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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-27

'.DSYCHUMANCY, or souL .HARMiNG.
! L How either sex may fascinate and gain the
love and affections OF any person they choose
instantly. rhis simple mental requirement
with a marriage guide, Egyptian Oracle.
Dreams, Hints to Ladies, Wedding night shirt,
etc. A queer book. Address I. VILLA NJ g
co. Publishers, Philadelphia. Nv
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-27

a LITTLE ripple of excitement was caused
on Monday morning by the discovery that
the Grocery Store of c. A. Shouse had been
turglarized during the night previous, and an
attempt had been made on the Confectionery
es ablishment of ". ". McSIonies. At
ShCuse's a coal-chisel had been placed between
the double doors, and the bolt of the lock
forced, and entrance gained. An examination
of the premises showed that the drawers,
showcase, &c, had been ransacked, and
there were missing few nickles, cigars, to-
bacco, &c, but no extensive haul was made.
their occupancy, which was about , o'clock in
the morning, and awakened Mr.. John Troll,
whose family occupies the rooms overhead,
who went TO the window, and saw two men
at the door of the grocery, supposed by him
| to be colOred, who made off as soon as conve-
nient. A little later an attempt was made TO
force the doors of the Confectionery Store. in
the same manner. but the proprietor, who
was sleeping in an adjoining apartment, heard
the operations, and at once put himself in
shape TO contest rights with the scoundrels.
He had got so far as to get his hand upon the
| key which locked the door on the inside,
ready to unlock and open it, when the bur-
glars who were working on the outside, be-
came scared and ran off, he opening the door
just in time to see their vanishing figures, and
hear the calls of one to the other to ''come
this way" and pick up piece of cheese ta-
ken from Shouses. A warrant of arrest was
issued for James Williams and John Castle
man, and preliminary hearing was had be-
fore Squire Neiswanger on Monday, but there
was not testimony sufficient to hold the prison-
ers, and they were discharged.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-27
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02

HERzEGovINA-Aodern Geography. "Who
is this Herr zegovina, anyway" said young
lady, the other evening, at a mixed party; 'fs
he the new tenor that came out with Titiens,
or is he in the Salvini line?'
"Why, how absurdly you do talk, Phebep'
replied another young lady; 'just as if every
one didn't know that it was new sort of Dress
It's shirred and gored and cut bias, and folded
on itself and trimmed with knife-pleating of
the material"
Here the young lady was interrupted by
corroborative young man, who remarked that
she was jast talking.
'Her zegovina," said the: gentleman, ais
French for her pull back, you know"
Another young man, who had had the ad-
vantage OF foreign travel, set them all right
with the loftiness of conscious superiority.
The herzegovina" be explained, sis the
national dance of the Hungarian peasantry,
like the cachuca, or the bolero, or the fandan-
yon know. Many time have l seen them
bounding in its airy measures, while the heavy
minarets and mimosas waved their tops in
II beg your PARDON" observed another in
nocent who had been abroad. 81 think you
are confounding it with the Hogoverizna-a
sort of polka which saw danced by the Hun
garians, and also by the Dalmatians and
Dardaneles. Herzegovina is light Albanian
wine, good deal like Rudesheimer."
"Ah, you are right" admitted the first trav-
eller; 'the similarity of sound deceived me.''
The explanation did not, after all. prove sat
isfactory, and the young ladies who thirsted
after knowledge prosecuted still further in
quiries. truthful young man responded
81 thought from the fuss the papers were
making it was a new sort of game, like bunko."
Finally an appeal was made to the wealthy
and experienced old gentleman who was the
host of the evening, who, from his wide knowl-
edge of men and things was supposed to be
well posted on every subject.
stRun US fahilIrapJ ai1 nd
wise old man, as he beamed blandly on his two
fair daughters; "run away, aud don't bother
your heads about the currency question.-Chi-
cdgo Journal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02
THE HOME OF THE FAIRFAxEs.-Belyo

THE HOME OF THE FAIRFAxEs.-Belvoir,th the
ancient seat of the Fairfaxes, was fifteen miles
below Mount Vernon, on the banks of the Po-
tomac, overlooking the waters of that beauti-
full river. The place was so named from Bel
voir Castle, one of the most celebrated ancient
castles of England, and one of the most mag
nificent at the present day. 1t is the residence
of the Manners, dukes of Rutland, and is stu
ated in the eastern part of the island, on the
confines of Lincolnshire. The name-original-
ly French one, given to the valley which the
castle overloOks. and to the castle itself, by
William the Conqueror, or by his Norman fol-
lowers-has been Anglizised iu pronunciation,
in modern times, to Beevor Castle and Beevor
Vale. The Fairfax family was most honora-
BILE and ancient one. The name Fairfax ,signi-
fes fair hair, and they trace their origin from
the purest Saxon ancestry, before the time of
the conquest. There were six lords of Fairfax
before Cromwelrs days. Thomas, the seventh
Lord Fairfax, was the distinguished parlia-
mentary general in the civil war. His grand
son of the same name was the emigrant to
America. An immense territory, the whole
northern neck of Virginia, comprising the
twenty-three countries lying between the head
waters ottthe Rappahannock and the Potomoc,
nearly third part of the present limits of the
State, had been granted to the heirs of the
seventh Lord Fairfax by Charles the Second
AT Belvor lived like feudal magnates the rep
resentatiyes of this great family. Here, mar
rying and giving, in marriage with the other
noble families of Virginia, the Fairfaxess of
Belvoir saw their power and wealth strengthen
day by day. William Fairfax was the friend
of Washington and his uncle by marriage, and
it was to Lord Fairfax that the father OF his
country was indebted for the propitious open
ing of his career to greatness. Lord Fairfax
afterwards removed over the Blue Ridge to the
Shenandoah Valley, where he built residence
called Greenway Court, thirteen miles south
from Winchester. He died soon after the Rev.
Olution.- Washington Chronicle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02

