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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-19
Havana Market.

(By Teegraph.l
HAVANA. Nov. 18.-Sugar-N business transact
ed.
Spanish gold at 1.s51a@1 1854. Exchange firm;
on United States 80 days gold 1904 prem; short
sight do at 1O@1O14 prem.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-19
Daily Domestic fseccipts.

PORTLAND, Nov. II.
For Portland, cars 30 miscellaneous merchandise
for connecting roads 108 cars miscellaneous rner,
chandise.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-19
Receipts OF Maine Central.

Foreign Imports.
TURKS ISLAD. Brig H NJ Bain-17 400 bush
salt to Dana ~ Co.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-19

By Telegraph.)
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 1S-12.3OP. M.-Cotton mslket
tending up; Uplands 9-16d; Orleans at 11-16;
A. 90 bales; speculation and export 5000; futures
steady.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-19

By water eonveyance-1Oo0 busa oornmssl to
W. True b 90.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-19
FINANCIAL. AND COMMERCIAL


PORTLAND. Nov. IS.
The following are to-day's quotations OF Flour,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28
Tomatoes.
illustrated Journal of Agriculture.

illustrated Journal of Agriculture.
A common mistake in the cultivation
of this plant is to imagine that it re-
quires enormous space to perfect its
growth. Of course if it is allowed to
wander at it's own sweet will it will oc-
cupy a great deal of ground. But this is
not the best way to getripe fruit, though
any amount of leaves, stocks and green
tomatoes may be procured by it. Please
give the following fair trial. Set the
plants in rows two feet apart, and fifteen
inches between the plants in the row.
When the first bunch of buds has
fairly made its appearance, nip off the
whole of the shoots growing between
the stem and branches, but allow the
main stem to grow on until four, or at
most five lunches of buds are formed.
Then the plant being, probably, about
three feet high, pinch off the main stem
three inches from the highest bunch,
and continue to nip off the shoots as be-
fore, as fast as they make their appear
ance; just as in the culture of tobacco.
If this is properly done, the greatest
amount of ripe fruit that the climate is
capable of producing will be secured.
Stakes, about four feet long. will be re-
quired to tie the plants. They should
be driven firmly into the ground and the
stem should not be tightly bound.
have tried this mode of growing toma-
toes for twelve years, and have never
failed to obtain an early crop of we'll
matured frnit. Keep the ground well
stirred and mulch with half-rotted ma
nure. Use lots of liquid manure.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28
ArbOr Day.

The Governor of Michigan has follow
ed the Governor of Nebraska and ap-
pointed day to be kept as festival
and called the "Arbor Day." On this
day every good citizen is expected to
plant tree, so that when the next gen.
GRAFTON comes into the enjoyment of its
own it will have forest groves where
now are treeless and windy plains. If
this happy conception is carried out, it
will be a great blessing for all that
country west of the Mississippi, and
will no doubt go far toward ameliorating
the condition of the climate of Arizona,
New Mexico and the warm, alkali, sage
brush countries of the far Southwest.
We should be glad to see the "Arbor
Day" extended to New York and the
Eastern States, where, although nature
has endowed US lavishly with forest
growths we have been neglecting and
squandering our trees.-tNew forS
Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28
Monetary Conference.

PARIS, April 19.-The International
Monetary Conference was opened this
afternoon by Barthelemy st. Hilaire,
Ministerof Foreign Affairs, who well
coined the foreign delegates, and said if
the Conference did not achieve immedi
ate success it would at least have raised
controversies which are Indispensable to
The discovery Of truth and established
principles, and which will bear fruit in.
future.
On motion of Mr.. Evarts, Delegate
Magnin, French Minister of Finance,
was elected president of the Conference.
Magnin, in the opening address, review
ed the different phases of the question
and showed the inconveniences which
the system established in the cry of
gold standard with silver as transitory
companion, had brought about in Ger
many. He dwelt on the recommended
tion in favor of bi-metalism by COM
mittee of the United States Congress in
1876. He explained the causes of the
non-success of the monetary conference
in 1878. AS regarded the objects of the
present conference, it was Indispensable,
In order that silver shall regain its for
mer value, that it should again be freely
coined side by side with gold. He said
that he hoped the deliberations would
show international bi-metalism was the
only system capable of restoring none
tary regularity in all parts of the world.
1t was not a question of discussing a
treaty by which some would gain and
others lose. 1t was simply question of
forming, in good faith and with knowl-
edge of the subject, decisions favorable
to all parties. He concluded as follows:
"We in nowise claim to impose our
opinions on others. All systems can be
put forward and be freely discussed"
The Conference then proceeded with
the formal business organization, and
appointed committee to report at the
next sitting of the Conference.
Fifteen States are represented, Ger
many, Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
spain, United States, France. England.
Greece, Italy, Holland, Portugal, Russia,
Sweden, and Switzerland The English
and Italian delegates have not arrived.
| 1t is said the Government will submit
to conference a memorandum giving
the history of gold and silver standard
question in GERMANY.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

