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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23
Belmont Co urty ohlcial Directory.

Common Pleas Judge-Wm. Okey.
Probate Judge-Thomas Cochran.
Clerk of Courts-Alex. G. Darrah.
Sheriff-Samuel Hilles.
Auditor-William n. Coffland.
Treasurer-Hamilton Eaton.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred 81. Mitchell
Recorder-James A. Barnes.
Commissioners-owen Mehan, l. ]. Potts,
Henry Frasher.
Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson.
Coroner-E. B. Kennedy.
lnfrmary Observation-Disclosures Taylor,
Wm. Parkinson, James B. Ritchey.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23

THE Tammany and Hancock congrat-
ulations reached the Maine Greenbackers
at the same time. Now, if the South
orn bulldozers and free-counters had
sent one signed by Wade Hampton and
Bob Toombs the whole party would have
been represented. That would have
been a combination both superb" and
"glorious...' 'Rah for a changel
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23

CAN a man who halls supposed
Greenback success as GLORIOUS" be de-
pended upon to hold the. Democratic
party, composed of in1atiOnist from the
North and West, and repudiators from
the South, back from repeating the Re
fumption Act and flooding the land with
cheaD money.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23

The Greenbackers says the Maine
election demonstrates the coming dis
integration of the Bourbon Democracy
and their final surrender to the despised
rag baby" and Hancock says this is
"glorious"l
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23

A little boy. four years old, having
often been tell that it was wrong To
ask for anything at the table, was down
at dessert. After patiently waiting for
some time without being noticed, he ex-
claimed Mamma. please may l have
an orange if don't ask for it?" "Yes.
DEAR" was the reply. But after eonsid-
cradle interval. the little fellow not get
ting his orange, again addressed his
mother with: please, mamma I'm not
asking for an orange" This time he
was duly rewarded.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23

SHALL infiationists and repudiators
rule this country under man who halls
their supposed success over honesty as
glorious" That is the question for
the North to answer.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23

THE Republicans take the offices in
Maine and leave the Democrats all the
disgrace. That was what the New
York Democracy fired a salute over the
other day. wasn't it?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23

Is HANCOCK any better than his party ::
If so, why does he jubilate publicly over
the supposed success of the enemies of
the public credit.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23

"Look heah, squire, dars niggah in
Galveston what's been saSsin' me; sup
posing | jes maui de life outen him?"
The lawyer replied: "YOu would be apt
to get your neck stretched" "Now, boss,
YOU is jokin'. What do white folks care
for one niggah NOAH or less now de CEN
sus is done tuck ?"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23

HANCOCK has registered a blunder,
and the Democrats have not carried
Maine. Whose boom is this, anyway.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23

Going home from church she remark
ed to her husband: Did you rOtice that
baldheaded man in front of us, and how
young he lOoked2 l never saw any one
so young before with bald head" Then
he silenced her by replying: MY dear, L
was baldheaded before | was u year old"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23

BARNUM ought to have rolled the
barrel a little way into the Maine
woods, evidently.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23

WADE HAMPTON is silent, but he is
undoubtedly chuckling to himself: "lt's
a boom for the principles of Lee and
Jackson" So it is.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23

PERHAPS Hancock didn't send that
GLORIOUS" dispatch to Plaisted. May be
it's forgery"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am Public worship: II 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, 1880-09-23
lblished Every Thursday
Terms of Subscription:
Two Dollars Per Year IN Advance.

If not paid within the year 25 per cent will
be added for each year it remains unpaid.
OFFIoE-South side Main street, nearly op-
posite Public School building
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-23
Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R.
i Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, II; evening
service, z. Sabbath School, 900 a. III. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday p.m.; gen.
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday z pm.
Strangers welcome to all services
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
preaching: II am; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday z p m.
Strangers are cordially invited TO all our
services.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10
Crows Behaving Like Hawks.

