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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-09
A FINE ART MAGAZINE FOR TEE YOUNG
st. Nicholas for 1876.

After two wears Of prosperity, unexamplec
in the annals OF Juvenile literature during
which ST NICHOLAS has consolidated with it
self all its strongest competitors, the pub
fishers find themselves in position L
promise that the Third Volume, beginning
with thenumber for November, 1879 shall, il
its unusual attractions for Girls and Boys
surpass even the preceding volumes. In ad
dition tu contributions from
The First Writer'S Of America,
there will be Stories, Poems, and Sketches b,
some of the Most Prominent English Authors
Arrangements have been made for very in
teresting series of papers on
WINDSOR CASTLE, bv Mrs. GIiphant,
Treating ofits History and the Child-Life o
Successive Royal Generations
CHRISTINA q. ROSSETTI
| Will contribute to the new volume.
LOUISA NJ. ALCOTT
Will write "Marjorie's Birthnay Gifts" ant
other short stories.
Some articles on ASTRONOMY FOR YOUNC
PEOPLE have heen promised by the popular
English Astronomer,
RICHARD PROCTOR.
There will be continued story of life il
Iceland" by
BAYARD TAYLOR.
In the November Number, the opening o
the new volume will begin an
AMERICAN SERIAL. STORY.
1.-THE BOY E-HIGR1NTS,"
Nv NOAH BROOKS
Giving the adventures ola party of boys in
early davs of the Gold Fever
]. It. TROWBRIDGE,
Author of the Jack Hazard" stories, will
contribute some highly interesting sketches OF
adventure at Bass Cove"
TALK WITH GIRLS
By leading authors, will be a prominent fea-
ture of the new volume. Especial attention
will also be given to
Incidents Of American History,
With spirited pictorial illustrations.
The various departments, Jack-in-the-Pul-
pit The Riddle-Box,' and the Ietter-Box,
and the pages for Very Little Folk are to be
more attractive than ever. The French, Lat
in, and German stories, for translation, which
have proved so popular, vii. be frequent in
the new volume Some ofthe finest works OF
the Greatest Painters OF the Country have
been engraved expressly for ST. NICHOLAS,
and the first artists of the day will contribute
fresh and original drawings for this FINE
ART MAGAZINE FOR THE YOUNG.
Definite announcements of many interesting
and novel features will be made in the De-
under the successful editorship of
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-09
"TALK WITH GIRLS"
Incidents Of American History,

By leading authors, will be prominent fea-
ture of the new volume. Especial attention
will also be given to
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-16
FOREIGN.
Heavy Rain Storms in England

Great Destruction of Property
and Loss of Life.
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THE STOCKINGS OF fHE PERIOD.

Paris shops are full of the most fanciful
designs in this one detail of feminine attire.
They are made in cream color, lemon color,
orange yellow, straw color, pins, pale blue,
pale green, lilac, light brown, dark brown,
crimson, scarlet, purple-in short, in every
shade Of every color. But the precise tint
is only half the question, the designs work
ed upon the stocking are by far the most
important part Of it, asregsrds fashion, and
these are of the most varied description.
One pair Of stockings which excited
much admiration from the passers Of a GER
tain well known shop in Paris was i'm lem-
on color, and the instep Of each foot was
covered with punches Of black cuTan.s,
with their tWigs and leaves most delicately
embroidered in the cOlOred silks.
Another example Of OrnamentatiOn lay
close at hand, in the form Of a black silk
stocking, round the leg of which a garter
Ofpink rosebuds and leaves winding up
ward from the ankle was eXquisitely EN-
brOidered. This last fashion IS very pOpu-
lar just now. Stockings 50 embroidered
are, of course, enormously dear. Few
women can afford 70 buy many such expen-
siTe articles of dress as these garlanded
stockings, therefore it becomes A matter Of
eager competition among the leaders Of
fashion to secure as many specimens Of lhe
latest rage as their purses will allow. The
mania is instilled, and hencefOrth the
woman OF the world takes rank according
to her stockings. Garlands Of flowers DO
not hold the fell alone, it must be Obsery-
ed. In some cases inscriptions and deviccs
are embroidered round the legs Of the mod
ern stockings, and rnws and patterns are
worked ia COlOred silk stars OT sp,tsr The
grUund, however, Of all this work must on
no account be white.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-16
SEVEN TINES MARRIED.
Woman Who was nos Born 10 Live
AIOne-HeF Pr--entinsent Fulfilled.
Albany Argus.

