Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-04
Personal Points.

| Mr.. JAS. L. Metcalf, who learned the
printing business in this Office, and who
| for dozen or more years has printed a
paper at Lansing. Iowa, has sold out and
retired from the business.
DR.. E. Williams, a well known physi-
clan Of Barnesville,- has been severely
afflicted with disease for a year past,
but is now much better.
Mr.. Campbell, of the Wheeling creek
coal company was in town Monday. He
reports that his company now has fifteen
men employed preparing to open its
mines, and that the company will COM
mence shipping about the 1st of Septem-
ber. About one hundred men will be
employed when the mines get fully in
operation.
Mr.. W. F. Hunter, of the Woodsfield
bar, was in attendance at court Monday
and Tuesday.
Mr.. Alfred Rheinstrom, the well
known stenographer of Wheeling, is
taking the testimony in the Weir MUIR
der case, by appointment of the court.
Mr.. John P. Hall, of this Office, and
wife, started for Philadelphia Tuesday
evening, called thither by the danger
Eous illness of Mr.. Halls father.
The Independent of Monday reported
a child of ex-Treasurer Kelly very sick
with diphtheria.
Judge Okey seems to be serene.
Miss Ella J. Henderson; of Wooster,
is the guest of Miss Ella Duff, north Of
town.
Mr.. ]. B. Lyons, cashier of the 1st Ma
tiOnal Bank. Cadiz, and daughter, Mr..
Watson Moorelan and sister Carrie of
Clinton, Iowa, and Miss Minnie Bilger,
of Salem, Ohio, were the guests over
Sunday of the family of Jesse Bewley.
Esq, in this place.
!. Miss Lizzie Duff, north of this place,
is off on trip to Buffalo, Niagara Falls,
Toronto, and other places, visiting rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Thompson, of this
place, are on visit to friends at New
Brighton, Pa. r-sr
Mrs. A. T. ,McKelvey, south of town,
is visiting relatives in Bellaire, Martins
Ferry and Wheeling, this week.
L II. Patterson, the druggist, went up
to Wellsburg, w. Va, on Tuesday, to pay
visit to his aged uncle Samuel Jacob,
Esq. So 5.., si..e -si,-.- 's.,-..l,. -.
Rev. j. F. Ekey and wife, of Jefferson
county, are visiting his sister Mrs. Benz
Barkhurst, on the south side of town.
Rev. Jesse P. Mitchell, brother of the
Prosecuting Attorney, preached accept
ably in the M. E. church on Sabbath
morning, and in the Presbyterian church
in the evening. --.ars
Misses Matte and Carrie Crabb, of
,Jewett, Harrison county, are visiting
their sister Mrs. A. G. Hawthorne at
Loydsviile. James Hawthorne and wife
of Harrisville are visiting -his rather
Vim. Hawthorne at the same place,
J. P. Spriggs, a Woods6eid attorney,
was in town Monday. 1t is suspected
that he was endeavoring to arrange a
truce on the judicial question. 1t may
be stated that Spriggs has hankering
after the iudgeship. 1..,.ia,. iss..,
J.>B. Smith, the Bellaire attorney, has
finished harvesting onShis farm in Co
lumbiana county and returned home. 4
w. T. Crosse represented the Register
and w. s. Faris the Intelligencer. of
Wheeling, at the Weir trial on Tuesday,
and made good reports of the doings for
their papers. 4
Col. J. T. Mercer, of Bellalre, was in
town yesterday, looking for quarters for
his family during this month.
Mr.. VIM Sloan, whose family was re-
Gently burned to death at East Liver
pool, has been in town for several days
engaged in taking orders for enlarging
photographs.
Judge d. ID. T. Cowen and his daugh-
ter May started yesterday for his annual
trip to Marquette, Mich, to be absent
about six weeks. He goes by the steam
er "China" from Cleveland.
Mrs. Emma McMonies has gone to the
home of her parents In Flushing for a
short visit. ."
Mrs. Annie Pratt and children return
ed last week from visit to the family
of DR., Pratt at Burr's Mills.
Mr.. Will Mutchmore, of Columbus,
came in Yesterday on a visit to his sister
Mrs. DIR. Tallman.