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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14
The Wool Market.

Buyers have moved with some eau
ton, and in some instances the negotia
ti0ns have beer quite close and prOGract
ed before finally concluded. This n
doubt is due in "a great measure to the
gradual hardening of cost, AS all the
most desirable parcels are well concen
trated, of small volume and in strong
hands. All influences considered, how,
ever, the amount of business doing has
proven very fair, and the tone of the po
|sition is healthy and cheerful
throughout This should not be con
strued as indicating buOyant feeling
but Father that sellers seem in a
position to hold thheir own and diStri.
butte reasonable quantities as the new
woods cUme 10 hand and are properly
graded. Indeed, the positive upward
turn on values has received a check
and to ;sk buyers for a further advance
just now would kill operations in nearly
all cases. This is said to be- due in a
great measure to material tonine
down of the excitement in the interior
and refusal to handle the clips where
an excess of 40 cents is asked, this rate
being considered the full extreme war
ranted by any governing influences
Carpet woods of all kinds are slow and
of uncertain value, but appear to favor
the buyers, us a rule. The holiday and
extreme heat have retarded business a
little during the current week, but some
fair sales took place, including 100000
lbs. Michigan fleeces, 403.; 5000 lbs. Y
and XX Ohio. 4212a43c; $4,000 lbs. do
do, +3c; 10000 It's. medium Indiana, 35c !;
5000 lbs. unwashed Indiana, 2Ga33c;
5000 lis. fall California, Ice; GS,000 lbs.
spring do. 2315a3Oc.-INew York Bulle-
tin, 9th inst.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14
The Character of Guitteau

For dozen years Guitteau has. lived
the life of thieving swindler. During
all that time he has been an open viola
tor of the law, and yet has escaped all
punishment beyond an occasional brief
incarceration in ia Two things are
very plain in connection with the act OF
assassination, and they both indicate
presence of mind and full possession of
the logical faculty on the part of the as
Sassin: first, he was determined to kill
the President, for he did not desist from
shooting until he saw bis victim fall
second, he had secured "fast team" for
escape, and the moment the President
fell he turned instantly and ran rapidly
toward his carriage. All through his
career, with which tie public is now
fortunately familiar, Guitteau has shown
passion, malignancy, and vindictiveness,
and these qualities are conspicuous in
the act of assassination. Those people
who have refused to submit to Guitteau's
attempts to swindle them have invaria-
bly, been abused and threatened by him.
He launched vituperate epithets at
them, sued them, etc., etc. Once he
threatened to butcher his sister with a
hatchet because she opposed him In a
whim. President Garfield refused to
give bim an office; and he at last became
so enfaged at his failure to "beat' the
President that he determined to kill
him. GUitteau is not insane. He is a
lazy. worthless. malignant deviL-[Chi-
cago Tribune.
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Bro. p08as.s thibts IL strxi,ve thai

Bro. P06AhAN thinks it straiige that
we can learn of no one identified with
the county seat movement at Bellaire
but himself, and reasons therefore. that
We desire personal fight" with him
We assure our dear brother that we are
apprised of his prowess, and shrink from
any personal controversy either in his
presence or absence. Sometime, when
he aspires to be Congressman, Revenue
Collector, or Commissioner of Labor Sta.
tistics for Ohio, or something else, We
may find space in our columns to laud
his virtues; until then, We can make bet
ter use of our columns.
We simply wish to state that the re
marks in THE CHRONICLE applied to oul
brother as one of the parties who moi
only signed the call for this independ-
ent party convention, but who, above al
other Republicans, went into that
moyement, and advocated the nOmina-
tion of man for Representative to the
General Assembly repugnant not only to
Republicans, but to the better class OF
all parties, and afterward endorsed his
nomination by an editorial in the col
umns of paper ostensibly dedicated to
the cause of Republican supremacy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

A SUBSCRIPTION has been started
among New York business men by Cy-
rus w. Field to raise fund of $3.50, 600,
which is to be invested in United States
bonds and deposited with the United
States Trust Company, and the income
to be paid to the wife of the President
during her life, and at her death to be
equally divided between her children. Al
ready about $125,O0O has been subscribed
ir large sums,and there seems to be q de-
mand that the subscription be made q
popular one. As representative Amer
ican woman, devoted, true and constant
to her family-brave, courageous and
resolute in the hour of overshadowing
calamity, no one better deserves such q
gift and such consideration than Mrs.
Garfield.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14
MAYNARD.

