Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-11-28
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MISCELLANEOUS I7ElGS.

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A three-years-old philosopher, aftera
moments meditation, on first hearing
of the great fire, sagely, remarked,
swell, l think somebody's been awful
careless" Fact. .5l-a
Missouri gave Greeley the largest
majority he received in any State
about p, 5,000-and Pennsylvania is the
banner Republican State, having given
Grant about 13S, 900 majority.
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In one of5the streets of. New York
there is house painters sign settirA
forth "bruised eye painted. ," Consider
ing the numtero of brHisers in that city,
that painter ought to be doing. a fair
business.
A man will die for want of air in five
minutes, for want OF sleep I'm ten days,
for want of water in a week, for want
of foodiat varying intervals, depending
on constitution, habits of life, and the
circumstances of the occasion.
Z New York proposes to invest $400, 900
in property near Inwood, OH the Hud-
son, to be used as a parade ground, on
which the bold militia of the netrepo-
lis may show of their PAGES and uni
forms before admiring thousands.
The Democratic vote of Pennsyl-
vania in October, for Mr.. Buckalew,
was 319, ,769; in November it was, for
Mr.. Greeley, 100000. Thus one hun
dred and seven thousand Democrats or
one-third of the whole number in the
State, refused to vote for Mr.. Greeley.
New Hampshire possesses natural
curiosity in one of its ponds, in the
shape of a genuine "ioating island"
Ininety-six feet in circumference. 1t is.
covered with low bushes, and presents
a novel appearance, as il is often seen
floating about at the mercy Of the winds
Some papers are saying thereis a
Wonderful coincidence between the
Chicago and Boston fires, as to days and
hours, but it is very hard to see it, for
the Chicago fire commenced at 8 D. m.
on Sunday, Oct. Sth. The Boston fire
broke out at 1880 p. m. on Saturday the
9th of November.
The Chinese of the Pacific slope have
Just now had their annual ''deviI driv-
ing" They keep up am internal re-
ligious uproar for eight days, and the
evil one is then supposed to be effectu-
ally eliminated, and the vineyard OF
the soul safe from his fIieursions for
another twelve months. a - =
Baltimore is in great trouble about
her scaniy supply of water, and the
authorities now have under eonsidera-
tion plan by which permanent ade-
quate water supply can be secured, at
a cost of three and one-haE million
dollars, and two plans for temporary
supplies until the completion of the
permanent work, at respective costs of
500, 600 and $3.50, 900.
Champagne dealers are threatening a
heavy advance in the price of their
aerated slOps. The o5tensible reason is
ga failurelof the vintage in France. -
But what that has to do with New
England cider or the New Jersey tur-
| nip fields, from whence our champagne
supplies are mainly drawn, is one Of
these mysterious things that none but
a financial cider dealer can determine.
This comes of sleeping with a pistol
under ones pillow. Az Ohio man the
other night discharged arevolver while
in his sleep, the bail entering the right
thigh and passing diagonally through
the thigh, lodging near the knee. When
he aWOke he was sitting up in bed with
the revolver in his left hand, and the
ball in his right leg.
'Wood carpeting" is said to be COM
ing into use. There is nothing new in
III, as any person may see who viii take
a walk IN the autumnai forest and OBJ
Eserve the rich wood carpeting of leaves
there.
Mr. Lowe, the English Chancellor of
the Exchequer, proposes to modify the
British customs so as to make the duty
on alcoholic beverages ad valorem, in
stead of being as now according to their
strength. Under such a schedule high
wines would;pay low tax, and loves
wines q high tax O. or % sasst IT,
A statement of the gross earning of
the leading railroads during the past
month shows the large SUN of $9,05I,-
1866, against 81 ,623, ,2S6 compared with
those of The same month last year.
The earnings of the same roads for the
first ten months of the calendar year
lamountto 81, ,097, ,649, against So, 1884,
201 compared with the same time in
1871.
The timber business of Chicago. dur
ing the season about 10 close, increased
eight per cent over that of 1871, and ten
per cent over that of 1870. The trade
gives occupation to two hundred firms.
Last year, l 200, ,eO0, 600 feet of lumber
were received, which, with laths and
shingles, constitute business amount
ing to 81, ,O00, 600, and handling stuff
that would I'LL train of cars 600 miles
long. .''
The preliminary surveys for rail-
road from Tripoli, on the Syrian coast,
to Bagdad, are about to be undertaken
The line will have an aggregate leugtn
of five hundred and fifty miles, travers- :
ing the country by way of Palmyra ana
Mesopotamia. and crossing the Eu-
phrates and Tigres rivers in its route;
| forming AN important connection be-
tween the Mediterranean Sea and the
Persian Gulf.
The glowing spark of life is too often
permitted to be almost extinguished in
the ashes of this world.
a beggar posted himself at the door
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