Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-19
BRIDGEPORT.

Mrs. Annie Putnam, daughter Oh MIS-.
Albert Rice, left on Tuesday for her
home in Sioux City, Iowa, after sum-
mer's visit to her mother.
Mrs. John Bates has just returned
from protracted visit with her husband
in Denver, Colorado.
James Clark, Ed Pitts, and Laner
Patterson, were home from Washington
and voted for Updegraff.
Miss Deb. Holloway and ]. E. McDon-
aid were married this (Thursday) morn
ing. Many congratulations.
= George Robinson has sued the Xirtu
Gus Democrats who tried to poison him
election day. We hope he will push them
to the wall. They deserve 1t.
Old father Hager, of Etnaville. 81
years old, who fell in a pit at the STAN
dard ION works, and broke his left
thigh and right leg, four weeks ago, S
doing nicely, with fair prospect OF
bony union in Doth cases.
Rev. Worthington is. returned to
Bridgeport circuit, including Scotts,
West Wheeling and West Bridgeport
charges of the NJ. E. church. We all
welcome him, and wish him abundant
success.
Great interest in DR.. Updegraff S con,
dition is daily manifested by hosts OF
inquiring friends. Daily prompt reports
from the Dr's family prove very salts
factory, and we rejoice in the hope of
his speedy resovery.
Mr.. Supper, carpenter, fell from a
building he was constructing, seriously
Hurting his side.
Mrs. Robert Williams, long an invalid,
is slowly recovering from severe i'll
ness. - -''''
Sabbath was children's day at the
PRESBYTERIAN church: Rev. Beall preach
ed, and the day was delightful, and the
services very interesting.
Scarlet fever has prevailed to an
alarming extent in Etnaville; large
numbers of children have been afflicted.
The disease is in its most malignant
shape, often destroying its victim in a
few hours. There have been mall some
fifty cases in the little town, many OF
them fatal. AS yet. Bridgeport people
have not suffered in proportion, though
there have been some fatal cases here
also. ,... @
l. l: Election day passed, ,:of quite peacea-
bly, barring few jolts.
1.-THE negro .tIeops, after all, fought
braveIy, notwithstanding houses had
been. built for some OF: them at 8 pei
cent interest. ssg -,s
The eminent statesmen who own the
Republican party of Pease township, as
sured the people that Dr., updegraf was
stronger than his party in that town
ship. The result shows that he ran 7f
behind iii Martins Ferry and Bridge
port.-Bellaire Tribune.
"The eminent" ass who brayed the
above, bent all his vast wheeling ener
gies to elect Sedwick sheriff, and sue
lceeded In sending him out of Bellaire
and Pultney township S75 behind, while
Updegraff went out of Pes.se with a re-
spectacle majority. ESD ~.
Wm.J. Howells, the efficient engineer Of
the Etna mill, and his family, have beer
most sadly afflicted during the last two
. weeks. Malignant scarlet fever appear
. ed in Etnaville some six weeks ago,anC
has proven unusually. vicious and fatal
Mr.. Howells family fortunately had es
caped its scourge till two weeks ago
when his only little daughter Maggie
fell arictim To its power, living but I
short time after being attacked. Hel
sister, Nelta, then the only daughter
having died of it suddenly, while hi:
then unly son was on the verge ofs tht
grave, from the same. On Sabbath
week Maggie, a beautiful and lovablt
lcherab. was buried, and on last Satur
, dav night, at -half-past 1 o'clock, the
universal pet of Etpaville, "Willit
Hewells, died of the same disease. ant
was luried Oh Monday at 2P. NJ. Tom
my, the Only surviving child, is barely
out. of danger from a second attack
, Thus had the footsteps of the King OF
Terrors scarcely died away from this
once sunny home, till again the sable
twingS of the Angel of Death oyershad
kewedsthe surviving household, and in
; the darkness our dear little Willie was
called to pass beyond the river. In all
our experience did we never witness a
more aIonizing scene---for the heart.
strings that bound them were violently
sundersd, leaving them with. hosts OF
Esympathizing friends who tender their
sincerest coincidence. May He who tenn
pers the wind to the shOrn lamb, guard
shield and protect and comfort them in
the hour of their great trial. as; !. . rs
Whenever Anderson, Hunt and Todd
think they hive drove out of the Re
publican party in this county enough
! votes to reduce it to the proper size fol-