In this part of the country heretofore
the crow has been associated with corn
fields and not with chickens, but the re-
port now comes from Flushing, l.. l.,
that crows have developed bold and ra-
pacious qualities and make repeated on
slaughts on the henyards of that neigh
borhood. This is thing never before
heard of in Flushing, and it has caused
much constt rnation among the house.
wives whose chickens have been taken.
Mrs. Flanagan early in the season had
$50 chickens; now she has but $50 AL
though she does not think that all of the
missing 100 were carried away by the
crows. yet she has repeatedly seen crows
take the chickens, and thinks that many
Of them were lost in that way. The crows,
she says, use much strategy in their
movements. At times two will visit the
yard together, one mounting guard while
the other locomotives. If any enemy
appears, the guard gives warning by a
wild screech. Some of the crows are re-
markably bold They will perch on a
fence close to the house, nodding their
heads in q most unconcerned manner.
Scarecrows are of no avail Nothing less
than the throwing of some missile suf-
fees to drive them away
One woman thought it so novel sight
to see crow pick up chicken that in
stead of frightening him sway she allowed
him to make off with his prize The
birds are most numerous in the morning
and evening. One man made an attempt
to get rid of some of them by stationing
himself in the yard with gun. As a
scarecrow he was success, but as tokill-
ing any of the birds he could accomplish
nothing.
During this season more crows have been
seen Oh Long Island than for many years.
The new characteristic which some of
them seem to have developed might be
explained by the fact that they find it
difficult to obtain the usual supply of
corn on account of their own increased
number and the severe ravages of the
army worm during the summer. They
are thus compelled to have recourse to
the small fowl.-Ne,o York Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10
How Ladies Dress in Persia.

She wore bright red satin skirt,
richly embroidered with gold lace; it was
very full and short, barely reaching to
her knees; loose jacket of blue velvet,
also much trimmed-this time with sill
yer lace; the sleeves were made of cash
mere shawl buttoned by about twenty
small buttons. She wore several neck
laces, most of them very massive, stud
ded with fine turquoises. On her head
she wore white shawl, with band of
Jewels round her forehead, and at one
side large pearl star. She had on both
arms at least dozen bracelets-some
handsome ones, some only bands of col
ored glass. Her feet were covered with
coarse white socks; her shoes green
leather with scarlet heels. Some of the
ladies wore bright red trousers, reaching
to the ankle; but this was quite the ex-
ception. They wear a long veil, reaching
from head to foot, generally made of some
smart print of muslin. L ought to men,
ton that every lady wore small leather
case around her neck, containing some
earth from Mecca and verses from the
Koran. The faces of my hostess and
friends were much decorated, the eye
brows broadened and carried quite across
the nose. Some had small designs tat
tooed on the cheeks. The hair is very
long and thick, generally died red; it is
worn plated in many thin tails, twisted
with gold thread The hands are well
shaped, but nails and palms are stained
O dark red. -7Iasiey's Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10
Adventures Of Alexis.

L have at this moment before me the
Hedgeta, st. Petersburg gazette, from
which extract the following regarding
the visit of the Grand Duke Alexis Alex
androwitch to America "The Grand
Duke sojourned at humble hotel He
was constantly surrounded by reporters,
who never allowed the poor Prince mo-
ments repose in the theatre, or in the
street, or even in the hotel. He was
questioned about himself, Russia, the
Russians, the Court of st. Petersburg,
private concerns, and on every subject
impertinence can devise. They even de-
sired to know how he performed his toilet,
how he undressed, how he slept, etc.;
and many requested, without success, to
remain with him all night. At length
one managed to secrete himself in the
bed-chamber of the Grand Duke, where
he remained hidden under table, Great
was the surprise of his Highness, when
he read in the morning papers the hour
he had retired; how he had undressed,
when he extinguished his candle (?), on
which side he slept; that he went to sleep
immediately on retiring, and snored; at
what time he arose, etc. This edition
had extraordinary success, and the Grand
Duke laughed heartily when, on the fol-
lowing day, at the table dhOte, the cor
respondent recounted the history of the
affair. go heroes of journalism! he ex-
claimed at the conclusion of the recital"
The Hedyela only recently received this
account fromits New York correspondent,
who probably contents himself with the
idea that Americans do not understand
the Russian language, and therefore the
existence of the humble hotel with which
he embellishes the troubles of the Grand
Duke will never be disputed. 1t is true,
Americans are frequently too demonstra-
tive In their admiration for foreign cele-
brities; but this is far less censurable
than the gross exaggerations of the re-
cipients of these attentions, who distort
mistaken kindness into senseless ridicule.
The New York correspondent of the He'd
yela is evidently ignorant of the interior
arrangements of the great hotels of that
city when he speaks of extinguishing
candles, and probably pictures his own
humble residence, in his ignorance Of
establishments which have no equal in
all Russia. At all events, he sadly mis-
represents the magnificent hotel at which
the Grand Duke sojourned while in New
York, when he sneerinly speaks of it as q
humble dwelling Cor. Chicago
TI.;L,,,,o
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10
Robin Red.breaSt.

