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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07
ST. NICHOLAS.

The June st. Nicholas has very strong
leading article, entitled "a Great Show
by Prof. Alfred Church, describing the
Circus Maximus at home. Thomas Mel.
son Page continues the excellent serial,
Tive Little CQnfederatos,' and Celia
Thaxter contributes a charming chill
dren's story, Cats Cradle" "Caterina
and Her Fate" by f. Cayazza, is an old
Sicilian legend put ilt6 verse, and richly
dier sie' Moaiton writes SAT- a full p hut slmple
memorial of Louisa May Alpott, contain
ing extracts from her letters to the editor
of 81, Melodies; and the article is illus
trated by a new picture Of Miss Alcott,
which is much more pleasing than any
before published, and also b. a picture
of her adontA1ci daughter (the child of her
sister "Amy'O Lulu NiprlkeF,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07

WHEN the present Democratic admin
istration came into power the surplus in
the Federal Treasury was $450,000,000
and the Democrats hastened to pro.
lOunce such vast sum as a menace to
good government, and in their platforms
were pledged to reduce it. How have
they carried out their pledges? They
have been three years in power and the
surplus has grown to S600,000,000, an in
crease of about million dollars for ev-
cry week Democrat has sat in the
Presidential chair. The wiping out OF
the tariff on sugar, one Of the prime
neceSsaries of life, or of the tax on TO-
bacco, would have prevented any further
accumulation of surplus, and measures
to that effect would have been adopted
had the Republicans had control, but
the legislation was blocked by the Dem
Ocratic Committee of Ways and Means,
assisted by a Democratic Speaker of the
House of Representatives The fact is,
the Democratic majority are incapable
of framing and enaeting laws for the
benefit of the people of the whole
country.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07
A FEW POINTERS.

New York Tribune.
Reckoning IA electoral votes
as safe, the q needed to elect can be of
fered by Indiana and either two of the
smaller doubtful States, provided they
can agree upon candidate. Thus, if the
Convention can be assured that Harrison
and Phelps. or Phelps and Harrison, OF
Harrison and Hawley, would certainly
carry Indiana New Jersey, and Connec-
ticut, with 30 electoral votes, meanwhile
risking no Republican State the problem
would be solved. Or if New York alone
with 80 electoral votes, can satisfy the
Convention that those votes are to be Sc
cured by the nomination of Mr.. Depew,
without risking any Republican State
having more than 3 electoral votes, the
problem will be solved. Also, if doubtful
States are not able to satisfy the COnven-
ton as to any candidate they present as
their first choice, it will not be forgotten
that there are strong and worthy candi-
dates from States safely Republican, some
of whom may be able to carry p votes of
doubtful States with reasonable certainty.
The Republican ticket this year ought
to be so selected that success i'll every
Northern State can be anticipated with
good reason. For every Northern State
either voted for Mr. Blaine against Gov.
Cleveland, or has repeatedly been carried
on the direct issue of protection for home
industry against the free trade theories
which Mr.. Cleveland represents. On that
issue, the three doubtful States of the At
lantic seaboard, and California as well.
ought to be safe beyond peradventurewith
any worthy candidate whose position in
with rapidly growing manufactures and
with host of wool growers, ought to be
as safe as Ohio. But the Convention will
wisely seek that nomination which will
leave the least room for doubt as to the
result. For the industrial future Of the
whole nation may depend upon the com
ing election.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07

IN the quotation from the New York
Mail and Eepress printed below will be
found the estimate the people of the
country will put upon the proposed Dem
Ocratic ticket. Every Democratic COM
pliment to Thurman will be an implied
reflection on Cleveland" says the Mail
and Express:
But how colossal must be the egOtism
and how dense the ignorance of the com
paratiye public estimates of himself and
of Judge Thurman that blind Mr.. Cleve-
land To the inevitable and constant com
parisons that will be made between the
head and the tail of ticket on which all
the natural conditions are absolutely re-
verSed-brawn on top and brains at the
bottom; Self-cOnceit Outranking just
pride: craftsmanship SubOrdinated to the
raWneSS of an intractable pupil in the
school of experience; a thoroughbred gen
tleman of the old school put beneath the
first boorish- hammered man who was ever
master of the White House.
Let this ticket be made up. No intel
ligent Republican will object, though ii
seems incredible that Judge Thurman
should make the sacrifice. Every Demo
cratic compliment to Thurman will be an
implied reflection on Cleveland and each
fresh comparison will cause intelligent
and self-respecting Democrats to feel
fresh pangs of modification that the only
Democratic hopes of continuing to get a
chance at Federal patronage depend on
humiliating and hypOcritical homage to
such man as Cleveland, whose limita-
ti0ns and evil traits and low order of char
acter will appear all the more intolerable,
in contrast with the grand intellect, the
broad statesmanship.t the large experience.
the ripened wisdom, the noble generosity,
and the gracious and winning manners of
Allen q. Thurman
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07
SHERMAN,S PROSPECTS.

