Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-10-01
BELLAIRE LETTER.
BELIAIRE, O., Sept. %, 1874.
Correspondence OF Belmont Chronicle.
A FIRsT-CLAss SENSATION.

Correspondence OF Belmont Chronicle
A FIRST-CLASS SENSATION.
The number of haunted houses on
record as existing at the present time
is alarmingly small, and if it is allowed
to still decrease the Evolutionary Cos
sip will have TO further occupation
We esuppOse it is on this account that
the ghost at the school house has AVA
kened to the eXigencies of the day, and
recommended his antics, which he
some time ago desisted from. Several
years ago story prevailed that the
building was the nightly resort of a
'sspOok," @
| "Doomd for a certain term to walk the night,
And for the day confin'd To fast In fires
Till the foul crimes, done in its natural days,
Are burnt and purged away"
Indeed, to such an extent did the stO-
ry obtain credence among the public
that one family left their home in the
basement on its account, and could not
be induced to return. For a time the
spirit has rested, but now seems bound
to make up for lost time, as of late fit
ting lights have been seen to pass from
room to room of the building; weird
shriekS have been heard to issue there
from, and numerous other phenomena
of an orthodox ghost style have occur
red. We will keep you informed as to
future developments, and if the ghost
is discovered, will interview it for you!
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
One dark night not long since a GER
tain young man, who, rumor to the con-
trary Notwithstanding, is single, was
going down street, when he was met
by female friend who had something
70 communicate. They stepped off to
the side of the pavement, and were en-
gagged in conversation, when from the
direction in which the young mans
back was turned, advanced an estima-
BILE old lady who is the possessor of "A
son-in-law who has the misfortune to
resemble, in general form, that young
man. The old lady had approached to
within few rods of the couple, when
she recognized in that youth, her SON.
in law. And Immediately she COM
menced, and after berating that "aw-
| full -- --," and that "bold
faced huzzy" she marched for the home
of her daughter, determined to take
her home from that wicked sOn-in-law
Immediately if not sooner. What was
her surprise npon reaching the house
to find that wicked man at home with
with his wife, and both of them scepti-
cal as to his villainy, she always carries
her specs now!
BURGLARS
entered the grocery store of Mr.. T. Lit
ton, on Gravel Hill, on last Saturday
night, and felOniously extracted there
from the sum of five dollars $500 in
small coin, besides lot of tea and con-
siderable coffee and tobacco. Owing to
the peculiar nature of the goods taken
the value cannot be arrived at.
| OUR POPULATION.
Mr.. Jennings lately took the schoo
census of our city, with the following
result: Our population consists of g.
424 persons, ,all told. Fisrt ward contains
2211, the second, 1904, and the third
2409. There are in the city 23l9 chill
dren between the ages of and q, this
being the period during which the ben
efits of the public school may be enjoy
ed. 1t is a large estimate to count the
number of pupils enrolled in all our
fore fully as many children of school
age who do not attend, as those who do.
POLITICAL MATTERS
are looking as favorably as could be de-
sired. Our people here are citizens of
good, sound, common sense, and this
statement is all that is necessary to as
sure our readers that the Republican
ticket is safe for big majority.
For some time daily paper has been
harn 4 hat I i. u
thing of as remote future as ever. We
have Investigated the thing, and if we
had four or five thousand dollars to in
vest we would not want better in vest
ment for it. So say we all. SNAP.