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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution
Of Ohio.
LEGISLATIVE SINGLE DISTRICTS
AMENDMENT NO. 2.

SECTION !. Be it resolved by the General As
sembly of the State OF Ohio, That a proposition
Shall be submitted to the electors OF this state
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, 1889. To amend Sections to IL, inclu-
sivc, of Article XI, OF the Constitution of the
State vi Ohio 50 they shall read as follows:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

TNSATIATE PROVIDENCE.
From the Boston Herald.
And now it s Seattles turn. Insatiate
PrOYidencei
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
Proposed Amendment to The Constitution
Of Ohio.
BIENNIAL ELECTIONS.
AMENDMENT NO. 4.

SECTIoN l. Be II resolved by the General Assem-.
bly, Of the State of Ohio. That propositions shall
be submitted TO the clectorS of this state on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
1889, TO amend Section 25 OF Article IT, Section ls
OF Article ILL., Sections 6, :, g. 10, II, IL and I6
and TO create Section H. OF Article w. Section IL OF
Article VIII, Sections and of Article K and
Section OF Article XVI, of the Constitution of
the State OF Ohio, SO they shall read as follows:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

SIC IL So long as the state shall have public
works which require superintendence there shall
De board OF public works, to consist of three
members, and whose term Of Office shall he for
by law.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

SEC 4 Atfhe gpneInl election to he held in the
year one Thousand eight hundred and ninety two
and III each twentieth year thereafter the Gues-
ton Shall there be a convention To revise alter
OF amend The Constitution" shall he submitted
70 the elections Of the state, and in case "A major
lily ni all the elections voting at such election de
eidc IN favor Of convention. the General Assem-
ply al lts next session, shall provide. by law for
the election Of delegates and the Assem- bling oF
sirh convention as in provided in the preceding
section: hui no amendment of this Constitution
agreed upon Nv any convention assembled in pur-
EUianre of this article shall take effect until the
same shall have been submitted 10 the elecoS Of
the state. an'i adopted by Inzjority Of those voI
Ing thereon.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-05
PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY. APRIL

also constitute the executive committee. The
arranging Of constitution and by laws was left
with the executive committee to be- reported at a
future meeting II was voted ~ confne games
strictly to chess aud checkers IL Is the sentiment
Of the club to admit ladies to honorary member
. shin without payment Of fees. The former re
publican headquarters In Crosby block nave been
lifted up for n club room.
The New York papers make prominent men.
ton Of the fact that n l. Merrihpd formerly of
Jamaica and now the welkuown aud prosper.
Gus proprietor " the Continental hotel IN New
York city. has made himself liable 10 arrest and
Imprisonment for performing kind act A
young girl, without home or money, recently reg
istered ut his hotel The next day she was found
m her room in an unconscious condition. having
attempted suicide by turning on the gas and using
chlurOform. The girl was finally resuscltated ana
cared for hy Mr. Merrheld and kindly doctor.
The story leaked out and the authorities threat
ened 10 arrest Mr. Merriheld and the doctor for
not putting the case In the hands Of the police.
II they had done 81 the girl would have been
arrested aud a stigma cast upon her name
forever. Technically, the papers say, Mr. Merri-
field may not have the law on his side, but his
kind action merits the approval Of every one.
The Chamberlain horse company will have a
carload Of Indiana horses at their stables next
week
Prince x Gregg have sold their plumbing bust.
ness to Patrick Fleming.
The Christian Science praise meeting at 3 r. NJ.
SUNDAY afternoon will be held at n A. Fosters ON
organ street. aud the Wednesday evening meet
INK at T.. u. Thomas's, ~ Prospect-st.
The following is the list OF letters re-
naming in the post-oflice April 9TH.
Women ressie Grimm, Minnie Harris, Mrs.
Myra W. Smith
Men A u Adkins :, r. g. Amsden, T.. G. la.
wilson. Ino. H. Dinsmore, Alfred Harris, II. T..
Harris, Fayette Ingram H. Reason 3, Lester
Taylor Warren B Wesley.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-05

