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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-12-23

ooyo Chde IL 10 HOt Always SdI0 10 trust
to poets for the correct pronunciation of
words. Referring to the word been
he hands me the following quotations,
which do not settle the question to any
great extern:
WHITTIER.
OF all sad words of tongue or pen
The saddest are these-it might have been.
Maud Muller.
DRYDEN (1636-17OO).
Had she given mere il had profusion been,
And turned the excess of goodness into sin.
-E1e0ROrG, lines 67-S8.
Watching the part where your sweet mouth
had been,
And thence. with eager lips, will suck it in.
-Octds Ana0trs, Eleg. 4, lines 37-SS.
Full many year his hateful head had been
For tribute paid, nor since in Cambria seen.
Hind aud Panther, lines 170-171.
of moral knowledge poesy was queen,
And still she might had wanton wits not been.
-EpistLe to Sir Robert HOtcdrd, lines 1916
POPE (16Ss-1744).
As the stars ordered, such my life has been;
Alas alas that ever love was sin.
The Wife Of Bath.
Oft had your drawing room been sadly thin,
And merchants wives close by your side had
been.
-ROrand, or the Drdscin9 Room
And one whose faith has ever sacred been
And so has mine (she said)-I am a queen.
January and Nay.
That once was Britain-happy, had she seen
No fercer sons, had Easter never been.
-Du0ei1d hO0k limos 11r-1IQ
''Giff Gilderoy had done amisse,
He mought hae banished been;
All, what sair cruelty is this,
To hang sike handsome men -
Old Song, ''Gizdercy' e. ''Perey's ReEqUes'),
200 years old.
There is abundant evidence that the
word (been) was in olden times not only
pronounced bin but actually so spelt.
In the old Scottish ballad, "Gill Morrice"
("Percy's Reliques'), to which tradition
assigns great antiquity, the word in
this form occurs several times. For ex-
ample:
''Gin had kend he'd bin your son
He'd neir bin slain for NEE"
That it was so pronounced in the time
of Shakespeare cannot be seriously queS-
toned. Among the proofs of this are
the following: In "Sleep, Baby, Sleep"
written by George Wither, eotemporary
of Shakespeare, we find these lines:
"Though thy conception was in sin,
A sacred bathing thou hast had:
And though thy birth unclean hath been,
A blameless babe thou now art made"
Samuel Baker was born four years be-
fore the death of Shakespeare. He was
so learned and so accomplished that he
was said 10 have been possessed of an
almost universal erudition." He moved
in the society of the learned, was keen
critic and was doubtless well informed
in questions of orthOepy. 1t is a re-
fact that in his well known
poem, "Hudibras," he uniformly EN-
ploys the word been in rhyme with such
words as admit of no other pronuncia-
ton than bin. He evidently regarded
that as the fixed pronunciation of the
word in his time, and as changes in or
thoepy are not suddenly made there is
every reason to believe that this pro-
nunciation of the word obtained in the
time of Shakespeare, who died only forty
seven years before "Hudibras' was pub
Iished.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-12-23

A LITTLE PIG is the thing for the
head of your cane, young man, and the
uglier the porker the better.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-12-23

JOSIAH CALDWELL, London railway
contractor, has failed, with liabilities of
81, 100000.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-12-23
A Tight-Fisted Mans Christmas.

OH but he was tight listed hand at
the grindstone. Scrooge! A squeezing
wrenching, grasping, clutching, covetous
old sinner! The cold within him froze
in his old features, nipped his pointed
nose, shriveled his cheek; made his eyes
red, his lips blue, and spoke out shrewd-
ly in lis grating voice. He carried his
low temperature always about with him;
he iced his office in dog days; and didn't
thaw it out one degree at Christmas.
One upon time old Scrooge sat busy
in his counting-house. He could hear
the people in the court outside go
wheeling up and down, stamping their
feet upon the pavement stones to warm
them. The fog came pouring in at every
chink and keyhole, and was so dense
without that the houses opposite were
mere phantoms.
"a merry Christmas, uncle! God save
you'll" cried cheerful voice.
"Bahw said Scrooge. "Humbug!"
christmas humbug, uncle! You
don't mean that, am sure?"
81 do" said Scrooge. Merry Christ
mas! What right have you to be merry?
You're poor enough
What else can l be when l live sin
such a world of fools as this? Out
upon merry Christmas? If L could wish
my will every idiot who goes about
with Merry Christmas on mis- lips
should be boiled with his own pudding
and buried with stake of holly run
through his heart. Keep Christmas in
your own way and let me keep it mine"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-12-23

