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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-06
The Railroads of Ohio.

The report of the Railroad Commis-
sioner, of Ohio, for the year 1875, shows
that there are within the StBte 4,45S
miles of track in main lines and
branches, the aggregate cost of which
laid with rail is, s175, 1880, 101; this in
cludes the grading OF about 200 miles
additional track, the separate cost Of
which is not given. Divided upon the
completed line this is an average cost
per mile of SCI, ,S95. The passenger trsf-
fic shows an increase Of l,706,654 over
last year, The total number carried
was over seven times the entire pOpu-
letion of Ohio. The freight traffic in
reased only 145,7 ,725 tons. The gross
earning were, in round numbers, Go
millions, against II millions last year,
being decrease of millions This
shows the effect of low rates which
have prevailed on all through business,
and, Notwithstanding sweeping re-
duction in exposes, earnings fell off
S2.272,4S2. The total net earnings
amount to only per cent. upon the
paid up capital and Indebtedness of the
companies. Passenger earnings We're
nearly as large as last year, the great
falling off being in the compensation
for carrying freight. The total liabili-
ties of all the roads, including stock
and debt. is Sj69. .23S, ,757. Upon this
the net earnings have been only per
cent.-not sufficient to pay the interest
on the debt. In the aggregate, there
fore, the money invested in the capital
stock of Ohio railroads has been unpro-
ductive, but some of the companies
were able to pay dividends, and over
six millions were paid on preferred
and common stock.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-06
Facts are Stubborn Things.

Thousands of human beings are yearly
borne on the swift current of disease down
to the grave, Just because they do not
possess sufficient knowledge of them
selves. A man meets his neghbor, and
the first salutation is, ''How are you ~
or ''How is your health?" The reply
frequently is, ''Oh, | am well, with the eX-
ception of a cold" Most persons lightly re-
gard a cold. Reader, do you know that a
cold is one of the most dangerous of maladies /?
4 cold not only clogs up the pores of the en-
tire system, and retards circulation, but it is
productive of Catarrh, which is quite apt TO
lead to Consumption. ''Oh," you say, ''it is
nothing but cold in my head" True; but.
that cold is really mild form of Catarrh, and
if not arrested in its course will become chrou-
ic. Catarrh is one of the most disagreeabla
offensive affections in the catalogue of dis
cases. The passage to the nose is obstructed.
the sense of smell impaired, and there is dis
agreeable sensation of pressure in the head.
In the more advanced stages, there is dis
charge having an offensive Odor. If the dis
ease be allowed TO continue in its course, |
thick, hard inerustations viii form ia the
head, the bones of which sometimes become
softened and break away in pieces. Why will
persons continue to suffer from such an an
noying, disgusting disease, when they can
Just as well be cured of il? DR.. Sage's Ca. /
iarrh Remedy will cure the worst forms Of
1atarrh in fact, it is the only sure and safe
'emedy which has yet been offered to the
public. Many harsh, irritating preparations
nay, for time, relieve the urgency of the
but they do not cure the disease
]r. Sages CataTh Remedy is soothing and |,
lealirg in its effects, and when used with DR..
'ierce'5 Nasal Douche, according to dircc-
ions, does not fat 70 effect cure Sold by,
il Druggists. II
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E,oTnLagap
| IINIMENTS

