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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-19

| A young lady having read about a
man having invented stove which
consumed Its own smoke, hopes he
viii devise method whereby tobaceO
smokers can be run on the same eco
nomical principle.
During a late conference at Worces-
ter, the following conversation was
overheard between two newsboys:
~ say Jim, what's the meaning of so
many ministers being here aItogether?''
why, answered Jim scornfully.
"they always meet once year to swap
sermons"
A cross old bachelor says:- ssThe rea-
son why women don't cut themselves
in two by tight lacing is because thew
lace around the heart, and that is so
hard they cannot effect it,
A young man in Indiana ATTEMPTED
to dislodge nest of skunks under his
barn, few days ago. He has since
been obliged to decline all invitation to
jubilees, funerals, and other festivities.
Ohio claims to have clipped four mil
/ lion pounds more of wool this wear than
last. And the Greeleyites have not vet
been shorn.
The site Of the old Fleet Prison in
London, familiar to all readers Of Field
ling and Dickens, is ortly to be util-
lied for religious purposes.
| A Jerseyman from one of the mos
quito districts is said to have applied
] Tor patent for cast-iron eounterpanes,
{ the metal being hardened by new pro-
cess so as to be almost insect proof.
Among the many things that might
be more profitable in Texas and some
other Southern States than politics, is
the raising of figs. A citizen of Texas
claims that its native figs are better
than the imported article, and are
easily raised and readily cured.
Editing newspaper is very much
Ike raklng fire-everyone thinks he
can perform the operation better than
the man who has hold of the poker.
dear me ! how heartily tired I am
of this mournining, said fashionable
lady to her maid. ssJane, who is it
am mourning for?"
The Angels in the Panorama Busi-
ness, is what a Chicago paper calls its
description of the aurora borealis.
Dear Sir:-Having long suffered
from severe indetssLinal blindness,
caused by a cauIking of The of hind
knee, | repaired TO your elegant boot
and shoe emporium at the Waverly sta
bles, and after taking nineteen bottles
OF your valnless liniment. could hear
the louoest sounds distinctly.
A West Virginia msn has published
an advertisement in the only paper in
the town, which reads: II the lady
who has been using my coal for the
past few months will please call upon
the next neighbor for her future sup
ply she will greatly oblige, as my stock
is about exhausted.
The Pittsburgh Gazette has a long
thing hes sded. Cheap Gas for the Peo-
pie. Is n'I it little late with its
prospectus?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-19
Legal Points Briefly Stated.

A note by a minor is void.
A note issued on Sunday is void.
1t is fraud to conceal fraud. ~
Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
A contract made with a minor is
void. 81
Notes bear interest only when so
stated.
A contract that is made with a luna
tic is void.
The law compels no one to do oimpos-
sibilities.
An agreement without any eonsidera-
tion is void. ...I
Signatures made with a lead pencil
are good in law. ..ss ..e--
Areceipt for money paid is snotlegaI-
.ly conclusive.
The acts of one. partner in firm bind
the others.
Contracts made on Sunday cannot be
enforced.
Principals are responsible for the acts
ofagents.
Itisnot legally necessary to say on a
note "for value received"
fla note be lost or stolen it does not
release the maker; he must payit.
Each individual in partnership Is re-
spousible for the whole amount of the
firm.gu lie
A note obtained by fraud or from a
person in a state of intoxication, cannot
be collected. isieT -.
An indorser of a note is exempt from
liability if not served with notice offs
dishonor within twenty-tour hours ofits
non-payment. r
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-19
Natace Ateele4.
Think of These Things.

