Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25

COUNTRY schools are on the home
stretch.
Don't worry any longer with pain
take Peruna.
DON'T let your closet listed neighbor
borrow this paper.
THOSE who can remain in doors these
days ought to be happy.
FEBRUARY 22d. Washington's BIRTH
day, is the next legal holiday.
ST. VALENTINES DAY next. Have
you got your penny insults ready?
A MAN in Cambridge has invented a
sled on the same principle as the bicycle.
A NEW building and loan association
is to be organized in the lst ward. Bell
are.
HON. J. D. Taylor has selected John
L. Locke, of Guernsey county, as his
private secretary.
THE Watt Mining Car Wheel Co., of
Barnesville, is building 20x40 feet ad-
dition to its car shop.
"A friend to the rich and poor: A
mCulClHC JudO ohN -
Browns Iron Bitters.
Hon. W. n. CowDEN, of Quaker City,
has been elected President of the Ohio
State Board of Agriculture.
ONE DAY last week Mr.. Atkinson
shipped car load of salt meat from
Armstrong; Mills to England.
An Anti-Tattlers Association is the
latest organization in neighborlng
town. 1t is boycotting institution.
A CONSIDERABLE amount of money
has been raised toward the erection of
new church at Bruce, on the I. V. Il. X.
Miss LAURA DAINTY will give the
third entertainment of the Barnesville
course at that place on the evening of
January 30th.
THERE is to he new-fashiOned scent
piece made and circulated. The old ones
are good enough for us, if we only had
enough of them.
Flushing and vicinity took advantage of
the late sleighing, and paid visit to
the county seat.
A FEMALE astrelogist and fortune
teller, has been doing the river towns
for some weeks past, and taking in the
wealth of the gullibls-
Col. J. D. TAYLOR has rendered the
use of his former office in Cambridge to
the Womsn's Christian Temperance
UEioD for reading room.
THE Grocers' Union, of Bellaire, has
been changed to the Merchants Protec
tive Union, so that business men of all
kinds can become members.
JUDGE BALL, of GAINESVILLE, has de-
cided that a railroad company has a
right to require all persons to exhibit
their tickets when about to board a
train.
q A REPORT is current that John Hart
formerly superintendent of the narrow
gauge. will return from New Mexico
and accept position on the B., z. & C
railroad.
BURGLARS made a general raid or
Martins Ferry, Thursday night of last
week, several places having been enter.
ed, but did not get much for their trou
BILE at any place.
THE GAINESVILLE Enterprise will be
run by steam after March 1st. The firs
issue of the Saturday News appeared
last Saturday. The name is appropriate
Success to the News.
JOSEPH RYAN, colored man, EN-
ployed in the 1Etna mill, had his lee
caught in large cog wheel, on Wednes
day morning of last week, grinding it Il
jelly; he died shortly afterward.
On account of the non.arrival of pot.
the Elson Glass Works at Martins Fer
ry will not open up as soon as expected
These Works are pronounced as anon.
the most complete in the United States
THE eoasting accidents are not all il
yet, although we have not heard of an
fatal one in this neighborhood yet. On
day last week a Barnesville boy namet
Earnest Edgar came near knocking hi
brains out against a fence.
L. C. BOYD, boot and shoe mer
chant. of Martins Ferry, in attemptiD,
to cross Wheeling creek, on horseback
one day last week, was thrown from hi
horse into the creek. by it's slipping an,
falling on the ice. The horse succeeds
in getting to shore. dragging Mr.. Z
along, or be would have drowned.