Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-25

some kind of mysterious wire instru-
ments, with which, he informed the
Court, he operated on women. The
Court discharged him. The instru-
mentS operate on more than women.
The {. d z. Depot is undergoing
some repairs. When will our Railroad
authorities have pride enough TO erect
us passenger depot, in keeping with
tue business done here?
AN INCIDENT OF THE FLooD.-A
young married couple living adiac, III
10 the high water have their first baby.
which the fond pa nurses while the
mother-a small womdn-goes es to look
after things in the cellar. Finding ev-
erylhing nearly atioat, and on the OPP
posite 0l the cellar, She stops II moment
10 plan, and then embitrks in I, large
trdSli-tuG, and paddles herself back ana
forth, making several successful trips;
and, al last, tie ballast not being we'll
distributed The vessel cap>iztd, plung
ing the little mariner completely over
head in water. All except tEe Captain
on board were lost.
Take them all in all, burglars aie
not devoid OF dignity. They DO not
patronize Bridgeport.-h htettigelsce-.
OF course not. Birds of a feather
flock together and Il fellow feeling
makes you wundrous kind Iide ac-
counts of burglaries iii Wheeling and
Martins Ferry, published in the In
tettigencer recently.
My,notice OF the attempt at little
sharp practice by some parties in Mar
tins Ferry in the matter of taking
Etnaville in out Of the cold, has excl
ted the ire-yea the eXterminating
wrath of the d. ]. Necs. And were
his sockdoleger in his last paper any
thing Ikea fair or truthful reioinder.
we would let all pass; though he, in IL
every taunting and sneering manner y
proposes to turn the joke by relating
facts" and then proceeds to dish up !.
batch of statements total strangers to
any of the fact family. 1st, he says:
I'VE have been educating the children
OF that nelghborhood for years" One
family only of Etnaville attends your
school, and it sign ed your petition, it
says, from misrepresentation made,
and VIII now sign a protest against
remaining in it. ID, MARTINS Ferry
has as much stock in the Etna mill as
Bridgeport" The subscription books
show bridgeport has about three times
as much stock as Martins Ferry. 3;.
More OF the work of building it has
been done by Martins Ferry than by
bridgeport men," Well, wren YOU
f'dtty got your work done y0N got PAID
JOrd. 18th, "Our mechanics have done
work FOR II that Bridgeport cannot do
now nor never will be able to do"
Is this one Of your .tdcts?-and if so.
how do you KNOW this? The Ohio Pen
itentiary can and does do work the ac-
compiished Martins Ferry 'cannot
now do" but they don't expose their
vanity by blowing about il. 9Th.
Martins Ferry enterprise and Mar
tins Ferry liberaiity is all that has ev-
er kept Bridgeport alive" What a pro-
longed cauda! appendage is attached
to the corp0real nature of Thomas. the
aged feline sharer OF our household ioys
and sorrows! 9th, "The principal bart
of the stock in the Bridgeport Bank has
been owned by the m0neyed men of
Martins Ferry, and taxed to keep up
appearances, in Bridgeport" Whew!
We of course are not able to give exact
figures, but if $50 shares-about, Mar
tins Ferry stock in our Bank-out of
1900 shares, the capital stock of the
Bank, is the principal part--why it is
indeed a strange thing; 4 Martins
Ferry fact We'll cali it. And then if
10 or 10 Thousand in stock. with cOnsid-
erd6ly more than that sum borrowed
out by Martins Ferry is what you call
keeping up appearances in Bridge
port" lChy it is TiDaly, that's all.
/ The citizens of Martins Ferry are a
generous, Intelligent and enterprjsing
people--striving for that which always
crowns the efforts of an industrious
manufacturing community with Sttc-
cess. But TO ''Sce Naples and die,n ;if-
after reading the paDegyric OF Martins
Ferry last week, and the terrible dis
! paragement of bridgeport, should he
I transpOsed--''See Martins Ferry and
make bee-linc for glory" Why not?
Behold her tesseiated streets, her cob
ble-stones aIe-oii gate, Jasper, verde an
tique and iapis iazuii; see her Voiuptu-
Gus uniu!atiOns. of red roil,hyry, moth
er-of-pearI, Chalcciuny and lei coral;
her walls are alabaSter, ana her gates
shittem-wOod; see her grand old d0mes
and lofty steeples browsing in a gold
en- (refiectiOn of Martins Ferry gold
in Bridgeport Bank), mist OF sunset,
whose Shlmmering raEs are thrown
back in voluptd0uS sea fresplendent
glory from this modern Ophir. If the
! Queen Of Sheba ever reads the last u.
y. Netcs, sne won't say ''the half wasn't
t0ld her. Magnificent Martins Fer
ry. Munificent Martinsville!! Volup-
tuous Ohio City!!!
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