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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
Old Times in Colorado.

The first settlers of Boulder, says the
Boulder, Col, Mirror, came here IN 1893.
In 1859 quite number came, and some
sixty log houses were erected before 1860
stepped in. Of these log houses but few
remain. Christmas, 1859, saw a jovial
crowd of dancers in one of these houses,
windowless, we believe, at the time. The
hardy pioneers when after fun had it.
On the night in question, about two hun
dred sons of toll and seekers of gold and
their fortunes, and seventeen ladies, had
assembled at the above-named place to
partake of a frontier terpsichOrean.
Marinus G. Smith was then one of the
beaus of town, and his dress suit consisted
of PANTS made out of seamless sacks, and
colored blue by the aid of logwood.
A lady now living in town had an ele-
can't dress made out of -four sacks, also
colored by the aid of logwood. There
were few white shirts in the neighbor-
hood then, most OF the pioneers wearing
woolen or flannel ones. A man with a
white shi t on was in style and could
dance with his coat off; a man without
any would wear coat buttoned up to
the neck Coats for dancing purposes
did not seem to be any too numerous,
consequently the pioneers helped each
other out. For instance, Alf Nichols had
six white shirts which were all at that
hall and the coats of those six white
shirted fellows went to cover the backs
of some one else. When one fellow had
a dance he would loan his coat to an
other, and then his turn would come, and
SO the white shirts and long coats were
dancing all night, and went around
among the two hundred men. There
were no wall-howers among the seven
teen ladies. But they say the supper for
the occasion was a grand affair; wash
boilers full of coffee, great hunks of
black-tailed deer, jack-rabbits, fish, game
and delicacies brought from the States in
cans, all went to make up a glorious sup
per-one that the partakers would like to
see repeated. There may not have been
much style, but the seamless sacks and
-four bags saw as much pure enjoyment
as does the finest and gaudiest attire OF
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07

original color, Nth the gloss and
freshness of yOsRh. Thin hair is
thickened, falling hair checked, and
badness often, though not always,
cured by IFS use. Nothing can re-
store the hair where the follicles are
destroyed, or the glands atrophied
and decayed. But such as remain
can be saved for usefulness by this
application. Instead of fouling the
hair with a pasty sediment, it will
keep it clean and vigorous. Its
occasional use viii prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling of,
and consequently prevent badness.
Free from those deleterious SUBJ
stances which make some prepara-
tions dangerous and injurious to
the hair, the Vigor can only benefit
bqt not harm it. If wanted merely
for
HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desir-
able, Containing neither oil nor
dye, it does not soil white cam
brio, and yet lasts long on the hair,
giving it rich glossy lqstre and a
grateful perfume.
PREPARED BY
Dr.. J. c. AVER & CO., Lowell, hass'r
PrqetteeI sG analytical Chemists:
seLD By ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
LINES IN AN ALBUM.

Could anything be more deity done
than the following, written in the album
of lady who has the felicity of having
for her husband one of the brightest
writers of poetry and prose in the coun-
try-a man of the very prtnld tdcieSt class
Its author is a writer of ''leaders" on one
of the leading New York journals:
In calm and trustful confidence the missionary sat-
While the energetic sexton was passing round the
hat,
The services were over and now had come the pause
To give an opportunity to help along the cause;
But vainly went the sexton teetering up and down
the aisle
In all that congregation no one recognized the tile
The missionary's hat returned as empty as it went
He'd been preaching to an audience that wouldn't
Der he parsons face there fitted disappointed
As from the solemn sexton his empty hat he took;
Then smiling on the audience he returned it to the
With the words, ~Tm very thankful that I've got
my beaver back"
I'm satisfied that when this book comes back into
your hands,
With this very feeble answer to your moderate de-
mands,
You'll compare me with the missionary's erowdthat
didn't pay,
And perhaps discuss the matter with your husband
Colonel ~;
Youu doubtless say, as DER this page you givean
anxious look,
AT least he has done better than return an empty
Then I think hear the Colonel this dOggerel re-
And say Like sflas wegg, my dear, he's done lit
tie verse"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07

