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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-28
Another Veteran Railroad Man CONC.

Another Veteran Railroad Man Gone.
Ginery Twiohell, contemporary Of the late
Chester ". Chaplin in staging and railroadiug.
died at his home in BroOklIne, Mass, on Tues
day from Inflammation of the bowels. The
death of these tive men practically closes a
chapter In the railroad history OF Massachusetts,
for they were important agents in the develop
ment and consolidation of the present great BOs-
ton & Albany line; both had been for some years
out Of active local railrOading. They were per-
sonal friends, and Mr. Twiehen attended Mr..
Chapin's funeral some six weeks ago. Mr..
Twichell began railroad life station
agent of the then Western road In 1647 tho
directors of the road made Mr.. Twichell assist
ant superintendent under the late William Par
ker, and two years later, when his superior re-
signed to accept a similar position on the Balti-
more e Ohio road. he was made superintendent;
he proved capable u railroad man that in
1858, when Judge HOpkinson resigned the
presidency, Mr.. Twichell was put at the head
of the company. This office he held with sue
cess until the consolidation of the Boston &
Worcester and Western roads into the Boston IL
Albany in 1867, when Mr.. Chaplin was made
president of the through line and Mr., Twichell
became director. OF late years he had been
Interested in several Western roads, the Atchi-
son. Topeka e. Santa Fe beng termed by him
one OF his Western pets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-28
CLEAR OFF.
30 Need of Employing Spoilers the Van
dalia Lines.
srn.n ksaaria Torrnol awe.


dalia Lines.
The Peoria Journal says:
aSThe Wabash railroad for some time past has en-
tertaned the opinion that its conductors on the
passenger trains were not turning In all of the
noney collected on their trips. A couple of
weeks since the company placed detective on
the train. He was secured from the pandalia
RAILWAY, on which read he had great deal of
success in ferreting out the dishonest conduct
He has been on the trains regular and IL IS
said he collected great deal OF evidence which
was very damaging to the conductors"
The Journal is clear off in the statement as
regards the Vandalia. First-President McKeen
Is not friend to the spoilers, and would not
have one on his system of roads. Second, he
has doubtless one of the best corps of passenger
conductors on any railroad system in the eOun-
try; all are old, tried ana true men. They are
always prompt on duty, on reaching a terminus
90 to their homes quietly, and there stay until
the time arrives to again take their trains ont.
They never hang around saloons, none gamble
In grain and provisions, and more wear 23, 900
diamond pins or keep fast horses OF support fast
women.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-28

tendent day or two ago, the reporter asked
what were the results, and he smilingly
answered: swell, we kept 'spotters' on our road
for ten weeks, and In hut one was there
any discrepancy in the returns made by the
conductors and the 'spotters,' and this was on
the man in whom we had the most confidence,
and it a matter of only 80 cents, we
passed 1t by, thinking it was probably an unin-
territorial mistake"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-28
A Difficult Task for Com missioner Fink.

Difficult Task for Commissioner Fink.
Freight men predict that Commissioner Fink
will have troublesome time in allotting the
percentage to the several trunk lines in the new
west.bound freight pool to be organized at Bos-
ton. The proportions, it is thought, that the diff
fereut roads will demand will be about as fol-
lows: New York Central, 60 per cent; Erie. 80
per cent: Grand Trunk, 25 per cent; Pennsyl-
vania, % per cent; Laekawauna, 20 per cent,
and Baltimore &c Ohio, 10 per cent. Mr.. Fihks
task Will be that of adding the above percentages
together and not have them exceed 100 per cent.
The Boston Journal gives statement or the
west-bound shipments over the respective lines
for the first six months of this year, showing Il
total TONNAGE of l9l 900 tons. OF this tonnage
the New York Central carried Sag per cent;
Erie, l7.5 per cent; Grand Trunk, 1919 per cent;
Pennsylvania. 1875 per cent, and the Baltimore
& Ohio, 10 per cent.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-02