What did Horace Greeley mean in
his letter from Memphis to the New
York Tribune of June 8, 1871, written
on the Sd of that month, when he
said: ~
~ am confident that tWo-thirds of
the naen, with nine-tenths of the wo-
men, who formerly composed the
slave-holding caste, would this day
give half their houses and lands to
have their slaves back again, just as
they possessed them in 1860. y =
They consider themelves robbed by the
emancipation, and would like their
property back again, or its value in
some equivalent"
And what did he mean by saying in
the same letter, that "they"-the reb-
els
"Propose to renew fhe fight, but not
with gun and sabre. They. expect to
regain as Democrats, through elections,
the power they lost as rebels through
war"
And what did he mean when, in the
same communication, speaking of the
colored vote, he stated that
''They will seek to coercej enough OF
it into voting the Democratic ticket to
give them majority of the Southern
electoral vote for next President"
And what does the following extract
from the speech of Governor Brown, of
Tennessee, at recent Greeley ratifiea-
| ton meeting at Nashville mean?
''He supported Greeley because he
loved the South, bailed JEFF. Davis, adj
vocated universal amnesty, and had no
kinsfolk. He did not care what Gree
lev had said in the past against the
South aud its institutions. 1t was
enough for him to know that now he
was in favor OF restoring her to her
pristine rights Greeley, if elected,
would pay the losses of the South, and
set her people on the high road to
wealth and happiness"
And what are the tax-papers of the
country to infer from this statement of
Golladay, a Democratic Representative
in Congress. made at the same time
and place?
"Greeley at the outset of the war,
was in favor of letting the 'wayward
sisters depart in peace and afterward
went single-handed and alone 10 meet
our commissioners in Canada to treat
for peace. Not Democrat in the North
dared go with him, or manifested any
desire to go. He was then in favor of
paying the South for her slaves, and I
believe he is still.o
The statements of the candidate and
his friends are respectfully recommend
ed TO the consideration of those who de-
sire TO have the Government continued
in the hands OF honest men.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-19
Greeley Oh his OVID Present
Position.

| saw the other day a
suggestion that | would
probably be the best
Democratic candidate
to run against General
Grant for President. |
thought that about the
most absurd thing | ev-
er heard or read. If
the Democratic Party
were called upon to de-
eide between Grant and
myself, | know that their
regard for what they
must call principle
would induce nine
tenths of them to vote
against me. Why ? |
am a decided enemy OF
that party, even in its
most respectable as
pects.-
M,k1.o RtooIo,y
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-19

for treason. But to return 10 the re-
moval of papers. Mr.. johnson seems
to have. deemed that letters addressed
TO him as President and on executive
business were his private property, so
they we're carefully filed and bound,
and are, l am told, to be seen in the
Presidents modest residence at
Greenboro, Tennessee.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-19
Horace Greeley on Gen
Grant,

Gen. Grant never has been defeated,
and he never will be.-HorDce Greeley,
Speech at Cooper Institute, 27h May,
1868.
While asserting the right of every
Republican to his untrammeled choice
OF 4 candidate for next President until
nomination is made, Iventure to sug-
geSt that Gen. Grant will be far better
qualified for the Inomentons trust in
1872 than he was IN 1868.-Hordcs Gree
tey, Speech on ST. January, 1871.
Gen. Grant and his policy deserve
the very highest credit. t.-Hornee Gree
leg.
The peopie of the United States know
Gen. Grant-have known all about
him since D0nelson and Fieksburg;
they do not know his slanderers and do
not care to know them.-HoTGce Gree
Zey, June til, 1871.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-19
.REMoyED.

MISS NANCY B. EARIS, would inform her
Nl old customers and the Public generally and
ladies particularly that she has removed to the
room formerly 0 scu pied by Watson d Gressin-
ger, West of the st Clair Hotel, where she will
keep full supply OF MILLINERY, FANCY,
each season, to vhic she invites the attention
of b. -yers. Thankful for past favors, she would
Invite those wantihg HATS or BONNETS
MADE or TRIMMED, to call where they may
be expeditiously and neatly supplied.
mar26'6S
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Pennsylvania Female College.
NEAR PITTSRTrRGH. PA

Delightfully."- located on College Hill. away from
the ctty's smoke and noise, provides FIRST
CLASS EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES for
YOUNG LADIES, with earnest teaching and
common sense management.
Next term viii open WEDNESDAYS -Septem-
be1 II. For Catalogue and particulars address
REV. JAMES BLACK, ID. d., President.
RUsTErs.-James Laughlin, Rev " D How
ard. d D., Judge Sierrett, Rev + Scovell,
Rev ] Wilson, ID D., Hon Robert Mcknight,
Rev w j Reid, Jas King, NJ D., Rev NJ w
Jacobus. d D.. VIM Bakeweii, Hon X Moor
head Re II tohn @ Brown, D D.
au22Ii .---.. -. .lau.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-19
: -MAsONIC DTRFCToRY, 1s72.