The position of the Democrats at the pres
ent time is not pleasant one The Grind
stone circular compiled and issued by their
local official leaders, gave its wool figures
as average prices. This was their only
fair and apparent Interpretation. The Eek
pert" author of the New York Worlds Col
umbus despatch said that the figures gave
''the average price of wool at Boston. 50
When brought to book the Democrats Eek
planned" in the Reformer that the prices
were not average" prices but highest
prices. Investigation showed that they not
only were not Boston prices, but that they
were neither the average, highest or low
est prices of any wool market in the coun-
try. Now that this is proved Mr.. Childs
and his friends have started hunt from
Maine to Texas to find figures that will now
aud then fit the Grindstone figures, and
they evidently hoped The Phoenix would
weaken the Republican position by attempt
ing to follow them in this hunt.
But we decline to do it, Having got the
whole local Democratic party securely
dumped under load Of their own heapiug
we have no idea of leaving our job to chase
a small boy over the whole United States
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-05
SOMETHING FOR BARNUM.
The Wonderful Curiosity which I'm,
Come tO ToMn

II We are To Judge from rccrut publications in
the sheet Of the "Omuiscirnt Wisdom th.r,. is
wonderful curiosity in town which Barnum will
secure at any cost as soon as he hears II it, The
thing has no name, except as W. II Chills calls
It wool table 1t first appeared in the Grind
Stone circular. Many will marvel as W. att4nirt
IN describe it, hut assure our readers that ,
IT'S general tenor II II truthful Il is "almnst
uniformly supported hy facts" II is "a r,.",rj
OF sales IN the Boston market. and purports la
~ the highest price wool brought m the uifT,r.
rht years The figures ''should not h. under
stood to he average prices " aud come Ia find nm
We think thu y are not ALWAYS highest urr,.s =
This doesn't make any difference. though Tor
any. discrepancies can be- accounted for in com
pairing them with Mauger * Avriy's New York
prices THESE are given I'm currency value " and
II You arr careful 10 select the right numbers ~,
Mhl ma the table IN question almost precisely
the SAM except for very few yputs . IA or N
or so. But really thess' don't amount l., In,irh
Just see what the Philadelphia market shows -,
introduces still further differences"
There are over a hundred different kinds ,,r
Nnol suid ~ TINS country woods from every
mhrrr, rom New Mexico Ia Canada However
u seems There are one or two years that arr. inst
mite on. Ihey can br Strengthened out without
any trouble. though, by remembering that .,ths
authorities followed bV the Criu,lstnp. ,.ir,,it,.
reduced the prices 10 "A gold value" However If
you are not quite satisfied with this lust counar
lhr last years with q. l.. Miners aud " W hay
Imports statements Whenever they pet v,sr,
lar ont the way from one they almost always
come pretty near the other. On the who'll. g..
uoh thlnk II makes much difference whether vnu
yoilSutr tue nsures AS average or highest prices
II may hc convenient 10 occasionally take the
lowest ones only be sure TO pick out the prnd.
auu pilct that comes nearest We must confess
th9t there are discrepancies" between this nnJ
almost any table that can be- found " Their. n rs
sufficient reasons for it, " though be,.aus, il ~
mated with notorious free-trader IL 'certainI,
Is surprising, when everything is considered hnv
near Mr. Childs' figures come TO affordine a ftir
statement" "e ''''
4, ne only trouble is We don't understand what
III. fitarA ham l..
We Wouldn Tor the world Intimate that We think
ms lghres are IN any way inconsistent but th~
question Is, what are theyr They are NOT "mad.
OUT OF whole cloth but on the contrary me,
seem 10 De plectd up just like my grandm1therss
SILK bedqult. II Mr. Childs and the other ns,,o
uIals Mll explain some more ON just this ou.
point we shall he all right
Our correspondents state of mind is a
perfectly natural one after the Democratic
explanation of the wool figures, and we beg
Mr. Childs to come TO his relief bv t.llin7
US what his Grindstone table is really meant
To represent. En-.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-05
CENTREvILLE SHINGLES.

improvements have begun IN earnest.
Mr.. Starkey is painting his premises Ca
pen has begun taking the loose stones out
Of the roads -Dea Gilbert Smith has put
a coat of paint on his farm buildings, add
ing $500 in value to his farm in looks -
VIM Hescock from Townshend has begun
work for the season for Dea Smith Ca
pen has been renovating the inside Of his
house preparatory for summer boarders.
There have been several euchre parties
there during the winter MIR. Brown has
been painting and papering The clouds
look as though wedding was in prospect
on the hill Mr. Convey has moved from the
Doolittle farm into Mr. Whitakers house
near the mill There will he a spring term
Of school as usual. Several acres were
plowed on the hill last week -Capeu has
some nice Young stock The four mile road
via the asy um and Mr. Wares to Western
avenue will soon be IN condition for visitors
coming to town Camden Smith is trim
ming up the trees ON the roadside, and the
Carroll place on the hill has been cleaned
up. Mr. Wood planted peas the 10th II
March - Burt Stone is better A.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-05

