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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-08-26
Sherif'S Sale.
Belmont Common Pleas.
Andrew Mcfarland

Charles c. Fowler, ct al.
DURSUANT to an order of sale in the
L above entitled case, issued and to me
directed from the court of common pleas, of
Belmont county, Ohio, l will offer at public
sale, at the front door Of the court house of
said county, on
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-08-26
LIBERAL PREMIUMS
in all departments.

For details, see pamphlets and circulars.
]. B. HOGE, President.
]. B. MEYER, Secretary.
John POLLOCK, Treasurer. 5>td
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-08-26

Connections at Barton with all passenger
tTsins on the O., L. W. R'y; at Bridgeport
with O. & P. R'y for Bellaire, Martins Ferry,
Pittsburgh, and other points East and West.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-08-26

By Frank R. 5edwick, Deputy.
Shannon 6 Carroll, Plff's Att'ys. 29>td
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
ACTIVITY OF THE coal STRIKERS,


PITTsBURG, Pa, Feb. THE strikers
held meetings at different places through
out the coke regions to-day and decided
to march in Il badly to Scottedale tomorrow
to attend mass meeting. The week closed
yesterday with several occurrences Of Il
character which shows the determination
and desperation of the strikers. a num-
Der of men who had been working in the
pits received letters warning them to stop
work Immediately under penalty of
death. At noon yesterday the strikers
discovered three men at work loading
stock coke. The wOrkmen started to run
when the strikers gave chase, firing at the
fugtves, and abandoning the pursuit
when satisfied the men would not attempt
to return to work. The night previous a
band of strikers armed with guns lay be
hind ovens all night to prevent work.
The miners are thoroughly posted on every
move of the operators, being i'll constant
communication with friends in Pittsburg.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
DE LEssEps is "Too PREVIOUS"
What New Workers Think of What He
Says About His Canal

NEW YORK, Feb 5.-Ferdinand de Les
seps has written Il letter to the New York
chamber of commerce, in which he says
he has started to 90 and inaugurate the
period of the final execution of the mari
time canal and invites the chamber to
appoint a delegate to help celebrate the
opening of the canal when finished. He
says he is afraid shipOwners may not find
out when it is completed and so not "be
ready to utilize it,"
Considering that not one eighth of the
ditch through the isthmus of Darien has
yet been dug that the heavy rock work
Has barely been attacked ; that the money
sent up to the present time is twice De
Lesseps' original estimate of the entire cost
of the whole; that subscriptions have
stopped, and that the present expedition is
taken by France to determine whether
II Is best to allow De Lesseps to raise by
lottery 500, 100000 more to continue the
dubious work now at Il standstill, the
chamber of commerce thinks that the re
quest to them to hurry up and appoint n
delegate to be present at the opening of
the canal is altogether too previous, and
will so vote.
De Lesseps is now on the ocean, en-
route To Colon" as he calls Aspinwall,
with French and English civil engineers
on board, instructed by their govern
ments to be vgIlant and impart impartial
ly all the facts
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
ATTACKED BY MEXICANS.
UNITED STATES TROOPS FIRED UPON
BY THE MEXICAN SOLDIERS.
The Governor of chihuahua Makes AN Of
fetal Report-Our Troops Mistaken for
Indians by the Presence of Their
Apache scouts.

WAsHINGToN, Feb! 5.-Senor Romero,
Mexican minister ut Washington has re-
ceived from the governor of Chihuahua Il
report of The unfortunate encounter which
the Mexican forces had with United
States troops commanded by Captain
Crawford, at the mountains of Bavis,
Chihuahua on the 18th ut. The report
agrees with the statement already pub
lished, that the MeXcans fired on the
United States troops taking them for
hostile Apaches, the mistake be-
ing rendered possible by the presence
with the Americans of Apache scouts.
the MeXicans lost four men killed and
four wounded in the conflict that followed
the attack. The report also states that
the scouts employed by the Americans
while well behaved in camp, and when
watched, are in the habit of committing
great Outages on peaceful settlers when
out scouting. Owing to this it was not
easy TO distinguish between the friendly
and the hostile ApacheS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12

CHICAGO, Feb. During last week the
socialist organizations sent out circulars
asking Polish residents of the city to at
tend their regular Sunday meeting and
assist in denouncing Bismarck. They
also referred TO the German chancellor S
recent speech favoring the expulsion of
Poles from Germany, and commented
thereon in way calculated to arouse the
patriotism of every liberty loving Pole.
When the meeting was called to order to-
day no Poles were present, and as none APP
peared thereafter the meeting was ad-
journed till next Thursday, when Il sec
ond attempt will be made to interest the
Polish residents in the welfare of their kin
the fatherland.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
SUED FOR LIBEL.
Justice Mech Regards Rev. Mr.. Kit
tredge's Remarks as Libellous.

