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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

J, W. DAVIS, Of Sewellsville, sdvertises a
farm for sale, in this paper.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21
The STATE OF ONO, !
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. I
OrEfcr or rtYr Covr,~oa

To the Sheriff Of Belmont county, Greeting:
WHEREAS, Satisfactory information has
been received, that Jonathan T. Updegfaff, =
Representative duly elected to the Forty
eighth Congress of the United States, for the
seventeenth Congressional District of the
State of Ohio, as constituted by an act of the
General Assembly of said state, psssedsAprll
17th, 1882, died on the Both day of NOvem-
Der, 1882; and
WHEREAS. a vacnncy exists in said office,
therefore, l, Charles Foster, Governor of the
State of Ohio, do hereby direct that special
election be held in the caunty of Belmont, on
the I'd day of January. 1888, to fill said
vacancy.
In testimony whereof, l have hereunto sub
scribed my name, and caused the great seal of
the State of Ohio to be affixed, at the city Of
Columbus, the 9th day of December, 1882
L. s. CHARLES F0S FEk
By the Governor:
CHARLES TOWNSEND,
Secretary of State.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

HUNTERS with ferrets are fast rid
ding the country of rabbits. This kind
of hunting is illegal and should be
stopped.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

REPUBLICANS should turn out to the
primaries next Saturday.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

Now look around and see what would
suit the little ones best. and then buy it,
and delight their little hearts on Christ
mas
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

MARTINS FERRY is about to organize
fire department,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

THE second week In January is desig-
mated as the Week of Prayer this year.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

THE MOrristown cornet band will
give musical entertainment at that
place Friday evening benefit of the
band.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

r IT is now the season of turkey raffies
and shooting matches.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

The County Central Committee of each
county shall apportion the delegates to which
such county is entitled to the townships,
wards and precincts of the county, according
to the basis herein fixed, and each township,
ward and precinct shall be entitled to the
same number of delegates as was awarded
them in the Congressional Convention held at
Barnesviile, Augusa Goth, 1882, and shall elect
and instruct its own delegates.
The township, ward and precinct primary
meetings shall convene on Saturday, De-
cember 23d, between the hours of o'clock
and o'clock p. m, and be closed at O'Clock
p. m, and the voting shall be by printed or
written ballots
By order of the Seventeenth District Re-
publican Congressional Committee
JOHN q. Brown, Jefferson, Chairman
JOHN NJ. GARvEN, Harrison, Secretary.
j, A MoEwEN, Guernsey.
CAPELL WEEMs, Noble.
w. A. Hunt, Belmont.
Bellaire, Ohio, Dec. 18th, S2.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

THE small boy has hunted up his last
winters skates, and is now wearing the
usual ornament on the back of his head.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

indigestion. dyspepsia, heartburn,
nausea, etc, cured by using Browns
Iron Bitters.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

THE moon will be full on Christmas
eve, and, now, all the young folks sigh
for, is good sleighing.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21
New Dental Office in St. ClairSFillG.
Town and Country.

-Manalin regulates the bowels and
liver
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21
For Sale.

Thoroughbred Poland China Boar
ls.months old. Inquire at this office. or
address. C. E. H.. Lock Box $50. St.
CiairSville, Ohio.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

An interesting revival in the A. N. E.
church at Flushing. has been in progress
for several weeks.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21
BELMONT COUNTY
Congressional Primary Meetings.

