Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-05
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A judges position is trying one
Boston Post.
Thd old man Of the sea was an ocean
buoy once.-New Orleans Pieayune.
To keep apples from decaying put them
in cool place where there is a larg FAM
lily of children.
The Hawkeye describes shingle we'd
ding as occurring when the first child is
old enough to spank.
The Smith family recently held a reun-
ion in New Jursey. Their principal
sentiment was: Pocahontas, the preser-
yer of our race"
The man who snores and knows that he
snOres, and yet won't put a elothespin or
his nose when going to bed, has the blood
of any army contractor in his veins.
1t was a self made-dOetOr in Michigan
who wrote to John Bright asking him
how his disease got along, and he is Just
ly indignant that his letter was never
answered.
what blessin it is" said hard-work-
ing 1rishman, that night niver comes
on till late in the day, when man is
tired and can't work any at all, at al"
"We WISH" says a Texas newspaper,
"that few Of our citizens could be per-
mitted TO live till they die natural death,
so as to show the world what magnifi-
Gently healthy country Texas really is"
The Prince of Wales sons are receiv-
ing thirty-seyen and half cents per day
for their service in British navy, and iL
is believed that the navy pays for all it
gets, even at that rate.
When handsome Baltimore lady ask
ed a pedestrian to knock man down
who had been following her, he swiftly
obeyed, aud was much astOnished 10
learn that it was her husband.
The custom is said to have lately grown
up among young ladies of good social
position in England of having various
devices tattoed indelibly on one or other
of their legs.
1t has been said of DR.. Talmage that he
'sees everything pictorially or dram
atically." This, undoubtedly, hits the
characteristic peculiarly of his mind;
and just here lies the great element of
his power over a popular audience.
The Irish relief funds are increasing
rapidly in all parts of the country.
TheVirginia Republican State C0nven-
tion will be held at StauntOn in May.
Gen. Chamberlain, prominent in the
Maine troubles, is President of BowdOin
College.
1t is said Senator-elect Malone will
vote for Blaine for President rather than
Bourbon Democrat.
Secretary Schurz has removed Indian
Commissioner Hayt for Withholding i'm
portant information.
Susan b. Anthony has been presenting
arguments before the Senate Judiciary
Committee in favor of the sixteenth a
mendment.
Rev. j. N. Tower committed suici,le
at Fairbault, Minn., Thursday by shoot
ing himself. He leavs wife and six
children in Widhebago, Ill.
Colonel Nelson Trusker, United States
Dristrict Attorney at indianapolis, fell
dead in the Opera House in that city
Thursday night of apoplexy.
The Maine FusiOnist members of the
State legislature are finding their way
rapidly into the Republican Legislature,
and all danger of disturbance is passed.
| CtetuACls thO AlAiCdu cA AplOAlDS, IDS IS
tablished trading station In Congo,
near Yallala river. He is operating un-
der the auspices of the Belgian govern
ment.
The Writing Paper Makers AssOci-
alton at Springfield, Mass, voted to AL
vance the price of writing paper one and
two cents per pound, according to grade.
Officers were elected.
The boy who was believed to have
been murdered by hls father, Elder Bucl
the New Hampton Qowal Adventist, is
alive in an adjoining county, whittier
fed after the beating his father gave
him, toavoid repetition of the outrag,.
Sensational special dispatches ha, 9
been sent recently from Wheeling to ,ltI-
ferent parts of the country, in reference
to fires and lire-bugs, which had very
little foundation, and were wholly unjus-
/ titiable. One of thOse specials to the
Baltimore Sun says there were Is fires in
"a hours. There is no truth i'm the state
ment. While there have been u number
of alarms, the largest fire was ON tina
26th, and the amount of loss was on Y
$500.