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RAILROAD Boxps-Generally strong.
STATE BONps-Quiet. s'|I7l

STATE BOEps-Quiet.
SrocEs-Thc market this morning showed
Considerable strength, and advanced sharply,
Lake Shore and Granger Shares leading in the
advance. Lake Shore sold uPfom 6s X tod9h,
and Northwestern common from S9l.2 to
4lX. Coal Shares ahs0 participated In the gen
eral Improvement During the afternoon the
market was heavy and lower, except for West
ern Union, which advanced to g7JS. The gen.
erAl list declined - 70 IL per cent, under 8
sharp pressure IN sell, and closed heavy In
tone. Pacific Mail, Delaware 4 IACkAwanna
and Granger Sharesled the downward move
ment. Iron Mountain, after selling up from
~ to OK, reacted about per cent.
Transactions aggregated 10000 shares, Of
which 400 were Erie, 5000 Lake Shore.
100 Wabash, 1000 Northwestern common,
1900 preferred, 1t.000 So Paul common,
a0O0 preferred, 1900 LAekaNannA, 1900
Michigan Central, 1000 Union Pacific, 100
OhIos, 600 Western Union, 5000 Pacific Nail
nd on linn Mounfnin f r
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SEw ORLEANS, 0ctobe, 2.-Schultz &
Co. received q cable to-day Of the loss OF
the steamers Democrat and TFoxford, char.
port from New Orleans The Democrat
vas lost of the Isle OF Man, and the Fox
lord on the English coast en- route from
Havre to New York. Both vessels were
inr hare October 18th.
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CANADA.


ToRoxro, October IA special cable
gram says: The Marquis Of Lorne and Her
K. H. Princess Louise left ROseneath.
Lord Lorne's Dumbartonshire seat, en-
route for Canada Her Excellency, the
Countess Of Duferin, accompanies them
at present
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wAsIIINGToN.


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. s'y
wAsHtxsroS, October ?.-The following
comparative statement Of receipts and ex-
penditures from July lst to September
40, inclusive, 1877 and 1873, has just been
issued by the Treasury Department: 'lh
Receipt; Receipt. 1'S% 1sssss: sI & Z: ssI s
Miscellaneous s'SI5Ss . %'es4sz "
Total ...,.. .s:ssfi,s57 . t7s,4o7,ses 3
Expenditures .sai y157 81 i6 siaSst $50 Il
No expenditures were made on account
of the war dept during the first quarter OF
the fiscal year 1877, hence an apparent in-
crease in 1878. The effects Of the recent
circular OF the Secretaryepf the Treasury,
providing that charges for the Itransporta'
tion OF national bank notes storredemption
shall be paid by the banks retnittipg the
notes instead Of those Issuing them as
heretofore, have already been noticed at
the Department. The receipts for redemp-
ton, which ran up million dollars q day
during last Sept, have fallen of 70 four
million dollars to-day, and most OF these
notes were shipped to the Treasury prioE
to October lst. When the circular took.
effect the banks in the neighboring cities
sent their notes to the Treasury prigr 70
October lst, and now the receipts from
them are very small From New York
to-day there was but one package OF 81 GOO,
while the receipts from that city have
usually reached $4,000 daily and often.
double that sum. II Is thought the re-
ceipts for redemption will soon be less
than $4,000 daily instead OF $4,000 as
heretofore. utGYY- gUJt
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In,e..lEalIaE lae AasIpal Ran,a.iaa.

wAsglsqFaS, D,Cp Qctoher2; puRoHt,
boats, has gone to Norwalk, Conn, To,
make q personal investigation into ths
CsussS OF the explosion OF the steamer
Adelpht. In tho meantime the Inspector
at New York, who examined the boilers,
l. knsphnded.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-03

CHICAGO, October 2.-The eleventh an.
nual session Of the Brotherhood Of Rail-
road Conductors Of the United States met
here yesterday and viii hold sessions dEily
during the week, r-
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Mr.. naaeron'. condI.ion Improved.

