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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04

THE Chicago Tribune wants to try
the bar room bell punch in Illinois, and
estimates that the Chicago drinking
shops alone would yield yearly rev.
enue of 81 1920, 600 on the Virginia plan.
There are 2,7OO saloons in Chicago and
the Tribune assumes that 200 of them
sell beer only, averaging a barrel
apiece every day, which would make
$72O, 200 year at 81 barrel, while it
puts the sales of spirituous liquors In
the other saloons at an average OF 70, :
600 glasses every year for each saloan,
which wouln return S850,0OO per an
mum at q cents q glass. To this is
added 81 SOC. 900 for the saloons ia the
remainder of the State, and grand
total OF 81, $40, 600 is figured out, which
Is greater than has been collected in
Illinois in any one year for many years
for State purposes. 1t is also assumed
that the saloon men would not suffer
by this kind Of tax, as they could add
the tax to the strong drinks and di-
minish the size of the beer glasses
enough to cover the difference in the
case of malt liquors, so that everybody
would be happy, the State would have
a large revenue and other taxes would
be reduced TO nominal figures.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04
Political Notes.

There are so many tickets in the field thi )
year that every ambitious citizen can be ac-
commvdated with a nomination for some
thing. I..b.7
General McClellan's majority in New Jer-
sey when running for President was Z, ,291,
that being the only Northern State which vo-
ted for him.
The Governor of Georgia evidently struck
the popular chord when he spoke Of the
President as ''the peacemaker among breth-
rem estranged.
Missouris resources are immense. There
are fifteen or twenty good, reliable Demo-
Gratis ready to step in and save their country
in lieu of Senator Bogy'
President Tom Scott is said to have rented
Chiet Juftice Chases former house in Wash
ington for .he winter. This seems to indicate
lively Texas Pacific campaign.
1t begins to look bilious for Your Uncle
Dick in Ohio. The high toned Democracy
propose to show him that when they nominate
d man for his money they will nave that or his
scalp.
True to its pious antecedents, the Demo
cratic party in the choice of a candidate for
Speaker of the House is already discussing
selection of psalms Randall and Cox.
The election over in Maine and Mr. Will
Jams not elected, the Portland Argus resumes
the habit of beginning its editorials relating to
the Chief Magistrate with the words ''ds facto
President Hayes"
The st. Paul Pioneer Press asserts that the
Greenback party has no following in Mime
sofa, and does not number single man of in
huence among its leaders Glad to hear it.
Pittsburgh politicians show remarkable
devotion to their principles. The other day a
would be office holder spent $500 in success
! fully contesting the seat of newly elected
officer, the salary being but S3.
The operations of two corrupt county rings
IN Ohio have been laid open within few
weeks. Both counties were Democratic
strongholds The list of Democratic counties
in the State where official crookedness prevails
is thus swelled to eighteen.
The everlasting work of nominating Mr..
Hendricks for the Pres dency will begin
now, and will be bIisk by spells till the Dem
ocratc Convention meets in 1880. The great
trouble will be to keep it up after the Conven-
tion meets.
A California paper remarks that the Demo
cratic majority In the Legislature is 80 large
that it will require quite large sum to secure
al election to the United States Senate, and
none but millionaire should enter the list Of
candidates with hope Of success.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04
Southern Claims.

Judge Durant, a prominent practi-
eioner before the United State Supreme
Court, is engaged in drafting bill to
give the Court of Claims much larger
jurisdiction in the matter of all South.
.ern claims. One purpose of the bill
will be to give the Court jurisdiction
ovt all claims which have been re
jected by the Southern Claims Conn
mission, on the ground either of dis
loyalty or fraud. This measure will
undoubtedly receive the very general
support of Southern members who in
tend to open the dOcrs of the Treasury
to the payments Of Southern Claims in
every manner possible. The bill is be-
ing very carefully drawn, and will be
submitted to the prominent lawyers of
Congress before il is presented for pas
srge. The Southern Claims Commits.
sioners have been Doted hitherto for
the fidelity with which they have dis
charged their duties, and for their per
sistency in refusing to pass many Of
the unworthy claims presented to
them. In many particulars they have
been more severe in their interpreta-
ton of the rules of evidence than the
lawyers have liked.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04
Judge West and the O. w. U.
The Officers OF the Ohio Wesley
AN University Have Some Re
marks to Make.
NoRwALK, Sept. 6, 1877.