New York Letter TO Cincinnati Commercial.
The first man on the list of Presidential
candidates is John Sherman. He is the
giant of the Senate, and his record is that
of the Republican party from its first
Convention TO his last speech. His record
is long. but its length is not as remarkable
as its strength. 1t is good record. too,
and the more it is put in the fire and ia
ken out and hammered the better it viii
grow, and if he should be the Republican
nominee for the Presidency that record
will shine before the close of the contest
with Incompatible splendOr. 1t is made
of the precious metals. He is the one
man now candidate known to all the
Republicans of the South: and they know
that he has been true to them in all theiI
trials He will have nearly all the votes
of Pennsylvania to begin with. He gets
these votes on his merits. The people OF
Pennsylvania know him thoroughly and
believe in him entirely. There is drift
to him in New England. especially il
Massachusetts and Connecticut. Senator
Sherman goes into the Chicago COnven
ton with more than 800 votes. | have
seen list believed to be reliable number
]
Now, what is there to overcome this
Can the clamor of the Chicago press thai
Sherman is unpopular do it: Can the ap
plicatiOn of exaggerated representation:
of factional disturbances in New \ Ork dt
it? | claim that Sherman would prov.
an extremely popular candidate. Ii
would grow in popularity every day o.
the campaign. as he has in high capacity
every year of his public life. The buSi
ness men of New York could not deny
the extraordinary scope and usefulness O-
his labOrS. and the magniticence of the re
cord that includes the immortal achieve
ment of resumption, after the war of tht
rebellion.
If the better and loftier influences pre-
vailed in the political atmosphere of New
York. she would be the foremost State fol
Sherman. Nominate him. and the eXpe
rience of the nation would be what tina
of Ohio has been. that he elevateS the can
vasS he conducts. Under his direction tht
level of public discussion would be uplift
ed lie would rally the German vote tha
| the Republicans have been losing i'll per
sonal politics and the intrusion of loca
issues in general affairs. We know il
Ohio that Sherman is the strongest MAJ
with the Germans who could be named
and the same thing would appear on ;
greater scale in New I ork. This is mos
important matter, and those who have
| formed a habit of regarding Sherman a:
a cold and unpopular man should look i
over carefully and weigh and measure i
honestly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07
JUDGE GREsHAM's STRENGTH.

