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Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-03-08
EXCHANGE NOTES..

d The following is the oath Gov W d
s Il nippon took:
e recognize the Constitution and lew
"t The United States as stspremeo er III
onst!'ut;on ard laws of any s ate, and
s"'ar to maintain them both.
The Executive Committee Of tho Mich
'san State Agricultural Society has re
c'ded no! to offer any prem;,, II for h,,s
races i" future fairs of the Society.
newport Ok. } News.-I5 seems 20 h.
Ic"hce''d that the firm of A. & "
op'a%ae are unable 10 retrieve their fa,,.,
foriu"es. 1t viii, be remembered ~.
they gave $4,000 notes oo witch ,ha.
WIRE 10 pay Interest The business d..
l'ess'o" Is such that they cannot NEE,
Ills interest "s it cones due, and there :,
''''Ie nope that the great house Wit, 20
cover from its endorsements
Journal des Dcbats.-The vroo, !,
"a !''on con tanning human skeleton
"hicn was recently found on the r,as, ~
ireland, is supposed to be one which ,or
aF's one dark, stormy night during n.
se'se ana was never afterw.rd be,rd
rom. Ih" @'onaut was Sailor rou,.s
tf'nce, and the human bones f,,nd asa
supposed TO be his. What strengthens
.u's conjecture Is that about the s.ma
.,'ne some Scotch fishermen saw Some
tn.og balloon shaped disappear in ,h.
oceah towards the northwest coast
:, e cheyenne Leader.-Thrc e huDdred And
cro Cry l"u,an scouts employed by Gen
C We're recently paid off NJ o.
o'oud: They all wanted =, hin. Ae d
thew s s,r",y All. after receiving their ware,
10y, '''nck out to have their n;c, 1ses
lucy are all r'ady to re.enll,t'
he'ena HeraId-It is believed ,,'.
the e.a Oh 1850 will place our Repu bic we
Of a' me .eaa OF the wool producing coun,,a At
o. Inc world The latest tisurs. Countries Ou.
,n "."l cup at COO of bounds p'' s,e our
1as a A u ira estimate for 1sze "mle
is9c vo.ooU Pounds-wh,le on v'o Is only
0 ~, Was $4,000, 600 pounds Uu' yield in
the a" nu Army Appropriation bill, ,ea,
archery to 4 and M cavalry ay regiments ~
g'syse p;sss s int: s s,;y 70 's
Of irsnsnor ,.e oall being applied az "ppro-
to be employed i, VI Subsistence of tro p,s
LINER - Nichols or Packa,d' OF the Claim Of
pd the riya! Leeisiatures.: or in support
of any nor,;,' prohibits the
~ support Of the claims a Of .o OF the army
nn,;' , Or Of any officer r. any State gov.
'onl duly recognized by Co VI said State /,
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-03-08
WASHINGTON. March The folio

WASHINGTON. March The follow
ing nominations were received by tn
S. nate from President Hayes, al 2 p. m
William n Evarts Of \. y, Sec. State
John Sherman, of Ohio, Sec. Treasury
Carl Schn,z. of Missouri. Sec. Interior
Richard NJ. Thompson. of Indiana. SEC
Navy: Gen. Charles Owens, of Massa
chusetts, Attorney General David NJ
Kay, OF T,nne Sc, p. ~ General; Geo.
w. McCrcsry, of Iowa. Sec. War.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-03-08

x999 Can't be made by every az, n,
W.. $500. every onth IN the business
eas; iiui a out those willing to work can
their ' o earn doze' dollars a day right in
exn;.; IVY ioea,l'ies. Have TO room 10
o onp,aih me- mere. Business pleasant ard hon.
we'll q: w.. WOMEN Il, and boys and girls do rs
n I az H,' ",en: we will furnish you com.
ter ,h Ua'nt Tree. The business pays bet
news $40" W a"ytn'ng else. We will bear ex +.
wiz VI s'ar''ng YOU. Particulars free
m. IT, so "no see. Farmers and mechanics
naod 80 sons and danx hters, and all classes in
write ~ - laying work at home. shou d
at nno ~ ~ ana learn all about the work
a, Adn,os. NOV NOW is the time. Don't delav
---"ces IhCE u Co.. Augusta, Name.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-30

