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FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
FALLING OF A CHURCH
FLOOR.

SYRACUSE, June 24.-An appalling
catastrophe occurred here last night.
A strawberry festival was being held
at the parlors of the Central Baptist
Church, when, without any premoni-
tion, the floor gave way, precipitating
the room full into the story below. The
parlor was on the second floor, and the
room underneath was also full. The
fire alarm was Immediately given, and
the firemen hurried to the scene. Soon
ten thousand people were there, and
tremendous excitement prevailed.
The entire police force and fire de-
partment of the city were called out
and took charge of the work of recov-
ering the dead and wounded. The
broken timbers were hoisted up with
difficulty. The walls of the church
did not fall in, but are seriously dam
aged. The church is comparatively
a new one. A few minutes before the
floor gave way it trembled so that
many persons left the room, fearing
an accident, which was predicted by
many. The accident was caused by
the giving away of the joist that sup
ported the floor. The joist ran from
both sides of the room to cross string
er, the middle of which was supported
by iron rods from the roof. The string
ers gave way, pulling the ceiling and
roof down upon the people and precip-
itating them into the room below. The
work of recovery was exceedingly
slow, as it had 10 be done ir the dark,
and it Was feared every moment that
the walls would fall in. Over one hun
dred were injured. Fourteen were
killed. The work of searching for the
bodies continues.
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8elmnut gu. Business Directory.
COUNTY OFFICERS.


poobafe .Jadoe-C. W. CARROLL. once
upstairs in public buildings, first door 70 right
sheri1-WM. c. COCHRAN. Omce IN puphc.
Clerk Of Colsrts-J. R. MITCHELL. 0fnceln puo-
lie buildings adjoining the Court House.
public building, entrance at LEFT door.
Treasrer--A. PoRTERFIELp; ULnce on MAIN
street. first door West OF the Bank.
Recorder-JAs. A. BARNES. ONCE IN pubic
suiiding first floor, second door on left-
prosecsst;y.0 ASorney-W. s. KENNoN. once
few doors east IF the National Hotel.
Obrsmissioners-Sol Hogue, Somerton; b. T.
DUNCAN, Plank Road; william AuXanoer'
Bridgeport. s,uh
Coroner-THoMAs GARRETT, Bellaire-
Commissioners meet st st. Clairsville on the
first Mondays of March. June, september ano
December-and as Board OF EqualzatoD
the third Wednesday of May. in each yea.
The Probate Court meets on the nrst Iues-
days OF January, March. May, July, & sePuems nd il
b.r and November. as criminal court @ anu !
nj vavs omen (on business hours) Tor the trans
action Of other business
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02

shipper, stakeholder or employe, thus
breaking up the combinations by which
the agents and officers of so many rail-
roads have managed to cut up all the
earnings, leaving the stockholders
nothing. The consolidation of parallel
lines under the same control is forbid
den, because it destroys competition;
also the watering of stock by fictitious
issues through which enormous swim
dies have been perpetrated. Local
fares and freights must not exceed in
gross the charges for the same class of
freights or transportation to mere
distant station in the same direction,
and the General Assembly shall en-
force these provisions by adequate PEN
alties and forfeitures. The new Con-
stitution of Ohio thus puts her in the
front rank in opposition to the abuses
which have grown up under our rail-
road system, and her people should re-
spord to it by an overwhelming major
ity.
Minority representation, railroad and
license are presented as separate ques-
tions to be voted on, and a vote in ia
vor of either will have no practiful Of
feet unless the elector also votes for the
Constitution. For instance, vote for
license without vote for the Constitu-
tien, amounts to nothing, because the
old Constitution is no license anyhow.
Again, the no license clause proposed
with the new Constitution gives the
General Assembly the power of prohi-
bition, hence the friends of all the sep
arate propositions submitted gain moth
ing unless they vote also for the new
Constitution.
Fellow citizens, ! have endeavored
briefly to explain some of the points as
to the proposed Constitution, and feel
gratified in saying the positions / took
when nominated in my remarks in IA
vor of deducting the pay of absentees
in the Legislature, minority or proper
tional suffrage, putting railroad cOrpO-
rations under proper restraints, and
submitting the license and railroad
questions to separate vote, have been
sustained. l voted against the COnsti-
tuition on its final passage, not because
of any objections to its general features,
but on account of the judicial appor-
tionment as affecting Franklin county,
because the wishes of my constituents
had been ignored, reserving my indi-
vidual right to vote at the polls. Ex-
animation and reflection have fully sat-
isfied me that no mere local or tempo
rary objection should control the elec-
tor in voting for the adoption of the
new Constitution, which is great inn
prOvement on the old.
The Convention consisted of 81 Re-
publicans,49 Democrats and Indepen-
dents, no party having the control, and
the nearly unanimous vote for the Con-
stitution demonstrates that its provis-
ions have only TO be thoroughly under
stood by the people to secure its ratifi-
cation by large majority.
LLEwELLYN BABER.
Columbus, June 18, 1874.
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Influence of Habit.