So nearly perfect are the recipes of these
wonderful pajn-soo;hiug and Ceutaur. Liri>
ments. thai c.n confidently sag they viii
dl,eriute any Paia arising from flesh, bone or
muscle 'derausetnent~. We do not pretend
that they will mend a broken leg erteTaiiHcle
6oilS but even iu such cases they will reduce
the Inflammation aaG stop the pain. Nor can
we guarantee tue proper results -TAere ;ne bO-
dy Is poisoned Gy trhiSkQ. Temperance is as ne
cesSaIy 10 u proper physical, "a mental condi-
ton.
The Ubite Cc,itaur Lini,aet is particularly
adapted al eases OF IahcUR.aisnt, Lum hago.
t-ry siEeiaS, i;cb. SpraiHs. ChilbiainS, Cuts
Bruises. stiIgS PoiSons, Scalds, Scia tica. Weak
Back, Pains il the side, Wounds, Sinews,
Bures. Frosted Feet, PaiSy, Earathe, Headache,
Ulcers. O'd Sores. Broken Breasts, Sore Mp
PIES sore Throat. t.oup. DiptheEia, etc. rae
most OF there complaints the Centaur Lini-
ment VIII cure; all OF them II VIII benefit II
and will cure burns and ScGidS " !lhOut a scar.
Tue foils wing is bUI Il sample of thousand
Testimonials:
ANTIOCH. Ill, December / 1874.
my wife has, for !; long lime. been terrible
sufferer from RueinatiS u She has tried many
physiciauS and many remedies. The only
thing which mas given h''r relief is Centaur Lin
lment. rejoice 20 say inns has cured her
W. Z. RING. Postmaster.
Il is :n if,dIsputable fact that the Centaur
LInimeLtS are performing cures lleCtr before ef~
fectcd b.. aay preparation IN existence,-like
Chronic rheumatism of thirty years SfGlldiIlg,
strengthening fingers and jniGtS whlcn hat
been siii fOr six years, taking the soreness
lTt III barns, sc.
one collar, ~ even nifty cents, inveSte ! in
CeUiaCr Imminent Will he within reach tctei
1cci;leis. ocrc,y. and Will do more good Than
any amount OF money paid scr medical atien =
dance. When physicians are called they ire
QuentIy uSs tbs Lin!mept, 2ud OF course
charge SeNeral prices inr 10.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-06
The Penifenfiary Under Demo-
cratic observation-disclosures
Business in COunterfeitiHg
NickIes.

Columbus has been flooded for some
time past with counterfeit fve-cent
pieces or Nickles, and until last Sunday
the public knew not from whence they
came, when reporter of the Sunday
News, after careful investigation, made
known the particulars of what has di-
veloped into first class sensation
These bogus coins have been traced to
q young son of Colonel G.. ). Innes,
Warden of the Penitentiary. Upon
being interrogated the child told that
he had been furnished the coin by GER
tain prisoners to purchase tobacco for
them. This led to an investigation,
and it now turns out that the making
of the ''queer" has been going on in
the Peuitentiary under the very eyes
OF the guards, without discovery. The
mOulds for the coin were made by pris
oners, and the metal used was amaigam
used in plating harness in the harness
shops. Finding the game was diScov-
cred, one of the convicts squealed, and
a search turned up about one hundred
pounds of the amalgam slowed away
for future use. The counterfeit coin is
a good imitation of the genuine and
smooth in the spurious. The base coins
are all dated 1870, and it is impossible
to tell how much has been pat in circu-
latiOn.
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-06

ACCORDING to a tabular exhibit of
the trade manufactures of Cincinnati
published in the Times of that city, the
business depression of the year, SO loud
ly clamored over during the late Ohio
campaign, turns out to have been great
ly exaggerated. The total imports for
the commercial year, ending August
81, 1875, were s3l1, ,072, ,639, and exports,
SOL, ,404, ,02S, against 1881, ,777, ,055 i'm
ports, and s221, ,537, $50 exports for the
year preceding. This statement with
regard to manufactures is still more en-
couraging, showing not only a COM
plete recovery from the panic OF 1873,
but an excess over any year of the city's
history. The iron industry shows by
far rhe greatest depression, as it does in
every other part of the world.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-06
THE NATIONAL ROAD.

ST. .CLAIRsvILLE, o., Dec. 81, 10.
ED. CHRoNIcLE-The National Road
is to st. CIairsville and Belmont coun-
ty, what the Father of Waters is to
the Mississippi Valley. This great
thoroughfare is at present our only me-
dunn ofcommunication with the busi-
ness centres of the cOuntry-our pro-
ducts are conveyed over it to the mar
kets OF the world, and we are enabled
by its firm he'd to interchange civilities
with our neighbors at all seasons of the
year. Is il surprising then, that its
present deplorabIe condition should
arouse every public-spirited citizen in
the county to action? Let the subject
be agitated in every newspaper in the
State, and in public meetings, until
such an Indignant protest is carried
to the ears of our legislators as will
bring us speedy relief. The statement
of Representative Patton in your
last issue, directing attention to the
Misrepresentation of the road fund,
should receive wide circulation. Ii we
cannot oDidlu SuppOil lfoH tlIe I9ldtS,
LET us demand the transfer of the road
to the counties through which it pass
es. Belmont county, at least, would
be benefited by this action. To the
farmers especially is the road a bless
ing-it enhances the value of their
lands. enables them to find a convent
ent market for their produce, and is in
a limited sense OF greater value than a
railroad. Let US unite then in instruct
ing our delegates to demand the thor
ough repair of the road.
Without wishing to belittle the
on foot for the construction /
of a railroad to Neff 5 Siding, it sesrns
to me of paramount importance to
maintain our present th0rOIghfare, and
then join efforts on the railroad project.
NJ.
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II. CRAWFORD.