Texas is the banner Democratic State
Majority ever $1,000.
Gen. r. C. Schenck has recovered his
health.
Five United States officers have been
killed or wounded in Tennessee during
the last week by illicit distillers.
Allen Campbell, John Kelly's success
sor as Comptroller of New York City,
formally took possession of his office
Saturday morning.
p. T. Barnum, the well-known show
man, who has been i'll in New York for
several weeks past, is reported improv-
ing by his physicians, and his recovery
is now anticipated.
The American Express Company's
agent at Dubuque, Iowa, shot his sleep
ing daughter, two years old, through the
brain, and then killed himself. He was a
sensitive creature, and somebody had
hurt his feelings.
Jay Gould's conservatory at his
country-seat, Irvington-on-the-H Hudson,
the most magnificent structure of the
kill in the United States, filled with the
rarest and most valuable plants, exotics
and ferns, was completely destroyed by
fire Saturday morning. Loss estimated
at 100000.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-12-23

ROLL OF HoNoR-Thos. Lodge, VIM.
Lodge, Alice Lodge, Carrie Lodge, Cor
nell Lodge.
EXPLANATIoNs-Th Roll of Honor
consists of those that are perfect in at
tendance and department, and have no
tardy marks. Those marked did not
start at first of term.
c. o. MALIN, Instructor.
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TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am Public worship: IL am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday pm
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday Of
each month, 2 pm. Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month. pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-12-23

GREENBACKs in Montreal have been
selling at premium over gold.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-12-23

"A band of robbers that have long
infested the mountains along the Berks,
Lebanon and Lancaster county lines in
Pennsylvania has been broken up 10y the
arrest of thirteen of the members, who
were bound by oaths to preserve the Sc
crets of the gang. One Of the first men
arrested was one who disclosed the
names of the members, and they were
captured before they could escape.
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Chronicle.
w. A. HUNT,
Editor and Proprietor.
Published Every Thursday
Terms of Subscription:
Two Dollars Per Year II Advance.

If not paid within the year 25 per cent will
be added for each year it remains unpaid.
OFFICE South side Main street, nearly op-
posite Public School building.
Belmont Co ur.y oh1clai Directory.
Common Pleas Judge-Wm. Okey.
Probate Judge-Thomas Cochran.
Clerk of Courts-Alex. G. Darrah.
Sheriff-Samuel Hilles.
Auditor-William N Coffiand
Treasurer-Hamilton Eaton.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred II. Mitchell.
Recorder-James A. Barnes.
Commissioners-0wenM Mehan, |. J. Potts,
Henry Frasher.
Surveyor-Chalkley.D Dawson.
Coroner-E. B. Kennedy.
lnfrmary Observation-Disclosures Taylor,
Wm. Parkinson, james B. Ritchey.
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Practice in the Supreme Court ana Court Of
Claims, and appear before all the Departments.
romptness and satisfaction given In all eusi-
ness entrusted to them. Correspondence So
icited. $40 7th st., op. p. o. Department.
WASHINGTON DC sep25tf
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Belmont Co ur:y on1ciai Director,
Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Re r
Il Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, IL; evening
service, z. Sabbath School, 800 a. M. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday pm.; gen
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday z pm.
Strangers welcome to all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
NIRev. j. 81. Conkle, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II a M; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday p m.
Strangers are cordially invited to all our
services.
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Ben, Bin or Bean.
From the Washington Republic.

From the Washington Republic.
A friend, learned and of experience,
says that it is not always safe to trust
to poets for the correct pronunciation of
words. Referring to the word been
he hands me the following quotations.
which do not settle the question to any
great extern:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-12-23
WHITTIER.

OF all sad words of tongue or pen
The saddest are these-it might have been.
Maud Muller.
, 1880-08-05

