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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19
The Late senator Pratt.

In the article the late Senator Pratt was
debating, at the time Of his death, this Incl
dent in his own life is related: "Is was late
in the fall Of 1885 that, having collected for
the different mercantile firms in Cincinnati
about q, 600, was sent On horseback by the
Lawrenceburg road to deliver TO the several
parties interested the money 30 collected. As
was passing the branch bank. then recently
established, on the morning Of my departure,
the cashier hailed me and brought out some
bundles of bank bills folded up and slowed
them away in my saddle bags, and handed me
letters to the banks to whom the packages
were to be delivered. he stunned me by say
ing they amounted to $20,00e. There was
moment, s supreme and critical one, when the
voice of the tempter penetrated my ear. 1t
was when | reached the crown of those i'm
perial hills that overlook the Ohio river when
approaching Lawrenceburg from the interior.
This noble stream was the great artery of
commerce at that day, before a railroad west
of Massachusetts, had been built. What gay
spectacle it presented, flashing in the bright
sunlight, coveaed with fatboats, with RATS,
with gay painted steamers ascending and de
scending, and transporting the passengers in
brief time to the Calf of Mexico, the gateway
to all parts of the world. had but to sell
my horse and 50 aboard one of these with my
treasure, and was absolutely beyond the
reach of pursuit. There was no telegraph
then flashing intelligence by an agency more
sHitable than steam, and far outr,lnning it
ne extradition treaties requiring foreign gov
ernments TO return the felon. The world was
before me, and at the age of twenty-one.
with feeble ties connecting me with those left
behind. l was in possession of fortune for
those days. recall the fact that this thought
was tenant of my mind for msment only.
Bless God, it found no hospi.able lodgment
any longer. And what think you, gentle
reader, were the associate though that came
to my rescue2 Away, over rivers and moun-
tains, thousand miles distant, in humble
farmhouse, on q bench, an aged mother read
ing to her boy from the oracles of God"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19

The trial ofthe Missouri train wreck
ers has been continued TO the firss
Monday In September. It Is said that
there were ten men engaged In the
diabodical deed, and that IL will be
proved on the trial that they intended
10 murder every person on the train.
They had clubs in readiness to brain
those who were hurt too badly TO rum
and designed to shoot all who attempt
ed to escape. The bodies were to %
piled In the wreck, the torch applied,
and eli evidences OF the crime were exc
pected to be destroyed BY the flames.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19

last week and adopted platform, the chief
planks in which were the repeal of the specie
resumption clause, the issue of legal tender
paper money, the abolition of national banks,
equitable taxation, civil service reform and
legislative control of railroads A State tick
ct was also nominated.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19

pleted their preparation for the siege of Rust-
chuck, which viii be begun with vigor under
the leadership of the Czarowitch. The Ma
tinnal Zeitung of Berlin. states with much
confidence that Count Andrassy, having be-
come satisfied that the Servians are really
making preparations for war, has informed
the Russian Ambassador that Austria will at
once occupy Servia.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19
MISSISSIPPI.
Republican Organization Aban-
dOned. I..-.-...
The Majority Yield TO the Minor
ity-Address Of the State Com.
mitteR.

The Republican State Committee OF
Mississippi have issued an address to
the Republicans of that State, from
which the following is an extract:
With an acknowledged majority of
more than thirty thousand voters, un-
der ordinary circumstances, the ap-
preach of d political event so important
as the election Of State and county of
fieers, would bring together the repre-
sentatives OF the Republican party
from the several counties in State Com
ventiOn, to announce their principles
and to nominate candidates, whiie our
opponents, the Democracy, If they re-.
lied for success upon numbers alone
would doubtless repeat their stratagem
at 1873 at Meridian, and disbaud their
hopeless minority. 1 rf+
But this reasonable and logical order
of things has been reversed in Missis-
sippi. 1t is the majority party that
now abandons the field and surrenders
the control of the State government to
the minority While the Rupublican
party with its conceded majority can
not find men in its ranks sufficiently
desperate to aspire ~, and contend for,
the State offices, the spectacle Is pre-.
sented to the American people, boast
ful of their liberties, OF not less than
five Democrats eagerly and ungraci-
ously scrambling for the Office of Gov
ernor, in a confessedly minority, in
" hich, however. the nomination is
confidently regarded as the assurance
of election. This political poradox may
appear strange to the people OF State
in which the ballot is free. With US it
is stubborn necessity. 's
Your committee, after carefully con-
sidering the situation and prospect and
otter very general consultation with
leading members of the party through
out the State, have deliberately con.
cluded to recommend that no State
Convention of the Republican party
shall be held in Mississippi this year,
and that no candidates be nominated.
In proffering this advice it is not our
purpose to indulge in sullen complaint
nor spiteful examinations.
The facts of history speak for them
selves. Fraud, intimidation, and viO-
lence have practically disfranchised
the Republican party in this State, and
until the time shall come when we can
stand erect in any presence as freemen,
and assert and enforce our rights at
the ballot bex, we believe it to be the
part of wisdom to refrain from the un-
equal and hopeless contest. With the
recollection Of the campaigns of 1875
and 1876 fresh in our memory, we de-
cline to engage in conflict which
promises an increase of bitterness, with
equally disastrous results.
In conclusion we desire to add that
our action is not Influenced by any
want of faithful adhesion to the princi-
Piles o; the Republican party. We
confidently believe that upon the sue
cess of those principles depends the
perpetuity of the government itself,
but we also believe that 1t Is expedi-
ent for the Republican party to retire
from the political arena in this State.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19

