Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-09-23
BRIDGEPORT,

Ice was formed on Sabbath night.
Mrs. Ewing Turner is visiting old
friends in town.
Isaac Askew left on Saturday for his
Kansas City heme.
Susie and Maggie Howell have gone
to Beaver, to school.
Rev. Ladd and family are spending
awhile with Mrs. Ladd's father, J. C.
Tallman, Esq.
Mrs. Elwood Dunlevy, after long
and painful illness West, returned
home last week.
A valuable horse belonging TO Mr..
Stotler, while being ridden along the
street, fell and broke his leg, and was
afterwards shot.
Old Marshall Jackson, recently of
Wheeling, was arrested and taken be-
fore Judge Carroll, for examination
touching his sanity. The old man
was quite unfortunate in some milling
operations in Wheeling, and eventual
ly lost all his possessions. and was eject
ed from his property, which had been
refused peaceably to vacate the prem
tempting TO arrest him, he fired at the
officer, giving him close call. After
being put under bond for his appear
ance at Court, the case was never call
ed, on account of his supposed insanity.
He then moved to our town and has,
on subjects involving any reference to
his losses, has manifested symptoms
of dangerous mental sberation-hence
his arrest. His case is truly pitable
one.
Last Wednesday night, John Coss,
with John Moore, Paddy Neal, and
Mrs. LawlesS, whose husband is in the
penitentiary, it is CHARGED, robbed the
store of VIM. Wallace, in Martins
Ferry. 1t was discovered about day.
light on Thursday last, that a burglary
had been committed, and an investiga
ton revealed the fact that panel OF
the front door had been bored, and
then burst out, and thus an entrance
was gained to the room-from which,
through back door, communicating
with the street, the thieves had esca
ped with a half barrel of brandy, and
and other things, which were loaded
on wheelbarrOW and transported to
the Red Onion saloon of Mrs. Law
less, where, with Coss and Moore, the
goods were found. The barrel of H.
quOr had been emptied into jugs. and
Mrs. Lawless soon began to make her
self busy chOpping up the barrel-being
hurried to get up breakfast, and needed
kindling-and threw the heads into the
privy vault to prevent identification.
But Bob Hays fished them up, and
with the two worthless, barrel jugs, Mrs.
Lawless and her baby, reported at
headquarters, with the lot. The tout
ensemble personel and smell, had very
much the flavor of d Bill Allen meet
ing. Prosecuting Attorney Kennon
was sent for, and conducted the prose-
cution before Squire Drennen, who
held Coss, Moore and Neal each in
$500, and Mrs. Lawless in $500, for their
appearance al Court, in default of
which all were sent to iail-whence, to
all appearance, they will 90 to the pen
itentiary.
We have been seriously inquired of
if parties moving out of Menroe county
into Belmont county, had to be natu
ralized, and we as seriously informed
them they had. If it isn't necessary,
what's the use of having Monroe
county?
The aphorism, "politics makes strange
bed fellows had practical demonstra-
tion the other day, when rabid DEM
ocrat was discovered in .adgrdnte ditec-
tn with a woman black as Erebus. The
nigger-hater' inflated in red hot hur-
ry-doubtless eXclaiming as he went,
Lord, save our daughters from negro
husband-n
True love had severe test last week,
when a young man who had loved we'll
but not wisely, was dumped into the
lookup, where he remained from want
of enough rag money to get out with
clear docket, until he concluded he'd
settle the account by marrying the
girl, which he did, under escort of the
Marshall.
We heard of duplex surprise in
one of our good families. A kind,
considerate husband thought to pleas
antly surprise his wife on her birth
day, with some elegant jewelry. among
the rest, pair of handsome sleeve but
tons. On the same day came an influx
of friends to congratulate mother and
it Was arranged that son-in-law and
father should sleep together that night.
When morning came, it brought dis
cOmfiture to the sOn-in-law, who was
minus shirt, and which diligent
search failed to discover. At last, de-
spairing of finding il, he arranged mat
ters to the best advantage-went dow
stairs to find father, in the midst of a
group of his happy children, while
mother was experimenting breakfast,
displaying in great glee the sleeve-but-
tons he had presented wifey, and en-
Ijoying hugely the adroitness with
which mother had played the sur
Prise back on him, by stealthily attach
ing the buttons to his shirt, perhaps
while he slept. A significant beckOn
Iof the hand brought the delighted
father TO the hall; when, to the infinite
relief of the son-in-law, and Il little dis
cOmfiture of father, it was discovered
the old man had on the sons lost shirt.