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The daily gazette., 1881-08-15
THE SAVANNAH
MORNING N E W s!
SAVANNAH WEEKLY NEWS,

Mammoth sheet contains pages of
reading matter, comprising all The news
of the week, Telegraphic Dispatches up
items. Original Serials, etc. Only o. a
year 81 fer six months.
SOUTHERN FARMERS MONTHLY,
An illustrated journal, containing
Original and Selected Agricultural mat
ter, suitable for the Farm and Fireside.
Also an illustrated Fashion Department
for the ladies'. Price 10 year ~ for six
months. j. Ii. ESEILL,
Savannah, ia.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-15

nearly all cleared land, In good condi.
tion, under good fencing. About 4,50
PEACH TREES on this farm.
tssAS Bull DINGS Good FRAME
EE.Is Ho USE, Barn, Corn-crib and
H&iia Granary all in excellent order.
HAisk This land also fronls on ELK
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-09
Dlsclalmed the Relationship.

The man who travels on the railroad
and sits down by the side Of lone females
while laboring under the impression
that he recognizes . likeness in their
faces to his wife's aunt's cousin, met his
match on one Of the roads in this vicin-
ity lately. He sat down in the half Of
. seat the other half of which was oc-
cupied by . pleasant-faced young Lady.
His first question was:
Pardon me, Miss. but Is your name
James: I have . cousin Of that name,
whom you greatly resemble"
"No, sill" was the reply, "my name
il not James. But, pardon me, is your
name Zinc or Copper?"
"Zinc or Copper No. ma'am."
said the astonished man. "What lead
you to suppose I had such namesr"
EXCUSE me-" was the quiet reply.
"but thought certain you must be
first cousin to brass foundry"
The man fell over two seats and
kicked q bird. cage half way down the
car in his haste to get into the smoker,
while the young lady smiled gentle
smile behind her handkerchief It was
. proof of the old adage that . witty
answer turneth away bores.-OI CITY
Derrick.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-09

then the lock WAS broke afterward, to look -
II It hal bean forced open. They've had the
foreman of the safe-men dowD. too, and he
-: there were only two keys IN existence; one
was safe with the President Of the bank, andis
about all he's got to show out of forty years
savings; the only other one you had; conse-
quently It heaves It on to you"
81 see, " said Wood. 81 win 60 with you.
Do you want to come into the house with me
while get my eoat2"
Well, suppose must keep you in sight
NOW, you know"
s.id ber the folk. that
lost by Clark when the bank broke have been
at him until he's felt obliged to pitch on some
body, and he's pitched on me, and Captain
NOurse has come to arrest me. shall get bail
before long"
She said nothing and did not shed tear till
he was gone.
But then
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-09
The Waste Lands Of Louisiana.

We do not wish to throw cold water
on this (the Disston scheme for Florida)
or any other scheme which aims to de-
velop the material prosperity of the
South. The enterprise is worthy one.
But we do insist that there is not half
as much promise in it as in redeeming
the overdowed lands of Louisiana. Here
is an opportunity awaiting some COM
pany like Disston's that will prove q
bonanza indeed. We are trying it on q
small scale to-day-with the Louisiana
Land Reclamation Company-with
great success; but there is room for
many more companies of this kind in
their field, and for millions of dollars of
capital. As compared with Florida,
our overlooked lands, if redeemed, are
much more valuable. These waste lands
lie mainly in the sugar district of the
States where good land is worth twenty
five dollars an acre. The average agri-
cultural production per acre in Florida
is only seven dollars, while here it is
twenty-five dollars. The redeemed
lands in this State would be near to
market and in immediate vicinity to
thickly settled neighborhoods, instead
of as in Florida, several hundred miles
from any civilized settlement. The
State of Louisiana possesses 5000. 900
acres of swamp and overaowed lands,
for which at present there is very little
demand. the sales not averaging over q
few thousand acres q year, although
the price is low-from twelve and a-half
to seventy-fve cents. That much Of
this land Is redeemable and valuable is
shown by the fact that some 3,OOU, 900
acres of it had been purchased by diff
ferent persons. improved and are now
under cultivation. What has been done
by these persons, most of them with
very little capital to back them. could
certainly be done much more success
fully by large corporation with plenty
of money.-NeU Orleans Democrat.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-09
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

