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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01
.sSWINDLED.n

Democratic newspapers and Democratic
speakers are complaining with the greatest
bitterness that they were swlndled in the Or
ganization of the Electoral Commission and
have been swindled in its mode of action.
They supposed they had secured q thoroughly
Eon- partisan court which would begin its
work without party predictions of any kind,
and arrive at judgment by deciding the fun
damental question of the right to go behind
returns in accordance with the principles just
laid down by the Democratic debaters in Con-
gress. In fact the organs of the Democracy
assure us that the bill never would have re
ceived the assent of even respectable frag-
ment OF the party except upon the under.
standing that this point would be settled in
the way they desired. In other words, the
principal subject of disagreement, namely,
the power of Congress to review the action of
the States in the appointment of electors, was
precisely what they were not willing to sub
init to arbitration.
These complaints are undignifed and alb
surd, and they involve a flat contradiction of
evident facts. While the bill was under dis
cussion in Congress its meaning was made
perfectly clear, not by the testimony of one
alone but by the concur. ent explanations of
both. whether Congress or the Commits
sion" said Senator Frelinghuysen, one of the
Committee which invented the Commission,
"can go back of the certificate, returns, and
accompanying papers, is one of the questions
referred by the act to the Commission. And
am entirely willing to abide by the decision
of the fifteen sworn members of the Commits
sion. MIR. Edmunds, another member of the
Committee, made the same explanation at
somewhat greater length. Speaking of the
question who skeald decide whether there
was any authority to go behind the returns,
he replied: Exactly the tribunal that must
decide everything in the whatever trib
unal the Constitution and the law constitutes
for the purpose Of such decision. This Law
constitutes tribunal to decide that very
thing among Others" Senator Morton made
it one of the grounds of his objection to tn.
bill that it gave the Democrats "a chance fo
the only thing that could count Mr.. Tilder
In, and that was to go behind the returns.
: When Mr.. Morton thereupon proposed al
amendment prohibiting the Commission to g
behind the returns, Mr.. Edmunds took rath
er remarkable course in order to make the ex
PLANTATION of the bill still more clear. III
wished the amendment to be rejected, bu
lest a negative vote might raise ID the min,
OF some doubtful Senator or judge an implca
tion" that Congress intended to confer powe
to 60 behind the returns, he moved to amen'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

WAsHINGTON, Feb. 21-The follow.
ing is the full text of the bill to aid in
the resumption of specie payments, re-
ported to-day by Senator sherman,
from the Committee on Finance and
placed on the calendar for considera.
fiOn:
'''Be il enacted, etc., That the Secre-
tary of the Treasury be, and he is
hereby authorized to issue sum or
sums, not exceeding in the aggegate
$100, 900 900, in redemption Of an equal
amount of United States notes, under
authority of the acts of February Is,
1862, July IL, 1852, and March 30, 1863
coupon or registered bonds Uf the
same description and character as those
authorized by acts of July IA, 1870, and
January 20, 1876, redeemabie in coin Of
the present standard value, at the
pleasure of the United States, after 80
years from the date OF their issue, and
bearing interest payable qusrteriy In
sHch. coin at the rate of four per cent
per snnum. Such bonds shall be IN
addition 70 the loan authorized by the
acts Of July Ii, 1870, and January 20,
1871. - - 5,.-..--.s
..SEC. 3. That during any one yesr
there shall not be issued of said bonds,
or redeemed of said notes, more than
$25, 900, 900 nor more than q 600, 900 du-
ring any one month, and when said
treasury notes shall have been 10 re-
deemed they she'll not dgaiy, be Te-isssf-
ed, but shall be Cancelled and destroyed.
No commission In any form shall be
paid for the exchange oe bonds issued
under the provisions of this act. I
.'SEC. g.. That the Secretary of the
Treasury Is hereby authorized to issue,
in,exchange for legal tender notes ol
the United States, silver coin to an
amount which, including the amount
heretofore authorized to be issued by
the act of April IL, 1876, chapter So.
and by Joint resolution of July %, 1875,
number II, shall not exceed 80, ,00O, 900,
and legal tender notes SO received shall
be cancelled and destroyed, and be held
TO bea portion of the sinking fund
provided by existing law, the interest
to be computed thereon as la the case
of fbonds redeemed. -
s'SEC. 4. That all the necessary ex-
pense of engraving, printing, prepa-
ring and issuing the bonds, and OF re-
deeming and canceliing the United
States notes, as provided In this act,
and shall be paid out of any money
ia the Treasury not otherwise appro-
prlated, but the whole amount thereof
shall not exceed one quarter of one per
centum of The amount OF bonds Issued. .'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

