Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-06-27
.MISCEdLANEOIIs JgEMg.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
A Western woman has invented a
species of field gun, which is represent
led as being more destructive than any
other weapon of the kind out. The
barrel has series Of grooves and
tongues. .-s ""i
Boston is beginning toimportJ japanese
paper clothing. The paper from which
the articles are made is wholly water
preof, is thin and light, an overeoat
weighing only two pounds. The goods
are capable of being washed several
times, and will last a number ofmonths.
Says the Toledo (Ohio) Blade.:s ..sThe
Greeley Republicans of this Congres-
|sional District held a consultation meet
ing Ina bedroom in a hotel in Toledo
last week. AS there was but one chair
i'm the room, the other one had to stand
on his feet all the time. - e'A'a .. 30
.. New Yorkers are puzzled by sundry
milk-carts bearing the sign - United
Farmers Christian Milk Reform Com.
lpany.ne, They are anxious to- know il
this ttChristian Milk" Is of the Baptist
persuasion, as they think there may be
such thing as too much wafer in the
milk business. ee' i.9.7 =
Brick Pomeroy says lit will do very
well for Greeley, after having kindled
a fire which consumed the Southern ed.
ifiee to declare his willingness to adopt
an orphan snatched from the ruins; es.
pecially when the time is not far dis.
tant when that orphan will inherit g
large estate. 30 .5a--.'Ti-Isls ffs5iad
Eli Perkins, the new sensationalist
and humorist, is going to lecture next
winter. Ell takes for his text "a De-
fense of the Heather. p" 1t is moi
known what ne has done that public
defense of himself should be called
for. 4 ses4 et a isn.itg - = = { :
Scotland has a newspaper which is
printed on the road from Edinburgh tc
Glasgow in a wagon belonging to the
paper, which contains a printing ma,
chine, cases of type and quick cenlpos.
itors. During the journey the edition
for the provinces is worked off, with
the addition of the news and kilograms
received on the road. = =
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A worthy citizen of Connecticut
who labors under the uneuphoniui
name of Pigg-uneuphonious, yet high.
ly appropriate to any descendant o.
Eve, the spare-rib-reeently married {
lady whose maiden name was Young
A few days since, child was born tC
the welded pair, and a rich uncle, jo1
the young one, who loves timely joke
promised to heavily endow the boy i
the parents would christen him witt
the maternal name. The thrifty par
ents consented, and the youth will
hereafter be known to his. friends a
Young Pigg. sic bt@i
A place which gives its attention
mainly TO one branch of business vii
acquire remarkable degree of ceIerit.
in despatching it. In Cannellten, Indi
ana, for instance-a woman rode, il
one day the wife of one. man and rod,
out before night the wife of another-
She obtained divorce, q marriage III
cense and husband between sunris,
and sunset. 1t was a mere shopping
excursion. Surely Indiana has work
ed up the marriage and divorce bust.
ness to high degree Of perfection.
A romantic marriage occurred. q
Cleveland, last week, the parties t,
which had never seen eacha other ilunti
an hour before the ceremony v took place
This novel affair was brought about b.
the proprietor of tailoring establish
ment to whom the woman applied ifo
work, and who advised her Ito snlafr,
one Of the workmen. who was, matri
monially inclined. Thus the ice wa
broken; in twenty minutes they wer
engaged, and within sixty minute
from the time the woman had enteret
the store the twain were one. II -eiot
Two members of the Shaker commu
Unity at Waterville, Ohio, were marie.
in Dayton last week. The bridegroom
is about forty years old, and has beel
a member of the society nearly thirt,
years. The bride is about thirty. TIL
former said that;he had faithfully rem
Ideayored to keep,the faith of the soeie
lty, and live up to its doctrines an,
belief, but that now, convinced tina
their mode of life Is unnatural, he Is re
lsolved to follow it no more.
Two bummers of Darke county
Ohio, indulgedin drunken fracas tn
other day, in which one of them kille'
the other. The widow of the decease'
has sued the liquor seller for s10, ,00l
while the wife of the other sues for s.
600. The question for the jury to dc
eide will be--were. the two fellow
worth S15, 900 to their wives, or to an
one. else? q i5,san s. ia,g.,s ssso,,