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New Series-VOl. P7-No II

city should be 80 fun Of them 'thas their coat
tails should be stieking out Of the windows.
No mortality among Ohio men, to account
for their disappearance, has been reported b,
our Board of Health. Nobody has seen ?
dead Ohio man. And yet-we hardly like t.
sugges; the terrible suspicion-aud yet it Is
an undoubted fact that every Ohio man a.
irving goes straight to the Treasury Depart
ment to demand an office from Secretary
Sherman. For weeks there has been steady
procession of travel-stained carpet bagged
Ohioans marching with intrepid tread up the
granite steps of the gloomy tomb like Treas
ury building. Has anybody erer seen an Obi
man emerge from that structure' Can it bet
that the Secretary, driven to desperation, has
devoted the great hydraulic presses of his
Printing Bureau to the noble work of civil
service reform, and is flattening out his fellow
citizens, who bore him for office beyond ali
hope of recognition Can it be that the thre,
or four acres of Treasury rubbish on The
White Lot dumping ground is all that is left
of the two or three hundred thousand Orleans
that came over the mountains flushed witt
hope and exulting in their manly vigor, and
robust capacity for grab?
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American Inventive Progress.

American Inventive Progress.
Under the above heading the Scientific
American has long and interesting article,
from which we make the following extracts ::
To show with what rspidity inventors
made improvements on inventions ernhodying
original principles, says the writer, it may be
noted that in the ea. ly days of the sewing
machine 1l6 patents were granted for i'm
provements thereon in single year; and out
of the s910 patents issued in the year 1857,
152 were for improved cotton gins and presses,
164 for improvements on the steam engine,
and 1893 for novel devices relating to railroads
and improvements in the rolling stock. In
the year 1913, three years after the publica-
tion of this paper was commenced, but $50
patents were granted; but under the stimulus
of publishing those inventions as they were
patented, ten years later, in 1868, the number
had increased sixfold. reaching 37f0, while
up to jar uary 1, o, as alre .dy stated, the
aggregate of patents issued amounted to
7,487; since that tire and up to the present
the total is 1S1, 1,015.
And curiosity here leads US (adds the edi-
tor) to review our own work, extending back,
say, twenty Yeas, or to 1857, period during
which 178, 745 patents have been issued, We
find, by actual count, that 81, 662 applications
have been made through the Scientific Amer
ican Patent Agency for patents in the United
States and abroad. This averages almost ter
applications per day, Sundays excluded, oveI
tie entire period, and bears the relation Of
more than one quarter to the total number
of patents issued in this country up to the
time of writing.
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rhe ST. Loais Iae.eI Fire.