iition to her position and superior in
Itelligence was the consideration of her
native rank, which to them at least
wss source of unquestioned right.
The establishment was kept up. in
almost priDcely style. The sons were
sent TO England to be educated; for the
daughters French and English govern
esses were procured, and established in
seperate houses near the mansion;
white artisans of various kinds were
employed, making quite q
large community aside from the hum
dreds Of slaves upon the island. And
over all this, ia her husbands long and
frequent absences, reigned cur dusky
princess, as absolute in her insular do
main as her savage father in his native
wilds. She had q strong and power
fol mind, and womanly kindness and
sympathy as well. One old negro,
who died some time since, so old that
no one could remember him as other
than old, used TO tell how he was
brought over when young to this
Island, where he had lived ever since,
and how he and others, sick and ex-
hsusted, were ministered to by the
''missis'" own hands, and how they
all loved her and always prayed, Lord
bless Ma'am Hannah ~ Every morn
Ing as she stood upon this very spot
the field hands passed in review before
her, each gang with its driver, going
to their daily work. She inspected
them all, picking out such as were un-
fit for labor and sending them to the
hospital or to lighter tasks; and every
night in the same spot she heard the
report of the day, examined into all
and with strict justice ad-
Judged each offenders punishment; and
her order not a lash could be
piyAn
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-30
American Women.

From Harpers BaZar.
American women take vastly better care of
themselves than formerly. They have more
acquaintance with hygienic laws, and hold
them in far higher esteem. The days when
they exposed themselves to dampness and
wintry cold in thin slippers and silk stock
-ings; when they abstained from f1annels next
to the skin; when they pinched their wastes
to emi-suffocation; when they sacrificed
comfort and health to what they conceived to
be their a, pearance-those foolish and un-
happy days have gone forever, have barely
been known to the rising generation. Our
women now have no mawkish or morbid no
tions as to themselves; they no longer think
that to be unhealthy is to be attractive; that
invaldism and interestingness are synony-
nous; that faces and compressed lungs are
tokens of beauty. They dress seasonably;
they wear thick boots and warm clothes in
bad and cold weather; they allow themselves
to breathe freely, and they find their looks
are improved, not injured, by the wholesome
change. There are exceptions, many OF them,
doubtless, but the rule is as we have described
and the exceptions are constantly diminishing
1t may be safely said that all sensible women
are becoming, if they have not already become
converts to nature, and that they heed her be-
hests, recognizing that what is not natural
cannot be beautiful
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-30
The Wheat Center.
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. 7

Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. r-.
An Eastern paper calls attention to the fact
that all the wheat is not raised in the West
Forty or fifty years ago the centre of wheat
growing was on Long Island which shertly
after that time was transferred to the Genese e
Valley, New York New England, New
York and Pennsylvania were all then largely
engaged in wheat growing; but the fly, and
the weevil and the exhaustion of the land all
contributed to shorten the product, and finally
the West became the principal source of pro-
duction. For few years past more attention
has been paid, in the country east of the Allie
ghenies, to the culture of wheat and the pro-
duct has been gradually enlarging in volume,
but this year has witnessed return of old
time fertility, and nearly every agricultural
county east of the mountains has grown
enough wheat for its own supply, while many
have good deal to spare. All the counties
of this. State along and east of the Susquehan-
ma will be sellers of wheat this fall They
will have all the advantages of Dearness to
market, and hence can profit earliest by any
sudden movement in prices. Western grow
ers, therefore, in calculating the future of the
prices of wheat, must take into the account
the increased production of a region which
heretofore has been purchaser of that grain,
instead of seller, as now.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-30
Russian Funerals.

