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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-01-29


INTERESTING FIGURES.-Theio ioiioW-
ing figures contain information thai Is
not generally known:
The Mississippi river is 2,616 miles in
length, and is / $50 feet above the Level
of the Gulfat its utmost source: AT Sf.
Paul it is $40 feet above the Gulf level
at the head of Rock Island rapids, o0o
feet; at st. Louis, 407 feet; at Cairo, 922
feet; at Memphis, 22I feet; at Natchez,
6e feet; at New Orleans, 10 feet, ana at
the head of the passes, 2 feet inches.
The Arkansas river rises Lola miles
from its entrance into the Mississippi;
and 10000 feet above the Gulf level I; at
Fort Smith it is Ais feet above the Gull;
at Little Rock. 252 feet, and at its mouth, y da5
1872 feet. The Missouri river rises Z, sos
miles from its entrance into the Msssls.
sippi, and $500 feet above the Gulf
level; at Fort Benton it is 2,S45 feet ee
above the Gulf; at Sioux City, 1,0eS
feet, ane at ST. Joseph, 756 feet. The
Ohio is 500 feet above the Gulf at Pitts
burgh, and 532 feet at Cincinnati.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-01-29

period of forty years, but coming with
M noticeable periodicity. People who
are call Ing this a season strange above
all Others, Indicative that our planet has
drifted into new influences, and who
are pa, missing ;,li sorts of consequences,
from poor crops to Second Advent,
may bear in mind that there is a pre-
cedeut for it all, and that whether the
weather is divinely dispensed each day
or is grand sequence under ordained
law which prayer cannot affect, it keeps
coming and changing hour by hour,
and the pc lliar freaks of a century
and more ago have not resulted in an
Inhalation yet. Nor has the period be-
tweensfhem and now been one of I'M
INTERRUPTED dis ,s.CT.
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sslmuut o.. Business girefturs
COUNTY OFFICERS.


k,. I,doe-C W. CARROLL. once
.n-stsirs in public buildings. nrst door 70 Iign'
SheTiEWa {. COCHRAN. Once IN Puoiio
niunL ~ r;s,.rt,-J z. MITCHELL. Omcein puo-
,c bnildings. adjoining the Court Hoose. g.
A,lffitor-w. E. STAMP. VInr VLcsa Az
Jc,axau,er-A PoRrERFIELp; vnos y"
street. frst door West OF the BAL oac. I'm uubl,e
SsSgrr nrst fioor, second door on len.
n,o,ecsaino Anorney.w. =. knssoH' o"o'
ev doors east NJ the Nstional Aotsl;;
,ny,issioneTs- -<mss Kinney, Lsaln 2.
cnn~an. Corles In; William
arms'rong's Mills. w
Co,vrsiexioners meet at 81. Clairsvilie On ~
srst Mondays OF March. June. septem 1e aoe
Deoember-snd as Board oi
~ third "Wednesday of May. In eAcn yea:
The probate Court meets on the pc. rr,.ne-
,sys OF January. March. May. July, SEN p.d +
YER and November. as CT nn, ,or the trans-
D wsvs open ION business no"i''
ofion nj other business
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The Bureau of Statistics reports that
the exports Of wheat from the U. States
to Great Britain from 1860 to 1878, in
elusive, was IA, ,657, ,0S2 bushels. Ex-
ports of the same article from Prussia
to Great Britain during the same peri
cd was 2SS, ,S43, ,547 bushels.
Several heavy tobacco growers from
Virginia have recently bought land in
Kanses for the purpose Of cultivxting
tobacco. They have had years Of ex-
perience, and say they are willing,
from their knowledge Of the necessary
soil and climate, to risk raising as good
an article there as the Virginia tssf.
There is evident yearning II Con-
gressional quarters for the restoration
OF the franking privilege.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-01-29

bulk are more proper to be substituted
for the largest giants, have neither
arms nor legs, aud the head Of that AZ
imal has not the least resemblance tC
that Of man. If it be true, there.
fore, that IA reat number of the gi,
gantic bones which we have mentioned
have been seen by anatomists, and
have been reputed real human bones,
the existence of giants is proved.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-01-29
Rusiafss G. rds.
Dentistry,

