Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-04-14
BRIDGEPORT.

BRIDGEPORT.
After multitudinous changes, both in
ownership and occupancy of property
our people are down to business again
with certainly good prospects of remu.
nerating labor and profitable business.
Enoch Carman has left US for his old
home, East Richland. We regret to lose
such men as EnOch, enteprising, they al.
ways add to the material prosperity OF
town. We wish Enoch abundant sue.
cess.
Amos Osborne of the Island takes the
room vacated by Jas. Duncan, who now
holds out nicely in the Ogelbey build
ing.
John Finnigan, a new man in AtBa-
vile, just from Martins Ferry, has John
Ulrich's old stand, and John, being lib
eral in his views, it seems dealt out his
intoxicants on Sunday as well as Satur-
day. He wished to make amends be-
fore Mayor Robinson, voluntarily the
first time, but the next hour under es-
cort of the Marshal, and both times had
blisters raised in shape of fines, and
now he will catch it again for selling
to minor. BY the way, we learn that
new man proposes to invest a thousand
dollars in new and elegant saloon in
the Bridenstein house. This viii, make
Is saloons in our town.
Last week very pleasant event oc-
CURED at the NJ. E. Parsonage, Kirk wood,
on the occasion of the tin wedding of
Rev. Keyes and lady. Very adroitly tie
friends Of the couple managed to keep
quieta contemplated raid on the parson-
age till the evening, when armed with
about everything made and kept in tin
shop, large delegation marched in on
the unSuspecting pair and created con-
siderable tin-tin- nabulation with the
tiney-ey tin-ware. The gentleman del
egation handed over a prize of 500 to the
Rev.
Hiram Kinsey, an old citizen of Bel
mont county, now of Minnesota, is visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Amos Osborne.
Time is dealing kindly with the old
man.
E. P. Rhodes and A. J. Baggs, repre-
sentatives of the 7. V. Railroad, went
East Tuesday night in the interest of
their road, expecting to take in Wash
ingtOn City ell route.
The Presbyterians, last week, or a
part of them, in congregational meeting, |
by vote, agreed to extend call to Rev.
of Huron, Ohio, to lie Pastor
On Wednesday next, April 20, a spe-
cial election will be held by the voters |
of Bridgeport School District to pass |
upon the question of building Il new |
school house, the present accommoda- |
lions being inadequate to seat the in
humber of pupils. The ques-
ton is first, Shall the School Board be
to build house ?-Seeond,
Shall a suitable levy be made for such
purpose from year to year?-Third,
Shall the Indebtedness be bonded one,
running along in certain sums through
a series of years, thus making the bur
len of taxation light each year? Let
everybody vote Yes to educate their
children.
Bridgeport has, by fair estimate, about
1000 dogs. The other day some unre-
generate son of Adam actually sent an
other Fennel, by express, from "'way
lOwn East" That man should be hound
ed till he couldn't sleep,cur-tailed in food
ill he yelps with hunger, besides having
The bark knocked square off his nose.
On Saturday night last son of John
Mcfarland went in search of change for !
/ five dollar bill. Among other places
ne went into Criswell's saloon, and not
getting his change stepped out and was
1t once seized by one John Mcmillan, it
S alleged, from Bellaire, who took the /
money from him and skipped. Two or
hree arrests were made on suspicion-l
1ut the boy each time said that was not L
,he man. Tuesday, On his way home
rom Pittsburgh on the cars, officers
and Burdett arrested Nc
MILAN on the train, the boy pointing
Tut the fellow in crowd. A prelimi-
lary examination was at once had be-
ore the Mayor. Mcmillan was held Oh
! charge of highway robbery.
PRETTY NEAR WEDDING, BUT NOT
gratitude we record a
lappy escape we had last week. A rud.
ly faced, sandy haired, profuse whisker-
ID, restively elastic young mana moth
RS darling no doubt, rushed into ourI
paced the floor with glaring
yes, stove-pipe hat in hand, his anxious
row bedewed with affections sparkling
weat-as he watched our every move
nent-illy biding his time to speak
% us. Seeing his intense solici-
ude We approached him with our usual
igniied smile-which went higher than
kite when he exclaimed with bated
reath: You are preacher aren't you :
minister | guess, have license to mar
y-oh! You ARE 4 preacher l am sure
i KNOW you are, I--I-Maria and me
Maria and-me and Maria-you are
nst trying me on-you can marry peo-
le-what denomination are you any n
Ow? Rev. there's no time to be lost a
nd he looked nervously at the door and .
sked the time-there's no time to fool Id
way-Maria-me and Maria-I am l
URE you are a pr, arher, some fellows G
ut there told me yun were, Maria and q
le--Here we caught him on the fly
nd held him long enough to inform
i'm We were good like preachers ought \
D be-we were also quite handsomer
han preachers gener.l lly-we set our
eighbors godly examl le and all that-ln'
ut if he wanted US to tackle him and u
iaria with some splicin' chin music, hei n
'as 3 little Preyious-that my profess .