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The Silver Dollar y Myth for
Months 10 Come.

After full consideration and consultation
with the members of both houses of Congress,
the Secretary Of. the Treasury has determined
that the first silver dollar to be.issued will be
used only in exchange at par for gold coin or
for the purchase of silver bullion at the mar.
ket price. He does not feel at liberty to use
them to pay for current expenses until the
amount coined is sufficient to furnish them 10
all alike, without discrimination, nor does he
deem it expedient at present to exchange
them for United States notes or TO use them
in the payment of interest on the public debt
until the amount coined is sufficient to enable
him to do 30 impartialy. Therefore, they
will at present be used for the purchase of
bullion at the market rates. The silver certi-
ficaies will soon be ready for issue, and are of
the form OF bank notes, engraved in the best
manner and printed on bank note fibre paper.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

The friends of OConnor, of the Ohio Leg
islature, seems to have confessed judgment
for him in spite of the whitewashing report
of his colleagues, and Gen. Banning has taken
his case before the Military Committee of the
House and presented bill relieving his dis
abilities. These latter are desertion and boun-
ty jumping. There is little matter of per-
jury in connection with his naturalization pa
pers, but it is question whether even Ban
ning's committee can remedy that. The bill
for OConnor's relief has been agreed to by a
majority of the committee. Washington
Special to Gin. Gaz. .....
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14
THE MINERS BRIDE.

In Falun, a mining town in Sweden,
one hundred years or more ago, u
Young miner kissed his fair bride and
said to her:
iOn st. Lucia's Day our love will be
blessed by the priests hand. Then we
shall be husband and wife, aud we
will build US neat little nest OF our
own.' 81 -if Q"
And peace and love shall dwell in
it, said the beautiful bride, with q
sweet smile, for thou art my all in all,
and without thee would cnOOse to be
In my grave.
But when the priest, ia prOclaiming
their banns in the church for the sec-
uud tune before st. Lucia's Day, pro
nounced these wosds, III nov. amy -oue
can show reasons why these IL rSous
should not be united in the bands oi
matrimony,' death was at hand. The
youuy man, rs he passed the house
next morning In his miuing garb, al
ready wore his shroud. lie raped
upon her window and said good InUrn-
ing, but he never returned to say good
evening. He never vame back lrun
the mine, aud all In Vain she embroi.
dereu for hun ON that very morning u
black cravat with red bur,ier Tor the
wedding day. This she hid carefully
away and never ceased 10 mourn fOT
him.
Meanwhile time passed On; ~ seven
years war was fought; the paTIilh'u ol
Poland took place; Ann rIca became
free; the Flench Revolution al,d the
long war began; NopOlean su6dued
Prussia, and the English bombarded
Copenhagen. The husbandInsn sewed
and reaped, the miller ground, the
smith hammered, aud the miners dug
after their veins Of metal Ia their SUBJ
terranean Workshop s-.., ..i rtts
AS she miners OF Falun, In the year
1909, y little before or alter st. Johns
J Day, were excavatinY All opening b.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14
The Weekly American,
The Oldest, Most Reliable and
Cheapest
E.a.MILrNEW
INTHE WORLD.
The Paper for the People:

The WEEKLY AMERICAN is especially
adapted to the wants Of persons lesIding IN
towns, villages and the rural Districts. At
contains all the Important Editorials pub
lished In the Daily American. except those nf
merely local interest; together with Sunnia
~ Of the Proceedings Of Congress and the
state Legislature. when in session; Foreign
News, by cable and steamer, Local and Genei-
al Intelligence.
It's Agricultural Department is presided over
by q gentleman Of many years experience.
whose contributions and seasonable advice
viii in q measure supply the need OF q jour-
nal devoted TO the farm alone.
It Produce and Market Reports are always
full and accurate, and embrace the latest
prices current OF Flour. Grain, Coal, Petrole-
am, Dry Goods, Fish, WHISKY, Leather, Lum-
Der. Tobacco. Groceries, snd Provisions OF all
sorts, together with the Live Stock Marke /,
and including receipts and sales of the week.
Its Literary Department contains Interest
Ing Stories and Tales by the. Best American
and English Writers, together with Poetry,
Humorous Selections add Miscellaneous Ar
ticles.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14
Penitentiary Management.