The cheapest of lawyers-Keeping
ones own counsel.
No respectable tailor ever pants for
fame; it'ssomething he never invests in.
A Scotch lad described generosity as
giving to others what you don't want
yourself.
A cooper shop must be a sorrowful
place. You always find the barrels in
tiers.
1t would have done you good to have
seen the smile that lit up the face of a
grave-looking undertaken when he heard
us coffin.
When a man wants to call puppy he
whiatlesj but girl just walks along with
her handkerchief floating across her
shoulder.
A disappointed young man says the
"average" shoemaker can frame more
excuses in fifteen minutes than picture
dealer could supply frames for in two
weeks,
An Iowa schooImistress has been dis
charged because, for the amusement of
the children during recess, she stood on
her head. One of the trustees CHANGED
to see the feat.
That's our family tree" said an Ar
kansas youth, as he pointed to a vigorous
hemlock. "a good many of our folks
have been hung on that tree for borrerin'
horses after dark"
Kentucky beats them all. She now
furnishes a case where a man eloped
with whole family except the old man,
who had lame back, and couldn't get
10 the depot in time"
A young man in st. John, N. B., who
was bound over to keep the peace toward
a personal enemy, got his two sureties tc
give the latter a tremendous thrashing
and enjoyed it immensely.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
Little Disappointment.

Many of us can endure the great dis
appointments which fall to our share
with comparative fortitude, being sup
ported therein by the sympathy of every
feeling soul; it is something to know
that we do not suffer for naught, that
there are others who realize the ordeal
through which we pass, who are with US
in. spirit, who commend our patience,
call us heroic, and hold our example up
for imitation. A great disappointment
sets us upon a pinnacle apart from the
common crowd; we feel exalted by it,
endowed with a sad pre-eminence sor-
row has given us a certain fame among
our cotemporaries; the commiseration
of friend and foe is a tender tribute to
kindly than a sort of admiring envy is
monplace being whom grief has passed
by. But the little harrassing, nagging,
every day disappointments-who appre-
ciates or cares anything about them2
Who but laughs at them when they
come to light, and recommends US to
more dignifed troubles? Who sympa-
thizes when the customer upon whom
we have set our heart fails US; when the
storm postpones our favorite excursion
when the 6lG1c-ndnge catches, the cake
turns out heavy, and the preserves fer
ment; when the hens plow up our care
fully buried bulbs, the pOtato-worm en-
camps in our patch, and the canker
worm folds his tent in our gilly-fower
apple-tree, and doesn't steal silently away
until he has wrought ruin? Is there
any balm in Gilead when the expected
guests fail to appear, after vast prepa-
rations; when we are obliged to 90 out
to dinner with the wrong person, and
the right one is devoted to our arch
enemy; when our nearest friend declares
our new bonnet fright, and admires the
people we detest when our photograph
looks ten years older than ourselves, and
ten times uglier; when our verses are
respectfully declined by the magazines,
our lottery tickets draw blanks, and our
partners at the dance are like angels
visits? There is no sense of superiority,
as if we had been specially selected for
endurance, to atone for the bitterness
of these things, which try our souls.
These are the woes which corrode and
fret, which pucker the brow and depress
the spirit-littIe disappointments about
the weather, about money, about atten-
ton or consideration, above which an
immortal soul ought to rise superior, but
has seldom been known to do so; they
are perhaps too trifing to speak of, to
demand sympathy for, but the annoy
ance or pain involved may be quite out
of proportion with the cause. 1t is be-
cause they are so inevitable, so universal
that we have agreed to ridicule them, to
call them trivial, without reckoning In
the daily demands which they make
upon the temper Of the victim ?-Har-
peT's BdzGr.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07

A dressing
which is at
once agree
able, healthy,
and efectual
for preserv-
ing the hair.
Faded or gray
hair is soon
restored to its
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07

Each package contains DR.. Ssnford's Improved
Inhalinp Tube with full directions for use In all
cases Price 81 loo. For sale by all wholesale and
Retail DruTgists throughout the United States and
Canadas WEEKS POTTER, General Agents
and Wholesale Druggists, Boston, Mass.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07

The great celebrity of our Tin Tag Tobacco
has caused many limitations thereof to be placed
on the market; we therefore caution all Chewers
against purchasing such limitations.
All dealers buying or selling other plug tobacco
bearing hard or metallic label, render them
selves liable to the penalty of the law; and all
persons violating our trade mark. are punishable
by fine and imprisonment. See Act of Con-
gress, Aug. IA, 1876.
The genuine LOrIIIard Tin Tag TObac-
co can be distinguished by Tin ag on each
lump with the word LOrIIIard stamped thereon
Over =, ,OSS tons tobacco sold in 1877, and near.
ly 5000 persons employed in factories.
Taxes paid Government in 1877, about SO, 800
900, and during past 12 years, over s2O,OOO,-
900. These goods are sold by all jobbers at
manufacturers rates.
The Tin Tag Smoking Tobacco is second to
none" in aroma, mildness, purity and quality.
1479-91
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
ELI BEER,

