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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01


HARPER's WEEKLY finds sufficient
ground for apprehension in the fact
that now, as before the war, the South
is stealing back into power, and the
most important Democratic leaders in
both Houses of Congress are Southern
men and late Confederates. If the peo-
pie will wake up to this fact in time We
have no more such doubtful successes
as that of New Hampshire, but rather,
overwhelming victories. The South
ern politicians have always excelled in
their capacity for manipulating affairs,
and while we have been quarreling
over questions raised by such gigantic
intellects as The Nation such as,
whether Schenck plays poker, whether
Buffers recommendation will secure
the appointment of stevedore in the
Boston Custom House, whether the
failure ofthe Attorney General to reach
the Supreme Bench brought nervous
attack on Mrs. Williams, and the like,
the Southern politicians have been
swiftly and suavely grasping the reins,
until we suddenly find between sixty
eighty ex-Confederate officers in the
next Congress. If this is not a startling
condition of affairs we should be glad to
know how much it would take to
startle this Nation, now Just emerging
from the bloodiest war in all history,
brought on by just such Southern craft
and Northern simplicity. The brains
of the Democratic party have always
been in the South, its stomach in the
North. If its brains could keep its
stomach busy there never was any
complaint from that quarter. If the
Northern wing had plenty of plunder,
the Southern wing might have all the
power. These relations still eXist-the
old firm commenced active business
again on precisely the old footing, as
soon as the blockade was raised, after
having kept up clandestine commu-
nication all through the war. 1t is al.
most incredible that the lovers of Ma
tional Unity should show So little az
prehension of such a state of affairs.
The confiding simplicity with which
we listen to the ''pretty talk" of these
subtle politicians, while they go on
stealing with noiseless steps into pow,
er,,is painful thing to see, while the
land yet smokes with the blood of the
precious lives given away that the Ma.
ton might regain power stolen from il
by the same strategy. How shall the
American people learn wisdom, if they
will not learn in even the FOOLS schoo
of experience 20. S. Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01
FATHER OF VINELAND.
An 'sEditOr Shooting" Son Of a
Gun.

VineIand, N. j., is a nice place, a
real toney little place, healthy town
ofabout 1000 inhabitants, not a great
ways from Philadelphia. 1t is great
resort for an invalid literary people, and
for people who are rich enough to be
sick without having anything the mat
ter with them. 1t is considered a very
healthy place, so healthful, in fact, that
an old fraud named Lands had to
shoot the editor of the paper there in
order to start graveyard. We do not
know who or what Mr.. Lands is; we
simply judge that he is some old fraud,
from the fact that he is called tie
Father of Vineland," and when man
acquires title of that kind he is gen.
orally tirsome old bore. 1t appears
that the editor published an article
which this Father, etc., thought re-
ferred to him. The Father of Vine
land must be son of gun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01
B TR A NE ID.
A Woman Deserted by her Hus-
band Who AbscOnds With
her Property.

Last evening lady arrived in this
city from the west on the 2. c. q st. l..
railroad, and registered ner name at the
United States Hotel as Mrs. Taylor.
She states that her home was in Wheel
ing, and that her former name was
Mrs. Cartwright. Her husband died
leaving her in the possession of an op-
tician store, and of considerable prop
erty besides. Sometime after her hus-
bands death, she was introduced to q
Mr.. Taylor, and although compara-
lively little was known OF his antece-
dents, and that little not Of the most
creditable sort, yet by his insinuating
manner and pleasing address, he eapti-
waited her affections, and in spite OF the
opposition of her parents married her.
All appears to have gone harmoniously
at first, but about the time 1t became
evident that she was to become moth
er, the cloven foot began to show itself.
The couple went to Cadiz and took
rooms at the Central House, the hus-
band at intervals returning 10 Wheel
ing, and turned the entire stock OF
goods in the store into cash, and after
paying a final visit 10 his wife, disap-
peared, taking all her personal effects
with him that he thought would be Of
any use. leaving his wife and new born
babe in a state of utter deStitution. Her
friends in Wheeling hearing of her cir
cumstanees, invited her to return home,
and sent a young boy, one of her rela-
tives, 10 accompany her, and the three
left Steubenvilie for Wheeling this
morning. She puts her less at not less
than $4,000, which, although it may be
an exaggeration, yet from all appear
ances she has been badly dealt with,
and no punishment is too severe for the
wretch who so basely betrayed her.
Mrs. Taylor appeared to be about
thirty years of age, and a. Dittman,
the boy who was with her, is about fif-
teen years Old -[Steubenville Herald
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01
Long Words.

