Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-11-23

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In his forthcoming report Gen. o. o.
Howard will recommend the total abo-
/ lition of whatever there is left of the
Freedmen's Bureau, and the transfer of
its functions to other departments. Lit
tie remains to be done, save the adjust
ment of the claims of colored troops for
| bount ties and back pay, and this can as
well be accomplished by the proper
bureau of the War Department.
Belmont county Court, with 700
cases on the docket. was adjourned
sine die last week SO the lawyers could
go hunting and fishing.-C Cambridge
Jefersonian. aj
The Waverly Watchman says: There
are uumber of boys about Waveriy
who would benefit themselves and So
ciesy generally, if they would go to
work at ten cents day. They now
do nothing, eat more than the law
should allow, and persist in being a
general nuisance. Some one ought to
drive them to the pound.
In Hamilton, Ohio, few days since,
a fee of twenty-five cents was collected
from all persons who entered church
for the purpose of witnessing mar
riage. The money was given to the
young couple to start them in
life. -, I'd zst
"What brought you to prison, my
eolored friend?" "Two constables;
sah.u stYes, but I mean had intem-
perance anything TO do with it?" Yes,
sab, dey was bofe OBJ 'em drunk
The women in Peoria, ILL.,, who are
opposed to 'swoman's rights'i wear
Grape on the left leg. Just so every
body can see that they don't belong to
the fraternity. Qr e so 9gaf
Henry Moncaster, an employee of DR.,
Jones, of Mansfield, while bringing a
load of wood from the Doctors farm
was killed by his team running away.
He was thrown from the wagon and
his legs became entangled in one of
| the wheels, causing his head to strike
the ground with each revolution of
the wheel: His head and shoulders
were badly mangled. He lived about
thirty minutes after the accident.
A LADY, sitting in the same box of
an opera house with a French physi-
clan was troubled with ennui, and hap
pened TO gapes fExcuse me, ma'am,
said the doctor, 81 am glad you did
not swallow me. "Give yourself no
uneasiness," said the lady, 81 am a
Jewess and never eat pork"
THE Emperor William, of Germany,
is in his seventy-fifth year, but his hair
and beard alone betray his age. His
complexion is fresh, and his powers of
endurance are still great, It is thought
that he owes his physical powers to his
simple, soldier-like mode of living, al
though he comes of a strong and hardy
family. 80 ;i
The following advertisement appears
in a Tennessee paper. "To whom it
may concern. Whereas (name omitted),
a resident of Knoxville, did promise to
marry me on the 2lst instant, but, in
stead of so doing, did funk and run of,
brand her as liar and person of
miserable character generally.
"CHARLES BAXTER"
Frederick w, Loring, who is known
to the public as the author of "Fair
Harvard" !" ''Two College Friends, "and
various short stories aud sketches, for
the most part contributed to Ogd ona !
Nel0, was recently killed in an attack |
by Indians upon stage-coach In Ari- |
zona. He was regarded az rising
young writer, and Charles Reade lately /
spoke of him as the most promising |
young man in America.
1t is thought probable that the Iowa
TQriolafIIrQ will oxyoda a lfraof .,ofa -.