NoRwALK, Sept. 6, 1871.
Rev. DR.. Payne:
My DEAR SIR-My attention has
just been called TO y communication
widely copied in the press of the State,
wherein 1t is alleged that /, as an at
tOrnty, had contested and procured to
be set aside the will of the late Ira NJ.
Gorton, by which a bequest to the
Ohio Wesleyan University was defeat
ed. l much regret that the officers OF
the University have not given this
cOmm0n caiiOn prompt and emphat-
ic Ut NAL, Hs no such thing could have
been possible without making the Uni
versity II party to the litigation.
L. was never in Minnesota where
the will is of record.
2. / never was counsel for or against
the estate of Mr.. Gorton.
3. l waS'not at the time the will
purpOrts to have been contested enga-
ged in practice, but was on the Su-
preme Bench of Ohio.
4. The will of Mr.. Gorton was never
put into litigation, but remains in full
force in every clause as executed by
him.
D. / have never assumed control OF
Mr.. GortOn's estate, or any part of it,
having scrupulously declined so to do,
that his bequests might not be defeat
ed by any act of mine.
trust you will give this note prom pt
publicity, and brand the author of the
Communication as a willful calumnia-
tor.
have the honor to be, reverend and
dear sir, very truly yours,
w. II. WEST.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04
What Free Trade Weuld Produce
GChicago Western Manufacturer.

| lSIiCdRO w cStcIu MdIluihCtuIcIl
Free trade has but one sole object, and that
is to allow foreign manufacturers to compete
on equal terms with American manufacturers
in American markets. This involves the rails
that is now raised by duties on imports, and
an equalization of the price of labor in this
country and Europe. Even with the appar-
emily reliable start our iron, cotton and WOOL
en- industries have at the present time, it is
doubtful whether, under reign of free trade,
they would contest the field with the foreign
manufacturers The two items of labor and
capital, that constitute the great proportion of
cost in manufactures, will not come down to
the European standard. There is that differ
enc between an old, thickly settled and cir
cumscribed State, and new, sparsely inhab-
tied and broadly extended country, where
every man may become landhoider and tiller
of the soil whenever he chooses or necessity
compels. In Europe capital is worth one to
two per annum; in this country it is worth
ten to twelve per cent. per a2num. The Brit
ish manufacturer. if lie found 1t necessary to
food the American market for one, two or
three years without profit, for the purpose of
crippling the American manufacturers and
pelling them to suspend operations, could do
it at half or one-third the expense the latter
could carry their stock even one year. With
the American industries shut up and destroy
ed, the foreign manufacturer could do again,
as he has frequently done before, charge such
a price as would fully indemnify him for pre-
bankruptcy and ruin of thousands OF mechan-
les, artisans and others who have invested !
their all in these industries, under the implied |
guarantee that the policy of the government |
would not be changed for some years to come,
at least.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04
Spiral 1pfiess.
NO FAILURE KNOWN,

There is no case known where Dr. Morris
Syrup Of Tar, lid 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- g-cough and consumption,
they are enthusiastic in its p raise. obtaining
no opium or other dangerous drug, it does not
lconstipate, and is safe to administer in all
conditions ofhealth. This is an important
to heed it. Trial size, 10 cents; large sizes, SO
cents and One Dollar. Sold by HOGE, the
Druggist, opposite the St. lair Hotel.
| Also Agent for Prof. Parker's Worm Sy-
rup, which is sure death to worms, pleasant
to take, and requires no physic.
Price 25 cents. Try it.
Oct IL 1876.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04

THE progress of the temperance
movement in England has of late been
more remarkable than even in the
United States. Besides the adhesion
of numerous dignitaries of the State
Church, already noticed in newspapers,
the British Wesleyan Conferences, at
its recent session, passed resolution
encouraging the formation of "Bands
of Hope" There are reported to be
5000 Bands of Hope, or Juvenile tenn
perance societies, In the United King
don, with a membership of SOC, 900
The Band of Hope Union has its head
quarters at London, and will soon Is.
sue q quarterly review. 1t Is believed
that the Irish Sunday Closing bill
which Is supported by all classes In
Ireland, will yet become a law. The
amount annually spent in Great Brit
ain for intoxicating drinks is computed
to be E150, ,000, 900.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04

