Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-03-20
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MLSCELLANE OGS .IYEMy
The Tiffin shoe factory Manufacture,
$1,000 pairs of shoes per year, and its
pay roll aggregates $4,000. h
A man in Miami county has a cane
i32 years old, having been handed
down to the fourth generation.
There were eighty-two inquests held
IN Ouyahoga county, including Cleye-
land, last year. r's /. -. RI
Lynching matinees in Nevada are
called performances by the string
band" tai-i+' ~
The original meaning of fashion oas
"eiistomary"-now il smeanssometuinc
extraordinary" .t.r r-oat ,,.-..
Aease is mentioned where lsorse
was poisoned by paint upon a east-fron
crib. -f ia---s ..-...' -'-.0
The Rey.J- ". Shuey and wife, OF
Dayton, celebrated, their silver we'd
ding anniversary on Friday evening
last.
Phe GAINESVILLE Courier claims that
that city hes more youngsters In train
ing for the position of ''Bonesu in
minstrel troupes, than any place on
the continent. ..r ....
A new remedy for toothache consists
in The employment OF injections intro
duced into the gum near the diseased
tooth. Morphia was first used, but
chlorofornl is now used exclusively.
The New York I5i,ne is recruiting
its editorial staff from the Sun Office.
Ddha's graduates will make the Tri-
5aRe mere than ever an honor to inde-
pendent journalism.
a retired actress has been teaching
elocution to the children in Carson
City, and the old people declare that
all the young folks say "beeyoutifool
skeey" and the ''nobulj juke."
Speaking of Tom Moore's taste for
biography, and the number of memoirs
he had composed, Rogers one day
eynicaily observed "Why, it is not
safe to die while Moore's alive"
a Minnesota youth. who attempted
to start his horse by hitting it V ith his
gun, failed to make his steed 20, but
was more successful with the. gun.
That Ina went off promptly, and took OF
three Of his fingers with it.
a Wisconsin justice of the peace di-
vorced IA couple recently as follows:
He stood them in the middle of the
floor, backs together, and as they
walked away from each other he repeat
Ell the marriage ceremony backwards.
The most remarkable evidence of
the ancient mechanical science and
skill OF the ChiBese IS to be found in
their suspended bridges, the invention
Of which is assigned 10 the Han dynas-
ty, which existed sixteen hundred
years ago. ''''
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard McSherry, of
Montgomery county, observed the
fiftieth anniversary OF their marriage
OH Thursday last. Husband and wife
are. aged respectively seventy-two and
seventy years.
What kind Ofeattie do they haE- cut
at Zanesville? y man there adverf:-e-
that he wants "a woman to wasl-, Fln,
and milk one or two cows" Wa hing
may do cows good, but we don't think
they will likeiroling.
Did our readers ever hear our young
lady acquaintances ask each other,
Whats your politics ?" and then gig
gle. The question has hidden mean
ing. For explanation apply to the
first lady you knox who wears large
hustle.
Fire in indianapolis Tuesday night,
destroyed the Woodburn Wheel Conn
pany's works. Loss slO0, ,OGO. Chief Fire
Daniel Glazier was killed by
being crushed by falling wall.
Miss Stoker. of Piqua, Ohio, joined
the Baptist church, and on Sunday
night entered the church to be blessed,
with immersion robes on, but fell dead
of heart disease before she reached her
seat.
J. S. Hopkins, of Baltimore, has
given two million dollars for the main
tenanoe of a hospital for sick ard in-
di2ent orphans, to which purpose he
some time ago decided thirty acres of
land in Baltimore. The buildings are
to be built next year. .s ..
Piles of camphor wood, il conf
good state of preservation,
exist on the site of the old town of JO-
hore, India, which was abandoned up
ward of one hundred years ago. Large
have been erected at JOhOre
for the purpose of preparingthis valu-
able timber for expectation.
Arguments have commenced in the
United States Circuit Court in BostCn,
in behalf of the Erie Railroad company
for an injunction to prevent the fore
closure of the Berden mortgage on the
Boston, Hartford and Erie company.
Mrs. Sallie Herndon, dressmaker
at Cairo, H., was terribly burned ON
the morning of the 10th inst, while at
tempting to kindle her fire by pouring
on the live Goals a "non-explosive" oil
from can, which exploded, enyelop-