THE st. Louis Republicans Little
Rock special says: Information has been
received from lizard county, Ark. of the
finding of the dead body of the Rev.
Robert Matlock, who was tried last
week for the murder of Thomas Miller,
last August. Matlock was acquitted and
left town secretly, as threats were being
made to lynch him. The friends of the
murdered man have been in pursuance
of Matlock since his acquittal, deter
mined to avenge Miller's death and it
appears that they have succeeded. Mat
lock created considerable excitement in
Central Arkansas year ago. being then
engaged, with others, in conducting a
new religious reformation. 1t is alleged
that several murders resulted from these
mems teachings, one of their articles of
faith being that the shedding Of human
blood was necessary to appease an Of
Tended God. These murders were sup
plemented by a series OF lynchings
which effectually checked the further
progress of the religious frenzy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

THE report from the wheat regions of
the West is more favorable than was
anticipated, in spite of the unprecedent-
ed severity of the winter. Though the
winter wheat has been seriously injured
in many quarters, no general failure of
the harvest is anticipated in any quar-
ter. The crop may be small in many
quarters, but the shortage will be made
up by the increased acreage planted last
fall, so that the average yield through
cut the Western and Middle States will
be but little below that of last year, un-
less the crop meets with some unlocked
for disasters in the future.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28
A LOOK AHEAD,
Coming eUents CASTING their saadOtrs
before and grotciag to be the most
Interesting of all questions.

The interest in the summer and fall cleo
tions is commencing to crop out, and within
a month the chances of the different aspirants
for the suffrage of the sovereign people will
be discussed pro and con with constantly in
creasing animation. The all potent argument
as to the party probabilities will be the figures
of the last contest, and none will be more earn
estIy canvassed than those Of the congressiOn-
al struggle, and this being the fact, the new
B. 6 D. Red Book congressional edition be
comes almost indispensable. No publication
of political statistics ever made equals it In
extent Of information given, or in comprehen-
sive arrangement. 1t shows not only the re-
cult of the election of 1880, but the result ss
well of the election of 1873. The Republican.
Democratic and Greenback vote for the tw0
elections is presented separately and cumpari-
sons made Of gains or losses OF the different
parties. Total votes are also the subject OF
comparison, and this exhaustive showing IS
made of every congressional district IN the
Union by counties. The book is one OF one
hundred and twelve pages, is marvel oftyp-
ographical beauty, being printed upon an ele-
gantly finished paper, and the cover Is one OF
the most exquisite things in the way OF artis-
tic design issued for many a year. The Red
Book is a B. & o. publication intended for
something above the ordinary circulation, and
to this end is sent only where requests are
made to G. X. Lord, G. p. A, Baltimore.
Nd, for it by mail and enclosing three cent
stamp. The Red Book will thus be mailed
to ali who may write to MIR. Lord for il, aud
certainly those who receive it will not part
with it for almost any money, so exceedingly
valuable text book is il Tor all who sre In
terested in or care aught for political statistics
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

THE telegraph reports the annihilation
of an exploring expedition sent by the
Khedive of Egypt last year through the
Upper Nile to Khartoum, in Nubia. 1t
was caught in the Bahrel-Ghasel, tri-
butary stream. or, rather, branch of the
Nile, in the dry season. The provisions
gave out, the men were consumed by
hunger and perished by swamp fevers.
But one-twelfth of the party survived
their hardships. Sir Samuel Bakers
frightful experience in the same region,
many years ago, when searching for the
sources of the Nile, ought to have been
profitable to the leaders of such an ex-
pedition.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28


