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Intelligence Office.

The uudersgnei has opened an lntellisenee Once ID
IA e. north OF the Cert House. Ottawa III. Siruar
ons found and help supp led to all applicants prompt
v and without fall. Chsrzcs moderate.
April * t;Ss I. l.. SAiSiNss
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Tom and Jerry and Hot Scotch, at Pier
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And Thousands OF Other Goods
Suitable to.' Holidays.

Vns stuc. in all Departments Is complete. and
seeatsd with great fro,n the MAN nacturcrs ana
import ers. aud will bc sold nj lower prices than the
sane grade OF goods can be bought elsewhere.
- eprlil nyita,ion Is given 20 nj, 10 v,!t and iRspec
the s,osl.
ncspect5Ciiv.
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SuAw's.

Leave your orders for turkeys at
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WANTED, - SO pounds beeswax.
T.. Y, GraIGGs.
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DOLLAR BOSS SWINGS-KENDALL'S,

Their equal has never been seen here
those diamonds at Trask's.
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The grain prices cover whole rsnge % Haf ssi, is0
s-ehorsc Price. "a prices paid to- cd lcen, VN ""
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01
UNIONTOWN.

AN ACCIDENT of an alarming nature
occurred At the residence of Mr.. Joseph
Temple, on Wednesday afternoon of
last week. Mrs. Temple was seated at
the sewing machine, to the right of the
fire. -place-her baby Willie lay asleep in
his crib, on the left, and on the rug in
front her little daughter was seated at
her plays. Suddenly, the upper portion
of the large chimney telescOped, filling
the flue. driving SCOT, flame and smoke
into the room. Fortunately, the throat
of the chimney WAS very small, and the
bricks were prevented from falling to
/ the floor, or the little girl would proba-
bly, have been killed or seriously injured.
There was great danger of suffocation,
bnt the presence of mind of Mrs. TEN
pie enabled her to save the lives of her
little children. The family spent the
night at a neighboring farm house.
THE COMMITTEE authorized to select
parsonage for the pastor of the Pres
byterian congregation at Crabapple, have
purchased the property of Mrs. Nancy
J. Long. and will proceed as soon as
possible to improve the premises, and
remodel the building.
Mr.. GEO. ABEL has cellars and post
holes for sale. He is the man who cx-
hibited the immortal pumpkin at our
county fair recently. He now comes
to the front with "pasnip" which
measures fifteen inches around the bust
and Two feet three inches tile long way.
This is a whopper.-the parsuip we
mean.
REV. WEIR, of Martins Ferry, visited
the congregation wOrshipping here a.
agent of the Memorial Fund of the U.
p. Church, on Tuesday. He will be
present also on Sabbath next, and will
explain the aim and object of the church
! in asking contributions to the same.
A VISITING PARTY endeavored to sur
prise DR.. J. c. Workman and wife by
pouring in upon them on Wednesday
evening of last week. The surprised
ones were at home, and the reception
was cordial. and the occasion proved en-
joyable and pleasant to those concerned.
Miss FLORENCE ,KKIM, one of Nav
Athens lively young ladies, is paying
| her friends here visit.
A LITTLE CHILD Of Abram Gilbert,
was seriously i'll, but is now better.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01
NATIONAL ROAD.

The attention of persons residing in the
vicinity of the National Road, in Belmont
county, is respectfully invited to the provi
sions of the following sections of the Revised
Statutes of Ohio:
Sec. 34SS. "Whoever deposits any wood,
stone, or other kind of material, on any part of
a turnpike or plankroad, inside of the bitches
of such road, or outside of the bitches, but so
near thereto as to cause the banks thereof to
break into the same, or causes the accumula-
tien of rubbish, or any kind of obstruction,
shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars.
Sec. 34S9. z"All penalties and forfeitures
iueurred unoer provisions of this chapter shall
be recoverable with costs of suit, before any
justice of the peace having jurisdiction of the
same, shall be paid into the treasury of the
proper county, as in other cases."
All persons are hereby warned against vio-
ating the above sections, and all persons who
have placed any distractions in the side
bitches or culverts of the National Road, are
hereby notified to remove such distractions,
within reasonable length of time.
MORRIS COPE,
Supt. National Road, Belmont Go.
st. Clairsville, o.. Feb 9Th, 1883. ct.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01
The Ohio Legislature.