NEwPoEr, October 1.-The condition OF
Bancroft, the historian, Is very favorable
for . speedy reeoyery. He was able to
walk across the floor; read little, and
give instructions 10 his Secretary this ve-
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porrsyrlLE, Pa, October 2,.-About go
men and boys, employed in the New Bos-
ton mine. near Mahonoy City, are on q
strike ior len per cent increase in their
- ---.-- ~. Ia
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Look at the following figures and com;
pare the, poor man prospect In 1854 and
1855, when times were flush and money
plenty, with his prospectin 1878, when times
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cRI,lrxAL Norn.

IS CINCINNATI, October AT Kingston,
Nv. last. .nieht tfnhne an alteration ls 70
he possession OF pair Of wagon wheels,
Jerry Burnett shot his nephew, VIM. c.
Rurnett. ID. f..-. ..
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GERMANY.


BERLIN, October LIN Parliamentary
Committee the socialist bill passed to It's
second reading, in all essential points the
same as after its first reading. The com.
mittee even retained ten years and half
rs the term Of operation of the bill, not
Withstanding the objection OF Count Won
Eulengurg. ...t
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-g WAEIIIN0IoS, ID! q, UUlobef 2 AilA. u. >
For the Ohio Valley, Tennessee and the
Lake Region cooler northwest to warmer
southwest wind, rising barometer and
clear or partly cloudy weather.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-03

MoSTnRlIa Octoher 2-GyTiIle Dion,
ihe celebrated billiard player, died Of con-
restion OF the lungs, en- route ioF inc
Conrtney.H .Hanlop raee, ..Ll.. /.
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Nxw, ,YoRk, October 2-The market teun-
tinueS rather quiet, bnt prices generally are
steady. Cotton goodsare sluggish In inst hands,
but unchanged. Portsmouth, and Turkey red
prints are active. Singliams are only In
fnodefate request. Dress goods ore in steady
demand. Mems wear woolens quiet. n Wool
hannels are doing fairly. Black and colored
Cashmeres and Scotch plaid dress goods are
In good demand. b. .gitlal fof- u
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f1,..-., r.,,,. ,r..,T.,

y ~ 70 chicago cattie Market. AsfFt
y CHca0o, October 2-The DToyers Journal
Hos Receipts 1900; higher: ! choice
heavy g soa4 10; light 40aS55. Shipments
1000 .yll-Ia. si.l.'1 .. 4; -.llz tlIi.7 e
Z, CArrLE-Receipts 1000; shipments 600;
shade higher; shipping steen 40oa4 so; feed.
ers and stoHkers 2 6OaS 10 ei''f ~
= sHExr-Receipts 1000; steady at s3oa4 so.
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Financial and Commercial.
BY TELEGRAPH
Ncu Yorl. Mener and stoels.

NEw YoRK, October 2 : Moxxr :. Ae.
tive At 21ISaI per cent. Prime mercantile paper
4a5 per cent. The Assistant Treasurer dis
bdrsed $23l, 900. Customs receipts sos, 900.
CIearings sO.S.s.0O0 Sterling exchange, bank.
er' bills. 4slk; sight exchange on New York
44 IA. .e--f .f-i..rltf 81
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rRErAnrSo FOR THE WINTER CAMPAIGN.

LONDON, October 2.-In view Of pos.
ible winter campaign in Afghanistan.
the immediate dispatch of bedding and
extra clothing for the troops in India has
been ordered,
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Receipt; from 81 8: ss.s ~ g sss O. 3; g g
IscrlIaneous ............ sST5 SIS - s4ss,4s sS
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Meeting OF the Trustees Of the Peabody
Educational Fund.

NEW YoRx, October 2-The annual
meetine OF the Trustees Of the Peabody,
Educational Fund took place to-day I. lt
was attended by President Hayes and Sec
retary Evarts. Notwithstanding the Sc.
rious shrinkage Of income, the cause OF
the free public schools at the South has
made a most encouraging progress the
r,aak year -----. 49, -.- -
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FOREIGN NEWS.
A Tremendous Failure in Scotland.
City Of Glasgow Bank Breaks Down undsr
$4,000, 600 Of Liabilities.
ENGLAND.

