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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
A Milky WAY.

learned the other day that the big
milk supply companies of the city found
it necessary to exercise a surveillance
over their drivers, but it has been al
ready reduced to an elaborate system.
An experienced and dishonest driver can
start out with fifty gallons of milk in
spected pure at the depot, and from the
supply deliver sixty-fire gallons, the
fifteen gallons accruing to his own profit,
and being secured by judicious watering
at various points on the route. Before the
discovery of this practice some of the
drivers had regular run of customers
of whom their employers knew nothing.
The companies inspectors now go about
the city at random, and, following de-
livery Of milk, as soon as the driver is
gone subject it to an inspection with the
lactometer. II it has been watered that
driver is discharged, and, by an agree
ment with the other dairy companies, he
cannot enter the employ of any Of them
Interview in st. Louis Globe Demo-
Graf
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
MYSTERIOUS POISONING CASE.
Child's Death at JohnstOvn May Lead
to Startling Developments.

Child's Death at Johnstovn May Lead
to Startling Developments.
JoHNsTowN, March Last Wednes-
day three children Of Washington L.
Boyer were taken suddenly and mys-
teriously ILL They showed symptoms
of poisoning. which was attributed at
the time to their having eaten heartily
of canned fruits. Yesterday morning
one Of the children died, and not
four hours after the child's death an
agent of the Metropolitan company,
which insures children and babes, called
at the office of DR.. Matthews, who at
tended the children, and asked him to
sign a certificate as to the cause of death.
The general mystery surrounding the
sickness of the children aroused the doc
tors suspicion and he refused to sign the
certificate until further investigation.
The coroner has been notified and will
hold an inquest to-day. The children
were all insured in the Metropolitan
company, Boyer paying 3 cents a week
on each of the five children. The family
is in poor circumstances.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
SETTLED AT LAST.
The Control of the Allegheny Carnegie
Library.

The Control of the Allegheny Carnegie
Library.
PITTsBURG, March 1.-The fight over
the Carnegie free library commission in
Allegheny is ended, sofar as appearances
go. The subcommittee on city property
at its meeting Thursday evening decided
to recommend the appointment of a
special committee of councilmen to
manage the library proper and the build
ing, including music hall, and the art
gallery to remain under the care of the
city property committee.
The committee will report to the
general committee on Monday next, and
according to well posted gentleman,
there can be no reasonable doubt that the
main committee will agree with the sub
committee in this arrangement, and pre-
sent favorable report to councils at the
next meeting OF that body. 1t is thought
that in councils there will hardly be any
opposition to this measure.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
NEWS BRIEFS.

The West Virginia Legislature ad-
lourned last week.
AN illicit still is said to be in opera
tion at Indianapolis.
RHODE ISLAND Prohibitionists have
nominated State ticket.
CLEVELAND has sold "Red Top" and
cleared hundred thousand dollars.
LAKE FRONT PARK will probably be
the site for the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
THE late John Jacob Astor bequeath-
ed 100000 to the Astor Library, New
York.
A THRIFTY banker at Chicago mar
ried 13-year-old girl and sent her out
to beg.
EWING COULTER was found guilty of
murder in the second degree, at Zanes-
vile, o.
THE women of Syracuse, Ind, are
holding revivals in saloons in order to
close them.
THE entire rubber business of the
country has been combined into one gi-
gantic enterprise.
PROF. JONAS DRURY, the weather
prophet, died at Springfield, Ohio, on
Tuesday of last week,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
HOWE'S fsiIisr NfEs: Ague Cure