= Nzw HANPsHrRK will hold its annual cleo
sion on the 18th of March. Three Congress
men are to be chosen, State officers are to be
elected, and the people will adopt or reject
the constitutional amendments recommended
by convention which met few months ago.
This convention was model, as it prepared
its work in advance and finished it in q week
or two, thus costing the State little or moth
ing. Thus far the political canvass has been
quiet, both parties being busy in watching the
progress Of affairs at Washington.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01
~ GA E Id.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, ear.
ly decay, loss of manhood, &C., will send 4
recipe that willcure yoa, FREE or CHARGE.
This great remedy was discovered by mis-
sionary in South America. Send a self-ad-
dressed envelope to the Rev. Jos. T. ISNAN,
Station d. Bible Hots,s, Feso York City.
Nov ,rG-esn ---=--
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

The people Of Cresco, Iowa, have
compromised on the temperance ques-
ton. The saloon keepers agree to NOT
sell whisky, and the crusaders consent
to the selling OF wine, beer and cider.
No Intoxicating liquor is sold to minou
|or habitual drnnkards.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

ZASEsvILIE ACCOMMODATION leaves Zanes-
vile daily except Sunday at 6. As A. NJ, andsr-
rives at Columbus at 8. so A. N .s.
Passengers can not ride on Mixed Passenger
and Freight Trains without special permits
Express Trains run daily, other Trains daily
except Sunday.
L. NJ. COLE, General Ticket Agent.
: THOS. P. BARRY. West Pass'r Agent.
W: C. QUINCY, General Manager Ohio
and Chicago Division
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

The heir of the disposed Taicoon Of
Japan In at present studying medicine
in Paris. He receives q sstipendium Of
5OO0f. from the Mikado. Under the old
state Of things Ia japan, thirty millions
of human beings would be now trem.
bling at his nod.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01
SICK HEADXCHE.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tested ats virtues, ,persousliy. and
know that for rDyspepsiasB Bilious
ness; and Torsbbing headache, 1t
; Is tne best medicine the. world
ever saw.sWe have tried forty
otheI remedies before simmons
LiveI Regulator. but, none Of
rary relief but the ReRulator not
only reiieved, but eured- Us.
I'd. TeteorgphSand Nessesper, Ma
con. Ga. ~
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

/, DIR. JoHS W.. HoYT has been requested by
che Foreign Commissioners of the Philadel-
phia Exhibition to undertake the preparation
of general report on the recent progress and
present condition of education in all countries.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

Last year niHe thousand horses, ak
hundred aud forty-three asses, and
thirty-fve mules were eaten in Paris.
Now we know. .Xfst hors d'ouvres, On
Q bill Of fare, nle&ns.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

"A French physician offers q reward
of eleven hundred francs to the man
who will open q butcher shop for the
sale OF horsefiesh in London.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

UNJUST OWN that your
Simmons Liver Regulator fully
deserves the popularity II has at
tanned, AS a family medicine II
has no equal. II cured my wife
of a malady had counted incu-
rable--that wOlfsbane' OF oar A
merican people, Dyspepsia.
A E p ALBERT.
Profestor in Nicholas Public
2chnol Parish of Tarrehnnne .a
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

The New York Hersid's Paris cor
respondent says: "Garlands OF prickly
leaves, Worn around the edge Of low
necked dresses at the bust, are called
Ny touchez pas"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01
MALARIOuS FEYERS,

You are at liberty TO use my name In praise
OF your Regulator as prepared by YOU and re-
commend 1t to every one as the Lest preyen-
tive OF Fever and Ague in the world, ] plant
In Southwestern Georgia. near. Albany, 9A,
and must say that IL has done mors good on
my plantation among my negroes, than any
medicine ever used; IL itsnpersiedes Quinine
If taken in time, 1r..r y
Yours &c, Hon II HILL. Ga.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

Bishop Wilmes, of Louisiana, has
asked the President to recognise
Nichols. The Bishop was one Of the
most rabid of rebels during the war.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01
CONSTIPATION.