Much as / dislike funerals, have had to
see many, and of all kinds, but none, except
at times, in the form of the Episcopal church,
are to me so beautiful or so pleasant as these
Russian funerals. The Presbyterian form is
too cold, too black, too still. We bury our
dead too much as if we were trying to draw
lesson from the dead, and as if we doubted
where the soul had gone. The Catholic ser
vice is too granidose. There is fine music,
but the ceremony is too long and too entirely
confined to the officiating priest. In the Rus
sian church every one seems to be taking a
part in the service, and the dead are treated
with tenderness and love not elsewhere
found The bows and prostrations, the tapers
in each ones bands, the kissing the bands, the
earth thrown in the coffin with its beautiful
symbolic meaning, are marks of affectionate
respect, as well as the carrying of the coffin
and the earth thrown into the grave by the
hands of the friends and relatives There are
no black pals, no double coffins or burial
caskets, no horrible screwing down of the lid.
''Dust thou art, to dust must thou return" is
a truth which man here does not attempt to
evade. As said above, every ceremony and
every repetition here tends to make us realize
the fact of death, without destroying any of
its sanctity. .H.~
My thoughts and reflections have detained
me long, and the funeral procession which
gave rise to them has passed my window long
since, and the church bells are silent.-[ Eu-
gene Schuyler, in Scribner for September.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-30
Lip-Reading.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
A good many years ago, when the accom-
plished. daughter of a well-known gentleman
of this city was little girl, she was taken ill
with scarlet fever, and when she recovered
was stone deaf. Fortunately the child, who
possessed remarkably sweet voice, had
learned to talk before the attack, and the
physician who attended her, finding that her
sense of hearing had entirely gone, enjoined
upon the mother the necessity of carefully
keeping up the habit of speech in order that
it should not be totally lost. From that time
out the mother devoted herself to the preser-
walton of her daughters voice, almost to the
exclusion OF everything else, and the success
sui issue of her undertaking has proved an
ample reward for her labors. The yeung lady
is now not only an accomplished member of
society, but an excellent artist, well known
among the painters of New York. Her educa-
ton was so carefully attended to by her
mother that she not only talks well, but un-
derstands everything that is said to her by
simply watching the lips of her inteilocutor.
On one occasion an eminent clergyman of this
city called to see her mother, and was receiv-
ed by the young lady. After some fifteen
minutes the mother presented herself, and
the young lady retired. Presently the con-
versation turned upon the daughter, and the
mother said something about her ''infirmity."
The clergyman, who had seen nothing to in
dictate any lack of perception in the young
lady, and who had not noticed any physical
defect, was surprised, and asked what was
meant. The mother then explained that her
child was stone-deaf. The clergyman was
10th to believe it, and almost demanded furth-
er proof of the fact. The young lady was
then called, and it was proven to his entire
satisfaction that she could not understand
single word that was spoken unless she saw
the motion of the lips which uttered it. Like
the deaf girl described in Wilkie Collins
novel of Glide and Seek" she is is singularly
susceptible to any vibration of the timbers of
the room or house in which she may be, and
her mother has established a system of tele-
graphy with her by means of the doors and
balusters, by which she can communicate
with her throughout the whole house. By
simply striking the baluster or door with the
open hand her parents can apprise her thai her
presence is desired in a particular room or
part of the premises, and by notifications of
the raps can inform her of many of the minor
affairs that are taking place. Although her
father has handsome competence, this
young lady earns enough f'r her own sup
port in the pursuit of her art.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-30
Our wheat CrOp.

The New York Produce Exchange Weekly
says:
'''rhe wheat crop of the United States in
1877 is placed at 325,OOO,OOO bushels, or
III, 100000 bushels more than in any past
year. which will give surplus on wheat and
-four sor export to foreign countries of about
1OO,OOO,OOO bushels, including what is sup
piled from the Pacific Coast to the East In
dies, and from the Atlantic Coast to Europe,
the West Indies, South and Central America,
and the British North American countries.
There will be, perhaps, S5,OOO,0O0 surplus
wheat and flour for export to Europe, which
will leave 65,OOO,OOO to be supplied from
Chill, Australia, Egypt, Algeria, Germany,
Northern Russian ports, British East India
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-30
Why 1t is the Best.

The Baltimore 6 Ohio Railroad, the great
National Route, traversing six States, and
having for its western termini Chicago, San
dusky, Columbus, and Cincinnati, with con-
nections at these points with the network of
railroads beyond, is manifestly the direct
route from all the great cities of the West to
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York, and the East. From end to end of its
line between Chicago and Baltimore Day
Coaches and Pullman Palace Cars are run
through without change. These cars are as
elegant and luxurious as ingenuity can devise
or money procure, and while resting comfort
ably therein the passenger is carried swiftly
but safely past landscapes as pleasant to look
upon and as varied in their character as are to
be found anywhere on this continent.
The quiet valleys, fruitful fields, and pros
porous cities and villages of Indiana and Ohio
are succeeded by the grander beauties of the
mountain region of West Virginia. If pass
ing view of this the Switzerland of America
is too brief, the passenger may stop off en-
route at Deer Park or Oakland, two charming
summer resorts, situated in the very heart OF
this region, $500 feet above tide-water. East
of the Alleghenies the Baltimore and Ohio
passes along the beautiful Valley of the
Potomac. 49,
? At Harper's Ferry trains connect with those
of the Valley Branch for Winchester, Staun-
ton, and White Sulphur Springs. All this To-
cality is celebrated alike for its natural beau
ties and ior the historical events which it
brings TO mind. At the National Capital,
through which the road passes, connections
are made for Richmond, Lynchburg, and the
South; and at Baltimore for Philadelphia,
New York, Boston, and the East.
At convenient distances along their route
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has erected
handsome hotels, where trains will stop long
enough TO allow the traveller to enjoy at his
leisure the first class meal which is provided.
If you are going East or Southeast, no 9th.
er line offers as many attractions or as good
accommodations; and their rates, withal, are
as cheap as those of their competitors.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-30
A Romance OfFOrf George
Island.