Rob- said Tom, what is the most
dangerous word to pronounce in the
English language H.s.. t.tI
Don't KNOW said Rob, unless it's 9
swearing word ...I..,.. .r,,s
'Poohp said Tom, it's stumbled, be-
cause you are sure to get tumble be-
tween the first and last letter. d.
'Ha! HAP said Rob, Now Pye one
for you. found it one day in the pa
per. Which is the longest word in the
English language?' ..- IL.
'Valetudinarianism,' said Tom
promptly. f-. ..raIeu
.No sir; it's smiles, because there's a
whole mile between the first and last
letter. i..5 -hUtl.,t
'Ho! Hep that's nothing. I know
a word that has over three miles between
its beginning and ending
Whats that?' asked Rob family.
'BeLeaguered,' said Tom. ...a.....
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01
The Bee as a scayenger.

A mouse found its way into the hive
of one of our amateur bee men, not
long since, and the intruder was found
dead and completely embedded in wax.
The mouse having sweet tooth, crept
into the hive to steal honey, but unfor-
tunately aroused the inmates, and be.
fore he could find his way out again
was stung to death. By and by de-
composition set in, and Mr.. Mousey
began TO disseminate bad smell,
which bees cannot tolerate; but finding
it impossible to hurl bin over the ram
parts, they went energretically to work
and sealed him up in wax, Theoretically
sealed him, in fact, so that not the
slightest odor escaped from him to
make the hive unpleasant for the high
tone, extremely neat and cleanly in
MISUNDERSTANDING (N. W Repub'
lican. l.u,'f $50 iistfl+.t +C: d. t-f
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01
FOUR MILES PER SECOND.
Pneumatic Mails in Vienna-An-
other Step of Progress.

On Sunday, February %, the pneu-
matte mail system was opened for pub.
lie use in the city of Vienna, and for
the few days of its working, it appears
to have been eminently satisfactory
By this method, letters and packages,
not exceeding two ounces in weight,
can be sent from one end of the city to
the anOther-a distance of about eight
miles-in something less than two Sec
Onds, so that, adding to this the time
necessary for making up packages, as.
sorting and delivering them, the whole
is just about one hour. But this only
covers extreme distances, and the man
ayers of this system in Vienna say that
in short time tine time, between the
receipt and delivery will be greatly re-
duced. In fact, between stations only
two or three miles distance from each
other, such packages are even now de-
livered within twenty minutes after
being deposited. Any postmaster in
this city, or postmaster general, who
would inaugurate such reform in the
local mail arrangements of the metrOp-
oils, might achieve immortal fame. As
the general !post,office inVienna is also
in the building of the general telegraph
Office, powerful steam engines are CON-
stantly at work COMPRISING atmOs-
pheric air in mammoth reservoir,
from which the doubt system of cast
iron pipes, laid three feet under the
surface of the streets, are fed. One sys-
tenn Of pipes serves for carrying pack
ages, and the other fer pushing them
ahead in the other direction. AT the
seven principal stations, marvellous
parts of the cities, similar engines are
kept at work day and night drawing
the air from the pipes and creating a
vacuum in front of the packages, which
are thus more rapidly pressed forward
by the expansive force of the compress
ed air behind them. The sixty SUBJ
stations are connected not only with
the two central offices, but also with
each other, by this double system of
pipes. The dispatch of each package
is announced by telegraph to the offices
to advise the latter not to stop it on its
way. The pipes are six inches in di-
ameter, with perfectly smooth pol
i5hed inner surface, and the packages
are made upon india rubber cylinders
of various lengths. The postage on all
mail matter must be prepaid at the rate
of two kreutzers Zone cent? for each
half ounce or fraction, which is evil
IDENTIFY much cheaper than the two
cent postage for city letters in this
country. This is the first instance of
large city-VieIna has about SOC, 600 in
misunderstanding its people such facil-
tiles of correspondence at moderate
cost.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01

