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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-08
NORTH ALABAMA, July 3, !
COUNTY COURT.
Report from the Joint CIty and County
Committee ON WOrkhOuse-RecOm.
observation-disclosures with
General Forrest.

The county court met at ten O'clock
yesterday morning, Judge Holeman
presiding. The court was principally
occupied in hearing accounts and petit
tioHs, and in unimpOrtant routine busi-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-01-21
OHIO NEWS.

Hon. w. r. Snapp, prominent cit
izen of Mt. Vernon, died on Sunday
evening week.
At Cleveland Saturday was the cold
est known there for many years. Mer-
curry 10 degrees below zero at IL Pm.
A school for teaching the young idea
how to make pancakes has been start
ed in Stokes township, Madison co.
Col. w. Jones has purchased the
Athens Journal. 1t has peen indepen-
dent heretofore, but will be Democrat
ic hereafter. The price mentioned is
$4,000.
The annual winter meeting of.the
Ohio Dairymen's Association will be
held, according to adjournment, in the
city of Cleveland, on Wednesday and
Thursday, January q and %.
The managers of the Lake Shore rail-
way have issued an order declaring that
in future the company will not retain
in their employ men in the habit of
using Intoxicating liquor as beverage,
and that the frequenting of places
where the same is retailed will be con-
sidered prinad tdcia evidence of its use,
and discharge will follow.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-01-21
-~s>s~>

THE famous petrified forest of Napa
county, California, is eighteen miles
from Healdsburg, by way Of Windsor,
and lies just across the county line.
The trees are all PROSTATE, and lie scat
tered quite thickly over an extent of
fifty rcres. The proprietor of the forest
has lately been engaged in digging
away the soil and lava from the par
TALLY buried trees. Louis Face, of Cow
ington, o, and l.. R. Giles, of Healds-
burg, visited the place this week, and
reported that the trees that have been
unearthed far surpass in size any that
have heretofore been discovered. One
fragment, that appears to have been
redwood, measures eleven feet in
diameter, and is sixtyseven feet long.
the tree must originally have been two
hundred feet in Ienght. Numerous
other specimens ranged from eight to
eleven feet in diameter Healdsburg
(Cal) Flag.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-01-21
Pleasant Ridge School.

The following is q report of the schoo
in District No. Z, Union township
Belmont Co., for the month beginning
December and ending January Sth:
Monthly enrollment-40.
Average daily attendance SO.
Names of pupils perfect in atten'
dance:
Gertrude Howell, -Estella Howell
Belle White, Sada Smith, J. A. HO ".
ell, J. C. Howell, WILDER Howell, Ed
gar Howell, Judson Howell, Sherman
Howell, Henry Kirk, Frank Kirk,
Everett Kirk, Alvan Kirk, Johnny
Ellis, Albert Perkins. Howard Um-
phrey, Elmer White, Grant Smith, L.
+. Mccall, Alonzo jenkins, Irving
Jenkins, Ellsworth Robinson.
Ellsworth Enock received 100 per
cent. for perfect lessons in the first class
in Geography.
In the second class in Geography the
grades in the written examination were
from 95 to 100 per cent. NJ. Kirk and
J. A. Howell each received 100 per cent.
In the written examination in Gram
mar the grades were from 66 to 100 per
cent-Alice Howell, Gertrude Howell,
J. NJ. Kirk and j. a. Howell each re-
ceived 100 per cont.
l.. E. HOWELL, Teacher.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-01-21
NEWS FLASHES.