The English robin, after whom our
robin is named has some very pleasant
traits of character. For one thing, he
is tender-hearted, and is often known to
feed and comfort suffering birds, whether
they are of his own kind or not Stories
are told of homesick birds shut up in
cages being visited by robins and cheered
up by social chattering, and also of
their being supplied by the same generous
little creatures with worms and other
nice morsels of food. Young birds which
fall out of the nest before they can fly,
seem to be the special care of the robins.
They will feed and care for them, and at
last teach them to fly, and fly away with
the grateful youngsters. The bird we call
a robin, though he is quite as interesting
as the English robin, and has his own
pleasant, lively ways, has really no right
to the name, being in fact thrush.
Whatever we call him, he is bright, in
telligcnt fellow, and nothing can be fun
nier than to see him jerk worm out of
the groundfor his breakfast. -New Jeru-
salem Messenger.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10
Mrs. Hayes and the Washington Wine
Trade.

Some days ago 1 had Q. talk with
gentleman who frequently visits this
city selling wines, liquors, and cham
pagnes. Herepresents well-known New
York house, and has visited this city semi
annually for twenty years. Speaking of
the trade and its increase, he sad /:
We don't sell one case of wine in
Washington now where we sold thirty
some years ago. Mrs. Hayes mo wine
at state tables may have sounded easy
to other people, but it was almost a
sound of death to the wine trade. Many
is the time we have sold hundreds of
boxes TO dealers who we knew in turn
furnished them to the Executive Man
sion. That trade is entirely gone now.
Mrs. Hayes having declar ID against
wine, of course IL became fashionable in
a manner, and it's consumption in Wash
ington fell off very much. Last winter
there was not one case of wine sold
where forty was sold even ten years ago.
The drinking of wine among men may
not have fallen off much, but it certain
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10
Amusing Provisions in Old Wills.

