Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-10-19
Belltire Locals.

MURDER. = Last Satur lay night |
about ten o'clock a rough named Bill
Douglass made an attack on Alfred |
Balzell, who was passing along Water |
Street near the Globe House, in COM
pany with Alfred b. {. Davis. Doug
lass WAS getting the better of Balzell, |
when laws interfrred, pulling Doug
lass of, and some say kicking him.
Douglass WAS verv much enraged and
either drew Il pistol from his pocket,
or as some ;ffirn, received it from
young man named Brannan, and fired
at Davis, shooting him in the bowels,
and following him up in order to get
another shot ut him. Davis was tax n
TO the residence of Wm Cochran, his
br0ther-in-law, and physicians were
called in, but were of little use, as the
shot WAS fatal one, and at about o.
clock on Monday morning, after :wO
nights and a day of intense suffering,
he died.
The feeling against the murderer is
very intense, and some fears are en-
tertained that he will be lynched. The
deceased leaves a wife "a daughter of
p. Shaver) and four children He was
a member of the order of Odd Fellows,
and will be buried by the fraternity.
New E E>TERPRIsEs. A Joint stock
company with Il capital 5 ock of S3O, 900
has been organized to manufacture the
Baron r. r. Lanterns, patented by the
Baron B others of this place, and the
management of the manufactOry will
he under the control of these enterpriS-
ing brothers. Judge Anderson, DIR.
Junkins, Col. Mercer, A o. MellOtt
and A. T. Tallnlan are among the prin-
cipal stock holders. The Baron Brothers
have been manufacturing these anterns
iOr several years with constantly in
creilsing demand, until this large in
crease of capital seems necessary to
meet the dem nd.
oil. -ullivan has made arrangements
with a new company for the erection
of another glass house, which we learn
is to be erected near his coal works just
west of the round house.
| The Cement Works of PoOrInan and
Booth will be started next week, when
| they will be able to supp Y from one
hundred to one hundred and fifty bar
rels per day.
The B. & o. r. r. Co. have pur-
chased the property of II. Brannen Just
north of Il. 4. bridge, for six thousand
dollars, and will proceed at once to
erect a Depot at that point, with stairs
and steam elevators TO transfer passen-
gers TO trains on the bridge. The lraIss-
fer of passengers and bag ag, from G.
< p. ears will also be made at this
point, a Union Depot will be erected
| for that purpose. Bellaire is not to be
left in the cold, or unprovided for.
The Implement and Machine Works
have their main buildings now finish,
aid vii soon Commence the transfer
their ina:hinery thereto. This Com
pany has made a contract for the man
uiacture, during the coming Winter
and Spring of seven hundred Reaping
and Moving machines, In addition to
all their rapidly increasing miscellane-
ous Foundry and Machine shop busl-
ness.
THE ELECTIoN.-When the poll.
were closed in this township, the poll.
ticians were at a loss to know what eff
feet the largely increased vote would
have on the relation of parties. The
Republicans felt certain that they had
polied over five hundred votes, but
were not very sanguine II at they haG
enough er that to reduce the Demo
lcratic majority below fifty, but Esq
! Kelsey assured some of his friends thai
it would not be forty, but no one ever
suspected that it would be nearly thai
many for the other side until the work
I0fcounting commenced and the Repub
licans had nearly a hundred majority
on the first four hundred, and then we
were all ready to believe almost any
kind of u majority possible. About
this time the Democracy were the mos
IO-begcne, hopeless, h eartless looking
set of mortals the world ever saw, anC
the Republicans could not find it il
their heart to crow or eXult over them
but went quietly to the headquarter:
to enjoy by themselves this first grand
triumph of the party of liberty anC
ulion, in Pultney township. Bellairt
in gaining her PRESENT position as. ;
manufacturing centre aslost her Dem
ocratic prestige, but who will mourn
over her loss? The influx of intelli
J gent mechanics, and the rapid develop
ment of manufacturing industries vii
more than compensate Tor any serious
losses she will sustain by the destroyed
prestige of Morgan and Criswell.