Last week Benjamin Abbott and Mrs. Ma
IN Pratt were welded at Smyrna, Del. This
is the seventh time the bride bIs been led tO
the altarsand the Smyrna Times prints some
interesting gossip concerning her past life.
The contracting parties 10 these nUptials,
il says, are well up the ascending grade 10
eighty years. The groom is quiet, unas-
sum nc old man, a wiiOWer, with means
enough particularly if combined
with her incOme) 10 meet his not
very numerous wants. The bride
was the reIict Of the late eX-
Sheriff Henry Pratt, Of Kent county, who
was the last auti-Dem0Cratic Sheriff who
has filled that office in that county. lie
was elected Sheriff in 1874 by the Wings.
His descendants, children, grandchildren,
and grGat-grandchil}ren, at the time Of his
marriage numbered over ljt, and yet he
had never then had but one death in bis
family-his first wife. Mrs. AhbClts
names have been eight in all-Miss VIII
liams, MIS-. Trulx, Mrs FarrOW, Ms
Riggs, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Berry, Mrs.
Pratt, and now Mrs. Abbott.
"In every Instance" says the Tunes,
.'save the first she has married a widO~er,
some Of them with 4 e0CdiY number Ol
children. She, however, has never sns-
tanned the maternal relation by c0nsauguin-
ity. She was reared in this cOmmuUisy1
as have been all her husb inds, so iaras We
can learn, and hence her record has been
as an open book 70 all her seven eOmpan-
ions, yet record, age, nor ausht else seems
to work fatality TO the charm that Wins
whatever that may be, and 70 find that ont
is the rub. The i've years and over OF
widowhOOd that existed between her last
and her present husband is the longest she
has endured. This, however, may not be
wholly her fault, as we are certain that
in one instance az least she offered N share
her comfortable home with one Of our most
worthy old citizens; but lie mere prOpOsi-
tiOn filled him with fear and trembling,
and 10 avoid a repetition he hurnidly mar
ried young lady in her teens, with whom
and his little pFattler he is nov enjoying
the fullest share Of domestic bliss. Ne
have no intimatiOn, however, that her nu-
merOus cOnquests have been made by open,
direct assaults. On the contrary, We think
they have not. Il has been asserted on
good authority that she has confessed to
that she should have seven
husbands. She now enjoys the fullillmenS
of this prophetic notion, and hale, seventy
odd. she wears her bridal wreath with be-
coming dignity
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sTRAYED Oh sTOLEN-A GERMAN
RARON

Oppo Won StranZ is his name. He first
came to this country twenty-five or thirty
years ago, political exile, and built up ex-
tensive cGttOn plantations in Florida, ac-
cumulaling large wealth. He served uE=
der the COnfederacy, and his own story,
which he told afterward in Europe, repre-
sented him as rising to the rank of Gene
raj. Aiter the war he returned TO Germsny,
and collected a little money on his seques-
tered estates. Then he met an English
lady and married her, living with her mcst
happily for three years, his rank being rec
Ognized in Europe during this period.
Last November he sailed sudden
" for Richmond, saying that
he had business in the courts there, and
would be gone six weeks. Since that time
his wife and European friends have heard
nothing from him,{and their anxious in
quiries of the Richmond authorities bring
out no information. Nobody there knows
anything about Otto Won Stranz. There
was no such officer in the Confederate ser
vice. But if the man is an impOstoT he
must have played the baron very success
fully 10 obtain recognition during three
years in Europe. If anybody OverhaUls an
elderly German baron who answers to the
name Of Otto Won StIauZ, and appears TO
be wandering about without an owner, the
finder will please hold him and commune
cate with the American consul at Liver
pool.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-16
FRANCE

