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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21
New Series-Vol. "a No. "a

dence Insane Asylum. The several de-
| tenders of Mr.. Cleveland do not dispose
OF this accusation in satisfactory man
ner. The Evening Post adds to the 9TH
er damage which il has done to the CAN
didate's reputation by asserting that the
chosen plIamOur of Mr. Cleveland the
mother of his child-was a common
drunkard: and that the detectives who
were employed by Mr.. Burrows, law
yer eng ged by Mr.. Cleveland to do
work distasteful to himself, found Ma
ria Halpin in fit of delirium tremens,
and thereupon put her into an "inebri-
ate" asylum. On the other hand, the
Rev. DR.. Kinsley Twining, who investi-
gated the matter in behalf of the Inde-
pendent newspaper, says that the Of
ficer sent after Mrs. Halpin, acting on
the right df personal Judgment did, in
fact, place her in the Roman Catholic
Providence Asylum, but that she was
not incsrcerated," and was not entered
for a permanence." In Mr.. MeCune's
statement in the Buffalo Courier the epi-
sode is summarily dismissed as 'sepa-
ration of she mother and child by the
removal of the former to an inebriate
asylum" The sixteen Independent Re-
publicans, said to be prominent citi-
Zens of Buffalo," who sign the latest GER
tifcate OF Gov. Clevelsnds good moral
character, merely say that "the allega>
tions respecting her Maria Halpin's ab-
duction and i'll treatment are wholly
false" We do not know what were the
results of Mr. Horatie G. Kings explo-
rationS of this part of the scandal. His
general assurance that there is nothing
in the Halpin matter which need pre-
vent the Rev. Henry Ward Beeeher
from voting for Mr.. Cleveland is proba-
bly, satisfactory to both of those gentle
men.
The charge of abduction and inhu-
manity is denied; the specification that
the woman was seized without legal
warrant, and that shs was locked up in
an asylum by men acting in Mr.. Clever
lands interest. is admitted.
The general charge that. Mr.. Cleveland,
apart from the Halpin case, is known
in Buffalo as man of l'centious habits,
is emphatically denied by all the gentle
men who have undertaken his defence.
On this point the evideHce prepODder-
ates in his favor. 1t is not encouraging,
however, to observe that nearly all of
Mr.. Clevt Glands defenders attempt to
shield him from the full responsibility
for his act and Maria Halpin's misfor-
tunes by representing the woman as a
degraded and shameless wretch so far
as We can learn from careful exami
nation of all the defensive statements,
there is an absolute lack OF the evidence
on this point that alone conld Justify
such a course. Surely, Mr.. Cleveland
did the woman injury enough nine years
ago, when he was not yet candidate
for President of the United States.
Judging solely from these statements
in extenuation of facts which are not
denied, we are forced to cOuclude that
if the things now developed had been
known to the country three months ago,
there would not have been in the Uni-
ted States of America man less likely
to be nominated for President than Gro
yer Cleveland of Buffalo.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21
AUGUST.

The yellow golden rod is dressed
In gala-day attire:
The glowing red wte1 by the fence
Shines a crimson fire;
And from the hot fields fartheSt edge
The cricket's soft refrain
With mellow accent tells the tale
That AuguSt's here again.
In shining blue the aster wild
Unfolds her petals fair;
The clenatis, upreaching, seeks
TO clasp and kiss the air;
The brilliant poppy flaunts her head
Mid fields of ripening grain,
And adds her voice to swell the song
That AugustS here again.
The dusty thistle by the road
ScatterS bis silvery spray;
The sun pours down his scorching beams
Upon the fainting day;
The blackberry vine bends meath it:
weight
OF fruit down in the lane,
And adds its testimony, too,
That AuguSt's here again.
The wild hop from the young elmS bougt
Sways in the languid breeze;
And here and there the autumn tints
Clean family 'mong the trees;
All nature helps to tell the tale.
Or chant the same refrain,
July and June have slipped away
And AuguSt's here again.
Boston Transcript.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21