The destruction of the Southern Hotel at
St. Louis yesterday morning adds another to
the list of horrors that have crowded into the
early months of the present year. While the
loss Of life is not 50 appalling as the bulletins
throughout the day gave reason to believe, it
is yet sufficient to send thrill of horror
through the country. BY our latest dispatch.
es it appears that ten bodies have been recov-
cred from the ruins. Nearly all Of the other
inmates of the building have been accounted
for, so that 1t is not probable that the whole
number Of persons burned or suffccaied will
exceed fifteen or twenty. The hotel was one
o the largest in America. II was six stories
in height, and covered half square. it ap-
pesrs to have been supplied with the usual
appliances for extinguishing fires and such
mans of escape as are customary in hotels of
its cla-s. The fire, however, was beyond
control ween the alarm was given, and so rap
idly did it spread that the ordinary avenues Of
escape were very soon cut of. The scenes
that followed are graphically described in our
special dispatches.
This confsgraiiou at st. Louis will impress
every one with the necessity of protecting the
inmates of hoseis fiom similar catastrophe.
The multiplication of staircases will be re-
commended, and the advice is good as far as
il goes. There must be limit to their num-
Der, however, and even if there were one at
every corner of the house, many startled
stranger would fail TO discover them in his
frightened wanderings thrsnsh smoke-6lled
passages. Then, too, it might. happen that
flames would meet him at the bottom Of every
flight of steps. The movable FIRE escapes are
good il they can be taken to the scene OF
trouble in sufficiently brief time. Their
cumbrous size and heavy weight are great
hindera1ces to their usefulness. One of the
best appendages to lofty buildings are the
iron staircases fastened to the outside of 90
many hotels and large tenement houses in
New York. They run from the top of the
building to the second story, being directly
accessible from each story that they pass.
They terminate near enough to the ground to
be within the reach of short ladders, and vel
are 30 high that burglars can not readily ge,
upon them. Had the Southern Hotel beer
provided with such apparatus, many les.
lives would have been lost. The ladders neee
not be unsightly, as they could easily be mads
in fancy patterns that would add to, rathsl
than diminish, the architectural effect Of tn
structure to which they are attached. Bul
beauty ia secondary confederation when ths
| lives Of hun ireds are ct ssake.-TQin. 9ax
18th inst. ~ "sf.
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Mr.. r. v. Smiley, of the New York Tri
buHe, is sharp observer as well as an impair
tisl recorder of what he observes. On hi.
present visit to the South he has hac forced
upon his attention the fact that the negro i,
the only one in that section of the eouutr,
who is willing to engage in manual labor. II
his last letter be says:
Let me not do injustice to the negro in dis
cussing the condition of the South. As pol.
itician he has proved failure, and the coma
munities which have fallen under Lis rul
have been sorely afflicted; but be is the work
ingman everywhere in the Southern Stat, s
If there is dignity in labor, then he ought
be more dignifed than his white brother. Th-
Southern white man has horror o. manus,
labor, and especially of farm work In th
whole journey from Richmond to Charleston
l did not see a single white man at work il
the fields. Everywhere it was the negro VIII,
was piowing and planting. So in the town
it is the negro who drives the carts, handle>
the goods and farm products, makes the gar
dens does the work in the streets, and fetches
and carries generally, He shares the trades
with foreigners and Northernea- The white
nan will keep u store or practice profession,
but that is about all he appears will ng to do.
II he owns land he expects to live by it,
while the negro performs, the labor of culti-
waiting the 8, Il. Forgetful If poor Richard.
proverb, he wants to thrive by the plow, bui
will neither hold nor drive am at a loss to
know how the white men make living il
the State. In the northern counties, at the
foot of the Blue Ridge, remember 10 have
seen white farmers tilling the Velds, but that
region belongs only geographically to tn,
South. It is country Of small, hllly farms,
where Northern crops are cultivated in North
ern ways with only the help of a small negro
population. In all other parts of the State il
is the rarest thing TO see white man engaged
in anything that requires the use Of his mus
cles. -
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A LAUGH BILE story IS related OF
Dun a.ng, an English judge. II Is said
Il him that frequently, IN the exami-
.ation OF witnesses, he often "display.
Il great roarseneSs, and drew upon
.,Iinseif the aniUiadversiG q OF his breth.
rem. On one oseasion, wishing 10 es-
trbIi-h the identity of u party through
the ipstrumentaiity of sn unsophisti.
,.atrd old woman (rrapyIDg the wit
t s. stand), the follow ing hik hly anus
Ing collueuy IL said to have taken place
,etween Dunning and the old woman.
Uluuing.- Was ne tall man p
Witnpss.-'f OF very tall, yenr hon.
ar-mueh about the size Of Your war-
hips honor
Dln.-.Wss he good lookinge
Wit.-'Quite confrary- much like
Sour hocor; but with handsomer
nose.' 50 es4
Dun.-'Did he squhlt:'
Wit.--'A little, your worship; but
not sn much as your honor by = graz
drall' 4e
These replies produced roar Of
laught,r in the court, In which Lord
MfsnSfield (who was un the Bench) 10
said to have joined. 1raEs7a
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-19

