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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18
NE " -IIHEN.S LOCALS.

Although we are just outside the
boundary line OF your county, Il few
locals from here may interest your
readers.
Mud is the prevailing element i'm our
street, and if We thought it would have
any influence for the better, on the
powers that be, we would give them an
exortation through the press, (as all
other means seem to fail, upon the
public necessity for providing better
sidewalks. But for fear they might
think Us rather impertinent, we will
refrain for the present.
Our village and surrounding country
have had quite religious stirring up
in the last few days. On the 9th Of
November. quite an interesting revival
began in the NJ. E. Church, conducted
by Revs. Anderson, Peregoy and Up
degratf. 1t continued for che week,
during which time they were, we un-
derstand, forty-eight acCessiOns to the
church. Communion services were
held in the U. p. Church, here, on the
7th of Dec. There were several per-
sons received into the membership OF
i this church also, which is evidence that
there is a general interest taken in
religion. Rev. Ormond, of West Alex.
andria, Pa, assisted the pastor, Rev
Campbell. The large and attentive
audience which assembled to hear hi;
able and eloquent sermon, were sufIi
cient evidence that his visit to our vii
lage was appreciated.
A concert of vocal and instrumental
music WIS given in College Hall, OF
the 3d inst, and Tc understand from
those who were in attendance, that thu
music was excellent; but owing to the
inclemency of the weather and the baG
state of the roads, the audience was no
very large. At the close of the eXer
cises Prof. Campbell offered the fellow
ing resolutions, which were unani
mously adopted by the audience:
ResolUed, 1st. That we as an audienc
have listened with unSpeakable pleas
ure to the musical exhibition given b,
Prof. Glass and his interesting class.
ID. That we appreciate, we trust
properly, the careful preparation, ant
high degree of skill manifested in thi
musical entertainment.
. Sd. That those who have not beel
here tonight, have failed to enjoy tn,
richest treat presented in this place TO
a long time, and that strive as the,
may, they shall never be able to re
trieve the past, as to include this enter
tainment in their cup of future enjoy
ment.
A Union Entertainment, consistin;
of oratiOns, essays, dramas, music
ta8eaux, Ssr., will be given in Colleg
Hall, on Tuesday evening, Decembe
23d, by the PhiIosophic and Jefferso
nian Literary Societies, of Franklin
College. This is expected to be one Q
the best entertainments ever give
here, as the selections are the best. TIL
proceeds to be given TO these sOcietie:
: As these are very valuable auXiliarie
they ought to receive the liberal patron
age of the public. B.
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Salary Bin In Cong ress.

The salary bill which has been before
Congress was recommitted to the Com
mittee, last Friday, with the following
instructions submitted by Mr.. Orth, Of
Indiana:
That select committee report a bill
repeating the whole salary act, SO far
. the same can be done under the
Consultation, excepting Judges of the
Supreme Court, and ascertain the aver
age amount of salary, mileage and all
ether allowances, exclusive of any esti-
mate for the use of the franking priv
hsge, paid to Senators, Representa-
dives and Delegates in the Forty-first
Congress, and report bill determin-
ing the compensation of Senators, Rep
rssentatives and Delegates in Congress
hereafter at an amount as near as prac-
ticabIe as thus ascertained with the
necessary travelling expenses, and re-
storing all other salaries as they were
bofore the passage of that act.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18
THE SUN.
WEEKLY. sEMI-wEEKLY. AND DAILY,