From o. g. Journal Summary.
FEB. 20-Senate-PetitiOn presented {:
requiring teachers examined in physiol-
ogy for the bill abolishing convict cor-
tract labor.
Passed: Senate bill that bonds issued
by corporations shall first be offered at
par to the sinking fund trustees; Senate
bill for the leasing of one railroad to
another; Senate bill prohibiting killing
deer before October Is to November 20.
Bills introduced: Amending the law
regarding the appointment of notaries
public: amending the law regarding ap-
peals to the District Court.
House-Passed: House bill making
the misapprOpriation of bequests mis-
demeauor; House bill allowing iron and
wood manufacturing corporations to
purchase and hold real estate the same
as other corporations; Ii. B. defining the
word seal" as used in the statutes; II.
Is. amending section 57S2,as to the duties
of defendants.
Bills introduced; Regulating the time
of filing turnpide petitions and making
levies making deficiency appropriations.
FEB. 2l-Senate-PaSsed: Senate bill
establishing a State Board of Health.
The Common School Appropriation
bill was discussed all the afternoon, the
erroneous enumeration in jefferson co.
being the point in debate, and went
over till tomorrow.
House-The Kinney resolutions came
up. The Love prohibitOry amendment,
the Dunham license proposition and the
Locke tax amendment were all tackled
to it, and as amended it was defeated by
a vote of so yeas to 62 nays-not the ne
eessary three-fifths. A motion to recon-
slider the vote was made, pending which
the House took recess till morning.
FEB. 22-Senate-The School Appro-
priatiOn bill passed, with the clause ex-
cepting Steubenvllle from the provis-
ions stricken out.
The General Appropriation bill was
passed.
Bills introduced: Cutting off tales
men who have have served on a grand
jury within year; allowing bank Off
GERS to be notaries public, but not act in
cases to which banks are parties; for
the disposal of lost animals.
House-The Kinney resolution and
amendments were discussed at length.
and finally postponed to Wednesday, the
2Sth.
A number of local bills were passed.
Bills introduced: Requiring county
commissioners to index their books; au-
thorizing the conveyance of lands held
under lease by Ohio University, Athens
authorizing rewards for criminals paid
out of forfeited recognizances; provi-
ding that no saloon shall be located
within 1000 feet of school house; lin
iting charges of telephone companies to
"a per month per box; making counties
and municipalities liable for costs of
witnesses, officers and justices.
FEB. -Senate-After reading the
journal, adjourned till Tuesday.
House-Join resolution for cOnsti-
tutional amendment providing that
each county shall have Representative,
was taken from the table and referred.
Several new local bills were into
duced.
Adjourned till Tuesday.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01
CONGRESS.

o. S. Journal Summary.
February 20.-Senate-Passed: House
bill extending the time of filing Alabama
claims.
The Tariff bill was discussed, the
wooden and iron schedules being amend
ed. and the bill then passed by vote of
~ to 10.
House The Sundry Civil Appropria-
tion bill was considered in committee of
the whole.
Feb. 1.-Senate-Resolu offered
for committee of seven Senators on
the Mississippi river Improvement.
Bills passed: appropriating S25,000 for
a soldiers monument at Newburg, New
York; the Army Appropriation bill; the
Fortiications Appropriations bill.
Resolutions passed: providing for a
termination of the fisheries clauses in
the treaty of Washington.
House-The Sundry Civil Service Ap-
preparation bill was discussed and pass
ed. In the course of the debate severe
attack on HazeD's management of the
Signal Service was made.
Feb. 2.-Senate-Re Resolution adopted
for a special committee on Improvement
of the Mississippi bslow Cairo. The Ma
val Appropriation bill was discussed,
and went over.
House-Bill passed: for three addl
tional land districts in Dakota.
The Sundry Civil Appropriation was
discussed, and went over.
Feb. 3.-Senate-The Naval Appro-
priation bill was discussed and passed.
Bill reported: appropriating 81 100000
to buy site and commence work on the
new Congressional library building.
Petition presented: against the new
Mexican treaty, from Eastern sugar re-
iners.
The Utah bill was then debated, and
went over.
House-The Pound rule was adopted.
The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
was discussed in committee, and report
ed to the House; amendments were
adopted preventing the leasing of Yel
lowstene park; fixing the salary of the
Clerk of the Supreme Court at $500
and apprOpriating $4,000 for the ex-
tension of the House library.
Feb. 25.-Senate-The Executive
Legislative and Judicial Appropriation
bill was passed.
House-Bills passed: forbidding the
importation of adulterated tea; admit
ting articles free of duty for exhibition
at the Louisville and Denver Exposi-
tions; the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill.
The majority and minority reports of
the Mississippi improvement committee
were filed.
Feb. 26.-Senate passed: to
punish false personation of United
States officers and employees by $1,000
fine, or imprisonment not longer than
three years, or both; to prevent the i'm
portation of adulterated teas the Fourth
of July Claims bill.
House-The conference committees
on the Postoffice Appropriation bill fail
ed to agree. and new committee was
ordered.
The joint resolution for the termina-
tion of the fisheries articles of the Treaty
of Washington was adopted.
. bill introduced: to prevent the impor-
tation of adulterated wine from Ger
many. t--.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01
NeighbOrhOOd Notes.