LADIES intending to make long journey
by rail without an escort would better read
this and believe as much of it as they choose:
Mrs. Florence Watson, richly dressed Ohio
lady, took the cars at Chicago last Thursday
for Iowa City, where s.e intended to visit her
husbands IT rslat;ves A man took the opposite
seat and looked at her iatently. After
while he left the seat and another man took
his place, and subsequently, four men sat their
in turn, each watching her closely. It was
now dusk. The six men, after holding a con
sultation with the conductor. entered the car
together and announced that she was crazy
woman and the wife of one of them; hence
the passengers would understand why she
had been watched by them. In vain did she
protest that it was lie. Nobody believed
her. At Rick Island her captors endeavored
to put her of the train, saying that she must
change cars for Iuwa City, but she clung
desperately to the seat. The passengers shrank
nervously from her, and she was completely
in the power of six desperadoes. As the train
drew near Durant she recognized her brother
in-law upon the platform. He was waiting
to meet her in accordance with dispatch
which she had sent from Chicago She shout
ed to him, but her captors gagged her, and in
a moment the train was in motion. At Viii
ton, where she had to change cars, she at
tempted to escape, was surrounded by her
prosecutors and forced to take refuge in
baggage Car, after she had sprained her ankle.
At Iowa City she made frantic appeal to the
conductor to take her to the leading hotel,
where the landlords wife. would vouch for
her sanity. The conductor assented, and the
unhappy woman wa. identified and rescued.
The strain had been too great; she faintet.
When the conductor returned to the train the
six ruffians had disappeared. The passengers,
wnen they heard the conductors account, ad-
mitted that they had acted like fools in allow
ing hall dozen rascals to swear away 9 wo
mans sanity.
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Spsfial 9nfiess.
No FAILURE KNOWN.

There is no case known where DIR. Morris
Syrup OF Tar, d berry AID Horehennd
has failed to give satisfaction On the other
hand, wherever it has been .ftd by our PEG
pie, in severe colds. coughs, sstfma, bronehit
Is, Group, whooping-cough and consumption,
they are enthusiastic in its praise. tninining
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. air Hotel.
Also Agent for Prof. Parker's Worm Sy-
rup, which is sure death to worms, pleasant
to take. and requires no physlc.
Price 25 cents Try it.
Ort lS 1876
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THE enthusiastic gentlemen who imagine
that an Intelligent Endorsement of the Ptesi-
dents Southern policy necessitaies the abuse
of Chamberlain and Packard make mistake
q South Carolina Republican, since he cut
loose from the Moses crowd and made good
fight. Governor Packard has certainly done
nothing to forfeit the respect of the President
or the Republican party, but much to gain
that of both -GChicago Inter Ocean.
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what Becomes Of the Ohio Men /?

From tue washington w. W ctar
What becomes of all the pins? What be-
comes of all the innumerable caravan of Ohio
candidates for office that have reached Wash
ington since the lst OF March AS was re-
marked by the fox In regard to tue road trav-
eled by the beasts to the lions den, the tracks
all lead one way. With the exception of
Tom Young and two Others, not an Ohio nsn
has returned from the Washington bourn.
And yet they are not visible here. Our board.
Ing houses and hotels know them not. The
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-19

ZANEsvILLE ACCOMMODATION leaves Zsnes-
willie daily except Sunday at 6 As A. NJ, and ar
rives at Columbus at $50 A. N.
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.
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"A CA gid.

To all who are suffering from the esrors and
indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, ear
ly decay, loss of manhood, &c, viii send .
recipe that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE.
This great remedy was discovered by q mis-
sionary in South America. Send self
dressed envelope to the Rev. Jos T. ISNAS,
Station d, Bi5le Hesess, Feae York City.
Nov. 2, '76-6m.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-19

DIR. JoHSsoN WAS observed by Q
nusical irient of his TO be extremely
,naitenr We at "a o concert whilsts eele-
hfa,ei soto plsy-r WIS running up the
divisians aud sub divisions OF notes
upon his violin. His friend, 10 induce
nim to take greater notice OF what vns
going on, i..ld him the performance
Was v.ry difficult. 'Difiicult, SIR re-
piled the Doctor, Il wish IT. were Inn.
possible - 7I 2 E3s sas-a''-
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Masonic DIRECTORY, 1874.

Be,,noat Lodge. No. l5. & A. NJ: mess es. Al ~
sry Wedne@day night ON or prece1lns NJ Sne ~ ~
moon. ~
r H FERRE-L, Secy.
u, ClafrsyfI'e Chapter. No. IL toyaI hfs. =,
,os meet. 81 Friday night each Inonih ~
al. ylairsvIIle and the lsi Srlday ~ ~ ~
a. Rri5grpsrt- JAMES SbNA~' "
r n. FERRELL. Sec'y.
Belmont Council. No. 81 Royal seiect sad =
Seper Excellent Masters, meets on tne 'esoD1
raesday night of every monIn. n n
G. w. CARROLL, T. j. v. n.
IF D. BAILY. Rec ro,,n-
Hone Corumandery No. Is of knights IemP.
ar. .necks 1p tue drst Tuesdal nlehI VI esS,S C
0nnth. a j. marIf72l
r D. BAILEY. Rec
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"Playing The Devil"

