Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-28
ONLY three more days of summer.

THE Woodsfeld Fair is being held this
week.
THE County Commissioners meet in
regular session next Monday.
THE Ohio Safe Fair will begin next
Monday and continue the entire Week.
PURE home Timothy seed, at GIL
MoRE's. S-2S 2t.-
The next teachers examination will
be held at ST. Clairsville, Saturday, Sept.
18th.
THE Second NJ. E. church, of Bellaire,
will hold 4 camp meeting at Bethel, be-
ginning Sept. 18th.
WM. PACK, an aged and respected cit.
izen of HeDdrySburg, died Wednesday
night of last week.
TRFAs. FEELFY is this week paying to
township and municipal treasurers their
spportionmont of taxes.
THREE or four of our ball players will
play with the Flushing nine to day, in a
contest with club from GUadenhutten.
The Harrisville brass band will fur
nish the music for the Fair next week, a
contract 10 that effect having been made.
THE St. Clairsville base ball club has
challenged the Bellaire Browns, but the
date for the game has not yet been ar
ranged.
/ THE Guernsey Times of Monday says
that Mrs. Rev. J. G. Black, OF near Bell
alre, is sick at David Blacks, in Centre
township.
Hon. HARVEY DANFoRD, of Wayne
tip, Is on trip to the Shenandoah Val
ley, where he cOntsmplates purchasing
some land.
Mr.. SAMUEL STILL, a prominent citi-
zen of Martins Ferry, died Monday, and
was buried Tuesday under the auspices
of the Odd Fellows.
| WORK on the foundation of the new
cooperative stove works was commenced
at Martins Ferry, Tuesday. The foun-
dry will be 6Ox60 feet.
A row in Jackson tp., Monroe county
saloon last Wednesday, resulted i'll the
| death of Israel Leasure, and seriously |
wounding of David Hines.
EDDIE CLAToR, of Wheeling. and Peter |
Priddy, Of Pittsburgh, have articled for
boat race, to take pace at Braddocks, |
Pa, on September 20. for $500 side.
ANOTHER saloon has been started in |
Martins Ferry, making about thirty in |
all. To an outsider it does not look as |
if they needed water works-sIart a |
brewery.
OUR friends in the neighborhood of
Somerton, should arrange for rousing |
M fnr IA,
lican candidate for Secretary of State, on
the 18th.
w. F. HUNTER, ESQ, and family, who
have resided in Woodsfeld, for many
years past, removed Tuesday to Zanes-
vile, where Mr.. Hunter expects larger
field for the practice of his profession,
the law.
WHILE attending the Fair, if you want
to see something handsome in the line
of marble and granite work, call on Ev-
ans & Close, marble workers, and take a
look at their stock. Their designs are
beautiful. |,
The Republicans of Martins Ferry
organized Monday night, by securing
over 100 names to a Blaine and Logan
club. Addresses weIe made by Col.
Peorman, of Bellaire, and Capt. Doven-
or, of Wheeling.
ALL the candidates are fence building
at The GAINESVILLE fair this week, with
the exception of Mayor Cooper, who is
at the Woudsfield fair. May be he in+
tends importing some voters from the
dark hills" of Monroe.
A NUMBER of invitations have been
sent out 10 the young society people of
neigh6Oring towns, requesting them to +
participate in the annual Fair dance,
VIII ch will be held in Welday's Hall, +
Thursday evening of next week. +
JOHN BUMGARNER, a cousin of our I
fellow townsman, III, r. BumgarAer, died
suddenly last Saturday evening, from
heart disease, at his home in Amity, Pa.
Mr. b. was here at our last Fair, and was
expected by his friends 10 be here next
week for this Fair, when they received +
the word Of his sudden death.
The new Farmers Hall, 32xS0 feet, /
will be fully completed and ready for
the fair. Let every farmer in Belmont
county help to fill up the new hall. Man
ufacturers will also take notice that we i
have very commodious implement hall,
and power will be furnished free by the
society. 1t.
THERE will be meeting at Fairpoint |
school house, Wheeling tp., on Saturday
evening of this week, for th5 purpose of $
organizing Blaine and Logan club.
Addresses will be delivered by ]. w
Nichols, Esq, of this place. and other
good speakers. Let there be good
turn out.
MRS. LETITIA CUNARD, wife of John
Cunard. Esq, residing 21s miles north
west of Loydsville, in Union township, I
died on Tuesday, from dropsy, after five !
days confinement to her room, aged
boys, 10 and IA respectively, are bereft !
by her death. lnterment in the NJ. +.
cemetery at MOrristown, on Wednesday.
GEN.HENRY R.WEsT,o of the Woodsfeld
Spirit, has had since the war. d sword !
which formerly belonged to Capt. J. II.
Skies, of the Musgrove Rifles OF Georgia,
taken from him in DecembeT 1862. Some
time ago. Mr.. West addressed cOmmu- !
nlcation TO the Columbus (Ga.) Sun. and
finding the address of the widow of Capt.
Skies, forwarded the sword to her last {
Friday.
MRS. LYDIA A., wife of WT. Humph- :
rey. Esq, of this place, died on Monday
evening, after lingering illness, from
consumption of the bowels. aged SO
years. Deceased was daughter of the ,
late Isaac Taggart. She leaves hus-
band, three children, and brothers and
sisters, who rave the sympathy of nu-
mereus friends. Interment OH Wednes-
day at p. m., in Union cemetery.
"JEPSON'S." L
GROCERIES, QUEENswARE. &C., sc.
At the old stand. opr rosite the TreaSurer's