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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01

THE occasional rains visiting differ
ent parts of the country during the pres
ent month have created high but brief
hopes among farmers, but they have not
been sufficiently general or constant to
prevent q widespread prevalence of
drouth. In some places the rains have
to a great extent redeemed the corn and
pastures, yet there are few points at
which additional rain would not be
decided advantage. But there are vast
districts-in several states-in which
vegetation is almost dried up and in
which corn seems to be past redemption.
Farmers are consequently very much
discouraged in some localities, and have
apparently lost all the cheerfulness
which was so prevalent three months
ago. While we feel the full force Of the
situation, experience teaches that un-
der such circumstances as now exist the
trouble is invariably over-estimated. and
when the season comes to 2 close we
confidently expect better state of
things than present reports would seem
to warrant. -Stockman.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01
CREEDS.

Believe as l believe, no more, no less;
That am right, and no one else, con-
fess;
Feel as l feel, think only as l think;
Eat what | eat, and drink but what ]
drink;
Look as l look, do always as do,
And then, and only then, I'll fellowship
with you.
That am right, and always right,
know,
Because my own convictions tell me so !;
And to be right is simply this, to be
Entirely and in all respects like me;
To deviate hairs breadth, or begin
To question, doubt or hesitate, is sin.
reverence the Bible, if it be
Translated first and then explained to
me;
By churchly laws and customs l abide,
Ifthey with my opinion coincide;
All creeds and doctrines / admit divine,
Excepting those which disagree with
mine.
Let sink the drowning if he will not
swim
Upon the plank that throw out to him;
Let starve the hungry if he will not eat
My kind and quantity of bread and
meat;
Let freeze the naked if he will not be
Clothed in such garments as are made
for Inc.
'Twere better that the sick should die
than live,
Unless they take the medicine give;
,Twere better sinners perish than refuse
To be confOrmed to my peculiar views !;
'Twere better that the world stand still
than move
In any otner way than that which 1 APP
prove.
Harrington Hawkeye.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01

MIN: am Democrat. Many of you
are Republicans. shall vote for Han
cock. You can vote for whom you
please. This establishment will not
close, no matter who is elected" John
w. BOokwalter.
Wonderful passagel Why declare to
his employees that he was Democrat?
They did not care what he was. The
assumption that they cared whether he
was Democrat or not was an imperti-
nence Why did he not mind his own
business? His "men" could vote as
they pleased! OF course they could. No
thanks to him. There was no occasion
for him to say anything about it. The
establishment would not close-certain-
ly not. We have never seen a more
vain and absurd speech. 1t is pltiful.-
lCin. Com. I'D. .-ea
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. g. A. NJ.
I'D Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon
JAMES MELLOR, w. NJ.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
- Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
G. w. CARROLL, FL. P.
] Jesse B. MEYER, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. 54, r. & s. M.
I'D Meets second Tuesday of each month.
Fl. r. BUMGARNER, T. /. NJ.
F. D. BAILEY, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 2G, K. T..
Ii Stated conclaves, first Tuesday of each
month. II. r.. BUAlGARNER, E. G.
l.. l.. SRDwICK, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01
An unsympathetic World.

81 b'lieYe one great cause of disap-
pointment an unhappiness in dis world
am de fack dat We expect too much of
cur fellow-men," began Brother Gard
ner, after calling the Lime Kiln Club to
order. I'VE expect our mex dOah nay
bur to be full o. kindness, when he may
have cause to be full of bitterness. If
we want favor of anybody, we neber
stop to ask if we have eber granted dem
one, or if it will put dem out to grant
our request. If we feel good ober q bit
o. luck, we look for all men to feel good
wild US, neber dreamin dat our good
luck may be some one else's loss telf
you, dar am heap o. sorrow. an bitter
ness, an heratache, and bad luck. in this
world of ours, an he who has little or
none of it am apt to forgit what burdens
odder people have to bar. Let none Of
us sot out wild de idea dat we shall fin
everybody willin' to make cl'ar road
fur US. Onless you have granted favOIs,
you have no business to ak 'em. III you
haven't spmpathiZed wild odders when
deir sunshine has departed doan' leok
fur sympathy when your sky am over
cast.
"De odder day l heard Uncle Bolly
Williams say dat dis was a colds un-
sympathizin' world. 1 put a few ques-
uons to>him, an found dat he had made
effort to git acquainted wild his nayburs.
He had neber put hisself out TO do any
one else favor. When his naybuF's
child lay dead in de house Uncle Bolly
went off to his work jist de same. 1
could not fin dat de world was behold
en- to him fur de least self-sacrihce, an
yit he was bitterly complainin' agin de
way de world used him. 1t is jist de
same in nine cases out Of ten. De
folkses who do De least 70 make de
world pleasant am lookin' for most sun
shine. Do unto others as you wish to
be done by an life will be one long
glad day wild you and yoers.-Detroit
Free Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01