TESTIMONY OF THE CHIEF JU5FIcE,of
GEORGIA-I have used SimtnopE' Liver Reg.
BY a temporary ,derangement OF the iisar, for
the last three or four years, and always When
used according to the directions, with decided
arrangement of the liver--at least shch has
been nv personal experience ir the use oft.
HIRAM WARNER.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01
Thonpson's Police.

Washington Special to Gazette.
When the 100 policemen at the Capitol to
serve during the count were drawn up in the
rotunda to be sworn in, the fifty appointed by
Sergeant French stood by themselves,
and those. of Thompson of the House by
themselves. Upon, calling on all French's
line who could take the ironclad oath to hold
up the right hand, all but three did So -tsO of
the three having left their right at Gettysburg
in the service of the Union, held up their
left-and SO the whole took the ironclad
oath. When Thompson's line was called on,
only three hands went up, and the remaining
forty-seven were obliged to ask for the modi-
fed oath. s
sTHs pepnlsrity Of Mr. Watsesson il on the.
decline. Journals of the Tilden or gore stripe
that appiauded his Sth of January speech can
find nothing to commend in the conservative
advice he is now giving. The Indianapolis
Sentinel mounts its prancing steed and makes
a determined charge upon him. 1t says:
'tWith victory in sight, MIR. Watterson is az
grand as a bottle of ginger,pep; he effervesces
'niagnincently; the fizz and sizz of his elo-
quence is startling; but if the skies look dark
and defeat looms up in the distance, he sub
sides as grandly rs tornado, and can be as
calm as duck pond. 1t is not the time for
the Democratic party to be guided by men
whose selfshness is only equaled by their ar
rogance, egotisn, and untimely brsvado, or
who watch their opportunities to flip flop into
the camp of conspirators"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

Tax following from the Cincinnati Gazette
is pointed:
g Likewise do We maintain, with equal i'm
pregnability, that the use of personal villifica-
tion in journahsmis is ,beeauseof lack of knowl-
edge Of the inGnite intellectual resources of
Language, literature and ideas. We hay this
down as IN invulnerable proposition, even if
we ourselves, in an unhappy hour, should
have lapses which 10 makes a: professional dis
ability. And in this we do not mean that
Journalists may not be severe. On the con-
trary the cut Of the elegant, intellectual ra-
pier, in skiliful hands, is vastly more severe
than the blows of the mud bags of personal
Yituperation.n -
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

BILDREN! Your Reg
ulator Is superior to any other
remedy for Malarial Diseases g.
mong children and IL has 9 large
sale In this section OF Georgia
" NJ Russell Albany Ga
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

The Evansville Courier (Dem.) says:
sDowr with the internal commission"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

/ The striking engineers Of the Boston and
Maine Railroad paid as high as $500 to buy
Of new men. Not much want among these
men.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

Bills enforcing compulsory educstion have
been introduced in the Wisconsin and Illinois
Legislatures
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

JoHS MoRekS CoBBKTr, who died in Eng :
land the other day, was son of William
Goblet, the well known political writer.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

..'PAoKARD first and then Hayes" was the
programme of the would-be assassin.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

THx simon pure grasshopper has appeared
In Orange county, N. J.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01
-DR.s isANDERsON

Can ,be eohsultsd at Frazier Bouss, Earuesvills
On the Sd and slth. and ~ Mcclure Rcuse
Wheeling on the 5th Of every month.
Feb t7ih. '76-H
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
single subseriber. per an 1um, 500.
ak months,d W.
Three monthn. 5oc,s.
: II notpAid within SIX months, " ov wa pe
vastod OF all yearly subscribers.
~orFfCR IN CHRONICLE BUILDING.
en- doc East of the Nafson<i Hctes
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

