Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-03
Town and Country.
IcE formed SATURDAY might.

Ice formed Saturday night.
DID you kick hat with brick in it
Tuesday?
A CITIZENS industrial exposition is
talked of In BarDesVille.
ATTEND the sale of stock on the Fair
Grounds to-day. Thursday.
THE tickets are nominated now, and
the preliminary agony is over. II
THE fields are turning green. and few
days OF spring will bring out the wild
flowers.
THE Masons of Flushing talk of erect
ing q new lodge room during the coming
summer.
BARNEsvILLE will celebrate Arbor
day by planting shade trees on the Fair
Grounds.
IT is reported that two Bridgeport
saloon men are tired of the business and
will retire.
J. B. RHODES, of SarahsvilIe. has been
appointed train dispatcher, for the B.,
z. s. C. road.
TIE jumpirg rope issbeing brought
out, and the undertakers are preparing
for a boom.
APRIL, which should bring sunshine,
showers, early howers, rhHbarb and
onions, is here.
GARDEN cultivation and sun bonnets
are here. Suitable weather for the same.
will be popular.
IT is expected that the steel works at
Bellalre will be ready for operation in a
week OF ten days.
SUBSCRIBERS who change their post
Office address this week, will please no
tify US promptly.
MRS. JAMES NJ. PAUL., of New Athens
has rented and taken possession of the
Hanover Hotel, at Martins Ferry.
Two nimrods of Shields have in the
past six weeks killed 50 possums, 2S
skunks, coons aud ground hogs.
y BRIDeEPoRT will have new ballot
boxes for the spring election. The old
ones were burned in the Heinlein block
fire.
Gov. HoADLY has appointed John NJ.
Amos, of the Caldwell Press, to be q
Trustee of the Athens Asylum for the
Insane.
The citizens of Barnesville are in the
midst of big argument as to the pro
pristy of paying the Mayor $500 salary
Per year.
The temperance folks Of Martins
Ferry nominated Albert link, E. D.
Cattell and J. T. Haues for members of
School Board.
On the fourth page of this paper will
be found an interesting account OF Kan
sas' liberal donation of corn to the Ohio
river flood sufferers.
IT is said that zone can write best
when alone" 1t is plainly evident, then,
that certain pencil pusher We know,
has lots Of company.
REV. SLATER BROWN will preach at
the Maynard church on next Sabbath.
April 5th. We understand that he is
pastor in charge there.
C. H. STRAHL has resigned as Super
intendent and Secretary of the Bellaire
gas works, and John Furguson appointed
to take charge Of the same.
A PARTY of gypsies went through
town last Friday and carried away sew
eral dollars, the pay for the credulity OF
those who had their fortunes told.
THE fight against the gas company in
Cambridge is over, the citizens at last
realizing that it was better to have gas
at SO per Thousand than live in the dark.
THE Bellaire Democrat was not sold,
il seems, as was reported last week, but
has been leased to Messrs. Alb. Dunlap
and Marion Huffman, who will continue
its publication.
THE sale of furniture at the National
hotel last Saturday was well attended,
and competition in bidding was lively
at times. Good prices were obtained for
most goods sold.
WM. MCGRAw, of Bellaire, whe was
knocked down by sleigh last winter,
and was severely injured about the head,
died last Thursday evening from the
effects of the injuries, aged IA years.
Our correspondents should remember
that We want news-not slurs and insln-
uations. We regret that such an item
crept into our columns last week in the
Pleasant Hill letter. 1t will not occur
again.
THE st. Clairsville dramatic company,
with John w. Grassland as manager,
have rented room in the Dickey build
ing, and aIe engaged in the rehearsal of
the temperance drama entitled: THE
Social Glass.
JOSEPH j. JARRETT, of Centerville,
who was in the buggy with Daniel Aller
ut the time he was killed at Warnock, Is
slowly recovering from his injuries, but
it will be some time yet before he can
use his right arm.
DR.. B. +. TALBOT, the dentist, has
arranged to remain in st. Clairsville. He
will continue the dentistry business in
his rooms almost opposite this Office. He
is an excellent workman, and merits a
share of patronage.
The April meeting of the Eastern
Ohio Horticultural Society will be held
on Saturday, at j. T. Sconeld's ofics in
Barnesville. The subject fer discussion
is "Ths Kitchen Garden" opened by J.
V. McLane. Esq.
Martins Ferry, have been out on strike
for long time. The owners of the
mines could not pay the price demand
ed, and have abandoned the mines, NOV
ing the personal property to other points.