Pittsburgh Commerbial-Gazette.
In an interview the other day Robert
Lincoln said of Judge Gresham: my re
lations with him have been very close fol
number Of years, eyer since he was call
ed into President AFthuf's Cabinet as
Postmaster General, and know that he
combines with an eminent fitness for the
Presidency an availability as a candidate
which l do not believe is possessed by any
other American citizen" This indOrse-
mept is one that many persons beside Mr.
Lincoln are willing to make. Over all the
country Judge Gresham has strong sup
port, and he has no machine working for
him now, nor has he al any time had any.
The movement for him is of spontaneous
growth. While paper after paper and
leader after leader declare for him, Judge
Gresham pursues the even tenor of his
way, wholly uncOncerned about his Pres-
idential prospects. He will not discuss
politics with anybody, not even his most
intimate friends, nor is it known that he
would accept the nomination if it were
rendered him.
How much Gresham is feared is shown
by the recent effort to prove him a Know
Nothing. The charge is an ante bejIunl
one, originated by copperhead newspa-
per, and had no foundation in fact. In
1860 Democratic paper said that Mr.
Gresham was i'll favor of making voters
and citizens of every kinky- headed, sable
African in the South, but was opposed to
giving the "YOting franchise to the lOnsy.
lazy, filthy, lOp-eared, greasy Dutch, as he
called them" Who would believe q story
originating from such a source. and who
would believe that man of Judge Gresh-
ans character would use such language
of any class of people? Beyond this ma
liciOus charge OF eOpperhead newspaper
there is no evidence that Judge Gresham
was Know Nothing or disliked the Ger
mans. On the contrary, some Of his most
intimate and closest friends were and are
Germans. His first born child was named
Otto, after Judge Otto, a PENNSYLVANIA
Dutchman who spoke English very bro
kenly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND has
an attack of rheumatism.
THE skeleton of giant was unearth-
ed at Washington c. H., Q.
\ CONFEDERATE monument was un-
yelled at Georgetown, Ky.
JAMES PHILIPS murdered his wife and
committed suicide near Logan, o.
FRANK FERGUSON. city editor of the
Newark (O.,) Adeocate, was assaulted by
woman.
LANDOWNERS of Findlay, O., will
build one thousand new dwelling hOus-
es by October1.
JUDGE ANTHONY, of the Illinois Su-
preme Court, was assaulted by an insane
man at Chicago.
LIEUT.. GOV. STEPHEN NJ. WHITE, of
California, was temporary Chairman of
the st. Louis Convention.
GOV. HILL, of New York, has signed
the bill abolishing hanging, and subSti-
tuting death by electricity.
TIE leading glass manufacturers of
the country have concluded to close
down on June u, indefinitely.
THE House Military Committee has
agreed to recommend the appointment
OF an Assistant Secretary of War.
4 JOIN H. CLAIBORNE, night clerk of
the Hotel Ruffner. Charleston, W. Va,
shot and killed Nelson Lee, colored
waiter.
AN amendment to the Mills bill, pro-
hibiting the importation of convict-pro-
duced goods, was rejected by vote of
105 to 80.
SUIT has been commenced against eX-
Treasurer Tate, of Kentucky, and his
bOndsmen to recover S240,0 900, less GER
tain credits.
DEMOCRATIC members of the House
Committee on Elections contemplate
seating another Democrat to assist in
passing the Mills bill.
July 13 has been fixed for the eXecu-
ton of Hugh MOtram Brooks, alias
Maxwell, who murdered c. Arthur Prel-
Ter at the Southern Hotel, in ST. Louis.
DURING an alteration between DR.
John Osborn and J. Hancock, prominent
citizens of NokomiS, ILL.,, the latter was
cut with knife, and the former had his
skull crushed.
P. T. BARNtM has decided to convert
his handsome residence, "Waldemere,
into a seminary for young ladies. The
mansion will be moved to the edge OF
Seaside Park and remodeled.
A DETACHMENT of the West Virginia
militia was called out to prevent the
lynching of J. H. Claiborne, night clerk
at the Hotel Ruffner, Charleston, who
killed Nelson Lee, a negro waiter.
AFTER arguing the matter for three
hours, the Ohio delegation at st. Louis
adopted a resolution declaring that Ohio
has no choice for the Vice Presidency,
but that Thurman, should he be named,
would receive their support.
AvOTE was taken among the Repub-
lican Toys of the Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity, at Delaware, O., for the Presi-
dency, and Blaine received 440 votes.
Gov. Foraker was their unanimous
choice for the Vice Presidency.
THE Pinkertons are to be appealed to
by the citizens of Carthage, Mo-, to rid
their town of thieves and murderers that
eEorrun the place. Within the past two
weeks fourteen -bnrglaries and eight
highway robberies have been commit
ted.
THE family of John Owsley, living at
Windsor, Mo-, were poisoned first by rat
poison and then strychnine in their cOf-
fee. The 12-year-Old negro servant girl,
being suspected, was forced to drink
some of the coffee, and before she died
confessed. The family of six may die.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07
MILLIONAIRES TO THE FRONT.

Phlladelphla Press
The prominence of Millionaire Scott in
the Pennsylvania delegation to st. Louis
and of Millionaire Calvin Brice in the
Ohio delegation will be somewhat embar-
RAISING to the Democratic orators, who are
expected to be particularly sewers on mo-
nOpolists between elections of tobacco
juice. -Four years ago they could ring the
changes on the "Augean stables" ON a
"sight of the books" alleged Republican
corruptions, and so on; but this year they
will have none of these to pad speeches
with. The anti-mOnopoly cry will also
have to be stilled, as it would sound ludi-
cfous with a coal and iron baron bossing
the Pennsylvania Democracy and rail
road speculator bossing the Ohio DemOc-
racy. 1t looks as if the party had been
bankrupted for campaign cries.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07
additional Editorial on first poge.