as purely military one, md soon after It
cntl!e ont The Attorney General OF tho State
f0uk Immediate stGrS 10 rcorEnntko tho State
mllltln force Md ptncc II on q Wnr footing.
lle made q SPEECH Inst week at Q Dcm1cret!o
lIcans were preparing for wnr under GIANTS
leadership, n,al that the Southern Demscrats,
especially the ex.Confcderates, must be pre-
pared to. fight for 1lancock's Inauguration.
dtGEIged the Democrats to. orsanilzo lnto 91,o
nccoattremensy from tho State, which would
t,htain them frnm tho General Government.
Il1 flea that Grant Is going to take tho ilald
Dlue 10 pit Garfield in tic Whito 1iouse, ii
ae fails Of MI election, prevails among the
Democrats generally In the interior part OF
North Carolina, and tho local papers Gnconr-
aEo 1t a!t they cali, to get tic Democratic
voters thoroughly aroused and ready. TO re-
sort 10 extromo means to cArry tile election.
...-. v1noINlA.
from Virginia, Sii Arrived 'ere to.lay, aid jeft
for Petersburg 10 sec Senator Alnllone, who
IL sick there. In conversation while here, he
snfJ the Malone ticket WOitllt receive 10000
votes at the November election, aud that the
Frnlcrs' Ticket would not touch anywhere
Mai. sam Yost, monber Of tie Republican
National Committee from Virginia, WAS hero
tt'tlay ell rQutB to New York. lie says tho
Funders and the lscadlusters hate eaeh other
moro intensely than they 10 thu Republicans.
,: 'Ina Mao"sltes have lsterininsd to reject Al
ans will atTort tue Nallo,,eitcs all
tic assistance Ill their power, and 1t the fight
continues until ,eloetion4lay they will sup
port The 1seatl]usters' candidate for Congress
III thDso districts where tho Republicans
layc no cllnnrc Of elccttng one of their own
political fait1t,
, 1880-08-05
SOUTH AMERICA.


FEhIIFu%4 tuQICllENlES.
/, New YouK, Aug. 4.-A Lima tcttor aays Of
! tho taking Of Tacna BY tho Chlltan troops:
: Only one street. escaped tho suck, md this
good fortune 1t owed to the circumstance
that Cor. BaQuedano had his headquarters
III II. Hundreds Of wounded and prisoners
Wer0
SLAUGHTERED IN COLD HOOD.
Not one wounded ally was found alive on
tho field the day succeeding tho battle.
Women aud girls Of tenderest age wero yto-
lated, and many killed. The farms in the
vicinity and their Inhabitants shared tho
common fnte with the town. Every day six,
eight, or ten
.StuRDEns ARE COMMITTED,
while the bodies Of tho yIctims are allowed
to remain nnburied until their removal be-
comes matter Of necessity.
Africa suffered even more severely than
Tacna. All the houses nre either totally or
partially destroyed. Out of 1900 defenders
ONLY SIX HUNDRED sUnv1vE.
/ Those OF the l,200 who did not fall In the
fight were subsequently massacred In cold
blood. It Is an authenticated fact TINT forty
Niue solllers WHO liatl thrown away their
nrnls mil taken refuge III tic United Stntes
Commercial Agency, over which tho Anlcri-
can flag was flying. were taken out and
butchercd In the street.
, 1880-08-05
ILLINOIS.
At A1tLFOtkn.
Special 1lspalth to Ths EhtroaQ TfftNnf.


Special Di,paleh to Tbs Chicago 1rituns.
MILFORD, ILL.,, Aug. IA grand Rcpub-
ltcun rally occurred hero today. The prct-
tiest tlag-po1o III tho county, i'll feet high,
was raised, with "Gnrtield anl Arthur"
floating from the summit. At least 1000 peo-
pfa witnessed the ceremony. A line of
lntrct WIS formed to . 1le1ghbortng grove,
Mllerc q ringing speech by the H0n. j. q.
Cannon, member Of Congress from the -Four.
tgenth District wns attenttyely listened to,
Tile speakers points were W9ll made, and
frequent aud enthusiastic cheers showed
that he had nli npprecintive audience. Re.
turning to tho village tho Stars aud Stripes
were rll1l up the polls amid lusty cheers.
, After supper q special trnln from Wntseka,
bearing 4 martial baru, Il band OF torcll.bear.
ers, s,!1 largo delegation besides, arrived,
mt torch!iEht procession wins formed to
tho grove, where speeches were made BY Mr,
Cameron, Joe Bell, j. w. johnson. and L. ".
llt1sellur. THO Hon. c. Sccrest. cnudEdate
Tor tho STATE Senate, presented Our cltlL
With II portrait OF Garfield. WntseGa nnI
Milford Cleo Clubs all1 tho Milford cornot
baru discOutHed sweet music, ai.tl the meet
1nE ended with three cheers for tho tlckot.
THO crowd present III the evening IL vario1lsly
Astltlntea ut from $40 to =, 1,000; / think LOO
fair estimate. This enthusiasm was In
~ n't tale best Of order prevailed. Tho Hon. Il.
r., Fnysoii, Congressional candidate from
this tEIshth) district, w0ttltl have been pres
ent tut was prevented by MI Incident,
, 1880-08-05
A Kentucky Negro Murders a Man
F.. and ls Lynched.
Tho Bentlers, Man and Woman,
Now Identified for Sure.
One Young Virginian Kills Another
on Account Of q Girl.
Two Women In Missouri, Attired rs
Men, Commit q Murder.
A.ouhoua Case Being Now unravaled by
=: an lows Court.
KENTUCKY LAyvLESNEsS.
HpsttRI pjspdteh to Tia Chicago 1ftbHstEs