! In pursuance of the call of the Repub-
lican Congressional Committee the Re-
publican electors of Belmont county are
requested to meet at their usual places
of holding elections in the respective
townships, wards and precincts. Except
in Somerset township, in which they
will meet at SomertOn),
On Saturday, Dec. %, 1882,
for the purpose electing delegates to rep
resent them in the Congressional Con-
vention, to be held in Bellaire, Tuesday,
Dec. 26, 1882. The election shall be
by ballot. The polls must be opened
between the honrs of and o'clock D..
m, and close at y. NJ. Under the call,
the townships and voting precincts are
entitled to and will elect the number of
delegates apportioned to each of them as
follows:
OoioIaih H.. .--.-..-'-. --...-.z
Flushing precinct.... .............2
Belmont Ridge precinct. ...... II
GoSnen. ..-..--..-.-... .....-.2
Sewellsville precinct. IL
Hendrysburgh " . III
Mead tip. 5000. IL
Bridgeport precinct. . ... 4
Martins Ferry /" .. ...... IS
Pultney tp...-.-- ..... ......2
Bellaire- First ward. .. ..... II
Second -. ..1
Third
Fourth 49,. .2l
Fifth .2I
st. Clairsville precinct. ......4
Glencoe Il
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

For all urinary and female COM
plants, take Manalin.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

READ the business locals in this issue
of the CHRONICLE, and then you will
know where to buy your holiday goods.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

CHOICE confsctions at Wilson's, on
Main street Call and see him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

For kidney and pelvic difficulties
take Manalin.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21
Trains Oh the B q s W.. R. IL.

On and after Monday, October IS, 1879,
thearrivals and departures of trains on the
Bellaire & Southwestern Railway will be as
followe
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21
REPUBLICAN
Congressional Convention,
BELLAIRE, OHIO. TUESDAY, dec. 26th.

THE Republican voters of the Seventeenth
l. Congressional District of Ohio, are here
by called to meet in Convention at Bellaire,
Ohio, on Tuesday, December 26th, 1882, at II
O'Clock a. m, for the purpose of placing in
nomination one candidate for Member of the
47th Congress TO fill vacancy, and one cam
didate for Member of the 4Sth Congress Ito
fill vacancy. The Convention will consist of
1872 members, to be elected by the several
counties upon the basis of one delegate for
every 100 votes cast for Charles Foster at the
October election in 1881, and one additional
delegate in each county for each fraction of
over fifty votes so cast. The spportionment
iS oc Follouc.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21
FARM FOR SALE

NINETY ONE ACRES, one mile north
IN of Sewellsvile, Belmont county, Ohio
well improved; good buildings; choice fruit;
well watered; all in grass. Call on or address
]. w. DAVIS,
10 2l>mar l. Sewellsville, o.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

- Maddux Aurora Coffee, at
1877 3t CONVENE
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21
SHER1FFS
PROCLAMATION
SPECIAL ELECTION
Representatives to Congress
Tuesday, January I'd, 1883.
" HEREAS, the Governor of Ohio has is
w sued, and to me directed, the following
wrlts OF election, to-Hii:
The STATE OF OHIo,)
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE GovKRNq&.


10 the Sheriff Of Belmont county, Greeting:
WHEREAS, Satisfactory information has
been received, that Jonathan T. Updegraf,
Representative in the Forty>seventh Congress
Of the United States, from the Sixteenth Con-
gressional District of the State of Ohio, as
constituted by an act of the General Assembly
of said state, passed February 26, 1880. died
on the Both day of November, 1882; and
WHEREAS, vacancy exists 10 saidTOffiee,
therefore, |, Charles Foster, Governor of the
State of Ohio, do hereby direct that special
election be held in the county of Belmont, on
the I'd day of January, 1883, TO fill the
vacancy aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, have hereHnto sub
scrihed my name; and caused the great seal of
the State of Ohio to be affixed, at the city OF
Columbus, the 9th day of December, 1882.
Ls.l CHARLES FOSTER.
By the Governor:
CHARLES townsend,
Secretary of State
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