THE question has often been asked by those
interested, "Can have my gray hair restored
to its natural color, without coloring the skin !?
and can my thin locks be thickened up?" We
answer, 1T can;" and would advise you to
read a treatise on the hair, which is published
by r. P. Hall & Co., Nashua, n. H., who
send it free, upon application. They are the
proprietors of Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair
Renewer. We learn from it, the hair, in a
perfect state of health, is constantly falling
out, and new hairs grow from the same tubes;
but, in case of any disease of the scalp, or by
the use of alcoholic preparations, the hair-tube
becomes contracted at its mouth. and pre-
vents the new follicle from reaching the sur
face. Their preparation will create a perfect
ly healthy condition of the scalp, and, by its
tonic properties, will preserve and strengthen
theroOts of the hair Statesman, Des -V0taes,
IOlcd
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-06

Saturday evening, in the NJ. Z. Church.
We have attended srch entertainments
before, that we liked better. Although
he possessed Il very strong voice, he
did not bring the melody out of the
selections. There is one thing con-
nected with this concert that ought To
De abolished; Mr.. Lincoln'S agent used
too much of the singers time in eX-
planning exercises that immediately
preceded. Mr.. l.. i a second nephew
OF President A. Lincoln, and bears a
close resemblance.
THE BELMONT GLASS WORK.
Directors declared dividend of ten
per cent. upon the capital stock of the
company, last week, as the result of the
last six months business. This COM
pany certainly has no room to COM
plain.
We will admit that the Wallace Cor
net Band is good one, but what has
that got to do with the walking match?
lis pleasant to visit Wheeling and go
up on the Star of the West, but when
you are ready to return, it aint so pleas
ant to have TO walk home and carry a
drum aud tuba, &C., is il Theo?
BELLAIRE & SOUTHERN r. R.
We want to make few suggestions
on this matter. According to all rt--
ports this end Of the road Is not receiv-
ing the attention it should have. That
ia too bad. Now, let Us make sugges-
ton, Suppose the directors of that road
and the directors Of the ST. Clairsvile x
Bellaire road hold meeting, and at
that meeting make an offer like this
That WoOd>feld furnish her capital
and St. Ciair5ville do the same, tlkinE
subscriptions between each place, and
make through line from WoOdsfieli
to st. Clairsville and have it eXtenied
north TO the Broad Gauge. That will
be independent of Beliaire, and az the
same time open portion of country
that greatly needs road. There will
be nothing lost in this matter, for they
Can make connections with Is. G . r. Il.
and when the Bridgeport road is com
| pleted through line north will be
had, and leave Rellaire in the shade, as
/ far as the Southern road is concerned.
/ But seriously, we ale ashamed of the
| interest citizens have taken in this mat
ter. The WOOdsfeld Democrat speaks
our sentiments when it says: "There
is no time left now to study it over, do
what you are going to do now" And
again it says: ''There are only SIX
weeks left yet for us to do what is to be
done, consequently we have no time
TO lose" Let the matter he taken in
hand and pushed through. There is
money in it for our property holders
and merchants. See what 4 vast amOut
Of wealth would roll into our midst il
the road was open into the city among
the hills"
THE FIGURES
1915 stick to our pen yet and it seems
almost impossible for us to put the sic
on. 1t is IA gene a complaint.
-.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-06
The Yellow Cenfaur Liniment

is ada pied 20 the tough skin, muscles and
flesh of the animal creation. It's effects upon
severe cases Ut SuavIu, sweeney, Wind Gal,
Big-Head and Poil-Evil are httle less than
marvellou>.
Messrs. j. Mcclure & Co., Druggists. corner
Elm and Front SIS. Cincinnati, -. say:
ia our neighnI hood numher of teamsteIs
are using he Centaur Imminent They pro-
nounce il superior IN anything they have ev-
er used. We sci, - high as four TO five dozen
bottles per mont. 10 owners of horses and
mules
We have volumes at testimonials desert blng
cures of Spraius. Kicks. Calls, Poll Evil, Big
Head. and even Founders which are little less
than marvel>. Nu owner of an animal can af-
ford te be without bottle of Ceutaur Lini-
ment. which any day may prove worth twenty
times its cost.
sold everywhere, hut prepared only at the
laboratory Of j. b. ROSE & &C,
t6 DEY ST., New YORK
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-06

