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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-12-27
NEW ATHENS.

DIR. Jas. Presley, of Pittsburgh, de-
livered his lecture entitled, Through
the Desert to Sinai ia the Presbyte-
rian Church OF this place, on Wednes
day evening, the 18th. This lecture is
worthy of more than mere passing
notice. The DIR. visited the F .st q few
years since, and part Of his tour was
along the route OF the Israelites in
their journeying from Egypt to the
Promised Land. Some. of the most
Interesting and Instructive points o.
the lecture were these: A description
of the country, and its people, through
which the Isrielites passed to the Red
Sea, settling beyond doubt, the exact
point where they crossed that sea, and
showing the theories of infitiels 10 b
ridiculOusly absurd;a a thrilling descrip
ton of Mount Sinai; and finally de-
ScriptiOn of the discovery made by the
lecturer, of the exact spot, as he thinks,
where Moses smcte the rock, whence
flowed the water to quench the thirst
of the prosecuted people. As this crys
lsl stream still flows, and The weary
traveller stakes his thirst at the fOun-
tain gushing forth from the solid gran
ite, what feelings Of awful wonder and
admiration must fill his soul! The
lecture, although quite lengthy, wa.
given the closest attention throughout
by large and appreciative audience.
The Annual Contest between the
Literary Societies of franklin College
vas held in the U. P. Church here on
20th. The generosity OF the congrega.
tions here which have opened theil
do. rs for this anu other occasions, is
very commendable, as we'll as the
promptness with which the exercises
began. Rev. Balph, of st. ClaIrsvilie,
offered fervent prayer for the Divine
blessing upon the exercises of the hour
after which DR.. Vincent pronounced
the programme, and introduced to the
audienre the first two performers. The
decisions of the Judges:
Select OratiOn-J 8 Duff, jeff; K
Giffin, PhilO. The former excelled in
delivery, the latter in choice of selec
ton.
E-says-J L Parkinson, JEFF, L
Mills, PhilO. Former excelled in style
of composition, the latter in originali
ty and delivery.
Original Orations-J L Nickols, Jeff
w Fl Day, Philo. Former exrelling i.
subject matter, the latter In delivery
|style of composition equal.
Dnbate-Alf G w Tarr, jeff. deny
A w Werner, Philo. The latter ex
ceiling in delivery; argument and
composition equal.
The judges chosen for the occasion
were Rev Dixon, n. D.. of Cadiz; Re,
Presley, d. D of Pittsburgh. and Hor
y WI w Cowdra, of Wheeling. d
Dixon falling to be present, it wa,
agreed upon to abide tie decision o
the other two. This accounts for tht
tie in some Of the decisions.
The Vaas Band, Of Wheeling render
ed excellent music, and. judging from
the good demeAnor of the large audi
ence, sll felt that the evening was on,
of great pleasure and profit.
The next session of Franklin Col
lege will open on Wednesday, Januar,
ID, at which time we understand
number of new names will added +
the roll. B.
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THK KIND or SurpoRT rHE DEMO

The KIND OF SUPPORT THE DEMO
CRATs GIVE President HAYES
Whenever afr. Hayes appoints wor-
thy Democrat to Office or expuunds
doctrine designed to solidify and per-
petunte the Democratic Organization,
he can count on our endorsement,
When he gives aid and comfort to the
party that stole the Presidency we are
Rgainst him. That may seem q little
odd. but 1t is our platform In q COM
prehensibie shape. II Washington Post
(OeU}. fE-
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The Indiana Democratic Conven
! tI0n Is to be held on the 2Oih of Feb
Fllsry, and there will be 600 dele
gates. A long canvass and hot one,
4 the programme. - Z
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-12-27