And, whereas, by he,,laws of Ohio, regula-
tug elections, it is required of the sheriff Of
his county to give notice before the time of
holding special election by proclamation
throughout the county, OF the time at Which
such election shall be holden;
In obedience to the writs of election Sfore>
said, and in pursuance of such requisitidn, /,
Samuel Hilles, Sheriff of Belmont county,
Ohio, do hereby proclaim and make known
that .-5a-
Tuesday, January I'd, 1883,
Is, by the writ of election aforesaid, appoint-
ID the day on which the qualified electors of
said Belmont county, Ohio, shall meet in their
respective townships, wards and precincts, at
their usual or proper place of holding cleo
Eions, between the hours of q o'clock h. M
and O'Clock p m, and proceed to ballot
For one person for Member of the Forty
seventh Congress Ito ill vacancy, and
For OGe person for Member of the Forty
eighth Congress Ito fill vacancy.
In witness whereof 1 have hereurto set my
nand at the Sherit-s Office. In ST. ClairsvilIt,
this 18TH day of December, A ID. 1882:
SAMUEL HILLES,
Sheriff Belmont County, Ohio.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

TN pursuance of an order of the Probate
J. Court of Belmont county. Ohio, | will Of
fer for sale. at public auction, on
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21

By order of the Republican Central
Committee of Belmont county.
C. w CARROLL. Chm.
W. A. HUNT, Sec'y.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-29

In the Cntskills alone there are more
than 1000 obstetrics of one kind and
another, and there must be 10000 re-
sorts, including farm-houses, to which
people living in and around New York
have recourse in the warm months.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-29
The Title of Essouire.

The legislative prohibition by the
United States of titles of nobility could
not eradicate the trail of human nature
which makes such titles, or any verbal
badge of distinction, n dearly craved
prize to the mass of people; but in our
eagerness for these we have done more
to abolish them than any laws, by MAX
ing them ridiculous. A title given to
everybody is self-contradiction and
absurdity, for it distinguishes no one
and implies nothing; and, in our demo-
cratic society, no one is willing to give
others the monopoly of such distinc-
tions. In consequence, several titles
which were tolerably definite in mean
ing once have become tags that do not
add hair to the meaning of the name
itself. Among these is ESQ" once a
coveted badge of professional distinc-
ton, and in early New England times
confined rigidly to its narrow use-in-
deed, even 'Mr.' was only allowed to
respectable householders in good stand
ing. Coming to us from feudal Eng
land, ESQ" marked members of the Ia
gal fraternity and kindred occupations.
1t was ut length assumed by or confer
red by courtesy upon prominent and
wealthy citizens, and at last has come
to mean only an adult male citizen
the same as 'Mr.," or, in general, the
same as the name would imply without
addition. 1t is therefore utterly useless,
a bore and an offence; for n meaning
less title is an aflront to any man. 1t
should be disused altogether, and left
to be marked "obsolete'' in the diction-
aries. Write "John Smith, or ''Mr.
John Smith," if you please, but let us
have no more of John Smith, Esq"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-29
Starting Out,

In setting up Il home for two, be sat
islied to commence on q small scale. 1t
is too common for young housekeepers
to begin where their mothers ended.
Buy all that is necessary to work skill
fully with; adorn your home with all
that will render il comfortable. Do not
look at richer homes and covet their
costly furniture. If secret dissatisfac-
ton is to spring up, go step farther,
visit the homes of the suffering poor;
contrast Your own neatly furnished
rooms with their cherries apartments.
You will then be prepared to meet your
husband with.a grateful heart. and be
ready to appreciate the toll and self-de-
NAL which he has endured in the busi-
ness world to surround you with the de-
lights of home, and you will cooperate
cheerfully with him in so arranging ex-
penses that his mind will not be con-
stantly harrassed lest his family expend-
itures may encroach upon public pay
ments. BE Independents; u housekeeper
never needed greater moral courage
than she does now to resist the AFRO
gance of fashion. Do not let the AS
and BIS decide what you shall have,
neither let them hold the strings of your
purse. You know best what you can
and ought to afford. 1t matters little
what people think, provided you are
true to yourself, to right and duty, and
keep your expenses within your means.
Then you may be both independent and
happy
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-29
The White House Artist.

