Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-03-02

can pas, from this City to the northern
way. That is good move.
We have n gambling hell in this
CITY, Which ought TO be closed. All
kinds OF drinks can be procured in the
front room of the establishment and
every conceivable game is carried on
in the back rooms. The proprietor is q
woman too. We would not be surpris-
ed to hear OF first class murder in that
neighborhood some Saturday night.
Our City now contains five wards,
and if the Southwestern Railroad is
put through we i'll have to have one
or lwo more sdded next summer.
As it is customary for all the report
ers of this place to suggest improve
mentS OF some kind, we will venture to
make one suggestion: That of the
cemetery hill road. 1t has long needed
repairs and We earnestly hope that
action will soon be taken to put this
road into proper condition. 1t is Il dis
grace to the City. Our suggestion
would be to place b0ulders on the road
and set them in such IA Inaner that all
water running from the top of the hill
would nave no place TO rest, and thus
avoid the mud and sluSh. When these
boulders are once put in proper shape
they never need repairs. The cost is
but tritling matter, and then every
citizen in the City would be happy.
1t will have to be remedied sometime,
and why not now? Commissioners of
the streets, go to work. The City will
pay the Till, now that the city officers
have been reduced in their salaries.
Mrs. Katherine Gray will give an
other reading in the City, this week.
She is very much appreciated here.
The BarnesviIe Distrit Conference
met in the NJ. E. Church i'll this city
last Tuesday, and remained i'll session
until Tnurs,iay evening. The Usual
routine business was transacted. On
Wednesday evening 4 most interesting
temperance meeting was held. Elder
Burt, Revs. J. q. SlutZ and q. W.
Toland, and Mr. JAS Wilson addressed
the audience. DIR. Sweeney also read an
essay On 'RCmaniStic Obligations, and
the Naturalization Oath of ar American
CitiZen.' The exercises throughout
were interesting and pleasant, and the
number of citizens III attendance at
each session WAS quite large.
A large number of our citizens visit
ed the Mdrdi G,uS in Wheeling, Tues
day. They seemed to be well pleased
with the atiuir-e>pecially the ladies
enjoyed it.
The salaries of Bellaire officials were
reduced last week by Council. The
Mayor, instead of Si00 now gets 500
the City Clerks Instead of $400, 800
the Marshals, from 5000 to 5000; the
Solicitors, from Si00 to $500. This is,
of course, exclusive of fees.
| 1t is with extreme regret that We
chronicle the death of Asa HOge, father
of Gen. q. ". iiuge, of this place, who
died at his residence, one mile south q
Burr's Station, on Wednesday evening
last. Mr.. Hoge was good, generou:
and we'll respected old gentleman-s
member OF the Chestnut Level Chris
tian Church. We were we'll acquaint
ed with him and knew him as kinG
and atf.ctlonate husband and father
Goshen township. has lost one of it.
ablest farmers and best citizens. Al
the time of his death he was about I;
years OF age.
! Newspaper men were two thick il
! Bellaire last week Charles Allen, O
Prize, of the Baruesville Enterprise
were seen upon our streets.
SMARTY, jr., Pro TeR.