CHICAGO, Feb. 5.-Action for libel was
commenced yesterday by Police Justice
Mech against Rev. Albert +. kittredge,
based on declaration of Rev. Mr.. Kit
tredge in sermon that many of the jus
tees were in league with criminals, using
the following language: Law breakers
are only arrested to be set free at the solic-
itation of some alderman, or in return for
a handsome bride, as was true this past
week, when a police justice by the name
of Mech discharged company of gam
blers, asking only Il fine of 81 from each,
A number of ministers declare Rev. Mr..
kittredge a conscientious man and he Will
undoubtedly be sustained by his congre-
CATION and church people generally. Many
unqualfiedly, sustain him, on the ground
of releasing the gamblers as stated. JUS
tice Mech declares it personal matter
and will prosecute to the end.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
The House Proceedings.
THE TELEPHONE SCANDAL.
The Action that will Probably be Taken
in the Case.

WAsHINGTON Feb. 5.-The House Dem
ocrats are shy of the telephone business.
The House committee on expenditures in
the department of justice is reported as
not anxious to go into an investigation of
the telephone matter, and Is sad TO he
contemplating the policy of reporting to
the House the answers which may be re-
ceived to the inquiries sent to the depart
ments, and of then asking that the COM
mittee be discharged The only answer
that the departments are likely to make is
as to the expenditures that have been
made. 1t is not probable that they Will
undertake to predict what may be done IN
the course of a suit that has not yet been
brought. The actual expenditures ut the
department of justice thus far are said
not to have exceeded a dozen postage
stamps, although there has been much
routine clerical work performed in hand
ling papers. In the interior department
it is probable that no expenditure
of money has been made except
for printing the opinions of the board.
The answer from the department as to the
money that has been expended Will prob
ably be of this character. AS to the eN-
penditures which may be made III the
progress of the suit, if the government
Shall conduct the litigation at its own eX-
pense, there is great difference Of opinion.
Some of the experts estimate the neceS-
sary legal and scientific expenses of such
a litigation at from sl5O,OOO to S2OO,OOO.
The government officers are said to he of
opinion that the legal work can, for the
most part, be performed by the regular
force of the department of justice, aided by
one or two electricians and attorneys who
have had experience ia telephone matters.
1t very prot that the funds of the de,
partment of justice devoted to special
counsel fees and expenses Of that sort
may not be tiicient to conduct the llti-
tation TO n conclusion. But the fund is,
doubtless, ample to warrant the com
mencnment Of the suit, and if, when be
gun, Congress shall not think the suit of
suficient Importance to make the appro-
priations necessary to carry it to II conclu-
Sion That will be decision for which
CONGRESS- will be responsible. The House
committee will probably not decide what
course it will pursue until ANSWERS shall
have been received from the inquiries that
have been sent to the departments.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12

Downs the Ueposed Minister About to go
Heavily into the Law.

BosTON, Mass, Feb. 5.-The counsel for
Rev, w. w. Downs, to-day brought suit
for criminal libel against Rev. George w.
Bosworth of Cambridge, secretary of the
Massachusetts Baptist convention. The
writ was served upon Bosworth and is
for $40, 900, charging him with the wilful
erasure and omission of Downs's name
from the officially published catalogue of
the ordained Baptist ministers of the COM
monwealth, and also the same erasure and
omission of his name as pastor oft the Bow
doin Square church, as we'll in the statis-
teal tables and for slanderOus utterances
of malicious character, alleged to have
been made against Downs at the
meeting of the Baptist ministers, held
sometime since, and at which Downs was
expelled from the Massachusetts Baptist
conference, 1t also Incorporates charge
that this omission of Downs's name from
the annual report is part of a conspiracy
in which Bosworth figures as the con
spicuous agent. Bosworth has consider
able property. which has been attached.
Suit has also been brought against the
Bowdoin square church to recover Mr..
Downs's salary as pastor, $1,000 a full
years salary at $3.50 a month. The SO.
ciety's funds have been attached.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
A TELEPHONE CASE.
The validity of the Blake Transnitter Pa
tent to be Tested.

