Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-12-14
President and Vice President Elect of the United States.

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for one,s country" but surely this was
not meant to apply TO Democratic as
pirants for the post Office down here.
They look as if they had died of the
"blue disease" or lock-jaw.
Lamentations of Jeremiah-The lu-
gubrious winnings of the defunct Jerry
Black over the waywardness of the
Republican Israel. This is the same
patriot philosopher who sustained, as
Buchanan's Attorney General, that old
dOtard, and agreed with Sam. Tilden,
that the President had no power to CO.
cree a seeding State. When opposed
to such political ldromedaries, the Re.
publican party has good assurance of
being right. ~
Charles Avery and Nathan Harris
| (cOlored) had hearing before Justice
Buckingha at Martins Ferry, last
Saturday, on charge of robbing Rat
| cliff and Catells store, and We're dis
charged for want of evidence.
The monthly meeting ofthe Mission.
ary Society of the Presbyterian church,
Martins Ferry. was held in that
church On Sabbath morning last. A
report of the SOciety's operations was
read by Miss Clara Clark, and Miss
Annie Smith submitted the Treasurer's
report. Rev. Chalfant delivered an
address. Capt. Dean and Mrs. Mary
Brannum sang as duet Watchmen
tell us ofthe night" with fine effect.
Miss Libbie Newlin, we are glad to
announce, after a protracted and dam
| gerous illness from DiphtheriB, is again
at her post, as teacher at Etnaville.
Excepting the sheet department
Etna Mill has shut dowH till after the
holidays.
Our streets and sidewalks are being
well repaired by bevy- of men under
Mayor McConaughy.
We welcome from their bridal tour
our genial and efficient telegraph op-
orator, Johnny Rhodes, and his young
wife. Wide as fro:n 'pole" to pole be
the area of thy happiness, young
friends, traversed only by the elec-
trio wires of life's purest affection,
without ''click" or "break," always
bearing messages of pleasure and pros.
perity; and when "down2 may they
have fallen to you in pleasant places,
without ''blank" and nothing to
''collect" but yourselves after storm
explOdes the home BATTERIES" when
Johnny comes marching home"
The Tilden aspirants for the post Of
fee here may be thus described:
With looks of despaire,
They bull-doZe their haire,
And with threats fill the aire
While they vow and declare
And say cuss-words, and swaire
In their wrath, like bombasts furaire
They'll beard the Republicans right in their
laire,
For not letting slippery Sam@pake them
post mastaire. -4
We heard of an enthusiastic Tilden-
| er, who, on the morning afteD the
election, pinned around him copy OF
the Wheeling Register, all full of roos-
ters, hurried home, eXclaiming to his
wife, 'rilden is elected, see here,
pointing to the rOosters, mother let us
pray" 1t hasn't transpired whether
he wanted mother to prey with him on
rooster, or pray with him tor forgive
ness for voting for slippery Sam.
A CASE OF ER-DOzING.-Our
| town was thrown into quite panic
last week. Fearful noises, closely re-
Sembling the bass notes of male
bovine we're heard up the pike-Re-
publicanS were at once on the qui UiUe,
Supposing from his recent utterances,
| it was the editor of the Gazette at the
head of brigade of bull-dOzers march
ing on to Washington-but we breath
ed easier and our palpitating hearts
were Stilled when it was discovered to
be only a recalcitrant steer, who want
ed q "fair count" as his caudal append
age was being transformed in the SEM
blance of Il cork-ScreW by the returning
board in charge. But we were fright
ened there's no getting around that
but as We get easier we feel decidedly
better.
The gallant Republicans of Htna-
vile, last Friday, walked the natives
on both sides of the river by grand |
salvo of artillery, as the reports all |
day long nearly rang out, echoed, re-
echoed and resUunded through the val
Ieys. We were told it was in honor of |
GOV. Chamberlain. In the evening,
having exhausted their ammunition,
the brave fellows dragged their cannon
to Bridgeport; g. NJ. Rhodes, as gallant
a Republican as lives and as generous,
furnished the boys with two more kegs
of powder, with instructions TO make
things lively for Hayes and Wheeler,
and promising more powder if neces-
sary. A grand salute was fred from
the river bank-every shot reverber-
ating among the West Virginia hills a
loud hurrah for Hayes!
Charley Rhodes and Ross Junkins
attemtled the cremation ceremonies at
Washington. Charley speaks very
highly of the way the royarsubject sub
mitted to his fiery ordeal-and as af-
fording rare entertainment he is en-
titled to great praise, but not as much
as Col. Oicot who had things in charge
who bore off the 'Pd,m.'
We'were told of an enthusiastic Til
den man, who, strange as it may seem,
got it in his head that the Lord was ON
the side of the Democracy, and thus
himself-"Dr., L tell you
Tilden is electcd-he is sure; nothing
can prevent it-for the Lord is with Us
and he has ordained that Samuel j.
Tilden is TO be our President" Then
stopping, scratching his head in n !
way, he remarked Yes,
Dr.. the Lord is wifi, us-but hoU he
is to get over them two nigger~ Oh the
Louisiana returning board, is what
shakes my faith little. The sequel
proves his fears were well founded.