Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-06-05
JUNE bugs are plentiful.

. 1 JUNE euto dic plCutllui.
TIE ST. Clair hotel is being improved
, by coat of paint.
THE boy with the ragged toe ha:
made his appearance.
The BeIlaire gas well is now down
: 500 feet. but yet there is DO gas.
: GOOD blue grass pasture for rent. In
quire of George Brown. e-I.
D. TAYLOR, editor of the Guernsey
Times, and family, ale in the Jam al
Chicago.
IT now announced that there will
! be no admission fee to the BellaIre COM
mencemenL
THE hammock is now stretched. and
those who have nothing else to do, swing
idly to and fro.
Rev. SLATER BROWN will preach at
Cherry Hill school, hOGje next Sabbath
afternoon, at o'clock.
The commencement of Scio college
will be held on the 18th inst, in shady
grove. near the college.
GEO. w. METCALF, formerly of Bel
mont, has assumed entire control OF the
Lansing (Iows) Mirror.
THIS week Wn. Wood will lay out
another addition of some 20 lots to the
town of Martins Ferry.
THE Pennyroyal reunion has been
changed to August 20 and q, to avoid
conflict with the Barnesyille fair.
On June 1Ith, applicants for positions
as teachers in the Barnesyille schools
will be examined by the city board.
ELDER WM. G. TODD will preach at
the Disciples church in Morristown
next Sunday, morning and evening.
STRAWBERRIES made their first ap-
pearance in the st. Clairsyille market on
Monday, and sold two boxes for 25 cts.
READY FOR THE BRUsH-Paints ready
mixed for use; very handy and very
cheap, At 5lS3t VESTS.
THE heavy frosts of last week done
but little damage to vegetation on the
bills, and the fruit is reported as unin
jured.
| IT is stated that the M..sunic Lodge
at Belmont, known as "HaZen Lodge" is
to be removed to Morristown at an ear
ly day.
| o. Y. L., held at Flushing, August 18th,
1884. All honorably discharged soldiers
are invited TO attend.
The iron workers strike has been
averted, the old scale having been agreed
upon and signed, and the wheels Of int
dustry will continue to reyolve.
JOSEPH HARTsELL was before Mayor
Mitchell. of Martins Ferry, Saturday,
charged with bastardy, and was bound
over to court in the sum Ut $500.
BoAEDING.-GoOdb board and comfort
able apartments by the day, week or
month, may be secured at /. M. Sbep-
pard's. east Main street. Terms reason
able. 29-2t*
IT seems that the business men of
Barnesville have gone back on the early |
closing agreement, some of them having |
signIfed their intention of keeping late |
hours.
THE 40th anniversary OF the marriage |
of Rev. and Mrs. J. Y. Ashenhurst, will |
be celebrated at their home, High Ridge, |
tomorrow (Friday). A pleasant time
is anticipated.
SMOOTH sections for all the moving |
machines in this region kept On hand at |
Vests hard ware store. We are also
prepared to order repairs for all machines
on short notice. Fl. WEST & Son.
ROBERT MCFARLAND, of near New
Athens, a lay delegate of Wheeling
Presbytery of the Q. P. church to the
General Assembly at st. Louis, started
for that place on Tuesday of last week.
THOMAS MoKNIGHT, one of the oldest
citizens of Mead township, and the last
survivor of the war of 1912 in this coun-
ty, died last Saturday, aged "a years. He
had lived in Belmont county for 20 years.
Hon. SAMUEL HILLEs, BaruesvilIe,
and David Brown, Esq, of this town
ship, went to the Chicago convention On
Monday. James d. Arick. accompanied
the w. Va. delegation on Sunday, from
Wheeling.
THOMAS K. SHELDON, manager. and
G. w. YOst, Secretary, of the Bellaire
bottle works, have Withdrawn from that
institution to accept similar positions in
IA larger bottle factory in Chicago. Mr..
[. K. Smith will assume the secretary
ship of the Bellaire works.
AFTER consultation with attorneys,
the commissioners of Harrison county
found they had np discretion in approx
ing or rejecting the bid of j. r. Tim
mons, for the construction of the Cadiz
& Unionvale pike, and accordingly ap-
proved the same without contest.
THE Gadiz Republican says that "the
farmers of eastern Ohio, so far as we
can learn, will be slow to sell their wool
at the prices that have been suggested,
so to 80 cents. They know that it can't
possibly 20 any lower, and there is at
least the chance that it may 60 higher"
For SALE-Two fine thoroughbred
(recorded) short horn bulls-a yearling
and two year old-for sale on reason
able terms. Apply to d. |. HAYS, l.
29-3t* Oakdale. Belmont CO., o.
A TENT MEETING will be held in this
place by the Seventh day Adventists,
beginning Saturday evening. June TIN,
and continue as long as the interest may
demand. Services begin at 7:30 p. 10.
All are invited; admission free. Re
member, services every evening, also on
Sunday, at the tent, near the Methodist
church, in the old fair ground.
REV. j. NJ. FARRAR, pastor of the U.
p church at Harrisville, has accepted a
call to the 4th U. P. church of Philadel-
phia, and will remove there with his
family about the 1st of July. 1t is ex-
pected that the Wheeling Presbytery,
which meets at Harrisville, June 10th,
will release him from his charge there.
MALTA plow blades for single and
double shovel plows. at Vests. 5-3t
IN the Supreme Court at Columbus,
on Tuesday. leave was given to file peti