IN another column viii be found some
speeulations of the New York Tribune
concerning the Presidential nomination
at Chicago. We observe that Mr.. Hal
stead, of the Cincinnati Commercial, has
likewise been expressing himself in New
York
As to the TribUne'S speculations: Ex-
Senator Harrison has no especial strength
outside of Indiana, and an unprejudiced
diagnosis leads to the conclusion that hi:
strength there is largely manufactured
and of the machine order. The nomina
tion of Senator Hawley- and no grand
er man has been named for the Office
would virtually be a surrender in advance
of the Pacific Coast States, because of hi
course on the Chinese question. William
Walter Phelps may be esteemed goOC
Presidential timber by New Jersey anC
New York City people, but in the Wes
he is thought lacking in heft. Mr.. De
pew is a man of brilliant and splendid
qualities, but his nomination would i'm
peril Republican success in Michigan
Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, and Othel
States of the West which can not b.
spared.
Mr.. Halstead is for Sherman, anC
thinks he will be nominated, but look:
upon Harrison as a formidable candidate
Delegates to the Convention will b
cautious about accepting the declara
tions of the partisans of favOrite sons
Harrison's friends are clamoring that NJ
other man can carry Indiana. POSSIBLY
not-and possibly he can not. Certainly
his partisans do not kn0lC that he is tht
only man who can save the State TO the
Republicans. So of Mr.. Depew and New
York.
join SHERMAN is unquestionably tn,
foremost Republican in public life to-day
Why would not his great name and his
long and stainless public life be tower
of strength at the head of the Republican
ticket everywhere? in Indiana as well al
Ohio? in New York as well as Massachu
sets? in New jersey as well as Pennsyl
vania? in Connecticut as well as Yer
mont?
The noisy declarations of men who vii
go to the Convention for no other pur
pose than to promote the nomination Of
certain men, that none other than theil
fayorites can carry certain States, viii
not avail.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07
PERSONAL,

Mr.. n. II. Frohlichstein, of Mobile, Ala,
writes: l take great pleasure in recon-
mending DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, having used it for a severe
attack of bronchitis and catarrh; it gave
me instant relief and entirely cured me,
and l have not been afflicted since | also
beg to state that | had tried other rene
dies with no good result; have also used
Electric Bitters and DIR. Kings New Life
Pills, both of which l can recommend.
DR.. Kings's New Discovery for COnSump-
ton, coughs and colds, is sold on posi-
tive guarantee. Trial bottles free at
Patterson Il Sons drug store l.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07

TIE dreadful tragedy enacted down
the pike Sunday night is the Legitimate
fruit of such places. The wonder is ii
has been so long coming. For months
the shocking depravity and orgies that
have nightly prevailed there have been
of character calculated to make the
man in the moon hide his face and hold
his nose as he passed over it. That the
people Of the neighborhood have so long
tolerated such place-a known resort
for lewd and drunken men and women
where all manner of beastlinesS prevail
eds past comprehension. Now that
the pistol and a double assassination
have startled the public into an appreci-
alton of the enormity of the place, it will
be blotted out. One of its habitues is in
his coffin, another carries the marks of a
bullet, and others will be consigned to
felons' cells in the penitentiary. Verify,
:" the way of the transgressOr is hard"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07
EPISCOPAL RESIDENCES.

The assignments of the Bishops to
their respective homes for the next four
years is as follows: Bishop Bowman, st.
Louis; Foster, Boston; Merritt, Chicago;
Andrews, New York; Warren, Denver;
Foss, Philadelphia; Hurst, Washington;
Ninde, Topeka; Walden, Cincinnati;
Mallalieu, New Orleans; Fowler, San
Francisco; Vincent, BufTato; Fitzgerald,
Minneapolis; Joyce, Chattanooga; New
man, Omaha; Goodseil, Texas.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07
Like sunshine in a shady place,

The poet Called WOman lace
That gladdened all who saw its beauty
A face, no doubt, that beamed with health
That blessing which is more than wealth
And Hghtens every daily duty.
O how can woman. whose hard life
With many wearing pain is rife,
Escape the grasp of such affiictiOn,
And be power to bless and cheer?
The answer comes both swift and clear
Take Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
the only medicine for woman's peculiar
weaknesses and ailments, sold by drug
giSts, under positive guarantee fram the
manufacturers, of satisfactian being Civ
EN- in every case, or money refunded.
See guarantee printed on bottle-wrapper,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07