TIE Republican party of Ohio is
pledged to stand by and uphold the
principle of the Scott law, which not on
y regulates and controls the liquor traf-
fc in a more rational manner than any
other law enacted in Ohio since the
adoption of the present Constitution. but
which cUmpelS those engaged in the
traffic to contribute hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to the public treasury,
and greatly lightenS the burdens of tax
alton.
The so-called Democratic party is
pledged to destroy that wand declares
that it tavOrs the substitution of Il well
regulated license system"
It's candidate for Governor has asSail-
it on every occasion Oh which he has
addressed the people.
Not Democratic newspaper in the
State but has attacked it.
Its candidate for Representative ill
the strongly temperance county of Har-
son, even, Ass ails the law in bitter terms.
1t is a reasonable conclusion, there
fore, that if th It party gets Into power
next winter that law will either be re-
pealed outright, or it will be so mutila-
ted as to destroy its usefulness.
Of the propositions to amend the Con-
Stitution, the second has no possible
chance of ratification. So long as the
Scott law stands, it matters very little
what becomes OF the first.
Briefly, this is the situation.
Men who are in favor of paying taxes
to maintain courts and jdilS and peni-
teutiaries, to protect the public against
men who owe their crimes largely to the
liquor traffic, and to maintain iufrnIa-
rieS whose miserieS are SO largely trace
able to the same cause, while those en-
gagged in the traffic are entirely exempt
I'd from the burdens of maintaining ii
police, and cOurtS,a ,and iniirmaries, should
vote the so-calied Democratic ticket.
Why any others should, we are at a loss
10 determine.
The talk about "weli regulated Ii
cense system" is the baIdest nonsense
any grown person ever heard of. The
men who utter it know no such law can
be enacted until The Constitution is
amended, and there is little more posi-
hility of such an amendment being ratl
fed by the people of Ohio at this time
Lndn IneTe Is ul tne 1dllnCdliOn Oh Lhe
prohibition amendment.
a Republican Legislature has given
the people the very best law that was
obtainable under the restrictions of tn.
Constitution, and because of the diver
sity of opinion among men. 1t remains
for the great tribunal of the people to
determine whether 1t shall stand, or
whether it shall be stricken down at the
command of the liquor interests, and
the State be again turned over to free
trade in the traffic.
Society is deeply interested in the
proper determination OF this question,
AS well as Taxpayers, for. although the
great mass of those in the rural dis
tricts who support Mr.. Hoadly and his
New Democracy" may not mean any
such thing, yet, in the cities, especially
Cincinnati ,and Cleveland, the triumph
of Hoadly and the New Democracy"
will be taken to mean not simply the
vipdication of free and untrammeled
traffic in liquors, but OF free Sunday.
as well.
Can the people of Ohio afford to run
the risks of Hoadly-DemOcIatic supre-
macy in the Legislature and the execu
tive office?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-02

DURING the Reunion the editor of
this paper met Colonel Carpenter, of
Logansport. Ind and formerly Of the
Fourth q. V. l., III hall where both
were interested in regimental reunions.
In a casual conversation, The presence
of IIoadly aud Foraker in the city was
Carpenters mind conversation which
he heard, between two gentlemen whs
occupied seats at the Same table with
him, in the Neil House dining-ro
One of them. in a tone loud enough IL
make himself heard by all persons near
him. said, in effect, that the campaign
had cost him thousands Of dollars, and
seemed TO feel and act as though he was
not certain how much more it would
cost. and as though it had cost tou
much, are more than he anticipated. al
ready. The Other gentleman spoke in i
low, quiet tone. His remarks were not
heard. Colenel Carpenter at once sur.
missed that the first speaker was Judge
HOadly, which proved Iu be the case
He was talking TO Hon. Gilbert \. Bar.
gar. Chairman of the Democratic State
Executive Committee. Colonel Carpen.
ter learned who the gentlemen were
from another guest of the hotel, who
was at one of the tables in the dining.
room.
The incident is valuable in connection
with the late correspondence between
Judge HoadIy and Governor Foster
wherein the former positively asserted
that there was no truth In the state
ment that Ire had said the campaign cost
him fifty thuusamd dollars, and that Mo.
Lean made il rUst him SO 900 before
the Democratic State Convention was
over Fifty Thousand dollars may not
be the exact amount. Ii may hive been
mort or ii may have been lrss. Accord.
ing to the statement al Cnluncl Carpen.
ter one thing is Ce.tain-thr campaign
has cost NJ. ll0adiy thousands of dol
lars" 1t has cost HIM mOr- than he eX
pected, ana he doesn't kunw h"H much
more it will rrst him. He hprame some.
what agitated about the cost IN public
place. Somebody must have made il
cost him more than he expected. Whe
was it? Was il Mclean:
1t is believed by great many persons
and by some delegates who attended the
Democratic State Convention, that
Judge HOaily'S nomination was pur
chased with money. Some of the candi.
dates for other positions on the-ticket-
gentlemen of high standing-have said
10 their friends that the men in the
Hamilton county delegation openly of
ferHd tn make nominations for nnnoy
Circumstances, and Huadly'S own ex,
pressIons in public and private places
lend to confirm the general belief that
his nomination cost him thousands OF
dollars" and that somebody bought il
for him with money columbus Dis,
patch.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-02
uNIONTOWN.
THE wheat crop of Wheeling town
ship was reported to the State Board as