An election, like q circus, is gener-
ally carried on under . canvass.-LoW-
ell Courier. f
Every man has his forte, if he only
knew how to hold it.-New York COM
nsercial Advertiser.
Ambitious man: els there any
fixed rule for writing poetry?'' There
is! Don t!-B0st0n Post.
"A pleasantly attributed to M.
Theirs: "When I was very young I
was so little-so little-that needed q
pole to knock down the strawberries.
lie Figaro.
The average life of circus actor is
forty years. The average life of cir
Gus joke is $50 years. The latter is
''worked almost to DEATH every year.
too.-Norristoson Herald.
-Conjurors astonish an audience by
taking rolls of ribbon from their
mouths, but then it is q common thing
to see q carpenter take hammer and
nails out of his chest. CONNER
cial Bulletin.
The Herdic coaches display sign
which says '.Fulp' when they are load
ed. The drinking man knows less than
coach. He is full before he finds it
out, and always wants to take little
more aboard.-M. o. Picayune.
Plumbers have resolved to maintain
their old prices during the coming win
ter. As heretofore their services will
be valued at fifteen dollars q minute,
while an ounce of lead pipe will be
worth its weight in gold.-Rhiladelphio
Chronicle.
Talk about gossip. How could the
world dispense with it? A party of
men on the backyard fence. and q par
eel of women around the tea table,
would fall to sleep from mate stupidity
if there was no such thing as gossip
NeD Haven Register.
"A correspondent asks: els the
watermelon q fruit or vegetable7''
That depends on how you acquire pos
session of the melon. II you buy it ON
the street it is mere vegetable, but II
you have to crawl on your stomach
about half mile through high weeds on
q moonlight night to steal it, while the
old granger who owns it is asleep. then
it is rich and luscious tropical fruit.
Your question is unseasonable.-Tezas
Sytings.
First boy" What ais YEP" Sec
ond boy" Naw.nawthing." Yes
there is! You've been bawlingr' mo
l h-hain't." ''What is ii, :henrf SHAW
nawthing. only yesterday I gave that
Jones boy licking, and this morning
his father bought him a goat. All the
boys are over there, and the goat is
bunting all the boys and all the boys
and goats are bunting each other. and
Pm left out in the c.cold cause licked
the boy who runs the animals. "-Detroit
Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-09

Father Hyacinths has decided 70
postpone his visit to America until next
February.
I'm England the Congreeationalists
are endeavoring to make $3.50 the mimi
mum salary Of . minister.
Miss Louise s. Baker. . college,
bred woman. breaches for the Congre-
gational Church In Nantucket, Mass.
She does not administer the c0mmun-
ion.
There Is . congregation Of colored
Catholics in Marion County, Kentucky,
with 179 communicates. Recently .
jubilee mission was held for them, at
which all but 1--WE are said to have At
tended.
-Findlay, Ohio. has been condition
ally selected IS the site of the college
to be organized under the control of tho
general eldership of the Church Of God
in North America better known q the
Winebrennarian.
The ministers of the California
town of Los Angeles have signed al
agreement that they willin no case per-
form the marriage ceremony for di-
vorced persons, except the divorce be
obtained on Scriptural grounds, and
then for the innocent party only"
"A Methodist camp ground is to be
purchased, consisting Of 900 acres Of
land, on the top Of the Allegheny
Mountains, midway between Deer Park
and Oakland, Maryland. It is to be q
National camp ground. similar to Ocean
Grove and Asburv Park and Chautau-
qua The ground is 5000 feet above
tide.
The way to keep Sunday-school
teachers meeting alive is to make it .
live meeting. Begin promptly, whether
few or many teachers are present.
Close promptly, however interesting
the lesson. Keep within an hour. Be-
gin with prayer. Break in the middle
with a prayer or hymn occasionally.
Study the lesson spiritually, not tech
nically or professionally. Remember
what the Bible is profitable for: Doc
trine, reproof. correction and instruc-
ton in righteousness and use it accord
ingly. Give your teachers the ear,
throw away the husk. and they will
come again. So says one Sabbath
school Superintendent, an old subscrib-
er of the Christian Union. He has tried
it and speaks out of three years Of ex-
perience.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-09
TO-DAY AND TOMORROW.
KANSAS.