TIE BREATH of Il chronic cataprh pa
tient is often so offensive that he becomes
an object of disgust After a time ulcer
alton sets in, the spOngy bones are attack
ed, and frequently entirely destroyed. y
constant source OF discomfort is the drip
ping of the purulent secretiOns into the
throat, sometimes producing inveterate
bronchitis, which in its turn has been the
exciting cause Of pulmonary disease. The
brilliant results which have attended its
use for years past properly designate Ely's
Cream Balm as by far the best and only
cure, 8 31-2
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07
HOW TO ADDRESS THE PRESIDENT

In the convention which framed the
Constitution of the United States there
was considerable discussion as to what
the title of the chief magistrate should
be, twas proposed to style him " his ex-
cellency," "his highness," and the like,
but all these forms were considered OBJ
jeetiOnable, ana it WAS finally agreed that
no title should be given him except the
name of his great Office. 1t is the proper
thing, therefore, to address official com
munications to our chief magistrate SIM
ply. 'To the PRESIDENT" and thus the
well Informed do address him. 1t is not
correct nor in good form to address him
as "hiS excellency."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07
NEWS ABOUT TOWN.

1t is the current report about town
that Kemp's Balsam for the throat and
lungs is making some remarkable cures
with people who are troubled with coughs,
sore throat, asthma, bronchitis and con-
sumption. Any druggist will give you a
trial bottle free of cost 1t is guaranteed
torelieve and cure. The large hotties are
30 cents and ST. j.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07

The increasing demand for a safe and
certain remedy for worms in children is
shown in tiie sales of Patterson's "Worm
syrup" All persons using this valuable
remedy unite III its praise. Safe, sure and
pleasant. children cry for it, Sold by
all dealers; 25cts. 6,S7-tf
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07

THERE never was a more romantic
battle that that Of Lockout Mountain,
"above the clouds" Now its site, that
then took hours of climbing and all of
the climbers wind to reach, IS attained
by broad gaUga railroad and Is laid
out into town lots that are being sold to
buyers from all over the country.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07
REVIEWS HER YOUTH.

Mrs. Phebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay Co.,
Iowa, tells the following remarkable story,
the truth of which is vouched for by the
residents of the town: q 1 am 73 years old;
have been troubled with kidney COM
plant and lameness for many years;
could not dress myself without help. Now
l am free from all pain and soreness, and
am able to do all my own hOusework. l
owe my thanks to Electric Bitters for
having renewed my youth, and remoYep
completely all disease and pain" Try a
bottle, soc. and 81; at Pattersons' drug
store. 4
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07

MY son has been afflicted with nasal
catarrh since quite young. Twas induced
to try Ely's Cream balm, and before he
had used one bottle that disagreeable ca
tarrhal smell had all left him. He ap-
pears as well as any one. 1t is the best
catarrh remedy in the market. j. G..
Olmstaad, Are6la, III,
Mr.. A. Nichols suffered from patarrh
for years. He purchased bottle of Ely's
Cream Balm of us. He is now almost
cured, and says you cannot recommend
it to highly.-Evers Bros, Druggists, In
dependence, Iowa.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07

No MATTER whether Ohio is repre-
seDted on the Democratic Presidential
ticket or not, she will come up smiling
with her share of Republican electors
The dangerous part Of the animal Is It's
head, with rebel dag in its eye. and a
free trade message in its mouth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07

TIE New York EceniRg Post 'fesses
up that civil service reform is done tor.
1t says; "The painful truth is that we
doubt if Il single independent voter in
this state, of the thousands who sup
ported President Cleveland in 1884, any
longer attaches any Importance to the
utterances of the members of the Ad-
ministration on the subject of civil ser
vice reform, or any longer refuses to be-
lieve that the Presidents promises or
professions have been violated or disre-
garded, on Il great scale, with the ut
most boldness."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07

DoN'T disgust everybody by hawking,
blowing and splitting, but use DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy and be cured.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07

THE Belmont County Medical Society
will hold its next meeting at Bridgeport
Tuesday, June 26. The Society invite all
regular practitioners to meet with them
ID. l.. WALKER, See.