Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-06-02
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of bushels of coal. All steamboat mel
look for the June rise but it came in
May this season. when needed very
4 much.
4 believe I have not mentioned about
our convenient ferry-landing. 1t has
been removed within few PAGES of the
street car track, the boat formerly laud
ed above tie Rolling Mill and new it i;
below, making it quite handy for the
public.
There is an Improvement going on in
our streets: Water street has been part
ly graded and now they are working on
Main. Iregret tD say town so enter
prising as this is SO careless in regard to
the convenience and beauty of their
village, but perseverance cecombined with
energy will make this very desirable
locaIity-our motto should ever be
Labor oHlnes CiRcit."
The Rice stand has been divided up
considerably, one apartment is occupied
| by Grocer and he is doing a very fair
business notwithstanding his numerous
competitors; in another is Il Tobacco
store, and understand the third is to
he used as a dwelling house.
Prof. Wallace's grand concert came of
last "Wednesday evening the 25th. He
expected TO have it only one night but
was requested to have it another eve
ming there was Il good crowd nut to
hear the young singers. The Prof. had
his Band play several spirited pieces of
music in front of the church, in a short
time all the ''royal blood" of the town
from ffveup was present making ther :
selves quite conspicuous; soon the fairer
sex, dressed in white, looking more like
inhabitants belongingto the erial regions
than of this mundane sphere; they
numbered aboutkone hundred and twen-
ty-fiye, and q large stage was erected for
them 10 stand oil. The columns were
formed Of about twenty-five in each,
arranged according to size, the smaller
ones being in front The organisC and
Prof. placed themselves Oh the front
part of the stage the pieces sung were
principally sacred. The prsceeds were
fort benefit of the Sabbath school.
1t is proper for fof me TO state here (as
l lave spoken of the vocalistsl about
the extraordinary qualities OF cur Brass
Band. Two years ago the band was or
ganized and was composed chreny Of
youths. Under the direction of Prof.
Waliece they have become first-cIass
musicians. They receive calls frequent
ly from distant places to display thei r
achieved skill.
The Ike; factory just beyond the cor
poi alton has stopped operation, I un-
iels stand, for tine Summer. as The i,a il
factory which they supply is going 10
stop this week the Boilers being on u
strike and the stock OF nail iron about
exhausted 1t VIII t!rrnw upwards OF
sixty of our inen OUT Of employment.
Kerr and Campbell, .ur lun,her iner
chants, have .Sci,riei : better quality
and larger amount OF lumber this
season than has heretofore been kept ;
they have planingmi,l Hand lumber yard
that cannot be excelle'l by any in our
sister village. :5ne has been striving
for years to externinate our mercantile
business (she dares not try our manu-
factoring) aud to come out number
one.n
The Germans were having Il big time
yesterday Sunday at their church. 1t
was confirmation day aud eleven child
rem were confirmed. They devoted the
whole day there; the church was bea u
tifully ornamented with flowers and
pine; semi circle of flowers and pin e
was placed at the backs of the children
and a similar one was placed over the
pulpit; then about the middle of the
house two circles were suspended and
the walls were jottei over with wreathe5.
There were great many Germans pres
entaud after the morning exercises they
repaired to their respective homes with
their company, where the "fatted calf'
wss wont to he eaten.
In accordance witlIthe proclaim alton
of the Mayor, business was suspended
from a. NJ. until 8 a. NJ. for the pur
pose of decorating the graves of the
sleeping heroes. The cause of suspen-
sion of business so early was that all
those wishing to go to Steubenville
could participate in strewing the graves.
About five O'Clock the baby Walker"
(the name for our piece of artillery was
placed on the highest point in town and
resounded from hill to hill, making a
sudden stir among the sweet reposers.
The procession formed at Farmers
Hall, headed by the band, and marched
to the cemetery. They soon got through
and then they repaired to the wharf.
SIGMA.
BARNEsvILLE, May 3lst.
DECORATION DAY.-The citizens of