MONTREAL, Feb. 5.-Mr A. A. Dickson
of this city, a manufacturer of electrical
Instruments has filed a petition with the
minister of agriculture at Ottawa with n
view of testing the validity of n patent for
the Blake transmitter, held by the Bell
Telephone company The facts of the
case are us follows In 1879 letters patent
were granted Blake, the inventor of the
transmtter by the patent office. In 1880,
however, he assigned by deed the right to
sell and manufacture the invention to the
Canadian Telephone company, and they
in turn assigned to the Bell Telephone
company in 1882. The assignments were
duly registered, but the petitioner claims
that the patentees have not observed the
conditions of the act of 1872, inasmuch as
they have at various times, after the eX
piration of twelve months from the date
of issue of the letters patent, imported or
caused to be imported into Canada the
work for which the said patent was grant
ed ; that the machines were imported and
put together in Montreal and other places,
and that the manufacture of these articles
did not commence in Canada within a
period of two years from the date of the
patent as required by law. AS the petit
toner has manufactured these articles II
dispute has arisen as to his right to do so,
and the case is brought before the minis
ter so that the point may be definitely
settled.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
\ Canvas of the Commons.


NEW YORK, Feb. An order was to-
day granted in the supreme Court, direct
ing +. 5. Stokes, the Farmers Loan and
Trust company, and the United Lines
Telegraph company, to give IA bond in
100000 to insure the payment to certain
bondholders of the Bankers and Mer-
chants company for such IA sum as may be
due them, If it shall hereafter be deter
mined that the receivers certificates paid
by Mr. Stokes at the time of the purchase
shall be declared not to be lien upon the
property prior to the lien of the mortgage
bonds, or show cause why the sale shall
not be set aside.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
THE POPE's HEALTH.


LONDON, Feb 5.-The news of the pope .
sudden illness causes genuine regret
among public men in England. \ church
of England ecclesiastic remarked that
there never had been period when the
Catholic church was on so good terms as
at present with the other religious bodies
of the world as well as with the states
men and diplomats of all nations The
whole spirit of Leo Nill's administration
he said has been to develop tne purely re-
ligious function of the church and to
place less emphasis than formerly upon
its temporal rights and aspirations AS
part of this policy the Roman Catholic
church was being brought into as near an
approach to cooperation with other
churches us possible without abandoning
its claims to be the peculiar institution of
God The result of this attitude has been
to effect Il degree OF cordiality between
Catholic and other ministers Of religion
throughout the world such as has never
before been witnessed. Leo is therefore
regarded with very different feelings by
other denominations than any former
pope has been.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
AT Home

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general purifier Of the blood, it has no
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Va, writes: "My youngest child, two
years OF age, was taken with Bowel Com
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many remedies, but he continued to grow
worse, and finally became so reduced in
flesh that we could only move him upon
apillow. 1t was suggested by one Of the
doctors that Scrofua might be the cause
OF the trouble. We procured bottle Of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
Found

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health" James French, Atchison, Kans.,
writes: "To all persons suffering from
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years, when friend advised me to take
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several years / have used Ayers Sarsa-
parilla in my family. l never feel safe,
even
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
A Walking skeleton.

ME-. Springer, of Johannesburg, Pa,
writes; ~ was afflicted with lung lever and
abscess on lungs, and reduced to a Walking
Skeleton. Got Il free trial bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, which did
me so much good that bought dollar bot
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bottles Sl.00.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
SULLIVAN'S LATEST TRIUMPH.
Reported Engagement of Sir Arthur to
Miss Geraldine Ulmer.

New YORK, Feb. "A private letter
from well-known London theatrical
man was received in this city to-day 1t
says that Sir Arthur Sullivan, the COM
poser, is to be married to pretty Geraldine
Timer, who is playing Yum Yum in the
"Mikado" in this city. The letter states
positively that the announcement of the
marriage has been made in London and is
received with credence there. Sir Arthur
is Il bachelor about A. years of age. Miss
Ulmer is not yet %. She Is one of the
prettiest bruuettes on the stage and she
has danced and sung herself into fame
and fortune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. THE Canadian
Pacific railway has concluded arrange
ments for steamship connection between
Vancouver and San Francisco. The line
will be opened in June. 1t is believed that
all efforts to bring the Canadian Pacific
railway into the transcontinental pool
have failed. Lively cutting on overland
freight is sure to follow.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
Is He Guarding u Grave =?

STAMFORD, VT, Feb. 6.-The people of
this place are somewhat excited over the
discovery of Il strange shepherd dog in a
vacant lot near here. He is apparently
guarding small spot of ground. They
believe that some person has been secret
~ buried there and will investigate the
matter The bowling of the dog has been
heard for some time. He was nearly
starved when discovered.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12

CHICAGO, Feb. "A trader in furs
among the Indians near the Red Lake res
ervation says he never saw Indians so
eager and active rs they are now. They
are selling everything for guns, ammuni-
ton and horses. He could not conceive
the cause of this movement, and was un-
able to say, from what he had learned,
whether or not it portended trouble. An
outbreak Is momentarily feared.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
Suicide by Authorizations,