IT was atsfirst difieult to obtain the
authentic particulars of the murder of
the Gar Alexander III. The following
from the st. Petersburg correspondence
of the London Times is authentic and
new:
when the first explosion occurred on
the Catherine Canal, Colonel Dvorjitsky,
who was sledging about half a dozen
yards behind the Imperial carriage, and
Captains Koch and Kulebiakan, who to-
gether were following few. yards fur
ther in the rear, all came up to the res
cue and assisted the Emperor out of the
broken carriage. The Emperor ejacu-
lated Thank God,' and pointed to dead
Cessack and wounded boy. BisakOff,
safe in the hands of the crowd, over
heard this, and said 1t is too soon yet
to thank God Then followed the Sec
ond explosion while the Emperor was
viewing the spot where the first took
place. When the smoke cleared away
there lay among others the lacerated
body of the martyr CZar.- At this mo-
ment various persons, including the
OE6Hu Duko mlCudtl, CdlDo u fuU ll1IcQ
the wounded monarch into Colonel
Dvorjitskyis sledge. Count Hendrikof
placing his own forage cap on His -A&a-
jesty's bare head. Before losing con-
sciousness the Emperor only whispered
that he was cold and wished to be taken
to the Winter Palace to die. Nine of
the Emperor's suite and eleven bystand-
ers were injured, three of the whole
number dying shortly after the event.
The bombs employed were tin globes,
each containing about five pounds of ex-
plosive material, apparently nitro glyee-
rine. Two witnesses had noticed Risa-
koff walking along the canal before the
deed with something wrapped in hand
and then saw him huri this
under the horses of the eS-
cort. When he had been seized and re-
Iieved of his pistol and dagger the aSsas7
sin even smiled, and at the police station
thanked the constables for saving him
from the rage OF the crowd. The thrower
Of the second shell was seen to raise his
hands high above his head and dash
iown something at the Emper0r's feet.
This wretch expired soon afterwaId
from the effects of his own petard."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28
Summer Idyl.

Meadow flowers, fair and sweet,
Can you feel the summer?
Can you hear her dainty feet,
Coming softly, light and fleet?
Will ye not outrun her?
Spring up. white aRemone,
Graceful as court lady;
Ring, ye harebells, meIrily;
Hyacinths, stand cheerily-
She will greet you, may be.
Blushing red, rose campion fair,
Like rustic beauty,
Hides behind the maiden-hair,
While veronica, the rare,
Opes blue eyes from duty.
She is coming, is our queen,
Softest breeze shall watt her;
Palmy boughs of freshest green
Wave where'er her robe is seem
Little brooks bring laughter.
Every joyous scent and sound
Rises swift to greet her;
Even the dull, insonate ground
Shares the fragrance all around
Let US go and meet her.
Good Words.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

Hon. ROWLAND E. TRowBRrDGE, late
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, died at
his home in Birmingham, eighteen miles
from Detroit, Thursday. He was elect
ed member of Congress from Michigan in
1860, and again in 1864 and 1896. He
was appointed to the charge of the In
dian office by President Hayes, Febru-
airy, 1850. but almost Immediately after
taking his position he was attacked by
sciatic rheumatism, which disabled him.
This was followed by mysterious dis
ease which sapped the vital powers
without any symptoms by which the
most expert diagnoses could individual
ize, and to which his naturally robust
constitution finally succumbed. He was
80 years old.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28
Masonic DIRECTORY.

DELMONF LODGE, No. 16, F. & A. NJ.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
JAMES MELLOR, W. M.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'Y.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. IL,
- Royal Arch Masons. Stated eonvoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
c. W. CARROLL, 81. P.
JESSE B. NEVER, Secy.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. 54, r. & s. NJ.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
81. r. BUMGARNER, T. l. NJ.
F. D. BAILEY, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 26, Z. T.
Ii Stated conclaves, first Tuesday Of each
month. II. r. BUMGARNER, E. G.
l. L. 5RDwIoK, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

THE Memphis Appeal, in an article
upon immigration, says of the Germans,
that they are just the sort of people the
South wants, "They enrich the soil they
cultivate, instead of wearing it out,
keep out of debt, and are the steady
friends of common schools, law and or
der. Their characteristics are exactly
those which the Southern people do not
possess and would profit by"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28
Death of Gen. Joe Lane.

Gen. Joseph Lane died at his home in
Roseburg, Oregon, on Tuesday of last
week. He was born in North Carolina,
the 14th of December, 1901. In his 18th
year he became clerk in a mercantile
house in Indiana. He was elected to the
legislature of that State in 1922, and re-
mained there, with slight intervals, un-
til 1916. During that year he was elect
ed to the State Senate. He resigned the
seat TO enter the Mexican war as a vol
unteer. He rose in few months from
a private to the rank of Brigadier
General. He was commissioned Cover
nor of Oregon on the 18th of August,
1S4S. After organizing the government
there was elected to Congress in 1851.
He afterward represented the same State
in the Senate. In 1860 he was nomina-
ted for Vice President on the ticket
with John c. Breckenridge. Gen. Lane
was always Democrat of the Jefferson
and Jackson school. Shortly after the
breaking out of the rebellion he advoca-
ted secession of Georgia. In 1879 he
was very ill, and not expected to live.
Last year he, with several other Oregon
Democrats, issued an address favoring
State rights.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

Mr.. WHITELAw REID denies that he
is to withdraw permanently from the
editorship of the New York Tribune.
Colonel John Hay, after earnest solici-
tation, consented to edit the Tribune for
six months, during Mr.. Reid's absence
in Europe.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28
Belmont Co urty offIcIaI Directory.