PARIS, July ij.-In the Assembly To-
day NJ. Savary delivered a speech in which
he dwelt upon the necessity Of arresting
the progress Of BOnapartism and attacked
NJ. ROuhpr, whom he styled an abettCr Of
a coup de etdt.
N. Buffet defended the Prefect Of Police
from the attacks made upon him yesterday
by NJ. ROuher, and said the Prefect was
perfectly right in pointing ont the double
danger by which the country Was threat
ened by both RevOlutiOnists aud BOnapart-
lists. I1he danger from the former was more
serious and the Government would keep
Watchful eye upOu them. BOnapartists
and members of the Right cheered this
statement, whilethe Left protested against It.
NJ. Duf.ur said the Government would
display vigilance in regard 10 BOnapartists.
He would not remain q member Of any
Government which neglected that duty.
NJ. Gambetta called attention 10 the di-
vergence in the statements Of the
two Ministers, and with much
warmth accused the Government
of supporting Bonapartist fuuctionaries
in offices, and following in the steps Of the
Brogli administration.
NJ. Buffet asserted that a perfect agree
between NJ. Dufaure and himself He
considered he was rendering great service
10 the country by maintaining old funC-
tiOnaries, who were loyal, although they
served under the empire.
The Left protested against the remarks
Of II. Buffet, while the Right and Bona
paTtists loudly cheered.
After further debate, a resolution was
passed by vote of 1S3 to 3, stating that
the Assembly, cOnfding in governments
declarations, passed to the order of the day.
The BOnapartist, who had agreed TO sup
port the motion, were well satisfied with
the result. The Left, who abstained from
voting, were proportionately diSpleased.
NJ. DufaUre subsequently, affirmed there
was no divergence between ministers. The
government had nothing TO add or with
draw from the declarations it had already
made.
LONDON, July 15.-The Paris correspon-
dent Of the Times summarizes the result Of
yesterdays debate in the Assembly as fol-
lows: The Government, separated from
the Left, are thrown back on the Right.
The difficulty is how can the Government
remain in power supported by
majority opposed TO the constitutional bills,
as it cannot be supposed that the govern
ment will resign without completing its
constitutional work. With the msjOrity Of
last night. The coming sitting must solve
the problem whether victory belongs to the
Bonapartists.
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JOHN MORRIssEY AT SARATOGA.

ELlldlel I1nll INES.
Morrissey has no other weakness than
getting drunk about twice a year, aud then
h, is smiaOle as Pontiac or Goliath. All
the rest Of the year he is a cool, meaSUT-
iI-, Gain-seeking business man. with the
soul of a merchant. He Ownes nearly two
acres Of goUnd here, on which are a large
hotel, pool house for betting on horses,
four cottages, a mineral spring, a rock
spring, and q trout pond. lie has nearly
Cue thousand trout, and ne took us out 10
see them fed. Many Of them weigh two
pounds. His hotel is a substantial brick
oditice, built on piles and plaukS twenty
four feet under the surface. He took a
swamp, piled it, filed il. and made a para
disc Of it. | asked him how much lie had
spent here. lie said: 81 have laid out
$4,000. The first piece Of ground L
bought, fifty feet front. paid 500 a foot
for. / never bOUgh. any thing in SaratOr3
AT second price. II YOU reflect on anv
proposition over night they'll raise on Won
next morning. l keep a hotel In conusc-
tiOn with nv club house 10 be allowed To
gamble. l aim with that hotel to pav my
servants and to support the table. There
are seventy people in my employment
here. The cook is paid 800 for the season.
and L generally present him with SEQ
when he goes away. The good servants /
re-engage for the next year"
The hotel part of MoGrissey's establish
meat bears no relation whatever TO his
gaming, aud the games are neither visible
nor the players audible from the dining
ro0m. His sale dc iouer is a sort Of tran
sept 90 ms hotel, one immense room, light
ed from the say, caypeted richly, with a
narrow rim Of gaming tables around tie
sides. No citizen Of Saratoga is allowed
20 play, no intoxicated person, no verdaut
young men. Gambling has its own class.
There are some men who game as natur-
ally and as coolly IS they do business.
Morrissay himself never plays, except with
great experts, and men Of equal purse and
nerve, like Ben. Wood or Price MCGra.h.
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DOWN ON THE DoG LAW.