This phrase is commonly used in the fgura-
tive sense, but it is literally descriptive of an
occurrence which recently took place in the
north of Spain. An individual who was
about to die refused to receive the consola-
tion of religion. and the parish priest who had
been sert for, when the man refused to SIC
him, departed with the declaration that the
devil would come in person to carry of the
hardened sinner as soon as he was dead. Not
long after, rs the f,mily were watching by the
dead body, the doOr was burst open with a
great noise and there appeared on tine scene
parsonage arrayed in red, decorated with a
long tail, and smelling strongly of sulphur.
The apartment was speedily vacated by the
mourners, who withdrew in great terror. A
man servant in another part of the house
heard the noise and went to the room. Mas
tering his fears he fired three shots from a
revolver at the apparition, who had just
taken the body in his arms. The supposed
devil fell to the floor, and ON examination
turned out to he the parish sexton, who, by
the order of the priest, had undertaken tie
part of Satan. He was quite dead when
picked up, and four priests, who were sus-
pected Of having planned the masquerade,
have been taken into custody.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-19

THE undersigned offers for sale the two
= FARMS owned by Chatham B, wright,
ana situated in Goshen township, one mile
south ofthe town Of Belmont. These Farms are
adjoining each other. One of them contains
los acres-she other 20 acres.
Both are well improved, haying good houses
in good state ofcultiY tiYstson. -
~ gE.gs - JAMES KINNEY,
!. -. Assignee Of q B, Wright.
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REDFIELD, writing to the Cincinnati Com
mercial about the Louisiana case, says:


''The Commission may succeed in fusing
the twa Legislatures down there, but how
they are to get Packard out of the way / fail
to see. Indeed, am not at all sangIine that
they can accomplish anything practical.
Nothing can bring peace to Louisiana, and
the end of the case, but the complete turn
ing over of that State to the taxpaying portion
of the community, represented by Nichols.
All other remedies are mske-shifts and patch
work that will react disastrously. On the
other hand, Packard is rs brave as lion and
as stubborn as mule, and man of the most
decided Republican convictions, and not the
leas' of his convictions is the conviction that
he is elected. He is not of the ordinary class
of carpet baggers; in fact, he Is not carpet
bagger at all, but native of Louisiana. He
has no personal acquaintance with fear, and
and can louk down the muzzle of double
barreled shot gun in the hands of bulldozer
without wink. He made the canvass, of the
State in the late campaign armed only with a
small walking-cane. The nobs and bulldoEers
and assassins, who played so large q part in
the campaign, were forced to respect the
bravery of this man. He believes that he
wss elected as much as Hayes. He cannot be
bought of, for he refused the hest Office in
the South Collector of the New Orleans port)
to get out Of the way. With such q man on
one side and Nichols and the united whites
on the other, the Commission viii have its
hands full, even were there not two Legisla-
tpres to fool WITH"
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SICK HEANACHE.

EDiTQRIAL-We have.
ness; Al. d TarEbktfg He6dashe, Il
is the best medlciI5s the world
ever saw. We have tried forty
Other renesiies before fsimmons'
Liver HezrlatoEs but none of.
them gsye US more than fempo-
rary relief; hut the Regulator not
only relieved, bs1t cured us.
Ed. Telegraph ard Aesss5toer, Ma.
con. Ga,
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Can he consulted at Fraxier House. Barnesvtlls
on the Sd and 4th, ana at Mcclure House
Wheeling, on the 5th II every month. "
Feb nth, T6 .- .a.s1f
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TIM New England Conference of the Meth
odiss Episcopal Church continues to adopt
resolutions having reference TO President
Hayes. In the later expressions there seems
to be disposition 70 Offset the. work of the
individual who at the beginning of the SEES
sion rushed boldly in to read the President
out of the Republican party. out of the Meth
odiss Church, and out of good society gener
ally.-GO. 8. Journal.
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A GIGANTIC project ia reported to he in
preparation, for submission to Congress at
the approa. hing session, for the construction
of an immense levce on both sides of the Mis-
sissippi, from Cairo TO New Orleans. The
levee is to preven. sverfows, while the sur
face of the bank is to. be utilized for railways
or wagon roads. The Federal Treasury is
expected to furnish either the money or the
credit for this enterprise. but in the present
condition Of pullic feeling on such subjects.
there does not seem much likelihood of such
a project getting through Cong ess.
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THE New York Graphic predicts that in
the near future all the meat consumed in the
North Atlantic States will be killed and dress
ed in Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, and other
great grazing States and Territories of the
Union; and that, by this change. caused by
the extension of OUT railway system, which
permits shipments of fresh meat in refrigera-
tor cars for long distances, the cattle dealers,
pork and beef packers and commission mer-
chants in the Eastern and Middle States will
have their occupation reduced to minimum.
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THE STATE of OHIO,