The new narrow gauge railway from
San Francisco to TOmales, fifty two
miles, was opened Friday last.
The Rand Rock Works, nine miles
from Patterson, n. ]. exploded Friday
causing the loss of a number of lives.
The Christian Standard sums up the
additions to the churches of the Disci-
pies of Christ for the year, and finds the
number to have been 0,254.
About two thousand members were
in attendance at the session of the
Pennsylvania State Grange at Will
Transport, Friday.
Something like ali earthquake shock
was felt in the country round about
New York, Friday. 1t was supposed
to be due to an explosioa near Pat
ersOn.
Chicago dispatches say the thormom-
eter on Saturday and Friday night
ranged from IS to % belo zero, in and
about the city.
A grist mill at Niagdoo, n. b., was
burned on Friday right, together with
two children of the keeper, whose name
is Boardman.
The Cetennial agents announce five
subscriptions in New York City of So,
COO each; besides quite list of small
sums in addition to $40, 600 from other
sources.
The Atlantic Cotton mills, of Law
rem e Mass, lately running four days
in " eek, start on full time Monday.
They give employment to 1880 opera
tIVeS
In New York there are 40 churches
and chapels, and $40 dram-shops
There is house of worship for every
1000 persons-most of them open only
one day in the week; there is a dram
shop for every ll2 persons, and open
every day and all day--and sometimes
all night!
Illinois has no State debt. The Au-
ditor reports that after the first day OF
January the deit of the State will be
81 ,450, 900, payable at intervals during
the next three or four years, and that
the income of the State from the Hi
! nois Central Railroad will be amply
sufficient to pay this interest as it ac'
CT ues, and the principal as it falls due.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-01-21
BELMONTCHRONICLE.
ST, CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO.
Morning, Jan. 21, 1875.
LAST wear the immigration from Ire

p LAST year the immigration from Ire
land to New York was smaller than 1t
has been in any year since 1862. At
the same time the Teutonic emigration
was smaller than it has been in any
year since 1864; the immigration from
all other quarters smaller than it has
been in any year since 1862, and the
total immigration to that port smaller
than in any year since 1862. Indeed,
in every year since 1647, except 1850,
1856, 1853, 1859, 1860, 1861 and 1852, the
immigration at New York has been
lerger than during the year 1874.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-01-21
Belmnnt 90. Business 9irffturp
COUNTY OFFICERS.


p,obaf, .y,tdoe-C. w. CARROLL. once
nn-stairs In public buildings, nrst door 10 rlgh'
Sherir-wM. C. COCHRAN. once In PUBIC
Clerk OF Courts-J. r. MITCHELL. 0niceln pup
lie buildings, adjoining the Court House, e.,
public building, entrance at LEFT door. ,,o,,
Tredsrer-A. PoRTERFIELp; Ulhce on MAIL
Recorder-Jas A. BARNES. once IN pubic
building, frst floor, second door on lett. os..,
proseclttno Auorrey-W. =. kESNoS. Ohcs
,.,r GTors east Of the National Hotel.
Oons1nfssioners-Sol Hogue, Somerton; b. Z !.
DUNCAN, Plank Road; William Alxanoer
Bridgeport. ,Y,-hrr,b
SsrpevoT-NoBLE CARTER. Hendrysoureh.
Cororer-THoMAs GARRETT, bellalre- A.,
Commissioners meet at St. Cla1rsviie on In'
nrst Mondays of March. June, september ant
December-and as Board % OF 1 E1uail5atioi anaa
Tha Probaf q Court meets on the first Tues
days Of January. March, May, July, septem
bar and November, as criminal court anu Il
slWays open ION business hours for the trans
action of other business
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-01-21
MASONIC DIRECTORY, 1874.

belmont Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. NJ: meets ey,
efv wednesday night on or preceding the IuI
m Don. II. n, % w
T. a. FERRELL, Sec'y.
St. Clairsvil,e Chapter. No. IL Royal ArcI
SEASONS meets Sd Friday night each month o.
St Clairsville and the LIST Friday ea1h pop' u III
at Bridgeport. JAMES CLAhh' L.
T. H. FERRELL, Secy.
Belmont Council, No. 81 Royal Seleet saS
enner excellent Masters, meets on the Secene
Tnes,lay night of every month. n.
c. w. CARROLL, 7. /. 6. Nj.
Ed BAILY, Rec.
Home Com pmandery No. 26 of knights Iemp
mrs ,neets On the first Tuesday night OF eSeI.
month. a. }. DAVIS .arl szoI
+. d. BAILEY. Rec. msrI1IzI
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-01-21

Theodore Groelzingerlongdoozling
has been indicted for embeZzling the
funds of Dubuque carriage manufac-
tory. While they are about it they
might make him tell where he got that
name.-Worceester Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-01-21

The ore In those newly discovered
mines at Newburyport, Mass, gives
the extraordinary yield of $50 per ton OF
silver, SO Of lead, and $11 ofgold; total, /,
Sill per ton, while the entire cost of
mining and smelling is only s21 per
tnp
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-01-21

More men are now re-enlisting in the
United States army than during sever
al previous years. This is no doubt due
in great degree to the hard times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-01-21
BRIDGEPORT.