Two-fifths of the pottery ware pro-
duced in the whole United States, is
manufactured at East Liverpool.
Samuel Compton, of Middlebourne,
Guernsey county, committed suicide on
Tuesday of last week by hanging him
self. The thought of becoming insane
was the cause.
Major H. C. Dane will lecture in
Cadiz on Friday, March 9th. on "The
Great Naval Battles of the late War"
Monroe county has thirty-nine notaries
public.
James Scutt, who was the oldest Free
Mason in the United States, died in
Guernsey county last week aged ninety
three years.
Steubenville is afflicted with a too
numerous array of men who wished to
be either Mayor or Marshal.
The music store of Wilson & Baumer,
of Wheeling, was burglarized Wednes-
day morning of last week.
Two boilers in Reymann's brewery,
Wheeling, exploded Wednesday of last
week. doing considerable damage to the
buildings.
Peter Voorhles. of Noble county, one
of the most careful farmers, gives his
opinion through the Republican, that
the wheat crop is not seriously injured.
Washington. Guernsey county, is said
to have in its limits sc handsome and
accomplished marIiageable young ladies
and only three young men that can be
looked upon With favor.
The new court house at Cambridge
will not be dedicated until the 4th of
July.
A religious awakening pervades New
comerstown. The NJ. E. church has in
creased its membership to 81, the NJ. P.
%, and the Presbyterian over half
dozen.
Thirty-two men are employed on the
st. Clair tunnel between Cumberland
and GAINESVILLE, on the B.. z. & c. rail
road.
1t takes nearly week for letter to go
from Fairview tn Middlebourne, Guern-
sey county, a distance of six miles.
East Liverpool officials are dispnting
as to whether that town has been ad-
vanced to second class city or not.
| A little boy in Londonderry tp., Guern.
sey county, was stood on his head by an
older boy. In short time the little fel.
low commenced vomiting, and his recov-
cry is doubtful.
The heirs of the late John FOrdyce, OF
Guernsey county, own an eighth interest
in the mine in Illinois in which the ter
rible disaster occurred last week.
The town of Brilliant, over in Jeffer.
son county, has been incorporated.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

On Saturday last the Controller of the
Currency issued certificates authorizing
the extension of the corporate existence
of two hundred and siXty-nine national
banks. Of this number sixty-six were
in the New England States, ffty-three
in New York, fifty in Pennsylvania,
thirty-two in Ohio, sixteen in Illinois,
seven in Indiana, and the balance in
other States. The whole number of
charters extended under the act of July
IL. 1882, is three hundred and thirteen,
ali of which were organized under the
national bank act, approved Feb. 25,
1s63 and the certificates issued on Satur-
day are the last to be issued for the ex-
tension of charters granted under that
act The lst National Bank OF this
nIace was among those whose charter
was extended.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01
NEWS ITEMS.

