Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-09-02
BRIDGEPORT.

Pratt and family have arrived.
Prof. Bassett had rehearsal of his
Bridgeport forces in the Musical Jubi-
lee on Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott's Evolutionary
Entertainment was very enjoyable
one. They are artists worthy of high
cOmmenGation.
Prof. Schofield has been again en-
ployed to teach music in our public
school.
DIR. Rowles goes back on his contract
with Jim Feeley fer the guano beds.
He says Jim exhausted the supply and
salted the claim on him, and hence
claims fraud. Jim don't deny the
gentle insinuation.
The Hay Fever is driving its SUBJ
jects to Oakland, w. Va, and else
where for relief.
Mr.. Phillips, of Etnaville, by mis-
take, took a draught of oil of vitriol,
supposiug it to be Port wine, burning
him very severely.
The old school room for the colored
folks i. being entirely refitted, rooted
and plastered, and is now really most
comfortable house. Mr.. J. j. Joiner is
the teacher.
Van Amburg's Show passed through
town during the night of Monday. a
dead loss to the urchins.
The reputed Barnum Show pulled
through town just as people were going
to church.
Our Railroad committee are laboring
industriously in procuring right-Of-
way. A full delegation were far up
Wheeling Creek, on Monday, pushing
things. Every indication points to the
success of the enterprise, and it is sim
cerely to be hoped that no shortsighted
ness on the part of the people along the
proposed route, in refusing the right
of-Way will prevail. Let every man
view the question from a liberal stand
point, eschewing a narrOw-minded,
selfish policy, and push the underta-
king forward, and the wisdom of their
course will be made apparent and as
tOniShing.
Bush meeting is now in progress in
this vicinity. We hope his Satanic
Majesty will be effectually BUSH
whacked.
Jas. A. Gray and wife, of Martins
Ferry, left on Monday, for an extend
ed visit West.
Ms. Geo. Stewart, long a sufferer
from Hyl artroply of the Heart, died
on last Thursday, and was buried at
Mt. Wood.
Henry Crawford buried his only
child last Friday. We sincerely sym
pathize with the bereaved.
Our Brass Band is progressing splen
didly. A member near US, who has
some kind of an instrument, and prac-
tices all the time, plays twenty-five
tunes at once on it. Sometimes we tan
detect five different versions of Old
Hundred and Yankee Doodle, with an
equal number of variations at once. 1t
must be kind of rnu-Copiue he has.
When we remember what small
proportion of our population is German,
we are struck with the full mOrtuary
they present: Messf5. Ochenbein, Mill
er, Nininger, Keyser, Bierbraur, Han
del, Koelein, besides a number of wo-
men in the prime of life-all gone
within little while.
On Friday night last, a terrific thump
at our door, with an almost frantic
summons to "come over quick, a young
man has a fit, and has run off up the
river, and we don't know where he is,
only a man Knocked him down with
BRICK" naturally got us up. The poor
fellow bad been sick, took spasm ,and
in the delirium which followed, broke
from the house, ran screaming through
the streets, crying various exciting
things, and from his movements he
was suspected, and sure enough man
had hurled brick and struck him a
blow, which felled him, but he got up
and still ran, but at last was secured.
We are getting shameful repu-
taiion for rowdyism, through the
outrageous conduct of some bad men
and boys, who have recently got to re-
D ,i:ing to the orchard below Etnaville,
on the Sabbath, with cards and whis-
ky, and gamble for money and other
things, carouse and riot all the day, to
the infinite disgust of all decent peo-
pie. Again on last Sabbath the Or
chard was full of card players-many
of whom were boys, who kept the
neighborhood in "a hell-broth and a
bubble" all the day; and at last they
repaired to the mill, and when remon-
strated with by the proper officers,
kicked up general muss. Jerome
Porter and Shorty McNichOl were
prominent actors, and as yet go unpun-
ished. Linn Lyle undertook to run a
tilt with Mr.. Jones, the general super
intendent, and got whacked for his
impudence, and besides, was arrested
and brought before the Mayor, on
Monday evening, and fined ten dollars
and costs.
On Friday night two rowdies named
Linn and Law attacked the Watchman
at the Etna mill with bricks and other
missiles, abusing him severely. Lynn
was arrested fined ten dollars and costs,
and in default vas sent thirty days to
the lookup. Law has not yet been
caught, but we hope the severest pen
atty of the law will be meted out to
Mr.. Law. We hope he will find him
self soon in the clutches of our worthy
States Attorny, Kennon.
And then, also, last week, for abu-
Sing an old man and rowdyism gener-
ally, at Etnaville, two worthless were
brought down, and one fined so and
costs, and the other $40, including
costs. Surely, we must do something
to stem the onslaught of the ruffians
who do congregate up there.
A most disgraceful affair occurred in
our vicinity on last Saturday night. a
hired girl in the employ of Rev. Nor
ton, named Caroline Simms, ,On her way
home from the circus, asked the pro-
lection of young man to her home, as
she was fearful of an assault. AS they
were passing on, number of men for
chilly took her away, and it is said all
debauched her. Two were arrested,