Venor said July would be hot, and no
one has the audacity to dispute with
him.
Our farmers are about through with
the wheat harvest. The crop just harv-
eSted will compare favorably with any
crop we have had for number of years.
Extensive arrangements were made
for grand social picnic, by moonlight,
to be held at Ihis place on last Saturday
night. By the time fair Luna" arose
in her majestic fullnesS, her smiles were
greeted by scores of the assembled beauty
and the elite of the surrounding country.
Dancing was INDUCED in freely, but not
excessively-while some preferred Gro
quet, and some sought seclusion and
spent the happy hours in idleness. =
Everything passed off smoothly and
quietly, and nothing occurred to mar
the pleasure Of the even ing, except a
young man from Fairpoint had the mis-
fortune to lese his sole-I mean his shoe
sole-in the first dance. Thanks to the
committee, under whose auspices this
affair was gotten up. They deserve
great credit for the manner in which it
was conducted throughout.
Rev. Farrer, of Harrisville. preached q
very interesting sermon, entitled "The
Railroad Sermon" at Clover Ridge school
house, on last Sabbath evening. Not
withstanding the excessive heat. the
house was well-filled. Although he
spoke for nearly an hour, it was remark
ed on all sides that the sermon was too
short. A more interesting sermon, in
the opinion of your humble correspon-
dent, is seldom listened to.
Miss Maggie Robson and sister and
Miss Cora Bryant and a number of
Others are taking in the Niagara excur-
sion this week.
A profitable business.-A book agent
was recently heard to remark that he
had made six dollars in one day, and
that. too. when the mercury indicated
100 : in the shade. CLIMAX.
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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
THE PRESIDENT.

Since our last issue, the absorbing
theme for the newspapers has been the
condition of the President. Public in
terest has centered around this one sub
ject. and almost everything else has been
lost sight Of. We are more than graft
fed to be able to state to. our readers
that hopeful words continue to come
from the physicians and watchers al
the bedside ofsthe President. Twelve
days have elapsed since he was wounded
and no uafavorable symptoms have de-
veloped, and encouragement based upon
this fact, justifes the hope that he win
survive the assassin's bullet.
Several of the more dangerous phases
Of the case, such as peritonitis and
second hemorrhage, have been passed
with safety, but il should be remember
cd that the course and lodging place of
the bullet has not yet been definitely as
certained, and that ether crises are to be
passed before doubt ceases There has
been no material reduction Of the pulse,
temperature or respiration, and the
grounds upon which the statement of
physicians that he is steadily improving
is based may not be altogether apparent
to the public; but we presume that they
are to be found in the fact that the
natural process of healing is proceeding
satisfactorily. and that he takes more
nourishmest and sleeps better as the
days pass. Nature is taking its method
aid must be allowed to take its own
time. The President is utilizing his
splendid physical powers and his un-
fiinching bravery in this fight for life,
and it is fervently hoped that his ae-
customed good luck will not forsake
him in this greatest battle
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

WE are 10th to believe that the editor
of the Bellaire Tribune is either fool
or villain, yet the tenacity with which
he asserts that under our laws the peo-
pie of county, 10y vote, locate county
seats, staggers US. The provision Of the
constitution of the state has been cited
by us, and the words "sll laws removing
"* county seats" &c, have been
copied into the Tribune; but still the
editor. with a perverseness which is ap-
palling, insists that the Legislature has
nothing more than clerical duty, as it
were, to perform, and complacently OBJ
serves that he has been for years labor
ing to get the Legislature to carry out
that very clause, and that ali he asks
is that the laws shall be complied with
We again observe that the language
we have quoted from the constitution
will admit of no such construction as
the Tribune attempts to give, and in
further support of the position we have
taken on this point call attention to the
fact that the bill presented to the I4egis-
lature by Representative Atkinson pro-
viding for removalo of our county seat is
u stipulation that in the event majori-
ty of the electors of the county vote to
adopt the act, nevertheless the act shall
not be held to remove the county seat
unless lBellaire' on or before the first.
Monday of March, 1881, should provide
and donate suitable ground upon which
to erect county buildings Suppose that
bill lad become law, and that under its
provisions an election had been held
and that majority of the electors Of
the county had voted to adopt it. but
that the provision requiring ground to
be donated had not been complied with,
or that there had been failure to COM
ply with any of its other stipulations,
would the county seat have been re-
moved? OF course not: yet the people
had voted that it should.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

