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condition. 4 larfo gray wolf wss nnhcF Ills
t',rr fret, riHnhl down To the Etonnd 20 to
apeak. by tho clain fettarng tho horae'a Ilnt's,
aIt1 scented in t,1ch way TINT eacape ma I'M
attacked bv tho sayAgr htntes, and after A
ga liant fight lie hsd not only routed his nasaiI-
anita, but managed in this ringnlar way 70 cap
turn onc. M one being around IN relieve tho
horse. in had To hold Ills captive tn Dir. Davis
patched. his ecalp tnkcn 10 = msgshtratc. tho
bonun gnt for IT, and tho bravo hossc trnatcd to
mn extra feed q: ossH. Will the execution Of
few bits on tho mock. "shs hoIso that CAPTURED
wolf" came out Of the battle comparatively
unlninred
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suit for 1.-Two lIA.anud's Grays-
C1o<0s.

4 queer case waa tried IN tho City Court Of
baltimore, .ast week. gu appeal. Mrs, Nnth
warranted alorris WcgtcIu for re-. She testified
that her hunband being III, aud, as she supposed
shout to die, sue doslsed 10 provide him . l,ce
SUIT OF clothes to 10 buried in, and purchased
cloth fur tho purpose iroul Ill. WeEfen. for
Which sho paid $12 she was not satisfied with
tue purchase when slie got the Kouds home. and
sho returned them, demanding tie nonoy back,
aud claiming that tho purchase WAS not what sl!o
supposed 1t wAA. Her husband, having recover
cd. brought tho wit {oS her a. next lssona
instead OF wearing tho Utc0 suit Ut gravacIotheu
bought By Ills wlfe. J.:dge brown gaye q judy
tuant in her favor for tbs W..
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UetfWf rec fTck5,
Why did thin woman live? Had life ono
cllarm for herr Perhaps hhe hsked herself
these questions ~ Biic sat With her face in her
hands ana looked out ubon the cold, cheerlehs
day. There nero no teats 10 her great black
eycs-on!y Fuch a look Of woe aud despair tha:
the woeld ahoutd hsve boen there to see 1t and
to hsye i printed on their heatts.
A little, wasted form on the wrcsched bed-a
bony band on tho ragged qulIs-a yoice which
told Of hunger, and pain, amt weary waiting.
She bent oger him, mid for moH4ent
mothers ioye nhone In her evcR, and her
rrinkled hnnd rested on his pa!o faco With such
teudernoBB as only mother has.
3" Lift mo up aud let me eco tho sunshine" bo
whispered, trying to put his arms around hur
neck.
.'Tha1e Is no sunshine" sto whispered in re-
ply, Bob in her throat.
kiss me- mother a0d call mo when the Bun-
tight comes again, he eaid
Ste know that lie had been dying for week,-
sinking slowly and anrely Into eternity. lut she
had no freuds 10 call in,-Hhe could oplv weep
orer him and prny God that sho might soon fol-
low. With gasp and o. sob she pressed her lips
to his forehcaa, then turned away to struggle
with bcr despair and hor great sortnT.
The cloudy, chearloss day faded into dusk
Eho reused herself for motuent and peered
through tho gloom to sec IL hor boy still slept,
and then she whispered With her thoughts again.
And such thpughts
When tho darkness covered tho bare floor ~
With MANTLE aud when she could no lougcr
SEQ her own poverty, tbs boy suddenly cried
out:
"sfother! mother! Tbs sunlight has GOMEZ"
'Not yet, dear Nod; not yet 1t ia uight
now.' ....
"But see tic aun-it lights Ill the room-it
biszes into my face - he called.
.'There l. 10 auu-it is cold and dark 1" el,e
sobbed.
And It grows brighter md lear auch
sweet music and sec ltttlo TOMMY" be
whispered. while through the darkness ahs saw
| bis white face grow radiant.
"You are dreaming II she sobbed.
at was such bright sun. The muaic ID Sc
sweet ~ he wh.spsred. claBping her hand.
1T ia dA.k-it is night" sho gasped, but be
| did not hear.
Tbs sunlight had truly come. but 1t was the
suniight-tha golden rnys rstectod from tho
| Rktes Of ueaven-ana not The snnlsght Of earth
The mysterious curtain hiding the valley OF death
hsd lifted for his spirit to pass under, aud wot
| had baen left behind.