~~ and TONIC BITTERS $500 il its fails to
cure. C. B. HOWE, NJ. D., Seneca Falls, N. Y.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Magnificent promises are always to be
suspected.
We pardon infdelities, but we do not
forget them.
One vice worn out makes US wiser
than fifty tutors.
All who wish to be rich must spend
less than they earn.
Passion is a fever that leaves US weak
er than it finds MS.
Brevity is the child oc silence, and is
a credit to its parentage.
Society is ever ready to worship sue
cess, but it rarely forgives failure.
Our thoughts should travel from the
brain to the lips by the way of the heart.
The obedience of children to their pa
rents is the basis of all good government.
1t may be better to do foolish things
seasonably than wise ones unseasonably.
The slander of some people is as great
a recommendation as the praise of others.
No man ever did designed injury to
another without doing greater to him
self.
Women have the understanding of the
heart, which is better than that of the
head.
If thou wouldst exercise authority
without giving offence, control thy pas
sions.
Purity of heart is the noblest inherit
anpe and love tho fairaat ornament of
woman.
A great man is one who can make his
children obey him when they are out of
his sight.
To lament the past continuously is
rather a hindrance than help to bet
tering the future.
If you would render your children
helpless all their lives, never compel or
permit them to help themselves.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
THE NEW DISCOVERY.

You have heard your friends and neigh
bors talking about it; you may yourself
be one of the many who know from per-
sonal experience just how good thing it
is; if you have ever tried it, you are one
of its staunch friends, because the won
derful thing about it is, that when once
given trial, DIR. Kings New Discovery
ever after holds place in the house; if
1llcted with a cough, cold, or any throat,
lung or chest trouble, secure a bottle at
once and give it fair trial; it is guaran-
teed every time, or money refunded; trial
bottles free at Patterson's drug store. 6
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
THE AGE OF TREES.

From an article by Professor F. W.
Putnam. on Prehistoric Remains in the
Ohio Valley" in the March Century. We
quote the following: "Of late years sew
eral writer's have brought forward many
arguments showing anew, what every
archaologist of experience knows, that
many of the mounds in the country were
made by the historic tribes. This has
been dwelt upon to such an extent as to
make common the belief that all the
mounds and earthworks are of recent
origin. Some writers even 60 SO far as
to imply that tree growth cannot be re-
lied upon, and state that the rings of
growth do not represent annual rings.
As l am firmly convinced that many OF
the mounds and earthworks in the Ohio
Valley examined by DR.. Mentz and my
self are far older than the forest growth
in Ohio can possibly indicate, it matters
little about the age of the trees growing
over such mounds. However, as such a
forest growth gives us the minimum age
of these ancient works, it is important
to know what reliance can be placed on
the rings. In his report for 1887, Prof.
B. F. Fernow, Chief of the Division OF
Forestry in the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural, discusses the for
nation of the annual ring, when speak
ing of tree growth. In letter recently
received from him, in which he points
out the probable cause of error in count
ing the rings of prairie-grown trees, he
states that he considers, anybody and
every an incompetent observer of tree
growth who would declare that, in the
temperate zones, the annual ring is not
the rule, its omission or duplication the
exception"
Having received repeated assurances
to this effect from other botanists, l re-
Gently again asked the question of Prof.
c. S. Sargent, Director Of the Arnold Ar
boretum, from whom 1 received the fol-
lowing reply: L have never seen any
thing to change my belief that in trees
growing outside of the topics each layer
Of growth represents the growth Of one
year; and as far as have been able to
verify statements to the contrary, which
have appeared of late years, am unable
to place any credence in any Of them.
The following sentence quoted from the
last edition of Professor Gray's "Struc-
tural Botany" covers the case: Each
layer being the product of only a years
growth, the age of an exogenOus tree
may in general be correctly estimated by
counting the rings Of cross section of
the trunk" L believe, therefore, that
you are perfectly safe in thinking that
DR.. Cutters tree is something over four
hundred and fifty years DID,"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
Godey's Lady's Book for March is a

GOdey'S Lady's Book for March is as
attractive as ever. Fine illustrations,
beautiful fashion and work designs,
and fascinating stories fill the number.
Among the latter, ''Kerry's Answer" by
Margaret Bisland, ga Game for Two"
by Mrs. George E. Mason, "The Fateful
OPAL" by Gertrude Green, and "The
Sepulchral Vase" by Annie Maria
Barnes are all worthy of note. Belle c.
Greene gives one of her amusing sketch
es entitled "Major Hawkins Regiment"
The serials "$5, 900 for a Wife" and "a
Wheel of Fortune" increase each month
in interest. 1.-TWO Eavesdroppers," by
Frances Burton Clare, "The Beautiful
Home Club" and some choice poetry
completes the largest part of the book.
The departments are all full of season
able and useful information. Cooley
Publishing Co., Phila., Pa.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
DenouncInr the CzRr.