A FEW years ago the Democratic par
ty, by the aid of fraud and murder, got
control of the State Government of Lou
isiana. 1t forthwith assembled Con-
stitutional Convention to get rid of the
Radical Constitution, which was hated
for no other good reason than the fact
that the Republicans made it. In all re-
spects that Constitution was great i'm
provement on the old organic law of the
State The Convention adopted new
instrument and it was hastily ratified at
an election at which the Republicans did
not take much part. The new Constitu-
tion has been in operation less than four
years, but its defects are so apparent
that cry. goes up from the Democratic
papers for its amendment. 1t is called
bungling affair, and the work of the
Convention which made it is spoken of
as miserable failure. Under this model
Bourbon instrument taxes are evaded
the school system is running down, and
the courts are wretchedly inefficient
Legislative amendment is the remedy
suggested. "The thought of another
convention" forcibly remarks the
Shreveport Standard, "makes the people
sick by its mere momentary contempla-
tion."-(N. Y. Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01

Mr.. PoCKETBOoKwALTE is trying,
says the N. Y. Tribune, to ingratiate
himself with the workinginen. He went
to trade-union picnic at the Lookout
House, in Cincinnati, the other night.
and danced with the girls. Some of the
old-fashioned Ohio Democrats complain
of his conduct as undignitied. They
will think it decorum itself when they
see how he will waltz out of the cam
paigh into obscurity on election day.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01

New YORK elects on the first Tues
day of November a secretary of stale, a
comptroller, a state treasurer, an attor-
ney general, state engineer and sur
veyor, and an associate judge of the
Court of Appeals. There are also to be
chosen congressman to fill vacancies in
the Ninth, Eleventh, Twenty-second
and Twenty-seventh districts, thirty-two
state senators and one hundred and
twenty-eight assemblymen.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01


THERE is danger in the complications
of Mississippi politics that Senator La
mar will be left out in the cold. Lamar
is by far the ablest man in his repudia-
ting State, and has glimpses occasionally
of the fact that since 1860 the country
has undergone a radical political and So
Fcial revolution, and that there is impor-
tant necessity that the South should re-
cognize it. What Mississippi wants in
his place is genuine Bourbon of the
Barksdale or Chalmers stripe, who bears
the scars of the war of the Confederacy
about him, and believes the Lost Cause
will come uppermost in fact, if not in
name, when the Democracy get the as
tendency in National affairs. Lamar is
much too liberal for the average Missis-
sippi yahoo.-[Cin. Commercial.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01
eeImont co urty onnciaI DIrec.ory.

Common Pleas Judse-Wm. Dkey.
Probate Judge-Thomas Cochran.
Clerk of Courts-Alex. G. Dafrab.
Sheriff Hilless
Audit0r-WiIliam n Coffiand.
Treasurer Hamilton Eaton.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred II. Mitchell.
Recorder-N s. Hobbs.
Commissioners-owen Mehan, Morris Cope,
l. j. Potts
Surveyor -Chalkley Dawson.
COroDer-Thomas Garrett.
Infirmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, Wn.
Parkinson, James B. .Rtchey.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01
The Grain Crops of the World.