And Of her! Ask tile sbsdoss Of n'ght-aak ths
| river. When thov found hts little dead body sht
vas not there. They cannot find her. II sho il
dead God did not Judge her hsrsh's.
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lAp Got the Worth Of Ills Money.
UrtrpH F'Fts Jrtss.

Saturday evening young u,ap. stranger IN
the ci.y, was pEome1slinE Michigan Avonne
vheu he saw q selescupe, lie invited the tuau'p-
uIator to tAsn tns instrument toward the meoD,
stating that he wished 10 sea tho InontaiuB,
rlyers, etc.. on lta s4rlacs, which &te supposed
scopa. Unfortunately for ths ow1er Of the III:
st1nment, the lunar orb had not yot presented
itsalf over tie top OF the Russell Ho4ao.. A
nsppy ldsa atruok him. IL would !urn tha lena
Ipoordtpely. vhile viii ous hand hs explained
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PHILADELPHIA.
The Centennial 4 Launch - Entr
mount f'nrk-lkcliRious-S

'., ,....-,...' ~ ~ 's...'9 ..l',
~. 1r*."' ~. r.. ~ r.'...-,1 IN,
a"pt"s ~, .a., ~ ~. :, a'lsssI :" .n.'
city. on tho 13th 1nat'' +. DC taAembroot, hoar-
Admiral, aud Aide-do-Camp- in-Extraordibary-Sar-
vice Of tho KING Of tho Netherlands. and mem.
H., - H.. ua,,o.-a.,,..l .,a ~. ~
". Jo,1,,oa, n.sa.Sa,,. ~, w.. fon,,,,,.. -, g.,
Johchp'oct' treHiuel'1 u Vic Son'lpl'seo ot eu-
porintondeuce Of tho Academy Of Initiative Arts.
Amsterdam, Commissioners 10 tho International
Exhibition in Philadelphia, These Distinguish
al y;a;tora ,ro ou.rtoro1 nj ,ho Cont;nont,i. and
arc engaged In company with Gen. oosaorn,
Conenl Wcstergaard, aud Col Myer Asch 10
inspect the Centennial grounds aud buildings,
and oh1ecta NJ ,nterest n, t,,e ci.v.
"AN 0'1 -.r,ar.
,.o1,, L@Issa,.' EVIL n,n,,, -. s.a..
ostufosy a'tef"o'" Aso "o'noe' VI ePoctn-
tors asacnDtcd a. &ho AaVs-yafa 70 "ltpess lilo
launching Of tho Antietam. which Inns boen Ia
tho nrocesa Of construction at tue pRyy-yard for
.u.i.ss .,;a Al, . l,...,. =, a.ss. .-,,;.,,sn
eotnPhsnoa' aH'a tne plo"'ue u e'eau'.""'stieh
IN tue harbor, and the roar OF cannon from sbo
Receiving -ship Potomac, lying III midssream,
ratio, nud viii be usod as stose. .ship Ut League
iaiand,
runnousr rAnx.
There has boon some pretty lively discussion
iu regard to approprlatjcus of funds 10 be
| nsed for tho further imnroyan1ent of
Fa,rmouut Park, Thu Commissioners want an
ndditioual milan. willis the Council docs not
rsadly Sac TIC nroprIoty of hapding over tbat
atnonnt, bayiua already, within tbe rrcso,t
yoare appropriated over 81 .UoO. GOO for tne uso
of Eai,Inount Park
| Much nc11p,sa
Ia po,nr on hole tlls fall-most of tho now
buiiniuus aud Of those coiug 10, saou1 Designed
for dWolliucs Bome ono bns truly aaid That
Fh,ladelDhja il pro-emluoutly the CIV Of homes,
-thcro beiug horo rreater prouortiou Of rcs,.
denccs than IL apy otueE civ iu tho country, or
norhans in tho world. lit lilo great nlass
| n hpl1ur material u.el hero does nat.
in nv est,lnation. berln to compare
in unnt NJ bsantv. With tho Atuens
marble 70 much used in Chicago. Nor do
| iiIn tho rad hricL "a much uao, Lofe ns
wel ~ dn thu Miiwsnkre .Town hricL which va
| Wns,rrn ponnIo ,,so sn much for building dwell
| iue.hnussa. Frbe pubic buiidincs now In process
| ~ ~ cnna,rnctim NIL. whe,, tf1,nlatad. be- mnr-
niGesnt structuros.
Tug CENTENNIAL.