In recent lecture DIR. Hammond, oil
New York, stated that the influence OF
habit in fostering a morbid impulse
once yielded to was exceedingly pow
erful, to illustrate which he related the
following:
ga lady came under my observation
who was subject to no delusion and who
had never given any evidence of men,
impulse, which she declared she could
not control, to throw valuable articles
into the fire. AT first, she said in her
confession to me, the impulse was ex-
cited by the satisfaction She derived
from seeing an old pair of slippers curl
up into fantastic shapes after she had
thrown them into blazing wood fire.
She repeated the act the following day,
but not having an old pair of shoes to
burn she used an old felt hat, which
was no longer fashionable. But this
did not undergo contortions like the
shoes, and therefore she had no pleasu-
rable sensation like those of the day
before, and thus, so as any satisfaction
was concerned, the experiment was a
failure. On the ensuing day, howey-
ever, she, to her great surprise, felt
that it would be a pleasant thing to
burn something. She was very clear
that this pleasure consisted solely in
the fulfilment of an impulse which to a
certain extent had become habitual.
She therefore seized a handsomely
bound prayer book which lay on the
table, and throwing it into the fire,
turned away her face and walked to
another part of the room. 1t was very
certain, therefore, that she was mo-
longer gratified by the sight OF the
burning articles. She went on repeat
ing this act with ner own things, and
even with those which did not belong
to her, until she became a nuis lnce to
herself and all those with whom she
had any relations. Her destructive
propensities stopped at nothing which
was capable of being consumed, books,
bonnets, shawls, laces, handkerchiefs,
and even table covers and bed linen,
helped to swell the list of her sacrifices.
AS soon as she had thrown the articles
into the fire the impulse was satisfied.
She did not care to see it burn. On the
contrary, the sight was rather disa-
greeable to her than otherwise. Butt
the force which affected her in the way
it did she represented as being impe-
rative, and If not allowed to act, gave
rise to the most irritable and unpleas-
ant sensations, which she could not de-
scribe otherwise than by saying that
she felt as ieshe would have to fly or
jump or run, and that there was feel
ing under the skin all over the body
as If the flesh were in motion. As soon
as she had yielded to the impulse these
sensations disappeared. She was en-
tirely cured, not by placing her in an
asylum, but by subjecting her to such
physical restraint as could readily be
enforced within the precinsts of her
own home, and by the use of such med
sen the irritability other nervous sys-
tenn"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02

A pair named Bradlee, in Trumbull
county, have in six years had twelve
thildren; two pairs or twins, and, last
August, eight at one birth-three boys
and Ave girls, all Of whom are living
and healthy, though small. The moth
er was one of triplet, her father and
mother were both twins, and her
grandmother bore five pairs of twins.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02

A policeman in Detroit heard that a
citizen oftwelfth street had been badly
injured, and he called at the house to
obtain particulars. He found the man
lying ON the lounge, with his head
bound up, and his face badly scratched.
He asked: what Is the matter? Did
he get run over, or fall down stairss'
No, not exactly replied his wife; but
he wanted to run the house his way.
andI wanted to run 1t my way; and
there he Is
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02
A Beautiful AIIegory,

