Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-04-14
C1NcISSATI. April I3, 49,


Correspondence OF the Belmont SsIonicle.
United States District Court is. NOW i'll ses.
sion, Judge Levitt presiding. AEunusual mum,
Der of cases Will be up for hearing during the
present term. :;
The chimneys OF the Steamer "Grozbec,' y
struck the bridge and the ''.hears'' letting GO
they 1eli crushing man who was standing
near the pilot house.
A fire has just occurred at a tea store, few
doors from where now write, but through the
active and efficient efforts of the Fire Company
it was soon extinguished. Their Steam Fire
Engines are a marvel OF beauty and utility.
West fourth street seems to be the popular
street of the City. The spring trade in millinery
and fancy goods has now opened, and many
ladies of this and other cities re out shopping.
This street presents quite Il gala day appear
ance Lines of beautiful carriages are drawn
np in front OF the different establishments
awaiting the pleasure of their lair owners.
Through lne courtesy OF Col j. Il. kinkead,
occasional correspondent of the Marietta Reg
ister aud Win. H. White, ESD, Librarian OF the
Young Mems Mercantile Library Association,
we have been furnished wi TIL "a free ticket to the
reading rooms of that institution. The above
named are true gentlemen and persons visiting
eife city can ind both recreation and enjoy
ment in attending the interesting course of
Lectures delivered for the benefit of the asso-
citation.
An amusing case of "sweating" occurred
among the boot-blacls yesterday, on Third ST.,
when a boy becomes dead broke" he sweats
his finger and by adroitly sticking into his
more fortunate neighbours box secures enough
to get up "a shine which pulls him in stock
again. We are happy to state that The boy who
sweat upon the occasion referred 10 carried
more backing away under his lett eye than he
did upon his dirty finger. -
Attended by invitation, meeting of Pioneer
Association, held at the council Chamber, 10
celebrate the Eighty-secand anniversary OF the
settlement of ohio at Marietta. The,pioncers,
about one hundred in number, were assembled
and after a neat and appropriate prayer by
Chaplain Elder Straton, were addressed 10y
Judge Wm. Johnson, of Steubenville, o., who
delivered q very interesting address, Telat ing
many incident of early life among the Pioneers,
interspcrSed with laughable anecdotes all of
which would make very readable book if
published by the association We take excepG
lions tothe remark of Judge Johnson, wherein
he compliments the. Pioneer Mothers ewhom
we reVere} and speaks diSparagiDgly of the
mothers OF the presenLday lwhom we respect
and esteem. The undue prominence of great
measure the beauty of his discourse. Richard
Hopper was called upon and stated that his
method of making speeches was through the
medium of beautiful flowers. He then pre-
scented choice varieties to the oldest lady III the
house. His was leautiful and impressive
speech Rev. Brown stated that he was the edi-
tor of he first newspaper published N Cincin-
natl, he produced an antiquated copy OF the
same. 1t was called the Elm mporium." At that
time there were bat five children in the sabbath
school, now they are numbered by thousands.
Greetings were telegraphed TO the sister aSsO-
citation that day in session at Marietta. Mr.
lessee r. Grant, (iather of Prest u. 5. Grant,
being called upon, modestly declined to make
"A speech, saying Il am no speech maker, but as
the people are anxious 10 see me owing to
my position among them 1 will endeavor to
say Il few words. My mind at present is not
fertile in the propagation of ideas. am seven
ty-Seven years of age and have not long 10
ltnger among you, that is all have TO say
Had the pleasure of claSping the hand of VIM.
Moody, the first white man born in Cincinnati
lin the year I7g@D. II.