We don't particularly blame the Demo
Gratis for trying, in their Reformer article,
to draw attention away from the main
charge against them toy attempting to make
it appear that this charge was one of set
ting up the Grindstone figures tout of whole
cloth " The statement which We made in
our issue of Sept, 2lst was that these fig
ures have no discoverable basis of author
ity or consistency and that they certain
ly have the appearance of having been de
liberately set up out of whole cloth That
charge we now withdraw, and in place of
it we say that, on the showing made in the
Reformer last week, they ,cere made out OF
whole cloth
If Mr.. Chids should take his Bible-an
indispensable thing of Democrat, to be
sure-and pick out word here and let
ter there to make text which should read
1T is all right to lie and cheat and misead
your neighbors in politics, it would be q
fraud made up out of whole cloth in spite
of the way the job was done And this is
exactly parallel method with the one by
which we are now told that the Grindstone
figures were made up.
Our essential charge was and is that il
was inscriptions work to scatter these
fraudulent figures broadcast over the coun,
try, and our columns are still open to Mr.
Childs to show why this charge is not d
true one, and why it does not look worse
for him and his co conspirators the more ii
is stirred and exposed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-05

Is it not true that the way the Democrats
have been driven to hunt the country over
to find figures to fit the Grindstone table
proves as nothing else could that the au
thor of the Grindstone circular did not in
vestigate his figures and prove their actual
basis and probable truth before he used
them If he had then carefully and hon
estly discovered their basis of justification
would he not be able to produce it now
Would he have discredted his own work
and destroyed his whole argument by claim
ing his figures to be Boston figures, and then
completely abandoning this claim when the
facts were proved
1t may have been smart piece of
Democratic campaign work to get up a
fraudulent wool table which was meant to
give the highest prices in low tariff years
and the lowest in high tariff years, but it
has proved a boomerang, and the fellow
who threw it will never be as handsome as
he was before, though I'VE trust he will
know good deal more
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-05

Eight inches of snow fell SUNDAY and
Monday, which may renew the sugar sea,
son.
W. A. Brown has sold his store and stock
OF goods TO G. II. Shepardson, "A former
resident of this place, but who has for sew.
era years been living in Massachusetts Mr.
). Is graduate of Eastman's business col
lege at Poughkeepsie, n. Y.
Rev. G. A. Armstrong has closed his la
bors in this vicinity.
Josiah French, who has been seriously IN
Is improving N. L. Stetson has been s,C
tering from hemorrhage caused by the run-
ture Of AN artery in the head, but at the
present writing is better.-M. NJ Brown
has been painting H. g. Porter's house Mr.
Porter working with him.
weather summary for March: Highest tap,,..
atlLr recorded, 80 the cath; lowest ~ the Ist
nishest dally mean. i5' the 2ith; lowest ~ 70 tba
Wh' highest daily range, 52o the list: low,st ~
tlle Sth ana i.th. Mean of tri-daily mean rsad
lhss, dso' Mean maximum, 451o Mean MINI
glull' 10. Mean range, 2l.Ss. Rain ON NJ daVs
SHOW on days; three Of them both rain And
SHOW Precipitation in rain, Os in In snn,,
thTltell ~ m; total, 2.O9 in. Depth of snov,
ffall, ,.'u H. Average temperature Of this month
Tor -FOUR years tlos6-1 so 81 Average nra,init1
non Tor The SAME time. T. 49, in Pr.rniIint, Al
''''"H "l tue Mluu, north and northwest
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-05
mnI.,end,. Combination Refused.