Once on a time a little leaf was
heard to cry and sigh as leaves often
do when gentle wind is about. And
the twig said: laslols
what is the matter, little leaf?'
'The wind said the leaf, Just told
me that one day it would pull me OF,
and throw me on the ground to die.'
The twig told it to the branch and
the branch told it to the tree.
And when the tree heard it, it rustled
all over, and sent word back to the
leaf: ~ s-.,.rf
DO not be afraid, hold on tightly,
and you shall not go off until you want
to- b .i,s -
And the leaf stopped signing, and
went singing and rustling. A so it
grew all summer long till October.
And when the bright days of autumn
came, the Leaf saw all the leaves around
becoming very beautiful. Some were
yellow and some were scarlet, and
some striped with colers. Then it ask
ed the tree what it meant. And the
tree said: 81
All those leaves are getting ready
to fly away, and they have put ON these
eolors because of their joy.' l--r
4ACA tuO tC<A b0San W Wattt " Sts
and grew very beautiful In thinking
about it. And when it was very gay
in colors, it saw the branches Of the
tree had no color in them, and 50 the
leaf said: -sasfstr
'Oh, branch, why are you so lead
colored and we so golden ~ as.
we must keep on our work clothes
said the tree, for our work 10 not yet
L.~A IL a -. e. L n
day because your task Is over s
and the leaf let go without thinking II
it, and the wind took 1t up and turned
it over, and then let 1t fall gently
down nnder the edge Of q fence among
q hundred other leaves, and il never
walked up to tell what 1t dreamed about.
1.-THE Nation. ~. ~. -
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02

The Youngstown Coal company, near
Masslllon, offer reward of $3.50 for the
discovery and arrest of Peter Smith and
Conner Davis, the two minors who en-
deavored to set fire to the company's
proper during the recent strike.
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MASONIC DIRECTORY, 1874.

pslnont Lodge. No. I8, F. & A. NJ. meets ev-
ery wednesday night on or preceding the full
noon N JAMES MELLoR, w. NJ.
7. n. FERRELL. Secy.
st- cgairsyflIe Chapter. NO. II Royal Arch
A, asons. meets every Friday night ON or after
the full moon. A. D. bAoUo, H. T.
T. II. FERRELL, Secy.
Belmont Council, No. 81 Royal Select and
sinner Excellent Masters, meets on the Second
Tuesday night of every month.
III. R. BUMGARENR, T. i. q. M.
d. BALY, Rec.
Hone Commandery No. 26 of Knights Temp
t.rr IN eets on the first TUESDAY night OF every
month. r. u. BALE l. LII En ES'i s19i
Jas B. RYAN. Rec. mari4fA
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02

w. H. FL. Dunn, the Hillsboro drug
gist; was acquitted of indictment for
selling whisky repeatedly to boy
aged 10, on the ground that the boy
bought the whisky ''as the agent of his
father"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02
An Interesting Exhibit.

The following figures were given to
the House on Tuesday by Gen. Gar
field, Chairman of the Committee On
Appropriations, and show a gratifying
reduction i'm the amounts enumerated
oS copaporod with locf uaor.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02
SHERMAN HOUSE,
BR DGEPORT, OHIO,
VIM. PANCOAST, Proprietor
Dentistry,

DR WOOD having located in st. Clairsville,
ID announces to the public that he is now
prepared to perform all operations inDeniisiy.
4 rtifcial teeth inserted on the best Vutcdlhe
for so n set (either upper or under.) Attention
Is called TO aluminium, the lightest, strongest
and purest material ever worn In the NOUN.
Gold a nd silver work done when required
Esnecial attention paid to treating hlIlng the
naiurai teeth All work warranted.
s. F. WOOD, Dentist.
ie26t1 Office nearly opposite Post ONCE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02

The French student says that Rarey
may be able to tame vicious horse,
but he who can tame vicious woman
Is q rurd avis.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02
a CARD,

AIR. T. STONEBRAKER, is ready at ms
lNl saloon under the st. Clair House. 10 atteno
ing making Curls. switches. wigs, Give
him e.
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gasiafss Cards.

7 F. YOUNG,
BELLAIRE, OHIO.
Office-Main Street. in BUTE's Building, oppo'
site National Hotel. lanoT4
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02
To Those who Draw Notes,

A man drew note promising to pay
one hundred dollars. He used print
ed form, and did not close up the blank
devoted to dollars, and after passing it
as negotiable paper, somebody inserted
'and fifty after the one hundred and
before the printed dollars. The note,
thus altered, get into the hands of an
innocent party, who presented it to the
drawer, and the Supreme Court decided
that the maker of the note was liable
for its face, because through negligence
he did not draw a line between the
word hundred and the printed word
dollars Any testimony that the
drawer might offer to establish the fact
that he gave the note for one hundred
dollars must go for nothing, as there
was nothing on the face of the note
showing that it had been altered Ev-
idence of an alteration on the face of
the note would have changed the case.
Let this be a lesson to all drawers of
promissory notes. No one can be too
careful in such matters.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02