LONDON, August 23.-The volume of
reports on the harvest of the diff
ferent countries throughout the
world brought out by M. Estienne annu-
ally is now being issued. The reports
of the wheat crop in France are this
year from over larger area, and indi-
cate a better crop than last year. This
year barley is not so good as in 1880,
but it is fairly good. The maize crop is
very ordinary. Oats and rye are fair.
On the whole. the crops are not up to
those of last year, but wheat is not
much below the average. None of the
crops will be very bad, but none will be
very good. The crops in Great Britain
are described as sollows; Wheat ie 10
per cent. befow. the average, and likely
to realize only 100000 quarters. Bar
ley is 10 per cent. above the average,
and oats are 20 per cent. below the av-
erage. The year is one in which farm
ers are not likely to recoup themselves
for losses during the past gve years. In
Austria and Hungary the crops are good
all round. Wheat and barley are both
above the average. Rye is very much,
and oats ara slightly, under the average.
The reports from Italy agree that the
crops are of medium quality. and much
below the abundance of those of 1880.
In the Turkish provinces on the Danube
the wheat harvest will be medium. Rye
is good and abundant. Barley is good
AS regards quantity, but bad in quality.
Oats are very much above the average.
All the reports from Russia agree that
the barley is. the best t-crop of-the year,
doubling that of 1850 in quantity, but
not 50 plump and weighty. Rye is
abundant. Wheat is good. Throughout
GermaDy winter and.spring sowings are
iii marked contrast, the former yielding
good and the latter very defective crops.
Oats are verd good. Barley is thin.
None of the crops are of the average. In
the PrussiaA states the crops are fair.
The Swiss wheat crop is very poor in
quantity, owing to drouth. but in quail
ty it is very fine. Oats and barley are
good in quantity and quality, but there
is small area sown of the latter. Bel
gian wheat is far below the average.
Barley is good. Rye and oats are fair.
All crops in Spain are -bad.-All cereals
in Holland are in good condition. All
reports from the United States agree
that the yield will be under the average
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01

THE Massachusetts Greenbackers'
Convention yesterday repudiated the
two old parties, mOnopolies generally,
national banks, railroads, etc, and de-
clared that suffrage is the right to all
citizens, without regard to race, color,
sex, or taxes.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01
Church Directory.

.DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. r.
i Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service IL; evening
service, z. Sabbath School, 800 a. ni. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday pm; gen.
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday 2 pm
Strangers welcome to all services
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
NlRev. j. Fl. Conkle, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II a.m.; pm. Sabbath School:
2:30 PIN. Young mems meeting: Friday z
PIN; general prayer meeting: Thursday p m
Strangers are cordially invited TO all our
services.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01
Medicinal Qualities in ButtermiIk.


For summer beverage there can be
nothing more healthy and Strengthening
than buttermiak. 1t is excellent for
weak or delicate stOmachs, and far bet
ter as dinner drink than coffee, tea or
water, and, unlike them, does not retard,
but rather aids, digestion. A celebrated
physician once said that if every one
knew the value of buttermilk as adrink,
it would be more freely partaken of by
persons who drink so excessively of 9TH
er beverages; and further compared its
effects upon the system to the clearing
out of cook stove that has been elOgged
up with ashes that have sifted through,
filling up every crevice and crack, say
ing that the human system is Ike the
stove, and collects and gathers refuse
matter that can in no way be extermi-
mated from the system so effectually as
by drinking buttermilk. 1t is also spe-
cific remedy for indigestion, SOOthes and
'quieJs the nerves, and is very sOmnOlent
to those who are troubled with SleepleSs-
ness. >There is something strange in the
fact tnat persons who are fond of butter
milk never tire singing its praises, while
those who arenot fond of it never weary
of wondering how some people can drink
it. So far as possible, people should over
come their aversion to it and Learn to
drink it for health's sake. One gentle
man of our acquaintance is so extreme
ly fond of it that we knew him one time
TO drink about three glasses, then set his
glass down with thud, exclaiming ear
nestly as he smaeked his lips, That's
food and raiment both;;" while another
buttermilk enthusiast made the state
ment once that where the liver had be-
come lfeless from tOrpididy and mac.
ton, and is too dead to perform its func-
tions. buttermiik will cause a new one
to grow in Whatever exaggerated
statements may have been made con-
cerning buttermilk, its medical proper
ties cannot be overrated, and it should
be more freely used by all who can get
it. Every one who values good health
should drink buttermilk every day in
warm weather, and let tea, coffee and
water alone- For the benefit of those
who are not already aware of it, /
may add that, in the churning, the tirst
process of digestion is gone through,
making it the easiest and quickest Of all
things to digest. 1t makes gastric juice
and contains properties that readily as
simulate with it, with little or no wear
upon the digestive organs.-(H Halls
Journal of Health.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01

