Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-08-07

hermaphrodite. The editor a Demo
crat, yet without the manliness to sa
/ SO does she best in the most abjec
cowardIy .sneaking manner to advanc
the interest of the Democracy in thi
icouuty, and then, like common beg
gar, asks for the support of the part.
he has labored with I'll his feeble fore
TO defeat.
And now comes the Ohio Yale
Neus and boasts of its virtue ant
howls plaintively about the misdoing
of party organs, and yet the Neic
boasts of being the organ of the pur
and lovely Prohibition party in thi
county. The editor of that flowin:
sheet, of course, knows nothing of tn'
wants of the people of this county
But little of the party he furnishe
music for, and yet he yelps eagerly
forth fulsome praise of DIR. Baker
which is likely, all well deserved, a:
we believe the DIR. is most highly es
teemed by those who know him best
Of course the Ne,cs thinks it knows tha
there are no temperate men but Prohi
bitionists. The idea that there are
plenty of men in both parties Demo
crat and Republican, the peers of DIR
Baker in ere7y respect, has never enter
ed the brain of the editors of the Ne,c;
and Enterprise.
From the GAINESVILLE Enterprise.l
A white oak tree in this county
was recently cut down on Plummer',
farm near Barnesvllle, which was five
feet in diameter and made two hund
red and fifty-seven good rails and sew.
enty stakes. There were three cuts
and at the upper end of two-thirds il
was three feet ten inches across, and
by counting the annual rims it was
found to be nearly four hundred years
old.
We have been called upon by Mr.
Joseph Selby, who informs MS that the
snake story with which his name was
connected in last weeks paper, is moi
true in any particular. Tie account
was furnished by "Huckleberry," one
of our local contributors, W o, it ap.
pears, manufactured the story out ofthe
whole clOth-at least so far rs Mr.. Sci.
by is concerned. Let it be understood
then that Joseph did not ride the
snake!
HARRISON COUNTY.
From the Sentinel.l
One cold night last winter, when
the thermometer was reveling about
zero, and even "old probabilities" Was
under cover, the family of John Cros-
key, of Green township, were aroused
by the barking of their faithful watch
dog. Mr.. Crosby arose, went to the
window, and tried to make the dog
cease barking, but it continued. He
got up again, and passing into the
next room, discovered that the floor
was on fire, and there was quite large
hole burned in it. A few buckets of
water put the fire out, and when this
was done the dog ceased its noise. Had
it not been for the alarm made by the
dog, the house might have been
burned.
On Wednesday night, the 23rd, Viii
liam jameson, of this township, had a
valuable horse stolen from a pasture
near Cadiz. The usual effort was
made, but no word could be obtained
of the thief. Monday last our Sheriff
got dispatch from Ravenna in Port.
age county, stating that an individual
had been arrested at that place, who
confessed to having stolen horse neal
Cadiz. Mr.. Jameson went to Ravenna,
and identified the horse as his own. II
appears that the thief is a young man
from Ashtabula county, named Love.
ridge. He took the horse, and was Of
fering it for sale at half price. This
excited the suspicious of citizens there,
and when Loveride found this out, he
started to RUIZ, but was brought down
with shot gun. The authorities had
no knowledge of where the horse came
from, but Loveridge was scared, and
told them he had stolen it at Cadiz.
He was taken before q Justice of the
Peace, and waving preliminary ex-
animation, WAS bound over, the bail
being fixed at $500.
Rules and Regulations Of the Bel
mont County Agricultural
Society. ...
Exhibitors will be required to have
their stock entered upon the Secretary's
Books, at the Office, before they are
placed in the enclosure, when they will
receive from the Secretary a duplicate
card containing the number and class
of their entry.
They must also be careful to make