E,vo of tbe cty railway tnes now reach the
cantonniol rrounts. and others aro nush1ng ont
| in that Iirection. ii tbo Ccptounial huIIdipps /
h.ya nniy to say that shoy must be- seen to DO
| .nn,,o;.ta1 nh f,aptcu,,oI 1rn,,nda ,nntirnn
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{'DN NEALE.-REslt,kSCK AND BUSINESS rMOp.
cr'y T. al part. ef ae ctty;, b W. q. Mccoh
Hon sALE-t;KEAT acknowledgements. LOT.
harm s",n s!.i" near eaIn smaIl sa'h ply!nens;
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TO RENT-HOuSES.
,f'U REST-iIotsEs JS Ali PARTS ur yIIE f;lTY.
3.'osy Ant hs,smo 1 n r; sn to ~ per En9.h ;,s.y
MCCORMICK, Raons aud It*spes ulock. -.
fF,O KESr-EEAH LINCOLN PARK AND CAHS-2-
story nnd basement ,ornom brick noute, 80; cnn D.
a.. ese Cii1s. Y. hALR. 1ss itsndo'phst.
RIO nEaT-IioW Much WILL YOU GIVE rER
l. nnuth Ito touk ~ IT, f-nwer story. roarns, III
lpdIanatt. TKUESDE1L a BROWN. lis Flth ~.
RIO RRNT-TWo. STORY AND BAsEMK KNT pwELf-
l. fas. No lGi Twrnty'souftlst.. near Michigan ~.
F[U RENT-cHEAP-A TWO.6TORY AND IN
kl!ah basement brck hnuse, hEhclaas loe and
a. wah Of furniture tor sails leAa thAu half price.
AddEsis ' 81, TEbuna ofrs.
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SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE,
L,on hALH-r1SE NEW fIOuEs Ar MORGAN
Park o. small ,nant;lIl ..5mcnt. pr cent .ts
atose Ghesso u tnie. FUN ctr. in9ars Of GU.
X. CLARKE Agent. M. u I 'hAmitsr Of Commerce.
II PARK Ridge; < d. and u month until paid :
nno block from ratnsd. This month you
buy Tor leAt than Ss1. Property shown tres lila
BROW y, It3 fAsaltc.st Rnnri 1,
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i
System By the West stde Commsssouesa. Il this
Ia done, and = short link made on tho North
Bide, tha drive Of sone I'd miles OF more snslFe'y
around the city will be completed. When flo.
caEo will have tho aueat and most extensive ays-
tem Of boulaya,ds tu the United etates.
Tlz MIDWAY PLA1sANon
sss .sath saf r'e peTFsa
Chtcago's PRIDE! il IL to be 600 fsst wide aud
constructed ou plan similar to that Of Dre1sl
essa Sds vi be 4oot !a.aIs5 s9l % ia bs
centre Will Ie magniaceut chain ot lakes the
entre length. boFdered bS planting spacea,
ndor.sd with exquisite Ao.sss. trees grseu
svetd4' winding wallis, ste: IT, l.2s, vi! hs
! fountains. artificial iHlands WAito awaus. etc.
| rha Illinois Ccntral RAilroad.tEack 10 to be
saissd, and the lAhes will aow TRANQUILITY baneash
! Wi be copueoted with that Ia tho Park letreat
by means Of ottar amall lakss aud strea,p4 aud
/! with Lake Michigan by the lales sud channela
in the slstorn park. Boats will % placed IN
the lAkes. and iu sLort time Tue Chicago Barge
| Club may start from Clcsgo aud RON thetr ladies
| Ill the way To tho rsrk 1tatseat to bear tho
music Thursday afternoons. ,
| The northern roadway Of the Midway P!aisance
! has s!Eeady been macsdanntaod, anu when thu
! boulevard il finished It wlll bo tue dpoat park
way IN America, II not tp Europe. Thus whs
said BY gentleman who has vislted al The prln-
e1pat p&rk8 or tbe QnIteQ BtAtea Anq EUROPA
At Tho south eud OF tho Grand boulevard IL
TIE pAaK RETREAT,
4 beautiful grove. laid out With walka lkwna,
towo1s, ETC.. aud fusthar improved By ! beau.