THE members of the Methodist Ecu
menical Conference which is to meet in
London this week number four hundreds
equally divided between Europe and
America.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01

THE Tennessee Greenbackers, Repub-
! licans, and Independents have agreed,
it is said, to unite in the support of Ben.
King for Governor.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01

AN effort to secure formal indOrse-
ment of the Loveland ticket by the Dis
trict Methodist Conference at Bellfon-
taine was failure.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01

Hon. HENRY BOIL, has been nomi-
mated for Representative by the Demo
CT ats of Washington county.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01
GEO. w. RIGGs, the well known
Washington City banker. is dead.

VANDERBILT has bought the fran
chise of the New York underground
railroad.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01

Crops in England have been greatly
damaged by rain. No such complaint
in the United States recently.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01

GENERAL HURST, of Chillicothe, has
been nominated for State Senator by the
of Ross-Highland district.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01
TTNITED 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, pm. Woman's Missionary
Society:. Last Saturday each mcnth, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, pm. Young womens prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, / pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01
Terms of Subscription:
Two Dollars Per Year in Advance.

If not paid within the year Is 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, 1881-09-01

Practice In the Supreme Court and Court OF
Claims, and appear before all the Departments.
Promptness and satisfaction given In all tusi-
cess entrusted 10 them. Correspondence So
iclted. 529 7th St., op. p. o. Department.
WASHINGTON Do sep25tf
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01

Banking hours from 8 m until 8 pm.
DISCOUNT days Tuesdays, at 10 am.
Money received on deposit
: Collections made and proceeds remitted
promptly. Exchange bought aud sold.
Direc;ors-.Courad Troll, David Brown,
George Brown, George Jepson.
d. d. T. COWEN, Pres.
]. r. MITCHELL, Cashier.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-01
BIRDS AND INSECTS.
DISEASES.

The same diseases are prevalent here
that you have back there. We have a
nice way, here in the west, of whipping
the devil around the stump, in saying
that a person has an attack Of the ma
larial fever, when he has the ague.
Well, Mr.. Editor. 1 have many other
things would like to write, but your
patience is probably wearied beyond en-
durance already, so will reserve few
jots for another time.
. REIMONTFR
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-15
Sealed Proposals.
BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS. l
Taxing District, Shelby County Tenn,
Mech A IQai |

BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS
Iaxlug District, Shelby County, Tenn,
Np.rD March 4, 1881.
SEALED proposals will be received by IA
~ until THURSDAY, March nth, 1881, at Il
O'Clock, noon, for the following work To Ia
done-seryiee to be rendered and material To
county:
For the paving of Linden street from DeSoto
to the east side Of Cynthia street, 3Cx26IO feet.
more or less, in all about $50 square yards, as
l. The width Of street to be payed 10 he
brought to true and proper grade as per grades
ana directions given by the engineer.
z, Inc cqrbing of clear heart cypress, ixl6
inches, to be we'll set and.securely staked and
nailed.
3. The cutters and street crossings to be-
paved 4 feet wide with good Bubble
4; The roadway 10 be paved with Rnhbis'
and MoAdam ami gravel. The above work 10
be done in accordance with detailed speeifca-
uons, to be seen at the engineers Office.
All eldsers are required to bid by the square
yard Tor the entire work, complete, ss per
speclncatlons and explanations given BY the
en- .ineer, the entire work to be compIsted On
or before August lst, 1881. In all ofthe above
work proposals will also be received for the
furnishing Of stone and gravel and curbine.
tao board reserving the right to do the entire
WORK with a District force, and the Board also
reserves the further rightto reject any and all
NOTE-All bids must DO labeled Linden
street Pavement " and under resolution Of
the Legislative Council must be ACCOMPANIED
with the names of two responsible bonds
men, who are prepared to execute bond for
I'VE thousand dollars each and each and every
oid must also be accompanied with certified
check for two hundred and fifty dollars $500.
By order Of the Board.
5i7 d. T. PORTER, Presidest
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-15
oOFrOF kxuHkKGR QUOTATIONS.
ltandsrd International Classification.