Ex-Secretary Window is at the head of
a movement for Il new Stock Exchange
at New York.
The man charged with having stolen
the Christiancy' jewels has been arrested
in New York.
The Recorder of Ross county, Ohio,
has been forced to resign on account of
his dissipation.
Craft, the Ashland, Kentucky, mur-
derer, has been found guilty and SEN
fenced to be hanged.
Sarah Bernhardt has received 100000
francs for the manuscript of the first
volume of her autobiography.
Seventeen convicts working under a
contractor on the levee near Helena,
Ark, killed him and escaped.
The representatives at Washington OF
the Ohio Wool growers Association,
complain of the Senate Tariff Bill.
Jesse Smith, of Hagerstown, Ind, pre-
ferred death to marriage. He suicided
while contemplating the nuptial con-
tract.
The movement for the erection of a
statue of Martin Luther at Washington
has progressed so far that the model has
been chosen.
1t has been found necessary to deny
authoriiatively in England. that Bea-
consfeld, in his last illness, joined the
Catholic church.
Secretary of the State Newman, has
allowed to be filed the certificate of in
corporation of the Saloon Keepers Asso-
citation of Cincinnati
In one of the North Michigan logging
camps one teamster murdered another,
was lynched, and the riot about his body
resulted in the death of seven men.
Horace Greeley's estate at Chappaqua
is to be disposed of under the hammer.
S. G. w. Benjamin has been appointed
Minister Resident and Consul General
to Persia, and Wickham Hoffman Min
lister to Denmark.
The Secretary of State has issued a
warrant for the arrest of 2. j. Sheridan
at New York, suspected of completely in
the Ph9nix Park murder
A Chesterfield county, Is. C.,) farmer
murdered his wife with rat poison.
Secretary Chamberlain, of the Ohio
Board of Agriculture. reports wheat in
the southern part of the State in bad
condition. In the north central counties
farmers think wheat is about 55 Der
cent. of last years crop at the same
date, and in about ten counties in the
Northwest the prospect is better than
last year.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01
CULERAIS.

The health of this community is very
poor.
Wild geese were on the wing on Sab
bath, the 18th ult. We may now look
for the balmy days of spring.
Two new stores are booked for this
township, enc for Barton, and one fol
'Kidd's coal works.
A shower of mumps must have Ger.
tainly passed over this township, judg-
ing from the goodly number of people
that have them.
VIM. Hall, of near. HarI isville, has
purchased a tract of land in the neigh.
borhood of Concord, and will move back
to this township. His many friends vel.
come him back, as he WAS one of ouI
best citizens.
Isaac Berry has recently purchased the
small farm Of w. S. Taggart, east Of St
Chirsville, and has moved there. Our
township loses one of her best citizens
Our loss is Richards gain.
Hannah Hall, of this township, who
is now missionary of the Friends, was
at Tasmania when last heard from, but
ere this she has sailed fer New Zealand
Miss Emma Simpson, at this writing
is very sick with bronchitis.
Mr.. Charles Mitchell, of near Farm.
ington, is visiting his brother John, in
Kansas.
Miss Belle Brown, teacher of Fair
point school, spent a portion of last
week visiting her parents, near Barton.
Her school will close in five weeks. She
has contracted for the spring term of
four months.
Rev. ]. a. Gray, pastor of the Mt
Pleasant circuit, is holding meeting
and making pastoral calls in this town
ship.
The warm days of last week brought
life and vegetation to the wheat. The
prospect for good crop is not as favor
able as it was last year.
We are informed that Calvin Etzler
will occupy the new house which he is
now completing for Israel Sidwell, at
Colerain.
The new conrt house Is agitating the
minds of the prominent citizens, of this
township. They are of the opinion that
the old court house is not sufficient to
protect the public records of Belmont
county, and that she is as able to build
fine buildings as any county in the State.
A new court house at st. Clairsville will
settle the county seat question for many
years. Every improvement that. adds
to the comfort and happiness of the peo-
pie is another milestone in the march
OF civilization. COUNTRY COUSIN.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01
FROM THE SOUTH.

A Perfect Combination with Two Salient Adj
vantages-Why ft Concerns YOu.
There is no mistake about it, remarked
DR.. n. F. Flowers, of Gallatin, Mo-, "BEN~
SONS CAPCINE POROUS PLASTERS are
one OF the neatest combinations ever groduc>
ed. They have two kinds OF advantages over
major. First, they are clean and pleasant to
use never soiling the hands nor the linen OF
the wearer. Second they act quickly and
powerfully. have tried the Cspcine Plaster
on myself for pneumonia, and on my patients
for various diseases, such neuralgia, muscular
rheumatism, lunbsgO, kidaey trouble, ETC.,
and in all cases relief has followed in from
three to forty>eight hours"
DIR. Flowers merely voices the written or
oral oplnion of thousands in his profession.
BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS PLASTERS
are the perfect external application. The gen.
uine has CAPCINE cut in the centre. Price
25 cents.
Seabury Johnson, Chemists, New York.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

