Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-12-20
Town and Country.

IOwO and country.
MAY as well be practicing to write
1884.
THE almanac winter begins next Sat
urday.
THE first sleigh bells of the season
were heard on Sunday.
THROUGH mail service was placed on
the B., L. s. c. railroad, last Saturday.
A WEATHER PROPHET says cold
snap will occur at full moon during this
winter.
THERE are go stations on the B., z. &
c. road, being an average of one for eve
ry II miles.
A SERMON begun by railroad time and
ended by local time, would suit many
church -goers.
THE annual meeting of the State Bar
Association will be held in Columbus on
the 26th inst.
SANTA CLAUS is deemed the biggest
man in the United States, just now by
the little folks.
SEVERAL of the small boys are daily
running the risk of being arrested for
coasting on the streets.
LAURA DAINTY, the reader, has Joined
8 dramatic association, and cancelled all
her lecture engagements.
THE mysterious disappearance of
Clerk of Courts McCulloch, of Wheeling,
still continues to be a mystery.
THE first freight tr in bound for Zanes-
vile from Bellaire, started out from the
latter place on Monday morning.
"CooNY" MAHoNE, an employe of
the Bellaire Nail Works, is a grandson
of Senator Malone, of Virginia.
THE schools close tomorrow for the
holidays. A merry Christmas and hap
py New Year to teachers and pupils.
REV. C. C. ERWIN, of New Concord,
will begin series of meetings at Ebene-
zer church on the evening of Dec. Goth.
IT is thought the new eight-pot fur
mace addition being built to the Barnes
vile Glass Works, will be in working
order by Feb. 1st.
NEXT Tuesday the young man with
the No. foot. will be presented with
handsomely wrought pair of No. slip
pers by his best girl.
In the north sky of an eve
ming now, with the assistance of good
opera glass, may be had faint glimpse
of the approaching comet.
LOOKOUT for counterfeit silver dol
lars. Most of them are dated 1879, and
are lighter than the genuine, although
their Jingle is much the same.
AND now we feel better Prof. Bass,
of the Dudley University. says the comet
has nothing to do with the recent red
sunsets. We were afraid it had.
THE 2Sth and 29th insts. are the dates
set for the rendition of the cantata of
"rhe Pilgrim Fathers" at Martins Fer
ry 1t is to be entirely by home talent.
THE blue Goose" saloon, of this place,
has again changed hands-Mr. Samuel
Geller having purchased the entire con-
cern. The change took effect on Mun-
day.
HoFER Bros, the millers, who made
oil W W. DSOOUs VI Wv
hatan, have liabilities amounting to
$4,000 or $4,000, and assets of $4,000
to $4,000.
THE Reymann gas well in Wheeling,
at depth of 1,S4O feet, has been aban-
doned. and the opening plugged. They
will utilize what gas they have for heat
ing purposes.
Docs got among the sheep of Jesse
Taylor, in Washington township, on last
Friday night, and killed four; sixteen 9TH
ers were also badly injured, and some of
them will die.
JAMES FRY, who recently had his leg
crushed in the Belmont coal works, Bell
aire, contrary to advice. got up and un-
dertook to walk, but fell and broke his
leg over again.
OK Monday morning,W. W. McMonies
was looking over his holiday stock, to
see what weuld be a suitable present
for the little girl which had just come
to his house to reside.
ILLUMINATED match safes are the
latest get-up at the Elson Glass Works
Martins Ferry. They emit slight
phosphorescent light in the dark, show
ing the exact location of the box.
Ara meeting of the committee of the
Christian Church for the 10th District
held at GAINESVILLE, Dec. 18th, Elder w. G
Todd, was chosen as District Evangelist
This district embraces six counties anC
about fifty churches.
A FARMERS INSTITUTE is to be helC
in Washington, Pa. on the 9th and 2Stl
insts A. T. McKelvey, ESQ.,, of thi
place, is down oil the programme for al
address A number of the farmers O
this county contemplate attending thi
Institute.
a SYNDICATE has had incorporate,
the West Virginia Printing and Pub
fishing Co." with capital stock 50 ia
subscribed of $4,000, with privilege O
increasing it to 100000. This syndi
cate assumes entire control of the Reg
lister establishment on January Is,
Lewis Baker, present proprietor, ha
$4,000 of the $4,000 SO far subscribed