tiful little like, upon whose g)itteEiug waters
the graceful swans glide slowly about. AZ
Ita east and Ia fountain. and ut the reAtern
! pretty swa1.hoaSa. Lawns stopa gracefully to
tle waters edge, aud lofty tsaca cast = pleasant
An.eat place In the vicinity Ut Chicago. Roads
| cut through the Retreat, toiutnR It With BBysrd
ayeaus, Grand boulevard. aud Houth ra1k ave-
, nus. Just cast Of It tho Gpmmiaylouatx havo
csectai Tits year \ due n4uHin st.nd aud
turlug thu ooocarts. which are given every
| Thursday 10 Mo summon. Thousands OF
teams and psopls como to hear tbs music.
lhs Cqmmisslone1s. so th.nkinT Of sraeupg =
paEu&uant stand aud giving coica1ta thee pa1t
Sessuu. It will be most Welcome to tho peopto
OF moderate meaos, who can ooms out On tho
| 4osse-catH. ....-
TUE souTH OPEN GREEN
jipa esst OF tho PAX NetzsAh aud IL bounded ou
I'll sidas by Daysrd syenue. u fs rep, essuta-
tom Of Au Engiish lawn. and Que Of tho hnest
and lAEgest IN tbs United dlktss. Tho nursery
sssss which wase 1t a!st ptAutad On
s posttoa Of it sra, being tfsustszssd
bulls are bred here. md the Commissioners
contemplate purcha4iug = number Of ahesp and
pasta1an6. thaM On tie lawn The sousaaas4 ~
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priato to term it Irving boulevard a!tor WASH
tngton Irving.
&bly named. 1t waH called III l!ona: OF als. Rob
ert nayard, Of Now York City. wo bought OF
the filat bonds issued by the Park Commission"
era. aud has SINCE bought $S0o, ,0oo more, and,
when the Commissioners heTo bcon In neod Of
mouey, has willingly loaned them the amounts
The TWO northern lakcs In tho east division Of
the park should 10 called ''Iwln Lakes" Tle
pamo OF Midway rlaisance IL greatly objsoted
to by the Commissioners. aud will DO ehanged -
soon A. = botter ono la suggested. Tho word
,'pla!sance' Is French. meaning : pleasure
ground, but Il ts sure to be misptonouooea. and
1 good EuRlish namc ID far superior to \ mta-
4 eood name ior the parkway would be Cen.
ttal boulevard.
Tbs general pemo Of South Park will suffice
for the parks taken ~ = wbolr. but 10th she
poIlation. 1t Las beon sugeosted that tic
| weate1n 1t named Hyde Park aud tAa eastetn
Houth psrk, Tles9 bhtnes are quito sppro-
priato. but It will be hsrd to suis everybody.
4 good thing to do with Oekwood boulevard
would ha 70 line It with beautiful em trees, sud
| call ii Elm parkway.
TIN 2Q-Acng pAuk
| It thu ]unctu1s VI l'AyiQn boulevard apd Wcat-
etp Avunua has already boon appropriately
Uhicsxoan lrlvos Liz f,isnda from abroad
about this ps1k ho may speak with psrdonsoEs
pride Of tie auerBy Of the former prominent
! citizen whose name It bears
| Among tue most brlilant Aehlosements Of tho
Commissioners arc tho
| HuAsgXx AND BOTANICAL uAap1Rs.
The psoYtass mado ~ ohlaluIng aud planting
plants, doxoIs. seoJs oec., fqt these II
wonderful. Even at this early date they have
| ottslaea thousauds ot rare plants and sseds'
sud p,auy daoIduoua aud oshe1 trsas, and large
pYMbers are received from time 10 tIlpa, Tile
kssAtar portion af the trees In the uurssry a<e
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-02
The Innocent RoY.

The Eicksburg boy can stand up
with any other boy in the world against
an accusation. The other day, when q
Eicksburg mother discovered sugar on
the pantry shelf, she called to her boy
and said:
"Some one has been stealing this
sugar."
"Is it possible ?" he exclaimed, roll
ing up his eyes in establishment.
"Yes, it is possible, and the thief is
not far away, either!"
"Ain't he? Do you suspect father p"
"No, l DON'T"
Couldn't be the cat, could it ?' he
inquired, glsncing under the table i'll
search of the feline.
"Cats don't eat sugar, young man ="
"They DON'T"
NO, sir; the thief is boy about your
size"
HE is, eh ?" I'd just like to catch
him in here once"
at this sugar is disturbed again" :"
she said, rs she covered the box, al
know of boy who'll get his jacket
busted"
That's bully wish you'd let me
stay out of school SOS to see you catch
and maui him ~
And he went out TO devour the other
Jumps.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-02
West Pekin.

