Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-04
BELLAIRE.

| AS people will turn aside from the
rush and turmoil of business to read the
newspapers, it may be well to give you
a dish of news from our busy corner OF
the county-and busy it is. Everybody
is on the rush, our factories are boom
ing, houses are going up here and there
all over the city-painters are buried
] to and fro from one torn up dOmicile to
another, while furried housewives lose
their patience. Notwithstanding the
fact that. great deal of building is be-
ing done, tenements are very scarce. Peo-
pie are too much crowded together fol
health when the warm weather shall
come, land rents are too high when wages
are taken into consideration. If some OF
our capitalists would erect a number OF
substantial, convenient houses for rent
of from two to five rooms, they would
find it a paying investment at lower
rents than prevail, and at the same time
would do benevolent act.
Perhaps there never were men Sc
wrought upon as the dealers in Hquefs
in this place for the past few days. fhey
have held meetings to consider the situ-
alton, and of those meetings we can on.
| ly judge by the results. A majority OF
the saloonists have announced their in
tentiOn of quitting the business.
If our worthy Mayor continues to ad
minister justice as he has been doing 50
! far, il looks as though men would havt
to quit. misbehaving. 1t is losing bu-
siResS here now. Some people have
been astonished at learning the fact thai
it is unlawful to blaspheme upon the
public highway.-$1e and costs for
swearing opened number of eyes. Ii
is to be hoped all good citizens will hold
up the hands Of the Mayor in his efforts
to maintain order, and enforce Obedi-
ence to the law.
The health of our city has been much
improved for the past few weeks. There
is an occasional case of diphtheria, ana
few cases of scarlet fever have occur.
red, and some deaths. But there is but
little sickness comparatively speaking.
The unwilling Of the soldiers mOnu-
ment has been postponed from May 81
to September II. Many circumstances
combined to render this necessary. The
soldiers who lie buried in our cemeteries
will not be forgotten, however, by their
comrades on Decoration day.
Our town square is assuming pl opor-
tions. The plan has been followed in
stalking off avenues, &C., and some sixty
trees have been set out by business men
and private citizens. We noticed Capt.
Fink with bis three little children plant
ing three trees,
Many shade trees have been planted
here this spring; should they all grow,
few years will serve to throw Bell
aire in the shade" in very acceptable
manner.
A crowd of young folks from our city
expect to look in upon their Woodsfeld
friends on Friday. A special train will
take them out and bring them back.
Out of school hours, and in all the
school hours that can be "hooked,' our
small boys are devlsing ways and means
to determine the reliability of the dis
plays on the bill-boards. Next Satur-
day is the day, and old iron is scarce
and broken glass only worth 25c hun
dred. 1t is distressing. but the chance
remains of creeping under the curtain
1t is supposable that our county seat
friends will take in the circus, as it Will
be here on Saturday, and that's kind of
a holiday anyway.