TALMAGE is back in his favorite role
again. In his last Christian Work, ne
offers last word of gratuitous advice
to theatrical people: IF you will only
stoop down and look through the
cracks in the floor of the STAGE" he
says, "you will see fire and smell
smoke. Better fly for your life. 1t is
hard work getting to Heaven from the
American theator. You will have to
spring seventy-five feet at the first
iump.'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01

a hog weighing 900 pounds was kill
ed at Maysviile, KY, last week. ,,a.
The.criminal prosecution eff the Tich-
borne claimant cost the British Govern
ment 100000. '-'''- -''-'
1t is announced that the two daught-
ers of the late Mr.. Greedy will sail for
Europe on the 1st Of May. fi efH
And now Harvard wants 10 get up Q
spelling match between so or 60 stu
dents and as many girls from the Cam
bridge high school. -'iie'
Gold has been discovered in paying
quantities at the Notch in the White
Mountains, in what is known as the
'Frankenstein Cliff ..,- .,,s
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01
[coNoLUDED NEXT WEEK. !

Five courses of brick will lay one foot
in height on chimney, six bricks in a
course will make a flue four inches
wide and twelve inches long, and eight
bricks in course will make fiue
inches wide and 16 inches long.
A cord of stone, three bushels of
lime, and cubic yard ofsand will lay
one hundred cubic feet Of wall. '
Eight bushels of good lime, sixteen
bushels of sand, one bushel of hair,
will make enough good morter to plas-
ter one hundred square yards. M D. ~.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01
BELMONT CHRONICLE.
ST. GAINESVILLE. OHIO.
THURSDAY, APRIL 1. 1875.

GENERAL BUTLE Il has written long
letter addressed to Robert Harlan, Gin
cinnati, on the Civil Rights bill, in
which he says the bill does not give any
right to a colored man to go into a sa-
loon without the leave of the proprie-
tor, and that barber shop is private
business, in which the law does not iu-
terfere. .
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01

A quack now travelling in New Eng
land aims to profit by arOusing the re-
ligiouS superstition of his duties. He
processes to be a chosen emissary OF
God, commissioned to cure Diseases by
baptism. The astonishing part OF the
story is that he makes plenty of con-
verts and money. ,i u',H q ,I.' .'~hDf
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01

THE Democratic press is still steadily
ringing the changes upon its old tune
of the alleged failure of the Republican
policy of reconstruction in the South
ern States. 1t may as we'll be said,
once for all, that the charge is not true.
In some States, because of Democratic
obstinacy and the popular ignorance,
the processes of reconstruction have
been greatly impaired. But the origi-
nal purpose of reconstruction was to
reclaim the Southern States from the
anomalous and ruined condition in
which they were placed when the
Democratic Confederacy of JEFE.
DAVIS collapsed, and to assign to each
its fair representation in Congress, and
to place them on such basis that they
could maintain popular government
without the presence of a vast military
force to uphold each State. All this
had to be accomplished ten years ago,
amt is all achieved to-day. The Re.
publican party, therefore, has not only
brought the country up to the point Of
theoretical perfection embraced in the
declaration of the principles of the early
fathers, hut it has actually rescued
nearly half the land from the ruin and
chaos into which Democratic stupidity
and crime had plunged it. This is a
simple, truthful summing up of the
whole matter.-Pitts Com.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01

A Providence woman who had secur-
ed goad place to see the st. Patrick
procession, reported to a policeman
that she had lost her child, and be.
sought him to find it, as she did not
dare to go in search of it lest she should
lose her place. .. .,ii g.. .... ..'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01
Interesting Statistics.

The Methodist Church, in all its
branches, in the United States, for 1873,
reports as follows:
Travelling ministers, 1859, local
ministers, 4,512; members, 3,O3l,9 1888.
The Baptist Church, next largest,
reports in all its branches Ministers,
l3, 1853; members, 1,761,171.
The NJ. E. Church, South, in Rich.
mond, Virginia, has increaseu so per
cent, in the last twenty years.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01
MASONIC DIRECTORY, 1874.