Inporter Of SCOTCH GRANITE MoNU-
NIEN'TS. and Manufacturer OF
GRANITE, MARBLE a.
TON B-SEONES.
win also MI all orders for Marble,
Granite or sandstone work.
ONCE on Center street, near the corner of
Park. Afoo-V
A[Work done in the Best Aanner.-Sa
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-01-31
st. ClairSViIle School Report

The following are the names Of
pupils neither tardy nor absent durin g
the past month: ....
PRIMARY SCHooL.-Amelis Ander-
son, Clyde Carter, Maggie Jones,
Matte Longley, Lorena McCsnn,
Laura Riggs, Agnes West, ALERT
johnson, George Nichols, Frank Ros-
coe, Harry Singer, Eddie Singer, Geo.
Umstead.
FIRST INTERMEDIATE.-Clsude
Alexander, Charlie Baker, Joe Fink,
Harry Johnson, Albert Jones, John
Martin, George Pennington, Fred
Thesis, Joe Thesis, John Selvey, Wei.
Der Rice, Sammie Zimmerman, Della
Anderson, Retta Clark, Nettie Carter,
Carrie Williams, Ella West, Bessie
HewetsOn, Tillie Jones, Icy Kinney,
Daisy Longley, Minnie Thompson,
SECOND INTERMEDIATE.-Edgar
Adams, Harry Alexander, Willie
Anderson, Milton Barnes, Harry
Finney, Lorain Johnston, Benny john
ston, Fred LOngley, Frank Overbaugh,
Jno. Pennington, Geo. Troll, Frank
Williams, Maggie Anderson, Emma
Clark, Jessie Close, Lizzie Flnney,
Emma Rice.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Clara Alexander,
Lida Anderson, Jessie Longley, Mary
Longley Sarah McClellaud, Annie
Patters0n, Enmu Pcuniugtoa, Effie
Thompson, Eliza Troll, AnDie White,
Charlie Carroll, Henry Meyer, Harry
Pennington, John Seidwitz, Jesse
Troll.
J. G. BLACK, Sup't.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-01-31
TIE Matthew'S Silver declarato

THE Matthews Silver declaratory
resolution, which has been under de-
bate for some days in the
Senate, was adopted yesterday by q
large majority. The resolution de-
clares the bonds payable in silver dol
lars 412} grains-the dollar which
never had practical existence in our
specie, and which WAS formally
abandoned when it would cost 103 in
gold is now declared good pay when
1t is worth only about ninty cents.
The resolution is In effect for the adop
ton of the sole silver standard; for the
cheapest will be the standard money,
and will drive out the other. This is a
change from the gold standard which
has practically existed since 1884. Its
impairment of the public credit will
stop the conversion of the bonds at
reduced interest, by which we have
been extinguishing 33t per cent. of the
burden Of interest. Ii ii would sIloW
any gold as money, it would be gold
for the rich and deprecated silver for
the workiDgman and the poor. The
measure is popular now because 1t
sound like cheating the bondholder ten
cents on the dollar. But it will not.
It will end in cheating ourselves, and
they who are most forward In the de-
basement of money and public faith
now will be the loudest to cry TOR the
undoing of their work, after it shall
have inflicted great damage on every
interest in the country, and added
greatly to the burden of public and
private edebt.-Cincinnati Gazette.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-01-31
CONGRESS.

In the Senate, Friday, resolutions to
print the eulOgies delivered on the de.
cease of Senators Morton and Bogy
were adopted. The cas- es of Colonel
Runkle and DIR. Draper were referred
to the Judiciary Committee, with per-
mission to both to present ritten
statements. The Senate bill for the
removal of the Naval Observatory was
amended so as to provide for the ap-
poiutment of a commission to select a
site and report at the present session of
Congress as to the cost of q new OBJ
servatory and the cost OF removing the
establishment. Mr.. Matthew'S resolu-
ton came up, and after speech from
Mr. Lamar the amendment of Mr..
'Conkling to make ii joint instead. OF
a concurrent resolution was debated by
Mr.. Conkling, advocating, and Mr..
Thurman, opposing it. Mr.. Herman
followed in favor of the amendment.
He said it was mistake TO suppose
that Onited States bonds were held
only by rich men. 1t was known that
the banks that were trustees for small
savings held one-twentieth Of ali the
bonds issued by the Government. The,
debate was further continu d up 10 the
without action.
The House continued the considerd-
ton of the bill amending the laws con-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-01-31
UNIONTO WIN.