We should think the Democrats of the
Ohio Legislature would be sick about this
time Of their effort to make out case against
the management of the penitentiary. The
only witnesses they have produced to testify
as to cruelty or neglect are eex-convicts or dis
charged officials. 1t is astonishing how much
sympathy some Democratic Legislators can
work up for the criminals who are sent to the
penitentiary. Most of these are among the
worst men in the country, whose oath Ia no
better than their word, and neither of which
would be accepted az evidence against an or
dinary citizen in any court of justice. Yet
their statements before the committee are
published to the country as evidence agains.
the character of honorable men.
We suppose that most criminals would
claim that they are badly treated and poorly
fed, but they are sent to the penitentiary, not
to be treated as guests at hotel or gentlemen
Of leisure, but to be punished for their crimes
Perhaps II punishment were more severe than
ii is, and there were less sentimental sympa-
thy outside for convicted scoundrels, the lat
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14
TEACHERS ExAMINATIoN

tween two shafts, full three hundred
ellis below the ground, they dug un
from the rubbish and vitriol water, the
body OF young man entirely saturated
with vitriol, but otherW ise undecayed
and unaitered, 80 that one could distin-'
guish his features and age as well as IL
be had died an hour before, or had
fallen asleep for little while at work.
But when they brought him out to
the light of day, father and mother.
and friends and acquaintances had
been long dead; no one could identity
the sleeping youth, or tell anything Of
his misfortune till she came who was
once the betrothed of that miner, who
had one day gone to the mine and
never returned. Gray and shriyeled
she came to the place, hobbling upon
"a crutch, and recognized her BRIDE
groom when, more Ia joyful ecstacy
than in pain, she sank down upon tha
beloved form. AS soon as she ree0v-
erred her composure she exclaimed:
1T is my betrothed whom ] have
mourned for forty years, and whom
God now permits me to see once mora
before die. A week before the we'd
ding time ne went under the earth
All the bystanders were moved to
tears as they beheld the former bride,
u wasted and feeble old woman, and
the bridegroom still in the beauty Of
youth; and how, after the lapse Of fifty
years, her youthful love awoke again.
But be never opened his mouth to
smile, nor his eyes to recognize. and
finally, as the only one belonging t0,
him and having a right to him, had
him carried to her own little room till
d grave could be prepared in th0
churchyard. The next day, when all
was ready, and the miners came tn
take him away, she opened little
drawer, and taxing out the black silk
|cravat, tied it around his neck and
then accompanied him in her Sunday
garb, as If il were their wedding day
and not the day of his burial. AS they
laid him in the grave in the church.
yard she said: ~
'SIeep well now, for few days, in
thy cold burial bed, and let not the
time seem long to thee. / have now
but little more to do, and then it viii
be day again As she was going
away she looked back once more and
said: "What the earth has once resto-
red will not Il second time withhold"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

NEw YoRK CRY had 100000 hotel guests
in 1866. Since that time there has been a
general decrease. In 1876 she had only 1O0,-
600, and in 1877 only $4,000. The Chamber
of Commerce Committee report that New
York is the most expensive of cities in which
to do business, in consequence of bad city
government, enormous taxation, miserably
paved and dirty streets, insufficient and ex-
pensive terminal facilities, and oppressive
railroad determinations. The jobbiDg trade
is decreasing, and there is ruinous competi
tiOn in bulky articles.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14
A wear ago last month Cyrus How

A year ago last month Cyrus How
ard WAS murdered near Ripley, Ohio.
The local authorities suspected Charles
Ramsey. negro, but could ges no ev'
ldence against him. James Brown, am
other negro, who states that he wa9
with Ramsey when the latter killed
Hs~a.d. The authorities OF Ripley
b I'VE re-srr, sted lismsey. who Is nov
n.l,i ON evidence furnished by Brown.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

ter would be more careful not to get back /;
yet many of them are convicted the second,
third. and fourth time. Their disposition TO
commit crime is stronger than their fear of
the penitentiary, with all its alleged horrors
-1Cin. Gaz. i-.- --
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

The pension bill which passed Congress
the other day, is not the one known as the
Mexican pension BILL This bill applies only
to the war of 1912, and the revolutionary war.
In addition to granting pensions to all surviv-
ing officers, and enlisted and drafted men of
the military and naval service of the United
States, who served fourteen days in the war
with Great Britain in 1912, or who were in
any engagement, and were honorably dis
charged, and the surviving widows of such
officers and men, it restores to the pension
rolls all who were stricken therefrom for
disloyalty. The bill granting pensions to
Mexican soldiers and soldiers in the Indian
wars, is still pending in Congress
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

SHUN vanity, young man, as you
would your tailor-it's dangerous bag
gage. 1t was the rainbow coat tnas
made all the trouble fer Joseph, ana
the love Of wall paper patterns IN snirt
fronts may some day lure you oy IN
siduous by ways to the lagoon OF imoe'
cility, and send you forth eramped 70
death with corset.-Breakfsst liable. :
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14
Seeds in a Pound.

