Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-07-20
BRIDGEPORT.

The Etna resumed operations agail
on Monday.
Brady Smith is building beautiful
residence; Brad. deserves it and ma,
he and his family live long and pros
per in it.
The LaBelIe glass works, notwith
standing the cry of hard times declared
a dividend, last week, of per cent. fo
the past six months; good showing.
We greet, after severe illness, tht
venerable Father Hudson in our midst
The kindly old mans presence is re
freshing to all who enjoy his friendship
Sitting Bull was not present at thu
Democratic pole raising, being engaged
too busily, engaged with his Democrat
ic friends in Congress reducing the
Army.
MIR. Mason and wife, (nee Annie
Askew) and our genial friend Isaac
Askew, all of Kansas City, have been
spending few days with K. j. Alex.
ander.
Let the Republicans of Belmont
county know that when they buy the
Sunday hewgag and Evening blinker,
of Wheeling, they are patronizing
Tilden's appologists.
w. T. Graham of the 1st National is
just home from the great show. Prof.
Pratt is just interviewing it. Rev.
Chalfant and boys started on Tuesday,
his pulpits will be vacant for two weeks.
Mr.. Hollister returned from a trip
down the river, quite sick, on Satur-
day last, but we are happy to say is
now better.
johnson of the Sunday Leader, in
the language of others, espouses the
cause of Sam. Tilden, and ESSAYS in
Heightened numbers to attack Hayes.
If he measures his opposition to Hayes
by ''pOetic feet"-and uses his arm as
the Yard Stick We suppose he will
sing his peans of Tilden's praise in
''long metre"
Why dou't Tilden and Hendricks
come out like men, and let the people
know what this Democratic clatter
about reform means to them-instead
of Sneaking behind time to manufac-
ture first sentiment of sympathy, and
spend barrels of money-and then
dodge under declaring, told you SO.
Speak out Sam, as you did atiChicago
when denouncing the war.
Leet, OF Bellaire, was in town at the
pole raising, and assured us he mad so
arranged that Hayes would get but five
States. The only comfort we could
draw from him was that he would keep
his ultimatum from Hayes just for
little while, lest he might withdraw.
He has also arranged that Pultney tp.,
and Belmont county ale to give large
majorities. A word to the wise is sutfi.
cient. r>
The many friends of Mrs. 4. E.
Wells, OF Newark, will learn of her
death with regret, on Sabbath last, of
consumption. Mrs. Wellse had long
been child of affection. A kind
friend, an affectionate wife and tender
dOting mother, has gone from family
circle that will miss her and deeply
deplOre the loss of one whose life was
wrapped up in theirs-whose happiness
and joys, whose sorrows and tolls were
hers tor them. s.- .'t'
That bright luminary, the Evening
don't like the Bridgeport
Hayes Pole, and essays to be amused
at the bumps and swells on it. Never
mind the '.bumpe3k and "swelIs" the
Democracy will nave on their heads in
the fall will not be so funny. When
Hayes was in the valley his friends
failed as signally in pleasing the Demo-
Gratis as now. Perhaps the pole pleases
the Tilden squizzle paper as well as it |
pleases the Republicans of Bridgeport.
We ale sad!-yea, we mourn with
Christopher Nehemiah
Gaumer has done gone for US. Some
thing must be wrong with Chris. has
the baby been acting naughtily, Ne
hemiah? Has somebody told you, you
are not 'pirty' and virtuous, like John
Longley? Or are you, like Longley,
from your constant ailment,
of stomach? Poor Nehemiah
Gaumer! And you didn't like our
speech at Barnesville, didn't you?
Well, well-now that is too bad, too
bad! What atonement can we make?
If you will only be pleased, and don't
say such terrible things about US, we
will say you are as smart as Longley,
but not nearly so virtuous-that would
be carrying the joke too far; that you
are as great man as he is, though |.
perhaps hot so handsome-this neither
Of you can help; and that you are reg.
llar sockdolager, fearfully and Won
ferfully made. What more? And
you didn't like our speech, didn't you?
What pity! Why, the fact is Chris
.Opher, your commanding presence
Kind of eX-kefogicated us, and we felt
cared indeed we did! 1t were enough
o bumfuggle a fellow to attempt to
peak on any subject in the august,
presence of Christopher
Gaumer! editor and pro- =,
,rietor of the 81. UairsUitle Gazette. l
And you didn't like our speech, eh?
Oh, my! But word more in answer1r
o your dreadful attack. 1t is unueces- q
ary to eulOgize either Gov. Hayes Orl
lis associate on the ticket with him. t
such gnats as you maybuzz about them, a
,ut at most they will only 'shoo fly =
'ou. AS we said then, we repeat, they v
re above and beyond the vituperative F.,
lang of small or large fry-men of ir- e
eproachable character-with no smell Il
( Boss Tweed or Tammany upon o
heir persons. Can you say as much
t Tweed's companion and friend Slip t
cry Sam? Lfi 4,,. a,3 Ia
Again, 1t seems our great OtfenSe was 81
4 speakinga word eulogistic of Mr.. p
)anford. We re-affirm all we then said u
him and hurl back with contempt in q
our lying jaws the words you attempt 81
} put in our mouth. You rep b
'sent us as saying, "When the expo is
Ire of Radical corruption began it was ir