Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-14
BELL4IRE LOCALS.
BELLA1RF. O.. MAY Ilth. Isl


Night in The 5u!ilrditi0D OF ell that was
anti ipiied. EigiItern couple OF the
yoishs and the fiir The city boarded
the steamer "Market Bow" which left
the wharf AT : O'Clock. The girls and
boys Of course had to indulge their TO-
mantle spirit little By riding on the
hurricane deck, where they coLld the
better contemplate The grandeur of the
seeise-ysand enjoy the evening breeZes.
&c, but they soon discovered that
the breeze Was a little too temrestuous,
! The stcrm was too furicus-sune got
sea sick, aHd some home sick, and I'm
moi Su.e but some got iuSe sick, and
they all rushed into the cabin again
where all seemed to be relieved i'm
mediately of any dangerous symptoms
| OF sickness We were soon landed al
il'ultney bottom near the residence oi
Mr.. John Rodefer. where the J.arty
was met by Mr.. Rodefer, Jr., and eS.
cOrted to his fathers house, where
I after exchanging the usual reception
tSalutation, the regular exercises of the
Club were taken up. The reading was
good as usual, and iG addition to the
regular performances of the evening
Mr.. Marshall read by request ''Poe's
| Raven" which he rendered in a pleas.
ing style. After reading and a little
/ miscellaneous business Of the Club we
listened to some excellent music from
1.-THE piano, rendered by several of the
ladies present; conversation, prone.
lnading and two short charades splend.
/ idly played were the next principal
! features of the occasion; hut. in the
nliGst of the festivities nntl while all
iseenled 10 be lat'rf-- GbIivious oI
itime, it was aIi', - .t-t,l - Prof. Mel
lville, that the i:0ur oil car departure had
larriyed. On motion vote of thanks
of the Club was rendered 10 Mr.. Rode.
fer and family for their Kind invitation
TO meet there, and for their hospitality
during the evening Every one seem.
ed 10 be sincerely grateful to the hosts
for an exceedingly pleasant evening,
| Misses Belle and Kate r. have the
feiieitOus faculty OF contributing in q
high degree to the enjoyment of theil
guests and of leaving good impression
at parting with them. At IL O'Clock
p. NJ. we took up our line of march to
] the river and were soon comfortably
seated in the cabin of the steamer. We
were not much more than out of sight
of land before some one innocently
perhaps discovered there were violins,
harp and other stringed instruments
aboard the boat, and while we were
gliding peacefully and innocently over
the placid waters of the beautiful Ohio
some persons "whO feared not God
neither regarded man," wickedly, ma
lliciously, and in violation of the high
moral sentiment of the Reading Club
began TO draw the bow and to finger
the strings of the harp and the other
instruments Of music, wickedly and
naliciously intending to torture the
feelings and wilfulIy to lower the
standard of morality, and to bring
into disrepute the religious sentiment
of this Reading Club. These persons
should be arrested and punished as
malefactors and disturbers of the pub
lie peace. There are some members of
our Club who are actually wicked
enough to draw bow; in fact about
halt the members of the Club | believe
are wilfully wicked enough to draw
beaux, and under the influence and in
spiratiOn of this drawing process it was
not long until the floor of the cabin
was covered with ladies and gentlemen
involuntarily keeping time with the
music. The return trip seemed very
short, and when our boat landed at the
Bellaire wharf, the party dispersed, all
feeling that they had enjoyed profita-
bic and pleasant trip.
Yesterday was communion day in
the q. p. Church, Rev. Wm. Cole
man of Pittsburgh, has bcea present
since last Friday assisting Rev. Wal
lace during communion season. We
had the pleasure of forming his ac-
quaintance.
Messrs. j. Butte and Thomas MCGEE
have established a lumber yard near
the wharf in Old Bellaire. They have
already on hand an extensive stock of
lumber which they are said to be sell
ing very low.
d. j. Smith has also started new
lumber yard on Gravel Hill. There
seems to be great demand for lumber
this spring. A great many new build
ingS are going up in all parts of the
city.
The streets and alleys are being thor
oughly renovated and improved, under
the supervision of Commissioner Long.
The loathsome, detestable, abomi-
mating season of house-cleaning is upon
US, consequently the women are cross
and the men are hungry.
Rev. Thompson, of Wheeling, will
address the Temperance Mass Meeting
in the Presbyterian Church tomorrow
CTuesday) evening.
Unprecedented good order has pre-
vailed in the city for several weeks
past. Very few arrests have been
made during that time until Saturday
evening some six or eight persons
were arrested and confined in the lock-
up for drunkenness and disorderly con.
duct. We have good set of police of.
ficers who are ever on the alert to pre-
serve the peace and good order of the