3 THE Democratic editors of Georgia,
sre making good deal Of fun over
the w Washington idea that the recent
election iu their State Indicates a spin
Ia che southern. Democratic party.
They say no Independent has been
discoyered who Is snything but an
anti Republican. That isal nnueqbt-
ed fart.
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The boiler in one OF the largest New
, York candy manufactures exploded al
5o'clock Thursday afternoon, and what
little of the building was not instantly
demolished wss, in an incredibly short
time, completely wrapped in flames.
The number of persons in the establish
inent ut the time of the accident is not
known but a large majority were boys
ana girls, mere children many OF
them. who were employed in the
mandatory. Owing to the pressure
of the holiday trade an unusually la-ge
number of employees were work ng day
and night, and the day workers quit
land the night workers went on within
i've minutes of the time when the e1-
plosion took place. Large portions OF
both the day and the night force were
therefore in - the building
together, which makes an estimate
vfth.s total number more diffiealt. II
Is vafiousiy placed at from 2o0. to 300,
and Of these poor creatures hardly one
escaped unhurt, while a fearfully large
number must have been either, killed
outright, or have met the more horrf
bic fate Of being burned alive. ~
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suBEr6kAnE, Dec. s6.-T6e servians, !,
Uond n hftst eight hoon sevQe
Akhti&, capfured Akpalapka. o.
ðe< WIN three Krupp gum and D
8fxd 1uS3 3ti0; OF am muui}ion add
lrovill ll6n4 The Turks lost many kill.
ed and some prisoners.
THE Indiana Demo, rats have decf-
ded to have long campaign in behalf
of their greedback champion, Voor
hees. The long heads among the
Democracy, .apprehend trouble, from
the leoeth Of the campaign laid out
by the State Central COMMITTEES. 1t Is
. mnHtee,0fsscioosdo doubt zRhether the
platform and. whisky. will hold out for
eight months. .-Cfn, Gazette
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The StsteI Supreme Court has ad.
jou;rled until January 3D. On thai d y
appiiysnlts u for wtsnission TO n will Be
ecaa,ixea The Supreme Court COul
mission meets begt on tije 2dlo Janu-
ary.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-12-27

that fsnssIa death list grows with
-dreadful rapidity. On December 10th
;. It hnd reached the total Of SO. 4i2.
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The Duty Of the North.

tHe oOulu Is nuusfy. Dst WHY 10 ~
|solidly Democratic? Because II can
use the Democratic party as Its iced
trough. Democratic victory means
the feeding OF Hteen very hungry
States at the expense OF the rest.
The hunger is not denied. The claims
which come up. 10 NUMBER as the nee
vi Egypt. whenever Dembcratlc Con
gress assem- bies, are not hidden. Inc
fofiieial journals OF daily proceedings
show their nature; II man has life-
time of leisure, he can count theu,
and guess ut their amount. Few Will
be passed, men hopefully say But
every one has set of very hungry
men behind it. Every one is present
ed, not because Democratic member
wants to do stupid thing, Or Is SO
blind as not to see that these things
hurt his party. but because he cannot
hope 10 exist politically unles he
presents and urges it. The dGtl -Haen
are those who fancy that these South
ern claimants are not in dead earnest
when they ask for money. For they
are poor. The war took slaves and
struck down industry. Reconstruc
| ton was worse than war. The one
thing that no man can guess is how
much the South really wants. II
wants canals; the North has them. II
wants railroads; the Government has
built many at the North. 1t wants
rivers improved, and harbors deepen
ed; commerce goes to New York in
stead of Norfolk, and to Boston instead
of Beaufort, men fully believe, only
because Government has not been fair
It wants levees; Northern farms art
not flooded. 1t wants payment fol
lnsses in war; Northern citizens have
be IN paid. That these and many OtheI
ltnings are desired, really and intense
liy, and by great many men whit
nave votes and influence, 1t is sheel
folly to deny.
But what are we to do? 1t wOul(
1 bankrupt the Government to pay hal
the sums denan led. Generosity /
very Wa II, but we ,nnot give what W,
lcannot get. The United States cannO
borrow dollar, with a South
lern policy as to trea.men
l.of creditors. A single bill. sustained
by nine tenths Of the Southern votes
1as already stopped the sale of bond
though a veto 9 yet to come. Pass il
and a 6 per cent bond would find OF
buyer st par. Pass with it bills t
open rivers and harbors, dig canals
raise Ievees, construct railways, an,
i pay war claims, and the Uaited State
would be safe not to borrow dollar a
Iany price. These things mean bank
ruptcy. To the people of the North
whose banks and trust fluids, who's
.ayipps. industries and commerce hav
,oaie TO depend absolutely upon th
public credit, this means ruin. G
lcourse, Southern industries would q
Jown with the wreck, hut how lew q
; the South can see it. Votes in Cor
4 .ress give warning. No inteliigen
care for their own interests will kee
ISeuthern men from veting awav th
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l0O, 900 Copies Of st. RichoIa.
FOB TIE
Christmas Holidays.
. Only 25 Gents q Copy.