Belmont Lodge, No. 16. F. * A. NJ. meets ev-
ery Wednesday night on or preceding the full
moon. II. IL BUNGARNEh, W. A
T. II. FERRE-L, Sec'y.
st. CiairsviIie Chapter. No. IL Royal Arch
casnns, meets: 81 Friday night each month Al
ST. Clairsviile and the ist Friday each Inontn
at Bridgeport. JAMES CLARK, d. r.
T. H FERRELL, Sec'y. - - .--
BELMONT Coancll, 10. 81 Royal Select and
super ExcellPnt Mast ers, meets on the second
tuesday night of every month.
C W.CARRoLL, 7. he. N.
ID. BAILY, Bee. \E~N LINN
Hone Corr riaiisery Ho-26 OF Kntshts~T Temp
lars. ineetsoptife first hesds utghs. OF every
montn. A. D. BAUM, Eun So,A o,
F. D. BAILEY. Rec. NNmariHA
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01
NOTICE.

nR. s. +. WOOD having opened an Office in
- wheeling, announces TO The public that he
Will net be able tn be al his Office in st. Clnirs.
vile all the time, hut will visit il the first
Monday OF every month and stay one week
commencing Monday, Sept. 7th.
Once in Wheeling, No. 1856 Main-st, (up
|stairs.l
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17
al, and ba boned thew would he sub

tail, and he hoped they would he sub
ieeted to the most searching criticism.
These bills, which are now Def re
Congress, we're to form a United ; ates
Bureau Of Highways, and to construct
the Norfolk, Rio Grande and Tapolo
m International Railroad. Mr..
Daniels pointed out that the principle OF
this bill was that the people built and
owned tho road. Referred tOthe CON-
mittee on Resolutions.
1t is understood that an attempt will
be made to capture the convention in
behalf of Tom Scott's scheme. 1t was
with a view of facilitating this that Mr..
Harris, of KY, presented his resolu-
tions to c%ounteract their effect.
BY the Tapolovsmpo road it is claim
ed it is 300 or 400 miles nearer from
Chicago TO the Pacific coast than by the
Texas Pacific, besides the former passes
through an inhabited country, and
Mexico has promised fifteen hundred
dollars per mile towards its construc.
tlOn.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17
70 I N w s.
E~ndeavOrine to Die.

LONDON, Dec. 16.
A special to the Times from Berlin
says Thomas has repeatedly torn the
bandage from the wounds he inflicted
in his attempted suicide and is now SO
curely bound. He seems to be a
Swabian by birth, but has been natu-
ralized in the United States. lie passed
a week last October in Liverpool, APP.
parcntly trying TO ascertain whether
il would be best for him to put his in
fernal machine on board the stea mer
there or in Bremenhaven. The num-
her of killed by the explosion already
reaches so and others of the injured
are not expected to ecOver. Forty
corpses were buried to-day, together
with some chests filled with unidenti-
fed fragments of bodies. The total
number of killed and wounded it now
estimated $50.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17
DIsSEN TING JUDGES.

The legal opinions of Judges Haw-
ley and Beatty, of our Supreme Bench.
do not appear to run in the same
groove on many important questions
submitted for their consideration. III
about one-half of the decisions pro-
mulgated by this tribunal there is a
disagreement resulting in a dissenting
opinion by one or the other of these
judicial officers. So frequently does
this occur that il is already becoming
the subject of general remark among
members Of the bar throughout the
State. If Hawley favors a thing.
Beatty is almost certain to go against
it, and Vice versa. OF course this is
not the result of an improper rivalry
or jealousy on the part of these dis
tinguished jurists, but comes doubt
less of a different legal training and
the firmly fixed rules of discipline
which are supposed to govern the ju-
dicial mind. All decisions of tribunals
of last resort are necessarily arbitrary.
and we believe it is not stating too
much to say that full one-half OF the
cases taken up might be as correctly
determined n way as the other.
Judges are no more infallible than
other common sense people, and we
have always entertained the opinion
that no mar has ever lived, if we ex-
cept Jesus Of Nazareth, who could
wholly free himself OF the prejudices,
impulses and emotions which inspire
and control the actions of mankind in
general. Envy, malice, expediency.
ambition, friendship, hope Of gain,
desire for popular applause, yea, the
thousand and n principles of the
human heart that 60 to make up the
sum total of every mans character.
contribute their full share, unknown
and unfelt, We are charitable enough
to conclude, in many instances, to the
formation of all history, whether per-
sonal or political, public or private.
We throw this much in in a general
way as we pass along, and with no de-
sire to intimate that any member of
our Supreme Court is more likely to
be swayed by these subtle influences
than the average run of mortals here
below. They are all fair lei endeav-
oring 70 do precisely right, and il some
time an error is committed (somebody
must be wrong when there is a dis
senting opinion), it should be charged
up to that frailty which bessts poor
human nature at every step.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17
PIOCIIE IrEMH.
We clip the following items from the