The Coroner of Brooklyn, n. Y claims
S., 500 fees on account of the theatfr fre.
soHurLKR ColrAx is going to Sat FIans
cisco to lecture. z.-- =
TgE Orcgon conspirattrs should have used
the telephone.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01
TIA XII ga
Gf ne mems
spleen.
= WILL CURE
DYSPEPSIA.
IlIVER

For all Diseases of theI Liver, Stomach
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-04-25
Two Good Stories of ROYALTY.
Olive Logan, in the San Francisco Call.

olVe Logan, III the San francisco Call.
A friend of mine who has facilities
for knowing what transpires in court
circles, tells me that the Princess
Louise (Maxchioness of Lorne) is a
firm believer in spiritualism, and that
during the time when the newspapers
were full Of most sneering references
to Slade, Her Highness summoned
him to her side, had numerous seances
with him, ana treated him with all
manner of consideration.
Apropos Of Louise the gossips have
not yet done talking of the curious
fact that on the opening of Parliament
the Princesses Louise and Beatrice
both drove to Westminster in the royal
coach with the Queen; but Of all the
lords, knights and gentlemen who took
part In the pageant, there was no place
it seemed, which the Marquis of Lorne
might fifty occupy. The anomalous
position which he occupied as hus-
band of the Queens daughter, but not
the equal Of his wife, must be CALLING
to the proud young Scotch nobleman.
Yet the Queens own marriage was in
many points similar.
Long years agO-but this is bit of
exclusive Renaissance known onlv to
a few-the Queen, in the early days of
her welded life, had one of those
squabbles with her husband, of the sort
which will come about sometime even
between the most loving married
couples. Chagrined and vexed the
Prince retired 20 his room and locked
the door. The Queen took the matter
quietly for awhile, but after the lapse
of an hour she went to his door and
raped.
"Albert," said she, "come out"
emo, I will not" answered the
Prince within. eco away; leave me
alone!'' @
The royal temper waxed hot at this.
"Sir," she cried, "come out at once.
The Queen, whose subject you are,
commands you"
He obeyed Immediately. Entering
the room she designated, she sat down
in silence. For long time nothing
was said. The Queen was first to break
the silence. .
albert" she said, "speak to me-"
"Does the Queen command it ?" he
asked.
"No," she answered, throwing her
arms about his neck, "your wife begs
it,"
Curtain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-04-25
The Sons of Successful Men.

Next to the inquiry, "What becomes
of the plns?" an interesting question
would be, "What becomes of the sons
OF successful men ?" few men and a
few firms are in the hands of the found.
ers; but these are exceptions. The old
name and the old trade generally pass
into the hands Of others. Do you see
that man shoveling in coal? Well, his
children. and children like his, will
jostle your pampered sons and rule this
land," said an old New Yorker, the
other day. The old names have ceased
in the pulpit. The famed men of the
bar seldom have 8 successor. The emil
nent jurists carry their honor with them
to the grave. Merchant princes are
obliterated. ~ -aI
The reason is clear. The fathers laid
the basis of business one way, and the
sons build another. Men who earned
their fortunes by hard work, by dill
gence that knew sixteen hours toll, by
personal attention; that were their own
bookkeepers, statesmen, cashiers, and
often porters, are followed by sons who
do as little as possible; who delegate to
others all the work they can, and who
know more Of the road than of the
ledger. Famous hotel men were
gentlemen, men Of intelligence, who
were the equals Of the cost IN the land,
and who never sank the gentleman in
their trade. Young men VINO fling the
example of their sires to the winds,
find it easier to squander q valuable
name, run through q fortune quicker
than it was earned, and find them
selves, while young, at the point from
which their fathers started. One thing
is quite marked In New York. It is the
fact that the heavy business is getting
into the hands of the foreigners. The
heavy importers, the great bankers, and
much of the trade of value, is slipping
out of the hands Of Americans, as the
trade of England got into the power of
LCmbards.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-04-25
Coffee as an InyigOratOr.