NEW YORK, Feb 7.-Rufus f. Dixon, an
inventor who occupied a room for the
rental of which he was several weeks in
arrears, retired Saturday night. After
stopping the crevices around the door of
his room, and after having then disjointed
the gas pipe in the room, he was found
this morning dead. His suicide was the
result OF. the despair of success with his
Inventions
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12

Read what samuel G. Stiffness, Supt. OF Paw
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and possessing all the merits claimed for it,
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Sl,OO per bottle
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druggists.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12

ATHENS, Tenn, Feb. 5.-The trustees of
the East Tennessee Wesleyan university
have changed its name to that of the
Grant Memorial university. Five hun
dred acres of land near the university
campus have been secured for he.purpose
of establishing an industrial department.
The school was organized in 1867 and for
its building Gen. [. :. Grant made the
first donation, his signature appearing at
the head of the list.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
Loss of Cattle in Texas.

HAROLD, Tex, Feb, 7.-Advices from
Panhandle comfy report the loss of cattle
by the recent storm as very heavy. Along
the south side of the Canadian river es-
pecially in Carson Roberts and Hemphill
counties the loss is greater than in any
previous winter. No reliable estimate can
yet be made but the indications warrant
the belief that the total loss III Panhandle
county may reach 100000
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12

ST. Louis, Feb. 5.-SiX railroad work
men were badly burned last night by an
explosion of kerosene, which some enemy
Gunpowder had been previously poured
down, but without serious results, and
the door of the shanty was fastened on the
outside to prevent escape. y rescuing
party burst in the door. The victims will
probably survive.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
A Fool and His Money Soon Part.

How true some of those old sayings are. A
friend of mine paid a travelling quack $50 To
cure him of Scrofua, from which he had suf-
fered two years. He gave him bottle of
stuff which only aggravated the disease
When he went 10 consult him the second
time, the quack had left for parts unknown.
Upon learning the circumstances | recUm-
mended Sulphur Bitters. Five bottles cured
him.-EditOr Journal and Courier.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
\ New Way of Burial.

HUNTERS POINT, l.. l., Feb. 5.-The
committee of Newtown village appointed
to investigate the alleged abuses in CON
nection with burial in Calvary cemetery,
presented to-day n lengthy report in which
they State that trenches 200 feet long and
deep enough to hold 10 collins stacked up,
were found to be continually being made
regardless of all sanitary considerations.
and without the slightest respect to the
dead
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
AN OPPRESSIVE MONOPOLY.

After this brief recital of a marvellous
accumulation of wealth it is easy to I'M
derstand the Importance of the suit that
Secretary Lamar recently authorized to be
brought by the government against the
Bell company All individual suits have
failed. Gray, Dolbear, Drawbaugh, Ed
ison and others have all tried to break the
Bell patent, but have all been unsuccess-
full, though charges of fraud in the secur-
ing the Bell patent have always found
more or less of Il hearing. The question
brought before Mr.. Lamar was whether he
believed the evidences of fraud in secur-
ing the patent justified the bringing of Il
suit by the government to Vacate the
patent. He decided there was. That
brings the question up to be decided on
its merits. 1t is somewhat of an unus-
ual procedure for Il suit to be brought in
this way, but it is entirely reasonable to
suppose that where the government has
evidence that a fraud has been committed
through one of its branches that it should
sue for the notification of the thing done
Whether there was collusive action or not
between Bell and the patent office officials
when he got his patent in 1876, the OPP
preston of the monopoly builtup by him
and his associates is keenly felt by the
public.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
4 Mystery of The Sea.

ST JOIN, y. b., Feb. THE schooner
Miller, Captain Holder from New York,
for st. John, reported over due, has been
given up as lost. 1t is supposed that the
vessel toundcred with all hands in the
gale of January o. Three of the crew
leave large families in st. John.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
BuckIen's Arnica salve.

THE BEST SALvE IN the world for Cuts,
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or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded
Price % cents per box. For sale by Beaupre
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
DON'T DO 1t.

Said my physician, who for six months had
doctored me for dyspepsia without success,
when told him was going 10 try sulphur
Bitters, they will only make you worse. l did
try them, and now am well man and can
foe 70 Doctor. NGsarns Rastsu ~ Y r. o,,d ~ ~
X. Railroad.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
AYERS
S Sarsaparilla

and commenced giving tito him. It surely
worried wonders, for, in u short time, he
w4> completely curcd.'
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
Death of "a Sportsman.

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Mr. George H.
I,orillard. the well known sportsman died
in Nice Yesterday. He had suffered great
ly with infammatory rheumatism IRON
on crutches. At the time of his death Mr..
Lorillard was member of seven different
sporting clubs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
Happiness

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You may possess it, If you will purify and
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