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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-02-10
Executors Sale of Real Estate.

/ WILL offer for sale, at public aution,. on
Il TUESDAY,, MARCH 18TH, 1870, at O'Clock,
in the afternoon, upon the premises, the fol-
lowing described rial estate, situate in Belmont
County, state of Ohio, TO wits The southwest
quarter OF Section eight, Of Township p seven, in
Range four known as the Lash farm, located
2Is miles south OF 81. Ciairsville, on the War
mock pike. There is about S5or 10 acres of good
timber ON the premises, the balance of the farm
is under high state of cultivation. There Is u
good hewed log house with convenient out
buildings. a double log barn with sheds attach
eli and a good orchard of grated fruit. The
farm is vel watered with quite a number OF
excellent, never failing springs, and well adRp-
ted for either grazing or cultivation.
TERMS CT SALK-One-third in hand. one
third in one year aud one-third in. two years
from the day ,of sale. with interest, the pay
ments to be secured by mortgage ON the prem
ises sold. JOHN \. NEFF, Exr
Feb3-td of Hannah LASH decd
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IN PURSUANCE OF an order granted by the
l. PROBATE Court of Belmont County, ONO, i
will offer for sale, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, $50,
at 10 o'clock forenoon, upon the premises, at
public auction, the following described real
estate, situate in the county OF belmont ana
State of Ohio consisting OF " acres and 32 per-
ches on the south part OF the southeast quar-
ter of Section No. ), township >, Range 1. Also
! IL acres roods and perches more or less, ly-
| ing in the southeast corner OF the southwest
quarter of said section and adjoining said "
acres and j poles.
| The Isl tract bounded and described fol-
lows beginning at the centre ot the south Sec
ton line and the Southeast and southwest cor
ners of said quarters and also OF SAID parcel and
r nning with "A line between said quarters
North 10 a point 9Z perches toward the centre OF
said section at said point dividing the said
quarters OF section by straight line 100 rods
East and West TO the East Section line; thence
South vs. rods to the southeast corner OF said
section ana quarter section; tnehce on the
south section line To the place OF beginning.
The Ind tract bounded ana described as fol-
lows, beginning at the same centre OF the
south Section line and running NoTth between
said quarters to the southeast corner OF Phllllp
Morgan's lands; thence West with Morgan
land; thence South to the quarter section line;
| thence to the place OF beginning, poth OF SAID
tracts containing LOG acres, more or less, except
a small parcel of land sold off OF the W acre
tract to John Calderhead between the road and
the North line OF said parcel containing about
The 3rd tract being the one undivided half OF
the following premises situate IN Ine county
as follows being part of Section s., sTp.7, and
Range g. in the SIeubenvIle Land District,
beginning for the same at the Northwest cor
ner thereof, and thence East TO the lands OF
BENJAMIN Gray, formerly owned by jaime
Graham, and thence south and Southwesterly
with said Gray's land to the South boundary
line of said tract; thence West 10 the southwest
corner of said tract; thence North IoI perches
| to the place of beginning, containing IL acres
more or less.
The first tract contains Y acres and is the val
liable property known "Sloan'S Mill" one
mile North of Wheeling Creek and two and u
half miles South OF HarIisville. 1t has on it "A
good steam Flour Grist Mill and Saw Mill with
new boilers, a good orchard, large frame
Dwelling House and four tenant houses, and a
splendid coal bank right at the Mills. Any
person wishing to engage in the milling busi-
ness could not do better than to call and ex-
anime the property.
The second tract-containing 100 acres-les
well for farming, is well watered, underlald
with coal, is a beautiful situation with a good
bearing orchard on it.
TERMS OF SALE.-One-third cash, one-thlrd
in one year. and one-third in two years, defer
red payments to be secured
JOHN HENDERSON, Admir-
of the estate of VIM. p. Henderson, decd.
JanN-5w
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ar d requesting the family to keep dark
when she went on her way rejoicing.
THE Carr-Fox tragedy which oc-
Cured in our neighborhood a little over
a year ago, has not yet died out of the
minds of the people here. and any thing
which look in the direction ofa tragedy,
is calculated to arouse excitement, We
hope there will be no more tragedies to
report from this corner soon and that
the law in criminal cases will be strictly
enforced by those whose duty it is 20 see
10 it. There is an interesting meeting
now in progress at the NJ. E. Church in
this place, under the Pastoral charge of
Rev. /. Coil. The church is being re-
vived, and several conversions have
already occurred, and still the work goes
on OBSERVER
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-02-10
The Note Tender Act.