The following is given as about the
average: is.,-t ..-t "a -.ti.-. ..f +4s--s.-..
The number Of seeds Of wheat in
pound is 10000. as,t .s.f .+ff - :.
The number of seeds in one pound Of
barley is 81 900. e,.. -.-f ..-.,- --l.l. :.
The number Of seeds in one ponnd of
oats is 30,OO0. - tf-,.... y-..-a7. -,
The number of seeds in one pound
of buckwheat is q, 600. -. ~ So. 81.
The number of seeds in one pound OF
red clover is 249, 9,00O.-----
The number of seeds in one pound
OF white clover is 6S8, 400.
A bushel of clover seed, so pounds,
will contain 20,976, 600 seeds, which
equally distributed over an acre will
give about three seeds to the square
inch Of ground. rf- -a rsi- .ea-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

lie sIIsaItd To be almost gone:
ll.IIiuy his eyes ward the partner o.
his bosom, he gasped: Bury me meath
the weeping willow, and plant sim
PIE white rose above my head. On
IT'S no use,' sie snapped out. Your
nose would scorch the roots be COS
WE'LL ff-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

WADE HAMPTON warns the South Carolina
Democrats to go slow. He tells them that
the fight is not over yet, and says elf you
allow the extreme men of this State to take
possession of it, just as sure as the sun will
rise, it will rise on your failure"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

MR. SEITz, in the Senate, and Mr.. Poe, in
the House, Democrats, offered the resolutions
in honor of the memory of Senator Wade.
which were unanimously adopted. The
promptness of political opponents to pay the
final tribute of respect to the departed Sena-
tor forestalled the Senator from Dir. Wades
district, Mr.. Rowland, and Representative
from that section, Mr.. Hitchcock, who would
have offered similar resolutions.-l0. s.
Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

The onion Pacific Railroad Compa-
ny held its annual meeting at Boston
Wednesday, and elected directors. The
annual report shows the net earnings
of the road to have been $S, 199, 1911
Resolutions were adopted expressing
willingness 10 accept 3 settlement with
the Government based upon the pay
ment Of one million dollars per annuR
into sinking fund for the payment OF
the principal aud iateEestd0e Gov
ernment. Speeches were made, claim
ing that while the Company had car
ried out their contract with the Gov
ernment, the latter had failed to keep
good fsith with the road, and for the
last two years had been unjust and I'M
reasonable. a.r ge yIf..--- 83tg h
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

Casey county, KY, has been visited
by a terrible tornado, doing great dam
age in the neighbOrhOod OF Rich Hill
end Mount Olive. The whsle of the
family of Vincent Wesley, near Rich
Hill, consisting Of himsslf, wife, two
grown up daughters, and = boy named
Sloan, nephew, and Wm- Taylor,
neighbor stopping al his house, were
killed outright, and another mnn
named Richardson had bis collar bone
and shoulder frightfully crushed. The
wife of j. w. Morgan -was-killed.
Houses, trees, etc.. were blown tn-
tireiy away.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

They had glorious time in the Southern
cities, Tuesday of last week, over the Mard
Gras Ii cost ten thousand dollars to receive
the King of Foolishness in proper style at
Memphis. Memphis is the city that favols
repudisting two-thirds of the State debt on
the ground of poverty.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

Polk, the Democratic Doorkeeper of the
House of Representatives, has come out of
his investigation badly scorehed. Eleven
members of the committee are against him
and only three in his favor. 1t can be said in
Polk's favor, however, that he was forced
into his Irregularities mainly by Democratic
members of the House.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

TExAs this year made 100000 bales of cot
ton, from which will be obtained SAG, ,000, ,OO0
pounds of seed. This seed converted into
oil would bring over $l4, ,0a0, 900. =
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

A New York paper has an article
headed, Whipping the wrong ooy.
Hanged u we ever knew that u co0l9
TIE ,iVne. Ii the boy happens-n saen
u thug were possible-nos 70 deserve
the whipping atthat momentt ne ees-
tainly viii the next.--Courier-Journass
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

Under the direction of Acting Cash
ier Whelpley the vaults of the Treas
ury are being arranged for the receP-
tiOn of silver now in the mint at Phil
adelphia. Seven hundred thousand
dollars, the weight of which will ap-
proximate S40,OtS0 pounds, will be re-
ceived at the Treasury at Washington
the present month. Its removal from
Philadelphia is for the purpose Of Hf-
fordidg space for bullion from which
the new silver dollars will be coined. e
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

The Board OF Manufacturers ct Fall
River, Mass, have agreed nnanimoas-
.ly to stop tdeir mills two weeks IA
March and two weeks In April. a
general shut down OF the mills is con-
teInplated, IL consent can De ootalneo
10 "a agreement TO that eneet.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