THE wheat crop of Wheeling town
ship was reported TO the State Board as
An average of Is bushels 10 ths acre.
Mr.. CHARLIE HUFF, an empluye of
the f., e. 81 st. l.. r. r. Co, Is at home
sick. He runs from Uhrichsville 10 Co.
lumbus, and has been faithful aud trust
worthy.
"A CHURCH SING" will be held at the
U. 2. church on Saturday evening next.
The object is the improvement OF con-
grssational singing, as it is expected
that in this church the praising VIII be
done with the heart and lips, without
machinery accompaniment.
THE young ladies, comprising Mrs.
Aggie PollOck's Sabbath school class, got
up little surprise for her On Wedues-
day last, by paying an unexpected visit
to her home. They had prepared nice
dinner, and the table was set upon the
pretty lawn in front of Mrs Polluck'S res
idence, and all gathered >around it i'll
'pic-nicky" sort of 4 way. The arran2"-
ment Was handsome, and IA bUlton-hoiis
boQuet WIS at the plate OF each gu. ~.
The cake and lemonade and dead chick
Ell and other viands, were as nice as the
incest, and when newspaper correspon-
dent opens the doors OF his face over
nice dinner, and there is still an abun-
dance left, you may conclude that the
dinner lCds ample. After dinner there
was croqu act, music, aad general good
time. Viewed from the train on the c.,
L. & W., the scene was an attractive and
handsome one-the fine residence of Mr..
Pollock in tie background, the pretty
grassy knoll in front, with the ladies in
their white .bare-arm dresses, clustered
upon it like a bevy of little white but
terfiiss on d cabbage leaf, formed pic
turs very pleasant to contemplate. When
the ladies waved as compliment to the
nice young man who drives engine No.
-, the conductor, passengers, train-boy
responded, and even the ugly old locn-
motive, which is so destitute of gallant
ry as to run over young ladies and fe-
male children, acknowledged the favor
by series of unearthly shrieks and
yells. We wish for all concerned many
happy returns of the day. II.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-02
WARD.

The farmers in this locality are about done
harvesting.
Frank Bryant is building a meat house and
intends to build slaughter house thereto.
DR.. 5. l.. West, of st. Clairsvilla, has hung
out his shingle in this place.
New Pittsburgh ie improving rapidly.
The houses are receiving coat of paint,
which adds much to the appearance of the
town There are some two>stOry houses be-
ing put up.
The new house belonging to j. W. Scott is
now ready for use; his mother will occupy it
this week.
On last Friday about 10 o'clock, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Edwards, two of our oldest
residents, were greatly surprised by the cons
ing OF children. grand children greatgrand>
children and friends All come together for
the purpose of celebrating the seventy fourth
birth day of Mrs. Edwards. The number
present was about thirty; and after the ar
rival of the friends a shady place was soon
discovered in the yard, and a table was set
and loaded with good things, of which We all
partook bountifully. About two o'clock tie
ladies presented the presents, of which many
were useful and ornamental. They were re-
ceived by the old couple with many thinks to
their friends who were kind enough to re
member them in their old days May they
live to see many more birthdays as happy rs
the last.
Mrs. Belle Henderson and her son Percy
has gone to Columbus to visit friends. They
will remain two weeks.
Rev. Smith, of New Athens, preached to
large congregation at Wheeling Valley on
last Sabbath evening.
Miss Ada McCleary, of st. Clairsville, was
the guest of the Misses Robson Sabbath last
Max Henderson, of Wooster, Ohio, is visit
ing friends in this locality. Max is jolly
young man, and is always welcome.
There is some talk of building town hall
and hotel at this place; but we will not say
much about it at present, lest it prove to be
all talk.
We wonder: What makes that young lady
dress up so fine on Sunday? If we will go to
the Harvest Home? Who wrote this?
DON'T KNOW.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-02
LOYDSTIELE.