The New York Ledger comes to the
rescue of old maids, as follows: 'Shriv-
eled and withered you say they are!
Men and women grow old and grow
grey, whether married or single; but
many an old maid fingers to-day on
this mundane sphere who would, have
died long ago, an unhappy but popular
and admired wife, had she consented
to marry some man whom she did not
love, but did despise, and said Yes
where conscience and God commanded
to say Mo- Long live old maids, and
let no woman, from the fear of becom-
ing, ever willfully and deliberately sac
rifice herself. 1t is the next crime to
suicide
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02

Street praying has been resumed in
Xenia.
Xenia buys $50 daily papers every
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-02

u,H0LL FRED. Dealer in Dry Goods, Furs
Boots and Shoes &C. Patterson's block
DnTTON, j., Dealers in Dry Goods, Notions
L Boots and Shoes. &C., Opposite Treasurer's
rffice.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-28
AUCTION SALES.
B SALE OF a n


BY virtue of an order Of the United States
District Court for the Eastern district of vir-
ginia, in the matter of W. B. Hughes, q bank
rupt, entered on the 10th day of July, 1879, 1
shall, on the 10TH DAY OF MARCH, 1874, in
front of the Beardon House, in the town of
Clarksville, at liz o'clock, expose to sale at
public auction, the TRACT OF LAND lying in
M~ecklenburg county upon the waters of Bever
Pond Creek, and adjoining lands of William
Morton, Henry E. Coleman and others. Tho
said land lies about six miles from the town of
Olarksville, and contains l,l9s ACRES be the
same more or less. This land is we'll improved
having upon it q RESIDENCE containing five
rooms with all necessary out-houses for farming
purposes. 1t has a fine young orchard, a large
portion of theland is heavily timbered. In fact,
it is considered one of the most desirable plan
tations in Southside Virginia.
TERMS OF SALE:-One-fourth of the pur.
chase money to be paid in cash, and the residue
on a credit of four, eight and twelve months,
the purchaser executing his bonds for the de.
ferred payments. The purchaser will be entitled
to immediate possession.
WILLIAM E, HOMES,
a3l-2aw4w Commissioner.
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1871
TN TILE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
l. TED STATES for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
In the matter of A. g. Jennings, a bank.
rupt-in bankruptcy. 4r ~
At Richmond, Va, this 22d day of JAN, 1874.
Please to take notice hereby, that apetition has
been, to wit: on the 22d day of January, 1874, filed
in said District Court by A.. O.. Jennings, of
Culpeper county in said district. who has been
heretofore duly declared bankrupt under
the act of Congress, entitled IAN act to establish
a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States,'' approved March 9, 1867, for a
discharge and certificate thereof from all his
debts and other claims provable under said act
and that the 18th day of March, 1874, at
10 o'clock. a. m before w. W.. Forbes, one of
the registers of said court in bankruptcy, at his
office i'll Richmond, Va, in said district,
is the time and pace assigned for the hearing Of
the same, when and where You may attend and
show cause, If any you have, why the prayer
of the said petitioner should not be granted.
You are also hereby notified, that the second
and third meetings of the creditors OF the said
bankrupt will be held at the said time and place.
w. w. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy for
fe lG-M2w Sd Cong'l Dist. of Va.
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MOLASSES AND SYRUPS-Amber good
Syrup 6oae6; N. o. Molasses 75aso; Dark Stand
ard Molasses Syrups. In barrels. aoasoc: in tisrces
10; in hogsheads, 2sa2ic; Cuba Muscovado, in bar
rels. 6Saeo; Porto Rico. soa76 White Syrup.
tl.76.pcr gallon. Z
MILL OFFAL-Bran. 2Oc; Shots, 25c; Brown.
stuff, soc; Shipstun. 90. wholesale from mill.
sNAILS-Oid Dominion, 10 to Openly, 90 to 9,
s-penny, $6x; q to 7-penny, &5h; 4 to 6-penny,
EEK; S-penny, e6H. BY the 100 kegs, 26c. less.
SrRRI-Naylor's cast. Ism. English blistered,
1sc; American do. HAZE tD -ltIlHH
OILS--Kerosene Jsalsc. wholesale straits,
eSa7Oc.: lInseed. soc. per gallon by the barrel.
Virginia lubricating Oil, coo. Whale Oh, sOc.:
Lard Oil. &c.,; Sperm Oil. &2.25; Labrador Cod
Oil. for tanning purposes, 65a9Oc
PAPER STOCK-Mixed cotton rags. 4a4hc;