IT is stated that the object of the Demo-
Gratis in introducing new bill for unlimited
silver coinage, is not to pass it over the Pres
ident's veto, but to have it get majority in
both houses, and then after the President We
toes, make this question the issue in the next
Presidential campaign, and so insure the chief
place of the Democratic ticket TO western
man.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

OREGON, with population of but 1S5. 600,
his year produced q surplus of 5000, 900
bushels of grain and 4,000, 900 pounds OF
wool.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

The fire at Hot Springs, Ark, Tues
day of last week, left only little OF The
town standing, and the losses loot up
to the imposing figure OF SSOO,O00-
About one hundred and fifty build
ings were destroyed. Nearly all were
business houses and residences 1t is
estimated that one thousand people
were made homeless, and aid Is asked d
for the poor. Only one -hrst-elass hotel,
the Hot Springs House, was burned.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14
BELMOaT CHRONICLE.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE. OHIO.
THURSDAY. MARCH ii. 1878

DEFAUETIxe Sherifs of West Virginia owe
the Slate 500, ZOO, and the State is not ye.
fifteen years old.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

yard, and the road leading fIom the east part
OF the farm. Said Farm ID well watered, and
b as Dwelling and other necessary buiiaings,
TE2Ks-Ons-third In hand, one-third in one
year and ons-third In two years, win interest.
secured By mortgage. o. ]. SWANEY,
2-2l. rs sw. EXT Of John Turk, oec,d
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

Ok STYLES OF CARDS, IOc, or Is New Year
50 Cards. 200. Samples 30 Husted a Co.
Nassau, NY.
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Terms Cash in Advance,
POSTAGE PREPAID.
Iit C19bS Of FYOe
s1.OO Per Copy.
CLUR INDUCEMENTS.

Specimen Copies Sent to Any Address.
Il Is not necessary for all names In the Club
10 come from one ONCE. nor is it necessary to
send all the names at one time. Six months
Ia allowed TO I'LL up each list.
Send en- the Names fast as received.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

TaE annual report of the Pennsy lvatia Rail
read Company shows that the net income
of the company for the past year was frac-
ton over six per cent. The deficiencies in
the companies connected with the road to
meet their liabilities during the same period
were s972, ,025. 81. Deducting these from the
balance of 81, ,g95, SS4. 81, leaves a balance to
profit and loss of $1,000, 9OS 20 Among the
defautling companies for the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad company, $1s3, ,252 IA,
and the American Steamship company, whose
deficiency in meeting the interest guaranteed
by the Pennsylvania Railroad company
amounted to S97, ,S9912 .-;-.f .
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14
he privilege Of issueiag circulating notes. le I

the privilege Of issueing circulating notes. -
Take away this franchise and there will be .
general movement of the banks to reorganize
under the lsxer laws Of the several States,
and this would inevitably lead to successful
effort to repeal the prohibitory tax of ten per
cent, upon the notes of State banks Then
we should have again all the, nuisances and
evils of the State system which prevailed
anterior to 1861; for banks of deposits, dis
count and circulation are something that the
business of the country must have and can
not do without. We would have only wiped
out very good system and established one
that We know by experience to be very bad.
The destrlctiOnistl plan, then, is meant to
throw away all of the immense benefits to the
public of the national banking system, for
which we can we'll enough afford to pay nine
and.a half millions yearly, with certainty
that the amount must shortly be reduced by
three millions. II BALTIC. American. slfl.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-14

Gen. Jas s. Brisbin, in the Spirit of thu
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-08-29

Byron's only child married the Earl
Of Lovelacs, descendant of Lord
Chancellor King, John Locke's favor
tie nephew, and had two sons and one
daughter. Lady Lovelace had every
right 20 be peculiar, and was so. Her
eldest son, too, was perfectly and most
inconveniently eccentric. While at
Eton college he stopped a carriage,
presented a pistol and robbed some
ladie-, and commi ted divers ether
strange things, AMI at length, hAyine
utterly exhausted the patience of his
family, became a workman in Scott
Rasseil's ship-building yard, on the
Thames, where, at the time of his
death, he was on the eve of marriage
10 q carpenters daughter. He had some
good points, Notwithstanding his
strangeDess, and might perhaps ulti
mately have developed into a useful
man; but this was not to be. He was
succeeded by his brother, who in
herited at his maternal grandmother
death, her bsrony of Wentworth,
with seat in the House of Lords. A
few years ago Lord Wentworth, who,
| in current phrase, ''doesn't amount to
much" married the daughter of Rev.
George Heriot. His wife was for a
season or two the reigning beauty OF
the day. But the marriage did not
/ prove happy, and about two years ago
Lord Wentworth instituted a suit for
divorce, but subsequently withdrew it.
Lady Wentworth died lately, aged
twenty-four, leaving an only daughter.