TOUCHING the Mulligan letters, the
late Judge Jere Black, Democrat, but
also a profound lawyer, who would be
likely, if anybody, to detect guilt in
them, said:
"Mr. Blaine's letter proved that the
Mulligan charge was not only untrue,
| but impossible, and would continue SO to
prove until the Gregorian calendar could
| be turned around and October made to
precede April in the stately procession
of the year."
And by the way it is curious fact
that those who know Blaine best believe
in him most. Judge Hoar, of Massa.
chusetts, said he believed in his honor
and integrity because "he knew him. y
Such is also the uniform testimony of
Blaine's different pastors, his neighbors
ard his old associates, wherever found
1t is not credible that he can be corrupt
bad man and none of these know it, be-
fore whom he goes in and out daily
Here, for example, is passage from the
address to Mr.. Blaine, given at his res
cent reception by the best citizens OF
Portland, his old home:
"Many of US have enjoyed the privilege
Of personal acquaintance with you
and although we have not all been able
to agree with you upon political ques+
tions, we have all had confidence in'youl
integrity as man and your purity and
ability as a statesman; and we are
united in the conviction that should the
people of the United States ratify the
choice of your political associates, you
will give the country an administration
unfiyaled in its wise solicitude and prac
.. tical measures for the promotion of al
our material interests, and for its pains,
taking care for the publication and per
fection of all departments of the public
sery ice."
. This is not the style in which Ameri
can citizens address any man whom they
have reason to believe is immoral in hi
private, or corrupt in his public life
Gin Com. Gazette.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21
By the Light of Day.
Past impossibiiities the Facts of the
Present-Help in the Near Era.

'Iremember when they were putting up the
poles for the first telegraph line in the staste
Of New York, and now look therer exclaimed
a citizen of the metropolis to hiadriend. as the
two stood on the summit of the tall equitable
building In Broad way. The city is strung with
wires like q harp and electric com municatton
miracle of the world; people no longer wonder
and laugh at ii as they did at Morse when he
nrst suggested Its possibility The age
marches on and prejudice must give way; no.
body has q monopoly of truth;.eyen the con-
servative guild of physicians admit that the
secrets of medicine are shared by all men; Il
dressed his wound and God healed him. said
old Galen; once that terrible disease, rheum>
atism, was supposed to be a shifting, local all>
ment now attacking the joints and now the
muscles; day II is demonstrated 10 disease
ofthe blood. Mrs Henry Bogert, No 454 Allan
tic avenue, Y, writes to Messrs Hiscox a Co.
of New York, proprietors of PARkER'S
Tonic, that she has been completely disabled
from rheumatism and pain IN the back and
lin bs; she " as advised TO take the Tonic for
kidney disease she did so and her rheumatism
disappeared The reason is simple; diseased
kidneys produce rheumatic symptoms; cure
them and you destroy rheumatism; this is
now admitted by all Intelligent physicians; 1t
ia the new light thrown on their time>worn
and mistaken theories.
PARKER'S TONIC which is a colnbina>
o tion of the best remedies for the blood known
TO science, is universally successful in COM
batting this terribly common complaint. Those
who, like Mrs Bogert, suffer from kidney or
liver diseases or any complaint arising from
impure blood. will ind the Tonic a prompt
and certain remedy. Prices, 50 cents and 81 a
bottle. HIsCox Co., Chemists, New York.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21

aroused by tales of Arctic exploits, and
he determined to 60. Driven to despair
by his frightful hunger Henry saw an
opportunity to steal little more than
his share of ratlUnS. and he made the at
Tempt. He was found out and shot for
his crime. In the published report the
death of this man is set down as having
occurred on June 8. When the body
was found bis hands and face, though
very much shrunken; were found in
tact and-recognizable; but nearly every
where else the skin had been stripped
from him and the flesh picked from his
bones. Even his heart and lungs were
eaten by his comrades. One rib was
found shattered by a bullet ball, and
to another small fragments of lead were
attached. A bullet hole was found in
the skin. The body was in this condi-
tiOn when it Was inferred in Cypress
Hills cemetery last Saturday. The letter
his friend Mr.. Robert 5. 0berfelder, of
Sidney, Neb.. is daily looking for will
probably never come to light.
Whether the four bodies which were
swept out to sea and never recovered
would have added further evidence to
this story of horrible cannibalism cannot
be learned now, though the papers in
the possession of the Navy Department
give all the particulars as told by the
survivors. At first they we're 10th to
talk of the horrible experience they had
pasSedthrough but after promises of
absolute secrecy their evidence was all
taken. in writing. Lieut.. Greely said
that he wished the men had been rescu-
ed by the army instead OF the navy. OF
course, it was impossible to keep the ac
tual state of affairs from the crew. but
absolute silence was imposed upon them.
The officers were not allowed to talk of
what had occurred in their presence.
One man who openly spoke in the mess
loom about the inhumanity of using
fragments of human flesh as bait for
shrimps was severely reprimaBded. Not
a word of the facts was given to anybO-
dy until Commander Schley made his
report to Secretary Chandler.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21
Why Irish Americans Support Blaine