KENTUCKY LAWLESNEsS.
Special Dtspateh to 7ha CAtedao Tribune.
FrEMISGsnuna, KY, Aug. I.-The report
reached here this evening Of the fatal shoot
Ing Of Perry Jefferson, Of Mays Lick, by two
negroes, and tho subsequent catching and
lynchlng Of the negroes. Jefferson wns under
tho lnflucnce.nf liquor; hence the scrapc.
Excitement has boon at fever l,eat for tho
paat fow days over band of regulators, fa.
Gently organized In tho northern end Of tho
county, giving notice 10 two Of our most
prominent citizens to leave tho netghtorlood
III twenty days. Ono of tic notified gentle
men, bIr. Charles Marshall, Is the defeated
candidate for Senator In this district; tho
other livery extensive sheep pralsor in tho
North End.
The election Monday in this district for
Circuit Judge and Commonwealth Attorney
was very exciting. After the polls hnd
closed fnr the election at Centerville, this
county, three Mel1,. names unknown, engaged
In y fight In which all PARTIES concerned
received wounds from a pistol IN the hands
OF their antagonists. One of tho artaKo-
nists was lodged III Jail i, this city, and upon
examination 1t WIS found llo lind been tho.
recipient Of two very ugly, wounds, one in
tho back OF tho neck and the other In the
rlEht breast,
, 1880-08-05

V1SIrA, ]. r., Aug. 4.-On the Goth ult
two .,lcgro Creeks were hanged. The Creeks
nccused the Cherokecs, md vowed to Kill
the first Of them thoy met. On Tuesday thlr-
teen negroes crossed On the Cherokce slla
for vengeance. Cobb and Cowan, two Cher
o1sce boys, wcro encountered. Cownn was
badly wounded, and Cobb, after determined
fight, WIS killed.
Tho Cherokecs are greatly inccnsed, md
have demanded tho thirteen negroes OF the
Creek Chlcf, giving him until last night to
surrender them. Thu Greeks nre said to be
willing to. surrender the negroes. but il n
thought they will mot bo ablo TO do Ro, tie
l,,GGEroSs ,GaEn being too strong for them, 1t was
Adder to restrain the Clterokees from lnllio-
dilute ysngca,1cc, alld they will 10 unable to
than this morning.
There arc 3o0 armed men NOW on tho
ground alHl moro going. A. fight is almost
ai're TO take place to-tlay, Us th0 negroes aro
about 90 strong md well armed. 4 large
humber LETT hero lust night for tho bRttic-
81. LOUIS. Aug. 4,-priyate a,lyIces from
Vinlta, Indian Territory, rot0rrlng 10 The re-
cent disturbances between tic Cicrokco In.
tltans a'nl l'Ggrpea belonging 10 tho Creek
Natlo!lt any compromise lins lust been OF
feGteu,-tho Creek Indians ngreein9 to sur.
render tAe negroes who kiltctl young Cobb
a'ld Wonndest young Uowu1l, two. Cherokee
p0yd, q lew uRya HEO.
, 1880-08-05

Spfetat UtpateA to 1he Chicago Tribune.
OMAHA, Ncb., Aug. 4.-Afr. Stewart, rail-
road contractor, OF Blair, wont to sec the old
lnan Bender today Mt Fremont, md on seeing
him said: "Tllat's old Bender" .Stewartsaw
old Bender before tho family left tlle place II,
Kansas, and knew lin well. He has no
doubts tlat the prisoner is Bender. They
did not speak to him about Stewart, MS 1t gets
Him so excited to mention Kailsasor tho nnine
Of Bender 10 him. Crowds hnyo been to sec
both the old ma,l md woman to-day, and he
y very excitabIe. remaining gross and nery-
about Kansas. LIE frequently asks for d
knife, md persists that he will not be taken
10 Kansas alive.
Nothing new hns yet been heart from the
other two Of tho family yet at 1arge, but
Sheriff Gregg expects to hear to-llight Of
their capture.
OswEtio, Kas., Aug, 4.-The Sheriff of
this county starts for Nebrnskn tonight to
bring tho Bender family here, wl,orD they
nlnde tho graveyard Of travellers several years
ng0, They aro believed to be tic genuine
Blenders.
, 1880-08-05
JOHN G. FREMONT.


