Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-07-28

KentuckioE reading to his wife's
funeral saw scrub race on the road,
which SD excited his ruling passion that
he yelled, 1.-Two to one on the roam
Who takes me?'
C. NJ. S. WIsEMAN is again confirm
med Postmaster at Lancaster. Of course
they can't do without deputy Williams
in the office.
An absent-minded gentleman in
Norwich, when asked by his landlady
if he "took sugar and cream in his coffee,
replied that he'd lake his straight
ANOTHER giant has been disturbed in
his slumber of ages. This time in High
land County, Ohio. Height 10 feet q
inches. The Coroners who sit upon him
are advised to have good drill at hand.
He has but three toes.
LANCASTER is to have new school
house We are glad to hear it. 1t has
needed something of that kind for the
last decade.
THE personal property of Cincinnati
is estimated over forty millions of dol
arS.
GAINESVILLE must be a moral place.
During the three months ending July
1st there were but forty-one arrests,
most of them being for too free induIg-
ence in whisky. The fines collected
amounted to Sl23.
Nicholas Longworth oEce purchased
the business portion of the city of Gin
cinnati for the value of horse. A tract
of land extending six miles west of
Columbus was once purchased for a
demijohn ofwhisky.
Gen. Thomas Ewing, Jun, who las
returned to Lancaster, in this State, and
will hereafter make Ohio his perman ent
residence.
Cengressmen who were startled by
the unexpected appearance of the trans
cript from the records of the House show
ing their presence and absence, as in
dicated by the roll-calls, will do well to
remember q little episode of last session.
This episode was the Tariff discussion,
which lasted for six or eight weeks
During it the average daily attendance
of members was about lis, out of a total
membership of 234.
Mai. Gen. Renj 2. DutIo- still fetaIns,
we observe. his hostility to ardent
sririts. In his General Order Just issued
for Division Muster of the Massachu-
sets Militia at Concord on the 9th prox,
The General :nnounces that there will
be no alcoholic or vinous refreshments
at the Division Headquarters; and he
trusts and is assured that none will be
found at the Headquarters of eth er
Brigade or anywhere else in the camp,
'save with the other poisons in the
medicine chests of the several surgeons"
Intoxicating liquors" being, in his
opinion, 1.-The fruitful source of all
wrong and disparagement." He points
out that the camp will border on Con-
cord River, which will "secure a supply
of fresh. wholesome water" AS the
General is pretty sharp diseiplinarian,
heroes armed with pocket-pistols had
better be upon the alert.
Every exchange that comes to our
table feels in duty bound to say that
"John A. Garfield began life as driver
on the Erie canal" Well, what if he
did? Who is John A. Garfield? The
any cares about is James A. Garfield,
who never saw the Erie canal till he
was on his way east to college CIeUe-
land Leader.
Fearful Ravages of the, smallpox
Among the Indians. Advices received
from the vicinity of Milk river give
particulars of the fearful ravages of the
smallpox among the Gros Venters
Indians. An Indian died with this
disease, and the Indians dug him up to
get the blanket. The infection spread
through their camp, and within few
days $50 out of the 1900 Indians died.
A shirt infected was left on the trail of
the Piegan Indians by man named
DeRoche, which caused the ravages
among that tribe. The robes in which
these Indians were buried were eXhum ed
and sold to traders, and report says a
car /, load of these smallpox robes are
at Utah Station. on the Union Pacific
railroad, awaiting inspection before
being forwarded East.
The Oberlin Junior Glass; thinking
last Saturday morning was not warm
built up fire in their retita-
ton room, and when the hour for reci- |
tation came, and with it the Professor, |
the heat was so intense that it was al |
most snffocating. The Professor stood
his ground and made the class sweat be-
fore they got through with the joke.
The Democratic victory in Oregon is
not much of a shower. after all. The
average majority is less than 400. If
Dur friends had taken proper interest in
the canvass, they might easily have
given 1850 Republican majority. When
q national contest comes they will,
doubtless. restore the State to the side
Of sound Republican government, where
It has been for years, and now legitimate
y belongs.
In person. Admiral Dahlgren was tall
slim. and pale. disappearance was that
,fa quiet scholar rather than of the
traditional bluff and hearty sea warrior.
He was nervous, active and unresting in {
lis habits. and man of extensive
general information and much culture
de was twice married, and his second
wife survives him.
WISCELLANEOU US ITEMS.
The crops in Russia.-It is reported by
he latest Intelligence, that several of
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