lie sat in front OF q grocery store aud
gazed wistfully upon the piles Of meat and
things heapcd up within. he then looked
sOrrOwfUlly down upon himself and gently
smote his stomach. He then turned and
gazed fondly upon three lean, subdued
looking s'purps.' He then glanced angrily
At the court house, and with flashing eyes
and 4 nervous jerk at his chair, snapped
out, "D-n the dog law His garments
were rent and torn with service and
time. His hat was a CrOWnless ven
tilatOr, and sat down very much
over one eye; his shoes only extended well
over the instep, while beyond, his sOckless
toes spread out and dallied with the sum
mer zephyrs. His cOuntenance bore alter
nate expressions Of sadness, affection or an
ger, as his eyes wandered from the stores
within, to the dogs without and the court
house over the way. About every two min
UteS he would eXclaim with emphasis,
'd-n the dog law" Finally he jumped
up, OVerturning his chair by the fury Of his
ascent, planted his toes firmly upon the
pavement, slapped his breast with vigOr,
and for about tise minutes hurled at the
courthouse a perfect blue stream Of intense
OatbS which, boiled down, meant d-n the
dog law, d-n all engaged in passing it,
d-n those who have charge Of its execu-
tiOn, and d-n the SAFE ia general. When
he had cooled dowH somewhat, a bystander
remarked:
"My frierd. yOu seem TO be terribly ex-
eycised."
"Exercisedr' he exclaimed, 81 guess
am. My taxes are so high, (" he continued
fiercely, "that 1 don't know how am to
pay them and support my family"
"What are your taXes?" asked the by
stander.
"Nine dollars, sir" replied the angry
c0UntTynan.
"Nine dollars Why that isn't much for
a farmer who owns land and makes cotton"
replied the bystander.
The cOuntryman looked very hard at his
questiOner for a minute, then pushed his
hat-brim far back upon his ears, brought
forward prominently one set Of the toes,
and said:
''Stranger, 1 don't own any land, nor
hogs, nor horses, nor cattle, nor sheep. 1
am a renter, but I does own them thar
dorgs, thar, one Of which is a bitch, and
the tax nor them dOrgs, together with my
poll tay, amounts TO nine dollars, sir, and
say its an outrage, and d-n any man what
says it aintro
''Kill EN-" gently suggested the stranger.
"What did you say, stranger? kill them
dOrgs 70 crafty The rich man who passed
that dOrg law. I'll see 'em all id first,
and them's not only my sentiments, but
the sentiments OF my old woman and my
seven gals and five boys; starve or no
starve, tax or no tax, and now you hear
me, you do And with this he ambled
off with an air of supreme contempt, fol-
lowed YEARLY by his three hungry dogs.
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LIBERALISM AmOxG THE JEWS.



The innovations i'm the forms OF Hebrew
worship, made notably prominent in the
new Temple Emanuel on Fifth avenue
New NOTk, seem 10 be gaining favor. The
trustees of the congregation B'nai JeShu-
Iun propose 10 follow the example
Of the Temple Hebrews, by
abolishing the custom Of separating
the sexes during the hour Of worship; and
the effort Of a pew-hOlder to eDjOin the
trustees has become iuefiectHal in cOnSe-
quenCe of a decision given in the Court Of
Common Pleas yesterday. Judge
IaTremore holds that the trustees of
every church congregation are legally
empowered TO manage its temporal
affairs; and Ire also makes the signifi.
can't statement thai Gif the separation
Of the sexes during divine worship be a
cardinal principle Of the faith prOfessed by
this society, then 4 gOOdly portion Of its
membership have sanctioned a gTievous
error" Judge LarTem0re's decision will
probably arouse strong feeling among the
conservative Hebrews, 10 whom the ancient
forms of worship are sacred in every sense.
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A JULY OVERFLOW.
Sueh Disaster Is Among the Posi-.
biltties-SWOlIen Condition OF the
Rivers Above Memphis.
Memphis Avalanche. JuIv15

bilates-SwOllen Condition OF the
Rivers AbOye Memphis.
Memphis Avalanche, JuIyI5.
The rivers above Memphis are unusuallv
high for this season. Their condition Is a
matter Of deep concern, yet the latest news
from various points is not calculated to ex-
cite alarm. II Will require an additional
swell of fully five feet TO overflow even the
low, unle7eed corn and cotton fields Of the
valleys between Cairo and this city, and
more than that in the bends below Mem
phis. IL will also require 4 total swell Of
nearly six and = half feet to cause the level
Of the river to attain the height it did early
last spring.
While the river at St. Louis stood
tWenty-eight feet ON the gauge yesterday,
and was higher than il had been for more
than ten years, the streams above that
poiStt were receding, and the water at st.
Louis and vicinity had attained its highest
possible stage. The American Bottom Op-
pOsite that city and aconsiderabls num0eroi
farms lying between there and Cairo, ,yefe
submerged, but the water viii fall within
the river banks in a brief season. Unless
farther heavy rains prevent.
The side or small streams Of the upper
Ohio haye been putting out with a vim,
doing in sOihe cases considerable damage
TO marine property and farms along their
course; but the swell in the Cumberland
and Tennessee is not sufficient 20 create
alarm. 1t is generally from the last two
named rivers, aided by the flush rivers
above st. Louis and Louisville, that over
flows Of the Southern valleys result, aided
as well by full banks in the Arkansas and
White rivers. At present all the Southern
tributaries are at 4 low stage, and even
were the volume Of water 20 come from
above Cairo greater than is now promised,
the increased velocity Of the aOw
from Memphis TO the Gulf would be like
ly to afford IT'S relief At present the
water at Cairo Is sixteen feet below the
highest flood known, and over seven feet
below the highest point attained this
season. At this point the river is nearly
81 feet below high water mark. twill re-
glire much more water than we are likely
to get to do any harm. At this writing
more damage is threatened to tillable
fields faOIn excessive and repeated showers
than is 10 be feared from the overflow Of
the Mississippi.
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NASHVILLE TENN, FRIDAY JULY le, 1876