SENIOR MARIsCAL, receatly Minister
of Mexico, now residing near New
York, being interrogated about the
crossing Of United Ststes troops into
Mexico, said he was very sorry that
the decisive step had been taken. 1t
could not be considered in any other
light by the Mexican Government
than an invasion of that country, and
this was probably the beginning. 1t
was very unfortunate situation, be-
cause collision would be y very :seri-
Gus thing, and most probsbly would
lead to vexatiOus complications be-.
tween the Governments. He knew
General Treyino had received instruc-
tons to resist any inyas oh, ,andhe knew
If Trevino's army met any of the invad-
ing forces there would be q battle, It
was not just to Mexico, for the Mexi-
can Government has always been dis
posed to do everything in its power to-
maintain good relations between that
country and the United States, but al
ways under the condition of resisting
inSasions of their territory That
they could not permit, and would re-
si5t with all their force. $50. f-,a. |
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19

GAINESVILLE ACCOMMODATION leaves Zanes-
vile daily except Sunday at 6. 40 A. NJ, and ar
rives at Columbus at 9. As A. n.
Express Trains run daily, other Trains daily
except Sunday. ,..s..t
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, 1877-07-19
What a Court says about Extrav-
aganf Funerals. . -

The practice of impoverishing the
estates of decedents by means of i'm
posing and extravagant funerals Is Sc
vsrely criticised in a recent opinion de-
livered by Judge Rheme, of the Or
phsns Court of Luzerne county, Penn
sylvania. In case in which the per-
sonal estate of the deceased was proven
10 be but S5SI.82, an administrator
sought to have the Court allow the sum.
of Si39.75 for the expenses of burial,
vi n was one.fourth of the whole per-
sonal estate. This allowance Judge
Rheme refused to grant, and, in his
decision, after saying that "pompous
professions of great length, glistening
silver-plated caskets and carved marble
monuments, are unnecessary for Chris
tian burial" he sums up his view Of
the law of the subject in the following
words: ''Such parades as are called
fine funerals, may crafty the vanity
OF the living, but no respect for the
dead demands them, and when a de-
cedent's estate is limited and his debts
are moi, paid, or where he leaves fam.
lily of helpless, children, the. expenses
of such burials will Lot be allowed out
of his estate. Those who contract forl
and enjoy such luxuries must pay forI
them themselves" z15.. i.l .-.1 1l
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19

Con. Murphy, railroad employee,
was attacked by Texas steer 1t the
depot in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday
while drove of cattle was
being transferred from the cars TO the
stock yard. He was knocked down
and terribly wounded by an infuriated
beast, one Of Its horns entering his
throat and inHicting probably a fatal
wound. .' "a'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19
SICK HEADACHE,

EDirORIAL@we have
tested Its SirInes personally, and
know that for Dyspepsia, Bilious
ness; and Tnrsbbing Headache.it
is the best medicine the world
ever saw. We have tried forty
otheI REMEDIES before Simmons
Liver Regulator, but none OF
them gave us more than tempo
rary relief; but the Kegulstor not
only relieved, but cured Ms.
Ed. Telegraph and Messenger, Ma
con. Ga.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19

THE Philadelphia Press says of the
peach crop: AS to the character OF the
crop this season there seem to be about
as much reliable Information as to its
extent as at any lime during any pre-,
viOus year. Becaus, of the uncertainty
OF the yiehi and for the purpose Of OBJ
tanning the facts ss to the prospects OF
the peach trade, the season for which
y near at hand, a representative of the
Press yesterday visited the transpOrta-
ti0n office of the philadelphia, Will.
mingtun and Baltimore depot, and
from Mr.. Steven on learned the follow
ing: The gentleman stated that as yet
no one could possibly say. what the
peach yield would be, not even the
growers of the excellent fruit. The
company are making arrangements for
the transportation of peaches, and 'it il
supposed by the transportation depart.
ment that there will be shipped lover
the road from three to four million
baskets, but whether it will be so much
even the company cannot at present
say with anyidegree Of certainty. The
Indications are that the yield will be
larger than. last year, but not 50 great
as the season of 1875. It will be q
couple of weeks before anything of any.
moment Is done in the way of ship
inent OF the fruit As yet but half a
dozen crates of premature peaches have
beer received These are of little val
ue, and by DO means Indicate the char
acter OF tue succeeding shipments. sga
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19
CRNSsFVPATVON