NEW YORK, March IA mass meet
ing was held at the Cooper Union last
night to protest against the Russian gov
ernment's treatment Of political prison
ers. w. A. Stolzchnikof presided and
spoke and addresses denouncing the car
were also delivered by Rev. Hugh Pente-
cost, Professor De1eon and Others
Resolutions requesting the intervention
of the American government to check
the outrages upon prisoners were
adopted
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
HOLD IT TO THE LIGHT.

The man who tells you confdentially
just what will cure your cold is prescrib-
ing Kemp's Balsam this year. In the
preparation of this remarkable medicine
for coughs and colds no expense is spared
to combine only the best and purest in
gradients Hold bottle of Kemp's Bel
sam to the light and look through it;
notice the bright, clear look; then com
pare with other remedies. At all drug
gists, SOC and 81; sample bottle free.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06

WHEELING, March 1.-The strike of
the carpenters and masons extended yes
terday to al the building trades and
about 1000 men are idle, including
plumbers, timers, bricklayers, roofers,
painters, laborers, plasterers, etc. The
Builders Exchange last night, after a
three hours session, appointed a COM
mittee to confer with the strikers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
A FARMERS SON
Said to be One of a Well Organized Band
of Train Robbers.

Salu To DC One OF u W eiI organized t1aDu
of Train Robbers.
LIMA, March 1.-Detectives yesterday
arrested Al. Jones, a farmers son, said
to be one of well organized band of
train robbers, and also unearthed large
amount of property near Spencerville,
said to have been stolen by the gang
from the Chicago and Atlantic, the
Clover Leaf and the Cincinnati, jackson
and Mackinaw railroads. 1t is esti-
mated that the railroad companies have
suffered loss of at least $4,000 worth
of freight at the hands of the thieves.
Jones and a number of his pals were
surprised by the village marshal and two
detectives, when they attempted to haul
away some of the plunder which had
been secreted in the woods near Spencer
vile, but all except Jones took to their
heels and made good their escape. Jones
is held in default of $1,000 bail.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD.
JUST OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL, NEAR
THE ENTRANCE.

Ex-Con9ressman Taulbee Pulls the Nose
of Charles Kincaid for Publishing
Certain Statements About Him and
Receives a Bullet for it-Not Known
How Serious the Wound is-Kiucaid
Utterly weakened-TauIbee Resting
Quietly.
WASHINGTON. March AT 1:45 yes
terday afternoon, in the corridor of the
house. ex-C Congressman Taulbee was shot
through the head by Charles Kincaid,
correspondent of The Louisville Times.
Both men are Kentuckians and the
trouble was caused by the ex-congress-
man pulling the correspondents nose for
publishing certain statements in regard
to him. The shooting occurred just out
side the Capitol near the southeastern
entrance to the building. Taulbee was
shot IN the head, but it is not known yet
how serious a wound was inflicted.
Insffensive Looking.
Kincaid is a slight built, inoffensive
looking man of about 80 years of age.
He was formerly a judge in one of the
Louisville courts, and his family is one
Of the best known in Kentucky. He
has a wide acquaintance in social Cir
cles here, and has spent considerable of
his time in attending receptions, parties
and other society events.
William Preston Taulbee, of Saylers-
vile, was born in Morgan county. KY,
Oct. %, 1851; was educated in private
country schools; studied for the ministry
from 1875 to 1878, and for the law from
1878 to 1881; was admitted to the bar in
1881; was elected clerk of the Magoffin
county court in 1878 and reelected in
1882; was elected to the Forty-ninth con-
gress, and was reelected to the Fiftieth
congress as Democrat, receiving II $40
votes against II, 1893 votes for Hurst, Re-
publican.
Very Dangerous Wound.
Ex-Congressman Taulbee is of tall
figure. with frame sinewy and strong,
but lean. He soon became known in the
house as a ready talker, and was more
frequently on his feet than any other
young member. He had an immensely
powerful voice, and in the tumult which
sometimes occurred in the house, it
could always be heard above the din.
onortIy dlteI Tile snoolliS yeSterudy ne
was taken from the Capitol to Provi-
denee hospital. His wound is a very
dangerous one.
While Mr.. Taulbee was receiving
medical assistance after being shot, Kin
caid leaned against the wall of the stair
case, utterly weakened. and later walked
quietly away with the Capitol policeman
who arrested him.
Ex Congressman Tsulbee was resting
quietly last night and the physicians are
inclined to take a hopeful view of his
case.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06