LONDON, October 2.-The City OF Glas.
gov Bank closed its doos to-day. Its lia-
bilities are stated to be S50,000,00O. The
liabilities ofthe shareholdersareu unlimited.
One hundred pound shares of the bank
were dealt in yesterday at over one hun.
dred, and within week at two hundred
and thirty-seven. The bank was estab-
liShed in 1889. and had from fifty to sixty
branches. This Is the heaviest bank fail
ure in Scotland since 1855, when this con-
cern also suspended. Other Scotch banks
were asked for assistance, but after exam
lining the books at meeting yesterday.
refused 10 do more than redeem the note
circulation Of the City OF Glasgow Bank,
which Is stated at three and 4 quarter
million dollars. The failure has created
great excitement. The failure Of the bank
Is generally attributed to its resources be-
ing locked up in bills and shares OF vari-
GUS kinds, that were not readily converti-
Bile.
The Echo says the failure Is very i'm
lportant, not less than national disaster
but as usual in such cases, Il has been
foreshadowed by inumerable occurrences,
and 1t Is hardly likely that it will more
than bring down the commercial firms
which are involved in the bill transactions
which have over whelmed the bank.
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PITrsDuSGn, October Quiet; 1;
ment; refined CSC, Philadelphia delivery.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-03

The annual report was read. It says
that the year just closed has been one Of
unusual pecuniary embarrassment to- all
the schools OF the South, while every de!
.partment OF education has been affected,
and relating to the employment OF teach
ers, public officers have suffered themost.i
'Cheapening the labors OF the men on
whom the vitality OF the system depends
Is 4 more dangerous experiment than n
generally, supposed: Scholarships -estabS
lished last year have had an excellent effect.
Ia the Paebody Normal Seminary Of Lou-
isiana, oue.tourth OF all the female teachers
OF New Orleans, during many year,, have
been educated. The. following figures
show the distribution Of the income otthe
fund during the year: Virginia, fifteen
thousand three hundred and tifty dollars
North Carolina, forty 1--we hundred dollars;
South Carolina, thirty-six hundred dollars
Georgia, six hundred dollars; Florida,
thirty-nine hundred dollars; Alabama,
eight thousand dollars;, Texas. eight
thousand five hundred and tifty dollars;
Arkansas, six thousand dollars; Iennes'
see, fourteen thousand six hundred dollars
West Virginia, fifty-fve hundred dollars
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-21
Talking 10 the Telephone.

Prof. Youmans, in Popular Science Monthly.
When we begin to use telephone
for the first time, there is q sense of
oddity, almost of foOlishness, in the
experiment. The dignity of talking
consists in having listener, and there
seems kind of absurdity in address
ing piece of iron, but we must raise
our respect for the metal, for it is
anything but deaf. The diaphragm of
the telephone, the thin iron plate, is
as sensitive as the living tympanum to
all the delicate refinemeDts of sound.
Nor does it depend upon the thinness
of the metallic sheet, for piece of
thick boiler plate will take up and
transmit the motions of the air parti-
cles in all the grades of their subtlety.
And not only will it do the same thing
rs the tympanum, but it will do vastly
more; the gross, dead metal proves, in
fact, to be hundred times more alive
than the living mechanism of speech
and addition. This il no exaggeratiOn.
In quickness, in accuracy, and even in
grasp, there is perfection of sensitive
capacity in the metal, with which the
organic instrument cannot compare.
We speak Of the proverbial 'quickness
of thought but the telephone thinks
QUICKER than the nervous mechanism.
Let word be pronounced for a per-
son to repeat, and the telephone will
hear and repeat it a hundred miles
away in tenth part Of the time thai
the listener would need TO utter it.
Give a man q series of half q dozen
notes to repeat, and he cannot do it se-
curately to save his life; bat the iron
plate takes them up, transmits them
to another plate hundreds of miles OF,
which sings them forth instantaneous
ly with absolute precision. The hu-
man machine can hear and reproduce,
in its poor way, only a single series of
notes, while the iron ear of the tele-
phone will take up whole chords and
strains of music, and, sending them by
lightning through the wire, its iron
tongue will emit them in perfect rela-
tiODS of harmODy
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-21

