Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-02-08

PuEIIo sales begin to thicken.
CHICAGO averaged I'll deaths per mon
last year.
ONE hundred and forty cases of small-p'
reported In Pittsburgh last month-3l death
TALK of new drug store on the Campbell
Downing corner.
The infant child Of j. T. Mellor, the fioris
east of town, was buried on Tuesday.
GEs. J1NEs WEIR's farm, west of town,
for rent.
IRE criminal cases begin next week
Court. The docket is set to March 1st.
TIE Narrow Gauge Engine gave whist
ling, ringing salute to ST. Clairsville, wednes
day evening. 1t was cheerful sound.
/THE past two months have proved grea
saving, by way of wear and tear, TO the sv
eral McAdamized roads of this part OF th
country The frost is about out row. how
ever, and the wagons begin to hunt for tn
bottom.
j. 8. RHoDEs & Co, Wheeling, have re
ceived their fret installment of spring goods
There's no place where you can get better an
cheaper goods than ut Rhodes. Read thei
new advertisement and go early and get tn
choice. q -s--
INTELLIGENCE was received al Martin
Ferry, last week, of the death in Colorado, o
Robert Hays, once Marshall of that town
Bob was faithful, brave soldier and efficien
officer, but at last surrendered to his relentles
enemy Consumption.
ALI the revival hymns are numbered in tn
regular publications, SO tnat in place of say
ing. ..Brother Brown, will you be SO kind a
to lead US in Hold the Fort, " it is only neces
sary to say, .sGive 'em number fourteen"
TEE hens are elsted over the passage of tn
compromise bill, and have gone to work agail
in earnest, and as q natural consequence, egg
have dropped in price from 80 to Is cts, pc
dozen. The country is safe.
OgIS MooRE, porter at the Eagle Hotel
Cambridge, on the night of February 1st, dc
camped with an overcoat and two valises
containing vslnables; reward is offered fo
his apprehension.
The Presbyterian Church at Waruock' 8
Rev. James Day, pastor. had a revival sea
son last week, during which a number of per
sons united with the Church. The Rev.
Whiteford Parks, assisted the pastor,
>>-U"
The sit .ntion of farmers is called to Smiths
Feed Cooker, now on exhibition at the Store
If T. e. Fawcett. This Cooker was awarded
Ihe 1st premium at the last Ohio State Fair,
md is the cheapest and best Cooker in the
market.
MRs. PHRBR HoLLINGswoETH, relict of the
late Isaac Hollingswosth, residing near Flush
ing, died on Tuesday shorning, of paralysis.
aged about 20 years. She was member of
Hicksite Friends Society, and was much re-
,pected in the community.
s *FIGoRoUs efforts are being made by the
eadipg citizens of Bridgeport to raise the ad-
iitional stock required to secure the CON-
Of the extension of the Cleveland,
Tuscarawas and Wheeling railway. About
s20, 900 will I'LL the quota. If every man,
who will be either directly or indirectly ben
fitted by this great improvement, will sub
scribe according to the benefits to accrue, not
many days will elapse before the books will
be closed and stock will be at premium
!. Thar gsta1d hog came out, last Friday,
md found it raining. Went back, got his
and staiked around csrelessly all
lay without seeing his shadow. and now, the
American people go behind his returns. and
declare thss the word of no one ground hog
hail be taken, but demand the signatures of a
ull board. In consequence of this irregular
ty, we viii be compelled to take the weather
!. it Guinea Z.
LIFE issnrance business has, of late, been a
title shsky. Two noted companies of the
ass are lately reported ..failed.r The last,
The New Jersey Mutual" has caught quite
number of persons, in and about this place.
n order to get even with company of this
ind, itwoaId be advisable to die at once, as
bon as the policy is received. a---l4.s
TIE Caldwell Pres says: We regard
anesville as the best site for the proposed
ew penitentiary. 1 Its proximity TO Belmt Mt
ounty is in its favor.
If Belmont county Grand Juries and Off
ais had jurisdiction over Noble, there's no
Hing where the lightning would strike in
lat region.
WIN. Hosz was operating on a steep bluff
,wn the railroad, q few days since, with two
ike OF cattle. Somehow, they got tangled, |
I'd got TO tumbling and rolling over each other
lwn the hill. 1t was mess. Log chains,
'kes, horns, tails, legs, bows, and such a
ght was never seen flying through the air
fore. End over end they went till at last
ey struck the bottom. An inventory was
ade, and with the exception Of few bruises
e loss Of few patches of hair, and few
w keys, all was well They shUok them
Ives and went to work as though nothing
'd happened.
We deeply regret to announce the death, on
st Saturday, at her home in St Paul, Min
esota, of Mrs. Lizzie McKelvy, nee Nc
Iechan, formerly residing three miles east of
'wn. A little over one short year ago she
as happy bride receiving the congratula-
ons of numerous friends. Shortly after her