A foreign review of new book entitled
"Curiosities of the Search Room: Col
lection of Serious and Whimsical Wills"
writes as follows:
"The chapters on Eccentric Wills,
on Vindictive Wills, and on Directions
for Burial contain some curious illus
trations of human frailty and folly. A
certain DR.. Ellerby bequeaths his heart
to one friend, his lungs to another, and
his brains to third, declaring that il
they do not execute his wishes with regard
20 them he will come and torment them
If it should be by any means possible
Another testator, an American, requires
that his skin may be converted into two
drumheads, upon which are to be in
scribed Pope's Universal Prayer and the
Declaration of Independence; another
American, New Yorker, leaves seventy
one pair of trousers, to be sold to the
highest bidder without examination, no
purchaser being allowed to buy more
than one pair. In each pair was found
bundle of bank-notes representing a
thousand dollars. A Frenchman insti-
tutes an annual race with pigs, to be rid
den by boys or men, with prize of ESQ
to the winner A Baptist minister who
died last year declares in his will that he
thirsts to see the Church of England
brought down, and desires all posterity
TO know that he believes infant sprink-
ling to be from his Satanic Majesty
Another dissenter, recently deceased, be-
queaths 100000 upon trust for two
nieces upon condition that neither of
them marry minister of the Estab-
ished Church, ora person holding any
office or commission in her Majestys
army
'Grotesque instructions with regard to
the testators body are frequent in wills.
One man bequathed his body to the I'm
perial Gas Company, to be consumed to
ashes in one of their retorts; and New
York spinster desired to employ all her
money in building church but stipu-
lated that her remains should be mixed
up In the mortar used for fixing the first
stone. Some of the requests in what
the compiler call: 'Vin9ictive Wills have
in them a touch of humor Thus the
Fifth Earl of Pembroke writes: Il be-
qucath to Thomas May, whose nose 1
did break at a masquerade, five shillings.
My intention had been to give him more;
but all who have seen his History of
Parliament" will consider that even this
sum is too large and certain DIR. Dun
lop bequeaths to his brother-in-law
Christopher his best pipe, out of graft
tude that he married my sister Maggie,
whom no man of taste would have taken,
and to his eldest sister. Joan, his FIVE
acre field ito console her for being mar
ried to man she is obliged to henpeck.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10

THE little village of Edgerton, in Rock
county, Wis, on the line of the st. Paul
railroad, is the headquarters of the buy
ers and sellers of the Wisconsin tobacco
crop. Nearly all the tobacco raised in
that State is grown in the three counties
of Dane, Jefferson, and Rock, and some
idea of the extent and value of the pro-
duction may be obtained when it is
known that about 81 900, 900 will be ex-
pended for the weed this season in the
three counties named. The price this
year promises to be the highest ever
paid, buyers being already in the field
offering to make contracts at 8 and 81
cents per pound. An acre of tobacco
generally yields 1000 pounds, which,
at the present price, would give the pro-
Queer $12S-a much more remunerative
crop than wheat, and one less liable to
be injured.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10
Senator Hamlin's Endurance.

Ex-senator Lot NJ Morrill,, of Maine,
speaking of the present venerable United
States Senator from that State, said:
Hamlin is the most remarkable man /
ever knew. He has never known sick
ness, and has been most careful and at
tentive to his public duties of whatever
character, of any man in this country.
He never wore a piece of flannel or I'M
derclothing of any description, apair OF
gloves, or an overcoat. Even in our cold
est weather, Mr.. Hamlin, even at his adj
vanced age, plods along, dressed in the
coolest of costumes-the old-fashioned
swallow-tailed coat-without wraps OF
any kind, while his fellows are almost
frozen to death beneath big overcoats
and the heaviest of undertaking. His
power of endurance is wonderful and his
capacity for work great.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10
Joking on High Olympus.