The greenback is national promise to pay.
There is NO amount of crude sophistry that
can do away with this one fact. Being
promise to pay, it must be redeemed. There
is then no avoidance of the conclusion that
any increase in the amount of these promises
to pay, increases by just that much the diff
Guilty that We OF. our descendants will have in
paying. These are the naked elementary
facts. They cannot be gotten rid of by theo-
retical schemes any more than the attraction
of gravitation and friction can he schemed
away to permit the construction of perpetu
al motion machine. Toledo Blade.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04
SICK HEADACHE,

EDlTORIAL-We have
tested Its 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 Reguls tor not
only relieved, but cured us.
Ed. Telegraph and Messenger, Ma
con. Ga.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04
Senators Whose Terms Expire.

At the close of the present Congress in 1879
the terms Of the following Senators will ex-
pire: Spencer, Rep), Alahama; Dorsey,
(Rep), Arkansas; Sargent, (Rep), California;
Chaffee, I(Rep), Colorado; Barnum, Dem),
Connecticut; Conover, (Rep), Florida; Cor
don, Dem), Georgia; Oglesby, Rep), Illinois;
Morton, (Rep), Indiana; Alison, (Rep). Iowa;
Ingalls,, Rep), Kansas McCreery. (Dem>,
Kentucky; Dennis, Oem), Maryland; Jor es,
(Rep), Nevada; Wadleigh, (Rep), New
Hampshire; Conkling, rep, New York;
Merrimon, Oem), North Carolina; Matthews.
(Rep), Ohio; Mitchell, (Rep), Oregon; Came
ron, (Rep), Pennsylvania; Patterson, (Rep),
South Carolina; Merrill, (Rep), Vermont;
Howe, (Rep), Wisconsin The Louisiana
seat now in controversy becomes vacant in
1879. Of the outgoing Senators eighteen are
Republicans and six Democrats.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04

OPEN CoNFEssIoN.-Anold old attorney
said, little before his DEATH. that. he
had been reckoned q very great rascal,
and believed he was so, for he had
done many roguish aud infamous
things in his profession; "but," adce1
he. 'by W hat can observe Of the ris-
ing generation, the tune may come, -!
and you may live to see 1t, when l. q
shall be accounted q very honest man "a
lin comparison with those attorneys
who are to succeed me-"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04

WHEN Sir Walter Scott was urged
not to prop the fallen credit OF one OF
his acquaintsnces, he replied: The
man who was my friend when my
friends were few, and will be his now
that his enemies are many" 81 81
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04

IT matters to us in life not 80 much
what part we play, as ii does to play
our part well. In a drama Ii Is not so
much question who played the king
or the peasant, as who played the part
best.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04

The Democrats acknowledge that they have
lost heavily by the failure to register. That is
largely on account of the registration law cut
ting of importations and repeaters.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04

"THE husband" said Sterne, "who
behaves unkindly 10 his wife, deserves
to have the house burned over his
head" "If you think So" quietly re-
marked Garrick, hope your house Is
insured" . ...F... 49, i. :.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04
BELM0NT CHRONICLE.
ST. GAINESVILLE. OHIO.
THURSDAY. OCT. 4, 1877.

REDFIELD says the reception given to Presi-
dent Hayes iL Tennessee and Georgia was the
most uniformly spontaneous tribute the South
ever gave man.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04
DENTISTRY.

3. E. Talbot,
SURGEON DENTIST.
Teeth extracted with care. Artificial Teeth
made in the most artistic manner.
Filling a Specially.
&9An work warranted.
OHace q few doors east Of School Bouse.
ST. CLAIRSvILLE. o.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04
THE STATEOF 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 fore
going is 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. d. 1877,
taken from the original rolls on file In this Of
fee.
In Witness Whereof, have hereunto subscri-
bed my name, and affixed the Seal Of
[sKAL,, this Office, at Columbus, the 9Th day
OF April, A. ID. 1877.
MILTON BARNES,
Secretary of State.
apr9, 1871
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04
MASONIC DIRECTORY, 1877.