II there come some Joy to me.
Would you have me stay,
With that joy to sweeten lifef
"Yes Heart, stay to-day"
Well. then, If have q dream
OF some coming sorrOW,
Shall wait to feel its tear?
THAT will do tomorrow"
II unto some loving heart
I've debt to pay2
SsAh! that is q mighty debt.
Pay it, Heart, to-day"
II I'm forced from bitter wrongs
Cruel words to borrow?
'.rhen, dear Heart, there is no haste;
Keep them till tomorrow.
sDuty, Kindness and Success
Lose by slow delay:
Duty hath q double right
When it claims to-day;
Kindness dies il it must wait;
Success will not stay
Unto them comes no tomorrow,
If they lose tO-ddy.
'"But for Debt and Doubt and Anger,
But for useless Sorrow,
Better you should wait q day;
Keep them for tomorrow.
And as every days today,
You may patience borrow,
Thus forever to put on
Such q bad tomorrow"
-Hdrpe,'s Wedtlv.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-09

Young Delmonico, of New York,
thus speaks of his patrons: I" Men al
ways order better and more carefully
than women. The Western people are
about the same kind of feeders the
Yankees arc. The Southerners 90 for
any dish that Is fried. and become dys-
peptic in haste. The people of the
Middle States are tho best diners. I'm
glishmen get tho best breakfasts"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-09

"But can't believe he's guilty." said Eli.
"But don't you allow" said Mr.. Eldridge,
that eleven men are more sure to hit 1t right
than one mani"
eyes" said Eli, reluctantly, "as general
"Well, there's always got to be some give
to jury, Just as In everything else, and you
ought to lay right down on the rest OF rs. It
isn't as II we were at all squirmish. Now, you
know that II you hold out, hen be tried
again."
"Yes, suppose So"
scot to be-no other way" said Mr. Ed
ridge. SNOW, the next time there wont be
anybody like you to stand out and the Judge'n
know Of this scrape and he'll just sock It to
well" said Eli; 81 know I wish it va.
Mr.. Eldridge stretched his arms and yawned.
Then he began to walk up and down and hum,
out Of tune. Then he stopped at Captain
Thomas chair.
"suPpose We try . ballot," he said. "Hs
seems to give little"
!, In moment the foreman raped.
1t Is time we were taking another ballot,
gentlemen" he said.
The sleepers rose, grumbling, from uneasy
dreams.
81 win write guilty on twelve ballots, I"
said the foreman, land II any one desires to
write It not, Of course he can"
When the hat came to Eli, he took one Of
the ballots and held it in his hand moment;
and then he laid it on the table. There was .
general murmur. The picture which Mr.. e.
bridge had drawn doomed up before him. But
with hasty hand he wrote in mot, !" dropped
in the ballot, and going back to his chair BY
the window sat down.
There was . cold wave of silence.
Then Eli suddenly walked up to the fore
man and faced him.
"Now," he said. 'we'n stop. Thevery next
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07
Richland Township Election.

The township election-eSpecially IL
the ST. Clairsville precinct-wentsl large
ly by default so far rs any active worE
for either ticket was concerned, save by
candidates. The contest chiefly centeret
in the proposition TO vote the proceed:
of the sale of Central Ohio Railroad STOCK
to the Northern Railway for its compile
ZION. Notwithstanding this, voters used
their pencils freely on township candi,
dates, and although the township is
largely Democratic, Republican, JUS
tice of the Peace, II. NJ. Davies, was
elected by As majority, and c FL. Kirk
Rep. came within 2l votes of being
lected Trustee over Joshua Worley
Dem. Following is the vote:
ST. CLAIRsYILLE PRECINCT.
Total vote-601.
Democrat. Republican.
Justice of the Peace.
Peter Sutton 2T1 H. NJ. Davies 500
VIM. S. Wesley 352 Benz. Garrett 251
Trustees.
Jos. J. Taggart 353 Cyrus Kirk 296
Joshua Worley 319 L. II. Rea PAL
John Giffen Ss4 John Stewart 24S
Clerk.
R. R. Barrett 394 Edgar Meek 20S
Treasurer.
WV. McMonies 353 Jas. \. Barnes 239
Assessor.
John T. Norris 1862 IN. Shepherd 233
Constables.
w. o. Umstead 374 w. S. Colby PA
John Riggs so A. W. King POS
GLENCOE PRECINCT.
Total vote-117.
Democrat. Republican.
Justices of the Peace.
Peter N. Sutton Al H. NJ. Davies As
VIM. S. Wesley 73 Benz. Garrett So
Trustees.
Jos. J. Taggart 20 CYRUS II. Kirk Al
Joshua Worley 50 ThOS. HI. Rea IL
John tiiffen 4Q9 John Stewart rs
Clerk.
R. R. Barrett Sc Edgar Meek 81
Treasurer.
W. w. McMonies Y Jas. A. Barnes a.
Assessor.
John T. Norris IA l. NJ. Shepherd 4S
Constables.
W. o. Umstead II w. S. Colby A
John Riggs 62 A. W. King As
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07
PLEASANT GROVE.