Some idea Of the aJtractions offered in the
| CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY NUMBER of st. Mich.
be gaineo from the following: There are po.
ems by Henry w. Longfellow and William
Cullen bryant; fipe nitnerto unpublished
ske.ch OF Boy Life, by the late Theodore WIN.
lthrop, and snort story by the author oi
Alice in Wonderland;' e new fairy story
Sweet Marjor.:ni Day by Frank stockton,
poetio riddle by DR. g HoilaDd. aud q com
parison between the manners OF young folks
ID old times and nowadays, by Gall Hamilton.
is the beginning OF the hew serial by Miss All
cot, entitled Under the LIiacs' with iIlusirs-
tio1s by Mary HaJlock Foote .uf-r
The Christmas Number contains also the
opening OF new Serial story for Boys, q tale
oi tropical iifss by Gustavus Frankenstein.
trated bv the artikts Moran and KelL "A
Portrait 0. Miss Aicott. with sketch vi ner
ne; several poems by Two Little American
music); ana half a-dozen complete short sto-
ries, bright, fu Any, exciting aud pathetic, dc.
The New, lover is by The English Artis.,
Baby's Opera -z- ..s.H .'-.-F
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Besides Miss Alcoti serial for Girls, aud the
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R j P 7 j R E,

Those wishing Relief and Cure for RUPTURE
should consulth Or. ]. A. SHERMAN, 25s
Broad WA New York.
send iOcts for his new book. with Photo
graphic likenesses OF bad cases before and
after cure Beware Of cheats who pretend To
furnish DIR. Sherman's treatment.
Or e OF these fellows, german clerk, now
calling himself DIR w g Crempien, is Indicted
on com plaint DIR 3. and awaits Il isl for forgery
and embezzement.
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We will duriDg these HHRD TIMES and the
HOLIDAYS dispose OF 100 NEW PIANOS and
ORGANS, OF first class makers at low er prices
for cash, or 1nsfa' 'iments, than ever before
offered. WATERS PIANOS and ORGANS
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Cleveland, ruscarawas Valley, q Wheeling)
Railway Company, Z

Cleveland, ruscarawas Valley q Wheeling)
Railway Company,
Cleveland, June II, 1877. }
vDNHE Subscribers 60 the Capital stock OF said
u Compa will take notice that their SUD
sc, iptions heretofore made for The purpose OF
aiding In extending the railroad Of said Com
napy from its present terminus to the Ohio
River, haviBg heretofore been accepted by
said Com pany, the Board OF Directors of said
Company ats meeting thereof, held on the
5th day Of June. 1877, by q resolution. .sorderec
that the drst installm ent OF I've dollars rs, ,0O
on each, share OF day. dCllars as5o 00) 50 sub
scribed 70 the capitalstock Of said company,
books, and individual subscriptions so accept
ted. shall be paid on or before July LIST, 1877. 10
p A. Hetoeih, Tredsifrer Of said Company. at the
general office thereof, OIL the same may oe pald
TO A. J. Baggs, al Bridgeport. Ohio, or To such
person as he may direct; ana said Treasurer
and said Raggs and also such person as the
said Baggs may duly authorize TO receive
money due pom said subscriptions are either
of them by said Company empowered and au-
thorized 10 receive and receipt for the sane
for and on its behal;; and ten per cent of said
subscription shall be due. (and is hereby re
Quired To be paid to said Treasurer, at the GEN
sans may be paidto Al. bssss. ssBridgs.
port Ohio, or such person As he may desig
nate who are authorized TO receivesibe SAM
Tor and on behalf Of id-sCompanyJpn the
day following the expiration OF every thirty
days from and after July lst, 1877, until the
whole subscription shall be aue and required
to be paid, as above specffied.
By order of the Rosr6 Of Dfrectors.
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B. e. Smith, surviving partner OF
the banking house of Bartlett & Smith,
ut Columbus, Ohio, has brought suli
against prominent gamblers OF that
city TO recover about 100000. which
sum it is alleged was lost al play BY
attaches OF the bank. Eminent legal
talent has been engaged by both
Ipartjes. .ssQ sfs 7iI9 = Io1 it
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AS solemn warning to mothers it
may be stated that the baby who took
the prize in the New York show died
shortly afterwards. All the ot1eri
mstbers are congratulating themselves
that their babies were too ugly TO take
prizes9i zesgHif'saH e|si ~,
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OWEN MURPHY, who enjoyed. the
distinction OF being half the Demo-
cratic majbrity In the New York
Excise Board has absconded with $40,
1000 of the excise funds. 'I II
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THE Russians are swarming about
Erzaroum, aud it is believed that the
siege OF the place will soon begin. The
capture of Erzeroum would virtually
finish the campaign in Asia Minor
1t would give the Russians possession
of the long coveted seaport of Batoum.
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Arizona citizen., 1877-05-12