before the illness of Mrs. Garfield he
felt quite broken down with the strain
of his new duties. and began to be ap-
prehensive that his health would be Sc
riously impaired. This apprehension
served to increase the unhsalty symp-
toms, and thus he went on from bad to
worse until the grave illness of his wife
threw his mind eff his own condition
and caused him to put forth all the force
of his will to meet the emergency. He
became, as everybody knows, the faith
fal nurse of the sick lady, while ne.
glecting none of the arduous duties OF
Office The added strain upon him, in
stead of breaking hip down, caused him
to throw off his own symptoms, and tC
grow better day by day. He recovered
his health, he thought, by main force OF
will power. In this far greater and
more perilOus stress and strain he is NJ
doubt supported by the exercise of the
same reSOlute will.
Gen. Garfield is constitutionally q
brave man, and a hopeful man. In the
army he was tower of strength among
his men. The greater the difficulty, the
more seriOns the danger, the more calm
cheerful and resolute he became. He
was never seized by panic, no matter
how the courage of others might fail
When Rosecrans and his staff believed
the battle of Chickamauga hopeIessly
lost, Garfield alone refused to despair
and leaving his chief to retreat to Chat
tanoOga, he rode toward the sound OF
Thomas guns, insisting from the char.
acter of the firing that one wing OF
the army held its ground, and that there
was chance to retrieve the lost for.
tunes of the day. In the struggles OF
his political career he has shown the
same high-souled sturdiness and hope
fulness. When Maine was lost to the
Republicans last fall, and timid men
were predicting disaster in November, he
said, with smile, There had to be a
Bull Run before there could be an Ap-
pomattox. Maine is our Bull Rum"
He has, besides his natural cheerful
ness and his strong will, an excellent ro-
bust constitution, not undermined by
bad habits, unless the habit of hard
work can be called bad one. He is
temperate in all things, and has led a
healthful, moral life. He comes
of a long-liyed race, and carries the head
of statesman on the shoulders of a
farmer. A sound body and a
peaceful mind are the best aids his
doctors could desire for him.
The prayers of fifty millions of people
will sustain the brave President in his
sharp struggle with his cruel hurts. If
the earnest sympathy of a whole nation
has any helpful infiuen,s (and who can
say it has not p he has it. and to the
fullest possible extent. No man in this
country ever before lay at deaths door
upon whom the loving thoughts of so
many people centered. May the good
Providence bring him safely through
this sore trial. and spare his life to full
fil his high purposes for the welfare OF
this Republic.-N. Y. Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

SIxTY-FIvE of the Republican men,
bers of the New York Legislature went
into caucus on Friday. and after q few
ballots nominated Warner Miller for the
long term vacancy in the q. s. Senate
and Eldridge G. Lapham for the short
term. Both are members of the next
National House of Representatives One
is "stalwart" and the other an admin
istration supporter. On the following
day the balloting demonstrated that the
stalwarts held their ground. but the ad-
ministration men feel sanguine that the
caucus nominees will finally win.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14
The Presidents Cheerful Courage.

| The Presidents chances for recovery
are greatly increased by his remarkable
chserfulness and equinimity.. Ills men,
tai balance is wonderful. From the
moment he recovered from the first
shock of his wounds, and realized what
had happened, he has not shows the
least sign of despair, or even of diSeour-
agement. His first thought was not Of
himself, but of his wife, and almost shis
first words after he was carried to the
White House were; a loving message
to be telegraphed to his wife to allay
her fears. When his symptoms were
the gra vest, and DIR. Bliss. in answer to
his urgent request to be told just what
his condition really vas. told him he
had about one chance in a hundred to
live, he replied: sWell, DOct r, we will
take that chance" Sunday m rning he
sought to cheer the weary and anxious
watchers by his bed by telling them a
pleasant anecdOte of his early life. All
that we hear of his manner and CONVEX
satiOn shows that he bears pain and
faces the imminent peril to his life with
cheerful fOrtitude. A few days ago,
when the doctors looked grave at some
symptoms they thought bad, he said !:
keep up heart; have not lost mine"
A man who with such serene and
calm temper can look death in the faoe
has nature upon his side in the struggle
for life. The action of the mil upon
the body isfwholesOme and stimulatin :.
A despaiIiIfg man invites death, but one
who is without fear drives away the
King of Terrors.
A few days ago, during his brief sea-
son of repose at Long Branch, the Tres
ident conyersed with friend upon the
question Of the lower of the mind to
aggravate disease or throw it off. He
expressed great faith in the will as q
curative agent, and cited his own recent
experience in pIoof of his theory. Just
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

genteel appearance Of your Uniontown cor
respondent. They were sorry tsat he was
too bashful to make himself known. They
would have presented bim with sufficient cake
to give dyspepsia to an ostrich. We were
sick for q week on orr share.
The young men recently sent up on peace
warrant are making it hot for tine prosecuting
witness. They are disposed to convince him
that il is dangerous to get married in Ohio
without license from the Probate Court.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

FROM almost every city and hamlet
of the country comes report of suffering
and death from the heat There were
thirty fatal cases in Cincinnati on Mon
day. OF three hundred and fifty men
employed in changing the gauge of the
Kentucky Central railroad, on Sunday,
one-half dropped in their tracks over
powered 10y the intense heat. In Ohio
an unusual number of eases of sun
stroke, perhaps the greatest in the his
tory vi The State, are reported
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

