Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-09-07
MISCELLANEOUS.


Two young men, brothers were lately
killed by lightning near Findlay, Ohio,
while in a barn where they had gone
for shelter.
The mormons are menaced by a
new enemy-the smallpox. The di-
ease has broken out in Salt Late City,
and, unless promptly arrested, will
likely occasion general exodus of the
saints. -lE
Three hundred and fifteen thousand
pounds ofopium, prepared for smoking,
was imported during the last year, val
ued 81 1926, ,915,
At the clam bake of the Fat Mems
Association, in Norfolk, last week,
there were over 600 persons present,
$50 of whom weighed over 200 pounds
each.
My judgment is that Grant has made
too maiiy enemies to run.-Horace
Greeley. You're right there, Doctor;
Grant always faces his enemies.-[ Nel0
York Commercial AdUeT5iser.
The failure of the potato crop in Ire
land and the news in regard to the
grain crop in Europe have produced
an impression in Wall street that the
foreign markets will take all surplus of
Wheatas fast as it can come to market.
The ChiIIicothe Register contains a
fnotice to the wives of Incorporate
men" asking to leave their names with
the Secretary of the Liquor Dealers
Association and promising that no IL
quor shall be sold to them.
Brunettes are coming into fashion
again. and the blonde will be obliged
to resume her former position as a Jow-
head. ..
The Judicial Convention held at
GAINESVILLE, resulted in the nomination
of VIM. II. Frazier, Esq, of Noble
county, on the 4th ballot ilef f
-Four Editors are candidates for the
next Ohio Senate, all with first class
prospects for being elected-William
Nash, of the Gallipolis Journal, Samuel
Knox, formerly Editor of the Cadiz Re
publican, and r. M. Stimson, of the Ma
rietta Register, all Republicans, andL.
b. Leeds, Democrat, OF the Brown Coun-
ty News.
The phrase ''as mad as q wet chen"
has received a new dress, and appears
in all the glory of ''as irritated as damp
poultry"
A dispatch nom Memphis says the
reports of the condition of the cotton
crop are unfavOrable, as the drou ght is
seriously injuring it.
The French Government has made
its preparations to prevent disturbance
on the disarming of the National Guard,
which will begin September 10.
According to the official count of the
vote at the late election in Kentucky,
Leslie had 1876 majority, and the
rest of the ticket from three to four
thousand more.
Remember the Mass Meeting next
Wednesday.
Yesterday was the first anniversary
of the downfall of the French empire,
and the proclamation of Gamhetta,
ROohefort 4 Co.'S repG bile. There was
no celebration of the event in France.
Senator Morton viii speak soon in
Cincinnati or Dayton; after deliver an
address at the American Institute
Fair, in New York City, and then visit
Memphis and other Southern cities,
where he will speak on political topics.
The Waechta an, Erie, in a recent
number, says: sit has always been
an honor to the Republican party
that it has advocated principles that
are dear to the German liberals; and
that it has endeavored to maintain its
hold upon the favor of the German lib
eral element; by selecting prominent
Germars for important positions"
LET everybody turn out to the Mass