SITTING BULL.-No longer he squats inglori-
ously upon his launches smoking the pipe of
peace and chewing the dried meat of the buffa-
10. News comes that Sitting Bull, savagest of
the Sioux, valiant and variegated in his war
paint. breathing fire and smoke, and bowling
worse than any wilderness, has taken the war
path, with his tail up and his head down-a
Rising and Ravaging and Roaring Bull! There
was melancholy rumor at first. 1t was stated
that this taurine insurgent was the Sitting
Bull who enjoyed the advantages of visit to
Washington, and moved in the humaniziDg
society of public functionaries and their wives.
Worse than all, it was said that this was the
very Sitting Bull to whom the Great Father
Grant presented a beautiful rifle. Now, in
gratitude, even in Bulls, IS what we specially
don't admire; but it would have lowered our
estimate of human nature lin Bulls Sitting or
Standing) if this recipient of the Presidential
firearms, Immediately upon reaching his ma
tive wilds had turned the weapon against the
United States of America, in the Centennial
year, too, when even bulls should be affection
ate. But strange as it may appear, there are
two Sitting Bulls, both royal and aboriginal.
They preside. we take 1t, over different herds.
1t is the other one that is on the rampage
The Washington visitor still remains seated
peacefully with the Executive rifle (unloaded)
in his hand N. Y. Tribune
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02
Republican National Convention.

The next Cniou Republican National Convention
for the nomination of candidates for President and
Vice-Presdent of the United States will be held in
the city OF Cincinnati Wednesday, the fourteenth
day of June, 1876 at II O'Clock noon and will consist
of delegates from each State equal to twice the num-
Der OF its Senators and Representatives in Congress-
and OF two delegates from each organized Territory
and the district of Columbia.
In calling the conventions for the election of dele
gltes the committees of the several States are re-
commended to invite all Republican electors and all
ferences or previous party affiliations, who are
opposed to reviving sectional issues and desire
promote friendly feeling and permanent harmony
throughout the country by maintaining and enforcing
all the constitutional rights of every CITIZEN incud-
ing the full and free exercise OF the right OF suffrage
without intimidation and without fraud; who are in
favor OF the continued prosecution and punishment
OF all official dishonesty, and an economical adminis-
traon of the Government by honest faithful and ca
forms in government experience may from time to
time suggest who are opposed to imparing the cred
it OF the nation by depreciatng any of its obligations
and in favor Of sustaining in every way the national
faith and financial honor who hold that the common
school system the nursery of American liberty and
should be maintained absolutely free from sectaran
controls who believe that for the promotion of these
ends, the direction of the Government shonld con-
tnue to be conded to those who adhere to the prin-
ciples of 1776, and support them incorporated in
the Constitution and the laws; and who are in favor
of recognizing and Strengthening the fundamental
principle of National Unity in this Centennial An
niyersary of the birth of the Republic.
K. d. MORGAN, Chairman,
VIM. E. CHANDLER, ISecretarv,
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE,
Washington, January 13, 1876.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02

SELF-KILLING FOR TRIVIAL CAUsEs.-Am-
bltion is a notable cause of suicide. Some one
has said in the case of Hayden, if he had only
spent the time in painting which he did in try
ing to persuade his countrymen that he could
paint, he would have become the painter which
he wished to be- Not being great painter,
he shot himself. Trivial causes sometimes lead
to it. A Frenchman killed himself from the
ennui of pulling on his trowsers every day;
another from the monotony of natures color,
saving that the eternal green annoyed him to
distraction, and that he desired to see every
thing red for a change. A man of seventy-fve
hung himself, leaving this apology: "Jesus
Christ has said that when tree is old and can
no longer bear fruit it is good that il should be
destroyed" The search after notorety has led
men to self destruction. One man jumped
into the crater of Mount Vesuvus. About
year ago frequenter of the masked balls of
Paris, gaily habted as Pierrot jumped into the
Seine, WITH of course, "his last word" pinned
to his garment, on which he had written that
he got his courage up to the jumping point by
means of absinthe. He had already in lmagin,
alton seen himself in junketing attire stretched
on the marble slab of the mOrgue. This was
the price of life -Gdldry.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02