GROCERIES AND PRODUCE:
II and Commission Merchants. Opposite X
r. Depot.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-01-21

The question of abolishing capital
punishment will come prominently be-
fore the Maine Legislature this winter'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-01-21
ST. LARS VILE.
ATTORNEYS.

ATTORNEYS
~ DIT COwEN, ATTORNEY AT La"
u, ST CLAIRSVILEE, OHIO; .o-
e. Once on North side of Main Street, feW
oors East Of Marietta Street.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-01-13
The Right Way.

Many wealthy men in the church never
know the luxury of giving cheerfully to the
Lord. They are fearful of paying more
than their share-and of being overburdened
with calls, when they rarely pay at all in
proportion to those of scanty means.
A gentlemen of wealth, who had been
much addicted to frolc and sports, was con-
verified, and became member of one of our
congregations. This congregation had adopt
ed the ad valOrem principle, as means OF
defraying its expenses. In a few months
after this gentleman's conversion, the dea-
cons waited on him in order to make their
assessment; and knowing that he was rich,
and that his proportion of the expenses
would amount to a pretty handsome sum,
thew feared that he would not be willing to
bear it, and their demand might give him
serious offence, and prove an injury to him.
Hence, they approached their business with
some trepidation and greet esutien. Asfres
he was at loss to ascertain the reasons Of
their apparent diff lence. The deacOns, pre-
ceiving this, became, of course, more ex-
plicit. The gentleman was surprised, "What
on earth" said he, {" do you mean Did
you suppose that would be unwilling to
pay my full proportion? When was man
of the world, and un ted with company in
any scheme of pleasure, l would have deem
ed myself mean man had | not paid my
full proportion of the expenses. Go to the
assessors book, and put me down for my full
proportion of the expenses of the church.
Do you think that intend to be a meaner
man now, since have become servant OF
God, than l was when servant of the
devil ?"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-01-13
Gentle Reproof

At one of the stations on western rail-
road, an aged man took his seat in the car in
which l was riding. He soon showed that
he had been drinking. He was very talks-
tive and awfully profane. His language
seemed too bad to be heard but what could
be done? He would probably resent any
reproof or good counsel that could be given,
"trample it under his feet, and turn again
and rend u.s. A gentleman sitting short
distance from him sought to catch his eye
and restrain him by steady reproving look.
That not availing, he went to the swearer
and said, in kindly tone, 81 believe, sir,
that you and l are the oldest persons here,
are we not!
Yes" he replied with pompous air, i" l
think we are; and believe have the ma
jority."
"Well, then, said the gentleman, shall
we not set good example for these younger
people, and use no bad words for them to
initiate ?"
THAT may be your doctrine" said he,
shut it is not mine.
The gentleman returned to his seat, and
said no more; but the swearer's voice fell
and his oaths ceased He was tanned by a
gentle reproof.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-01-13
The Christians Home.

We make our best use OF this "oriu
when we regard it as the basis from wn'ch
to survey the other. Without heaven, poe
try could have no existence. The key mote
of the poetic is future perfection, aud the
heaven of the Christian is the highest per-
lection. l know of no better Illustration OF
these truths than simple expression which
fell from the lips of a godly friend OF mine.
Through perseverance and industry ne had
been able to build himself house. But his
chief boast was, that from his .tresade he could
see his fathers house on Instant hill. "No
matter the weather, said he, whether win
ter or summer, spring or autumn-no matter
the sky, whether cloudless or stormy-when
| sit by my east window, fathers roof and
chimney tops, the CLEAN of his lamp at night,
are always visible to my sight" His words
contain the philosophy of life, and ipclosa
as in nutshell, the principles of holy liv-
ing. Enviabe-yea thrice enviable-is the
man who can pierce the clouds of socia
darkness which surround our earthly homes,
and see his Fathers house, with it's many
mansions, in the distant heaven.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-01-13
Brother Jonathan.

