Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-02-10
SEwELsyILLE. Feb. 5, 1870.

EDIToR CHRONICLE: AS local items
from different parts of the County are
lust now fashionable, and generally in
teresting to most of the readers of good
county paper, with your permission l
will venture short item from the North
western part of the county. If mud
would constitute an item of interest, we
might write chapter that would COM
pete with most other places. We cannot
boast of so many hotels, stores and shops
as some other places, but think we will
compare favorably in this respect with
most other villages of our dimensions in
the county. We have two Churches,
each with good congregation, one school
house, two dry good stores, two black
smith shops, one dry good and grocery
store, with post office. We have no rum
shops, or whisky saloons and conse-
quently but little drunkenness, or row.
dyism. Occasionally, to their shame be
it known, some of the lovers of the
''critter" will get it on the sly,-as a
certain candidate once proposed to cir
-culate the Gazette-and bring it TO town
and indulge in spree. AS you make
mention of your fine bell on school house
in St. Clairsville. please say for us, that
the Hamlet of Sewelsville has two fine
toned bells on its churches, also good
bell and handsome steeple on the school
house. 1t is proper to say here, that
the school house is new, and was built
by the Taxpayers of Kirkwood Town
ship, u-der the provisions of the late
school law, for which the citizens of the
sub-district of which We are part rem
der our grateful acknowledgements. Our
school is now in operation, and will no
doubt prove success, under the sklllful
management of our worthy teacher.
The county seat question has ELECTED
some attention here, also, petitions ana
remonstrances, for and against different
places have been pretty generally circu-
lated and we do earnestly hope that If
in the course of human events 1T shall
become necessary to remove the seat OF
Justice from its present location, that the
sovereign people will get "a chance to de-
eide where it shall be located. SO far as
the Geography of the question IS con-
cerned. we have aboat as much right to
The county seat as Bellaire. We are
aware however that in the fast age,
railroads and turnpikes, are looked upon
by some people as being of infinitely
more value than Geography. TO such
we would suggest the propriety of fixing
the county seat upon some kind of n We
hicle, and moving it round from place to
place to suit the convenience of all.
ALMOST A Ho-AX.-The peaceful qui-
etude of our village was aroused just
after dark few evenings since 10y the
report that young lady of fifteen or six
teen years had suddenly disappeared
from the house of her uncle where she
had been making her home; and it was
feared she had been decoyed away, or
had met with some sad fate. The ex-
citement ran high and men and boys
with lights, the night being dark-madc
dilligent search during most ofthe night.
for the missing girl. About eight o'clock
next morning it was ascertained that she
wished to change her place of residence,
and started to go to neighbours house
some two miles across the country, find
ing she could not make it before dark
ness set in, she turned in to the house OF
a friend, making known her position,