Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-09-27

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Summerield, October 1st.
BLANKETS, cheap as you want.
F. TROLL & Sons.
THAT show in Wheeling on Saturday
and excursion over the Northern-don'i
forget.
THE Monroe County Fair was sue
cess this year, netting $4OO above ex.
penses.
HoADLY, Pendleton, Warner and
Crowell, ,are billed to speak atWoodsfeld
on Thursday, October 4.
A FULL and complete assortment of
colors and sizes of ladies' and misses
and children's Jerseys,<at
F..TRotL 6 Sons.
Make your arrangements to be
at the Election next Tuesday week
THE election day is only one week
from next Tuesday. Republicans, have
you made your arrangements 10 be
present at the polls?
MAYOR COOPER, of Bellaire, sentenced
George Pengratz, last Friday, to pay a
fine of $25 and to be confined in Jail 20
days, for wife beating. A just sentence.
FoREPAUGH'S great show is to be in
Wheeling next Saturday, and the North
ern railroad will sell round trip tickets,
including admission to the show, for
81 20.
+. TROLL & Sons have the largest
stock of Dry Goods, Notions, fine Dress
Goods, ladies and gentlemen's Furnish
ing Goods, Boots and Shoes,ever brought
to st. Clairsville.
IN the sweepstakes pace, ,at the Woods
field fair last week, C. G. Williams
Harry Scott" of this place, took first
money, 500. Six heats were required
to settle the race.
"MEssRs. THOMPSON AND DkRRAH, of
st. Clairsville, joined the drum corps at
the Fair" says the Woodsfield Spirit.
We don't know what that means, but
suppose it's all right.
Hon. GEO. L. CONVERSE, of Ohio, and
Senator I. Upton, of Nebraska, are ad
yertiSed to address the Barnesville
Democracy on Thursday eve, and the
st. Clairsvi,le Democracy on Friday
evening.
CONSERVATIVE MEN estimate that the
prohibition amendment will receive 1900
majority in Guernsey county, and even
in Democratic Monroe it is claimed that
the amendment will receive a majority
of the votes.
A CHANGE about has occurred in the
agents of the Northern and Narrow
gauge. Mr.. VIM. H. Mcbride assumes
the position of conductor and agent for
the Narrow-gauge,an land Mr.. James White,
who formerly occupied that position,
takes the agency for the Northern.
THE marriage of Mr. Nathan r. Smith
of near Harrisville, to Miss Lizzie Nj,
BransoH, daughter of David Branson.
, Esq, was SOlemniZed according to the
Friends ceremony, at the Meeting
House in Flushing. on Wednesday. die
bridal party was given handsome re
ception at the residence of the brides
parents after the ceremony.
THE meeting in Bellaire last Satur-
DAY for the purpose of organizing a
Horse Thief Detective Association ef-
Iected temporary organization, with
w. M. Drugan, President, and Maurics
'ios OcOiCldigs u COululII6e was aD-
pointed to draft constitution and by
laws. Twenty-eight men were enrolled,
and Saturday. October 9th, set as the
time for next meeting aud permanent
organization.
MRS. ADA WAY, relict of the late
Judge John ). Way, died at her home in
WoodsIeld, on Monday morning. aged
about As years. Deceased was a sister
of I'll. h. West, Esq, editor of the Woods
held Split, and a cousin of J. w. Shan
non, Esq, Of this piaces She was
daughter of the late Thos. West. Mrs.
way was kind, benevolent lady, and
much beloved by large circle of friends
and acquaintahces. who deeply sympa-
thlZe with those who are more nearly
connected and beIeaved.
DIR. JOSEPH NJ. MITCHELL, of this
township, one oftb correspondents to
the Ohio BOard of Agriculture, has fur
hlshed us with the following interesting
statistics: Of 2S9 acres of wheat thresb-
ed In this township principally,the weld
was 1914 bushels-an average of lOL
bushels to the acre. o 92 acres of oats.
the yield was 3,S12 bushels--an average
oil 4OA bushels per acre. The above
was Lhreshed by Beam G. Norris. The
wheat the same parties threshed last
year, showed an average of 81 bushels
TO the acre. MIR. Mitchell places the
condition of the corn at 1875 per cent.
and damage by the late frusts, at I5 per
per cent.