brings Hong Kong dates to June 10, and
Shanghai dates to June Ii.
Shenpoa Chen, late Futa Of Fukien, and
conspicuous for services in FormOsa, has
been appointed Yiceroy Of Kiangsu, XII
sngsia and Adhui, and High Commissioner
for Foreign Affairs in the South of China,
with headquarters al Nanking.
Difficulties with Kashgais are appre-
hended by the Peking cabinet. The rulers
of that Province are believed to be in alli-
ance with authorized elnissaries from West
ern nations, preparing to throw Off Chinese
rule. After repeated defeats by the abO-
rigineS, the Chinese troops are said to have
gained a victory in Southern Formosa.
Two hundred sayages are said to have been
killed.
The flagship Hartford left Hong Kong,
June l6, for Singapore, en- route for the
United States.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-16

FINHE PUBLIC MAKE A GRAVE MIS-
take wher they 20 or send North and East
Tor wOrk that can be- as well an! rs cheaply done
in Nashvili; by the Union and American Mer-
chants will lind, upon comparison of work and
prices, that they can do better in the Job Rooms
OF the Union AMI American than they vii DO
by going abroad, and that 10 Is a great mistake
tG assume thz- work done at a distance is neces
sarily better Han they can obtain at homo.
They should remember that the more work they
have performed hv theiT neIghbOrs, the better
able w!ll their ul.ghbors be 70 do fine work. and
Tie more thew DO abroad, the more thev Will
have 10 10 abroad. because there viii be Moth
ing to induce Hrst-class printers % come and re-
main among ls-
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THE TURF.
Monmouth Park Association.
FatthIess, Ascension, wild Idle and
FTafa FIRST Tudar aI,e Sfrfn0-

FatthIess, Ascension, Wild Idle and
Mate First Under GIle String.
LONG BEANCH, July 15-Racing at
Monmouth Park continued to-day.
The first race was for tie Thespian
stakes, dash oil three-quarters Of q mile.
Faithless, Freebooter and Dali Gaisian
started, and in this order they crossed the
line. Time 1:179.
The West End Hotel stakes for three
year-old filiies, distance one mile and three
quarters, was won by Ascension, in an easy
gallOp, by fully six lengths; Gyptis, second;
FinewOrk, third; Katie Pearce, fourth, and
Lizzie X. last, almost One-eighth of a mile
away. Time 3:11i.
The third race fol the Grand Jockey
Club purse, all AGES, two mile heats, was
Won by Wild Idle, beating Dublin in 3:4Os
and 3:41t.
The Long Branch stakes, all ages, one
mile and three-quarters, was won by Male,
Galway second; Spendthrifl third. Time
3:06t.
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KANSAS.
Jail Delivery A Gang Of Horse.
thieves Turned Loose.

Jail Delivery - A Gang of Horse.
thieves Turned Loose.
ST. LOUIS, July l5.-The Republicans
Wichita, Kansas, special says the Jail at
that place, in which were ten of the most
notorious horse-thieYeS in southern Kansas,
was broken open by the prisoners last
night, and all escaped. Wallace Bennett,
was the last Of a gang brought from Chey-
eune Agency by United states Marshall
LeiirO three weeks ago. All
were spIendidly armed, being
assisted by friends after their escape. Of
ticers are in pursuit and it is believed a
terrible fight will occur when they are
Overtaken, which will be within n hours.
Most of the thieves are cut-throats OF ihe
worst character, and will make desperate
resistance 10 capture.
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PITTSBURG.

Frightened at the Rush Of Waters.
PITTsBURG, July 15.-Duing the heavy
rain last night, the people residing along
Butchers Run, Al.e.heny,were forCibly re-
minded Of the food Of last year. The
sewers were taxed beyond their capacity,
and the water rushed along East street TO
the depth OF three feet OF more. The
frightened inmates Of the houses took re
fuge on the hillside, and for a zine the air
was rent with the screams of women and
children. fortunately the flood soon sub
sided and no serious damage was done.