Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-15
BELLAIRE LETTER.
BEILAIRE, O., April I2, 1875.
OSCAR HUGO.

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Supsay morning the announcement
was msoe IN tne tdinerent Beiiair
enurches that the heS.'Ntscar hugo,
hungarian e1iie Wouia preaeh In Tn
y. Cnurcn In the AFTERNOON. Com
parativeiy lew OF our citizens had eve
heard OF this man, anu The majority
tnose VINO nad only seen tne sasertise
Ineht Oh MS iecsare IN Wheeiing. Z
tnose VINO mao nearu Oh MN, lew ma
any Wen denaed idea as 10 VINO ne was
anu iewer rs 10 what ne was. we con
less thss We, LOT one, were preluuice
against MIN, having read denuneia
IONS OF MIN In Pit.sourgh anu othe
papers, and Aeard fntsoerghers spea
NY OF MIN. nor was ms appearance
calculated 70 90 away with our pre3u
dice. just Deiore the nour ior MS SCI
mon severai gentlehen were Wa,kih
UP Noois street conversing aoout huge
when ouggy Ih which say TWO ioreigu
looking ssntiethoh, passeu@said pSi o.ie
Inat Is hugo, now. ~ course Tn
rest lsugneo, as ne intenueu me
shouiu, anu one IepieG' sha"' .hs
Is s,, some IageT oe9r Dutcnniah lroll
PeaiaH, nc al ou.y n;nS.
;.e eIsn th;a, aoo.' snt . III oan, ad ~;
qaite .nick se.' uals soni p'eaionso
what beetling brow, a fierce huzza
looking inustache, crisp black hair, an,
very plain apparel. The cap which h
wears gives him q very undress-mili
tary appearance: he was born in Hun
gary, his parents having fed tkither t,
escape the persecution. Ofth Walden
slams In their native France. But tn,
hot blood of the Hugos is not at al
cooler in the Hungarian veins of tn,
younger Oscar. The Catholics call hin
An anti-popery fire-brand, ard we Cal
conceive that a man would be wei
qusilheH ior !hat tue VINO naa owe
70 'ne Catnoiies psrsonai inaignl.y, .h'
usslh y, Hls ia'Iei' snu iheions oaIi I.
lShnent from ms nAIve lahd. ~. ~
eauie 10 .hls country III Decen1er, iooi
~ company Win tns reSerSu nossu,n
a1u mas slntI ser .nS ianI "a III,
auoptlon nooy' eo,n III ene puIpi. s!r
against him was gone, spite of hi.
broken English, before he had uttered
the first sentence. and when he wa.
done we were prepared to throw III
our ready cap in air. and cry. Hurraf
for Hugo!
DIR. Hunt. a younp physician from
the west coast of Africa. iectnred at the
NJ. f. Church at 4 O'Clock Yesterday
afternoon. His lecture was quite en-.
tertaininy. and his vivaciousstyIe quite
amusing. Dr. Hunt IL from that por'
tlon OF africa In whicn hev. hamoo
OF this city was missionary, ana ne
bore quite aneciing testimony 10 tnat
gentieman's Iaithiuiness at the close OF
ms lecture. HIS a9olence "oula nave
which Hugo lectured.
-,
communion services were heid al
0oth the fresoyterlan ana onlteo
CASTOR was assisted by Rev. Johnston
of New Lisbon. and Rev. Wallace :by
DIR. Mcclure. of Wheeling. TWENTY
additions were made to the Presbvter.
ian church,
.
Ward schools of Wheeling. formerly of
this city, will lecture i'm School Hall
next Friday night, taking ior bis sub.
iect. Chemistry. aud iIIusiratinp il nv
appropriate experiments.
The Public Schools repeated their on.
with some .uaimportant
,hanees.. or, last Friday night- The af-
air is said to have been an entire sue.
cess in every Way.
n, ,..,,
Inc 'Soiree Musicaie al school Han
On Ihursday evening Dy the fhiihar-
nonic Society u9uer 'he ieadershiH 0i
ProI. ). y. ochoneila, said TO have
oeen a success, constdsring the amount
'f practiee they nave had.
PERsoNAL.-P. 8. Cowen has con.
,ected himself with An Insurance. CnIn.
,any in washington Citv- and will 70.
move to that citv in a few davs -,
Auburn, the retired, ETC., went into
ne post ofhce and asked for letter the
'ther day. Being toid that there Was
lone Ior DIM, ne SAID: ,Can you tell
ne wnen there VIII DC Ihey didn't