80 uOOD havinv Iocatel 10 St. ClairsviIle,
snnounces to the public that he is row
prepared to perform ali operations inDentistiy:
Artificial teeth inserted Oh the oest rancd,ne .e
for $40 a set (either upper or under.l AttenIIon
is called 10 aluminium, the lfghtest, strougest
and purest material ever worn in the mouth-
Gsraciai attention paid to treating filling the
nsfurai teeth. All work warranted.
& F. WOOD, Dentist.
t.2stI ONCE nearly opposite Post Once.
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MASONIC DIRECTORY, 1873.

ae,rnont Lodge. No. 49, r d;nn a: Al mes ts. ful
ery "Wednesday d. BAILEY, w. N.
IN oon.
J. B. RYAs. Secy. yo II RoyaI Arch
At. Clairsvilie ChaPssfi n,sht on or after
hasons. mes.s e'ei' C. a. ARICk II. p.
efEoEGE H,'neii No. 81 Royal Select a,d
ss,s,i ss,Ewr.i,ent Masters meets on the Secoho
Tuesday nisAt Of ev.ry mon.n;p I,Hp rra.M.
IT. R. BUMGARENr~ L. Il W. m
1,De Commandery No. % Of Knights IemP-
n'pe eets On the second Mondar night OF e.e'S
month ROSS ]. .ALEXANDEh'E EE.rIs79iv -
IAs B. RYAN. Hec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-01-29

Nobody in Paris drinks water who
can possibly avoid doing so. Chicago
visitors feel perfectly at home, there.
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A CARD,

AIR. T. STONEBRAKER, Is ready a. ms
MI saloon under the st. Clair House, 70 attend
Inc mSking CurIs switches, wigs, Give
him q
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WEARING SPECTACLES.-Whe the
eyes begin to fail use them as little as
possible at night, and avoid reading
fine print or doing any work by lamp
light, which tries them. But when
you instinctively adjust your book 50
as to get better light, when your
eyes are easily fatigued, and there is a
sense of effort to make out the letters
in print or to take stitches in sewing,
spectacles are needed. They are the
last thing to be bought for cheapness.
Brazilian glasses are best, because of
natures make, and most difficult to be
scratched, but you should wear manu-
factured glasses first until the eye be-
comes accustomed to their use. AL
ways note the number Of your glasses
and the date of first using them-if lost
you can tell what number you want.
Glasses should be washed in cold water
every day, wiped dry with a linen fab
ric, and then with buckskin, never
with paper, ms it scratches them.
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A Burmese spati,

Burmese laws are, gu the WbQ1S,
Just and wise, and were evidently
framed with a view to advance the in-
terests of Justice and morality; but they
very aften prove futile, owing to the
tyranny and rapacity of the king, and
the venality of many of his officers.
Theoretically, false swearing is particu-
larly obnoxious among the Burmese. A
witness in court is compelled to take a
fearful oath. which might well strike
terror into simple minds. 1t invokes
the most direiul penalties for BOT speak
ing the truth upon the witness ana all
his relatives. For instance: Let the
ealamIticS occ;lSioned by tire, water,
rulers, thieves, and enemies oppress
and destroy us, tIii we perish ana come
to utter destruction. Let us be SnbJect
to all the calauIitie5 thai are within the
body and all that are without the body.
May we be seized with madness, dumb
ness, blindness, deafness, leprosy, and
hydrophobia. May we be struck with
thunder-bolts and lightning, and come
to sudden death. In the midst of not
speaking the Truth may | be taken
with vomiting clotted black blood,
and suddenly die before the assembled
people. When 1 am going by water,
may the water mats assault me, the
boat be upset, and the property lost;
and may -alligators, porpoises, sharks,
and other sea-monsters seize and crush
me to death; and when l change
worlds, may l not arrive among men
or mats, but suffer unmixed punish
ment and regret, in the utmost wretch
edness, among the four states of pun
ishment, Hell, Proto, Beasts, and Ath-
urakai." Imagine the effect of such an
oath delivered in New York police
court! Yet, notwithstanding these
fearful jmprecations, the Burmese wit
ness is quite as uncertain as his civil
lied and Christian brother.-FrOm'The
Land of the White ELEPHANT by s. S.
CoNANT, in Harper's Magazine for
February.
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Stockholder's Meeting.

