Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-26
7Generalrand Particular.

wear by year. The burned district Is
being rapidly built up, and tiDe blocks
and residences are going up all over
the city. h'12 - 3 ~ s'
Tooth picks have become an impor-
tant article of trade. One tooth pick
factory in Canton, Maine, furnishes
more work than all other business in
town. Over one hundred cords of pop
lar have been hauled for its use this
season, and converted into tooth picks.
The most sensible premium yet heard
of is offered at a California fair to the
young woman who shall prepare the
best dinner at the smallest cost It is
also a matrimonial premium. Il
Grape culture Is Attracting much in
terest all over the United States where
the, vine, can, be- successfully grown.
New varieties are being constantly put
upon the market, which, it is announc-
ed, has caused the Department at
Washington to make uniform test of
each, for the purpose OF ascertaining
their comparative value. sd5sI vs
;. "a New Jersey genious is all ready to
bridge the Atlantic. He has perfected
his plans and figured 1t out, and it viii
take onlytthe labor of fsamillion of men
for century,. He IS willing TO stake
other people last dollar on the success
Of theseheme. -"-------,-'s- -ii'' DO 90 -
p The latest novelty in. the shape of
Conventions was a Congress Of Dutch
.daneing-masters, which lately assem-
bled at Amsterdam. A great many
questions were discussed, and it was de-
cfded to establish an association of
dancing ng-masters, with the view of ele-
vating the art to d height it has never
vet attained =. - ,.s7 1estisi1s 10 ssol st'i
y 4ffiil 90
The manufacture Of dolls shoes from
scraps OF morocco, all fancy buttoned
and tipped, has, within the past three
years, grown into a big business. One
manufacturer in Massachusetts turns
out 90 s0eQ pairs per annun, land uses
20, 900 feet, Of morocco and sbeepskin.
fihe little pets of the household angels
are wen equipped, It seems after all.oi !
IA burglar robbed Young lady,s
room in New York city, taking among
his booty a valuable watch and q silk
dress. The young lady shut herself up
in her room and prayed that the articles
might be returned, In a day or two
a bundle containing them was iefti on
the deor-stepa What an aeqeisit tion
that young lady would be to the nation-
al treasury s'aoaI03A &c.
n Increasing apprehensions pre7ail in
England respecting the threatened fall
ure of the potato crop both in that eoufl-
Try ana ID ireland. at the Suggestion
of Prime Minister Gladstone, scientific
men, In view Of the threatened potato
famine, give publicity TO q method for
utilizing the diseased tubers. The IN
PRODUCTION ofthe beet root, She foliage
.ofths turnip, and various ether yegeta-
bles az articles ofdaily consumption, is
ntseu tsl7 ssdi xs4i iHaT ..GSI sUliV ssd
h A new smuggling dodge has come to
light in New. York. The best quality
/ of Havana cigars are put up in India
rubber bags in Cuba, shipped on the
steamers and thrown overheard in New
York bay. Small boats follow the
steamer. and pick them. up.a Custom
house officials have discovered the
trick. -...... ......-..-s ~. i.saq -Tei
Our trade with-the Australian colon
les is rapidly increasing. or thirty or
forty ships which had sailed from the
COLONIAL ports within sixty DAYS, at
date of last advices, at least tWo-thirds
were American. This is a good and
hopeful sign. By way Of San Francisco
the growing wealth of the Australian
colonies and 9ef the Southern seas gem
jerally. must ~ find its way to this coun-
try. '''' = -. -. 81
+. Florida boasts Of a. one legged Con-
federate soldier who has been married.
since the war, and who has been made
the happy father of four pair of twins
III succession. A most valuable light
infantry man. - .ssaissH'si 70 'asissnt = |
The total cotton crop of the country
for the. year J871-72, ending August 81,
is put down auth0ritively at 2974, SSH
bales,aagainst 4 ,349, ,006 bales the year
previous. The exports were 1881 ,Sl4 /
bales, against 3,134, ,I72 bales for the
wear 1901. The total consumed inl
the United States for the Gotten year
Just closed is 1,137 $40 bales, against
1 1855, ,96s bales the year before. u
Oregon win soon be added 10 theI
list of Wool growing States. Some en-
farmers Have purchased
choice nerino.sh sheep, and tits said that
some of the very best and purest- blood
q sgiRsls S. y the they world arsto RefOdtpd
"a eilsse S'ate' As,is,e t;.-tr,, stiisii 81
Remarking on the recent unsuccess-
dfl attempt Of d man to swim across thef
English Chaan6l, the E0Hd0t H1tssl
lays that seventy years. ago, three menl
sof q political pfeHses to es-
ape punishment swan from Calais toI
DOvef. One was drowned, the othef1
we landed Oh the beach, one In state
,fexhaQstaiio4l from which he died;i.
he third recovered and lived forseyer-
IL yealEftsf fno1l. shoiiosI!os 9aI lbnl,
!. A member Of Congress is said to bel
revising a national detective policelt
'ystem that will be effectuaf and mex
5ensive, the business as at present con-
iueted, In many Instances, placing al !,
,remium 9p eEimeeS syea av adj - /.
The amount of metallic iron In diff
erent articles Of aIiment has formedil
he. tstbjeet OF some recent fffVestigaS II
ions. Thee imaxirnnny Quantity Isl,
ound in |, the blood of hogs and the /,
minimum in carrots, clio, -s.y
Late. investieatiofIs near the Sand
Rich Islands have proved that coral ag- |
,regates at the rate Of seventeen feet in I
century, insteadEof few inches in la
hat time, according to- accepted scien- !,
life estimates, > ~. =, y,,ii e. f5i7gl - /.
a Kansas City gentleman wears a
,air of green goggles. he has o sweet Q
,eart whom he addresses as ''Sweetft
Auburn, loveliest of the plain" r.
One of the Yale students asked Mr..
seeeher III man who is naturally cold =
nd unsynnpathe should 60 ihto- theis :
ninistrys mop Mr. Beecher replied, :
YOU might as lwell take an icicle to Il
1arm an invalid's bed with. Itl
Spinks, when toldthat Lillian Edger- f,
On was going to lecture on ''From Figln