: The Supreme Court has decided that
the note tender act is unconstitutional
as to contracts made previous tOi its en-
actment. Thishwas rendered certain by
the decision previously made, namely,
that contract specifically to pay coin,
made previous to the note tender act,
must he paid in coin. The decision does
not touch contracts made since the en-
8 actfnent of the note tender act. Thus
it simply leaves the intent of the parties
to be carried out, They who contracted
to pay dollars when coin was the lawful
money, will have to pay as they agreed.
They who contracted topay dollars when
the act made greenback notes lawful
money, can pay as they agreed.
This decision reaches all The debt con-
!. tracted prior to February %, 1862. 1t
will compre hend large amount of State
county, city and railroad debts, but not
large amount of ofindividual debts. The
States cannot be sued, and therefore will
: pay as they choose; but the municipal
and railroad corporations can be COM
PEELED. The question will naturally
arise, how does it effect debts contracted
before the note tender act, and paid in
these notes? Wesuppose that where
payment was accepted, and the evil
dence of debt Cancelled, there will be no
going behind that settlement, and that
only in very small portion of these
debts was any resistance made to this
mode OF payment.
The decision does not touch the ques-
tiOn whether the note tender act is alto
gether illegal. We are not aware that
any case involving the legality of the
act as to contracts made while it is in
force. has been brought before the Court.
The principle that the law should try to
J carry out the intent of the contracting
parties, which makes the note tender
act illegal as to coin contracts, will en-
force the specific performance of a con-
tract made in this legal tender paper
Therefore the decision that the note
tender act is illegal does not necessarily
i. follow the decision that it is illegal as to
contracts made previous to its enact
ment.
% We shall reserve to another article
any comments on the argument by
: which this decision is reached.
~, So saws theS st. Louis Democrat, while
s scolding General Schenck about his tar
giff bill, and never was the truth more
.tersely told, and this humiliating and
Z inipoverishing state ofthings will COLI
stinue just so long as such papersa as that,
. and the communities which sustain
z them, shall persist in warning against
q the only policy which can ever raise
!. this country above q condition OF de-
5lpendence upon Liverpool. To create
elleine markets, by diversifying our in
q fius.ries, we must not only have protec-
tien. but protection that can be relied
upon.-[ Pittsburgh Commercial.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-02-10

At the close OF The Revolutionary
War the iHterest-bearing debt OF the
country Wa, about S75, 900, 900. The pop
ulationUi the country was less than three
millions, hut accepting thai number as
the nearest approximation to the truth,
the debt averaged SIS to each person =
The present interest-beariDg debt of
the United States can be put at about
81, 100, ,000, 600, and it is not unreasona-
BILE to estimate the present population
at Il 900 000 The debt therefore aver
aged $50 for each person. II is safe to
assume, also, that the property of the
country, i'll proportion to its population,
estimated at its gold value, is more than
three times as great as it was in lfSO or
1890 even. II we assume the value of
property i'll F90 to have been equal to
three hundred dollars for each inhabi-
tant, it would be proper to estimate tie
aggregate property of the country ct
the present moment to be at least 81 900
for each inhabitant, or an aggregate OF
nine hundred millions of dollars at the
former period against forty-two hundred
millions at the present time. Bat wheth-
er these estimates of the aggregate pro-
perty of the country at the two different
periods be correct or not, it cannot well
/ UC uchlCu thaI Pi1oShO -
more than three times the average in
1870. The result is that at the former
period the debt was eight and three
tenths percent, while at the present
time it is only five per cent. of the pro-
perty of the country. This estimate is at
best but an approximation to the truth !;
yet relatively it is an under estimate
rather than an over estimate OF the pres
ent resources. I cannot doubt that it
was as difficult for Mr.. JeffersOn's ad-
mistration and for the people of the
country to reduce the debt during his
term at the rate of three and half
millions per annum, as it is for us to re-
duce the debt at the rate ofone hundred
millions per annum. From 1901 to 1909
the country was subjected TO all the tax
alton which those in power dared to I'M
pose, for the reduction OF the debt was
leading feature of Mr.. Jefferson's s
policy.-[Secretary Boutwell,.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-02-10
Dr IyytnpStoue.s Reported Deafh-What
=. SS<-I.....s M an rI,I nf Him


