Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-03-25
Neighborkood News.

Neighborkood News
One of the dancing bears that per
formed in Cambridge few weeks age
was recently killed at New Philadel-
phia. A crowd of young men of that
place were watching the performance OF
the animals, when one of them got toe
close to Bruin, who embraced him rath-
er closely. His comrades Immediately
drew their pistols and fired away at the
bear, killing him, and woundins their
hugged companion in the arm.-Times.
The Enterprise says that Judge Okey
is a brave man, and was not scared about
the dangers of the B. & S. He travels
between st. Clairsville and Woodsfield
via. GAINESVILLE, because he can make
better time by the overland route.
The County Commissioners of Guern-
sey county have resolved to sell the Gen.
tral Ohio railroad stock now owned by
the county and apply the proceeds to the
Court House fund, and the Auditor au-
thorized to forward the same by express
to D. Fahnestock & Co., Baltimore with
orders to sell the bonds Immediately.
Four thousand and eight hundred
pounds of tobacco were raised on two
acres of ground near Williamsburg, last
year.
Mr.. j. A. Forsythe has withdrawn
from the position of Associate Editor OF
the Jeffersonian.
The Panhandle Agricultural Society's
fair will be held at Wellsburg on Tues.
day, Wednesday and Thursday. Septem.
Der 1916; at the same time will be held
the second annual meeting of the West
Virginia Sheep Breeders and Woo
Growers observation-disclosures.
Last Saturday night about IL o'clock
fire was discovered in the 0rme Hard
ware Company's store, at Cambridge.and
before if could be extinguished consid-
cradle damage was done to the stock.
The proprietors estimate the loss at
s., 2,OCO or $4,000, but it will probably fan
below that.
About $4,000 worth of real estate has
been sold in Cadiz at private sale with
in the past eight months, besides some
trades. Prices have been considerably
higher than they would have been at
any previous time within four or five
years.-Republican.
Squire Mayes, who has been Justice
of the Peace in West Alexander, Pa, for
eighteen years, during that time has
married 1905 couples, and received in
fees the good round sum of S4,2S5 10,
being an average of 80 " per couple.
The largest fee he ever received was
$50, the smallest so cents.
An elopement came TO an abrupt ter
mination at Cambridge. Monday of last
week, by the appearance of the injured
wife and the assistance of Marshal Stot-
tlemile. The parties were from Column
BUS, Ohio, the mans name being w. HI.
Peckham, jr., and he came there last
Thursday with woman whom he then
claimed as his wife, but later deyelnp-
ments prove her to be girl nanieik An
gle Qneen.
A female who stopped atthe Exchange
Hotel, New Philadelphia, 4 day OF two
ago, registering as Mrs. NJ Wright, went
into the Citizens National and bought
a dranght for $4.1O. She then bya slight
change with the pen raised the draft so
as to read forty instead of four, after
which she sold it at Salem bank, ma
king $50 by the operation. 1t is said
that she practiced the same trick on
Beach City bank with $40 draft
bought at Uhrichsville. She is described
as woman of small stature, short curl
ing hair, dark eyes, and wearing at the
time drab sack. She is apparently
about forty years of age. ~,
A rich coal field has lately been dis
covered within % miles of Steubenyille,
on the Panhandle, which is attracting
the attention of capitalists. The find is
located on CHARTERS Creek. and adjoins
the land lately purchased by the Key
stone Coal Company. Two veins, one
six feet and the other eleven, have been
found, the former being close to the sur
face and the latter 40 below, making the
work of mining an easy task. The coal
is known as cooking COAL" and if the
capitalists at present looking at the
effect purchase, employment
will be given a large number of men, as
coke works will be probably started
Herald.
PEDEsTRIANIsM> AND DYNAMITE-l
Mr.. James Hays,hailing from Warnock's
Station, Belmont county, o., visited our
city yesterday for the purpose of par
chasing some dynamite. Although our
busy city boasts of having most every
thing kept in a well-ordered and moral |
yet, strange to say, our rural |
frin fuil l,1f 70 nd ha he
was in search of in fact some of whom |
he inquired prOfessed entire ignorance
rs to the nature of the article, having
leyer-that is not frequently-heard of
t.
Mr.. Hays wanted dynamite, and dypa-
mite he was going to have before he re-
raced his steps homeward, SO he took
he noon train for that wicked city,
1t was not long before
le obtained sufficient quantity of the
Irticle to run the Nihilists of Russia for
century. But after he had obtained
he coveted explosive, new and deci-
ledly novel difficulty presented itself.
Owing to the natural tendency of ,dy-
lamlte to spread itself and get away
With things, q cruel and arbitrary stat
tie prohibits the railroads from carrying
t. What was Hays to do? A stretch
f twenty-three miles lay before him
nd Wheeling, and the walking far from
ood. There was no choice, however,
nd tenderly hugging the dynamite he
tarted to walk it, and succeeded in coy
ring the distance in just three. hours.
lays says there isn't much style about
is walking, but if any of the really am
itious pedestrians want to tackle him
Or spin of twenty-five or fifty miles,
e is ready to receive sealed proposals.