Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-21
NeigllbOrhOOd Notes.

The tower. on the new city hall at
Steubenville is to be 139 feet high.
Guernsey county claims to have more
fat cattle now than ever in the history
of the county.
For six months ending Nov. 3Oth,
| Harrison county paid $l,Ol7.40 for the
killing of 5,OS7 ground hogs, and STAT for
the killing of 294 hawks and owls.
The new opera house at Cadiz was
opened Tuesday evening, with the play
of East Lynne. Miss Carrie Stanley,
star. -,L
A little child of John Calvert, of Cam
bridge, pulled d tub of hot water over
on itself Monday of last week. 1t will
die it is feared. .t
Harrison county boasts of the man
who said his wife cost him SS, but, "by
gosh he was bound to have her if she
cost Sl0.'
David Knox, of near Steubenville, was
frozen to death during the recent colo
snap.
A little ten year old son of J. W. Asel-
ton, of Wellsville, carried Liece OF
phosphorus in his pocket His hands
and body were seriously burned.
A resident of Washington, Guernse,
county, has a petrilied turtle which
| bears date, A. ID. 1902.
W. J. Hampton, of the Louisville
Courier-J ournal, Will become editor and
proprietor of the Steubenville Press,
after the holidays.
Two bird dogs, valued at 800 eacl ,
were killed in Guernsey co Inty last
week for sEeep-killing procllvities.
The little town of Mingo has several
! stores, five. saloons, one church and d
school house. FOrty-two houses have
been erected in the past three months,
and 100 more are to be erected.
James Barret, of Beallsville, who re-
Gently patented an automatic Car coup
Ter, is meeting with success With his in
yenti n. a company has taken it into
hand to manufacture it.
Doyle, of the Steubenville Herald, has
met his destiny in Florida. He will
bring her home with him.
The g.. Z. & C. railroad mortgage to
the Farmers Loan and. Trust Co, of
New York, for Sl,2GO,0OO, recently re-
corded IN Guernsey county, was released
last week. '-
George Butler, of Guernsey county,
over-exerted himself and burst blood
vessel, and bled to death.
At Yorkville on the C. & p. road, six
miles above Martins Ferry. E. s. Daugh-
erty, IA brakeman of Pittsburgh, was
cahght between the bumpers and killed.
On the same day on the same road at
Wellsville, a brakeman named Culbert
son had three ribs broken and other in
jurias, which may result fatally.
The SteubenvilIe gum boot" man is
now doing Dayton. H
On Monday night of last week bur
glars entered the residence uf james
Depew, of West South Street, Barnes
and got away with $94O in money and
some notes. The pocketbook which
contained the money, and the notes,
were found in the back yard next morn.
ing. No clue to the burglars.
A YOUNG man giving the name of A.
Andrews, and who said he owned large
dairy in Baltimore, hired a team of
Capt. John Howard, at Barnesville, for
the avowed purpose Of going to Malaga
TO buy stock: On his return he repor' ed
having bought several head, and ordered
a car for their shipment. Next Gay he
again took the team to go to Hendrys-
burgh, but failed to return. On Tues
day evening Marshal Carr heard of a.
horse thief at New London, and went
there, where he fonnd the fellow had
sold the Barnesrille rig, and left the
country in the same way with another,