THE STATE OF OHIO,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
l. Milton Barnes, Secretary Of State Of the
State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the tore
going il 8 true copy of an act therein named,
passed by the General Assembly Of the State
of Ohio, on the 6:h day Of April A. ID. 1877,
taken from the original rolls on file in thus Of
fee. -
In Witness Whereof have hereunto subseyi-
bed my name. and affixed the seal OF
[sEAL,, this Office. Mt Columbus, the 9Th day
OF April. A. ID. 1877.
MILTON BARNES, e.
Secretary Of state.
aprs, 1877,
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HarIa Times In Germany.

A correspondent writes from Berlin IS fol-
lows: 81 do moi know any fact which shows
more strikingly the falling uff in the German
export trade than the figures ef the American
consulates here. In 1875 the value Of de-
clared exports at sll the American consulaies
in Germany, according to q statement com-
piled by the Consul-General at Berlin was in
round numbers sS2, ,oOO, 900, and in 1875 only
$50. .000, ,0O0 Here is falling of Of 81, ,Oo0.-
900 in one year, and there is every prospect
that the same ratio of decrease will hold also
for the present year. In the meantime. the
state of things grows worse instead of better,
and the destitution is spreading with signif
can't rspidity. In Silesia, in the Giant noun
tains, according to a statement made yester-
day by speaker who opposed the increase of
salaries in the diplomatic service, an actual
famine is impending. In Berlin a committee
has been appointed TO inquire, not simply into
the existence of suffering or its extent, but
also into the necessary and possible measures
of relief. Other cities and towns have ap-
piled for permission to begin important local
communal improvements in order to give EN-
ployment TO the poor. Altogether the situa-
ton is distressing and the future threatening"
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CONSTIPATION.

TESrIMONY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF
GEORGIA-I have used Simmons Liver Reg.
uiator for G nstipation of my bowels, caused
by q temporary arrangement Of the livar, for
she last three or four years, and always when
used according to the directions. with decic ed
benefit. Think Is Is n 60 q medicine for the
arrangement Of the liyer--at least such has
been NV personal experience fr the use of it.
HIRAM WARNER.
Chlef 5usfi ice of 6eoreia
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MALAkI0US FEyFRS.

You are at liberty I ' use nv maine in praise
of your Regulator as prepared BY you. aud re-
commend it to every one as the lest preysB.
tive oi Fever and Ague In The world, ] plant
IN Southwestern Georgia. near Albany Ga,
and must say that IL has done NOR, good ou
medicine ever used; IL supersiedes Qulnine
II taken In time,
Yours &C. Hon HILL. Ga.
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Weighty Ike I'd, No. 4O5S.

T HAVE imported the celebrated Light Brah.
i ma Geek. .'H eighty Ike ed, AO5s,o from
L .mbing. "Weighty Ike" has taken First
and special Premiums at the Frsnkiin. Pa.
Poultry show: also at Meadville aud Titus
vile. and scaled 81 points. have mated with
hims splendid Light Brahma Hens. Todd
Strain. ahd Will sell eggs for Matching at So 30
per setting; Dark Rrahnas White and Rufs
Cochius. " 50; While snd Brown Leghorns
g. =. Hamourxs aud b. b. K. Game Bsnsams'
~ ~ Eggs packed To ship safely to anv pari
d. BAILEY
s-o' "--m'' st. Clairsytile, Ohio.
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BElMONTCHRONlCLE.
ST. CLAIEsSVIs.LE. OHIO.


THURSDAY. APRIL 20. 1877.