Stains-Ordinary, CSC; good ordi-
nary, 7sc; low middling, $50; mid
ding, &c.
The total receipts az all United
States ports for the past three days
were 1883 bales, against 1884 bales
the week before, and 2l,l42 bales
same time last year.
The total receipts Of cotton at all
United States ports from the LIST OF
Heptember to date are 4,S22,23l
bales, against4 ,374, 1913 bales at this date
last year, and 4, 004,0 60 the year before.
Increase of receipts this year COM
rared with last,447 ,498 bales. The stock
on hand at this time is 879,988 bales,
against S70,234 bales at this time last
year, and Col 554 bales the year before.
1,he foreign shipments to date are
3,l24,055 bales, against 1858, L2 bales
last year, and 2,793,8l6 the year be-
fore.
The total visible supply Of cotton
on Friday last, as per Financial
Chronicle tables, was 3,OO8, 152 bales,
an increase oyer last year at the same
time of 391 ,632 bales, and over the
wear before of 1852 bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-15
General Trade.

Free arrival of breadstufs, feed and
produce during the past two days has
stocked the market to a liberal degree,
but has not affected values, all Of
which are well sustained, save the
leading staple cotton. This contin-
ues on tue incline downward, and
from appearances, no reaction is proba-
BILE. The jobbing trade is active and
a good demand prevails for all articles
of prime consumption. Che weather
is favorable, and crop planting pro
crosses vigorously.
FLOUR-Better classes steady with an
active demoud and light stocks. Quota
tions for round lots are for AAA, 81 %
family, choice and fancy, So to ST. patents,
Sc 5Ot 81; small orders 25c higher.
CORNMEAL-Demand active atS2 70
to 81 rs per Dbl from the mills and on the
landing for lots; small orders Joe higher.
CORN-Firm at 55c to 56e for sound
shelled. and unsettled figures for damp or
OF stock; small orders &c 10 Se per bushel
higher.
OATS-Steady demand and movement
with Gales at 45c TO ACC for mixed and
white; black seed, Acc to 47c, all for lots
small orders 2c to &c per bushel higher.
BRAN-Arnvala far and demand
moderate at SIS per tor for wheat and y
Der cwe feed meal, $l8 -; cotton seed
meal, SIS; corn bran duh at SlzW 10 l3W
per ton.
HAY-Reeeipts moderate, with a de-
mand fully equal TO il. Sales at SIS e
So go according 70 quality, Cor western
the latter for small bales per cwt, s CD (
81 is; Arkansaw prairie dull at $l3 pei
ton; illinois prairie, SIS per ton.
POTATOES-Tone quiet at " 90 Il
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-15
Attachment Notice.

Before S Hammontree, j.. P. for Shelby coun-
~, Tenn.-BM Martin VS.. Thomas Griffin.
y NJ. MARTIN having personally appeared
ID. before me, s Hammontree, j. p. and
made oath that Thomas Griffin is indebted to
him in the som Of s., and that the claim
is Just; that said defendant is Ascending or
absconding himself from said state so that the
ordinary process of law cannot be served upon
him, and an attachment having been by me
nessee, and due return thereof, levied upon
the property of said defendant, having been
made thereon. said Thomas Griffin is there
fore ordered TO appear before me, OF y office,
in the Fourth Civil District, Saturday the ed
day Of April, 1881, at 2 p. M, and defend said
attachment suit, or same will be proceeded
with ex-parte. and a copy of this order be
published once q week for four successive
weeks in the Public Ledger ofthe city of MEM
phis.
This ed day February, 1881.
28l42 S HAMMONTREE, ]. P.