Common Pleas Judge-Wm. Okey.
Probate Judge-Thomas Cochran.
Clerk of Courts-Alex. G. Darrah.
Sheriff-Samuel Hilles.
Auditor-William n. Coffland.
Decentralization Eaton.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred Fl. Mitchell.
Recorder-W. S. Hobbs.
Commissioners-owen Mehan, Morris Cope,
|. j. Potts
: Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson.
CoFoner-Thomas Garrett.
lnfrmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, Wn.
Parkinson, James B. Ritchey.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

THE following results of the new dis
tribution are of special interest to the
people of this county and the Senatorial
District of which it now becomes part ::
The counties of Belmont, Columbiana,
Muskingum and Trumbull, shall, sever
ally, be entitled to one Representative
in each session, and two additional Rep
resentatives, one in the third and one in
the fourth session of the decennial
period.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

DIR. VINCENT announces that the next
Chautauqua Assembly will, if possible,
surpass all others. in interest. The list
of noted speakers is large, and besides
the improvements made in the grounds
will make a sojourn at that charming
resort even more attractive than ever.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

THE President has nominated Richard
A. Elmer, of New York, Second Assist
ant Postmaster General. W. A. M.
Grier. of Pennsylvania, has been nomi-
mated for third assistant.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

THE Governor of Colorado says that
it will be necessary to raise from
$4,000 to 100000 in order to maintain
the sufferers of that State until they
can get seeds to plant.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

THE New York papers say that Hugh
J. Jewett is not candidate for Cover
nor of Ohio, and that he would not ac-
cept the Office if rendered to him, at this
time.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

JUDICIOUs HELP.-It is much easier
to bestow money out of well filled
purse than to take pains to discover the
real needs of mind or character and
minister to them by wise methods and
in delicate manner. 1t is much easier
to supply the wants of a child than to
teach him how to supply them for him
self, and far easier to give him the re-
suits of our own labor than to train him
in those habits of industry and perse-
verance which win enable him to reap
the harvest of his own well taxed ener-
gies. Yet the one is positive injury,
the other an actual good; the one cuts
at the root of all human progress and
happiness, the other cherishes and nour-
ishes it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28


SOME people in New York who have
dealings with grocers have just begun to
find out how their billsget to be so large
and why so many servants are regularly
inebriated. The matter was investi-
gated and shown up by the Excise Com
missioners, whose business it is to see
that liquor is not sold without license.
They have discovered that it is the prac-
tice with many of the groeers to keep a
private bar open in the rear of their es-
Establishments and at these bars the
kitchen girls are the chief customers.
The grocers' books which they carried
were remarkable for the charges on ac-
count of tea, coffee and sugar. The in
vestigation showed that whisky, beer
and such were ,charged under these
heads. Money was also loaned the SER
wants and charged on the books as sugar.
When the householders found these
things out they objected to paying that
sort of bill 1t is bad enough to have
the servants drink, but it is too much to
have to pay for the grog which disables
them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

THEY have one of the Hon. VIM. Bar
NUNS "mules" in the penitentiary, but
the boss animal is still at large. Full
justice will not be done until the whole
seven are in the lookup.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

OF the 4,1sS miles of narrow-gauge
roadsin existence two years ago, no less
than IS per cent. of the mileage has
been or is about TO be changed to stand
ard or taken up.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

REPORTS from every county in Kan
sas regarding the crops show that on
the whole the winter wheat crop is in
excellent condition.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

A NEW YORK painter began work on
the cross-bar of telegraph pole, fifty
five feet from the ground, while intoxi-
Gated, and went to sleep there to the
great horror of the passers by. He was
finally awakened, and, by the promise of
a'drink, induced to come down.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

THE Commissioner of Indian Affairs
proposes to strike at the root of the In
dian troubles by shutting off the supply
of firewater.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

DAVID DAVIS new party is about to
start. He will take the whole of it I'M
der his hat to California.-INew York
Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28
Published Every Thursday
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.
OFFICE South side Main street, nearly op
posite Public School building.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28

LESTER WILLIAMS, of Mt. Vernon, o.,
shot stork three and half feet high
when erect. The bird was strange and
was taken to DR.. RobiIson's Office for
examination. While being handled the
head of a snake protruded from the
fowls mouth. Naturally the spectators
dropped the birds head and awaited de-
velopments dropped the birds head and
awaited developments. The snake crawl
ed out from his strange prison, and
proved of as rare species among ophid-
ians as the stork is-a North American
fauna. The reptile measured four feet
in length and three inches and half in
nmferenca
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-28
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School 10 am. Public worship: IL am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday 8 pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday of
each month, 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.