SHAMoKIN, March lin the Evangeli-
cal conference yesterday another at
tempt was made to force Bishop Esher
to vacate the chair on the ground that
he was under serious charges, but he
refused to entertain such a motion.
Finally he consented to have the motion
spread on the minutes together with his
protest. The conference then went into
secret session on the question of charges
against the conduct of ministers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06

XENIA, March Arthur Gultice, who
victimized several of our merchants
some time ago by passing some forged
checks on them, was yesterday convicted
of forgery In four counts and sentenced
to the penitentiary for five and half
years. He is also wanted for some ex-
tensive forgeries in Indiana, on $500
Job on bank in Muncie.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
A RESERVOIR OFOlL.
Parkersburg People Excited Over a Find
OF the Oleaginous Fluid.

Parkersburg People Excited Over a Find
OF the Oleaginous Fluid.
PARKERsBURG, March 1. = When
Toothman, who lives on Worthington
creek, got up yesterday morning, he
found that a large section of the hillside
near his house had decended into the
bed of the creek during the night, and
ripping down among the rocks and set
Ting earth he found stream, not of
water, but of oil. The news quickly
spread among the drillers and well own
ers in the vicinity, and a large crowd
was soon on the spot. The oil flowed all
day yesterday and is still flowing in an
undiminished stream, indicating large
natural reservoir of oil beneath the sur
face.
The excitement is great, and very large
offers have been made for the farm upon
which the phenomenon occurred. The
oil is of very heavy grade, having a
value in excess of current prices.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
Cashier siIcott Arrested.

PORTLAND, ORE, March IA report
reached here yesterday evening that
Silcott, the absconding cashier of the
sergeant-at-arms' office at Washington,
was arrested yesterday at Toledo. on the
Northern Pacific railroad, between here
and Tacoma. The report states that Sill
colt was passing as railroad engineer.
Sheriff Delger started for Chehalis with
the prisoner.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06

THE most costly roses the New York
florists now have for sale are the Anne
Alexiff and the Ulich Bruner The first
is of an exquisitely delicate pink and the
second has the rich dark beauty of the
jacqueminot rose, but is very much
larger, usually. measuring about five
inches across the top. They retail at
$3.50 each, so that the gift of one of
them is no mean present.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
Confession Was True.

He said he paid John Wiley $50 to put
his wife and children out of the way be-
cause his wife refused to leave, as
promised, having heard of his intended
marriage to another woman.
The trap fell at 1890. Life was ex-
tinct in thirteen minutes. His body was
cut down in twenty-one minutes and de-
livered to his relatives, who took the
remains to Atlanta for interment in
accordance with the condemned mans
request to be buried by the side of his
mother. Great excitement prevailed
during the time of the execution. The
streets near the Jail were crowded,
although the execution was not public.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
The Origin Unknown.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 3.-The whole
sale boot and shoe establishment of
Noyes, Norman & Co., one of the largest
in the west, was consumed by fire about
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Total loss
to stock and building about 500, 900;
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
FOR A 1ERRIsLE CRIME.
Execution of Dick Hawes, the Alabama


Murderer.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, March 1,-Dick
Hawes was hanged at 1890 p. m. yester-
day for the murder of his wife and two
children on Dec. 4, 1888. Hawes spent
the night restlessly, ate sparingly in the
morning, but when the time for the exc
cution arrived, was calm, cool and col
lected. He walked to the gallows with
a steady step, and not muscle of his
face quivering or showing signs Of emo
ton. At 1878, accompanied by the
sheriffs and his spiritual advisers, Hawes
went to the scaffold. He made state
ment that his previous
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
BURNED TO DEATH.
Three Men Suffer This Penalty as the
Result of a Spree.

