Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-12-19

five prices Sh0ulQ De cnalBou ANU P1Ao
for it. as has been done heretofore.-l
This the people ask to have corrected.
But if work can be done cheaply, att
home, and well done, local pride and
self-interestalone should constrain our
County officials to patronize the home
newspapers that supported them, by
giving them their printing and paying
them a fair price for it. COM.
Mr.. Milton G. GilIett, formerly of
| this county, Is mentioned in the san
| Francisco, California, papers as being
mixed up in some way with the great
| Arizona diamond swindle, but wheth-
or as a victim of the fraud or sharerl
lin the profits. we are unable to ascer-
/ tain from the brief allusion to his con-
Injection Herewith. He was identified
| in some way with one of the several
1corn NAMES formed, and was one of a.
f(3artv who visited the diamond fields
4 and procured a number of diamonds,
4 INT Of what value is not stated. The
matter of the sWindle is now undergo
linc investigation before the grand jury
4 of San Francisco, and it is probable
-tfbatithe whole scheme, from its incep-
lf;nn To the time it was exposed by
Clarence King, United States geologist,f
I who visited the fields and made a
Thorough examination Of them, and
discovered their utter barrenness OF
diamonds, only where they had been
| sailed. will be made public. The
was well planned, adroitly car
Tried out and ranks as one of the great
est ever perpetrated by private 1ndl-
; iyiduals. Guernsey Times, -
A decision has recently been made
; tby3 the Supreme Judicial Court OF
J Maine, that an assignment of wages
finot vet due is invalid, however good
,Ithe consideration of the Instrument
: may be, and even although it has been
accepted by the employees OF the as
{ isignor in writing. This decision is oi
f flconsiderable importance, inasmuch as
tradesuen have long been in the habit
! of taking such assignments of wages as
security for goods furnished,
: The new constitution of West Vir-
ginia, which was adopted by a vote o1
n the people in August last, provides thai
+ 1.-The total bonded indebtedness OF any
: city or incorporated town shall in ne
case exceed five per cent. OF the tota
= valuation of the real and personal prop
y erty of such city or town.
!, The estimated receipts from the In
ternaI Revenue department. for tn
lmonth of December are S., ,O0O, 600. Tn
!. lestiniated Custom House receipts ar
!. $13, 900, 900.
II The city of Wheeling voted in favo
- of the subscription of $500, 600 TO the pre-
d posed new railroad and bridge befor
IL the adoption of the new constitution
,e The LsteLtiqescer says that the indeb1
edness of the city without this sui
scription. covers all of the five pe
cent. of the valuation but SIS, 900. S
y that it should happen thai the preser
u u effort at building railroad and bridg
"a should fail, the city as a corporatio
'ei can not offer the same assistance as no
!, proposed.
vel Mr.. Greeiey's case is not the first i
r,sfstance of mental alienation followir
in defeat in a candidacy tor the Preside
ofltial office. In 1924, the PRESIDENT
ar candidates were Adams, Clay, JAG
5is sou and Crawford. The friends of NJ
III Crawford were greatly disappoint'
fer with the small sho wing of strength e
Inhibited by their candidate at the eit
ton After the election, Mr.. Cra'
us ford's health gave way, his mind fail
DE him, and he subsequently died und
nat confirmed insanity. i<is - =
~ % The American and British Joi
~ I Claims Commission have so far do
~ little toward swelling the debt of {
tn e.. United States. Claims to the amou
10 of sis, ,OO1, 900 have been presented, a
dor dor of this sum only 500, 900 has been
raj lowed. a..f
At meeting of the Tribune. trust
the last Friday afternoon, only two out
for eight supported the Colfax propoSiti'
eer- Six supported Mr.. Reid and the pol
the for the paper laid down by Mr.. Gree
Dali in his card. Mr.. Sinclair then epdei
er's ored to makean outside pool and obt
q OF q controlling interest, so as to sell
and lpaper, Mr.. Reid gave out that il
belindependeut character of the paper ,
mat abandoned, he wouldsell his four sha
:. land resign.
ufasI Viscountess Beaconsfeld, wife
she Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, died
ltterl London, on the 18th inst.
lec- Col Lewis ID. Campbell is still con
one. ed TO his bed at his home In Hamilt
be, Ohio, and it is doubtful whether
ne." will be able TO appear in,his seat dur
II as the balance Of his term IN Congress.
tick.
@ George Goddard, of GAINESVILLE, OF
~. is purser of the steamer Sacranel
= 10 wrecked in the Pacific recently.
.aNe family, residing at GAINESVILLE, recei
'h' telegram from him, dated San Die
announcing his safety.
urer Mark Twain comes back because
auu, wife's health is so poor that her deaf
icxpected from day to day. -
anti Capt. Breeze, y, s, n, will, it iss
gnu he married shortly to a daughter of
IS Gov. Curtin, Of Pennsylvania.
"WHITTLESEY," }" for disease Of
in- blood and skin.