belmont Lodge No. Ie. F.& a. n. meets ey-
svv Wednesday night on or preceding the fGil
moon. - W. CAhheA1b " ~
AIFxTs Cotv. Sec'v. 80,
St. clefrsviiIe Charter. No. II koyai Aacn @
sosors meets every Friday night on or attes
the NIL moon. Jas MELIkUR, H P.
CEnRGE MTTCFELI.. Hec'y. ,
Rairnort Council. No. 81 Royal ssieet an9
snper Excellent Masters. meets on the Second
TueSdav night Of ev-ry month.
W. g. KENNOF. 7. /. @. M.
7 RYAN. Rer. =
Hone fSnn1manding No. % of Knights Temp
lars meets nv, the second Mnudag night OF every
month ROSS ]. ALEXANDER. EN- so,n ,
las p. RYAN, Rec nhft4ziS
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-19
A Rare First Glass Invest
ment,
Eight Per Cent Fifteen Years
WATER WORKS LOAN
Of Bellaire. Belmont County, o.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,

FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
BFLLAIRE, O., August TO- lS72.
On and after Monday, August 18th, we shall
OFFER at p<Er to investors the entire amount OF
the above loan, limited to 800, 600 and authoriz-
ed by special act of the General Assembly pass
ed 26th April, 1872, and by resolution OF Town
Council Of 9Th August, These bonds, Issued In
large and small amounts, run Is years and are
redeemable at the option oil the corporation five
years after date. The payment OF principal and
Interest is a lien upon all the pu bic property
of BeIlaire and is proyided Tor by a direct tax
upon all the Realan Personal property OF the
town, at present standing on tax duplicate at
Present debt of the corporation OF Bellaire is
$2S,OOO.
The Interest coupons of the above bonds are
payable In March and September Of each year.
We invite the attention of the public to this
loan.
Information, in detail. will be given by letter
or otherwise by addressing the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
OF BeIlaire Ohio.
Or FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Sc Glars
vile, Ohio. auZZb
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-19
Democrats Tive bT PlgIisn,
Gambling and HaPl0tFy.
Every one who choos-
es to live by pugilism,
or gambling, or harlot-
ry, with nearly every
keeper of a tippling-
house, is politically a
Democrat
-Eoface free
len, ganuaf4 Z, 1919
Le4, january T. 1873

At menagerie in Indianapolis, a
small lioness escaped from her cage,
and the chief OF p slice went 10 the top
of the ceatre-pole Ia five minutes. He
is reported now as saying that hs went
up there just for fun, tn decide a ret.
Besides that, he says he didn't know
the lioness was out OF her cage, and he
didn't go up the pole any way.
A hat and robe dealer OF Detroit ad-
vertises scme handsome buggy lap
busters for sale; but whether he sells
any cheaper for being buggy IS not set
forth in the advertisement. .-su.fG3.'
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a gents w anted

MALE AND FEMALE.-Business pleasant,
Nt and payiDgbetter than any enterprise in the
field. Agents make from s6 TO sS per day. Send
stamp for sample and particulars. Address j.
LATHf VI a CO., 292 Washington St.. Bosto
Mass. auge4w
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-19
Democrats Necessarily fPai.
tors. -,

If you vote the DEM
ocratic ticket, don't pre-
tend that you are not in
heart, and in sympathy
a rebel and a traitor, for
.u.u Salnne suzf e
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-19
Who Made The Debt and Shed
the Blood?

Every dollar Of the
debt, every drop Of the.
blood is righteously
chargeable to the DEM
ocratie party
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WOMAN.

Byan immense practice, extending through period
of years. having within that time treated many thou
sand cases of those diseases peculiar to woman
have been enabled to perfect potent and agree
able medicine that meets the indications presented by
acfness.
To designate this natural specific compound, I hsve
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st. lairsviIie, O., Dec. .. 1889.
I. CAnD,

MR.. T. sToNEBRAKER, is ready at his
NJ saloon under the st. Clair House, 70 alteno
all work in the way Of aying Halr Drsss.
him n G IT 80 Feos'72t
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ATTENTlON!

yr1rTEs undersigned would give notice that ne
l is prepared to furnish all kinds OF
CABIN EFT WORK
and do all manner of REPAIRiNG 10 iurnlture
chairs SC on the shortest notice
Particular attention given 10 tne OND1n-
ThKIN(3 BUSINESS All kinds OF Cofnns
furnished at reasonable prices. All work guar
= Wareroons ware opposite DR. John AleIsndsT,s-
st latrsyiIie, o., Dec. .. 1889. ~
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ELLMisCBNEOUs US.
REL.WON.T .NURS ERLES