The term Brother Jonathan, as applied
to the United States, originated in playful
remark of Washington. The incident is
this: When General Washington, after be-
ing appointed commander of the army of the
Revolutionary War, went to Massachusetts
to organize it, he found great wa ut of am
unition and other means of defence, and on
one occasion it seemed that no means could
be devised for the necessary safety. JON
a.han Trumbull, the elder, was then Govern
or of the State of Connecticut, and the Gen
eral, placing the greatest reliance on his ex-
cellency's Judgment, remarked, eve must
consult Brother Jonathan on the subject. !"
The General did SO, and the governor was
successful in supplying many of the wants of
army; and thenceforward, when difficulties
arose, and the army was spread over the
country, it became by-phrase, owe must
consult Brother Jonathan" and the name
has now become designation for the whole
country, as John Bull has for England.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-01-13
Cracking a Commandment.

l wonder if you all have read or heard
that capital story of the little Sunday School
girl. 1t is so good that shall tell it at a
venture. She was very poor little GIRL
and hardly ever had tasted any niceties'--
But she had had one or two oranges in her
life, and knew how very delicious they we're
So one day, when she happened to go with
her mother into a market, and saw a large
basket full of this fue fruit, it tempted her
very much. Her mother was away at the
other end of the room with the Shopman,
aud they were both too busy to notice her.
So she put out her hand, and took the frst
orange it touched, and hid it under her lit
tie thin shawl. But as l told you, she was
Sunday School child, and had not only
been taught the commandments, but she un-
derstood them, and knew that they meant
something to her. So just as she hid the
orange something within her whispered
g Thou shalt not steal !" at which she drop
ped the orange back into the basket, as II
it had been little ball of fire, instead of
refreshing fruit. You must know that no.
body saw her do this but the great God.
This little girl left the store with her
mother, who noticed, as they were walking
down the street, that she was unusually 81
lent, and on pushing back her bonnet to see
what was the matter, behold, she was cry
ing! At last her mother coaxed her to tell
her trouble, aud she said, 90 IN ther l
have cracked commandment L didn' t
break it, for put the orange back; but
cracked it, There are ten commandments
believe, and wonder if all the children
who will read my experiences, are careful
not only not to break, but not to crack, In
the least, any one of the ten.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-01-13
The Death of Children.

In his moral tillage, God cultivates many
flowers seemingly only for their exquisite
beauty and fragrance. For when bathed in
soft sunshine, they have burst into blossom,
then the Divine hand gathers them from the
earthly fields to be kept in crystal vases in
the deathless mansions above. Thus little
children die-some in the sweet bud, some
in the fuller blossom but never too early
to make heaven fairer and sweeter with their
immortal bloom.
Verify, to the eye of faith, nothing is
fsirer than the death of young children
Sight and sense, indeed, recoil from it. The
flower that, like breathing rose, filled heart
and home with an exquisite delight alas
we are stricken with sore anguish to find Its
stem broken and the blossom gone. But
unto faith, eagle eyed beyond mental vision,
and winged to mount like singing lark
over the fading rainbow unto the blue heav'
en-, even this is touchingly lovely.
The child's earthly ministry was we'll done,
for the rose does its work as grandly in bios
som as the vine with its fruit. And having
helped to ssnctify and lift heavenward the
very hearts that broke az its farewell, it has
gone from this troublesome sphere, the
winds chilled it, leaving the world it blessed
and the skies through which it passed still
sweet with its lingering fragrauce,-to its
glory as an ever. unfolding flower in the bless
ed garden of God. Surely, prolonged life
on earth hath no boon like this For such
mortal loneliness to put on immortality-to
rise from the carnal with so little memory OF
earth that the mothers cradle seemed to
have been rocked in the house of many man
sions-to have no experience of wearled
mind and chilled affections, but from childS
Joyous heart growing up in the power of an
archaugelic intellect-to be raptured as a
blessed babe throug h the gates of paradise
-ahl this is better than to watch as an old
prophet for the car of fire in the Valley of
JOrdan.-From Sermon By Charles Wads
north, ID. ID.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-01-13
Politeness.