Wool about sold in this neighbuthond
at 33 to 81 cents. Wheat all sold in
good condition. Corn never 10, krd bet
ter for the time Of wear Oa;5 will be
above an average. Grass is heavy. The
farmers ale getting il up III good condi-
ton; 5 lma are me cultinI, Others have
not commenced.
VIM. Williams lost vaIu lHld horse
last Week by having its leg Grok"n by il
kick from another horse.
Mr.. Bowles ha. recei' ell his hearsp,
and il is 4 fine one also received a large
stock of collins and casknts. and every
thing pertaining to his line of business.
Our Band is pro Irps in. fin ly und. r
the leadership of Mr. CT mt Shepherd,
Of st. ClairsNille.
Dr. EStep MS added to the appearance
of his house and Office, by the flee use
of paint. Air II. B. Caldn ell has also
helped tn" looks o, his drug Stare. Nh
Otho Brokaw. of Harrison, done the
work, AMI h9 understands the hu4iness.
The homes of Charles C"flland and
SamIel Cryder, were blessed last week
by the arrival of d couple OF young la
dies
Visitors since our last: Mr. and Mrs.
CHARLES JunkinS. of Bridgeport, the
guests Of w. Z. Williams; Mr.. and Mrs
Will Davis and daughter Alice, of Pitts
burgh, visiting at Dr. Estep's; Miss Sue
Linn aud Miss Sue Hilher, the guests of
Miss Adel Walters; Master Walter and
Wilbur Hilits, uf BarnoSville, visiting
their uncle Wrn. Waters; w. W Elliott
spent Sabbath with his father. J. Elliott :;
Andre W Arrick. OF McCunnelIsvillr. is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Judge Harris.
Miss Alice Mead spent several days
last week at Spenrer'S station with
frienIs ;atMrS. Mary MrAll llister spent
week with hel sister. Ella Linn, in the
vicinity of Nj. Hope.
Mrs. Priscilla Dunn, noI th of town.
and Mrs. VIII Thompson, east of t,wn.
have been quite sick for sn:aA time.
Mrs. Wm. Erass is improving slowly.
Mrs VIII Jnnklns is growing weaker.
with that dread disease, consumption.
Ms. Anseliae Michener and son Will.
of Nrosha county, Kan. who have been
visiting relatives here for some time.
will leave for home this week.
joel Elliott has rented property in St.
Clairsville, and will move there in the
near future.
At this time there is good opening
here for II wagon maker AS this il a
good stand. now is the time.
DIR. Laiferty and Smith Cunnard are
improving rapidly.
Mrs Mary Gifin is quite sick at her
home in this place.
Mr.. George BowIes is enIarging his
building to make room for his lar.e
stock of goods.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-02

The United States officers seem disin-
clined to allow whisky men any chance
of escaping government duties on alco-
folic liquors by the various subterfuges
l,racticed TO evade these burdens. The
Secretary of the Treasury has, in accord
ance with the opinion of the law officers
of the government, put an end to the
expectations of the whisky manufactu
rers, who hoped to escape duties incl
dent to bonding by temporary exporta-
lion; and now the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue gives notice that such
alcoholic preparations as have hereto
fore escaped the tax under the pretense
of their being patent medicines, shall
tie regarded as beverages when they
really are such, and be subject to the
liquor duties. Commissioner Evans pro-
vides against easy evasiOns of his order
by directing that such liquors shall be
prima facie considered alcoholic bever-
ages, thus placing upon the manufactu-
rer the onus of proving that they are in
fact medicines.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-02