what do his Irish-American support
els expect of MIR. Blaine?' We ans wer,
absolutely nothing except what is for
the best interests of the United States
Irish-Americans do not expect and they
do not ask that Mr.. Blaine, if elected.
will in any way intermeddle in Ireland'S
affairs. All they demand is that in our
foreign relations he will carry out his
own views of the rights of American
citizenship as embodied il the following
extract from his letter of acceptance: !:
citizenship of the Republic must be the
panoply and safeguard of him who wears
it. The American citizen, rich or poor,
native or natuTalized, white or colored,
must evt vtrywhere walk secure in his per-
sOnal and civil rights. The Republic
should never accept a lesser duty, it can
never assume a nObler one, than the
humbleSt man who owes it LOYALTY
protection at home and protection which
shall follow him abroad into whatever
land he may go upon lawful errand."
This is an American policy that. of
course, does not meet with the approval
OF the Independent Republicans, who
believe that England ought to be per
United to spit her contempt on American
citizenship whenever she finds it conve-
nient 10 do so.
Because thousands of Irish Americans
are signifying their intention of voting
Tor the man who proposes to carry out
this policy, independent Republican or
gans, like the New York Herald. are
charging them with thinking more of
Ireland than of the United States. Just
as If upholding the dignity of American
citizenship were not question affecting
the dignity of the United SIates.-Irish
World, Aug. 8.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21
DEATH OF MRS. EDISON.
The Celebrated Inventors Brief
Courtship and Happy Married
Life.

Mrs. Mary Stilwell Edison, wife of the
inventor. Thomas Alva Edison, died
suddenly at a. 10. yesterday. at her late
residence at Merlo Park, n ]. She was
twenty nine years of age, and leaves sur
viving her three children. The story of
her marriage to Mr.. Edison is singu-
larly strange and romantic one. When
he first formed her acquaintance he was
about twenty-five years of age. He had
Just invented the chemical telegraph, by
means of which could be transmitted,
he claimed, on single wire 5000 words
minute. The telegraph, notwithstand-
ing this, however, became subssrvient to
the Morse system. While working on
the chemical telegraph he employed sew
eral young women to punch the holes in
the paper. Among them was Miss Mary
StiIlwell. One day he was standing be-
hind her chair, examining a telegraphic
instrument.
"Mr. Edison" remarked Miss Stillwell,
suddenly turning around, IL can always
tell when you are behind me or near to
me-
How do you account for thst?' me-
cEanically asked Mr.. Edison, still absorb
ed in his work.
81 don't know, am sure" she quietly
answered; but L seem to feel when you
are near me"
Miss Stillwell." said Mr.. Edison, turn
ing around nOW in his turn, and looking
his interlocutOr in the face; I've been
thinking considerably of you of late and
if you are willing to have me, I'd like TO
marry you"
You astonish me" she exclaimed, "I
i never"
81 know you never thought l would
be your wooer, interrupted Mr. Edison,
"but think over my proposal, Miss Still
we'll, and, talk it over with your mother.
Then he added, in the same off hand,
business like way, as though he might
be experimenting upon new mode or
courtship; Let me know as early rs
possible, as if you consent to marry me,
and your mother is willing, We can be
married bY next Tuesday.
This was the extent of Mr.. Edisonis
courtship. 1t is hardly necessary TO add
that the highly favored lady laid the alb
rupt proposal before her mother.
ma has consented" she told Mr.. Edi-
son the next day.
That's all right, said Mr.. Edison In
reply. I'VE will lie married a week from
to-day"
And so it was. The two were married
in a week and day from the beginning
of Mr.. Edison's novel and precipltated
courtship. In connection with his mar
riage. however, story is told quite rs
singular, but fully in keeping with the
one already given touching his courtship.
1t is said that directly following the
marriage he entered his laboratory in his
wedding suit, and hastily throwing his
coat on bench began work.
"Why. surely you are not going to
work on your wedding nightT remon"
strated his chief assistant.
Suppose it Is ?" he quickly answered.
setting to work with renewed zeal, 'the
Gold and Stock Company don't care for
that. They want their instruments to-
morrow, and they've got to have them.
marriage or no marriage: 80, here goes.
The wedding trip of Mr.. Edison ran
into the mysteries Of inventions. His
welded life. however. Is said to have been
a singularly happy One.-N. \. Herald
August 10.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21