The United States Senate refused, last
Saturday, by vote of % to 10, to confirm
the Presidents nomination of Murat Hal
stead, editor Of the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette, to be minister of the United States
to Germany. Six Republican senator's vot
ed against his confirmation. These were
Quay, Teller, Ingalls,, Plumb, Dawes and
Evarts. The opposition to Mr.. Halstead
grew out of his harsh and unsparing treat
ment of certain senators at the time Of the
contest over the election of Henry b. Payne
of Ohio to succeed Senator Pendleton. Mr.
Evarts, who made the leading speech against
him, held that Mr. Halsteads utterances at
that time showed him TO be hasty, intoler-
ant, hot tempered, and in nearly every 9th
err respect unfit for the place, John Sher
man, on the other hand, made a strong APP
peal to the senators on both sides of the
chamber to maintain the dignity of the body
of which they were members by rising above
personal feeling in acting upon question
of national importance. The general sen
timent of the country will be that Mr.
Sherman's attitude was the stronger and
more fitting one,-the one which better be
comes the dignity and judicial temper that
is supposed to characterize the United
sta, Senate. After all, the real question
was not as to Mr.. Halstead's fitness to rep
resent his country at the German capital,
but whether certain senators could so far
rise above their personal feeling as to give
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-05
Announcements.



sons notice in advertising columns
BRATTLEBoHo. VI March q, 1850
CUdrorh II Chids, agents Neir York Life H.
Sudnce COmpdHy:-l hereby acknowledge receipt
OF ten hundred seventy seven dollars and nifty.
nine cents in settlement " insurance ON the life Of
my late husband Andy J Reed and wish To px.
press my gratitude for the promptness as well as
the satisfactory settlement which the company
has made IN this case, only two weeks hdving
elapsed since the death Of my husband and less
than week since proofs were filed with the com.
pany. This precaution on the part Of the deceas-
ed leaves to his family over 500 more than pre-.
miums paid GEoRaiA G. Rein.
Etchings aud Engravings at Clapp * Jones's.
Artistic Picture Framing at Clapp 4 Jones's
Buy Picture Frames Of Geddis.
Picture frames in variety at A. F. wilder's.
laundry building, Flat st. Open evenings, to g.
Picture framing Of all kinds at Clapp & Jones's
DON'T TRAVEL without Accident Insurance
when it costs only y cents per day for 5000 and
SIS per week Insure in the TRAVELLERS with
CuDwoRrn & CHILDs Agents
For good. scryiceable suit of clothes. try Per
ry, the Clothier He will use you right
la these days when food adulteration is ~ com.
mon, it is comfort to find an article for the table
that is thoroughly reliable. Walter Baker & CO. \
uTtaklaSt curua is eminent in this limited class
No chemicals are used in It's manufacture and it
is absolutely pure II forms moreover delicious
aud heathtul drink, refreshing. and more nu
tritious, than tea or coffee, and free from the in
| curious effects that thos, beverages produce
Aud it is very cheap withal The house Of Walter
| Baker Co, has maintained for more than IN
yenrs great and honored rrpute by the excelenc,
and purity Of its manufactures
Go to prrry's for Hats and Caps
New parasuls and Sun Umbrellas at Hawley's
Millinery opening at Mrs Phillips 4 Junes's on
Wednesday and Thursday, April 10Th aud 18th
! All are invited
Perry, the Cluther, is Just home from market
| with a fine line Of spring clothing that cant b,
beat Call aud see for yourself
Cam Miss lothrop teacher Of experience
will receive pupils in Piano, Organ aud Harmony
Tuesdays, Wednesdays aud Thursdays Sp.cia
method Offering unusual advantages to beginners
! Instruction in the graduating studies Of cuns.r,
! atories and music schools Reference is made {,
! Vermont Academy. SaXtons River St Agnri
Hail, Bellows Falls and to Col Fuller Of Brattl,.
b"ro. Address Mr., HirklAnds, Walnut Street
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-05

We beg our Democratic friends not to be
unduly exercised because The Phpnix has
not used in its recent discussion of wool
prices the table from Mr.. Spofford's alma
nae which it copied in September last That
table is stated by Mr.. Spofford to give the
highest and lowest prices of the cheapest
grade of wool in the New York market
When, therefore, six weeks after the cam
pagn closed, the Omniscient Wisdom of the
Democratic party announced that the Grind
stone figures were "a record Of sales in the
Boston market the only thing for us to do
was to drop Mr.. Spofford's New York table
and give reliable Boston figures This we
did in printing Mr.. Bonds table. If we
were to leave Mr.. Bonds figures and quote
New York and Philadelphia prices we
should expect Mr.. Childs to move to Chica-
60, TO Texas, to Colorado, to Southern Cal
ifornia, and finally to South Africa or the
Feejee Islands, inviting us to follow.
But, as we have already said, we are not
ON that kind of chase, Just at present
we are watching the Democratic party wrig
gle under the heap
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-05

