Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-04-22
Neighborho0d News

Mrs. Upton, of Monroe county, who
was injured in the last tumble" on the
B. & S. W. R'y, and who it was at first
supposed received slight wounds, is not
expected to live.
There are probably more good horses
without records in SteubenVille at
present than almost anywhere in the
United States. They will be favorably
heard from hereafter.-[Gazette.
On Tuesday evening of last week two
boys aged respectively seven and six
years, got into quarrel on Seventh
street. Steubenville, when ore of them
pulled out pistol and discharged the
contents in his companions face. The
charge was blank cartridge, but the
boys face and eyes are very badly burn
ed, and he may lose his eyesight as the
result.
A young man named Ralph Wind,
employed in Borland's coal shaft, Steu-
benville, had his leg terribly mashed by
a coal car passing over it, on Wednes-
day of last week. 1t is thought ampu-
tation will be necessary.
Mrs. Kali, of Carroll county, put ar
senic in a cake by mistake for cream
tartar, and two of the family eating
some of the cake took very i'll, but were
relieved after the cause was discovered
by prompt medical attendance.
One hundred and eighty-two inmates
are now sheltered at the Muskingum
county Infrmary, the largest number
ever before in that institution at this
time of year.
The firm of Griffith & Wedge have Sc
cured the contract for forty stamp sill
yer mill for the Alice Gold and Silver
Mining Company. of Butte City, Mon
tana. The contract price is $4,000, and
seven hundred thousand pounds of iron
will be required for its construction.
The amount of freight alone on this
monster piece of mechanical genius, will
be $4,000. 1t will be remembered that
this firm sold another mill similar to
this one, not long since.
Eldridge Sears, of Noble county, was
accidentally shot ahd fatally injured the
other day, while in the woods hunting.
Another tile works will be established
at Fairview, Harrison county, on the
first Of May, by K. L. Patton and Geo.
Vert.
Tuesday afternoon of last week the
residence Of August Kuckuek, a Ger
man, living just above Martins Ferry.
caught fire in some mysterious way, and
it was totally consumed. Four or FIVE
children of Mr. Kuckkuck were sick
with measles in the house at the time,
and it was with difficulty that they were
removed alive. All the household goods
and personal property in the building
were total loss. The building was
partially insured.
Richard Heslop, Louis Pelky, Israel
Pelky and August Schick have leased
the Schick coal property, a mile west of
Bellaire, for term of years, and will
soon begin the work of putting it in Or
der for the business of mining coal.
Polly Carr, relict of James Carr, Mrs.
Maus, relict of Joseph Maus, ex-Sheriff,
both of Centre township, are probably
the Oldest ladies in Columbiana county,
each being ninety-two years of age.
Both are enjoying good health, consider
ing their ages.
Enoch Masslander, a bachelor, seven
ty years old, living alone on farm in
West Virginia, three miles from Bellaire,
Ohio, was found on Wednesday of last
week, burned to death in his own house.
A large hole was burned in the floor, but
by some means the fire had been extin-
guished. The theory of the neighbors
is that robbers had tortured him to
death, trying to get him to confess where
his money was. Three years ago three
masked men almost burned him to
death for the same purpose, and it was
generally believed that he had large
sum of money hidden in his house.