Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-31
TIME to SOW turnip seed.

COUNTERFEIT silver dollars, date ot
1884, are in circulation.
CAMP meetings and soldiers reunions
are now the order of the day.
A CAMP of the Sons of Veterans was
organized at Barne5ville on Wednesday
evening.
FIFTY-sIX teachers were enrolled at
ehe Institute at Barnesville during the
first week.
AT the teachers examination in Bel
laire Wednesday, there were only two
applicants.
The Bellaire gas light and coke COM
psny mas increased its capital stock from
$4,000 TO 100000.
A UNION depot. for the different roads
entering Bellaire, a much needed conve-
nience, is being agitated.
JASON HoBENsACK, formerly of Mar
tinsferry, has opened a drug store in
Green county, Pennsylvania.
THE long needed rain came last Thurs
day. and it was good, wet one. 1t has
been keeping it up ever since.
THE sale of booths, boarding tents, &C..
for the BarDesville fair, will take place
on the grounds next Saturday.
ONE of the new pumps at the Bellaira
water works was started on Friday, and
the city now has an abundance of water.
The grocery and confectionery store
of j ohm Beazle, Martinsferry, was closed
Tuesday of last week by Pittsburgh
parties.
JOHN HoRDLEY, an empleye at the
coal works hear Bridgeport, had his
shoulder badly crushed Friday, by fall
of slate.
Rev. E. r. JONES, pastor of the Mar
tinsferry M. E. church, has been granted
four weeks leave of absence by bis
church.
THE Blaine and Logan club of barnes
vile will attend the meeting of ex-Sen
ator Bruce at Cambridge, on August Z,
in a body.
WHERE the water in the river was
fifty-sIx feet deep at Wheeling in Feb
ruary, last week it was less than three
feet deep.
The pamphlet premium lists of the
Belmont County Fair, which is to be
held at this place September 8, 4 and 5,
are being circulated.
For drinking and carousing in the
cemetery on Sunday, Mayor Baker, OF
Barnesville. charged four young men OF
that place $3.50 each.
PETER GOLDMAN, an employe of the
Riverside coal works. Bellaire, WAS seri>
ously injured Wednesday of last week,
by fall of soapst0ne.
MARTINsFERRY folks are happy be+
cause they are to have street lamps,
which are being put up. There are 100
of them, at cost of 50 each.
G. FRED LEHMAN, of Powhatar, had six
tumors removed from his head 10y Bel
laire physicians last Wednesday. They
had been growing for ten years.
THE new school house at Harrisville
is uBder roof, and is being plastered by
s. McCabe, of Martinsferry. The new
building is to have 400 pound bell.
d. B. LITTLE, ESQ, of Cambridge, has
been appointed Auditor and General
Freight and Ticket Agent of the B., 2.
& C. road, with headquarters at Woods
Geld.
The wind storm of last Thursday did
considerable damage to trees, roofs, ETC.,
ut Bridgeport and vicinity. One end of
the C. & P freight depot was damaged
somewhat.
A VALUABLE COW belonging to James
Keen, of Bellaire, was poisoned one day
last week by some malicious scoundrel,
who fed the animal parlor matches mixed
with bran.
ST. GAINESVILLE saloons occupy Main
street, while the churches are all on
back streets. That is what yOu might
call keeping religion in the back ground
%. V. News.
OF the sixteen Guernsey county saloon
keepers, only five have paid the Scott
law tax. The prosecuting attorney has
brought suit against the others to com
pei them to pay.
Conductors on the B., 2. & c. road
are required after August l, to make an
additional charge of ten per cent. to pas
sengers who fail to purchase tickets al
stations where they are sold.
JUSTICE BARNES, of Barnesville, fined
two chaps of that place S15 each for fur
nishing liquor to a man in the habit Oi
becoming intoxicated. A little work OF
that kind about here might be beneficial
TIE board of education of Martins
ferry last week let the contracts for The
erection of the new First Ward scboo
building. The contracts let amount tC
about $1,000, and were about all to homs
parties.
NEXT Tuesday is the Democrat,
county convention at Barnesville. Tn,
delegates we're elected Saturday, and tn,
candidate is busy this week, making hi,
last round and telling why the count,
will be safe in his hands.