One of the English infdels was so struck
with the politeness and good feeling mani
tested in St. Paul's writings, that he affirmed
if St. Paul had said that he himself had ever
performed miracle, he would believe 1t, be-
cause he deemed St. Paul too much OF
gentleman to tell an untruth. Whatever
we may think of this remark, we cannot but
be struck with the power which politeness
had over the infdel. And as this in6del is
not an exception, it may be we'll to show
some few of the advantages of being polite:
l. We conform to the Scrtptures,-If ST.
Paul taught pOlitenesS by his examples, so
did he in his writings. He tells US, "ln
honor we must prefer one another" Here
is the great secret of poiteness, viz: forget
fulness of self. In another place he says,
"Be courteous in other words, be polite.
2. We make friends. Nothing so wins
upon strangers as true politeness. A little
attention shown in stage, or in the cars. or
at public table, costs US very little. But
what an effect it has upon the persons to
whom the attention is shown. The pleased
look, the grati6ed smile, show US we have
gained friend
3. We increase our usefulness. -One rea-
son why ministers and good Christian peo-
pie have no more influence, is on account of
their sour face and forbiddiDg countenance.
They look as if they said, Keep away from
me. But if they allow the vulgar to ap-
proach within reach of their majestic pre-
sence, there is pompOus manner or way
they have, which prevents the hearts OF 9TH
ers going out to them, and thus influence over
such people is lost.
4. 1t gives success Let any man who
has goods to sell, or Office to attain, be kind
and polite no sham like that put on by the
politicians, and his goods are sold and his
Office reached, ten times sooner than the man
who looks mad and cuts you up as ne cuts
off his cslicoes and cloths.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-01-13
A Prepared Place.

1t is no dream of fancy, no fond illusion
this place prepared "beyond the rising and
the setting" by Jesus for His disciples. And
we know not how near the time may be when
through trouble of heart and sore grief Of
spirit, our place in this world may become
to US so sorrowful, or our stay in it so short
and full of pain, that our thoughts will find
no refuge but in the thought of that other,
better, higher place where He has gone, and
in the thought that He is there, preparing ii
for us.
How does He prepare it? First, by be-
ing there Himself. Without His presence
heaven would be no heaven to those who
love Him, He prepares it also as He has
prepared our earthly dwelling place, by max
ing it place where men can be happy, not
mere whirl of Circling angels, like paint
er's dream. We cannot dream, far less
paint, what it might be; for eye hath not
seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered
into the heart of man beIthings which God
hath prepared for them that love Him.
but if, even in this world those things make
them SO happy, how much more will it be
there! But again, Jesus prepares place
for us by way full of sorrow to us now, but
full of hope for our future, even by taking
our loved ones there. Our dear ones are
not lost; they are safe with him, kept for US.
If the old home is broken mp, new one is
being made ready.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-01-13
Ausbandrg.
Manuring Orchards.

We suppose that large proportion of the
orchardists of the country have swamps, on
their own farms, or may obtain muck at
small cost in the neighborhood. If the muck
is peaty, or mere boys, the better way would
be to turn it at once, and apply the ashes,
or it might be better to cover a pile of them
with earth and burn them, something as you
would coal pit. If the muck is soft mud,
free from peat, we should dig it, and com
post it with lime, and ashes or potash, and
it would be improved, in our opinion, by
stacking the lime with water saturated with
salt.
This compost should lie for six months, or
year, and be turned and mixed several
times, in order that the alkalieS may come
in contact with the acids of the muck and
neutralize them. The frost of winter will
aid in dsintegratiDg and decomposing the
muck, and the summer sun will sweeten it
The compost may then be applied in autumn
to the surface, or turned under with shall
low furrow. If we are not misinformed, DR..
Sylvester, of Lyons, has practiced using the
muck compost on his orchards with good re
suits.
We are aware that there are great differ.
erences in the value for manurial purposes,
of different kinds of muck, and that the quail
ity varies greatly in the same swamp, as well
as in different ones, but we doubt whether
there are any kinds so valueless but that, il
decomposed, and sweetened, they will not
much Eaore than compensate for the cost
1t might be questioned by some whether
phospbates are valuable fertilizers for an or
chard, but this we know, that bone dust will
increase the growth of clover, and that
ploughed under, will increase the growth both
of trees and fruit. We have also known
bone-dust to promote a luxuriant growth of
wood on young apple trees, in very light
soil, but whether it will increase the yield Of
bearing trees we cannot say from our expert
ence.
Although We have named guano among
the possible fertilizers of the orchard, We
suppose that practically it would not pay.
There are probably but few crops grown in
this country on which it will pay to use guano,
and we question whether there are as many
tons used annually in the Northern States
now, as twenty years since.
We have written this article more in the
hope of eiciting facts from the experience
of orchardists than with the expectation of
throwing much light upon the subject. If
orcharding is going to fail of being profitable,
because we have no means of keeping up the
fertility of our orchards, it should be known
before any more money is sunk in unproft
able investments, but if orchards can be kept
mp by ploughng under green crops, with the
addition of such inorganic matters as are &C.
cessible, as we believe they can, it should be
known.