Bell'-cot, Bell

-GABLE, BELL-TURRET, n. ( Arch.) A small open turret, situate on the apex of the gable of small Fig . 335.-BELL-COT OF CORSTON. (ENGLAND.) Gothic churches, generally at the E. or W. end of the nave, for the purpose of sustaining one or two bells. It ance. IMG:content-0588.png:[blocks in formation] Belleʼmonte, in Mi ouri , a post-village of St. Louis co., about 12 m. N. of St. Louis, and 4 m. S. of the Mi i ippi River. Belle Plain, in Mi ouri, a village of Clark co., about 20 m. N.N.W. of Keokuk. Belle Plain, in New Jersey, a post-office of Cape May co. Belle Plaine, in low a, a city of Benton co., on C. & N.W. R.R. Pop. (1898) 3,420. Belle Plaine, in Minnesota , a post-village of Scott co., on the Minnesota River, about 40 m. from the city of Saint Paul. Belle Plaine, in Wisconsin, a post-township of Shawano co., 34 m. W.N.W. of Green Bay. Belle Point, in Ohio , a post-village of Delaware co., on the Scioto River, about 24 m. N.N.W. of Columbus. Belle port, in New York , a village of Suffolk co., Long Island, 210 m. S.S.E. of Albany. 13. m. from Bru els. It is remarkable for being the centre of operations of the battle of Waterloo, and where Napoleon commanded in person during the con- flict called by the Pru ians the battle of La Belle Alli- Here, also, Wellington and Blücher met after the battle, 18 June, 1815. Belle Centre, in Ohio , a post-village of Logan co., on Mad River, about 60 m. N.W. of Columbus. Belle'cha e, in prov. of Quebec, the name of a co. bordering N.W. on the St. Lawrence River, and S.E. on co. the State of Maine. Pop . of North B. , 12,117; of South B. , 5,520. Divided into N. and S. ridings. Belle Creek, in Nebraska , a township of Washington co. Belle Creek, in Minnesota , a post-township of Goodhue co., about 12 m. S.W. of Red Wing Belled, ( beld ,) a. Hung with bells. Belle-de-nuit, ( bel'de ( r ) -nwe .) [Fr., beauty of night.] ( Bot .) The French name of the MARVEL OF PERU, q. v. Bel'leek, a parish and village of Ireland, co. Fermanagh, on the Erne River, 4 m. E.S.E. of Bally shannon. Belle'font, in Mi ouri , a village of Laclede co., on the Gasconade River, about 65 m. S. by W. of Jefferson City. Belle font aine, ( bel'fon -tain,) in Indiana , a village of Jay co., 7 m. E. of Portland. Belle font aine, in Minnesota , a village of Scott co., on Spring Lake, about 65 m. S. by W. of Jefferson City. Belle font aine, in Mi i ippi , a P. O. of Webster co. Belle font aine, in Mi ouri , a village of St. Louis co., about 14 m. W.S.W. of Iowa City. Belle font aine, in Ohio , a flourishing town of Lake township, the cap . of Logan co., 116 m. N.N.E. of Cincinnati. Pop . (1890) 4,245; (1897) about 5,700. Belle'fonte, in Alabama , the former cap. of Jackson co., near the W. bank of the Tenne ee river, 166 miles N. E. of Tuscalooosa. Bellefonte, in Mi ouri , a village of Pulaski co. Bellefonte', in Pennsylvania, a flourishing post-bor ough of Spring township, cap . of Centre co., on Spring Creek, 80 m. N.W. of Harris burg, in the middle of a rich mineral district. It has a fine court-house, and contains several forges, mills, gla -works, and many beautiful private residences. B. has several newspapers and banks. Spring Creek affords abundant water-power. Pop . (1890) 3,946; (1897) about 4,300. Belle fount, in Mi ouri , a village of Washington co. Belle Fountain, in Iowa , a village of Mahaska co., on the Des Moines River, 11 m. W. of Oskaloosa, and 80 W.S.W. of Iowa City. Belle fountain, in Wisconsin , a P. O. of Columbia co. Bellegarde, ( bel'gärd ,) a fortre of France, dep. of Pyrénées-Orient a les, on the Spanish frontier, 18 m. S. of Perpignan. It is a fortre of the first cla , constructed in the reign of Louis XIV., to command the pa of Perthus. Also the name of several small French towns. Belle Haven, in Virginia , a P. O. of Accomack co. Belle Isle, in British North America, an island in the Atlantic Ocean, at the entrance of the Strait of Belle Isle. Lat. 52° N., Lon. 55° W. Belle Isle, in New York, a post-village of Onondaga co., 137 m. W. by N. of Albany, Belle Isle, in Virginia , a small island of a few acres, in the James River, in front of Richmond. It was converted by the Confederates into a place of confinement for the Union captives, and on this small, barren spot, without shelter against the frost, there were at one time no le than 11,000 captives. Belle Prairie, in Illinois , a township of Livings ton -A post-office of Hamilton co. Belle Prairie, in Minnesota , a post-village and town- ship of Morrison co., on the Mi i ippi. Belle River, in Michigan, rises in Lapeer co., and enters the St. Clair River at Newport. -A post-office of St. Clair co. Belle Rivière, in prov. of Quebec, a village of Two Mountain co., 33 m. N.E. of Montreal. Bellerophon, (bel-ler'o-fon.) (Myth.) A son of Glaucus, king of Ephyre, by Enrymede, was at first called Hippo nous. The murder of his brother, whom some call Alcimenus and Bellerus, procured him the name of Bellerophon, or murderer of Bellerus . After this murder, Bellerophon filed to the court of Prœtus, king of Argos, whose wife became enamored of him; and because he slighted her pa ion, she sought to destroy him. He, however, escaped her machinations, was introduced to the court of Jobates, king of Lycia, and after a number of adventures, in one of which he conquered the Chimæra, he married the daughter of Jobates, and succeeded to the throne of Lycia.