Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-18
OUR C0LUMB Us LETTER.
coLUMBus, O., April 18th, 1872.
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- CQLUMBUs, O., April 10th, 1872. an
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1.-The immense petition to which i re-
ferred last week, has proved to be a
fraud. 1t was presented as containing
46,723 names, but has since been found,
upon actual count, to contain not more
than one-third of that number. This
discovery Will probably lead to a more
careful exami of all the other
Positions, and it is not unlikely that
the result will have some effect toward
defeating the object for which they
were introduced. iiif ,h7 ~ ~ '''il5'
The large petition contained the
names of w. Stevens and AZ others of
East Riehland, Belmont County. ~ q y
Z The Senate bill providing that city
councils. shall not prohibit the sale of
ale, beer and porter, was indefinitely
postponed. isL.ssi'iii'l 20 90 ~,
IS Neither House mas yet acted'up6n the
question ofrepeaf or modification. The
Senate committee on Temperance has a
majority ofotie in favor Of indefinitely
postpofling the subject; while 'the mi-
nority. Will recommend Immediate re-
peal or mobilization. 1t is generally
now that the Adair law will
remain unchanged until next winter,
at beast. s4'''A 80 - sefa'i" 90
II During the. session, the Opposition
ito the liquor law has assumed quite
a variety of forifls, ard the 'wiles of
the efefpy it seems are not yet ex-
hausteds New bills are still being pre-
pared and added to the list, tall as
well-defned and several as the two
and seventy stfnks that Coleridge found
in)the City Of Cologne. ~, - 5slil. !.
The latest is the bill by Senator Put
nam, providing that nptice to the
Iliquorseiler shall be filed with the
Township Clerk. I s.i'i''ii'>'i :. + -, ''',i. ~ :,
81 .51its- !, WATER WORKS. f,,ia j,.i;..i.
Ia bill. has passed the House author
tizsng the City of Rellaire to issue bonds
for the construction of . Water! works,
| 1t limits the annual levy for this 3 par-
poseEta 0ne-aud- half per eent,,7 and
provides that the citizens shall deter
mine byivote iwhethyr they will pro-
| Iceediunder this act, or under the gen.
eral law. II .4H i1nai4nsi l9G 10 yao.
ls;s noijonIsia wool. 4s2fs b1a ,79Ef
Ex-senator Knox,s joint resolution, re.
iquesting our members of Congress tC
| oppose any reduction of the tariff on
| imported wools, has been adopted BY
both Houses. IT met with cQnsidera
Bile opposition from the Democratic
Eme1nbers; but a number of them, from
/ the Wool growing cotinties, after pro-
testing against the passage of the bill
felt compelled under the circun1stanc
es to vote. for 1t. Some, refused to vote
at all - : p -. - 'i Z,
-te.l.3fF 81 RAILROAD. s,eI3 ~ tffsly !.
The following petitions have beeG
presented by.Dr. Armstrong, relative
| to the unfinished railroad from .Bellairt
| to Marietta: From L. III. Green anC
203 others, j. C. nallman and So others
! A. Smith and 20 Others, William
/ 1Daugherty and 42. others, G.. l.. Poor
man and 81 others e. W. InskiE
and So Others, ,--au of Belmont County
from a. r.. Anderson and 400 others, b
i Washington County; from G.. il. lyle
l and 81 Others, Il. W. Dorsey and 81
others, Johh Shriver. and % others,--
all Of Monroe County, Z dse3 ~ TIA
sl,1 - .7atsa'poAD ADiMINEs.sngg5b 9d :
Ia The Senate bill for the Inspection anc
Regulation of coal mines has passed th,
Senate. It provides for the appoint
3ment Of the State Inspectors and
4 1board Of five examiners, and makes i
their duty to see that every coal banl
lis properly ventilated, and supporte,
/ lby props, and that due precautions ar
taken against fire damp; also that n
boy under. twelve shall be etnploye,
. in u mine, and no one Between lively
Iand sixteen. unless he can. read AM
lWrite. .'4 ie' ti7'.',s'
III The blu fixes the salary, of the t1wg
! Inspectors at $2. 600 each, and the com
day. -. 80 =, ~ -, -'''s "a ',',,l -, :.
RI In response to the resolution of inuui
,lry on this subject, the, Board of Publ
: Works reports that there are 43 Stat
!. dams, and that the, chutes over tht
elsame will cost $4,000, The Board ais
e teypresses the opinion thatsa chute
: would wealfea the dams, and thus in
|, crease the danger Of their being de
1 lstroyed by floods. a Gnn .sialssb lInn..
et .srH e4-4gl lBELMONTERS,. ..yD14 yf,ss
NJ Messrs. ]. B. Smith, A. IT. Caldwell
o land joel Wood Were lin. the City, Las
5 week. .ME.lW. S. KennGn,o of st. Clair
D vile has beensent for, to testifyina tn
lr Corcoran Investigation ease, whichoi
81 stillin progreSss siHi-ib l& lza9l 81 A
j .quteHd4ir I52o3 4 iEdj 9LEH EN-.
e Tuff1I!. -4r-rfT 4r7T-- /. fr7r7cI1 57-4-fsY9n )
: Mrs. Fair's new trial will began on til
oath of June. A letter ton the ilBosto
t Globe says that pablie feeling has expe
: rienceda u change favorable to- fierI an
S- that eyerytb seems to fOreshadD,
. be worth $50, 200, and dti said thlt dul
g ing a recent exeisemepb- in stocks sh
| was largely yinterostad, and made owe
Y 500, 600 clear. .5l9o