THE WEEKLY SUN is too widely known 10
require any extended Recommendation: but
the reasons which have already given IL ffty
thousand subscribers, and which will. We
nope give IL many thousands more. are briefly
1t is a first-rate newspaper. All The news Of
the day v i'll be found in IL. condensed when
unimPortant. at full length when OF moment,
and always presented in q clear, fntelligible
AMI interesting manner.
II Is hrst-rate family paper. full Of entsr-
but containing nothing that can Offend the
most delicate and scrupulous taste.
and romances OF current literature are care
fully selected and legI bly, printed In its paess-
1t is frst-rate agricultural paper. The mest
fresh and instructive articles on agricultural
topics regularly appear in this Department..
II Is an indepe ndent political paper, BELONG
for principle, and for the election Of the bess
men TO office. IL especially devotes Its ener.
gies to the exposure of the great eorruptions
and threaten 10 undermine Republican insti-
tutions altogether. 1t has no lear Of knayes.
and I'd asks no favors M m from their sur Porters;
markets Tor the men, especially the cattle mar
kets. 10 which 1t pays particular attention.
One dollar year viii secure po Il for r any sub:
order to have IA The WEEKLY sGN M al a this 1 rsis. e
paper for year.
We have no travelling agents
| THE WEEKLY SUNLIGHT pages. Nifty ak
columns. Only 81 W year. No discount
| from this rate.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY sUN.-Same size ~
the Daily Sun. 81 % year. A discount Of g
per cent to clubs of 10 or over.
! THE DAILY SUN--A large four page nevs-
paper OF twenty-eight colnDns. Daily circu-
Iation over 1S0 900. All the news 1of eta.
Subscription price SO cents q naoath or % 90
= year TO clubs of 10 or over, . discount Of
30 per cent. Address,
THE SUM-" New Yesh city.
Noy20 6w.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
NATCHEZ. MISS. Dec.

NATCHEZ, MISS., Lee. 8, 1873.
Dear Chronicle II distinctly remem-
ber my promise TO write, but, till DOW,
have had no chance to compose myself
to compose the letter.
After spending day with my friend
8. B. Lawrence, at WashingtOn-Q,.
by the way is tip-top fellow, and hay
ing charge of the telegraph lines, has
an instrument fixed on his mantle at
home SO he can spend the evenings
with his family, and / hereby commend
his example to my many friends who
have no telegraph wires and a couple
Of days at Cambridge, we set out in
this general direction.
First annoyance was a Stoppage of a
half day at Columbus. The miserable
ness Of the Railroad reception room
there is a thing to which my knowledge
of the English language can do no sort
Of justice. We refuged in hotel,
Reached Cincinnati after midnight. and
in the morning started again, this time
ticketed to Vicksburgh. At Louisville.
! met SCUM" Metcalf, of Cambridge
now Train Dispatcher of the l.. & N
r. R., and at Lebanon Junction inter-
viewed Geo. Evans, of same place.
1t was in .sthunder, lightning and i'm
rain"-in fact, it rained ON US about
thousand miles, and saw not a sum,
moon or star from home to Vicksburg.
1t even rained into the car, the night
we left Louisville, but conductors
didn't charge anything extra for the
shower bath. However, they aged nv
children and applied the half-fare with
. cheerful regu1arity;-may the Rail-
road Company get some Of it! One fel-
low got into q dilemma. The rule
said "children between five and twelve
must pay half fare" but little Bob
wasn't between; he was one and half
and the good man seemed to think
, that maybe whole fare was his portion.
However, he passed him free that
time. Stations in life differ, but If Won
want to flap your wings ON the highest
porch Of the social ladder, be sleepinp-
Eesr conductor. You'll have blue coat
EsEith gold lace on it, and cap, oh, INV |!
approaching q gentleman, thus mill
|hrily arrayed, with my hat in INV
band and Difference on my tongue. RI
alutsd him as General" >" and inquired
THAT he would do with Spain. !sGen-
bral!' says he, what do you take me
pr? General Grant," says I with
peekne1. "Do you intend to Insult
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THE PITTSBURGH
COMMERCIAL
DAILY and WEEKLY.
LEADING
PENNSYLVANIA PAPER.

The claims of the Commercial upon
The reading public for support are bas-
ed Upon its past record as a progressive
journal. Treating All topics and uues-
tions fearlessly and honestly, it viii not
he content to pursue tho beaten path,
but will endeavor to mark out new and
improved ways in journalism. The
Press is destined 10 play a still more
important part in the education of the
people, and as the reflector of advanced
public sentiment. Always in the van
heretofore, it will not now be content
to lag in the rear, but will be fully
abreast of the times in everything that
relates to the general welfare. AS a
PAPER of
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Thirt! Years Experience of an
old Nurse.