TTHE annual meeting of the Stockholders o.
L the First National 6ank OF st. Clairsviile
Ohio, will be held at the Banking Rooms, or
TUESDAY the 18th day of January, prox., st
O'Clock p. NJ, for the purpose of electing Five
Directors TO serve the ensuing year.
decll:4t II. @. WELDAY, Cssh'r.
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r S & A. ?. LACEY
ATTORNEYS AT Law,
psNenNs and Claims.

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cia ms and annear before all the Departments.
and satisfaction gwen IN at So
ness entrusted TO them. CorresPon%4encee Gen efice so
nonartm,nt- WASHINGTON, D. e.. sep26t1
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Manhood: How Lost, How
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and enectual, by means OF which every suffer-
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llcure himself cheaply, privately an yvdic0iiy.
n H4-This lecture should be in the hands of
every youth and every man in the land.
l Sent under seal. in q plain envelope to any
address, post paid on receipt of six cents or two
postage stamps.
Also, DIR. CULvERwKLL's Marriage Guide. -
flprice so cents.
i Address the Publishers,
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2li27 Bowery. New York, Post Office Box. 1855.
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PICTURE FRAMES!
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PHYSICIANS.

DHODEs, 4. p. a. SON, Wholesale Grocers
IL and Commission Merchants. Opposite r.
r. Depot.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-04-30
unAn Axn JOHNSTON,

Theex.rebel General Hood is at irrecon :
cilible logcerhests with General Joe John
ston in regard TO the latier's published state
| ments concerning the part which JET DAVIS
took in promoting, by acts OF iavorilism,
and general incompetency for the position,
the final ,llapse Of the Southern Coincide
racy. He maintaiDs, in very decided terms,
that il the South Lad no, possessed just such
| a man as Davis, one with his ability and
firmness, it would have been whipped IN
| two wears ard disgraced to-day, instead oil
having proved themselves glorious IN war,
| az they did II is an Improbable dlscus-
son, but not at all surprising that Hood
sbouid fatty di-sgree with his whilom COM
mauder In Johnston's recently published
narrative 81 the war, he several times refers
10 Hood in a di-paraging manner. The latter
msy not have been as skili;ui general "a
some others, but il he was not lighter the
Confedsracy did not have one; and yet J Ohm
ton makes il appear that on several occa-
sions Hood failed 10 do his duty in that par
ticniar respect, and on that account each
time Disconnected his pan for lighting Sher-
man to advantage Viewed in the light OF
a contribution to military history, Johnston
book il loose and unreliable, and ii is qnite
likely that he has moderated Davis rather
more than Hood apparently over'stimates
him Pittsburgh Commercial
L, is very well known by soldiers who pal
4icipa,ed in the Atlanta csmpai;n that Cen
ersI Sherman iemoralized and al
mot rou,ei the Confederate army
which conf.u..!ed him in very short time
after johnson was superseded by Hood. In
the retreat frc,n Diiton, johnson exercised
the skilI and p. ience of a wary general. tie
gave Sherr..,D f 1t when the advantages
were on hi- SIDE, aid Withdrew when battle
meant De feat Ga tie other hand, Hoods
conduct Of the campaign &f:er taking charge
of the Confederate forces was notorious Tor
recklsss and laundering attacks. He gained
temporary advantage the day General
Mcpherson was killed, hut had not the mill
tary skill 10 hold il; In subsequent attao Ks
his soldiers were simply led 10 bu,chery. He
a-ssiled Shsrman's army at iIs strongest
point on the IS h of Jniy, and Tepestsd the
same blunder at Joaestoro after the evacila-
ton of Atlanta. Hood il tighter, bat ne
6ybt. without discretion.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-04-30
r,scA, aSrx, .PPOINrE TED

