Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-09-30
.NEIGRBORROOD NE VS..
NOBLE COUNTY.

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From the Republican. of last week.
Lieut.. Gov. Lee and Hons. j. b. Bur-
rows and R. NJ. Corwine speak at Cald-
well Monday, Oct. 4.
REv. KLEIBER, Catholic Priest at
Fuldah, while returning home from
Woodsfield, short tim ago. was thrown
from his horse and severely. though not
seriously injured.
AMPUTATION.-Mrs. Hilton, OF Mid
dleburg, sixty-eight years OF age. had a
limb amputated below the knee, last
Thursday. The disease rendering the
amputation necessary was seniIe gan
creme. AT last accounts the patient " as
doing we'll.
ACCIDENTAL Mr.. NJ. L. Wilson, of
Sammerfieid. while going down Halls
hill. near Spencer's Station, in spring
wagon, with two middle aged ladies as
passengers, were upset by his team be-
coming unmanageable, and one of the
ladies, it is thought, fatally injured.
The other lady and driver escaped with
few bruises. ."T~
The Noble County Medical Society
will hold its semi-annual meeting at
Summerfield, on the 18th of October.
Business of importance will be hefore
the meeting, and full attendance is de-
! sired.
SAD ACCIDENT.-A little girl of three
years, daughter of Ambrose Merry, liv-
ing on Salt Run. some three miles from
Caldwell, met with a horrible death
last week. The family had been keep
ing bread, poisoned with arsenic. about
the house to kill rats. Accustomed to
gather it up each morning. they had
overlooked piece which was lying be-
hind door and this the child found and
ate. A physician was not Immediately
called, but active enetics were given in
large quantities. AS it grew worse medi
cal aid was procured, but despite every
effort, after lying in great agony from
Friday morning till the following
Wednesday night, i. died. We are sel-
dom called to record SO sad case.
GUERNSEY COUNTY.
From the Times, OF last week.
A Republican mass meeting will be
held at Cambridge, Saturday, Oct. 2.
Lieut.. Gov. Lee, and Hons. R. M. Cor
wine and ]. B. Burrows speakers.
Mr.. JOSEPH SMITH, who has just ta-
ken the enumeration of the corporation
of Cambridge for school purposes, in-
forms us that there is now, between the
ages of five and twenty-one years,
total of 77S, divided as follows: White
males, 500; females, $50; colored males,
80; females 81.
GRAPES EXTRAORDINARY Sat-
urday last, Mr.. M. l.. McConn showed
US a rare specimen of Concord grapes,
raised In his vineyard, three miles from
this place. One of these grapes measur-
ed three and one.eighth inches in cir
cumfereDce and sixteen ofthem weighed
three and a quarter ounces. They were
perfectly sound and delicious to the
taste.
A canvass hand belonging to Bryan's
Circus in jumping from q wagon at
Cumberland, last Tuesday, fell and broke
his leg.
From the Jeffsrsonion, Of last week.
ANOTHER CoLLIsIoN.-On Tuesday
evening two freight trains collied near
Campbeli's Station, smashing the en-
gines. The men jumped off and were
not hurt.
THE CAMBRIDGE TUNNEL,-This ey-
pensive and heretofore dangerous work
Is being completely arched, so that no
trains will occur. In addition to the
break Of 65 feet, the arch has been ex
tended rs feet further west. The entire
length of the tunnel is 725 feet. The
new arching is double, beips thirty
inches thick. The work is being very
done-the very best of stone |
being used-and, when finished, the |
more earth that falls upon 1t the strong
er and safer 1t will be.