Belmont Lodge, No. ls. 4 A. mee.s ee q, syI
moon. JAMo - W
Jesse B. MEYER, Secy.
81. Clairsvilie Chapter. No. IL hoysl Arcn
nasons meets ist Friday night esch montn;
GEO. P. BUMGARNER, ID. T.
Jessie B. MEYER, Sec'y.
Belmopt Council r. and g. NJ, meets on the
Sc nd tuesday night OF every month,
e. r. BJMGARNER, g. M.
ID BAILY, Rec.
Hone Commandery No. Is of Knights Temp
ars In sets On the first TuesdaE night OF every
month. Z. W. OAnHsoLA-S - ".
F. ID. BAILEY. Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04
CONSTIPATION.

TESTIMONY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF
GEORGIA-I have used Simmons Liver Reg
uIator for constipation of my bowels, caused
by a temporary arrangement Of the livar, for
the last three or four years, and always when
used according TO the directions, with deciC ed
benedt. think IL Is a go ID medicine for the
derangein ent OF the llver-at least such has
been nv personal experience in the use oft.
HIRAM WARNER.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04

SENATOR TRUMAN, in his speech at Mari
on, said of the title OF President Hayes: 81
admit-every one sdmits-that We are bound
10 recognize him as the President of the Uni
ted States. He has been declared President
in mode-that is to say, by the Congress of
the United States-whieh believe to be con-
stitutional. He is, therefore, to be considered
the President of the United States"
The st. Clairsville Gazette is of different
opinion, and it knows.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04
OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY,
DELAWARE, OHIO. Sept, ~, 1877.

| OHlO w ESLEIAN UNIV iNEhSII4,
DELAWARE, OHIO, Sept. II, 1877. J
Hon. w. Ii. West
| DEAR SIR-YOur letter of the 9Th
inst. has been received; absence from
home prevented an earlier reply. The
report to which you allude did not
come to my knowledge until day or
| two since, and, as l knew nothing con-
cerDing the alleged transaction, hav-
| ing recently taken charge Of the insti
tuition, waited until my return to
Delaware to learn if there was any
| foundation for such report. Upon
| inquiry of the officers and faculty, l
am happy to inform you that none of
them have any knowledge that the
will of Mr.. Gorton has ever been con-
tested, or that any attempt has been
made to defeat the bequest to the Uni
versity, and am authorized by them
to deny the charge a., 30 far as their
knowledge extends, utterly aud un-
qualifiedly unfounded. Permit me to
assure you of our entire confidence ia
your perfect integrity in regard to the
alleged miSdemeanor, and that we
ehetrfully embrace this first opportu-
Hity to correct the false report.
Very respectfully yours,
c. II. PAYNE,
President Ohio Wesleyan University.
1t affords me pleasure to be able to
add that since the above was written at
the request of Judge West, have ex-
amined copy of the will Of Mr.. Cor
ton, certified by the Probate Judge, and
find that there is not the slightest foun'
dOtion I, the above mentioned report.
The will bequeathed the entire prop
erty left by Mr.. GortOn at his decease
to his wife, now Mrs. West, and in
vests her with full power to use and
dispose of it AS che shall deem best.
The Ohio Wesleyan University is
mentioned in the wilt,and by its terms
this institution is to receive a portion
of the estate after certain other legs.
tees. The Probate Judge testitias that
no effurt has ever been made to change
or revoke the will, and there is no evi.
dence whatever that the wishes of the
tes: ator will not be conscientiously and
fully executed. G. II. PAYNE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04

SENATOR THURMAN takes occasion to say
that the President has adopted the principles
he has himself been fighting for during the
past ten years. Then why is Mr.. Thurman
climbing the stump at the tail end of cam
paign to make speech against the President?
He would be more consistent to speak on the
opposite stump, and then he would not be
forced to so disgraceful a surrender as he has
made to the infiationists.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04

Mr.. BISHOP is making himself conspicuous
ct the county fairs. His appeal to the farm.
ers for their votes is personal, and probably
without precedent in Ohio campaigns. While
he is shaking hands with the agriculturists Of
tae State, somebody ought to explain the
statement, which comes to US with too much
force and authenticity to pass unnoticed, that
when Granger stores were started he signed
and circulated on Change in Cincinnati a
paper in which the signers agreed not to sell
goods to such stablishments.-StateJ Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04