Mrs. Wins lows Soothing Syrupis the
prescription of one of the best Female Phys
1cians and Nurses in the United States and
has been used for thirty years with never fail
Ing safety and success by millions OF mothers
and children, from the feeble infant of one
week old TO the adult. 1t corrects acidity OF
the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates the
bowels, and gives rest, health and comfort to
mother and child. We believe IL TO be he Best
and Surest Remedy in the World in all cases
of DYSENTERY and DIARRHGA IN chill
DREN, whether it arises from Tee ching or any
other cause. Full directions for using will ac-
company each bottle. None Genuine unless
the fac-simile of CURTIS & PERKINS is on
the outside wrapper. Sold by all Medicine
Dealers. jyl0ly
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often look Pale and
Sick

from M other cause than having worms In the
stomach. -
BROWNS VERMIFUGE COMFITS
will destroy Worms without injury to the
child, being perfectly WHITE. and free from
all coloring OF other Injurious ingredients
used In worm preparations.
CURTIS IL BROWN, ProPrietors,
No. 2l5 Fulton street, New York.
Sold by Druggists and Chemists, and dealers in
Medicines at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A Box. Jyl0ly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18

Baxaine's sentence has been COM
muted to twenty years Imprisonment
and degradation from his rank in the
French army.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18

90 60 A EAR Is the price of "Arthurs Il>
pH.OO lustrated Home Magazine" 1t Is for
sale by NewsdealeIs. Pianos, Cabinet Organs
Sewing Machines. Books, &C., almost given
away as Premiums for subscribers. Send 70,
Premium List. Canvassing Agents wanted.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18
The Household Panacea,
and
Family Liniment

is the best remedy in the world for the follow.
ing complaints, viz: Cramps in the Limbs
aud Stomach, Pain the Stomach, Bowels, OIL
side. rheumatism in all its forms, Bilious
Collie, Neuralgia, Cholera, Dysentery, Colds
Fresh Wounds, Burus, sore Throat, Spinal
Com plants, Sprains aud Bruises. Chills and
Fever. For Internal AMI External use.
Its operation is not only 10 relieve the patient
but entirely removes the cause Of the COM
plant. 1t penetrates and pervades the whole
system, restoring healthy action TO all its
pa rts ana quick ening the blood
The Household Pancacsa Is purely
Vegetable and All Healing.
Prepared by
CUHTIS K BROWN,
No. 2l5 Fulton Street, New York.
For sale by all druggists. jyl0ly
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liz CENTS will procure a specimen copy ol
LIZ Arthur's illustrated Home Magazine u
Send for one. r. 8. ARTHUR d sen,
PfiLQdeLDbin. Pa.
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THE GREAT

Household Magazine OF "A merica gives more
more reading for the price, and q greater vari>
ely 10 every member of the family, young and
old, Than any other magazine published.
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+ FLO r AL

A whole book on Flower Culture, from ar
original manuscript, by lady OF refinement
and experience, will be given during 1874.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18

"PEACf. Re UNTO THIS HOUSE"
A magnificent steel engraving, the English
COPY of which sells tor sl4 is sent free to every
subscriber.
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A R 7 H U RS
Illustrated Home Magazine.

bright. cheerful, earnest and progressive the
HOME" takes rank with the best periodical,
Of the day. II is the cheapest first class Maya,
zine In The county, and more thoroughly iden,
tined with the people in their social anC
domestic life than any her.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18
4 Paper Of PROGRESS,
1t will continue TO maintain its higl
character in this respect. AS
A PaDer Of ODiliOl,

The Commercial will continue to dis
cuss men and measures with perfect
freedom and impartiality, always with
an eye to the enhancement of right and
the public veal, believing that the prin-
ciples of the great Republican Party
will be thus best served. Believing that
in free discussion and the independent
expression of opinion only can our in
stitutions bepreserved, the Commercial
will, when it may seem necessary, crit
icise its own party for its own good.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18
As a Business Paper.