DIR. Livtngstone's Reported ea.h-W ha'
the africans Thought of Him.
In sTraveIs in the Interior OF Africa,
by James Chapman, published last year
the following reference is made to DR.
Livingstone's labors, and a clue is given
to the causes which have perhaps led
to his death at the hands of some savage
tribe:
OF DIR. Livingstone's labors we hear
but poor success. Previous to his last
arrival among them, when told that he
was coming, the first question they
asked was, What is he coming to DO
to bring guns ~ No; the Book. "
:'Well, then, he had better stay away ;
his God has killed us" Sebetoane' S
doctors attribute the chiefs death to the
white men coming among them, and
whenever DR.. Livingstone breaches IN
/ the presence OF or visits chief, the
doctors burn something as charm to
protect them from his witchcraft. Being,
as they find, doctor, he has also
reputation of being a wizard. lhis
makes him either feIred or admired,
and gives him certain influence. IheS
give him credit for being good doctor,
ana say lie HAS CuItu bdO
some natives. They do not believe in
natural deaths when a man dies he has
been killed. BY all accounts the doc
tors preaching is barely tolerated BY
the chief, who is at heart highly displeiis-
ed at his doctrine, concerning rain and
polygamy rhe people say that DR..
Livingtone has promised them all the
good things of the earth, rain, corn,
cattle, &c, If they would believe in God
and refrain from poIygamy, slavery
and other aipractices; that they have
waited long time for these good things
and that they would wait another year
to see if the Good Man he talked about
helped them nicely, (tusa sintle). While
they were relating these things, and
conversation grew slack, the councillor
Poonoani was observed sitting with a
piece of newspaper upside down, MINI
licking the doctor singing hymn, and,
observing that he had attracted our
attention, he rolled over on his back.
threw his feet into the air, and exclaim-
ed, bursting out into a loud laugh OF
ridicule, "Minari" IA corruption of the
Dutch Mynheer generally applied to
missionariesl Such is the sort of I'M
preston as yet made on these bar
baria.is. 1t is 10 be hoped that in time
better success will attend missionary
efforts.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-02-10

DOM PiATT in his attempt to belittle
TIE country press, calls the editors "the
gentlemen who edit the county print
ing.n 1t is possible that this intellectu-
al Ishmaelite and errotic genious may
feel something of contempt for the busi-
ness of editing a county newspaper as he
found himself out by the reflection that
he is now furnishing larger amount oi
matter for the Democratic half of the
country press of Ohio than any Wash
ington correspondent since MACK" as
the CORES pondent of the Commercial
pretended to write Republican letters to
/. that paper. 1t is only the Republican
halfof 1.-THE gentlemen who edit the
county printing" that Piatt seems to
dislike.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-02-10
Road Notice.