THE dispatches from California an- nounce the return of Geo. NJ. Prinney, g clerk connected with defaulting Navy Paymaster Spaulding, and name various prominent public men as hay ing been participants in the defalca- ton and frauds, and among them is Senator Sargent. Right here we will venture the opinion that Sargent will never be found guilty of corrupt act, for the simple reason that he has com mitted none His name would not now be connected with this matter, were he not a candidate for reelection by the Legislature which is to be chosen this year in that State.
Arizona citizen., 1877-05-12

THE enterprising people of Califor- mia are just now chsrged with gobbling up land under the desert land law, and the California press makes the charges. Because those people or any others violate the law, commit perjury, etc, does not prove the law bad one. So far as we can learn many of the bona fide residents of Arizona are determin- ed to acquire a section of land accord ing to the intent and letter of the law, and we still think the law a good one, though the temptation to violate it may be great. The General Land Office will very likely make it disagreeable for the violators.
Arizona citizen., 1877-05-12

By mail Thursday, NIT. Frank Sta pies received a letter from a well in formed man in San Francisco, saying strong effort was being made to re vive the Guaymas and Tucson rail way enterprise with fair prospects of success. Anybody who succeeds in building this railway, will succeed financially. and the projection of a road through Arizona, will greatly hasten the building of one from Guaymas northward to the most convenient con- nection, which is beyond all question via the Santa Cruz valley.
Arizona citizen., 1877-05-12
Telegraph Matters.

Lieut.. Philip Reade, in charge of the government line. Tn Arizona, arrived from the eastern portion of his work on Monday, whither he has been per sonally experimenting the connection with the line in New Mexico. This done he turned his attention to rebuild ing the line between Camp Lowell and Camp Grant, which was put up, in the
 first instance, on inferior poles, and nearly all of them have to be replaced with new and large ones-just such as Lieut.. Reade has put in the line re- gently built, and we hear from various sources that no line in the country has more substantial poles The Lieuten- ant has received orders to make an of ficial inspection of the offices under hls charge and fo- this purpose left here on Thursday for Prescott.
 In this connection, we may properly reier to the probable disposition Of the line and business west of Yuma. Last week We had some remarks upon the subject, and surmised that, for reasons then stated, the Atlantic and Pacific lIne would succeed to the Arizona busl- ness, and indicated fear that if it did, the people and press would not fare so we'll as by the government line. Lieut.. Resde says efforts have been and are being made, and strong ones too, by both the A. & P. and Western Union companies to secure the business-the former by the railroad line and the lat ter over the government via San Diego. This matter is of much importance to the whole people of Arizona, and es- Ipecially business men. Government has served all cheaply and well, and the line is demonstrating that tele- graphing may be profitably done much cheaper than heretofore by private cor pOrstions. The people of this Terri tory will be glad to have the assurance of Gen. Albert J. Meyer, Chef Signal Officer, that change is not now con- templated, and also that if any be made al any time, all his influence will be exerted to secure to the people of Ari- zons as cheap service as they now en- joy. The two companies will hold out tempting inducements to secure this profitable business, but Gen. Meyer has ajust pride in managing the lines built under his administration of he ser vice, and to thereby demonstrate what the government may do in the way of cheap telegraphing, as It has done In carrying the mails.
Arizona citizen., 1877-05-12

OUR dispatches show that our Cali fornia mail has been ordered over the railroad route 10 Yuma, and we have had proof all the week that the order went into immediate effect The first mail by the new route left San Francis co May ? at p. m. and reached Tue son at s a. m. on the 7th-making just four days and sixteen hours. This Is shortening the time in a decided way
 By the old route, the time was eight to ten days. Every mail under the new order comes on the short time named. Welcome more of the railway, say we.
Arizona citizen., 1877-05-12

AGENT JOHN P. CLUM returned from New Mexico yesterday, and will leave for San Carlos on Monday. He left the Indians in charge of MT Sweeney with ample military guard, and they ought to reach San Carlos by ,he 17th or 18th. He says in the removal he was cor dlally and promptly aided by General Hatch and Colonel Wade, and that the removal is complete and that all In dians going upon Hot Springs reserva- ton will be treated as hostile by the troops, according to his suggestion.