Tie Governor and Secretary OF sts'e re-
ce..,v returned from New York, where they
speDt some weeks on business for The State
making arrangement :or the appointment
#. zeal aren,'' of Kansas in New YORK,
as provided Tor in the law Of last winter.
The law Gays: "The Governor, Secretary OF
State, and Auditor of State" shall "deslg-
nate some bank in tie city Of New York as
q state agency for the sale Of bonds and c0u'
pons issued by the State Of kanFa., or any
county, township, city or school dis'ric' IN
raid State, which by their terms are maze
payable in said city of New York, and the
bond to he given by fuch agency was h1ed
by the officers Of the State, az provided IN
the Law, in the Gum Of half million oil DOL
lara. Blu, the Governor and Secretary az
certained, after making thorough canvass
of rho financial ins;itu ions Of New York,
that no ank in the city was willing to give
The bond required. Several private bank
err, however, proposed TO comply with The
terms, and Of these Messrs. Donnei, LAWSON
& Co. have been aeiecied-the Governor ard
Secretary voting for. and the Auditor against
Mr.. wi.der's opposition, however, was no:
because of any objection to the particular
firm in question, but because he did not
consider such designation as complying
with the law, in that he does not regard
private banking firm as bank in the sense
in which the term is used in the act.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-04-30
ran PRESlDENl's VETO.

Dispatches from Washington announce thai
the President has vetoed the currency Dill.
We believe the announcement OF the fresi-
cents action will cause feeling OF disaP'
poin,ment and regret Throughout the entire
West. We have favored expansion In
limited way being convinced that the senti'
ment Of western farmers, merchants, and bus
iness men strongly inclined in favor OF more
currency and therefore hoped that the
bill would meet the appreciation oil the Chie'
Executive and become Law.
At this time it ia impossible TO tell just
what effect the veto will have Oh the business
interests of the country, although 1t Is Also
mteIy safe to predict tina depression OF
prices will follow, together with consider
able decline in gold, or rather marked ap-
probation of United States paper money.
The veto removes all hore Of expansion at
present, for it is we'll known
that the sdherents of the Dill
cannot command two-thirds of the votes IN
each house of Congress. The bill was in no
sense a party measure, both parties being d.
viJed in the discussions and vote; hence the
veto cannot be used for political effect by one
party more than by the other. The debate IN,
d,caied Il sectional division, the West and
south favoring the passase of the hill, and
the East resisting it. Doubtless the cur
rency question will figure prominently In
the election of Representatives to Congress
next fall, and be accepted as the real issue
of the campaign.
Since there Is an election in every district
of the country, the people will have an OPP
porrun:ty Of expressing their convictions on
the all-abor.,ing questions without much de-
lsy
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-04-30
WIN TER W HEAT.
GENERALLY Favorable Reports from All
Quarters.

Washington, d. c., April 20.-The De-
par,men; Of Agriculture has received very
full information concerning the appearance
of the wheat throughout the country. HE
returns cover large proportion OF the win
ter wheat area of each State. The winter
has been extremely favorable to all sections.
No previous season has been more generally
40 since the Inauguration Of the crop reports.
In the South very few exceptions II the
general vigor, and even luxuriance, Of the
growth have appeared. In the Gulf Coast
region the winter pasturing OF wheat helda
has been prsc,iced to the advantage OF the
crops. In New York and Pennsylvania the
weather since the middle OF March has been
un.ayorable, on account of the sudden chan
pes of temperature and cold winds, to the
injury of wheat on clay and undrained lands.
La Ontario, Niagara, Livingston and Gene.
ace. four counties which produce ODe'third
of the winter wheat of New York, average
expectations are entertained, though come
injury from freezing and thawing on low
grounds is reported. The promise Is re-
markable in Pennsylvania, nine-tenths Of
the counties making favorable returns, many
of them were flattering. Fully three-iourths
OF the counties Of the Ohio valley report
either an average or superior condition. Be-
yond the Mississippi, Missouri and Kansas
have still fewer unpromizing representa-
tions. There are reports from the North
west. which ere more favorable than usual.
The prospect in California is very prcmis'
ing, though complaint, of injury from ar
unu ual cause, wet weather, come from sew
eral counties. The Secretary OF the Safe
Board of Agriculture reports promise 6i
40 600 COO bushels in the state.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-04-30
rainier social.
From the Kentucky Exchange.


