Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-04-20
Bellaire Locals

bridge is progressing rapidly. The
Istonemasons are at work upon the last
arch that connects it with the track on
this side of the river, The last but ore
of the river spans win be c6mpIeted fh
a week, and the work on the Virginia
shore spans is progressing so rapidly
that the whole structure will probably
be completed within five or six weeks.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS fouri-
dation of the large building (180 ft.long
so #. wide and three stories high, with
a rear building 40 #. by 60 #. Of the I'M
plement and Machine Works has been
commenced and will be rapidly pushed
to completion, Messrs, Poorman and
Booth have commenced the erection Of
a Cement Mill a short distance below
the town, which, when completed win
have q capacity of three hundred bar
rels per day.-Seven dwelling houses
have already been built this season and
a large number of Others are in various
stages of progress, among which will
be several very fine residences. Z
PoLITICs.-At the Spring elections
the enemy was slightly demoralized,
and the Republicans succeeded in dibec
ROIdgAOu Oklkr
ces. In about one year more they win
be unwilling to do this and will have
the numerical strength 10 take them
all. The Rolling Mill, Glass Honsa,
Agricultural Works, big School House,
and increased business and manufactuf,
ing industry win soon do up the free
trade, reactionafy notions Of the stand.
still fogies who in the name Of Dem6U
rae :, are trying to tie the living present
to the theories Of the dead past. There
are no more slaves to whip, no more
imprisonment of the poor man for debt
no more tarringand feathefing of met
for expressing opinions against slavery
and there does not seem to be any me-
cessity for the party that devoted ltd
energies, in the palmy days of itspow,
er, to such strictly democratic pursuits. !
4. MISCELLANEOUS - ment
Wreckers are at work removing the
coal harges out of the channel that were
broken on the piers of the bridge dur,
ing the spring rise. ;t..,t. ..srg a.iI I
'd Mr.. Jacob Heatherington has had an
addition to the Town laid out, coutain1
ing fourteen lots and ten of them have
already been sold. aio fEnoy ~
It is rumored that Mr.. Vim. Barnard
talks of selling a.portien Of his preperty
here, including his residence, with al
view to removing to Indiana to go into
the iron and coal business "a. --..sj
! Messrs. Harris q sFawcett of yout
place have put up our street lamps, but
for some resson they have only been
lighted. one night, and as, 1t Is now
the dark Of the moon it has been sug.|
gested that the lamp-lighter has suspen-
ded operations until the moon will
give him sufficient light to find the
lamps. .7 frs a-- 81 r..-s..4sf -.s 4
We have had ocular demonstration
that 'sthe eclipse Is on" at your village,
as several of your young men have
been down here during the past week.
indulging very excessively in the liz
uid moon-beams, whose free circulatidn1
your worthy mayor has prohibited,
By-the-way, i learned day or two AFRO
during the visit to st. Cairsyille Ola
physician of a neighboring town, some
of "the high old functionaries" who
liquid=ate in the public buildings, COM
planned bitterly at the Mayors prociaI
nation prohibiting the sale of intoxica-
ting liquors except on the prescription
ofa regular physician, and declared that
they were nearly famished for some
thing to drink. The doctor, haviigl
been compelled to pndergoa similar
priyatipn when on forced march dur
ing the late war,sympathized 10 strpng.
ly for those thirsty public seFyapks
that he was induced to write them q |
prescription for q ''topic,n which was
composed Of " half,pipt whlslxyt 9 as
whisky; | draohm whisky; and no sor9.
Piles quinine." This prescription they
were soon able TO find a ''rsspectsbleh
druggist ready to flll and az they were |
careful to have the bottle labelled and |
the prescription numbered, have
had no trouble In getting It duplicated.
The ECLIPSE" dos MT reach that pre-.