lodge. attended the annual meeting Of me NeW
ton on Wednesday. .,......
Chiffon sherman, Telegraph editorof the Splhs
field Mass daily Union son Of $. II Shermuu ol
tbis town and Miss Edith lloltur, daughter 81 W
m ID Uniton are Ia bp married the 18th inst
The wedding will h. a quiet family affair
ii E Lawrence NJ Winsted, Conn, formerly o'
this place has an engagement 10 play fof severe
weeks with the 10Th Regiment baud Of Albany, \
Y. at the sub.tropcal exposition In Jacksonville
Fla ,,.,,.. a..
W H. Spear II now editing aud publishing tue
Trade Journal at Springfield. Mass
Fred Miller has moved to the Stone tafW h'hl
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-05

The United States Senate adjourned on
Tuesday to the dsmay and disgust of the
army of otfice-seekers whose "claims" have
not been recognized. The hoped for grist
Of nominations did not come in at the last,
and it thus became only too evident that
Mr. Harrison is unalterable in his determi-
natien not to be in a hurry, but to take
time for deliberate consideration until Con
gress meets next December. There is no
hope that he will call an extra session. there
being no purpose among any of the Repub-
lican leaders to call Congress together un-
til after the new states have held elections
and added to the Republican majority in
the House. If reports are to be relied on,
there is great dissatisfaction on the part of
some of the senator's, who want to be boss
eS, because their recommendation for APP
pointments have not been needed, and in
some cases they threaten retaliatory poll.
cy. The President is quite as jealous of
his prerogative as any of his predecessors
have been, and by no means interprets the
functions of the senators as some of the
latter do. Should the senator's be foolish
enough to force a contest, they would Ger
tainly be worsted
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-05
MillalinKIon.
RAILROAD MEETINGS

On Monday evening the law Office of Hos,t
hanu, Jr, was crowded with interested citiztas L.
near the report of the committee appointed hv
Tue orange % confer with the Newton Brusb.-rS
III regard TO extending their narruw-gaug,- rsil-
road 10 this place. The report in Substance ,y.s
that tht Newtons offer to build road 10 tins
piace Mithln IL months provided Wilmington wifi
rase $4,000 and Nottingham "A sum in prupnr
tlon' which would be about S2l go An informal
vote was taken To ascertain the sentiment of tl.
,il'sttlls' ana II was almost unanimously voted
ny THOSE present that they would b,. m favor nf
hohdlns the town five times its grand list In order
70 accept the proposition. meeting is Ia L. h.li
this, Friday evening at tht. town nan anJ ~ -
expected that MIR. Moses Newton will he nras..rt
lhls question Resolves itself into simple propo
sltlon, VIZ, Do We need "A railroad, 10 'our mind
there Is Out one answer to the question We .an.
.lNl nave II without paying a portion of the rN-
pThsr; thai Is certain. The offer appears Ia l..
n"''"l' ahd We cannot expect a better one frDm
any source. Shall we accept il or mott Lei ms
deHucIate upon the question with candor and rem
s Sill, ne ne simple thought of being able To TX
SShanSS an old numbering stage coach for a r,,it,-
iurla3Ir railroad car ON October list ls.O o,,,IIr
!" MAKE every man, woman and child sh.slt Tor
,,. For Eli Whitney in last weeks locals read Eli
Wheeler ''AN ira" I'll
~, Nh +. C. NJ Russell is in New York purchasing
.,. i,'' Oh seasonabe millinery g,,Os She ha,
rsEastd competent trimmer and Mill si,1r. NJ,
r1"rl 10 SUIT the tastes of all
he h following item is from the Springfield Re.
pu uII'ca , Charles II. Annahl, has sold a hou,e
anu Tot a. II Hawthorne street To Forrest Strt
son OF Wilmington, VI. for Sa!All '' 80 49,
The long booked for second volume ,f .\.r,,,.,,,
III tue civil War is being delivered
Nnnd.,i LIZ ,er,n ul the village school hogan ou
"unDaS under charge of Prof J + Ward
day annual 'a""rs on Mon
The editor of the Times makes reference. Il, tI..
h, fJ o. IL t''"n history. The suggestion is time
T. 91 10 lnrrihlr The compilation OF such bist,r
nai iaJls as relate to this town and It's nt',l,.
Mn',ll ut most desirable and We wuuld he PIaI f.,
Set Tue PROJECT take proper form and Ia ,,aTri,.,I
ha