Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-01-02
OLD 1s1a. YOUNG 1873.

Times great drama as -consummateu
in the,"swreck OF matter aAd the crash
of worlds" "PasSing awayo is writ
ten fndeIlibly upon everything. The
proudest i1saumegts ofeafth, dwihdle
before the ruthless hand of the destroy
er, and everything'is looking forward
to the. time,whea &ed, -anSlithe angels
shall come and lay it away in the
grove. ,.f.,. - s-,IflE Hi"i.l'tS sf't,
Now, while we write jtheiold year
1872 is tottering to. itsftomba :. Hailed
by millions at hearth and altar, it wis
be frgotten by millions ere, its, sands
are fairly told IN its swift .e0uEse it
has waved its sceptre'oyer the beauti-
ful and they are no more; alas! how.
many who heraldel its approach viii
not sing its departing dirge2, g.. =.
1t has laid its pallid hand upon the
sad mourner; it has trod the hall where
thronged the bright and joyous, and
the naughty forms have fallen and the
flashing eyes are dim. s.ti .a zt-.
The year. which has just':elosed has
been one nsfenarkableover the most of
predecessors, especially for the number
OF prominent persons. who have died in
it. We look: back over the death roll
of ~ and find chrenicled thereon the
names of some of the greatest Of Amer
ica's sons, Statesmen, ,soldiezS, and 4
citizens. have been, stricken down in
the prime of their usefulness, aRd in
the glory of their achievements, .i.s713
Greeley Bennett. and .SpauTding,
founders ofthe three great metropoli-
tan journals; Meade and Halieokt' dis
tinguisAed. soldiers and conspieuous
commanders in the late war; Seward,
Humphrey Marshall, fEx-Sen's. Wal,
Grimes, Walker, Bragg, Van Wrinkle,
and Garrett Davis, American States
men and politicians. Morse, the in
ventor of the magnetic telegraph; the
distinguished scientist Dr.. Francis Lie
bery the;eminent divines, Archbishop
Spaiiding, of Baltimore, Bishop Nc
Gill, OF Richmond, and the eccentric
Methodist pioneer, Peter Cartwright;
Forrest, - the. Nestor of the American
stage; and Hackett, the greatest OF
Fallstafs; I, Buchanan Read, the poet
and sculptor; .Dividi Paul Brown. the
lawyer and jurist; lowell Mason, the
musician and composer; John A.. Girls
woId, james Fisk, rJr., Samuel n.
Pike, and 7Ersstus Corning, the million
ares, are but few Of deaths victims
for 1872. aei la .. ,z.-,-.;:a s.. 3.
Mindful Of the prodigous series of
disasters; upon land and sea, through
which the old year has been heading
its way to disclose, many a readerl!is
anxiouslyc awaiting the hour when old
Time wiil'turn over a new leaf, and
present, with all of its uncertainties.
bright new 1873. Intuitively at this
time of the year we join with the
poet in MS "'ring'out the old, ring ia
the news even though we know not
what haneW viii bring for u.s., ,s.;i7.
This year Boston was .desolated by
fire; next year the. flames Iaay yhsWeep
with qambent tongue a larger city
away. This year, our pestilepee was
horse disease; next it may be echolera.--
We may be torn by earthquake, del
'uged with water, or swept. by hurri
canes. ;., bn.: :i.E!,,.is,..1..1s -
It is childish kind 'of,im patience
that makes US eager for the clearer page
of 1873, in the hope thatit Will, be more
luminous when its record is ended than
page 1872! When the"conyentional
epoch arises; as now, we shalfas hearth
lly wfshalI a happy share in the new
leaf, and so on as year after year sinks
into its grave, .....-.
Iris not generally known among the
people of Ohio that law was passed at
the lasssession of. the Legislature pro-
.hibiting the sale of carbon oil evolving
a vaper which will -ighfte; at d lower
tehpetasnre, than s. To- F aHhrehheit,-- =
Wetare frmly of the opinion that II
this law is carried, nigor0uslY into cef,
feet, accidents from the use of carbon
oiF VIII become, las rare as accidents
from the nse Of gas, %. 3, candles. orr any
other lsuminater.l The elproYisionsi oi
thelaw are so plain, and the penalties
so severe, that its enforcement is an
easy task. It onlyremafns for the peo-
pte, they upon whom the misfortune OF
these Gerribie burningaceidents always
falls,,to demand that the law be en-
forced, and itw will be done.h .s;1e" o
We call especial attention to Sec. OF
the law referred to, which reads as fol-
lows. '"i.1 =. -',.t's '-s.r' a..-1''-s ':IR-
,sThat if any person shall sustain
damage to his property, or injury TO
his person, by reason of violation of
any Of the provisions of this act by an
otherpersoh, the person guilty Of said
violation shall be liable to. the person
injured for all damages sustained there
by" a. = ..'---''- . .'' '.h - T.
Austin G.. Baown, an aged citizen Of
Londonderry township, fell dead, on
last Thursday, whilst visiting at the
house of 8fr. McEhoyf q near neigh
b0r.L Guernsey Times. i'''' = . H'''i'i.
-,iui i o. 't! '-.rfFF"1 i.if-- G.p1@
The new siding on the Central. Ohio
Railroad between Scots and Shaft
mines has been named Mineral Sid
iDg' and will hereafter be known by
that name Guernsey Times a. ;f';'
.-a- .iiIH' .Ttl-.s''-' G.'i . - -, ~
"A charter fora National Bank, with
a capital of $50, 900, with the privilege
ofslOQ.00O has been secured for ,Cald