white. 6a6Hc; woollen. 2a4c; imperfections az ase.
PREPARATI0NS-old Dominion Fertilizer
$50 0ilham's Tobacco Fertilizer $40 90; Gil.
hams Truck do. 90; do. cotton Fertilizer, $50 O0
Powhatan Raw Bone Super Phosphate, $50 Of
Whann'e Super Phosphate go; Soluble Pacific
Sea Fowl, and Norfolk Fish. 900 90; English To.
bacco Fertilizer, go 90; Eureka, $57h; Flour o.
Bone 600 90: Gilham's Peanut Fertilizer. $50 90
POWDER-Sporting, IS per keg, $3.50 by the
lot; blasting, es.75a4 by the lot; mining, "a. 25s
40 by the lot; Eagle powder TASKS srl 80 pei
case of % pounds: Treble F. in canisters, &94 pei
of % pounds. t
SUdAR-Raw Porto Rico. New Orleans ant
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| UlT W 1910 -.
| TN THE OUR OF THE UNI.
LIED STATES for the Eastern District of yir-
ginia.
In the matter of William b. Starfe, bankrupt
in bankruptcy. TlTgs8 T17ay5la Ia1
At Richmond, on the 18th day of January, a. d.
1874.
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, that a petition
has been, to wit: on the 18th day of January,
a. d., 1874. filed in said District Court by VIM.
B. Starke, Culpeper county in said dis
trict, who have been heretofore duly de-
clared banhrupts under the act Of Con-
gress entitled "An Act to establish a
uniform system Of bankruptcy throughout
the United States, - approved March I'd, 1867,
for a discharge and certificate thereon from
all their debts and other claims provable under
said act, and hat the nth day Of March, a
d. 1874, at 10 o. clock a. m. before W. W. Forbes,
one Of the registers of said court in bank
ruptcy. at his Office In Richmond, in said district,
is the time and place assigned for the hearing
Of the same, when and where you may attend
and show cause. if any you have. why the
prayers of the said petition should not be granted.
~ wv W. FORBES, aal
tHf D. e4i go Register in Bankruptcy
fe le-M2w tor Sd GonR'l Dist. OF va.
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1851
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI.
Il TEL STATES for the Eastern District Of
Virginia.
In the matter of r. s. wigglesworth, bank
rupt-in bankruptcy. uv.
At Richmond. on the Goth day of January
10 WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, thata petition has
been, to wit on the Goth day of jan, 1874, fled
in said District Court by R. S. Wigglesworth, of
Spotsylvania county, in said district, who has
keen heretofore duly declared bankrupt under
the act of Congress entitled IAN act to establish
a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States, !" approved March I'd. 1867, for a
discharge and certificate thereof from all his
debts and other claims provable under said act,
and that the l1th day of March. 1874, at 10
o'clock a. M, before W. W. Forbes, one OF
the registers of said court in bankruptcy, at his
Office in Richmond, Va, in said district,
is the time and place assigned for the hearing Of
the same, when and where you may attend and
show cause, If any you have, why the prayer
Of the said petitioner should not be granted.
You are also hereby notified, that the second
and third meetings Of the creditors the said
bankrupt will be held at the same time and
place. w. W. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy for
fe l6-M2w 3rd Congl Dist. Of Va.
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A ssIGNEE's. SALE w -
REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY OF RICH.
MOND,

BY virtue of an order of the United
District Court for the eastern district of Virginia.
dated February IL. 1874, I shall. as assignee of
q. W.. Colgin, bankrupt, sell on THURSDAY,
THE 18th DAY OF MARCH, 1874, at public
auction, in front of the United States court.
house, at Richmond, Virginia, an undivided
FIFTHINTEREST in a LOT near Rockets,
surrendered by said bankrupt, a full description
of which will be given on day of sale. lbsHfgi
This interest will be sold free from all liens and
encumbrances except the contingent right of
dover of said bankrupt's wife.
FRI S:IOne-third cash; balance on a credit
Of six and twelve months, the purchaser to give
notes, for the deferred payments, with interest
added from day of sale, and the title to be
retained until the purchase money is fully paid.
At the same time and place, I viii sell said
bankrupt's interestin a debt due by David Parr,
administrator of Ann G. Colgin also, an in
terest in a suit pending against John Tyler and
others.
TERMS cash.
G. II. WENDLINGER,
fe 2l-2aw3w Assignee.