THE Ohio Legislature convened oD
Monday, Gen. C. II. Grosvenor, OF
Athens, was elected Speaker of the
House and II. W.Curtis, Of Cleveland,
President pro tenn of the Senate. Bill,
have already been introduced repeal
ing the Geghan Act; taxing Church
property and recognizing the Peni-
tentary. 1t is probable that the Repre-
sentations from Belmont in the Legis-
lature will be placed on Committees as
follows: Cleaver, Chairman on Roads
and Highways, and Bundy on Com,
mittee on Agriculture.
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Ga tG>pIa

health, and mothers hare ret. If they VIII use
Castoria. WOrr.S, feverishness. teethIng,
,riad collie sour stomach and undigested food
make child ~aH GROSS. and produces sickness.
CaStorIu wi ! initiate the food erDci 1rOrlls
and correct al these things. For twenty
Years DR.. liicii-T experimental in his private
practice 10 pTnouce an effective CatnaItic and
stomach r-gula:nr which would be effective
Castor oil, without lis unpleasant taste or
recoil.
Physicians and nurses rapidly n opted mis-
remedy. TO which he gave the name of CGsiOri0.
CaSto.ia il pheasant 10 take honey. regu-
late the stomach and bowels and does not
grippe. II is adap, rd to all ages. cOutains no
alcohol and is absolutely harmless TO the most
tender infant.
Try Cas,oria once, and you Will Heyer De
lcilIt0H IL.
Prepared at the Laboratory of ]. p. ROSE Il
co. J6 Dey Street. New York. pec9, '75-l3w.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-06
EREEEAEseE LETTER.
THE EVE OF NEW YEARS.

THE EVE OF NEW YEARS \.
The Christian Church of this place
gave one of their annual concerts-tln
entertainment they are famous for in
this city. TIE stage was arched with
evergreen and gas. GlitteriDg from
this arch were the letters bearing the
words. "Gud il low" and at either
end were "177G" and "1976, and from
streamer with the old motto "Happy
New Year" composed the suiting for
the stage. While the audience We're
Icongregating HeatheringtOn's Band
discoursed some very excellent strains
for which they are so famous. The eX-
ercse5 were introduced by Elder
Spencer, after which the Glee Glass
sang tine Happy New Year Greeting,
and Rev. HodsUp, of the NJ. Z. Church,
out as very vel! rendered, and all
present were greatly leased,
OBSERVING THE PROCLAMATION.
a few days before the New Year, the
Mayor Issued proclamation to have
all the bells rang and all the whistles
blown in the city, Immediately after
the 'town clock" should have ceased
riking II midnight and continue for
one half hour. We will admit that it
was strictly observed, for we do not
think there was bell or whistle with
in scope Of one mile hut what was
taken down and on for the occasion.
The cannon was placed opposite Sheets
block and fired several times, some OF
the shots were SO heavy that the large
windows in Durst's dining room were
shattered out. The song of the bells,
that welcomed the infant year, was not
very appropriate, although new song
wOs talked Of by our bard, Mr.. BOlon. |
The old one runs:
"Ring ont the old, ring in the new;
Ring, happy bells, across the snow.
The Year is going-ltt il 20.
Ring out tie f,!se, ring in the true"
You know tae Snow was not visible
n this section of the country, and con-
it had 20 ring across the
mud!
MR.. LiNCOLN,
The celebrated jubilee Singer, OF Pitts
'urgh, gave one Of his concerts last
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GOVERNOR HAYES has appointed A.
T. Brinsmade, of Cleveland, and l.. c.
Wier. of Cincinnati, Aides-de-Camp on
his military staff.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-06

OUT of the tiiiy-siX Railroad Com
panies operated in Ohio during the
last year, only eighteen paid dividends.
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FAMILY PAPER.

~ "A AA Il R< u Z - Il Il "a.
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THE FIGURES
1915 stick to our pen yet and it seems
almost impossible for us to put the sic
on. 1t is "a gene a complaint.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-06

IT HAS been stated by different par
ties that Mr.. Robert Hanna has been
murdered on passenger boat running
the Ohio river. Mr.. II. was known to
many OF our citizens who will be sad to
know that he has met with a violent
death,