Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-07-15
BELLAIRE LETTER.
BELLAIRE, O., July u, 1877

Both the Methodist and Presbyteri-
an Churches observed last Sabbath as
season of Communion. Rev. CASTOR,
of the Presbyterian Church, wss assist
ed in the services by Rev. John Hath
cry. Presiding Elder Burt preached
Friday and Sunday evenings at the
NJ. E. Church, and Rev. Williams at
the Presbyterian on Friday evening
and Saturday afternoon. Ten addi.
tions were made to the membership of
the Presbyterian Church.
The Methodists here have discarded
the gallery for their choir, and it is
now stationed on the right of the pull
pit.
1t was late hour Sunday evening
before the gas was turned on at the
generator, and fears were entertained
that tallow candles would have to be
called into requisition.
A String Band from here went down
to Pipe Creek Saturday night to assist
at Prof. Glass's Musical Convention
MI. V. T. Morgan also went down and
elocuted for tim, something at which
he is exceeding hard to beat.
A grocer-philanthropist here has had
a cooler set on his pavement which he
keeps supplied with 'Ice-water, free to
ALL"
Our officials have resolved to enforce
the dOg-tax, and the Wheeling Regis
ter will have to pony up or lose Leet.
Col. Poorman has perfected the in
vention of an improvement in mowers
and reapers, which he was experiment
ing with at the time of writing this
letter. If successful it will be the
greatest improvement ever added to
a moving machine.
The street ailway is finally under
good headway. Grading, digging and
laying ties is all going on at the same
time. The road extends from the rail-
road bridge on Belmont street to Ben
sons Ferry, at the extreme north end
of town.
Within a month there have been
four new saloons established in Bell
aire.
At special meeting of the Board Of
Education on last Thursday evening
Miss Anderson was selected as teach
er of the High School, and ex-police-
man Ross as janitor fthe school build
ing in the Sd Ward.
The ID NJ. Z. Church of this city
(colored), have selected a site for
church building in Horns addition.
The A. NJ. E. folks already have a
meeting house on Central avenue.
Sometime last week a crazy man
made his appearance on our streets,
begging money. He had a broken
shoulder, which he had got when run
ming an engine between Baltimore and
York, Pa. This was his first story.
another time he said he was sea cap
tain, and had his shoulder wounded in
an encounter with pirates. So far he
showed no signs of his lunacy; but
when he began to talk about being
Gen. Grant, Ben. Butler, the Wander
ing Jew, Marshal Ney, Ben. Franklin,
the. Shah of Persia, Captain Nelson,
Bunker Hill and Paul Revere's ride,
people who could not realize how sad a
thing for a mans mind to be deranged
coaXed him out by apparent credulity,
and made him craZier for their amuse-
ment. In his commoneSt conversation
he would quote Shakespeare and Mil.
ton copiously, with occasional extracts
from Byron, Keats, Coleridge, whose
"Ancient mariner" he claimed to be,
and other poets.
Our City Council has about used up
the week days, and will have to take
TO meeting twice on Sunday, or miss
important business
Coles Great New York and New
Orleans Geological and Equestrian Ex-
position, otherwise Circus, is to exhib-
it on the Public Square On Tuesday,
j uly 20. They advertise everything
wonderful in the world, and not few |
things which are not ia the world.
The Rolling Mill boys took loaf
last week while the mill was shut down
for Improvements.
Last Thursday there was select pic
die down at Cochran's Grove. The
most respectable and most moral of our
young folks got it up, and they iDclu-
led dancing in the programme. Elder
Burt's sermon on dancing Sunday eve
ming was therefore productive ofa good
many frowns among the younger por-
ton of the congregation. One young
man, the moment he heard the word
Ballroom turned his head away and
began 10 whistle the 'Mulllgan Guards
Monday was the day of the election
for Councimen in the Second Third
Wards. The results had not transpi-
ed when We wrote. SNAP.