W. D. Howelfs new novel, in Nov. Atlantic.
Many houses in the region stand
empty, absently glaring on the psSser
with their cold windows, as il striving
IN vain to recall the households, long
since gone West, to whom they were
once homes. By and by they will drop
To ruin; or some Shrewd IrishmaD, who
has made four or five hundred dollars
in suburb, will buy one of them, and
stocking the farm with bis stout boys
and girls will have the best-looking
place about. He thrives where the son
of the soil starved; and if the bitter
truth must be owned, he seems to de-
serve his better fortune. He has enter
prise and energy and industry, and to
the summer boarder, used to the drive
and strain of the city, the Yankee
farmer often seems to have none OF
these qualities. 1t may be that the
summer bOarder judges him rashly; l
dare say he would not Re willing him
self to take his landlords farm as gift,
if he must live on those stony hill-sides
the year round, and find himself at
each years end year older but not
day nearer the competence TO which all
men look forward as the just reward Of
long toll. / always fancied dull dis
couragement in the native farming
race; an effect Of the terrible winter,
that browns a good half of the months
in drifts of snow, and of the dreary
solitude of the country life. Great men
have come from the rural stock in our
nation before now; and perhaps the
people of West Pekin have earned the
right to lie fallow; but whether this Is
so or not, il is certain that they often
evince an aptness to open the mouth
and stand agap at unusual encounters,
which one cannot well dissociate from
ideas of d complete mental.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-02
NURSERY STOCK
FOR SALE!

uAVING sold my premises. I wish to close
IL the Nursery business. theresore offer my
entire Nursery Stock for sale, Consisting as
follows: From Fifteen TO Twenty Thousand
Apple trees, rom one 10 three years old all Of
The besi Varieties, IN good and healthy condi>
tiUn. Also from One thousand TO Fifteen hun
dl ed Pear trees OF the best varieties from one
20 two year old. with Peaches Plums Cherries
Quinces, Gonseberries, Currents, Black berries
haspberrtes and strawberries. Also about eco
Grape-roots. principally Concord and I've
seedlings.
We have in our Ornamental deps srtneut
ready for sale this fall: Austrian Pines Nor
way Spruce, ArboI Vitsas, Irish Jumpers Com
mon Weeping Willows. New American Weep
ing Willows, Kilmarnock Weeping Willows,
Mountain Ash, Birch, ,Siiver-leaved Maple, to-
gether with Ornamental Shrubs Climbing and
Trailing Shrubs and Hardy Roses.
Our Fruit trees are grated and budded from
our own frust-growing trees, and we warrant
them, true To name. AS we give possession OF
ou grounds by Decep Der LIST, we offer the
ab, stock at very low rates. Persons want
ing any thing IN our line will do we'll 10 call
ard examine our stock. Time for digging from
Oct. lst until Dec. lsJ-
We offer special inducements to agents and
fruit dealers on application.
JAMES IRWIN,
Seps ST. Clairsville Nursery.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-02
" Come and See Me.

A writer says: "Never take Come
and see me- as phrase meant in earn
est unless it be accomp panied with a
date. Such an invitation amounts to
nothing at all. If a lady or gentleman
desires your company he or she will ap-
point a time for your visit. Call on
me when you can make it convenient
Drop in rs you are passing Make us
q visit whenever you have an hour o,
two to 81 are, are social antiquities by
which men and women of tine world
understand that they are not expected
to do the thing requested. When peO-
pie wish to be cheaply polite there is
nothing like this kind of vagueness.
The complimentary small change of So
ciety must always be token at II large
discount. 1t is never worth its face or
anything like it. Yet it is convent
ent medium OF exchange, and heavy
debts of gratitude that ought to be re-
Quilted in better coin are often paid
with ii. People who have more polish
than principle use it lavishly-plain,
blunt. honest men sparingly or not at
all. Whoever makes Il friendly visit
to fashionable house on the stren@ tn
of mere Come and see me' will very
often find that the family circle he has
dropped into by request is as ungenial
as tbs. Arctic circle, and he will proba-
bly, leave it with chilly feeling that
will prevent him from veHturing into
the same high latitude again. But
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-02

why, | know where there are three
or four. You said corkscrew.'
Did ~ he gssped, sitting down on
the corner of the table; well, now |
believe | did"
And you went and abused me like a
slave because l wouldn't say gimlet
was corkscrewn she sobbed, falling OH
the lounge.
