
pean mail. announcing the arrival of the
monitor Miantonomah, with vessels accom-
panying her, at Queenstown, Ireland The
passage has been made in the short time of
ten davs and three quarters the average
speed being one hundred and sixty eight
miles per day. The monitor was not affect
ed by the heavy weather in her speed or in
pitching and lurching. She was compare
lively undisturbed. .nr''G
The London Owl states that it ia proba
BILE that measures will shortly be taken to
place all the electric telegraph lines in Great
Britain in the hands Of the post Office, with
a view to the establishment of low and
uniform rate Of charge for tslegraphic dis
patches.
Illinois is bigger than New Eng and
New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland besides
the latter States having altogether an
area Of 1885 square miles, while Illinois
has IS .4O5. 1aI b. u. Il rtl 'Tasi :
--Gen. Hooker, Il is reported, will soon
be relieved Of his command Of the Depart
ment Of the East, by Gen. Pope. General
Hooker is said to be preparing for a Euro
pean tour q .i.....t }o a.... i.
Hon. Z. B. Wsshburne is improving
slowly, bat will not be ready for active work
for at least q week. This will prevent the
Memphis Investigating Committee report
from being made before the close of the
session. 'd o' '1a-at na1
| 1t is proposed to dedicate the Soldiers
| National Cemetery at Antietam on the l7th
Of September, the battle anniversary, A
substantial wall incoses an area Of half q
million square feet.
/ Victor Hugo's new work, NINETY.
Three. y is flushed, and will soon be publish
cd in ten volumes. II is reported that the
price paid for this work was $4,000 ii :
MIR. Spalding, from the Select Com