A correspondent of the London Lam
Get, who owns a water power mill says
I am frequently compelled, at this sea-
son Of the year, to have men working
in water evenj n frosty weather. I find
the following allowance gives great
satisfaction to the men, and we never
have case Of cold Or injury to the
men IN any way. Kettle of coffee,
made with half sweet-milk, half water,
three or four eggs whipped poured into
it when off the boil; hot toasted bread
with plenty of butter of finest quality.
Serve up this every two and half
hours. The expense is much less than
the usual allowance Of whisky, and the
men work far better, and if care is
taken to have the coffee, milk (cream
is still better) bread and butter of the
very finest quality, the men are delight
ed with it. am persuaded it would
be worth while to try this allowance in
stead Of grog. Giving extra grog gives
the men notion that it is good for
them, and perpetuates the belief in
stimulants among workmen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-04-25
A strengthening SOmnambulist.

A young man who lives an 8 farm
near Bochara, Australia, lately went to
sleep on sofa after hard days work,
and had been, lying there some time
when he got up and went outside.
His companions observed that he walk
ed with a staggering gait, but little no.
tice was taken of the matter, as they
expected him to rejoin them immedi-
ately. The somnambulist, for such he
was, passed through three or four gates,
untying and relying the fastenings,
which are made of rope, and made his
way to the woodshed. There he hung
his coat upon nail, took down pair
of shears he had teen using in the day
time, and proceeded to sharpen them.
He next caught sheep, and had just
finished shearing it, when be was
awakened by the sudden arrival of his
friends, who had come with q lantern
to search for him. The shock of
awakening caused him to tremble like
leaf, but he soon regained his equan-
unity. The sheep was shorn as we'll as
if the work had been performed in
broad daylight and the night was by no
means clear one.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-04-25
A Complicated Piece of Mechanism.

A remarkable clock is now being
made in Paris, called pendu1e 6oscuzant
to distinguish it from the swinging
pendulum commonly used in clocks.
It is formed of horizontal bar, with
two brass balls attached to the ends, and
worked upon wheel placed horizont-
ally. The device is not altogether new,
as many house clocks have the same
principle of movement: but until now
it has not been adapted to time pieces
of any Importance, and this one is being
made on quite q large scale. The
hands are over a yard long, and there
are six faces to the clock, on one of
which are marked the hours, on
another the minutes, and on the third
the seconds. The remaining three in
dictate, respectively, the years, months
and days. This very ingenious piece
of mechanism is described as requiring
to be wound up but once every fourteen
months, and as possessing every q ,ality
of The best time piece invented up 10
the present day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-04-25
Yorkshire SchOOlmaster.

A most extraordinary case was heard
in London March 9, before Lord Chief
Justice Coleridge and a common jury.
The plaintiffs case was that in the year
1870 he married the defendant, having
at that time wife living; that he had
been prosecuted for bigamy and con-
victed, and that his sentence has now
expired When he married the de-
PENDANT she was living on a little farm
that she rented in Yorkshire, while he
was q schoolm aster. All she had was
one COW, to which limited stock he
added by buying four COWS, some
chickens and other things for the farm,
In all valued by him at 500. He
also had In bag quantity of jewelry
and money, which he left at home
when removed to prison on the charge
of bigamy- After his release from
prison he went to the farm to get his
property given up. This she declined
to do, claiming that she had given him
the money to buy the cows The coun-
sci for the defense then took the witness
in hand, and it was soon made to ap-
pear that Mr.. Dalby had three or four
wives living at the time he married the
defendant. Indeed, he was not alto
gether clear in his mind whether the
number was four Or FIVE. Since bis re-
lease one of the women to whom he had
been married had come back to him,
and had been "acting as his housekeep-
er." At one time the plaintiff Lad an
educational adjustment st Manches-
ter. While he WAS a scnoolmaster at
Littleborough, he had 8 person living
with him as his wife, but he apologized
for that by saying that she only lived
with him two months after he married
her, and that after that he had to part
with her, because of her bad conduct
The money amounted to $1,000 or 81,
500; it had been saved, he said, by his
own industry. Some other testimony
was heard, and then the jury, in answer
to the Lord Chief Justice, said that
they did not believe one word of the
plaintiffs story, whereupon a verdict
was declared for the defendant.