Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-08
BELLAIRE.

Last Wednesday evening, little son OF Geo.
Romick. conductor on the G. P. Railroad, fell
from the top of freight car, on which he
was playing, to the track, striking the side OF
his head on u cross-tie, causing fracture OF
the temporal bone q inches In length and IS
in width. An operation was performed
Thursday morning, requiring the removal OF
u considerable portion OF the skull Today
the boy is bright and lively, with fair pros
pect of recovery.
Marshal Archer gobbled up three suspicious
characters Sunday afternoon, one OF whom
was found to be well supplied with valuable
iewelry, among which were three gold watch
es. four silver ones, and number OF fine
chains and rings. The others proved 10 oe
Wheeling tramps stealing ride on the Z. o.
cars. Ninety dollars in money was found on
the iewelry man. Marshal Archer has tele-
graphed to different cities where roobeTies
have recently taken place, but as yet mas
heard nothing by which either the man or ar
ticles can be identified.
The Democratic party is not harmonious
here lust at present, two sets of delegates be-
ing in the field for the County Convention
Saturday. Look out for fun at the ConVen
ton, for we have every reason for believing
our boys will 90 up all cooked and prlmed,
and singing that sweet old ditty, MAY the
devil take the hindmost."
The Belmont National and Goblet Glass
Works are all running in full blast.
The thermometer has ranged from 80 to
9Oo at P. NJ. for the past week.
Dennis Murphy, while recklessly handling
a dirk knife in O'Mally's saloon, Monday
night, let it slip from his hand in attempting
to throw it open by the spring. The blade
:, ei1 1a of
a fearful cash and severing the femoral arte-
nv. Surgical assistance was promptly rem
dered, but he came very nearly dying from
loss of blood. This (ruesday) evening he
has rallied considerably, with fair prospect
for his recovery.
SEM; ;communistic, semi-lunatic Green
hacker addressed bakers dozen of the breth-
rea in the City Hall, Monday night From
what we hear of the sentiments. uttered by
this speaker, we have too much respect for
the Greenback element here to believe they
could for a moment endorse any such set OF
fool ideas
Two ND town women took a notion to don
male attire the other night. One, Mrs Reuter-,
simply to have little fun with couple OF
girls, gallanting them around in tine style,
dropping in now and then for glass OF beer,
and having good time generally, but Police
man Curran, looked at the proceeding IN a
different light, and so politely escorted Mrs:
r. to the lookup, where she languished until
Sunday afternoon. The other, Miss Neal, a
former citizen of st. Clairsville, was found in
mems clothes, but engaged in appropriating
other peoples property, for which she was ar
rested and given room in the City Hotel:
Quite a quantity of stolen goods were found
secreted about her house.
o. Bellaire, you are becoming worse than
Steubenville, the land of Conn and Hunter.
The Ohio State Journal says: "Bellaire, we
must acknowledge, at the present time IS IN
tested by gang of the most reckless and
lawless set of blacklegs, showers OF the queer
and females of easy virtue. Eve. Standard.
We can only say to the Standard folks that
since the celebrated Lowell exodus OF last
winter, when so many visited Bellalre ior
their health, from our sister city, Wheeling,
we have been remarkably free from gamblers
or gambling, and as to showers of the queer,
we, in common with Wheeling, and Other
near cities and town, are cursed with gang
occasionally who have neither local habltatlon
or place of abode, but drop in here now and
then, as their business demands, so we don't
accept of them as citizens; and, finally, in re-
gard to the women of easy virtue, we have
| inquired diligently and are forced to the con-
clusion that the veracious correspondent OF
the Columbus Journal must be more intimate
| ly acquainted with persons of that character
than any one we have talked to on the subject
Whooping cough is disappearing from the
lower wards of the city, the only severe ones
now on hands being reported in the 9TH ward
Five or six leading physicians here inform us
they have no cases of genuine typhoid fever
| in Charge, but number of cases OF mild
! -ilieus remittent fever still fingers in low
~hlsnd next the hill.
.Ahout 100 cars of east bound freight pass
',vt- the B. & O. bridge daily.
.he d fferent fishing parties talk of enjoy
ing ihrrr selves along the river, are gradually
returning home, preparatory to entering upon
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