Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-10-20
GATHERED UP.

Mr.. ABRAHAM GILBERT, highly es-
teemed citizen of Uniontown, is lying
very i'll with typhoid fever.-A little
daughter Of F. s. King is also seriously
ill.
Mr.. ROBERT s. CAMERON had his leg
crushed and broken while hauling logs
at the mill of Davis & Co. Mr.. Came
ron was formerly citizen of Wheeling
township, and is an Industrious and
worthy young man.
WE are indebted to Capt. A. W. Lee
for the following, which may prove in
teresting. 1t is correct report of the
scratching in Wheeling township:
SCRATCH.
Bookwalter III vote for Foster.
Kelly ii vote for Swaney.
Rankin 56-2S voted for Hollingsworth
Swaney 26-15 voted for Kelly.
Lynn-2 scratched only.
Wagener 71--31 voted for Lynn.
Baker III vote for Cochran.
Cochran 6-3 voted for Baker.
Feely 3-S voted for Lash.
Mitchell Ga voted for Eaton.
Eaton 6-5 voted for Mitchell.
B. Taylor 21-20 voted for n. Taylor.
n. Taylor 7-2 voted for B. Taylor.
CIosgrove 1916 voted for Thompson.
Bentley 80 voted for Jones.
Jones 12-12 voted for Bentley.
One Democrat. scratched Mr.. Swaney
and put on NICHOLAS Longworth for
Common Pleas j JGdge-a mistake against
Mr.. Kelly.
ALF. MITCHELL was around shaking
hands with his friends a short time
since now they are shaking hands with
him. We saw some men smilingly
shaking and congratulating. who labor
ed to defeat him.
''Come away, Sammy dear, it's grindstone,
Hard tellin which way it might turn!"
Mr.. AND Mrs. RoBT. GILLESPIE visit
ed the Pittsburgh Exposition and re.
turned last week. They enjoyed the
visit very much, and were pleased with
the splendid display at the Exposition.
MFssRs. Jos. II. AND Jos. F. LODGE
of Loudon county, Va, are visiting rel
atives in Belmont county, and also en-.
joying the Virginia State Fair.
KILGoRE Bros, of Uniontown, have
brought home their flyers" and now
enjoy the racing at other Fairs. They
have had a profitable Fair season, taking
good premiums at almost all the races.
STATE FAIR NoTEs.-The excursion
train over the 7. V. Road on Friday
morning carried 1865 passengers into
Bridgeport, and carried about 1900 out
200 persons registered at the Mcclure
on Thursday.-"Sam Harrison's Dia.
mond" attracted much attention at the
fState Fair; it is exhibited with the
splendid display Of diamonds, gold and
silverware from the store of j. W. Grubb
Wheeling-Jno. w. Myles, Wheeling,
had a fine display of of photographs and
fine art goods.-Miss Sue Crumbacker
had some fine crayon drawings and oil
paintings on exhibition.-Mrs. w. S.
Hutehins represented the Shoemaker Pi-
aDo Co., with one of their Electro Gold
plated String Pianos;' Mrs. Fl. is tai
ented musician, and favored her friends
with the finest selections.-The mud
rose very high on Friday; the gentlemen,
in passing about, said DAMMIT, and the
ladies said it was just too utterly ut
ter.-There was an l. E Cant display of
hosiery on Friday.-A skiff containing
Messrs. Jos. s. Lodge, Jos. A. and Laban
Lodge. swamped at the ferry while in
mid-river; they went the remaining dis
tance afoot; the water was about as
high as the price of butter.-The coun-
try girls postal card home: "Wbeeling,
Oct, 14th. Dear Pa-We're still here.
Its muddy but its nice. W. - FppRa