FOLLOWING right after the dangerous
floods and serious loss of life and prop
erty on land, all incoming vessels report
exceedingly rough weather at sea. This
is the season when storms can be expect
ed at sea, but like other meteorological
phenomena which have made this WIN
ter remarkab the storms of the past
few weeks were unusually fierce and
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

SPEAKER HODGE has proposed an
amendment to the Constitution, with
reference to the liquor traffic. His plan
is to submit to the people tax and Ii
cense amendments. If both receive a
majority of the votes cast. the Legisla-
ture is empowered to act accordingly
license or TAX, or make use of both, "un-
der such rules and regulations as may
be deemed most conducive to the public
uplfara"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

WHILE ex Senator Conkling is quiet
ly pursuing the practice of law in New
York city, his old friend. eX Senator
Sprague. turns up as spokeman at
Democratic banquet in Boston and aR-
nounces that be will be a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Governor
of Rhode Island at the convention to be
held this sIring.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

The widow of ex-Postmaster General
Jewell, died suddenly, in New York,
from heart disease, on Monday. A few
weeks ago both Mr.. and Mrs. Jewell
were in Washington City enjoying the
hospitalities of old friends. Now both
have crossed over to the 'other shore"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

The conference report to the postof-
ice appropriation bill which was sub
milted TO the two Houses of Congress,
Monday, provides for an appropriation
of SlS5.O0O for fast mail services, and
fixes October lst as the time when the
reduction of letter postage from three to
two cents shall go into effect.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

In his defamation appointing April
5th as day of fasting and prayer IN
Massachusetts, Governor Butler makes
special request that the preachers dis
course upon strictly religious subjects
and leave severely alone the more world
IL matters, especially politics. Since
Ben has returned to the bosom OF his
first love he despises mixture of re-
lininn and noliticS.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

JUDGE ToURGEE. at dinner in New
York, Saturday night, expressed a de-
sire to see the day when Ben. Butler
should be nominee for President of the
United States; and said that he would be
willing to stand on his head the whole
of election day to see the Democrats of
New Orleans voting for Gen. Butler.
'Rah for Butler! The woman suffragists
and Tourgee are solid for him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

Gov. BUTLER has declined to remove
the chaplain of the Massachusetts State
pris n, saying that, although Republl
can, he does not use his Office as an
electioneering machine. He somewhat
spitefully adds: ''If any such one does
he must take the results of the election.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

IT is currently believed in Kansas
that the present Senate of that State
contains five candidates for Governor,
eleven candidates for Congress, three
candidates for United States Senator
and two for Judge of the Supreme Coart,
while two want to go abroad.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

THE President has nominated John
w. Foster, of Indiana, to be minister to
Spain. Foster ought to be pretty well
M in diplomacy, having heretofore been
U. s. Minister to St. Petersburg and 10
haripa
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

JUDGE HoADLEY, of Cincinnati, 1t is
said. has reconsidered his previous In
tention of allowing his name to go be-
fore the Democratic State Convention
as a candidate for the nomination for
Governor. Too much law business to
fool with politics.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

Iris truly cheering to find an OHIO
man on the Civil Service Reform Com
mission. President Arthur, has been
very amiable; but there have been per
sons who thought he developed ten,
deney to neglect the younger political
children of the modern mother OF Fres-
idents.-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

THE Noble County Republican eneour-
ages its readers with the assurance that
"last October Ohio was overwhelmed
with tidal wave of whisky. Weihave
since undergone wave of water. The
State is in fair way to recover from
hoth ["
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

THE tariff bill passed by the L. 5. Sen
ate is in the hands of conference CON-
mittee of both Houses of Congress.
There is still some hope. Notwithstanding
the Democratic obstructionists. of pass
ing bill reducing the revenue tax and
revising the tariff.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-01

THE authorities at Philadelphia report
that forty-nine of the public schooi
buildings in that city have inadequate
means of exit and unsafe stairways, thus
endangering daily the lives of between
thirty and forty thousand school chill