Gov. Powell, of Kentucky, was reSer an
orator, but his conversational, story telling
and social we're remarkable. His great forte
lay in establishing personal intimacy with
everyone he met, and in this way he was
powe rful in electioneeriDg. He chewed i'm
mense quantities Of tobacco, bnt never car
ried the weed himself, and was always beg
ging it of everyone he met. His residence
was in Henderson, and in coming up the
Ohio past that place gentlemen overhead a
characteristic anecdote of him. A citizen OF
Henderson, coming on board, fell into con-
versstion with passenger, who made In
uuires about Powell. He lives in your
place, | believe, don't her' "Ies. one OF
our oldes, citizens Very sociaLle man,
amt he?" Remarkable So" swell, l
thought SO; think he is one of the most so-
cisble men l ever met in my lile-wonder-
fully sociable. ! was introduced to him over
at Grayson Springs las. summer, and he
hadn't been with me ten minutes when he
begged all the tobacco l had, got his feet in
my lap, and spit all over me-remarkably
soci.hia
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-04-30

through the bars, with one fearful stroke
caught the unfortunate boy By the top Of
his head, and her long, sharp, hook-hke
claws went crashing through the skull, tear
ing open the entire base Of the brain, which
came oczing out of the fearful charms
made by this stroke, and tearing Of the en-
tire scalp much more edectually than the
scalpiup knife though welded BY the
mos, accomplished red warrior OF the fros,
tier plain. The attaches Of the circus aided
bv the police rushed in and after great
effor, succeeded in resculng the unfortunate
bow from the now infuriated brutes. lie
vas taken to the Office of DR.. Thomas J. l.
Yes,es. where the wounds were dressed
When he Was dragged away the lionee'
licked the blood from her pave, and with
The lion tore the boys hat. which had been
pulled into the cage, into many shreds,
meanwhile furiously roaring and rearing
The Injured boy was taken home in his sac
plight and after lingering come houra, died
Without much apparent suffering. And
strange to say he retained his CONSEQUENCE
until within few moments of his death. AL
parties who witnessed this fearful scene un't'
in exhonorating the parties in charge from
blame, and Adam ForePaugh. With bis nc
customed liberality and humanity. sav'
every attention TO the wounded lad while HI
lived and made ample provisions for the las
sad rites.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-04-30
INTERNAL REVENUE EAA

Under The Laws OF the United States, CT
gar, tobacco, beer and spirit dealers, whole
sale and retail, as well as the brewers and
rectifiers, mnst pay tax to the government
through the Internal Revenue collectors OF
their respective districts. The year begins
on The first OF May. Hitherto the tax has
be, due on or before the 3ls, of that month
but by a new Interpretation Of the iaN, and
instructions to collectors in accordancd there
with, the tax mus; be paid On or before the
wear commences, which, az We have said, Ii
the first of May. All parties in business in
these lines, therefore, who DO no. pay on OF
before that date, will BE- muic:ed in fifty per
cent. penalty, which in mott cases will be
severe burden. as the tax ranges from hive
dollars 10 two hundred dollars, according to
the business. The collectors have no option
in this IN after, but are obliged TO enforce the
collection of the penalty with the tsx. TIE
prers would do well 10 invite general atten-
ton to this matter, to the end that every
body concerned may have ample notification
Of the consequences OF negiscling to pay IN
advance.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-04-30

The reader may obtain some knowledge Of
The resis,less power Of the reform revolution
IN Kansas from the fact that only one bond
a,ropoeition was carried at the recent eiec'
Sion. held in this State. In view OF the un'
rsr.lelled recklessness with which Kansas
voted bonds in times past, 1t will creaIe no
ustouishment 10 hear that the single measure
which succeeded was proposition suomi''e'
II the people of Coffee county 10 ''r"e
$4,000 in aid Of poor farm.
The era of reckless subsidies has gwen
p,sce to a Rod Of close and rigid economy
The danger new is in the force OF the re-
bound. The extreme Of economy is s'lnsi-
ness which produces stagna,ion, and th'r
should be aver,ed in order that the progress
OF needed public improvement shouid not b
xrbex rcd