Monday was election day-a very
small vote was polled from this end of
the township, on account of bad roads.
Our school closed OH last Thursday
with dinner treat and pleasant time in
general. Several visitors were present,
among whom We noticed Misses Fannie
and Ella Hutchinson, Mary Hall, Mary
Baker, AIDA Simpson, and others.
The teacher Mr.. w. r. Hutchinson has
taught three terms in this district, and
has conducted the school in a manner
creditable to himself and agreeable to
all. He takes with him the best wishes
of all his scholars and his many friends,
who predict for him bright and useful
future. The exhibition on last Friday
evening was a success financially and
otherwise. Proceeds go to the ohdrch.
Some talk of having dramatical and
musical entertainment on the 18th.
John Baker, Dan Oxley and families
left on Tuesday for the West.
Miss Mary Hall leaves for Oberlin on
the 11th.
VIM. A. Naylor leaves on Thursday
for New Athens, V
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07

SOME sharpers victimized a passenger,
said to be from Pennsylvania, on the
Central Ohio afternoon train at Belmont.
on Tuesday, to the tune of $500. 1t
was the old monte trick. The money
was taken about the time the train
reached Belmont, AZ O'Clock, and after
it was in motion departing. the fellows
jumped from the train, and hired a team
forS25.O0 from Frank Lynn, to take
them to Bridgeport. They passed this
point about o'clock in the evening,
and reached Bridgeport little after 6,
where they discharged their team. At
10 O'clock two officers reached here in
pursuit, and left at 111e, Marshal Um-
stead accompanying them. One of the
parties to the transaction is said to be
the son of MorriStown man.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07

The Supreme Court of Appeals of
West Virginia on Saturday decided an
important suit between the Pittsburgh,
Wheeling & Ky. railroad company and
the Baltimore s. Ohio company, inyOlv-
ing the right of way for the former
through the lower limits of the city to
Benwood, in favor of the p. w. & Ky.
road. This case has been in litigation
for several years and has been stubborn
ly contested by both sides. In deciding
it the court held that the Baltimore and
Ohio company was domestic and not a
foreign corporation. and that the Federal
Courts had no jurisdiction in the case.
The Court also held that the property of
one railroad company not in actual use
and not necessary for the proper exer-
else of the franchise of the company.
may, under the general railroad law of
the State, be condemned for the purposes
of another railroad company.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07

Our article last week concerning CLAN
,lers among Belmont county horses ap=
pears to have stirred up considerable
excitement among farmers and owners
of horses. We have but little knowledge
of horses and their diseases, but our no.
tice has drawn out considerable 1nforma-
ton concerning the disease and its loca-
tion in this county. So far as Benz. c.
Humphreys horses having died of CLAN
ders there appears to have been no
foundation for such statement. He had
a valuable work mare to die, but no one
that saw her during her illness mot over
four weeks) ever dreamed of such a
thing as glanders. Numbers Of others
lost horses all around US, but if glanders
can be found located about Glencoe and
south of it, there certainly has been
none nearer here, We are certain that
if this dread disease exists in the locality
south of us the good people down there
will do all in their power to check it
speedily.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07
BELMONT COMMON PLEAS.

BELMONT COMMON PLEAS.
Kate st. John, Plaintiff,
vs.. Divorce
Isaac st. John, Defendant
THE defendant, Isaac St. John, who's.
Il place of residence is unknown to ths
petitioner, will take notice that on the 16tt
day OF March, A. d. 1881. the said petition
er, Kate st. John, filed in the offioe of the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within
and for the county of Belmont, and State Of
Ohio, her petition for divorce against the
said defendant, alleging therein that the de.
fsndant and herself were, on the - day OF
---, 1877, legally joined in marriage,
and that the said defendant, in violation of
his marital rights, is guilty of gross neglect of
duty toward the petitioner, and also guilty of
extreme cruelty toward the petitioner; also
the said defendant is guilty of adultery; and
also, the said defendant has been absent from
the petitioner for more than three years last
past; and the petitioner for the causes afore :
said, and others mentioned in her petition.
asks to be divorced from the said defendant,
And. the said defendant is further notified
that said cause will be for hearing after the
expiration of six weeks from the gath day of
March, A. d. 1881. KATE ST. JOHN,
3-A-6t By her Attorney, s. L. James.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07