ONE mile North OF National Road near the
" County Infirmary-
We heep constanfIy on hand a choice selec-
ton Of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, vines, &C.
Parties wishing to purchase viii DO wen 10
cafI and examine before purchasing elsewhere.
Orders promptly MI. p o. Address East Rich
s.,d obio' ]. MORRISON.
fah27I-IY
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90 NJ uocv BENZ. r. coWES,
,rTTuT. . : s4Evr< ANTHONY SHEETS,
9. N. SHEETS.
HoGE, SHEETS & co.,
r n N * Il r s.,
BELLAIRE, OHIO.
nEALTN EXCHANGE, and buy Coin, coup
IL ons ard Government Bonds.
Denosjfs II, money received Interest PAID on
~ Szerx ~ foreign bills Of exchange
10 a general banking business BsH
JaxRsT NATIONAL 3 = NSs or 5f.SlSA RS
Il VILE. CAPIEAL SlaG,a0o ~.
Ez-Rank open nom 4. u. unt II z. N. Us Us
co,,Tt das-s 1s5esdays az 10 afA- Money receiver
on deposit Collections MADE ana yI.,es1,s 80 "a
I;rerfo-s-RossJ J. Alexander. David Sro"h,
Joseph Woodmansee. George RroWn-
'ossS1 ID. d. T COWEN, President
n. @. wELDAY. Cashier
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-19

The Pittsburgh Gazette has long
thing hes ded. Cheap Gas for the Peo-
pie. Is nj it little late with its
prospectus2
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DRY GOODS eRocERInA 1

-HEETs. A, dealer In Foreign and Do
- fneztic Dry Goods Water-st. between 70
and Sd.
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sslttusore and Ohie Railroad
tcENrRAL OHIO DrvIsroN.)
WESTWARD
BELL1LRE

Nos. and loviII run daily. Including Su
savs. Other trsins daily. except Sundays.
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A LEXIS COPE, Attorney at Law, o. s.
n Claim Agent and Notary Public. VII
Ohio and West Virginia. All kinds Of lega
and conveyancing busine ness promptly attended
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-24
Our Bodily Infirmities.

Physical infrmities the lot of ALL Millions
always sick. No man. woman child is uniformly
in perfect health. Much, however, of the sickness
and suffering which render life a burden to many
of fellow beings due to carelessness and neglect
mighty antdote to the leading causes Of disease
has been provided. 1t is harmless it is efficient
No posonuos drug enters into its composition 1t is
an undefled stimuant, tonic and aperient of which
every ingredient is vegetable This unexceptionable
preventive and restorative medicine is not q new
thing under the sun" Hostetters Stomach Bitters
will soon have been before the world quarter of a
century and it is not too much to that thousands
ave, tens of thousands, using it who would
have been in their graves years ago had they not
been strengthened and sustained by this wholesome
stimulant The rapidity with which minor ailments
often become, when neglected. obstinate diseases, is
well known. This tonic is famous for the immediate
check which it gives TO these breeders of deadly dis
orders The sensation of lanGuor, the sick headache,
TIE the indisposition to exertlon the
the confusion of brain the physical debility
which are intended to premonish of the approach
of serious danger, invariably removed by a few
doses of the Btters The fame of the preparation
genuine specific for dyspepsia, bilious complaints
malarious fevers rheumatism and chronic debility
as wide as the world and in these days of infamous
invalid of the last remnants of his strength, ad
vertised inyigorants o. II is indeed blessing to
mankind that HoStetters Stomach Bitters are every
where procurabe, and everywhere popular.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-24
A Romance of the War.

