Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-01-08
BRIDGEPORT LOCALS.
News scarce.
River rising.

BRIDGEPORT LOCALS.
News scarce.
River rising.
Mud plenty-green mud and black
mud-red mud and grey.
Sabbath was fine instance of sum-
mer repOsing in the lap of winter, but
the old dame moved her on Monday.
Business prospects are Frightening.
The -41tna Iron Mill kindIed fires in
nine furnaces to-day. Everything
looks like success up there. Strangers
pronounce the mill Il great success.
An election of officers of the Etna
Mill was had on Monday. The old
Board was reelected.
The prospect of the Ohio City Nail
Works goilfg forward vigorously we
are glad to hear is promising.
School was resumed on Monday, in
Bridgeport, bat in consequence of Mr..
Shreve's Illness the Martins Ferry
school will not open till the 18th inst.
Let some enterprising man know
that Bridgeport just now affords a
splendid opening for an iron store.
Rooms and facilities are excellent.
This is the week of prayer. Let
Christians everywhere remember Con-
gress and West Va. in their invCca-
tions.
We had a most disgraceful exhibit
tion in our immediate vicinity Oh last
Saturday-being nothing less than q
chicken fight between a Martins Ferry
fowl aud one from Wheeling. What
moral turpltude! And when the
p0ignancy of our grief is aggravated by
the fact that the Ohio Rooster was
whipped. But then Wheeling and
Martins Ferry must enjoy themselves.
The old Donkey from the cats-kill
regions of Coierain hrayed his bazzO at
me again through the last o. Y. NeWs.
NimTod, the "noise you heard" was
the tciadage of your .GoQping ears
listen! You bad better be getting your
bow and arrows ready, potato bug time
is approaching.
The La Belle Glass Works has de-
ciared, under its able management, Il
lare constantly frightening.
The engineers strike is about ended,
and all along the Z. u Z. II. Il. every
thing is moving in its accustomed pros
pelous channels.
Fare to Washington City from
| Bridgeport is in consequence OF a brisk
! fight fetWeen the Pennsylvania Cen
tral and B. d 0. Il. r., only five dol
lars by each route. The tickets by the
Pennsy lvania Central are good for two
days only, on the other It'll used"
Now is the time for everybody to go
over and sea ben Butler and congratu-
late Congress generally on-how not to
do it.
Rev's. Challant and LaucK were
made recipients OF valuable tokens OF
friendship from kind sympathizers
about New Years. Acceptable gifts,
most worthily bestowed.
We saw newly married man the
other day, a big burly fellow, in conse-
quence of little domestic infelicity
in which ne was plaintiff and his wife
defendant, very lneekly and cOnpla-
Gently got down on his knees and
mo It gracefully back out of his house,
! leaving his wife to see that some
things could be done as we'll aS others;
| his i;tther-in-laW, another big man had
| fastened to the seat ol The unnIention-
/ abies of his son-in-iaW and forgot to let
60 till he got him well into the gutter.
A queer aspect.
We had the pleasure of attending the
inuptiais OF cur ever kind young friends
Greeley Branum, and Miss. Mamie
Rhodes, daughter of E. p. Rhodes,
Esq, OH New Years day. Ceremony
! by Rev. LauTk, and the occasion heart
! lily enjoyed by everybody present. The
| happy young couple started at once on
a trip, purpOsing to make tie circuit OF
! the eastern cities. Most cordial Were
the greetings--"W know how it is
oursclf." i happy, pleasant trip to
you young friends, and may all thy
years serenely flow, and never cloud
ilit across the ornament of thine en-
IjOyment!
But to thee,
May time be lenient-though he may not
Thy future be
Calm and mufiled as the summer air,
Nnen days last beams softly fioati IL z
there!
At the present writing it is raining
furiousl with the prospect of another
big river. Then meanwhile the dust
Will be laid. Not much coal is moving
out from above as there is some ready
to ship.
Sam Dean, circumstanced as he is,
made more New Ye.ir's gifts than any
one in this community-cIever soul-he
stood ali day at his Post Office window
and with generous hand gave every
body that came'a splendid volume of
Vinegar Bitter5 Almanac. Sam you're