Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-04

to the new dry goods store of Jepson &
Patton. 80, Eastern Ohio editors meet
at Cambridge :. 81, Public school enter
tainment for the benefit of the school
: library, netted $50.
APRIL.
Ist, The Office devil kicked hat
there was brick in it-All Fools Day.
=. 4, Elections over, Riley elected Mayor
by two majority; Barnes, Republican.
elected Councilman, Thos. Malone, Street
Commissioner. rest Democratic. John
Moore arrested on charge of shooting a
son of Peter Gable with intent to kill.
-. 5. District Court in session :. 10, W.
A. Hunt re elected member of school
board by % majority Snow on the
ground, heavy fr0sts; peach, cherry and
other fruits IN full bloom Farmers
and others say the fruit is all killed 49,.
IL, Lurestan Moore. of Barnesville, shot
himself through the head John Stark
arrested for the Hardesty burglary. -.
Is, Stock books of the ST. Clairsville Co.
opened and all the stock aiken :. rs,
George Cnlbert. of Bridgeport, Jailed for
assault with intent to rape. 10, Geo.
l.. LaVayea, of Grand. Forks, Dakota,
and Miss Vic. Mckelvey. were married
on the Island %, Drummond Post e.
A. R., instituted at st. Clairsville. by
mastering officer c. E. Irwin. of Martins
Ferry 80, Ice one-fourtli of an inch
thick
MAY.
I'd, Hilles Post G. A. r. organized at
Barnesville. -. 13, Marshal Riley makes
his first arrest-a plain drunk. -: IA,
John SeidwitZ secures a situation on the
Dayton & Chillicothe railroad .16.
Branum Post G. A. K. organized at
Bridgeport. -. Common Pleas Court con-
vened For the first time in the his
tory of the county a colored man served
on the regular jury -. II, The Republi
can District Committee, issue call for
the Republican COnvention,to to meet at St.
ClairSville, June Is, J. b. Hoges
drug store buTglarized of $l3l in money
and notes. Attempts also made at l.. P.
Hoffner's and Jepson's .2l, Chris
Glass, of Quincy, killed by a b. & o. train
near Bellaire. -. %, Council made levy
of eight mills for all purposes :. .29, A
successful operation performed bv the
Drs. West on son of Jacob Kaiser, for
strangulated hernia 80, Decoration
Day was appropriately observed under
the auspices of Drummond Post. Hon.
Lorenzo Danford delivered the Grafton.
JUNE.
1st, The finding of the clothes of the
murdered child of Margaret Henry caus-
es a renewal of the excitement in Kirk
wood township "A heavy rain storm
damaged the railroads and crops. :. Col.
J. w. Laughlin resigned the Trusteeship
of the Children's Hume... IS, Twenty
first session of Barnesville District Con
ference convened In Bellaire. III,
Chiidren's Day was appropriately OBJ
served in the NJ. Z. Sabbath School =.
15, Republican County Convention nOm-
mated Leroy Sedwick for Sheriff, T. B.
Hammond for Commissioner. James
Crossgrove for Surveyor, and David
BransOn for Intirmary Director ST.
Clairsville & Northern Railroad opened
for traffic. .2l, Congressional Conven-
tion in town, and after protracted
session of three days, and 376 ballots,
adjourned without day without making
nomination. %, Mcfarland and Kies
pay the penalty OF keeping the saloons
open all night during the big convention.
"a, VIM. Mcbride met with painful
accident while climbing picket fence.
..25, A cyclone of wind and rain struck
Martins Ferry doing much damage v.
~, A party of young folks from st.
Clairsville and Cadiz picniced at Ham
mond'sS Roads.
JULY.
Sd, First wheat of the season cut :.
4th, Rained as usual Collision on
the Ohio river between the steamers
John Lomas and SciOto-terrible loss of
life ...7, Miles Orton's show pitched its
tents in town.. The coach on the
Northern jumped the track, one lady
injured :. %, j. B. Hoge was overcome
by the heat while working In the harvest
field on bis place east of town. 10,
Martin Cowen and Miss Estelle Close,
after some little difficulty with the pater
familias, were united in matrimOny
Hon. Il. Danford pays $4,000 cash for
the WoOdmansee farm. :. 12, Thomas
Malone was overcome by heat in Morri-
son Citizens harvest field 49,. IT, Belmont
County Teachers Institute commenced
in the public school building. .2l, First
game Of base ball between Barnesyille
and st. Clairsville. 4. 20. Otho Gilmore.
colored. came near killing Officer Linn
and Joseph Bayless, in the lookup at
Martins Ferry.
AUGUST.
30, Democrats of the county nominate
). b: Darrah for Sheriff, Owen .Meehan.
Ior Commissioners, james B. Ritchey for
innrmary Director. and John A. Mitchell
toi,s ior surveyor. Camp meeting at Burr's
Mllisnexcursions from all points :. a,
jim Wlliiams, having served out his |
Term IN the Y. I, came home again :.