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

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The Capital University property on
High street, Colum bus, has been sold
owihs,to tss ssssiHSS,m SS,ma,ers a:hp
in Newton, the other day, was extin-
|guished with several barrels Of cider.
George Henry, OF Farmington. .Trum-
bull county, died few days ago at the
advanced age6f 'nfdety-nine years.
On Wednesday night Sof last week.
ltieing Khysieian ,cpmlniated SUICIDE in
his room at the American House, Lon
douyill Il & 81 All
W. j Allen, Of Put-in-Bay Island,
t'hhs sayeHted . pair OF shoes for walk
ling on nswater,s and claims that lie can
slide rs fast over its surface as atirst-
lrlass steamboat. 1GFfaAat II
a boy in TrumbulT county, who had
flched 81 800 from his fathers pile, and
started out to see the world, was arrest
led.at Toledo, and 81, 40 of the cash re-
covered.
The fishermen at Fairlort are begin
ming to prepare for the coming season.
At present the probability isthat there
fwih not be as many pounds put In this
season as there were last. :.
The next annual fair of the Tusca-
lrawas County Agricultural Society will
be held ON their grounds near Canal
dover on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, September 18th, 29th
and 39th, and October lst, 1875.
Asolemn minded citizen of Bellevue,
who has always boasted that he insured
this property with the Great Ruler OF
1.-The Uaniyerse, was burned out of house
and home and without a cent. He is
laround now hunting for an insurance
company that is nearer home. os.
-Four ladies of the ,Women's League
ztof U liper Sandtisky have ssss umed The
OF five handred able.
'fbodied amen' fh that place, and have
warned saloon keepers not to sell ol
give them anything to drink. This
will be rough on the thirsty five hun
Idred, who. now waLder aboatthe mud
Idly streets of the village, sad and dis
pirited. The ladies will be sued fol
libel Rat1z aura G
WE REFERRED, early in the winter
to the efforts Of several of the Contenen
tai governments of Europe to preyeni
the introduction of the potato bug by
prohibiting the importation of Ameri
can potatoes, and expressed the con
viction that the bug cannot be trans
mited by the tubers Oft the potato plant
The bug attacks the leaves Of the vine
J but is never found on the tuber. At
meeting of the American Academy o
Science held lately, Prof. RILEY tool
i the same view. He said: ~ Il
4 lit ever gets to- Europe, it will mos
likely be carried there in the perfec
, tbeette state on some Vessel plying be
tween the cunlinants. While the bee
, tie, especially in the nOn-growing sea
son, will live for months without food
the arve would perish in Il few day
Z without fresh potatO-tOps, L believe
starye to death in the midst of d barre
OF POTATOES, even if it could get ther
" ithout being crushed; for, whils it $
, voraciously devours the leaves, it vii
not touch the tuberS. The eggs, whicI
are quite soft and easily crushed, could
OF course, only be carried over on tn
I, haulm or on the living plant: and
While there is a bare possibility of In
insects transmission in this way, ther
is little probability of it, since tn
plants are not objects of commercial eX
= change, and the haulm, on account q
its liability to rot, is not, SO tar as ca
> learn, used in packing. Besides, p0ls
I toes are mostly exported during tha
tpart of the year when there are neithe
eggs, larvae nor potato vines i'll exis
: tence in the Uni,ed States. There
only one other possible way {
, transmission, and that is in sufficient
y ilarge Jumps OF earth, either as larva
, pupa or beetle. Now, if the America
!. dealers be required 10 carefully avoi
1.-The use of thesii aulm or shaw, and t
4 ship .One but clean potatoes, as free II
! ipIssible f. ON earth, the insects trans
mission among the tubers will be in
possible; and, when such precaution
:, are so easily taken, there Can be no aG
vantage in the absolute prohibition {
/, the Ira tfic in American potatoes Tn
!, Course recently adopted 10y the G.rma
Government. It's much more rational
: and will prove amuch better safeguard
n it-is to furnish vessels plying betwee
- the two countries with cards givin
!. illustrated descriptions of the insect i
! all stages, with request that passenge
q and crew destroy any stray specimen
: that may be found. Let England an,
Ireland, together with the other Et
o ropean governments, cooperate wit
!. Germany in this plan, and have such
| card posted in the warehouses of sea
! port towns and the meeting rooms {
iagricultuTal societies, and a possibl
:. evil will be much more likely avoided
+ Pitts. Com.
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MATTIN G.
o AZ the summer is approaching, an,