Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-03
Town and Country.

Town and country
The glorious Fourth tomorrow.
FEEcKLEs are now apparent and arr
fashionable.
BUTTON hole boquets are now called
"dude-drops.
NEW mown hay is filling the country
with its fragrance.
HARVEST is now the eDgrossing topic
among our rural friends.
RAspBERRIEs are in the market, and
retail ut ten cents per box.
TAX PAYING time is past, yet the
Treasurer will still receive your money.
AMOS HIBBs, of Sewellsville, has had
patented An apparatus for harvesting
fruits.
WHAT is it that goes most against the
farmers grain just now? The reaplng
machine.
THE first services in the new Quaker
church at East Richland, will be held on
July 18th.
BARNesvILLE has a junior Blaine and
Logan club, which started off with 81
members.
BELLAIRE will pay S2.24 in taxes for
all purposes, on every 500 valuation,
for the ensuing year.
TIE green apple season, the colicest of
the year, makes the urchin miserable
and the doctors happy.
Col. TAYLOR will address Sabbath
school basket picnic gathering at Som
erton, on the Fourth.
THE six weeks stop in the manufac-
tories is now in furce, and fishing camps
dot all the creek banks.
On July 18th, Burr Robbins show will
be in GAINESVILLE, and the Poplar City"
is paralyzed with happiness.
Hon. J. d. TAYLOR is on the program
for an address at the Pennyroyal Reunion
near Fairview, August goth.
THE G. A. R. Post at Cadiz was insti-
tuted on last Friday by Departments
Commander, Col. r. B. Brown.
A VALUABLE mare belonging to John
Bernard, of Mt. Olivet, was killed by
lightning Tuesday of last week.
THE council of Bsllaire has decided to
throw open the public square to circuses.
at 500 rent, besides usual license.
OUR farmer friends are requested to
give US items of their harvest big yield
Sc, anything that may be of general in
terest.
PAT CURRAN, of Bellaire, has entered
suit against the B. & o. for damages.
caused by having his cart mashed up by
q train.
A COUNTRY editor writes to friend:
II still support my reputation by pub-
fishing newspaper and my family by
saving wood"
THE Bellaire gas company will meet
on Saturday, to consider the question OF
increasing their capital stock. to make
needed improvements.
THE fair pamphlets are being printed
at the CHRONICLE office job rooms this
week. The board of managers are going
to push things for good fair.
A. J. MCFARLAND, ESQ. is erecting
two handsome residences on his lots, At
the end of Marietta street. That prom
ises to be desirable locality.
EDDIE CLAToR, the Wheeling oars
man, is training Hell, the Bellaire Kid,
for his race with Manton, of Wheeling,
Tor $500, to be rowed July 10th.
81. C. BARLOW. grocer of Flushing,
was closed on attachments issued by
StrattoR, Stanton & Co., of that place,
and Brannum & Sons, of Bridgeport.
VENUS is new the evening star, and is
In her greatest glory. Those out on a
clear evening cannot fail to observe her
comet-liks brilliancy in the western sky.
THE travelling auditor of the B. & o.
road, J. A. Kearney, ESQ.,, was in town
last week, and made |. H. Patterson,
Esq, agent for that company at this
place.
The new Bellaire water works started
up this week, and the city will now have
IN abundance of this necessary article,
which they have not enjoyed for some
months past.
THE late festival of the Hendrysburg
dramatic company netted $50. which
BoOo w Vic o1ANO0 paving Iuuu 1Hoic
is sSme get up" about the young folks
of that village.
THE Wheeling crooks found guilty of
burglary in Guernsey common pleas last
wesk, were sentenced: James Martin 10
years. Frank Dale years, and Charles
Dunlap years.
THE Athletic base ball club of Barnes
willie has hired GAINESVILLE pitcher. Our
base ball boys say if they would hire
eight more men they might make a show
on the diamond.
The Cadiz Republican says: "Quite a
large amount of wool has been sold in
the western part of this county at about
80 cents a pound. But little has been
sold as yet in the eastern townships"
SEVERAL st. Clairsvile parties went
on the c., l.. 81 w. excursion to Cleye-
land last week. dump" Thompson,
the barber, having secured situation
at his trade in Cleveland, will make tina;
his home.
A LARGE amount of 4th of July ora
tory will be let loose over the country
to morrow. The proud bird of freedom
will flop his wings and scream with de
light. A large number of lies will be
told about 1.-The man who never told .
lie" and after it is all over, the patriot
ism will be bottled up for another year
only to be loosed again. Truly, this is ,
great country.