Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-01-31
STATE NEWS.

In 0uDgeteWn, Mah0nlnG Ceunty, 1857
week, gas wsslishted for ths first thns. J
The people Of Mt. Vernon want first
class hotel in that city, and Q movement is
on feot to secure one, we czh
Prof Smith Of Kenyon College will
soon 60 to Europe. q
-In the free delivery Of, msir. matter,
Cleveland ranks as the eighth city in the
United States
la Stark CountyIthe organization of Q
historical society is talked Of ss.
John Saxten, q lawyer,in Ssleys, Ohio,
has sued Joseph Smith, keonstable Of the
place, for 81, 600 for false imprisonment -
He had a client in Jail and went to see him,
when the constabls locked him in and went
away ls HIS hfsssAlEss sssssst
"A young lady, Of McC cCcnnelsvills, when
out with a rather tipidbsau, sleighing, the
l'other evening, cemplacently remarked to
him, that she seldom went slsig hing but she
caught the chaps on her lips. The young
man took ths.hint and she caught enc chap.
A writer in the Western Reserve
Chronicle proposes the formation of town.
ship societies for. the purpose of collection
of items of the early history of each town
ship.
An, apple tree (which lwss cut down In
Laurence County. Hast wsok measured two
feet and half in diameter across the stump,
and made about two cords Of wood. 1t was
fifty years old. .'7q gi al esss,,ip s.sG1
The Ashtabula Sentinel says: Mr..
Ezra Oblin, of Windsor, has twelve children
living sens and i've daughters--all
married except two. The oldest forty FIVE
years of age aud. tho youngest eighteen. Ha
has also ten brothers and sisters living, the
eldest of whom is seventy-thres and the
Youngest fifty-one. He is himself sixty. four
years of age, sad has fsrty-two grand child
rem.
In Damascus tewnship, Heury County
Ohio, r. B. Houston raised from enc acre
OF land 80 bushels of potatoes, Is bushels ei
turnips, bushels Of sweet corn, bushels
OF white beans, / Is head of cabbage, ,20(
cucumbers, 100 water melons, Is squashet
and 80 gallons of molaeses.
The Guernsey Times givss an account
Of the saving Of the life Of = little boy, wht
had sunk benumbed in the snow, by BIZ
deg, who ran to the nearest house and bach
to the boy, acting so strangely that some
Of the family followed him, and tsund th'
little fellow nearly frozen to desth: TO-
The Cleveland Herald says that th,
amount of coal distributed among the poo
of that city, by the city authorities, will av
erage ten tons per day for the month o.
January. Every application is visited, ant
meme bot the pssitively needy are supplied
The generosity of the Council has saved wo
men sad children frsm fresaing y de,th.
John Gray, the old Revolutionary vet
sran Of Noble County. il to receive pen
sion Of $4,000. This 10 tardy justice, bu
the msnsy will ne doubt coma at q goot
time nstwitkstandipg. We should have n,
objections to his livisg another 103 years Il
enjoy it.
The Washington. Register says that tn
hog cholera is prevailing to an alarming OK
tent in Fayette County. a."
The Cadiz Republican has the follow
ing: The wife of Mr.. Willism Morley, resid
iue about mile South Of Cadix, on th
Wheeling road, gave birth. on last Thurs
day, to four living children, tive of whom
however, have since died.
| The Columbus Statesman retracts it
charges, of inhumanity against the officer
Of Monroe County, for permitting, by ne
glect Of proper attentions, two lunatics t,
suffer fssrfully from frozen feet. 1t appear
that their feet were frozen before they wer'
handed over to the officials by their friends
The Wellsvills Union says that the EN-
gloyees Of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh R
R. at that place have established = readin
room for themselves at the depot wbsr
they keep al the leading daiies, ms " aznes
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