LIE Clare, the artist who painted Gen.
Grant, is to have sittings from the pres
ident soon. L don't know whether he
painted the picture of the Grant family
all in one frame, that hangs in one of
the lower rooms of the white house, or
not, but if he did, he ought either to be
broiled on gridiron over q slow fire,
or else o pension of $4,000 year
should be given him with the thanks of
congress. There never was, outside of
Punch and Puck, another such funny
picture as that of the Grant family, and
the joke is that it is so exactly like the
Grants. First stands the general, look
ing like he always does; then Mrs
Grant, in q gorgeous red velvet robe
with tail to it like comet, looking
like the queen of Sheba. Then there
are all the olive branches grouped
around-it's perfectly killing. The Vic
ar of Wakefield flies into the mind-the
seven Flamboroughs painted together,
each with an orange in the hand and rs
many sheep as the painter would put on
for nothing. ~ Washington Letter.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-29
A Readers Complaint.

have never wished that L had been
born in some other century than the
nineteenth. Our age, if not pictur-
esque one-and think it has its pictur-
esque aspects-is without doubt the
most comfortable to live in, take it on
the whole, the world has yet known.
The only objection to living in the
present time that l know of is the in
creased quantity of things one must, or
would like to know. Eighteenth-cen-
tury people didn't have to read Lecky's
history of their times in four volumes,
or a hundred thousand other books it
now seems obligatory upon all cultivat-
ed persons to acquaint themselves with.
Nowadays one is required to read q
small library every year, if one would
have even smattering of knowledge
on the various subjects that invite an in
telligent mans interest. 1t is hard to
resign ones self toignorance of so many
interesting matters, and yet that seems
what one is driven to. One finds that
the first thing to learn is show much
need not be known" which is, perhaps,
sort of sour grapes wisdom, but APP
parently the only wisdom attainable. =
atlantic.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-29
WASHINGTON NOTES.
THE STAR REUTERS.

Judge Wylie, in setting aside the verdict
i'm the star route frauds, said. The verdict
of guilty, as to Rerdell and Miner, is set
aside, not only on account of the miscOn-
duct of the Jury, but may say on account
of its general ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that
the court would have made this decision on
that ground alone, but the lInreasonableness
of the verdict Is for the jury rather than the
court, unless the unreasOnableness shocks
the court. These two men seem to be the
two ends Of the line. 1t did not seem to my
mind they could have. gone into the conspi-
racy without having had any of the Others
along with them, but the jury thought they
could, and would not have disturbed the
verdict on that ground But when see
that the verdict was made up by a jury that
evidence, of course my duty. is plain, to set
the verdict aside. As to the acquittal of
Peck, who Is dead, hope he Is acquitted
everywhere. We were not trying him. AS
to Turner, of course the verdict stands
The Court grants new trial, therefore, as to
all except Turner and Peck.
DECISION BY JUDGE LAWRENCE.
A recent decision of First Comptroller
Lawrence Is causing some growing among
clerks in the Treasury Department who
have been successful in obtaining promo
tions to higher grades. Hitherto clerks
when promoted have sometimes not receiv-
ed their commissions until toward the mid
die of month, but the custom of the de-
partment has been to allow the increased
pay of the higher grade from the date of
promotion, which is usually the first Of the
month. Judge Lawrence decides that ev-
cry clerk promoted must take the oath Of
allegiance to the government the same as II
1t were. an original appointment The in
creased pay, Judge Lawrence says, can DC
drawn only from the date of taking the oath
again. The oath cannot be taken until the
candidate has passed an examination and
received his commission, which Is often
several days after orders have been issued
for the promotion. This decision affects
partment, no matter where employed, and
Is matter of considerable money when the
cases Of clerks affected are taken together.
The notaries public, who reap a harvest
from fees In administering the oath, are all
pleased with the decision.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-29
Herbert Spencer in America.