THE Hartford Courant says: "If at
Guiteau's trial the usual tricky arts OF
the criminal lawyer, which we all know,
recognize, condemn, and pass over in the
case of ordinary criminals. become un-
bearable to people who are all simulta-
neously aroused on the same subject,
something then may be done to bring it
about, as rule and not merely in this
case. that justice shall take precedence
over jugglery. and the law recover some
of the respect that its so-called advo-
Gates. long ago took from it"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

ONE of the surveying parties en-
gagged on RUNNING the lines of the
Wheeling, Parkersburg and Charleston
Railroad, has completed its work and
returned to Wheeling. 1t is said that
the route from Wheeling to Parkers-
burg was the most practicable, and will
be one of the easiest and most cheaply
constructed railroads in the country, the
heaviest grade being only fifteen feet to
the mile.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

TIE New York Evening Post hopes
thai future vice presidents, mindful OF
the terrible catastrophe of these days
will carefully abstain from all active
participation in party politics as soon as
they enter upon an ellice from which
the death or disability of the President
will open to them the way to the first
place in the government"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

IN parting from his neighbors and
friends at Mentor. Ohio. last spring
General Garfield said: "0f what awaits
me, Icannot now speak; but / shall car.
ry to the discharge of the duties that lie
before me, and to the problems and dan
gers i may meet, a sense of your conf
lence and love. which will always be an
swered by my gratitude"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14
THE PAST YEAR.
Some of the Statistics of Secretary
of State Barnes.

COLUMBUS, July Sth.- The following
figures are synopsis of the report OF
Ex-Secretary Of State Barnes for the
year ending June 30th, 1880: Judicial
statistics, prosecutions for crimes
against the person, year ending June
9Oth, 1sSO-Number Of indictments
1925; numberof persons included, 1910
number of convictions, s12. Prosecu-
tions for offenses against personal prop
erty-Number of prosecutions or indict-
ments, 1929; number of persons inclu-
ded 2,175; number of convictions, 81.
Prosecutions for offenses against the
public peace, chastity, morality, etc.
Number of prosecutions or indictments,
3.171; number of persons included, 2,s40;
number of convictions, 1890. Social
statistics-total number of marriages
27 sos; total number of births 62,422
total number of suits for divorce 3,S4T
decided within the year 2,2o7; total
number of divorces granted Lists; total
number of naturaliZations in Ohio, year
ending March 31st, 1880, 4,0S4; total
number of estates administered upon
6,145; total number of persons sent to
Ohio Hospitals for the insane, 1910;
total number of boys sent to Reform
School 32l; total number of girls sent to
the Industrial Home So; Pauperism-
total number of paupers admitted to
County 1nfirmaries, 12,131; total
number of paupers supported by
county, 4S,173; total cost of pau
perism (reported) S756,69s.50. Jail
statistics-number Of prisoners year
ending June 30, 1880, males 7,04s, fe-
males sos; total number of prisoners
7,643; number of prisoners under age.
males 393; females 23; total under age,
995. Twelve jails reported in poor or
bad condition.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

SIR EDWARD THORNTON, for thirteen
years the British Mlnisterto the United
States, who was recalled recently, sailed
last week for England. His pa, ting
words were expressions of deep sympa-
thy for the President, and a heartfelt
hope for his recovery.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14
FALLING HAIR.

Frank A Bean. steam fire engine 6, Boston,
was cured OF alopecia, or falling of the hair, by
and Cutseura Soap externally, which COM
pletely restored his hair when all said he
would lose 1t.
Thomas Lee, 2576 Frankford Avenue, PhiIa-
delphia, afflicted with dandruff which for 20
years had covered bis scalp with scales one
CuticurR Remedies.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

The leading Scientist of to-day agree that
most disease are caused by disordeTed Kid>
neys or Liver. If, therefore, the Kidneys and
Liver are kept in perfect order perfect health
will be the result. This truth has only been
known short time and for year, people suf-
fered great agony without being able to find
relief. The discovery OF Warmers Safe Kid
ney and Liver Cure marks q new era in the
treatment of these troubles. Made from
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

The heat has been disastrous at Chi
cago. Eighty-three burial permits were
grated Saturday, the largest in the his
tory of the city for one day. OF these
twenty deaths were from cholera in
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

DIR. buckle, of the Insane Asylum at
London, Ontario, does not consider Gni-
teau insane, but a moral idiot who
SHOULD be shot like mad dog"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

''FsRCsD by my political connections ihtt
pubic lie, my sufferings were intensified BY
the comments of those who saw my face anC
head covered with scrofulous humor," said 9
gentleman recently cured by Cuticura Rem
edies. fly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

A DAY of thanksgiving and rejoicing
over the recovery of the President, as
soon as recovery becomes certain, seems
to have been determined upon in the
public mind.