n Office is hereby given, that u petition will be
~ presented TO the commissioners of Belmont
County OHIO, at their next session, commenc-
ing on the first Monday of March, ~ ID. 1870,
prnyinr for the establishment of County road,
commencing at the Town of Farmount, run
ming nom thence East ON or near the boundary
line between the land of Elizabeth Carpenter
and Franci, McAIillen, till 10 striReS the line
of Richard Curlen's land; thence North along
said line till IL strikes the line Of 1amsOn Nc
kluley's lands; thence East through the lands
of Tamson Mckinley, I. and w. HollingswOrth,
George Burns aud samson Green, Till II inter-
sects the road leading from Belmont To Hunt
or, there To terminate.
EeD3-iw MANY PETITIONERS.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-02-10
.san,is.isfrntor's Notice.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, In the
~ Probate Court OF belmont County, Ohio,
administrators Of the estate of Frazier Taylor
decd late OF said County.
All persons indebted to said estate are request
ed to make immediate pay yment, and those hav-
ing claims against said estate are required To
present them within one year nom this date.
SAMUEL ID. TALBOT, Admir-
Jan27-Sw. of Frazier Taylor, decd.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-02-10
EDUCATIONAL.

MEETINGS of the County Board of Examin-
ers tor the examination of teachers, will be held
as follows:
At Bellaire Saturday, February 25, $50.
GAINESVILLE Saturday, March 3.
St Clairsville, Saturday, March 10.
Belmont, Saturday, April 2.
By order of the Board,
ALEXIS COPE, Clerk.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-02-10
A Assipnee'S Sale

I WILL sell at Public Auction at the room re-
Il Gently occupied by Max Miller, in Bellaire,
Ohio, a large stock of
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS,
constituting the entire stock of goods placed in
my hands as Assignee of Max Miller.
The public sale Will commence on FRI
DAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1879. and until that time,
] 1 Will sell said goods cheap, at private sale.
BARkLEY COOPER
JanlS-td Assignee of Max Miller.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-02-10

The power of money is, on the whole,
over-estimated. The greatest things
which have been done for the world
have not been accomplished by rich
men, or by subscription lists, but by
men generally of small pecuniary
means. Christianity was propagated
over half the world by men of the poor
est class; and the greatest thinkers, dis
coverers, inventors, and artists, have
been men of moderate wealth, many of
them little raised above the condition of
manual laborers in point of worldly Cir
cumstances. And it will always be so.
Riches are oftener an impediment than
a stimulus to action; and in many cases
they are quite as much a misfortune as
a blessing. The youth who inherits
wealth, is apt to have life made too easy
for him, and he soon grows sated with
it, because he has nothing left to desire.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-02-10
A Solemn Statement OF Great Truth
From the HamiItnn Teleuranh


A wide field presents itself this week
for Democratic journalism. The Fif
teenth Amendment is sure of ratifica.
ton; a corrupt and unconstitutio MAJ
administration announce another re.
duction of the national debt; and the
Radical majority of the Legislature O
Ohio, elected by Wash. Mclean and the
Cincinnati Enquirer, has repealed the
law prohibiting tie inmates of the Sol
diers' Home, near Dayton, from voting
If the Butler County Democrat and
other Democratic journals, do not this
week lift their voices and cry out like
pelicans in the wilderness against these
monstrous and inquitous infringements is
upon the palladium of our rights, they
will have lost an opportunity for the ex-
preston of their righteous indignation
which may never occur again.
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-02-10

1HE following are the questions before the
teachers examination on saturday, Feb. 5:
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
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miscellaneous,
Administrators Sale Of
Real Estate.

IN PURSUANCE OF an order granted by the
L PROBATE Court of Belmont County, Ohio, l
, 1870-12-06
NEW MENTs.


PFTER Begjering af Frederik-
e steds Skifteret som behandle nde
afgangne Guldsmed 2. HoIst's 30
vii bIiye bortsolgt her paa Auctions
contoiret TOrsdagen den 29de dennes
*. slet Eftermiddag we'd en- eneste
Auction
y Boets Ret til ] af EIENDOM-
MEN Mr.. ~ A. Prindsensgade
Der i Byen med nogIe deri vm-
rende NEUBLER, hviIken Ret
dog like kan tiltredes f0rend
.efter Brughaverens bod.
p Samme Boes Ret til ~eventuel Arv
paa afgangne Susanna Amelia
(Emma) HOIst's 30.
Conditionerne for SaIget 90 andre
Oplysninger vile kunne erholdes paa
Skitterettens COntoir.
Frederiksteds Auctionscontoir den
eden December 1870.
C. SARAUW.