sptetat Df,patth to The Chicago Tribune.
NEW Yo1sik. Aug. 1.-The venerable Gen.
John G. Fremont received n cordInl greeting
last evening Mt tho Coleman House from the
members OF the Republican Central CAIN
patgn Club. Gen. Fremont said, among otl,-
cr things:
la,n sincerely glal TINT tho sront events which
Ut tho tines wle,, We workcu toscthoF. % Con,tnx
among you frcshly, my mind reycrts naturally
TO that 10 tlMo. and tho results Of your work stand
,fs tho 5a, sa h1f j;,st,oea yoSr whf,
"lta!ned control si The aoverSnen. % tic to. aits
Try presented, IN tho words Of III: Webster, :" tho
se tSn ,ta - q oss an
srlsye,a aad oar enomles rejoIced Il tho ,lisas.
Below In tho possibility of !, reunion. @ rhoy
@ haa ~ know!e*.go of our military stre,9th, md
iy they fsSnrsa our political tne1r fa!irs ana
s,,;s snSnSsa ,,,, 4, this Ssa ss:ts,uea ts ~
tho frasneats. you in,tdo " q them ~ fSs Satien'
y9u s,.sried tho country through its interpreted
S, Gen Earei au den Xrhr
iMpp!!a.se i, pp!s,s 1nGe y e., nominated tfe candidates
Hud is record ut whfch tko people q sosday aro
looking. Tbo question Of tho day IL
WHICH OF THESE Two GREAT PARTIES
has tho best record u1 s tho safer to be trtlstcd
with thu business affairs of tho country. You
hnve proclulmed your purposes and your policy,
carried your measures Into effect, and huye re-
lerncd your puper. II It happens to u nun Of
business to meet shock through the tncapnety
ot trusted ngeut. nn1 he should appoint sotng
'other agent who brought prlcr Into his Affairs,
paid his debts, md put his business Into sue
eGssfi1l operation, Ii 1t likely TINT he would
change this ngtnt or remoyc hnl,t and nut
ln his place the yary nan who haa brought 1ls-
.lster Mpon hun? Twenty years nyo tho people
made tho Republican purity tholr agent to re-
t!lGv9 thotr cstatu. Tho 1tarty hns perfectly.
sk'!!fnlly, ,anl successfully transacted TINT
business. II bus
CARRIED THEM THROUGH THE FunY or WAR,
md now L comes again before thom for their
support. They brought tho country to q pitch
u prosperity never etIualel In tho Aulals OF tho
country. NOW. coming before you aa they do, 1t
rel,ni1M for tho pooplo to say to which party
they Will Etvu the1r support. Which OF thcso
parties eau they intt1lst with tho care of the
Owing to the feeble condition of his voice
Get. EreAlont wt1y obliged ut this point 10
bring Ills reHInrks to sudden close. After
lsarti'y, npplautinK him again the members
seventh street, and marched to the Fifth
Ayeuito Hotel to greet Gen. GARFIELD.
, 1880-08-05
4 MISSOURI TRAGEDY.


por14An DI.uyF, No., Aug. Sou Thurs-
dAy last Samuel Kelly, who resides OH Altuxo
1siynr, In Wayne County, ieft home on a
business visit for three or four slays, pro,nls-
lug his wife, who was left by herself, to send
somo one to stay with her In Ills absence,
This., however, la forgot. About o'clock u
HtraNgar rod0 up aNd requested q ulght,s
lodging. 1'hlS WIS refused, but finally per.
mission was granted htM to Hleap On tha
porch. About O'Clock he was rOusetl by tha
cries Of jnllrtler-: Ho ut tisst run 10 tGa front
door. but llndlng 1t lookal l,e,l run arouu,i
to the back door, al,l tinltlng 1t bruke,.
open, le rushed Into thu room, and
4teln& TWO men etAndlng lIetlr Mry,
Kelly's bud. he drew his revolver nlll cOn,.
meneea tlr!ug, killing both uiuinst INSTANTLY.
On striking light (lo fund the two lno,s
dead and Mrs. Kelly with her throat cut
breathing hnr last. Shortly utter tie truRedy
two men calne !!p atld el,tloavorutl IL 0Gtai,i
admltiance=. 14l!s was refused by tho
stranger. Theso two ln9,l, from their 0ct,lns.
wore GceoMpllces. On nj examination tho
lext day tic two men killed turned out tobo
two women !lreSSet in Men's olothlng, NTH
their faces b!acke1, u widow nll1 s,ur 1ail4il.
ter-tn-law. IelEhbDra Of thu decFasQd woman.
Me !age been Anlb!o 10 Qbtalp their nal,l0s,
Mr. Kelly is one Ut tho beat citizens OF Wayne
County, a1ll waa En0wn to always have con-
Siderable money ubout Qlo house, Money
was supposed to Nv the object Ut tlla assasins.