Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-01-19
UNIONTOWN.

THE PEOPLE here who knew Mr.. ]. p
Newlin express their sorrow to learn ol
his sudden death, which will be noticed
FIb<full by other correspondents. Mr.. N
~onded, and was a respected membeI
of the U. p. Church in this town.
Mr.. RoBT. FRATER also was known
among our citizens as man of strict
integrity and honesty of purpose, and
his untimely death is felt throughout
| the entire community.
Mr.. JOS BELL hands us the following
record which WAS kept by him OH his
farm during 1881, from which he was
not absent an entire day: Rained 105
days; in Nov. Is days; clear PIP days;
August clear 2S days; showed IS days
March l3 days of snow.
THE reelection of the former Direct
ors of the Uniontown and Flushing
pike seems to give general satisfaction.
Under their supervision we are accredit-
ed as having one of the best turnpike
roads in the State.
ARRANGEMENTS are being mado to
construct a turnpike road from the U. &
F. road to Bruce station. Two thou
sand years from now, when the over
shoes are exhumed, the evcavators will
exclaim, "and there were giants IN those
days" "Sume of them were bent off a
good piece up the leg, or else they were
twelve feet in hight
Mr.. HENRY GRAHAM was married re-
Gently to Miss Maggie Shields, a respec-
table lady of Mt Pleasant. Ohio. The
marriage was consummated by Rev.
oh ~ hn nf hriI Is,e
father, and they came to this place on
the following day to partake of. a nice
dinner given in their honor by Mr.. and
Mrs. J. w. Conley, and those present re-
port the occasion as very pleasant one
to all concerned. Through habits of in
dustry Mr.. Graham has secured favor
able start in the business affairs of life,
and is reputed as civil and orderly cit
zen of the town.
Mr.. B. K. CAMERON had few friends
to drop in suddenly to celebrate his
birthday, recently. The wicked stand
on slippery places" and so does Mr.. c.
He also received a pension on that day,
and could celebrate the event cheerfully.
He served during the war, and suffered
the horrors of Andersonville. May he
never die, but wither away like toad
THE PEOPLE-Measles prevail every
where, and have got ahead of us.-Mr.
C. s. Price has been unwell got leave of
absence, and visited his home at New
Philadelphia, but cannot give up busi-
ness.-Mr. VIM. Ramage has been quite
unwell; also, Mr.. John Caldwell.-Miss
Matte Estep is suffering greatly from
some affection of the eycs.-Mr. Selden
George has imported pair of nice Suf-
folk hogs; Mr.. G. keeps the best of
stock on his farm.-Mr. John Gillespie,
jr., is attending school at Hopedale, o.
soLoMoN's CORNER.
No. 123-A strip of card board, thir-
teen inches long and five riches wide,
contains IS square inches. Cut it dia-
gonally from corner to corner, and you
will have two triangles; measure five
inches from the base of each and cut
again; you will now have four pieces
arrange in the form of a square, and
it will measure inches on each side,
and SKIS are sirty.fo,1r square inches.
No. 24-The highest price gold reached
during the war 2.5S.
No. 125.-The point at which the day
begins is in the Pacific Ocean, between
the Sandwich Islands and China.
The coldest place on earth is "Verko-
yansk," in Siberia, in north latitude 671a