In view of the approaching downfall Of
the Ottoman empire and its satellites the
question Of division of the estate has be-
come an important one to all the great Euro
pean powers, and now Italy comes in with q
claim. She wants Tunis, claiming that it
would strengthen her position if it ever be-
came question of defending the freedom OF
the Mediterranean against Russian domina-
tion. She also advances a sentimental claim,
the ancient association of Tunis with Italy,
under the name of Carthage, and thinks a
union of the two countries would be emf.
nently romantic. But France does not care
TO see so valuable strategical point in pos
session of Italy, and claims Tunis because il
approaches her own possessions on the south
ern shore of the Mediterranean. She pre-
fefs to give Italy the Island of Cyprus, and
thinks that would be romance enough, fol
one of the titles which Victor Emanuel has
derived from his ancestors is that of ssKing
of Cyprus and jerusalem" Italy can hand
over Jerusalem to the Pope as compensation
for the loss of Rome, and thus the aim OF
the crusaders be at last accomplished.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02

CONGRESSMAN Walling. who is Chairman
of the Democratic State Committee of Ohio,
has written letter favoring an early State
Convention, and saying: "In regard to any
influence from Wall street affecting my action
in this or any other matter, my consistent
votes here, shown by the record, against all
subsidies, in favor of an honest and economi-
cal administration of the government, and in
favor of an immediate, unconditional repeal
of the Specie Resumption act, and stopping
contraction of the currency, furnish, think,
a full and satisfactory answers
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02

A NICE little trick contemplated by the
Democrats in the House has been exposed.
Several Democratic Representatives have
made novel proposition to Democratic SEN
ators. They argued that the country would
closely scan the actions and measures of the
House, because it is Democratic, and that
little attention would be paid TO the Senate,
and that inasmuch as the House had started
on Ietrenchment platform it would be fatal
to abandon it. 1t was therefore proposed by
these members that they would advocate a
reduction of the pay of Congressman, and
secure the passage of an act through the
House reducing it to $4,000 year-the un-
derstanding they desired to have with the
Senators being that they would kill the reduc-
tion in the Senate, and thus retain the pres
ent salary. The fact would then, as the
members argued, so to the world that a
Democratic House passed the reduction bill,
but that a Republican Senate had refused to
concur.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02

1T appears that the letter of Speaker Kerr
declining to have his name used in connec-
ton with the the presidential nomination
was written in the interest of Mr.. Hendricks,
and contains strong declaration in favor of
the nomination of that gentleman. The
Tilden Democrats are very angry, say that
Mr.. Kerr would have failed of an election
had it not been for their support, and declare
that he has broken faith in bringing forward
candidate in opposition 10 Gov. Tilden.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02

THE Argentine monetary unit just adopted
is identical with that which has been in use
by the Japanese Cor three years and which is
recommended for adoption by the American
Statistical. Association. 1t is only three
tenths of one per cent. less than the existing
gold dollar of the United States, and bears a
simple relation to the metric unit of weight,
the gramme. 1t is doubtless destined to be-
come the much-desired International none
tarY unit.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02

THE list of French senators embraces some
notable names, as ex-President Thiers, Mar
shall Canrobert, Jules Favre, Victor Hugo,
Count Daru, Oscar de Lafayette, Leon Say,
the Duke de Broglie, Raoul Duval, and NJ.
Ventavon. Apparently the Republicans have
nearly majority, and the Bonapartists not
so large representation as at first thought.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02

THE Springer bill, introduced into the
House last week, appears to be worthy one.
1t proposes that American citizens residing
abroad who hold slaves shall be punished by
the withdrawal of the protection of the goy-
ernment, to which they are now entitled.
The bill is aimed at Americans in Cuba who
directly employ slave labor. To these men
the protection of our government is abso-
lutely necessary, as without 1t they would
find the prosecution of their business danger
GUS in the extreme.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02
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We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
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ATTENTION CONTRACTORS

DE it known, That the Jail Workshop is complet-
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making contract for the use of said workshop and
the labor OF the prisoners in the County Jail.
EDWINC: T0WNSEND,) County
WILLIAM SMALL,
SAMUEL DINGLEY, Commissioners.
County Commissioners Office, Portland, Me-, Dec.
18th, 1875. dec15d&wtf
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02

VENEZUELA is in trouble with Great Brit
ain as we'll as with Holland. The people of
British Guiana claim slice of the Venezue-
Ian territory, and have called upon the moth
er country for support. The unappeasable
English earth-hunger is appealed to, and the
appeal will doubtless be successful. Mean
while the debatable land has become ref
uge for rascals, and its good people are long
ing for some government with a strong arm.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02

AUGUSTUS SCuELL has raised the STAN
dard of rebellion. and says he doesn't pro-
pose TO have the Democratic presidential
campaign managed by Mr.. Lamars Con-
gressional junto. 1t is not the first time the
Democrats have revolted against the brains
of their party, and in consequence suffered
disastrous defeat.
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