Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-06-19
Town and Country.

Town and Country.
SHAVED heads are fashionable. but no
very fascinating.
The market is now stocked with mos
all kinds of garden sass"
OIL has been struck at the Byesyill'
coal mines near Cambridge.
ALVIN G. WHITE has been appointed
postmaster at Bethesda, this county.
ID. TAYLOR, of the Guernsey Times
and family, are visiting friends in Iowa
THE small boys and girls of Barnes
vile are making circus money picking
berries.
SPRING chickens are peeping, and theil
great grandmOthers are hurried OH tC
market.
SATURDAY Of this week, according to
the almanac, will be the longest day in
the year.
The cigar makers in the different fac
tories at Burrs Mills. talk of organizing
brass band.
bob WHITE" is now heard across the
fields of waving grain, heralding the
approach of harvest.
THE Republicans of Bridgeport have
organized club under the name of the
Blaine Mulligan Guards"
A NEW building 5Ox6O feet is to be
70 NalIau Ennndry af
Bellaire, doubling its capacity.
IT is expected that the new church at
East Richland wi ! be ready for dedica-
tion in the course of week or ten days.
AN A. NJ E. camp meeting will be
held on the Barnesvil)e fair grounds,
commencing July 10th, and lasting ten
days.
ALL the window glass manufactures
close down on July Ist for two months.
The majority of the employees will go
fishing.
The GAINESVILLE school beard has re-
Rolved against the announcement of trav-
cling shows or entertainments in the
schools.
WARREN township has organized q
Blaine and Logan club. In fact, every
township in the county is already being
organized.
The blast furnace at Martins Ferry
will shut down on the 1st of July, to
make improvements and take the annual
inventory.
TIE saloon at Fairpoint has closed up,
hlu for of If
may open again when the fishing season
commences.
THE Bellaire gas well. at depth Of
1,750 feet, on Tuesday of last week struck
the long looked for vein of sand. but no
sign of gas appeared.
SAMUEL COCHRAN has purchased the
dray of John Wilson, and is now posses
sor of the rights and franchises Of that
ofice at both depots.
BARNEsvILLE is justly proud of her
berries. Hon. Samuel Hilles is reported
to have sold quart last week that con-
tanned just twelve berries.
The Bellaire steel works is turning
out 60 tons of nail plate per day, which
10 equal to about 1,200 kegs of nails, the
full capacity of ths factory:
A SABBATH school has been organized
1t Hunter, in this county. with John
Lamp, Superintendent; A. II. Bolon, Sec
retary; NJ. D. Craig, treasurer.
In might be worthy of mention that
fires were not at all uncomfortable last
Saturday. We were compelled to have
them in every room of the office.
EMMA, the IA year old daughter of
Phillip and Emma Hunt, of Burr's Mills,
died on the 7th inst, from spotted fever,
after an illness of only 80 hours.
The juvenile Republicans of this place
have organized Blaine and Logan club.
They can't vote, but they can help make
noise and keep up the enthusiasm.
T. j. II. TAGGART, who has taught
school for several years past in this
county, has been elected principal Of the
schools at Jerusalem, Monroe county.
The Bellaire G. A. r. Post will picnic
on the Fourth in Crangle's orchard, out
the b., 2. & C. road. Proceeds to 60 to
paying balance due on the soldiers mon.
ument.
The Bellaire council last week passed
a resolution granting the use of the pub
lie square for campaign purposes, the
parties to pay for whatel er damage may
be done.
1T is said that Bellaire will send ful
car load to the Democratic National con
vention. They may not think it, bul
they will be as completely lost in Chi
cago as cork in mid ocean.
A COLUMBUS dispatch says that Hon
David Wagner, of this county, is being
prominently mentioned in connection
with the Democratic nomination fol
Member Board of Public Works.
JOHN JAMES, an employe of the Bel
laire steel plant, had three fingers sc
badly crushed last Thursday that they
had TO be amputated, DIR. G. A. Close
performing the surgical operation.
HENRY GUTHRIE, of Martins Ferry
had trial before Mayor Mitchell and
jury on Saturday, and was found guilty
Of abusing John Stewart. a lad he had
taken from the Children's Home to raise
ONE of the soldiers interested in get
ting up the reunion of the 126th o. Y. L.
at Flushing, on the 2sth of August, in
forms us that an effort is being made Il
have Barclay Cooper, of Wheeling. {
former treasurer of this county, and 8
member of the regiment, to address th,
boys on that occasion.