TESTIMONY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF
GEORGIA-1 have used simmons Liver Reg.
uIator for constipation of my bowels, caused
oy a temporary arrangement Of the uvar, for
he last three or four years, and always when
used according TO the directions, with decic ed
benefit. Think II Is q 60 Vi medicine for the
Of the Iiver-at least such has
been INV personal experien9e in The use Of it..
HIRAM WARNER.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19

CHILDREN! Your Reg
ulator is superior to any other
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mong chlldren, and IL has large
sale In this section Of Georgia
W NJ Russell, Albany, Ga.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19
HILARIOUS FEVERS,

You are at liberty to use my name In praise
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19

ZANEsvILLEl ACCOMMODATIONS Will leave Co
lumbus daily except Sunday at 5.25 P. NJ, and
srrive at GAINESVILLE at SIS P. n, stopping
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19
M. HYNEMAN,

Next door to the b. q o. Railroad Depse,
BELLAIRE, O.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-19
81 SO and S2 90

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The Morning herald., 1877-07-25
THE D STRIKE.

Although the strikers at Pitt sburg and
Baltimore are apparently more passive at
the present writing than they have been
since the first great outbreak the riot has
assumed alarming proportions in other
places. The railroad difficulty has ceased to
BE- local skirnish and now appears in the
form Of q national uprising. Prompt and
decisive action on the part Of the militia
and police forces Of our large cities will
speedily and thoroughly quiet all disturb
aness, but We fear that the strikers have
700 many sympathizers aad that the end i
not yet. If the employees on the New York
Central conclude to take part with thr
strikers on the Lake Shore road We have
yet to chronicle the blackest page in the
record of the war.
The Morning herald., 1877-07-25

The every Evening and Commerciap'
will probably not issue any more morning
extras since from it's experience it finds
the eo-t to bs too great and the public too
ohary Of its patronage. After working
hard oil day Sunday it leaped out Of its
sphere "bsfors 3 o'clock 4. M" Monday
with what its idea Of neutral journalism
terms FIRST rate morning newspaper
only to find the expense too great and the
public Indifferent to It's claims for patron.
age.
We regret that people Of the present
day profit so little from their knowledge Of
the past. Darius Green once rot out Of
his sphere and attempted to soar alof to
the surprise and CONSERVATION OF the whole
neishborhood, yet found to his chagr.n
tia; he was created to walk and rot dy.
The Morning herald., 1877-07-25
THE POLAR EXPEDITION.

The forthcoming polar expedition, under
Capt. Tyson, is one Of the most earnest
and daring that has yet been attempted,
and although undertaken in the interests
Of science, is strictly private enterprise,
supported by subscriptions Of the Ameri-
can public. The colony which will be es-
tablished on Cumberland Island, is to de-
vote itself to meteorological, astronomical,
geological, geological, botanical, magnetic,
photographic and geographic observations
until acc;ilnatized, when it will push on
toward the pole. The little schooner Flor.
ence will take the party, calling on We'd
nesdsy next from New London. Her
company consists of the officers, ten sea-
men, and two scientists. The country
where this little band will spend the terri.
bic Arctic winter, is sbundantly Supplied
with coal, but this cannot be- taken with
them on tho long march through the track
less SHOWN Of the earth's summit. Every
man who is to sail on the Florence is an
enthusiast and full Of purpose.
The Morning herald., 1877-07-25
THE RROKEN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANIES.

At a great meeting held many years ago
at Exeter Hall, in London, to raise money
for charitable objec, connected with the
Established Church, it devolved upon Row
land Hill, the celebrated wit and preacher
10 make the speech just before the collec-
ton was to be taken up. "Mr. Chairman
said Hill, nov 1 would like to see the
four-and twenty bishops of this realm
hung by their heels to that chandelier, and
then have the useless stand with the plates
below and catch the Ruienas that dropped
from the pls,horic pockets Of their lord.
ships; what munifcent sum We, would
get for this worthy charity?
We think, says the New York Sun,
something like this must pass through the
minds of the sw,ndIed policy holders in
some of the life insurance companies as
they contemplate the muni6cent salaries,
fees, and perquisites that have been PAID
to the presidents the sctuaries, the ilathr>
matical counsel, the legal counsel, and
other official cornlorants Of these COM
panies, who have swallowed up the funds
collected from people that had trusted in
their honesty and honor.
The Morning herald., 1877-07-25
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~ Ir0n.