The visit of Herbert Spencer to this
country cannot fail to be greeted with
pleasure by all intelligent Americans.
Few of his many admirers, indeed, are
likely to see him; for he comes without
any intention of speaking in public, and
expects generally to go about very
quietly. But, whether one actually sees
him or not. there is certain sort Of
pleasure in feeling that one to whom we
owe so much is at last in our country,
and is coming into daily contact with
our ways of living and thinking. The
people of the United States may fifty
welcome Mr.. Spencer as friend. 1t
has been said-and, we believe, with
truth-that he has found greaternum-
Der of intelligent and sympathetic read
ers in this country than in England.
This sympathy may be partly due to the
strongly democratic character of Mr..
Spencer's political philosophy. His
earliest work, Social Statics," has al
ways found many interested readers in
America; and, although in some respects
it does not represent the authors ma
tured opinions, there can be no doubt
it is the very best textbook of sound
democratic political philosophy that has
ever been published. 1t is pity that
all our legislators could not have its
wise lessons instilled into their minds
in early youth, even as one learns how
to compute compound interest or stud
les the rudiments of history or geogra-
ply. Much jobbery and much ill-ad-
vised Legislation would doubtless be pre-
vented.
Popular as the "Social States" has
been, it was only ten years after its pub
LEGATION that it began TO be known in
America. Thirty years ago foreign lit
erature found its way to this country
much more slowly than at present. 1t
was in 1860 that Mr.. Spencer's name be-
gan to be somewhat generally known to
American readers; and the book to
which this popular reputation was
primarily due was the little book on
s.Education, Intellectual, Moral and
Physical" which was published in
America in that year, before its publ
cation in England. This admirable lit
tie book has been very widely read.
The influence of Mr.. Spencer's views
is to be seen very plainly in the changes
which have taken place in our system
and methods of education during the
past twenty years. Not only has there
been o very marked increase in the rela-
tive quality of scientific study, but there
has also been notable improvement in
our methods of teaching. To abandon
rote-learning, to stimulate instead of re-
pressing the natural curiosity of the pu-
pill, to strengthen the observing facul-
ties and the judgment, and, as far as
possible, to appeal to whatever native
ingenuity the pupil may possess these
are the chief desiderata in teaching
Century Magazine.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-29
A Legislative Doorkeeper.

Some of 'em are very like Cousin
John Thrasher's man who told him he
wanted to be doorkeepcr, but cousin
John had promised to vote for another
Teller, and so. to get rid of him, he says:
"Why, Jim, did you ever keep doorp"
"No," says he. "Did you ever study u
book on keeping n doorp" NO" says
he, ''Did you ever sec anybody keep u
doorp" never did, says he. ''Well
did you ever attend lectures in Angus
tn, or anywhere, on how to keep q
doorp" "Of course not" says he. "Well,
my dear sir, you had better go back
home, and prepare yourself by the next
session, and III vote for you" ALLAN
tn Constitution
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-29
Flowers and Insects.

All admire the colors and forms of
flowers, but these are only part of their
endless attractions. Close observers
have found out many curious things
which hasty lockers never see. That
close questioner of nature, Charles OAR
win, found that insects were attracted
to flowers by their colors, and that diff
ferent insects choose different colors.-
He cut the snowy petals off some of the
flowers in clumps in the garden, and
found that bees never went near those,
though very busy with the others. Sir
John Lubbock put honey in glass over
colored papers, and found that bees
readily Disseminated and always went
to the blue, as they do in the flowers.
Muller noticed that each kind of butter
fly visited only its own favorite color of
Lantana. Grant Allen shows that as
nearly all colored flowers depend upon
insects to brush the pollen on the stigma
and to cause them to produce seed, that
their preference for the intensest color
Of their choice tends to the production
Of the most from them, and SO to the
fuller development of color. He shows
too, that at first, the only color was yell
low, as seen in the seed parts of nearly
all flowers still, and that white, pink,
red, purple and blue were developed in
succession. Many flowers still open
with yellow or pink tinge, and grad
ually change through this series to some
shade of red. or finally, blue. Blue and
purple are most common in complicate
corollas which only bees and butterflies
penetrate easily; moths only see white
lowers. Vick's Floral GUIDE.