Fort George Islands winter resort
at the mouth of the st. Johns River,
Florida, which is coming into fashion
lis the subject of an enthusiastic writ
er in Scribner for September, who re-
lates the following story:
The young owner of the island, culti-
waiting hundreds of acres and raising
enormous crops Of cotton and sugar,
used to build schooners in ship-yard
of his own, and imported slaves direct
ly from the African coast, selling to his
neigbOrs such as he did not want. He
was unmarried. Perhaps no one of the
daughters of the neis hboring Planters
could be persuaded to share the lonely
life which could hardly have appeared
attractive in any woman's eyes; per-
haps he preferred LIE OF freedom and
Independence. However that may
have been, he was In the habit of goisg
occasionally TO Africa himself, and OF
buying his slaves from the native
their prisoners OF war. .t.f :.
During one OF these visits, while en-
gagged in bargaining. he was struck with
the grace and beauty Of the chiefs
young daughter, child Of ten years
old. He proposed to buy her, but she
was favorite child and her father
could not part with her. Persuasions
were for q time unavailing, but at
length the savage father. unable 10 re-
sist the glitter OF the white mans gold,
agreed to part with his child upon
condition that she should be treated
with consideration and brought up as
becomes a kings daughter. The plant
er promised, and, strange to say, he
kept his word. She was kindly cared
for and well educated, and in course oi
time became the planters lawful wife.
She had, according to tradition, with
the exception Of dark skin, none oI
the usual negro characteristics. Her
handsome features were regular, her
hair smooth, her presence dignified
and commanding. Her husband seems
never to have regretted his usual course,
and her influence over her captive
countrymen was unbounded. In ad'
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Spiral gafiess.
no FAILURE KNOWN,

There is no case known where DR.. Morris
Syrup of Tar, Wild berry and Horehound
has failed to give satisfaction On the other
hand, wherever it has been used by our peo
pie, in severe colds, coughs, asthma, bronchit
is, Group, whooping-cough and consumption,
they are enthusiastic in its p raise. obtaining
no opium or other dangerous drug, it does not
constipate, and is safe to administer in all
conditions ofhealth. This is an important
announcement, and the suffering are advised
to heed it. Trial size, 10 cents; large sizes, 80
cents and One Dollar. Sold by HOGE, the
Druggist opposite the St. lair Hotel.
Also Agent for Prof Parkers Worm Sy-
rup, which is sure death to worms, pleasant
to take, and requires no physic. -.
Price 4 cents. Try it. s.,4
l. Dot 10 1919
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following reference to the Semi
That Duplicate hands of
e thee o on a9q1 % er % hs ia rwens aa on day or s p the
Aforesaid charged against @ @ eA eaay snsoa on Tax
charged remainder Of
proceed BY distress oberw % & msa nf & o@u
Y law together with penalty OF i've the
@ @ and @ on the T @ S % Of m sy tax % Other than on real estate shall
penalty 'A Ds ''''s
Of year. collected BY % distress @
% % ds 1 penalty snd sd s Hss lsd G
s @ Ra prior Sa ef Sss ses; . august Ts ss
delinquent such real estate I be- oased n tine time
@na ogr w y the @ an@ the amount @ Of such delinquent and
year shall moi be paid @ or before lore the Twentieth day of December
be collected the sale
% 1SR s1 f Sa ' % nansg sa % P f % & s @
otherwise prior August settlement
year eoesa a S as the nseP' an & @ I
will attend person or by Deputy the following places
SEM fAs MiYGs M rS%Tn5p ay .5as
soao5 Hs HS oUsE Mead friday h oob. sh
GESTERY5LIE R9T6I F. sSi9 ss,usdsy 0''''
i'a1 Tausssy S9s{ October so llth
1Ea5ns p, ,IonSsy 6eeSs3 GSI is!s %"
P5E FEheY Psss s
BELMONT, Goshen tpr Monday, October
sp Weanesday 6ose2 os9osH s5 d
Warren nnFfay Friday estSDs sD @ b and
Putney p Monday Tuesday Wednesday,
at Office, cIavle from November 1st
naming unpaid will be subject the law
M It is absolutely toavo the fol- legal penalty
reasonable satisfy spared necessary
w. j. KELLY, Treas.
St. Cairsvile, Aug. %, 1871 =, -. - -~,"'|
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The Last st. Clair.