Miss "MA,TIE' Stephenson was
thrown from her horse but fortunately
escaped serious injury.
Mr. J. H. SHANNON contractor for
carrying the mails from Kennon to
st. Clairsville brought suit for damages
and the case was up for hearing before
Esq. Holloway on Friday last. He
sued to recover damages from the
Directors of the "Uniontown and
Flushing Pike" for failing to keep said
road in proper repair causing his
omnibus to upset and endangering his
property and the lives Of his passengers
also other claims further specified.
Decision in favor OF Plaintiff fer $3.50.
Defendants gave notice of Appeal.
Decentralization of SlLvER.-Mr.
John Gillespie carried q grist to mill
and in the sack piece of silver coin
instead of the time'honored "Sand.
stone of the Daddies." By some over.
sight the balance was thrown in with
the corn and was recovered when dis.
tributing meal in. the sheep troughs,
One side of the coin is as smooth as q
sewing machine agents tongue, and
on the reverse the Goddess of Liberty
appears armless and legless, and her
pull back" pulled back over her head.
Hogs sell slowly and there are some
lots still held for better prices and cold
weather.
1.-THE ministers here are not dis.
eassing this question, they 6eliepe IN IL
and they are trying to persuade their
hearers to believe In 1t. Over East
there may be difference of opinion on
the matter among the clergy, but that
difference does not exist in this section
of the vineyard. Some persons have
belief that either this town
or Flushing is located directly over the
the twelfth letter OF the alphabet, and
at some appropriate time the ground
will open, and all concerned will drop
in, but careful reading of the various
almanaes sent here for distribution by
by the st. Clairsville and Wheeling
do not seem to fully Justify
such an opinion. II.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-01-31

will be obliged to realize-on some of
their securities to provide against per-
IL. They will, in preference to the sale
of cash securities at loss, endeayor to
foreclose upon bonds and mortgages,
a class Of loans which have 50 large a
margin that even in troublous times
their full amounts should be recover
ed. The savings banks hold, in round
numbers, $370, 600, 600, the life insur-
snee companies s2lS, ,000, 900 OF loans on
bond and mortgage. Here, then, are
debtors that are owing nearly $500, 600, :
600 who are liable to be thrown into
trouble of the most serious kind by the
success ofrepudiation bills. There will
at such time be no alternative for
this class of debtors. Foreign capital
at best is coy; when'the National credit
is assailed. European lenders will have
wholly disappeared. There will be
nothing in view but foreclosures on q
low market for real estate. The num-
ber of persons whose houses and farms
must be sacrificed will far exceed that
of the similar sufferers in the past four
years. The debtors will lose more than
the credltors.-[N. Y. Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-01-31
COLERAIN.

Mr.. EDITOR. I have often saw
articles n your paper requesting your
patrons 10 write up local news for the
paper ard as there has been good bit
Of news Tor quiet old Colerain within
the last % days / thought would try
and let The public know through the
columns of your paper what has hap
pensd.
The first thing of Importance that
transpiIed was on the night OF the 18th
at mans house by the name of Julius
lisa "a germany there WAS an oyster
supper and dance. There was a pretty
general invitation and a good many
present from along the river, and
around the country. They run kind
of Lottery in prize candy, and had
plenty of whiskey, and all went merry
as marriage bell until the collector
went round to get few stamps to pay
the fidlers, when one man did not
want to pay but quarter-75 cents
being the amt levied on each one..
Then whisky being in and sense out,
the collector told him if he did not pay
up he would kick him out of the house,
and from that commenced what might
be called a drunken row, and ended
by the shooting OF the young-Watson
by name-just above. the knee. We
understand that all the party were so
drunk that no one can tell who done
the shooting, and we would politely
inform our German.friend that If he
has any more parties with the proceed
ings there was at this one, he will not
be apt to get off as easy he did this
time.
FIRE-W. A. Shsron's tenant house,
which was occupied by colored fami-
ly, was burned on the night Of the Gath
a bout midnight and very near all the
clothes and bedding were destroyed,
and left the family in avery destitute
condition. s--..
BURGLARY-Ou Friday night the
9th the store of Jacob Maule was en-
tered by buglars and SIS in cash taken
from the drawer, and about 500, ,OC
worth of goods; the burglars, affected
an entrance by climbing cherry tree
on to the porch roof, and then through
a window into the clothing room.
They went through the store up stairs
and dOwn--got what they wanted then
unlocked the store door and walked
off. This is the first time we believe
that Maule's store has ever been both
cred with burglars.
We belive this is all the news from
ALONG THE PIKE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-01-31