Third Saturday June, 81 ClaiIsville.
And at close OF Institute at .Bsrnesvlile.
RULES.
Examinations begin at o'clock a. M
Tesu monials of character are required y
applicant is not known TO the Board
Certificates will not be antedsteo nor t1>
tended. -, -
Tests in the higher branches will be given
at close of Institute ONLY.
Certificates will be dated and issued by the
Board In adjourned session on SATURDAY iolN
lowing each examination.
SCALE OF GRADES FOR CERTIFICATES.
frst-class Is years. certificate Is granted
upon an average Of 80 per cent, incluo!ng tne
higher branches, with no grade below 20, pro-
yided applicant has bad i've years experience
in teaching.
A second.class a years. certificate Is grant
ed upon an average OF 81 per cent, including
three higher branches, with no grade below 20.
provided applicant has had four years expert
ence in teaching.
A third>class g years. certificate Is granted
upon an average Of IS per cent, including
three higher branches, with no grade below %.
provided applicant has had three years exper-
3ence in teaching.
A fourth-class q years. certihcate is grained
upon an average OF 20 per cent. with no grade
below so, provided applicant has had Two
years experience IN teaching.
A fifth-cass q year, certificate ls granted
upon an average OF 65 per cent, with no grade
below IS.
B. ALEXANDER.
A. A. CLARK. Board OF Ex.
J. a. HENDERSON,
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TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
II ! DoID haf
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. & A. NJ.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
ROBT. M. EATON, w. NJ.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
- Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
]. B. RYAN, FL. P.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. "a, R. & 8. M.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
F. D. BAILEY, T. L. M.
]. B. MEYER, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. s6, K. T.
IL Stated conclaves. first Tuesday of each
month. @. w. CARROLL, E. C.
j. B. MRyER, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21

THE DoRCAs for August is an unusu-
ally good number. The magazine i'm
proves with age-and is just what every
lady needs and should have. In addition
to ten handsome illustrations showing
designs for square for pincushion,
barred lace, Grecian lace, crocheted collar
and cnffs, an elaborate chemise yoke, and
darned lace patterns-there are direc-
tions for knitted slippers. ladies knitted
underyest. knitted boot for baby, fancy
stitches. knitted lawn-tennis cape, cro-
cheted shawl, .margarite mat. etc, etc.
THE DoRCAs magazine is published at
81 Broadway, n. Y. Price 81 90 per
year: 10 cents single number. Send
for sample copy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21
Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCI-Rev. R
i Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, IL; evening
service, 2. Sabbath School, 900 am. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday z p M; gen.
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday 2 pm.
Strangers welcome to all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
luRev. 5. F. Minor, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II a. m.; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday Z
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday p m.
Strangers are cordially invited to all our
services.
LIMITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am. Public worship: IL am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday of
each month, pm. Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, pm. Young womeR's prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21
GEN. BUTLER believes that when a