The last male descendant of General Arthur
st. Clair, of Revolutionary fame, and who
was the first Governor of the Northwest Ter
ritory. of which Ohio was part, died at Penn
Square, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania,
on the 18th inst, in his eighty fifth year. +.
Arthur St. Clair, the grandson of General
Arthur st. Clair, is the last of the family that
bore the name, except Miss David Boyd, who
still resides in Philadelphia. General st.
Clair was born in Scotland in 1874 and came
to America as an ensign, serving in the Brit
ish army under Amherst at Louisburg and
under Wolfe at Quebec. Resigning his Brit
ish commission, he settled in the Ligonier
Valley, Western Pennsylvania, in 1764. His
Revolutionary and subsequent public services
at Trenton, Princeton, and elsewhere are
familiar. just before the adoption of the
Constitution he was President of Congress,
and was Governor of the famous Northwest
Territory from 1857 to 1902. Of his three
sons, Arthur settled in Ohio, John Murray
St. Clair settled in Westmoreland county,
Pennsylvania, on the old homestead, and
Daniel st. Clair settled in Montgomery coun-
ty, Pennsylvania. This last was the father Of
the venerable Arthur st. Clair, just deceased,
who was born, resided during his whole life,
and died on the same farm in Montgomery
county. r1fts
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New Series-Vol. 17-No 33

n. A. GRAY, Familiarity known as Deacon
Gray, formerly associate editor of the Cleve-
land Plaindealer, died at his residence in
Washington, on the 2lst instant, aged about
seventy. He had been for some years in a
responsible position in the Postoffice Depart
ment. He was qnaint character, much be-
loved for his genial and sterling qualities, and
will be recollected by many as humorous
and incisive Republican speaker in past Ohio
campaigns
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-30

PRIVATE TELEPHONES for business pur-
poses are now in successful operation in New
York, and there is prospect that they will
come into general use. The circuits vary to
o miles of wire in length, and the instrument
at each end consists simply of wooden tube,
which can be used al leisure for the trassmis-
sion or reception of sound
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-30
SICK HEADACHE.

~rf, EDlTORIAL-We have
tested It's virtues personally, and
know that for Dyspepsia, Bilious
ness; and Tnrsbbing Headache,it
Is the best medicine the world
ever saw. We have tried forty
Other remedies before simmons
Liver Regulator, but none of
them gave us more than tempo
rary relief; but the Regulator not
only relieved, but cured us.
Ed. Telegraph and Messenger, Ma.
con. ca.
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A CASE, involving the title of the State of
Kansas to over 236, 900 acres of land, being
the aggregate of the grant to the State under
the act of 1851, admitting Kansas into the
Union, has been decided by the Interior De-
partment in favor of the State.
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BELMONTCHRONICLE.
ST, GAINESVILLE. OHIO.
THURSDAY. AUGUST 80, 1877.

The aims institutions of Maryland are said
by Dr. Chancellor, Secretary of the State
Board of Health, to be in shocking condi-
tion, He says it is difficult to conceive that
anything worse ever existed in civilized
country
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MALARI0US FEvERS,
CONS.CJpATION

TESTIMONY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE of
have used Simmons Liver Reg
uiator for constipation OF my bowels, caused
by q tenn porary deraugement OF the livar, for
The last three or four years, and always when
used according to the directions, with deciG ell
of the liver-at least such has
been nv personal experience in the use oft.
HIRAM WARNER.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-30

A renowned clergyman lately deliv-
cred rather long sermon on the text
"Thou art weighed In the balance and
found wanting" After the congrega-
tion had listened about an hour some
began to grow weary and passed out;
Others soon followed, greatly to the an
noyance of the minister. Another per-
son started, whereupOn the pars0n stop
ed In his sermon and said, "Thaps
right, gentlemen. as fast as you are
weighed pass out"