You are at liberty to use my name in praise
of your Regulator as prepared by you. and re-
commend II to every one as the Lest preven-
tive of Fever and Ague in the world, plat,
In Southwestern Georgia, near Albany, G;,,
and must say that 1t has done mora good on
medicine / ever used; IL supersiedes QuInint
IL taken in time,
Yours 60, Hon II HILL. Ga
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04

WILL CURE
DYSPEPSIA.
must OWN that your
Simmons Liver Regulator fully
deserves the popularity it has at
tained, AS a family medicine IL
has no equal, II cured my wife
Of a malady had counted incu-
rable-that woifsbane of OAR A
merican people, Dyspepsia.
A Z ALBERT,
Professor in Nicholas Public
School Parish of fTerrebouue La.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-10
PrObable Contest OF Van derbIIrs
Will.

NEw YORK, January 9.-Already there
"a talk Of contest OF the will. One of
the legatees said yesterday, the relations
outside Of VIM. II. Vanderbllt's family
would never let it stand as it is in peace,
unless WIN. II. should avoid all cause OF
dispute by giving his less fortunate
claimants liberal share in the i'm.
menSe wealth left by the Commodore. C The
fight would be made by, or for Commo.
dore's daughters and his son Corneliu.
and Jeremiah, whose legacies even were
plttances as compared with the immense
sums bequeathed to Wm. II. Vanderbilt
and sons. Even il the attempt to break
the will failed, probably it would be kept
IN the courts for years, and an injnnc,
tion might be served on VIM. H. Van
derbilt to prevent him acting as Presi.
dent Of the New York Central Railroad.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-10
The Stcamshlp Collision.

BosroN, January 9.-Caplsin Winter,
oci the steamer Montgomery, which sunk
In collision with the steamer Seminole,
says the officers aud men Of the latter did
all possible to avoid the collision. It was
owing to thick fog that the Montgomery
people made u mistake in identifying the
seminole as schooner, and when the er.
ror was discovered it was too late TO
make amends.
Captain Mathews, Of the Seminole,
states that II the Montgomery had ported
her wheel Instead Of putting 1t starboard
and kept her course, the disaster would
not have occurred. AT the time Of The
accident several Of the Montgomery
crew got on board Of the Seminole. and
after separating the Montgomery sunk in
n few moments. The boats we're got out
to the rescue. One OF the Montgomery
boats came along with seven or eight per.
sons in it, and the Seminole's boat re.
turned with only three in it. 1t then
searched for the other men, but could find
no one. The Seminole, part Of the time,
had five steam pumps going to keep her
clear Of water.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-10

short pRrley between the gents. after
which they walked TO their PRINCIPALS and
handed over their pistols, again with.
drawing. One Of them called are yoll
ready in q tone which was distlntctly aud.
ible 10 the countrymAn, who says he had
by this time become thoroughly iriVhten.
ed. Whether the Two principals re.
sponded or not he is unable 10 state
but he distinctly heard voice from
some man, who had propounded the In.
terrogation, call out in u sullen tone,
zone, two, three" and instantly the re.
port sharp and quick rang out. He did
not notice any smoke issue from the pis.
tolls, but accounts for this by the fact III at
lie was watching to see one or both fall,
and paid no attention to the firearms,
In this he was happily disappointed.
This was repeated twice. After the third
shot neither Of the principals moved
from their positions for minute or two,
and then there seemed to be consulta.
tion, which lasted eight or ten minutes,
at the conclusion OF which the entire
party left the ground. The party Of
three, Mr.. Mays, walked buck to the
sleigh, while Mr.. BENEFITS party hired
\ carriage at Slaughters Station
above this, and drove to Clayton. MAY
and his friends drove In the direction Of
Dover. Neither OF the three appeared
to he in the least hurt, for each walked,
without any assistance, from the ground.
The Times says: The ridiculous Ter.
mutation Of the dnel forms perhaps a
fitting climax to the history Of the affair.
The parties met and exchanged three
shots and separated, both more than sat.
ished with tho result, and neither hurt as
to life or limb or digestion. ..'' .