The Commercial will hereafter, as in
the past. employ every agency it can
command to meet the wants of the pub
lie. Now that the period of party ex-
element has been passed, it will pay
special attention to topics interesting
in the counting room, the banks and
marts of trade, giving prominence to
Science, Art, Invention, Agriculture
and Manufactures, As
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18

BUTTEKICK' IS NEWEST
Patterns for ladies' and children's dresses are
given oy special arrangement every month";
By means of these patterns, every woman may
now be her own dress maker
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18

kThTHrn1E hdtisihI hcuiuiSHt ioSN-JdNi
'' palsy, sprains, swellings, caked-
breasts, scalds, burns, salt-rheum, car
ache, SC, upon the human frame, and OF
strains, SPAWN, CALLS &C., upon animals in
one year than have all other pretended
remedies since the world began. 1t is coun-
ter-irritant, an all-healing pain reliever.-
Cripples throw away their crutches, the lame
walk poisonous bites are rendered harmless
and the wounded are healed without scar
1t is no humbug. The recipe is published
around each bottle. 1t is selling as no article
ever before sold, and it sells because it does
just what it pretends to do. Those who now
suffer from rheumatism, pain or swelling de-
serve to suffer if they will not use Ccntaur
Liniment. More than 1000 certificates of re-
markable cures, including frozen limbs, ,chron-
ic-rheumatism, gout running tumors, &C.,
have been received We will send circular
containing certificates, the recipe, &C, gratis,
to any one requesting it. One bottle of the
yellow wrapper 4Jentaur Liniment is worth
one hundred dollars for spawned or sweenied
horses and mules. or for screw-worm in sheep.
Stock-owners-this liniment is worth your at
tentlon No family should be without Cen
taur Liniment. J. B. ROSE & Co., New Ork
CAsToRIA Is more than substitute for Cas-
tor Oil. 1t is the only SAFE article in exist
ence which is certain to as<imilate the food
regulate the bowels, cure wind-colic and pro-
duce natural sleep. 1t contains neither min
erals, morphine or alcohol, and is pleasant to
take. Children need not cry and mothers
may rest. oct91y
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RTTTTERICII,C NEyIyEC,r

series OF pleasant. chatty pal ers, lively
sensible and good, to be commenced In tn
January number.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18
General Intelligence
AND
Medium Of The --latest News

The Commercial is widely known and
appreciated. Many Thousands of Dol
lars are annually expended in gather
ing matter to supply the wants of the
public. As
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-. o.s,.no.lLLE, OHIO.

znunsDAY MORNING. Dec. 18th, 1878.
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WINDOW CURTAINS
MY GIRLS AND

new serIa, story by T. s. ARTHUR, will b
commenced In the January number Of tn
HOME MAGAZINE
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18
4 Market Papar.

Its reports will always possess a special
excellence, so that the buyer and seller
can at all times consult its columns for
every necessary information as to pri-
ces and the spirit of the different bran
ches oftrade. Everything that is bought
and sold in the Pittsburgh market and
the leading markets ofthe country will
receive careful attention.
The field of Journalism is constantly
expanding. 1t will be the aim of the
Commercial to hald position in it on
a level with the very best newspapers
of the country.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18
4 Paper for the Family,

1t will give reading matter calculated
to instruct, improve the nina, and ell
Qyatn fha iasta AS
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18
SPECIAL NOTICES.
~ehtaur LininIent.

There is no pain which the
Centaur Liniment will not re-
lieve, no swelling it will not
subdue, and no lameness which
it will not cure. This is strong
language, but it IS true. 1t has
more cures of rheu-
matism, neuralgia, lock-jaw.
,,ol-r cnrainc s,r,,llino, aal-ad-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18

"PIPSISSIWAY POTTS"
The inImitable delineator Of home life an
character. has an article in every number.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18

We intend to publish a ohyisfian Maou.ins, In
which there shall be free Thought and full ex>
preston OF the ablest minds. We mean to
make the SCSIBNERs MONTHLY, In literary
.at md nj
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18
.scri bner's Monthly

The New volume of Scribners Monthly fiust
commenced). begins
A !0,)Leuf1id .Cey.ies of VI,xsy-rfa-y D..
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-02-12
The history of the introduction of