An incident has lately occurred at
Titfin, near Cleveland, Ohio, springing
out of the war, whicG has caused much
talk and admiration. As an evidence OF
gratitude for signal service performed,
gratitude not affected by time, but cher
ished in silence for years until the op-
portunity came TO express it, in act as
well as words, the case is interesting and
exemplary. 1t appears that before the
war, Tiffin and its neighborEood had an
itinerant preacher named Downey. On
the outbreak of hostilities, this man, a
resolute Unionist, entered volunteer
regiment as captain. When the Gov
ernment determined on employing negro
troops Downey became Colonel of a
colored regiment. During the campaign
in Tennessee, this regiment CHANGED to
be encamped upon the estate of one
Col. Washington, near Nashville. Ex-
asperated by some cause, not related, the
troops became insubordinate during
their Colonel's absence. A number of
them invaded Col. Washington's grounds,
and burst into and pillaged his house.
demonstrated with by the owner, they
became eXasperated, seized and bound
him, and were on the point of putting
him to death. Col. Downey arrived at
the critical moment, just when his cap
tors, wild with drink and rage, We're
about to shoot Washington through the
heart. Without an instant's hesitation,
Downey rushed between them, and, at
the imminent peril of his own life, saved
that of Col Washington. The latter,
profoundly moved, warmly expressed
his obligations, and promised never to
forget them.
With this, however, the matter rested,
and amid many succeeding scenes OF
wild excitement, Downey dismissed the
subject from his mind. He remained in
the national service until the close of
the war, and then, returning home, set
tied down to quiet, domestic life.
Within short time he died, leaving his
wife and children in Strengthened cir
cumstances. Mrs. Downey was COM
PEELED to resort to her needle to get even
bare support for herself and little
ones. But a change was soon to be
wrought in her condition. A month or
two ago, Col. Washington died and it
has now been found that his whole
estate, including three hundred acres of
improved lands close by Nashville, and
valued at over one hundred thousand
dollars, sum of ten thousand dollars
in cash, and other property, has been
left by him outright to the wife and
children of his preserver, Col. Downey.
Our civil war witnessed many strange
episodes, too many, unhappily, of a
mournful description, and some far sur
passing fiction in the strangeness and
improbability of their incidents. But
the tale we have related, honorable as it
is to all concerned, is one that will be
read only with pleasure.-N Y, Times.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-24
The New Art i'm Photography.

The new method in photography,
called the gelatine process, by which
photograph printing is rendered indie
pendent of the suns direct assistance
a thousand copies being struck off by
the use of ordinary printers ink in the
time occupied in executing few dozen
by means of sun printing-has proved a
wonderful success, and bids fair to
supersede lithography and in many
cases steel engraving. This improved
process has just been brought to state
of great perfection by M. Albert, of
Munich, Bavaria, who has made it pos
sible to print several thousand impress
sions from the same plate, and at a com.
paratively small COST A description of
this method, in its various chemical and
mechanical details, would occupy much
space. Suffice it to say that, by means
Of it pictures from the cheaply produced
gelatine plates can be printed at a cost
not exceeding that of an ordinary litho-
graph. In printing, n common litho-
graphic press is used, and the operation
is the same as in the production of lith-
ographs indeed, the pictures combine
the qualities of the lithograph with the
delicacy of the steel engraving and the
accuracy of the photograph.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-24

dens. The umpire was to notify them
of the rise of the sun, at which moment
they were to be free to rise and go their
ways, should they have escaped the fangs
of the venomous reptiles. The honor
fully satisfied, and from this there was
to be no appeal.
1t must have been a terrible time,
that quarter of an hour before sunrise,
to these victims of the etiquette with
which the duello ever has been rendered
romantic. Perhaps Hab Sans did not
feel it so acutely as his rival, for reasons
best known to himself
The first CLEAN of dawn now Redeemed
upon the horizon, and, at q word from
the umpire, Hab Sans sprang to his
feet, expressing by loud whoop his
satisfaction at having come safely out
of the terrible ordeal. Not so with his
rival, who lay where the umpire had
placed him, motionless as log.
On examination it was found that he
was in deathlike swoon, from which
he was with difficulty recovered by the
free use of whiskey. Sheer fright had
got the better of the mans brute cour-
age, and brought him to the brink of
death.
Hab Sans, as already limited, had
reasons of his own for preserving his
equanimity of mind throughout the fear
full ordeal A little after sunset the prev
ious evening, when the rattlesnakes had
retired for the night, he took the pre-
caution of stuffing a number of thesden
in that part of the prairie agreed on for
the rendezvous with a sort of weed that
is most obnoxious to the snakes render
ing them torpid for many hours, and
unable to crawl or strike.
This was how Yankee ingenuity
triumphed over brute strength, and
Bendbow Laval was ever obliged to
knock under to Habakkuk Sans, when
personal fortitude was the subject in
hand.