Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-24
Town and Country.


APPLES are very scarce and bring a
high price in the Wheeling market.
Good Fresh Cow for Sale-Inquire
of j. F. Young, st. Clalrsville.-l-24 2tF
THE corrected time card of the c., l..
& w. railroad appears in this issue OF the
CHRONICLE.
THE good sleighing has made it some
what livelier about town, and is good for
trade of all kinds.
THE directors of the Belmont Glass Co,
at Bellaire, elected Charles IL. Tallman,
President. one day last week.
ALL EYES are now on the ground hog,
and the general hope is that he will be
have himself, and give us an early spring.
WIG. STEER, of GAINESVILLE, captured a
runaway boy in Cambridge last Thurs
day, and brought him back to his home
in Barnesgille.
For the past two weeks the small boy
has been getting in full time coasting.
The boy without sled has been the most
miserable being.
On the 9th day of next month, w. B.
SSkou uPOA l1lO VI NON4-N-
Clerk. We will then know, probably, vi ho
is to be his deputy.
THEsnow should be cleaned from the
cutters in front of business houses and
residences, otherwise a sudden thaw
might cause plethora OF waterin cellars.
THE time set for the holding of the
Ohio State fair this year is from Septem-
Der l to 6, inclusive, which, as last year,
is the same week as the st. Clairsvllle
fair.
THE farmer who says, "Pile on, boys"
when the street urchinS make rush for
his sled, has heart as big as half
bushel. He don't forget that he was a
boy once.
IT is probably worthy of mention that
not single Democrat from this place
went to Columbus to see Hoadly inau-
gurated Governor, except Col. j. F.
Charlesworth.
REV. w. T. GARRowAY was ordained
and installed pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Woodsfeld, on Tuesday OF last
week, at an adjourned meeting Of the st.
Clairsville Presbytery.
J.H. DENHAM, of this place, was elect
ed one of the directors of the Ohio ASso-
citation Of jersey Cattle Dealers at the
meeting of the association in Columbus,
on Tuesday of last week.
ONE day last week there were three
young men occupying adjoining cells IN
the Bellaire lookup, all of whom were
wanted by different trusting damSels,
who had not loved wisely but too well"
SENATOR HoGUE. of this district, has
been appointed on the following five COM
mittees in the Ohio Senate: Public Works,
Manufactures and Commerce, Benevolent
Institutions, Medical Societies and Sani-
tary Laws.
A COUNTRY FRIEND informs us that
the rabbits, squirrels and birds are per
ishing from the want of food and from
the continued cold. What game is still
alive, is too poor for food, and should be
protected instead of killed.
The Martins Ferry stove works
moulders have been notified that the
works will resume the first of next month
if they will go to work at 10 per cent. re-
duction. 1t is understood that they will
refuse to accept the reduction.
C.K. SKINNER has been elected Super
intendent of the Cambridge gas works
Uice o. d. Nelson. who it is said, took leg
bail, owing the company some $500. The
price Of gas has also been reduced to 81
per thousand, with the usual discounts to
large consumers.
THE case of the children of Charles
Smith VS.. four Bellaire saloon keepers,
under the Adair law, for selling liquor to
their father, tried last Wednesday, before
Mayor Cooper and jury, resulted IN
verdict of 800 for the plaintiffs. The
amount asked was $500.
THERE were three delegates from this
vicinity to the Miners State convention
in Columbus, on Tuesday, to wit: w. L.
Smith, of Steubenville; John Bowman, OF
Bridgeport, and George Harrison, of By
esville. Guernsey county. They repre-
sented over ], 200 miners.
AN exchange notes the fact that a
shepp-killing dog either attempts to bury
a portion, or leaves the carcass OF Its VIC
tim. for another visit, and suggests that a
good plan is to leave it undiSturbed, and
sprinkle it with strychnine. A dog car
cass is likely to be the harvest.
MONDAY MORNING was probably the
coolest experienced in this country for
many years, and the Thermometer
skipped around at will, according to
locality. At Lafferty station, c., l.. &
w. railroad, it registered at 7 o'cloc K
22o below zero; FairpOint, 20o below {;
Warnock, 16 , below; Powhatan, IA :
below; at St. ClairsSille. 50 below. The
morning was calm and clear.
A Run on a Drug Store.
Never Was such rush made for any
Drug Store as is now at Patterson's for
a Trial Bottle of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. All persons affected with Asth,
ma, Bronchitis, Hoarsen ess, Severe
Coughs or any affection of the Throat
and Tunps can get a Trial Bottle OF