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kIdneys and all di eases arising from =
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such as constjpation, q ,tulence, invard
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SENSATION when IN III, 8 posture dimnesss
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IT iron he may say IL q, good but Oh for
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The Morning herald., 1877-07-25
THE FIGHT INVOLVED.

In the present contest Of labor and cap
tai, after 1t il demonstrated, that no higher
wages can b paid, than that offered, they
who argue in favor Of the strikers, come
down to the proportion,-"They cannot
live upon the wages proposed. Perhaps
not, without any change in the mode Of
life, in the place Of boarding, or in the
conveniences or comforts procured. Those
who are not willing to make some change
for time, and to practice greater economy
or self denial until prices settle to the new
lsvsi, are only trying to avoid their share
Of sacrifices which other men in every
walk of life have been compelled to make.
Stockholders by the hundred thousand
who used to live upon their dividends, have
been compelled to get along without any
Workmen by the hundred thousand, who
used to live in manner unknown to their
fathers, or like workmen in any other
land, have been forced to modify their ex.
penses. Do the railway men hope they
are to be . favored class, exempt from the
sacrifices which in hard times all others
have to make, That it is impossible to
sustain life and health IN 81, or even 81 .
day, no intelligent workman will claim.
But the sufficient answer to this plea Of the
strikers is that other men can live, and
are willing and even anxious to get en-
pioyment, on the terms proposed. The
strikers themselves prove that they know
this, wheA they rssort u intimidation or
force to prevent the movement of trains.
They know that if employment Of new
lnsn ia not thus prevented, every vacant
place will be Immediately filled. What
right have they to say that other needy
mes. who can live upon the wages offered.
shall not be permitted to earn them If
striker is entitled 10 higher wages, it Is,
because, sren in the present state Of busi'
ness, be can earn them somewhere else.
In that case, let him go where he can get
tho sum which he considers necessary to
sustain life. He has no business to bar
the door asainst others, who are willing to
perform the same service and TO live more
economically. The man who cannot live
on the wages which the railways can al
ford to pay, has no business in their SER
vics, and it is q very mean and cruel
crime for him to steal the bread from other
hungry men who can live upon it, and are
willing to earn It,"
The Morning herald., 1877-07-25
THE rEMPEnAncE. uAxxMBHI.

rEE TEMPEnAnGE. .eAxxAraa
temperance men xApuss and Triangle
ii other places y VIII as in Wilninston,
The quarrel bstwe Francis Murphy
and the Tempsrsnce Unionip New York i
to b, regretted and will, no doubt retard
the progress Of reform in that great city.
No individual is indispensable to the sue-
Ioass ofuany .suah. .nosemsut, hutaha Leaders
Of reform should remember that for sucn
element Of strength used in fighting each
other double equivalent is drawn from the
attack ON the common foe.
The Morning herald., 1877-07-25
ICG CREAM AND FRUIT.

Kyle the well known and popular desle
IN Ice cream, confectionery, caa es anG
rults, T. now at his accustoned sail In the
new Second Street N.rket House, wht r.
he will dispense these luXuries curing the
hot season. With his usual urbanity and
we'll known politeress and cheery good hu
NOR, he will serve all his customer promp
Of life by doing the tauare thing ic ali hi,
fellow men. He win also tur ply parties
and pic MICS with ice cream and orders can
be left aitrer at his stall Or W his house
northt ast corner OF SiA tn and OranRe streets
i1ayi5 Sm NN ts
The Morning herald., 1877-07-25
TMs EASTERN WAR.

The Turko-Russian war, though slow in
it's beginning and development, has mol
been without its surprises aud sensational
changes. The collapse Of the army OF
Melikof was surprise, for that officer
was deservedly ranked as one Of the most
skillful and daring commanders in the
Russian army, but on the heels Of his de-
feat came a greater surprise N The sudder
advance and startling success of the host
Of the Danube. The crossing Of the Dan
ube, the occupation Of the Dobradscha ano
the successful advance through The Balkan
passes, have more than altoned for the
disasters in Armenia, and have struck the
Turks with CONSERVATION in the midst Of
their rejoicing over the news from Asia
In a campaign already so full of surprises
it is idle to speculate On the future. Sule,
imam Pasha, fresh from his Montenegrin
victories, has already arrived in Roumelia
and he may succeed in checking the Rus.
sian advance. 1t ia more probable, how
ever, that the overwhelming power of the
Northern Empire will prove too much foI
the Turks, and that the latter will owt
their continued existence as European
power to the intervention of England and
Austria, when the time comes for the set
tlement of accounts. -.r ..,....
The Morning herald., 1877-07-25
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~ the Hair.

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The Morning herald., 1877-07-25
RRoRETs.

We beg our mail subscribers to pardon
the non-appsaranoe Of the HEaAID, yes
terdsy, % the local demand was 70 great
compelling Us to print upwards Of two
thousand copies owe, our usual issue, that
il was impossible to mail them on time
for the early trains.