Nancy he said tenderly lifting her
up.
oh, Richard!' she chokingly sn-
swered.
Nancy, I'll go right out doors and
kill myself"
No, you needn't-I love you still
only-only you know gimlet is not a
corksciewr
1T sin't-it amt, Nancy; forgimme,
and less be hsppyr
And that household is so quietly hap
py that canary bird would sing its
head off if hung up in the hall.-Free
Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-02
POETRY.
IN THE GARRET.

Where the slender wasps on the windows
crawl,
And the spiders creep on the time-worn wall,
In the dusty attic sit and gaze
At the rusty relics of other days;
Broken and worn, they are slowed away
Under the rafters rough anti gray.
All things here have faded hue;
AL seem olden, and none are new.
Clothes that our ancestors used to wear
Silently hang in the sitting air.
Blgs of feathers, and herbs long dry;
Files of newspapers long laid by,
Telling the news Of by-gone age
On each musty and yellow page;
Spools and sp;ndles, in use no more
Thickly are strewn on the dusty floor.
A cap, with a tarnished plume and chain,
That grandfather wore when he went TO train;
His rusty musket, that glittered bright
In many glorious old sham fight,
o 1t of fashion, beyond repair
Rest in his old spl;nt-bottomed chair.
A quaint old bonnet still betrays
The pride of grandmother's girlhood-days.
Her warming pan and her broken reel,
Her ancient loom and her spinning wheel,
Her old red chest, with its curious till,
Stand in a corner mute and still
OF all the relics that here see
The trundle-bed is the most TO me.
Rudely fashioned by fathers hands,
There, by the chimney, still it stands.
Many night, by mothers chair,
knelt to utter my infant prayer.
Loving and kind were the words she said
When she laid me to rest in that homely bed.
Lingering thoughts of her tender care
Live in my memory fresh and fair.
The dropping elms and the willows wave
In the village church-yard DER her grave.
She is in heaven, and l am here,
Still in the morning of my career,
Where the dust of days that will come no
more
Lies thickly over the creaking floor;
Where the slender wasps on the windows
crawl,
And the spiders creep on the time-worn wall
Eugene j. Hal, in Chicago Iribane.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-02
EXCITING TRIAL AT CALD-
WE'LL.
A Priest Charged With Endeav.
Oring TO Kill a ParisfiOEer
Because he Became IL
Granger.

From Special to Cincinnati Gazette.
CALDWELL, o., Nov. "A.
The case of Ohio against Ryan fol
shooting Smithberger, one OF his ex.
communicated parishiOners with intent
to kill, is in progress yet tonight The
State has just concluded its evidence,
which, at this stage, looks dark for the
priest. Fifteen witnesses were eXaT.I-
ined for the State, and the substance OF
their testimony is, that on the ID ol
August last, the two young Smith
bergers, whose father had been eXcom-
Imunicated for being Granger, went
to the priests house to talk the matter
over, when he came TO window, and
fired five shots with a revolver, eX-
claiming, Il will kill you and your
father" that the balls passed close TO,
but missed them. Tonight the de
fense are putting in their testimony,
and the case will probably close to-
morrow. The court room is crowded
with Catholics and Changers. Father
Ryan's counsel are confident of pro-
curing his atquittal.
Father Ryan is an IriShmau, grad
uate of Balial College, and was once a
surgeon for many years in the British
army in India. Some years ago he dis
tinguished himself in the treatment OF
yellow fever at Memphis when that
fearful disease was epidemic there. and
for il received gre. praise at the time,
Very able counsel are employed on
either side. For the State David S
Spriggs, E-q., Prosecuting Attorney OF
Noble County, and Jabez Delf0rd, Esq,
the oldest lawyer and best speaker in
our county, represent the State, while
the defendant employs James 5. Fore
man, Esq, and Hon. Benjamin +.
Spriggs, formerly Representative III
the Ohio Legislature.
Some difficulty was found in obtaining
a jury, because Oi the prejudice existing
here. The defendant claims that he is
innocent of shooting Smithberger with
intent either to wound, main, or Kill,
the three counts in the indictment. He
says that the parties came to his house,
after the difficulty growing out of the
Grangerism of Smithberger, had caused
his expulsion, and violently threatened
him, and that to frighten them away,
he fired his pistol from the window, in
tending no one bodily harm simply to
scare them away. But the Prosecuting
Attorney claims that it was done with
felonious purpose.