Result of a Spree.
JoHNsoNBURG, March g. Martin
O'Malley and Peter Faley were burned
to death here last night about o'clock.
O'Malley, who was laborer, did odd
Jobs about town. He lived in little
shanty which was located near the rail-
road track. The two men mentioned
and third party. name unknown, were
on spree. O'Malley and Faley repaired
to the shanty about o'clock in the
evening and retired. During the night
one of the men, while yet under the in
fuence Of liquor, must have turned on
more gas. The overpressure set fire to
the building and burned it to the ground
together with its occupants.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
BURYlNG HE VICTIMS.

Thirty-Nine Bodies Recovered and Three
Persons Yet Missing.
PRESCOTT, ARIZ., March 3.-The work
of burying the victims of the Walnut
Grove dam disaster is about completed.
Thirty mine bodies were recovered and
identified, while three more persons are
known to have been lost. Sheriff O'Neill
has arrested Daniel Berks, the drunken
messenger, and sent him to Prescott jail.
There are no traces to be seen of either
of the dams. The town of Seymour is
wiped out; not one stone stands to mark
itc eito
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
AChnrch Quarrel Ended.

BUFFALO, March 8. 3.-Bishop Ryan has
consented to the request OF st. Adel-
bert's congregation for the removal of
the Objectionable priest, and the appoint
ing of another, more agreeable to the
parishioners. This ends the quarrel that
has existed for the past month.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06

READING, March lone of the three
large blast furnaces of the Brook Iron
company at Birdsboro resumed yester-
day after years idleness. The Read
ing company's Keystone furnace No. l.,
in this CITY, resumed to-day.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
Only a Verbal Dissolution
of the marital ties. Thomas had departed
NEW MOVE OF THE B. & o.

the Chicago and Atlantic-Competing
With the Pennsylvania Company for
Eastern Business.
CHICAGO, March 3.-The latest gossip
concerning the Baltimore and Ohio and
its alleged plans for obtaining foothold
in this city, is to the effect that one of
schemes under consideration by the
management of the company is the pur-
chase of the Chicago and Atlantic road.
This would not only give the Baltimore
and Ohio first class terminal facilities,
which it needs above all things, but
would add to its system a line of
road that, by the construction of
a thirty mile link between Marion, O.,
and Mt. Vernon, O., would materially
shsrton. Its Route
between Chicago and eastern points,
thus making possible more equal COM
petition with the Pennsylvania system.
In such an event the Baltimore aud Ohio
would have practically a double track
west of Pitts5urg, with local traffic in
portions of that territory. The general
opinion has been that the Erie Railroad
company would eventually absorb or
secure control Of the Chicago and Attain
tic
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
sNTIFIo farming in Italy is to be

SCIENTIFIC farming in Italy is to be
undertaken this year by a company
owning a capital of s2O,OO0,O0O If the
operations prove successful the old
wooden plow, pulled by oxen, that has
held the field since an era before the
Roman C-Esars, will probably have to
go.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06
Twenty Degrees Above.

AUSTIN, TEX, March IA norther
prevailed last night, the mercury falling
to twenty degrees above zero. Vegeta-
ton was greatly damaged and the loss
to farmers is heavy,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06

AL GRAHAM, the absconding Auditor
of Warren county, who was captured in
New York while stopping at hotel IN
der an assumed name, was returned to
Lebanon Wednesday of last week, and
lodged in jail.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06

PLATO, being told that some enemies
had spoken i'll Of him, said: at matters
not; will endeavor to live so that no
one shall believe them"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06

PARIS, March 3.-M. Naquet (Bou-
langist) was elected to the chamber of
deputies for the Pantheon division of
the Seine yesterday.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-06

"WHEN 1 am making up a plan of
consequence" says Bolingbroke, 81 al
ways like to consult sensible woman"
Bolingbroke was great man!
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TO THE READERS OF THIS PAPEF

TO THE READERS OF THIS PAPER.
This style of advertising has been run
ming in our paper for long time. Your
eyes have wandered over it for years. 1t
is simply here as reminder to you that
if you should ever be so unfortunate as
to have cold or any lung trouble Kemp's
Balsam is the best cough cure. Sample
bottle free at all drug stores; large bot
ties SOC and 81.