Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-08-13
GENERAL AND PARTICULAR.

An Oshkosh Judge got four bars of
soap for a marriage fee. s--a
Graft Brown recently fell and broke
his leg. It occurred in the very first
week Of the watermelon season.
The Courier journal says the Civil
Rights bill means revolution That
paper is doctrinal incendiary.
The only Republican paper in New
York which had run up the prohibi-
ZIONIST flag, has very sensibly taken it
down -r-H.,z=e ri -
Again 1t is rumored that Gen. But
Ter has Fought the 'Atlantic.' Iftrue,
there are deep seasoundings in the case,
Some OF the Bourbons of the South
ern States are conducting themselves
as though the devil had loaned them
to earth for a brief period. TSgFE3.
Advices frsm Alabama indicate that
the political campaign now opening
viii be the warmest that has been had
In the State since the war. '-2
Bismarck is still prevented from
writing blythe injury bis arm received
from the shot Of hfs would be assassin.
But he is great dictator. q
The anountsof Banking capital ope-
rating in New York city Is in round
numbers s75, 200, 900, being a decline of
nearly $4,000, 900 since last year.
The Gatling Gun Company, of Hart
ford, has nearly finished forty large
guns for the Chinese government.
When completed they are to go off.
Out West the cheap transportation
conflict is now mainly hinging on pas
setger fares. The people are generally
satisfied with freight rates.
Judge Campbell, who was one of the
Confederate Commissioners at the
Hampshire Roads conference, is going
to write fun account of the matter.
Since the 1st of January we have ex.
ported $170, Cos, ,103. worth of domestic
produce against $I62, ,S55, 1896 for the
same time last year and against $l24,-
277, 1877 in 1872.
One of the darkest and most horrible
phases Of New York city life is baby.
farming, and the newspapers just now
teem with accounts, of the nefarious bu.
siness.
9Spain has INSTRUCTED its delegates to
| the Brussels Congress to take no pAr,
in the proceedings This looks like
a gentle hint 20 the other Powers to ac-
cord recognition ; cB ,DOO +"
The lembn crop is quite poor this
year along the coast of Spain, Africa
and Italy, which usually furnish the
supplies, and considerable squeezing
will be necessary to Fill the demand.
It is not generally known, that the
system of transpei tation by pipes Of
tubes has for number of years been in
use in France, in conveying beet Juice
from the field to the sugaries. II.
The assessment OF real estate in New
| York city is higher this year than ever
before, having reached almost eight
hundred and eighty-tvo millions, an
increase. of ten per cent in two years.
According to the testimony Of claim.
[ants before the Southern Claims Com.
mission, there were no disloyal men to
be found south. of Mason and Dixen's
| line during the war OF the rebellion.
| Foolish fafhers who. send boys into
1.-THE country with fowling pieces and
pistols are. the best friends the under.
takers have during vacation season.
An Iowa circus drew big crowd by
advertising that Schuyler Colfax would
enter the ring on bet Of $500 that be
could ride the trick muIeo t2gI9fi
A Philadelphia paper thinks that Il
Mauch Chunk were in Europe, it would
be celebrated In a song. The, name
would undoubtedly give charm to
verse I ioIo9 b9Tis9b yn8 Isl
A red-nosed gentleman asked a wit
whether he believed in spirits. SAY,
sir" replied he, looking him full In the
face, 4 see too much evidence before
me to doubt IT,
A London tradesman advsrtises
himself as 'breeches maker to the
lqaeep.n There must be some mistake
about it. We don't believe the queen
would do such thing.