we cllp The IoliOwlnS iteLns from the
Record, of the 18th instant:
STABBING AFFRAY.-An ARRAY oc
Cured late on Monday night between
Charley Branston and John Leonard,
at the corner of Main and Meadow
Valley streets, in front OF Pearson *
Danner's saloon, in which Branston
Was cut with knife by Leonard. From
what we could learn the affray was
caused by both parties being under the
influence of liquor and getting into a
quarrel, when Branst0n, taking come
Oifpnse at some remark OF Leonard;
knocked him down the steps in IRON
OF Doscher's lodging house, kicking
him, etc. Leonard, As soon as he
could rise, retaliated by cutting Bran
ston in two or three places, the wounds
not being serious or dangerous. Leon
ard WAS arrested by officer Kelly and
lodged in tho County Jail, but was dis
charged yesterday morning. it appear
ing that the cutting was done in self
defense. Bran~tOn's wounds, We learn,
are in no manner serious. Branston is
interested in n saloon on Main street,
adjoining Alex. Browns.
MAN HUNG.-Tom DeMasters, the
Hamilton stage driver, reported to us
last evening that he met two Indians
this side of Desert Springs. who had
inst come in from a deer hunt-they
having one deer with them-and they
reported to him that they had come
across a man hung to a tree who "heeE
sme.Ium bad.n The crows having
picked out his eyes, the man has prob
ably hung there for some time.
IScoRRECr.-ln a recent issue of the
Record we published an apparently au'
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17

The President Of the United States
has appointed the following commits
sion to examine and report on the Su-
tro Mining and Drainage Tunnel, Me-
vada: Lieutenant Colonel III. g..
Wright, Corps Engineers, United States
Army; Lieutenant Colonel John G..
Foster, Corps Engineers, United States
Army; Professor Welsey Newccnb,
M. f., Ithaca, New York; Captain w.
r. King, Corps Engineers, United
States Army.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17
Volunteer Troops tn be Sent 10
Campo -SquaIiy Times in Lower
California.


DAN DIFGO, Dec. 10.
At a meeting of prominent citizens
last evening 1t was resolved to raise
means by subscription and send vol
un,eers 10 Campo, To project the Dor
der settlements from Mexican bandits.
From parties who arrived from
Lower California last evening. we learn
that the body of Antonio Sorso, the
companion Of Leclaire, was found
about half "A mile from where Leclaire
was. His hands were tied behind him
aud there were two bullet holes
through his head. There was a wagon
and m horse near by; The other horse
was gone. There is no clue TO the muir
derers, but it il reported that the peo-
pie have organized a vigilance som
mittee and are searching the noun
iains for de~peradoes.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17
PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES
FROM
TrOtting Race.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. l6.
At the Bay Distract Park yesterday
there Mas "A t~rotting race, mile heats,
three in five TO harness, for i've hun
bred dollars, between Abdailah, Joe.
Confidence and Henry. The latter
WAS slightly the ~favorlte in the pools,
Joe crowding him closely.
The first heat Confidence took and
retained the lead, winning the heat III
2:36%.
The second heat was a repetition of
the first in 2:324. The hedging was
then lively.
The third heat was taken by Henry
in 2:2S1. Joe vas withdrawn.
The fourth heat, race and money
wern o by Confidence easily in
2:3OL.