fear to compare its financial condition
with that of any State in the Union, ,Or
any civilized. State of the world. In
the retrOspection OF Its financial cOndi-
ton there is one moral and political
feature worthy Of all praise. This is
that in all the contests of parties-and
they have been as hot in Ohio as any
where-there has never been any cor.
ruption, any playing with State inter-
ests for party purposes, or any uafaith-
fulness, except in the case of two or
three individuals. Party policals have
been unable to corrupt the State integ-
rity; and in this respect the financial
conduct of New York, of nearly all the
Southern States and some Western,
stand in e strong contrast. In major
ity Of States party has influenced tinan-
eial measures, and, while they may
have maintained the credit of their
bonds, men have been put in and
out with u view to favor or oppose
certain interests, such as the New
York canals, and politicians made
money at the expense Of the State. In
Ohio politicians do not grow rich on
politics, and the faith, economy, and
interests OF the State are held high
above all other things.
The Auditors report does not in
clude general statistics, and therefore
we can give no other than that of the
animals which were returned for taxa
ton. These are:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-21

DEMOCRATS are again bowling about the
preparations of a judicial wrong" Judge
Okey's decision in the Barnes VS.. Wright
case has furnished them with the best Op
portunity TO continue the kind of lying in
troduced by that worthy leader and eminent
liar, John G. Thompson, when few years
ago he exhorted his followers to ''claim
everything, and do it exultiDgly." Since the
decision above referred to, many Democrats
have declared that the decision was a COM
plete surprise to the Republicans, to Barnes
attorneys, and to Barnes himself; that after
the evidence had closed and the arguments
were finished, every person was fully con-
vinced that Wright was elected and fully ex-
pected Judge Okey so to decide. This is all
unmanly, dishonest, silly twaddle, but it is
not at all surprising that our democratic
friends are disappointed and sore. From the
very first they insisted on making question
which was purely Judicial one political
one; they looked at it only from political
standpoint. Every Democratic attorney res
ident of st. Clairsville, great and small, was
counseled and used in the trial of the case
And tho Central Committee of the county, we
understand, also took deep interest in the
matter; the party throughout the county was
appealed to, and urged to come to the rescue,
not in judicial and candid spirit, but in the
most bitter and partisan manner. This was
wrong. After the people had cast their bal
lots it was no longer question into which
party feeling should have entered. The law
provides a way and officer to determine
whether Barnes or Wright had received a
majority of the legal votes cast by the people.
In the way prescribed by law and by the
proper officer the matter has been decided
against Wright, but these hot headed parti-
sans insist that it has been decided against
the Democratic party, and while the case is
still pending, both individuals and the press
are engaged in manufacturing sentiment for
the purpose of influencing future decision.
On the other hand the Republican Commit
lee, attorneys, Except those retained in the
case Ey Mr.. Barnes press, and party have
throughout the county taken no further or
other interest in this than is done in other
cases of Importance. Mr.. Barnes and his
attorneys have been left to make such pre-
sentation of his case to the Court as he saw
fit. No effort has been made to stir up party
feeling. 1t was matter for the Court and
not the people; and now We have aged and
bitter partisans who have never been known
to take other than a party view of matters of
this kind, and callow youngsters assailing the
integrity of His Honor, Judge Okey, because
he did not render juegment in favor of the
Democratic party. The thought that the
Court was non-partisan seems never to have
occurred to these people, Bellaire Inde-
pendene, 14th inst.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-21
The Bullion Value Of the Silver
Dollar

To find the market ratio of gold and silver,
divide 943 by the number of pence per ounce
at which silver is quoted in the London
markets.
Thus, if silver is 55 pence per ounce in
London, 943 divided by So equals II and
one seventh; that is, one ounce of gold sells
for II and one seventh ounces of silver,
whereas the reconciliation act proposes to
sell it for sixteen ounces of silver.
The real value of the silver dollar is easily
obtained from the above. Divide sixteen by
seventeen and one seventh, and, reducing the
fraction to decimals, you have 934 cents as
the market value in gold of the silver con.
tanned in the Bland dollar of 412t grains.
So with silver at 5444 pence per ounce, its
present market value 10 London, the Bland
dollar would sell as bullion for about 90
cents.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-21
The Matrimonial Lottery.