GEN. BUTLER believes that when
man says he "doeR't care tinker's dam
for any particular object Of his aversion
he is not using profanity even in its
mildest form. He explains the origin OF
the phrase thus: ain the olden time,
when the travelling tinker went about
the country mending the holes In the tin
kettles and pans he frequently found
one that was ragged and rusty, so that
the soldering iron would not take, and
he was obliged to 6ll it up with mass
of solder. To keep that solder en- masse
over the hole while in the melted state
he was accustomed to take the crumbs
of bread and moistsn them and make
little ridge around the bole with the
moistened crumbs. to hold the solder In
its place as he melted it in: This was
what was called a 'tinksrs dam, wnicn
be brushed away after he had finished,
as 1t was utterly useless. so that our
Pilgrim Fathers used the words NOT
worth tinkers dam, never dreaming
] that they were profane.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21

IT has been found convenient to date
back Gov. Cleveland's offense against
good morals, and get it as near the time
when he was sowing his wild oats as
possible. Beecher claims it among the
sins of his indiscreet youth, and the i'm
maculate Colonel Higginson speaks of it
as happening thirteen years ago. There
is only one slight obstacle to this attemp
to retire the offense into antiquity and
that is the age of the boy for whom Mr..
Cleveland became responsible. oscar
Folsom" is only eight or nine years of
age. Cleveland is forty-seven, so that
his sin against sound morals was com
mitted when he was upwards of forty
years of age-a time of life at which the
wild oats of most men have been sown
and harvested.-Ciu. Com. Gazette.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21

NAsT's claim to political influence and
respect as caficaturist is weakened by
an evident lack of iDsincerity in his
work. The Pittsburgh Dispatch says
that his record is his weakness, rather
than his strength, because his pictures
have gone before the country declaring
Mr., Blaine to have perfectly yindicated
his character from the charges which
are now made the sole ground for the
assaults against him. The only deep
impression that a caricaturist can make
is dependent upon the popular belief in
his sincerity. When the people find Mast
attacking Blaine on the very charges of
which he had celebrated a public vindi
cation, they cannot help inquiring
whether he is lying now or was lying
eight years ago. In either event his
prestige is lost.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21

WHAT mean all these dark hints and
rumOrs? When a Boston Herald re
porter told Cleveland of the story that
he and Hendricks had disagreed on the
campaign policy, and That Hendricks
talked of Withdrawing, the Democratic
candidate quickly asked if this had been
published, and looked serious" And
when told that Hendricks had suddenly
left Saratoga, he was apparently sur
prised." The Chicago Inter Ocean also
has advices from Saratoga saying that
Hendricks disgust is increasing and that
his withdrawal is possible any day.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21

GEN. BEAUREGARD is daily seen on
the streets of New Orleans. He is of
short stature, with white hair, mustacl 9
and imperial, and Notwithstanding lis
advanced years, he is as nimble and
cheerful as many meR years his Junior,
The General walks back and forth from
his home, winter and summer, and can
be found almost at any time at the club,
of which he has long been a member,
discussing the past with his friendsIand
intimates. Unless directly questioned,
he never refers to the scenes or causes
of the late war, and altogether he is a
courtly gentleman of the old school, with
the pride of both, but none of the petty
meannesses which not infrequently crop
out in the later day parvenues and cod+
fish ariStocracy. General Beauregard
has recently suffered great bereavement
in the death of a daughter, the wife of
one of the most prominent citizens of
New Orleans, and since that sad event
he has aged rapidly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21

SOUTHERN orators are beginning al
ready to fire the Southern heart with
the declaration that the Democrats OF
to-day are contending for the same prin,
eiples for which they fought from Sum-
ter to Appomattox. There will be an
other "lost cause"-or if they prefer, the
same old cause will be lost again-iD
NOyemher
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-21
Belmont County omcIaI Directory.

Common Pleas Judse-St. Clair Kelly.
Probate Judge-Thomas Cochran.
Clerk Of Courts-Wm. B. Cash.
Sheriff-Leroy G. Sedwick.
Auditor-R. X. Barrett.
Treasurer-EdHerd l.. Feeley. 20
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred II. Mitchell
Recorder-W. s. Hobbs.
Commissioner Mehsn, Morris Cope
Nathaniel Taylor.
Suryeyor-John II. Mitchell
Coroner-E. B. Kennedy.
Infrmary Directors-JOseph Bailey, Lev
Jones, James B. Ritchey.