Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-05-06
BELLAIRE LETTER.
BkLuAIRE, O., May 5, 1875.

There has been no fire for weel
here. Neither have any Important &C
cidents happened for Us to record. Nj
man has split his brothers blood sn f;.l
as we have heard, and ditto is true o
the komen. No couple whose namet
are written on the scrolls of fame have
become one flesh People have about
quit getting drowned, or shot, or fur
over, or blown up, or struck by light
ming ID fact, the only event OF i'm
portance the past week was the coll
struction of new pavement in front o.
the Globe House. Had it not been fol
this, the poor regiment Of reporters
with the exception of BGlon. ". L.
pired; as it Was, however, they man
aged 10 exc precariOus livelihood 10y
writing up that sidewalk.
Alas! Several of the newspapers il
! this section OF the globe have been pub
| fishing an incident that was said to
have happened a few miles west o.
here-namely, the blowing up of ;
gold watch in corn field. We believe
we are responsible for the starting o
this repurt-we fear we are-but We
wish it understood that we didn't make
that mistake ON purpose. We advanced
in another paper the hypothesis that
some thief had hid it, intending to cal
and get it at future day; but, return
ing, could not find the place. Since thi,
more rational explanation has sug
gested itself to our mind: Some one
tried to make the watch go, and fail
Id l. .,.I
force that it sank beneath the ground
| there to lie until the mellow soil wa,
plowed again. A friend suggests still
another theory-that the watch died
and was buried. The gold in it at any
rate, would not make Il filing for Il
tooth.
Rev. DR.. Grimes, of Cadiz, lectured
on Temperance at the Presby teri +
church last Thursday evening. The
ladies' league meets at the NJ. l.
Church this evening.
The Presbytery of St Clairsville met
at the Presbyterian Church in this city
on Tuesday morning, and organized by
electing Rev. Hugh Parks, Jr., Mod
orator, and Rev. Wallace Secretary
The usual run of business VAS transact
ed, and Presbytery adjourned at ll:3L
P. NJ, of Wednesday. President Hayes
of Washington and Jefferson College,
addressed the meeting On Tuesday
evening, taking fJr his subject 'E iuca
tion.'
A Ladies' Home and Foreign Pres
byterial Missionary Society was organ
iZed, and Mrs. A. Sheets of this city
elected President.
Rev. Mcfarland, a returned mission.
ary to Siam. addressed Missionary
meeting on Wednesday eS ening, being
followed by his wife. Beside the min
listers who were present at the meeting
from different parts of the Presbytery
there were tWenty-seven elders and
twelve corresponding members.
STRIKE.
The nail feeders of this place
have Joined those at Wheeling
and Benwood in their strike. The
feeders here were receiving one-half of
the price paid to the nailors By the
mill, and their strike is to compel a
com pliance with their demand for
three-fifths thereof. The nailors con-
template putting on self-feeding ma
chimes, which will throw the cllcula-
tiOns of the feeders somewhat out o!
ice. A few of the feeders did not join
the strike.
The Bellaire Reading Circle charter.
ed the small, but truly good steamer
Market Boy on last Friday evening
and went sailing down the broad Ohio
to Rodefer's plantation where the circle
met. SNAP.