A young stranger called on DIR. MO
= one evening, while he was PASTOR
in New York city, to engage his ser.
vices in the performance of nuptial
ceremony.
Il wish to make bargain with you,
DOCTOR said the young man. Il think
the girl am to marry will make ,s
first rate wife. If you will wait year
for your fee, and she turns out as [
think she will, I'll then give yOn fifty
dollars
They agreed, the young couple wero
married, and the incident passed from
from tho doctors mind. AT the
end of a year, at the same time IL.
the evening, the young man called
again. The doctor did not recoSniz >
him at first.
DO you not remember the bargain
we made when you married me yese
ago?'
% yes,' replied the doctor.
'Well,' said the young man, Isl if
twice as good as thought she was:
There's one hundred dollars for you.'
Exactly the opposite of this Is tho
following:
A clergyman in one of the Hudson
River towns united a German couplt4
in marriage. When the knot was tieO,
the bridegroom said, Dominic, I've
got no monish, but Ill send you vOi4
leetle pig 1t was done, and the cir
cumstance was forgotten by the clergy
man. Two years afterward he met
the German in another town, for the
first time since the marriage ceremony
Was performed.
'Dominie,' said the German, you
remembers you married me, and I
gave you Won leetle pig?'
Yes
We'll, if you'll unmarry me, will
give you tIoo leetle pigs.-EditOr'
Drawer, in HHrper's Magazine for Apr.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-21
The Purchase of the Ohio City
Mills.


We congratulate the people of Martins
Ferry on the fact that a number of practical
business men have at last got hold of the
Ohio City Mills, and that the concern will
speedily be put on its feet and made means
of mutual benefit to its purchasers and a
large number of people desiring employment
The mill is understood to have passed into
present hands at about $50, 900, at which
price it should certainly make money for its
owners. 1t has 100 acres of coal, 20 acres OF
real estate, mill with so nail machines and a
corresponding forge department, and also all
the modern appointments for handling freight
cheapiy and expeditiously. The Benwood
Company ran the concern for several months,
when they were rebuilding their own mill,
and made a handsome sum of money.
The present purchasers of the property are
understood to be Messrs Alex. and Samuel
Laughlin, Major Loring, Major Burt, and
Mr.. Wetherald, of Bellaire The new organ
ization will take the name of Laughlin Nail
Company. 1t is said that the property cost
its late owners about $135, 900, and that it
now sells for an amount barely sufficient to
cover the first mortgage and expenses of sale.
Once this mill is put into successful opera
tion brighter days will dawn on our Martins
Ferry neighbors, who, by reason of the stop
page of the mill, and the collapse Of the Steel
Works, and the shutting down of the Excel
sior Glass Works, have had rather more than
their share of bad luck.-[Wheeling Intelli-
gencer, 18th inst.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-21
OHIO FINANCES.
Interesting Facts Gathered from
the Auditors Report.

Mr.. E. d. Mansfield, formerly the
State Statician, sends to the Cincinnati
Gazette review of the financial con-
dition of Ohio based on the last aLnu-
al report of State Auditor Williams,
which he describes as photograph of
all that pertains to property, debt, tax
alton, and expenditure:
1. PRoPERTY.-The Auditors report
contains the valuation of property in
Ohio since 1900. Up to 1926 real prop
erty only was assessed for State taxes.
The county and town taxes were raised
by poll tax, licenses, and various
special taxes. The whole property as
sessed for State purposes during fifty
years was az follows:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-21
The Birth of Mother Shipton.

The 80 called prophecy of Mother
Shipton is one Of the clever frauds per-
petrsted few years ago. In 1862
Charles Hindley, Of Brighton, England,
published what he said was q reprint
of an old edition of Mother Shipton's
pieces, but has since acknowledged that
the wonderful prophecy and some 9TH
ersin the book were written by him at
that time. This prophecy which Or
iginally was claimed to have been
written in 1883 and published in 1641,
was first wrought out of the brain of
Mr.. Hindley in 1862. Who Mother
Shipton really was is not known. 1t
is probable such woman lived about
1883, but nothing but tradition Is
known Of her. The prophecy is not
worth reprinting, as it runs the circuit
of the press every year or twO.-Chica-
90 Inter Ocean.