Hon. MONTGOMERY BLAIR, Postmast-
er General in the Cabinet of Lincoln
died at his home, at Silver Springs, Md,
on Friday, aged little over 70 years.
Deceased was, for considerable time, a
prominent character in American af-
fairs. He was native of Kentucky
was educated at West Point, and served
as soldier in the Seminole war. Aban-
dUning soldiers life he studied law in
ST. Louis, and became distinguished as
an advocate, and was counsel Ill many
celebrated cases, among them,s for the
plaintiff in the Dred Scott case. He was
district attorney of Missouri, and Judge
of the St. Louis common pleas court.
subsequently he settled i'll Maryland.
He was chairman of the Republican
Convention in Maryland. and WAS an or
iginal Lincoln man. When Postmaster
General, he established the system of
free delivery of mails. Because of Il
disagreement with some of his colleagues
on some important matters, he resigned
from the Cabinet, and few years af
terward drifted into the Democratic
party, and became leader of that party
in his State. His life WAS one of singu-
lar vicissitude, nut on the whole a life
of large and varied interest,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-02

CAPT. MATTHEW WEBB. the noted
English swimmer, perished on Tuesday
of last week, in an attempt to swim the
Niagara river whirlpool rapids. He was
rewed in skiff to opposite the old
Maid of the Mist" landing, by a ferry
man at the Falls, and leaped from the
boat. The daring swimmer passed the
rapids all right, keeping the middle of
the stream, but when he struck the
whirlpool he was rushed to the Ameri-
can side, where it is estimated the waves
are forty feet high, and was lost III the
whirlpool. The river below was search
ed until dark of that day, but no trace
of the body was found until Saturday,
when his body was found floating in the
river near Lewiston, New York. At
the inquest, an examination of the body
disclosed a ragged cut on the top of the
head, exposing the skull, which was
supposed to have been done by the sharp
rocks at the entrance to the whirlpool.
Capt. WebU, in 1915, swan the English
Channel-25 mileS-in twenty-one hours
and forty-hve minutes, and in 1879 he
swan from Sandy Hook to Manhattan
Beach, and frequently swan to Consy'
Island from passing Rockaway steamers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-02

A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT occurred
on the Rome, Watertown and Og-
densburg railroad. at Carlton station,
Northern New York, on Saturday night,
by which a number of excurslonists,
mostly Thousand Islands tourists, lost
their lives The accident was one of the
most curious on record. The night was
dark and the wind was blowing a gale.
The train was behind time and running
at the rate of 10 miles All hour, when 1t
collided with freight car, which had
blown from siding on to the main
track. Twenty passengers were killed
outright, and large number injured
Among those killed was DR.. J J.C.Schenck,
a prominent physician of Cleveland.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-02
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-02

JAMES CAREY, the Phoenix Park mur-
derer and. infOTmer, has been shot and
killed on an ocean steamer near Cape
Town, South Africa. by an avenger
rmed O'Donneli. The British Govern
mant had been at great expense TO pro-
tect him until he could he sent to South
Africa, where it was thought he would
be out of harms way, but he was shad-
owed by the avenger who was passen-
ger on the same steamer.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-02

THE Republican papers are recalling
Foraker's privations and sufferingS dur
ing the war for the purpose of making
him votes. We warn our Republican
contemporaries that they will gain moth
ing by this. First thing they know We
will spring some history on them show
ing that when Hoadly carried the chain
for a surveying party he went whole
week without pie.-[Cin. Eng.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-02

CONGRESSMAN RosECRANs, of Califor-
mia, was interviewed in New York the
other day as to the availability of Judge
Hoadly as a presidential candidate. Said
he: "The Judge will make AZ excellent
governor of Ohio, but he lacks Il nation
al reputation. Besides, he has not been
affiliated long enough with the Demo
cratic party. We want man born and
bred in the Democracy, not who has
passed over to us from the Republican,
ranks.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-02

THE dissenting opinion of Judge
Okey of the Supreme Court, as to the
constitutionality of the Scott law, has
been given to the public. The principle
ground upon which Judge Okey claims
The law to be unconstitutional is, that it
is license law, and hence cannot be
enforced under the constitution.