1t was bright afternoon, and the i'm
mortals were sitting on high Olympus,
watching the cremation of some insane
American, who thought there wasn't
enough land on this continent to bury
him in, when the blue-eyed maid re-
| marked:
MARS"
The Colonel hastily folded up his map
OF the lava beds and slipped it into his
pocket.
"Speak, Minerva, the class is up. Go
ahead with the oral.
"When they put man into the crema-
tory or retort, or whatever they call it,
what figure Of expression does it remind
you OFF"
The Colonel scratched his grieved shin
(now don't ask us what it. was grieved
about, or we will tell you it was grieved
about to the knee, for we are in no hui
NOR for nonsense), and presently he said
he wasn't much of a scholar on raw gram
mar, but he believed it was kind of
erysipelas, something left out, you
know"
"Well," said the goddess, "but what
is left out?"
The Colonel hesitated a moment, and
said he hadn't considered in regards of
that, and Hermes remarked that it was
probably an Interpolation, because the
man was put in.
Vulcan, who happened along with a
new hinge for the front gate, asked if it
wasn't hotology.
Juno didn't think it could be Pathology,
because it wasn't always the same man;
indeed, 1T never was the same man.
Its the same man this time, isn't
it ?" asked her husband, cautiously
throwing up his elbow to the level with
his head
Ganymede, the barkeeper, said he
thought it was hyperbole, because it
was awfully extravaganza; $35 per man at
the Washington pa Crematory was the
regular charge for every barbecue.
Saturn, who came up this afternoon,
it being Friday, with string of fish,
said he thought it was synedoche, but on
being asked what synedoche was, frank
ly confessed that he didn't know, and
went down three.
Apollo thought it was a bit of trochaic
meter, because the man was put in his
coffin.
1t took the Immortals long time to
catch on to this, and then Jupiter re-
marked that they weren't running col
lege intirmary up there.
"No," said his amiable married sister,
"no, pharmacy's sake, don't talk doctor
shop. What do you think it is, Miner
va?"
The blue-eyed goddess turned down
her place i'll Emerson, adjusted her eye
glasses and said, with great precision:
why, the retort scorches. Does not
it strike you that way?"
But after a moment of silence the Col
onel said he wasn't up to this new
tangled pronunciation very well, and the
immortal Jove called to Ganymede to
bring him "Gght one, at the same
time holding up all the fingers ON one
hand behind his wifes head.
Laughed all the gods; the heavens with laughter
broke,
And wise Minerva thought twas at her joke.
-Rl iTIiD H1IpkelJe-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10

EXTENSIVE improvements are made at
the White House. The most important
work is the laying of flooring of En-
glish tile, of bright colors and attractive
designs, in the main corridor and vesti-
bule. The billiard-room has been abol-
ished, and now forms part of the con-
servatory, the woodwork of which is
being entirely replaced, and. besides
being enlarged somewhat, will become
entirely reglazed. The main portico of
the mansion, made unsightly by cob
webs, falling plaster, and other marks of
decay, will be thoroughly repaired, and
paint will be literally applied where re-
uuired.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10

In debate in the English House of
Commons, the other day, Mr.. Forster,
Chief Secretary for Ireland, said, refer
ring to the refusal of the Lords to pass
measures for the relief of Ireland, that
if such proceedings were persisted in
there would come time when some
change in the constitution of that body
would be necessary. This declaration
was cheered vociferously. Sir Stafford
Northcote expressed amazement at hear
ing such language from an officer of the
crown.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10
A CORRESPONDENT writes to the Herald

A CORRESPONDENT writes to the Herald
rs follows: can incident occurred at
Booths Theater during Miss Nelson's
last engagement that deeply impressed
the superstitions existing among the at
tacbes, 1t appears that while the an
nouncement was being made that large
photograph of the tragedienne, which
was displayed on Twenty-third street,
had been destroyed, a costly mirror hang
ing in the managers Office fell to the
floor with a crash, and was broken in
pieces. Many now religiously believe
that these accidents were premonitions.
Reference is also made to the curious
fact that the chief attraction for her
farewell benefit given in the same thea
ter in May, 1875, was the balcony scene
of Romeo and Juliet, with Miss Nelson
as Juliet Miss Mary Wells as the
Nurse and H. j. Montague as Romeo.
Not one of these noted players is now
living"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10

A WASHINGTON correspondent says the
recent determination of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science to urge the transfer of the me-
neurological branch of the signal service
to scientific control has created some
thing of a sensation. In army circles it
is received with very bad grace, and
those officers who have it under control
at present, and others who anticipated
snug berths in the service in future,
stand aghast at the proposition, de-
nouncing it as impertinent and presump-
tuous. On the other hand, scientists con-
slider it capital movement.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10

In consequence of the low rate of
wages paid the cotton operatives of Lam
cashire, movement in favor of emigra-
ton to this country has been Inaugural
ted among them. At Blackburn, which,
next to Manchester, is the largest cot
communicating town of England, a
vote was taken recently as to whether
emigration or striking was the best
course to pursue, and the result was
that the employees of fifty factories were
in favor of emigration and those of thir-
ty in favor of strike the employees of
ten favored short time, and those of two
favored delay of two months. The
British workingmen, like the British