Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-17
BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY


our good friends when absent from
home than to suspect them of exerci
sing this special desire in so marked s
degree. We hope our delegates be
haved in no unseemly manner up a
Columbus-'paternal' or otherwise.
Mr.. Babcock and wife, Katie, are
visiting the 'old folks at home.' w
w. Holloway, Esq, and family.
E. p. Rhodes and family are visiting
friends at New Brighton, Pa.
Jacob James, of Etna Mill, propose,
visiting Ironton and White Sulphur
| Springs, as a season of recuperation af
ter a long seige OF illness.
10. Harris is home on furlough till
the busy season again opens. 10. made
his annual visit to Church the Other
Sunday ,and it rained all the week sub
sequently: Great oaks from little
acornS grow
The colored Baptist brethren ha6
protracted meeting last week. Theil
meetings were interesting. We heard
rainbow sermon from "a pale face
to these people on Sabbath night, which
was CCl tdibiy tilO LiOoe ptiohiatlS ahoii
of the season.
Ross J. Alexander is to crate at Cum.
berlahd, Ohio, ON the the oath inst.
The ST. Clairsville chap vino dropped
his card in John Hills Bus on last
Friday, at the county seat, will hear
something to his advantage by ad.
dressing John at Bridgeport. John
wants to travel with him as a patent
tire-eXtinguisher.
Col. Steele, favorably known, has
been on a zig Tagging visit to his friend
4. Branum's, during the past two
weeks. The Colonel has just returned
| from interviewing a silver Claim in
California, in the interest OF some o1
| his fellow townSmen. He says when
Sherman concluded to publish his
Memoirs he wrote to the Appleton's
to know their price for stereotyping
the WORK, and they replied, $500.
This astonished Tecumseh, and he
concluded he could never afford that
amount, and after awhile sent or few
chapters of manuscript, and the pub
fishers Immediately informed the Gen.
eral they would print, publish and sell
the book for one-half the proceeds, put
ting the volumes at certain figures,
which proposition was promptly ac-
cepted by Sherman, and away. went
the book, Crashing through Georgia
to the Sea-" The book will make a
fortune for both parties. A thousand
volumes were sold at Columbus during
the Convention. Hypocrites may
snarl, and soldiers like Deacon Smith,
of the Cincinnati Gazette, may essay to
traduce him, but 'Old Billy Sherman
is enshrined in the affections of too
many true men men of this country to
be affected by such pop-gun volleys.
ViUe Id Sherman!
Honor to whom honor is DUE The
last 81. CGirsrtiLe Gazette contains quite
sensational item in regard to a GER
tain wedding party which it credits to
Bridgeport. We care not to rob 'ye
ancient village of any of its well-earn-
ed laurels-hence in spirit of centen-
NAL magnanimity we repel the gentle
insinuation that the wOoing party were
from Bridgeport, and inform the
Gazette that they are citizens of West
Virginia, living near Mt. Wood Gem
etery. But having filled themselves
with bad article of Wheeling whis-
ky, and half gallon jug too, with
which to ratify the nuptials, whittier
could they flee but to the scenes of their
early.'gambols and their maturer years,
st. Clairsville. Don't go back on your
friends, Mr.. Gazette, for with true Scot
fish esprit de cogps,' did the groom ex-
claim, when he alighted in your streets
-'Once more, once more, my foot is
on my native heath, and my names
| Bdrter
MorSl-If fellow has been born and
reared at st. Ciairsville-as this we'd
ding party was-and he has been for
tunate enough to get away, and don't
want ever to return, travel light on
Wheeling whisky, or 'Bdrter's saints
rest,' is your destination sure; for at
traction of affinity is power notlight-
ly to be regarded.
We had a regular Bonanza on Satur-
day night-a hell-broth and bubble
on the street. 1t seems that, as usual,
large crowd had assembled at BeSse's
shebang TO drink. A difference OF
feeling at least, as is common on all
such occasions, led to a violent demon
stration of drunken jargon-thence on
to free fight the way was clear. 1t
appears that in a difficulty between
two of the men, Clip. Henry took
part, brandishing revolver, and
swearing vengeance against one of the
parties, and finally made good his
threat to shoot, by firing several shots
at Doc. McConnaughey, two taking eff
fect-one flesh wound In the temple,
and one lodging in the thigh, where it
now is. These injuries are not severe,
but no thanks to the weuld-be assassin,
for he evidently meant to kill. Henry
was pursued to his home, but he es.
capped without much trouble. He is
hanging on the ragged edge of town,
and will doubtless be soon captured.
Charley McGavern, was charged with
assisting Henry to escape, and carrying
concealed weapons-and he was arrest
ed, disarmed, locked up, taken out,
fined and set at liberty. Besse, we un-
derstand, like Baxter, gravitated to his
native heath, early Monday morning,
carpet-bag in hand. Bishop Goudy
witnessed the fight from his window,
and had he had wheels under his house
he says he would have gravitated like
Besse and Baxter, for he was sure, he
says, like the fellow taking drink
from a hot spring, that hell wasn't five
rods off, Altogether, since war-times,
has there never been such a disgraceful
exhibition in our town, and that, too,
under the direct auspices of a carpet
bagger. We sowed to the wind in
electing Democratic Legislature last
year, that gave such creatures unbri-
died license 10 fill our hitherto quiet
town with riot and bloodshed, and now
we are reaping the whirlwind. War
rants are in existence for some of the
offenders-but we hear as yet of no ar
rests.
Charley Kerns lost valuable horse
on Saturday night. He turned him in
pasture, and the horse was soon there
after found in deep ravine with his
neck broken. He had jumped fence
into the fatal ditch.