THE Gazette last week in noticing a
criticism of a sheet which blamed Pros
ecutor Mitchell for. the failure to con-
vict certain criminals at the present
term, very fairly and justly says that
I'VE believe that Mr.. Mitchell has done
all in his power in these cases; and al
though he failed to convict in some of
the plainest criminal cases ever brought
into Court we think the blame rests
elsewhere. Mr.. Mitchell is our political
opponent, but We give him credit for
doing hisduty in the cases referred to-"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07

AN effort is being made by the Monu-
mental Association of Bellaire to erect a
suitable monument to the memory of
the soldiers and sailors of Belmont
county, and in order to secure more
funds-a modest sum having already
been accumulated-they have made the
necessary arrangements for an extensive
May Festival and Loan Exhibition, to be
held in the Tobacco Warehouse, Bellaire,
from May 16th to May seth. This move
ment deserves the encouragement of ev-
cry soldier citizen in the county.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07

THE municipal election in St. Clairs-
vile was less exciting than usual, and
but 1S1 votes were polled. There was
no contest, and the scratcher exercised
his prerogative unmolested. On the Re-
publican ticket J. r. Mitchell received
so votes, Geo. A. Close lis, and J. +.
Tallman So, On the Democratic ticket,
Benz. Mcbride received l25 votes, VIM.
shannon SO. j. B. Meyer le4. Politics
did not enter into the contest. and pee-
plevoted according to personal prefer
ences. Mr.. J. r. Mitchell. who did not
desire an election, assisted toward ac-
complishing his defeat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07

THE Probate Judge issued marriage
licenses during the week as follows:
Thos. A. Morton and Alyeretta Dar-
rah.
Chas. A. Delbrougge and Mary 1.
Stewart.
Jas. d. Paxton and Sarah E. Lopemah.
VIM B. Kilgore and Maggie L. Ault.
John w. Goldsmith and Sadie E.
Thompson.
Thomas R. Love and Elinda E. Nor
gan.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07
Notice to Bridge Contractors.
AuDITok's OFFICE, BELMONT COUNT,

AUDIToK's OFFICE, BELMONT COUNTY,
ST. CLAIRsvnLR, o., March Is, 1881.
SEALED proposals will be received at The
- Auditors Office in st. Clairsvile, Ohio,
until noon April Goth, 1881, fer two truss
bridges, of either iron or wood, of one span
oaoh. 19a feet between face of abutments, IS
feet clear roadway, to he erected one above
and one below the town of Steinersville, in
said county, Also, al same time and place,
proposals for two stone abutments for the
said lower bridge, as per specifications on file
in the Auditors Office. Good aid sufficient
bond, guaranteeing the performance of said
work, to accompany each proposal Bidders
for superstructures to submit their own plans.
Board reserve the right to reject any or all
bids.
By order of County Commissioners.
2ts W, n. COPELAND, Auditor,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07
Competitive Examination for West
Point

A competitive examination will be
held at Bellaire, Tuesday. April 26th.
1881, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, for an appoint
ment as Cadet at West Point. 1t will
include rigid physical examination to
exclude all bodily disqualilications, and
examinations in reading. writing arith-
metic, history. and grammar. The Reg
ulatiOns of the United States Military
Academy further say; "a sound body
and constitution, good natural capacity,
an aptitude for study, industrious habits,
an obedient and orderly disposition, and
a correct moral department are essential
qualifications" J. T. UPDEGRAFF,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07

PLEASANT GROVE school, W. r.
Hutchinson seacher, closed its winter
session On Tuesday of last week, with an
examination and public exercises. The
patrons of the school were present in
force at the closing. and many of them
in we'll chosen remarks commended the
teacher for his successful labors.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07
Aefn1inistratOr's A Notice.

NIOTICE Is hereby given that in the Probate
lN Court of Belmont county. Ohio.the under
signed was appointed and qualified as Ad-
miulstrator of the estate of James McNary.
la:e of Wheeling township. Belmont county,
decG.
All persons Indebted to said estate are re-
Quested to make immediate payment, and
those having claims against said estate will
present them, duly authenticated, for settler
nlent. HENDERSON HAYS,
Y-2I>St Administrators.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-07

ONE of the most convenient 0ontrivan-
ces for the protection of inferred bodies,
is the Boyd Patent Iron Burglar Proof
Grave Vault. The burial casket. when
lowered into the vanlt, is secured in
the iron casing. and tie body-snateher
is put at defiance. A number of these
vaults are now on exhibition at B. r.
Johnston's furniture store, this place.