Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-03-13
FLUSHING LOCALS.

ILOSdlNG, u, haTCii ~, 1910.
The Rev. Coovert and Rev. Lyons
of the Baptist church, have been
preaching day and night for two weeks
at Rock Hill to large and deeply in
terested audiences, and a number of
converts have been baptized and re-
ceived into the church.
There has been trouble OF rather a
serious character in the Methodist
church, (not the NJ. E.), at Belmont
Ridge in this township, in regard to
financial affairs connected with the
payment Of the church property. The
house has but lately been completed
and a difference of opinion exists as
to the amount of money due Oh the
house and to whom payable.
A few days since, while the congrc-
CATION were yet in the house, the diifi-
Guilty grew to fever heat, and two men,
being brothers both in the flesh and
the spirit, after calling each other
liars proceeded to work in earnest, and
one of the brothers of the earth, earth
iy and of the spirit, spiritually planted
a blow in. the bread-basket of the tem-
poral body of the other. Mutual
friends interfered, and the matter
ended for. the day.
At night, soon as the doxology had
been sung, leading brother got into
an alteration with a man whom we
are informed is yet in the gall of bit
terness," in other words, not men,
ber Of the. church. The, brother was
armed with an iron poker and he who
belongs to the ''beggarly elements of
the world" with drawn knife. The
sinner made the remark, "d-n you,
I'll see what you have had for SUPPER
but the brother brought the poker,
with such hearty good will, over his
head, that all inquiries touching the
quality or quantity of food the brother
had lately taken into his stomach
were indefinitely postponed.
The battle now promised to become
general, and the yelling, cursing, kick
ing and pushing, while the poker, in
the language of a witness, ''still waiv-
ed" caused such tumult as was wei
calculated to fright the souls of fear
ful adversaries," but well-disposed
persons seeing the shame and disgrace
of the scene, interlerod and quiet was
restored Some of the parties were
arrested and brought be-
fore Squire Moore for trial. Bethefs
school house was used for a court
room, and was packed with witnesses
and spectators to its utmost capacity,
and a fine opportunity was afforded
our local lawyers to air their learning
and eloquence. VoorhieS and Ho'lo-
way appeared for the prosecution, and
Trigg for the defense. A couple of
fines, about 800 costs and few green
basks for the hungry lawyers was the
result.
Prof. Glass, on Saturday, completed
his series of lectures on Music at the
M. Z. Church in Flushing. Mr.. Glass
gave such satisfaction to his class that
in few moments new school OF so
members was organized. Mr.. Glass, as
a teacher of vocal music, stands at the
hnab of hi. r,,,Ofocci,p
The public schools of this township
have, or are about to close their Winter
Sessions. We have a number of ex-
cellent teachers in this township
among whom Messrs. Collins, Kirk,
Starkey and Soorhies, stand deserved
ly high, and it is no disparagement to
any of the other teachers, to say that
Mr.. E. S. Voorhies, whose term at
Rock Fill expires this week is pre-
eminently the superior, as an educator,
of any teacher we have had in this
township for more than fifteen years.
Without being severe he has proven
himself to be splendid disciplinariau;
at all times preserving excellent order
i'll his crowded school room, and evin-
cling executive bility Of high order.
A polite and courteous gentleman, he
has been able to teach his pupils the
value of kindness and politeness in
their intercourse with each other. A
good reader and fine speaker, he has