Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-03-20
BARNESVILLE.

The Ladies Foreign Missionary Society Of
the NJ. Z church held their Anniversary ex-
ercises on last sunday evening, March 9Th.
Mrs. Rev. Carr occupied tine Presidency,
with Mrs Octa d. Lee, Recording Secre
tary; Mrs Maggie Frazier, Corresponding
Secretary, and Mrs. E. L. Hanlon, treasurer.
The reports of the several officers were read,
the treasurer reporting a membership OF sixty
six, and the receipts Of the closing yeaT
amounting to sixty-five dollars. Many brief
and interesting remarks were made during
the evening by different members, and selec-
tions were read by Mrs. James Ramsey and
Mrs. DR.. Plumly, and also recitation was
well rendered by Miss Mary Carr. Mrs Gen
eral Cowen, Of Bellaire, made a lengthy,
though pleasi,.g g address, and was listened tC
with much interest. len new names were
added to the role of membership, and the
meeting adjourned with each one feeling thai
the progress of the association was satisfac'
tory, and tnat theiF efforts to make the even
ing entertaining, were appreciated by the
large audience IL ATTENDANCE.
The alarm of fire was sounded through oul
8 reefs last Saturday, and in few minutes
the excited multitude was running In the dl
rection Of BolOn's shop on East Main Street.
the roof Of which had caught fire by the iall
e of sparks from defective fiue, but wal
e eltinguished by the appliance Uf one or two
buckets of water.
Quite large number OF young ladies frou
this city went to Belmont last Friday morn
ing, to spend the day as the guests OF Mis-
Ida Grove, and after spending q jolly day the
party was reinforced by the arrival OF the
evening train, which brought a number oi
young gentlemen to escort the ladies home OF
the one O'Clock train.
We are glad to welcome Mr.. VIII BOlOI
home again, who has been for some time s
student of the Columbus Medical college
and has completed the course and been grad.
ualed and diplomated 10y the Institution. Mr.
Bol0n was formerly student of Drs. vii
lianls and Judkins of this place, and his very
successful College career certainly reflects
great cIeiit upon his ea'ly instructors ano
self capa tie, and we wish for him pros
porous future III the profession.
Mr.. D. ]. Speer, of Columbus, but former
~ resident of Barnesville, is spending d
few days in the midst of old friends and asso.
Citations.
Mr.. Jack Kelley, of Bellsire, was in town
last week.
OuI nave DCCu lOi SOillC IiHlC Ou luS
lookout for Orviile Marshal notorious char
acter Of this place, whom they wanted on two
charges of burglary. He was arrested in
Benwood or Bellaire by the B & o. police,
and brought here on last Friday morning and
had a hearing before Esq. Floyd, who fixed
his bail at three hundred dollars for his ap-
pearance al Court-which be was unable tC
give, and was placed in the lookup to be
taken to Jail the following morning, but he
saved the officers that trouble and Belmont
county The expense of a trial and cheated the
Penitentiary out of probable inmate, by cut
ting the paddock from the iron cage in which
he was secured, and the one half inch rods
from the window, with case knife obtained
from the tray on which his supper was
brought to him, thereby releasing himself and
escaping to parts unknown.
KATE HAZARD.