The history of the introduction of
tobacco into common use affords strik-
ing illustration of the impotency of hu-
man laws to control the inclinations of
mankifd In most countries its intvo-
duction was signalized by the passass of
rigorous laws iaterdicting its use. In
some it was classed with adultery, and
treated as felony. In others, separate
tribunals were appointed for the trials of
offenders in tobacco And in all, punish
ments the most ignominious and severe
were awarded to the culprit In Con-
stantinople any Turk caught in the act
of smoking was placed upon an ass, with
his face toward the animals tail, and his
nose transfxed with pipe, and thus
conducted through the streets. In Rus
sia the penalty was-for the fret offence
the knout for the second. death. In
Papal countries accommodation was
the penalty and the offender was anathe-
M marlnatha.
Yet these measures, sefere as they
were, all failed of their intended effect,
and tobacco triumphed over its enemies
at last. 1t is now cultivated wherever it
can be grown with profit. and consumed
wherever it can be obtained occupying
in its production land equal in extent to
whole kingdoms, and employing in its
cultivation. manufacture and sale armies
of men and women, and untold milli ons
of capital and, worst of an destroying
to an incidentally extent the health and
lives of its votaries. II
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-02-12
Gemperants Column.
D. W. WICKERSHAM, 1,
BAYARD NIELDS, 1DiioN7
Prohibition Successful.

A few weeks since we published the
testimony OF the Governor, Council, Sen
ators and C6ngrcssmen Of Maine, prov
ing Prohibition successful in that State.
We followed this by similar testimony
from the pen of Mr.. James Alexander
Mowatt in reference to the rural district
of Torone, in Ireland This week We
give Ma. Mowatt's interesting article in
reference to a manIflcfuring torn of s.
500 in the county Armagh, Ireland. He
shows that 3, 900 working people can live
without liquor, and that there IL M pow
erty, pauperism, privation, pawn shops.
police, prisons and poor rates in Bess-
brook, as there is in most other parts of
ireland And having no jails and police
they have no tues Think Of this, We
people, who pay tax. t11r .fIfhs of which
goes for psup-ri>ra aad Grim resulting
from ruin. Wonll it rot ray to eXchinGe
your Gcca,e llws for Prohibitorg laws,
even at a venture
Bu, you venture nothing. Facts auf
figures prove prohibition succcs-ful wher
ever uied. Ne challenge any one to
show a single exception to this And
then it is rigtt. too. Let Us have it in
Pennsylvania. And to lecture this let
every reader petition the Constitutional
Convention to incorporate it into the
new Constitution and prepare to vote
down all license next spring. This will:
bring it. Nothing else wil.-Tlmper-
ance Iindicator.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-02-12
Tslegraphing Without Wires,

There is something peculiarly fascina:
ing in the idea of girdins the earth with
a vocal electric current without the in
teryention of wires on the land or cables
beneath the sea, after the fashion in which
Mr.. Mahlon Loomis proposes to girdle it.
This gentleman, who has suddenly sprung
into notice as the originator of an exper-
iment bolder than any ever undertaken
by Morse or Faraday or Tyndall, asks
nothing more than an altitudinous eleva
ton and kite-and, being thus provid-
cd, he proposes to give new expression
to those wonderful forces Of nature which
if we may believe his theory, stand rea-
dy to obey his signal. and are, in point
of fact, impatien.ly awaiting the magic
touch Of his hand. Franklin flew his
kite and solved problem in science
Looms goes up into high mountain lets
loose his kite among the currents of the
upper air. and, we suppose, utters cabal-
istic words to unlock the secrets Of the
ether Exactly how he is to do it, and
where it is to be done, he does not tell
US but it is dinly hin ted that with one
foot upon the summit of the highest
Rocky Mountain peak and another upon
Monte Rosa, or, say, the Matterhorn (if
he can climb that dreadful height. he
will instantly apan the sea with az cleo
trio current, and ask for neither wires
nor poles. The Atlantic is no bar to the
project he contemplates nor. probably,
would the broad Pacific alarm him.
There is mysterious intimation concern
ing great towers that might be needed
upon the lower levels Of the earth. from
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-02-12
Tns First Glass.

Every one knows the danger of the
first glass to other people, but strangely
fancying himself stronger than they, the
victim takes it unhesitat:dg y. What at
first was but freak or whim to be east
ly avoided, soon becomes an Irresistible
spell which neither reason, nor prudence.
nor yet self preservation can break. and
the innocent first glass proves to be the
introduction to an end in a Grunkard's :
grave Total obstineace is the Only safe
rule. Practice it. boys.