Rev. DR.. John 8. Smith, for thirty
eight years pastor of the Fourth Pres
byterian Church of Washington City,
died Thursday, aged sS: Or. Smith
was the oldest settled pastor in the Dis
trict.
Gen. Sherman has written letter to
J. @. Smith, late Commissioner of In
dian Affairs, in which he states that
Smiths administration Of the bureau
was entirely satisfactory.
Gen. August Willich, who entered
the war as private in the Ninth Ohio
Regiment, and erved with distinction
in a number of battles died at st. Ma
ry's Ohio, Wednesday of last week,
aged 68.
The President has appointed Henry
C. Young and John Grossius, Of Ohio,
and Geo. P. Hart, and John E. Hart
ridgt, of Florida, Honorary Commits
sioners to the Industrial Exhibition in
Paris.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-01-31


and Sheriff W. G. KINNEY, present.
j. r. Hunt vs. Chas. Price. Judg-
ment by default against defendant for
S148 20.
Jemima Jeffries vs.. Theo. Brown
and wife. Leave given plaintiff to file
q supplemental petition, making Mich
olas Judkins party defendant In this
case.
Palmer L. Dawson vs. Thos. Out
land. By agreement of parties, judg-
ment in favor of defendant for $50, and
plaintiff to pay costs.
J. r. Hunt & Bra. vs.. VIM. Smith.
Replevin. The right of possession of
property found to be in plaintiff. Judg-
ment in favor of plaintiff. Defendant
to pay costs.
]. 4. Hunt & Bro. VS.. Albert Ellis.
Court found right of property in horse
replevined in plaintiff to amount of
$33 90. Value of property found to be
500, and defendant entitled to judg-
noe Mt for that amount less $33 90. De-
fendant to ray costs.
Jane E. Sloan Ex'r. vs.. Hickok.
Judgment in favor of r. R..SlOan, re-
covered Oct. Is, 1875, for $685. q, and
SIS IS costs, with interest from October,
1875, is revived in favor OF plaintiff,
and ordered that execution issue there
for.
Rachel Mckee VS.. Edmund Booking
ct al. Judgment against defendant by
default for 1910 26, and Sheriff ordered
to sell personal and real property at
tached in this case, to D. E. Howell,
,sak scyr m Tov " In n HPf
S25 in his hands and Fred Smith $19.
State of Ohio vs. Hoover Durnell.
6. :" - Alfred Hutchin-
son. Indicted for keeping places of
public resort for the unlawful sale of
intoxicating liquors. Defendants en-
tered pleas of guilty" Defendants
each fined $50 and to pay costs and
stand comtnitted until fine and costs
are paid.
James Kelsey vs. John Fleisner ct
al; Martins Ferry Building Associa-
tiOn vs.. VIM. Clark. Foreclosures.
Proceedings and sales in each of these
cases by Master Commissioner approv-
ed and confirmed and deed ordered.
r. D. Walsh vs.. Bellaire and st.
Clairsville Railroad Co. Heard on mo.
ton Of defendant to require plaintiff to
give security tor costs. Motion sus-
tanned and cause continued.
State of Ohio VS.. James Pennock.
Burglary. Plea of guilty" Sem
fenced to penitentisry for two years.
State Of Ohio vs.. John f. Reece.
"Horse stealing" Plea guilty" Sen.
fenced to penitentiary for one year.
State of Ohio VS.. VIM. Corey. Horse
stealing Plea guilty" Sentenced
to penitentiary for two years. 81
Mechanics, Building Association. vs..
Susan Mcfarland. ct al. Sale confirm
ed and deed ordered.
Mechanics, Building, Association. vs..
Daniel Johnson. ct al. Sale confirmed
and deed ordered. t e. e---.
George r. Thompson, Atty at Law
Of West Va, admitted to practice Law
in this Court.
Oredred that DIR. L. J. Baker re
ceive an order on County Treasury
for $40, for services,
Same order to Drs. M. w. Junkins.
G. Il. King, and w. x. Mcclure, 4l5
each.
Sarah E. Hatcher ct al. vs. William
B. Armstrong. ct al. Leave given
Special Master to die report.
Emma Davenport ct al. vs. John d.
Talbot, on motion of deft deposition
stricken QUIT cause pending before
jury,
Ohio City Bank VS.. Alonzo G.
Rsiney, ct al. Appraisement set aside
aud reappraisement ordered.
Caroline Demaine, ct al. vs. Frank