Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-03
NeighbOrIsOOd Notes.

Brilliant is going to organize build
ing and loan association, aud wants
big hotel.
About $4,000 bushels of oats have
been shipped into Harrison county dur
ing the past few months, from other
parts of the State.
A few days ago, at BuzZards Glory,
Noble county, Theodore Glidden was
lifting pot of boiling water from the
stove, when the handle broke. and tie
water striking his wife and child sitting
near BY, they were both badly scslded-
the infant, it is thought, fatally.
THE Guernsey county farmers have
organized Wool Growers and Stock
Breeders Associations.
Noble county suffered considerable
from the flood last week. Duck creek
was seven inches higher than ever be-
fore known. The railroads and the
county suffered the loss of several
bridges each. and considerable private
property was washed away.
A subscription book, looking to the
raising of $4,000 to get the machine
shops of the B., z. s. c. road, has been
opened at Caldwell.
Mrs. Ira Collins and child, of Olive,
Noble county, were poisoned few days
ago from eating canned peaches.
A large number of the residents of
Lore City, Guernsey county. have been
attacked with a severe sore throat. 1t
seems to be epidemic.
Nothing has yet been beard of Miss
Lottie Yost, who mysteriously disap-
peared from ClaringtOn, Monroe county,
four or five weeks ago.
Transportation of mails was seriously
interrupted in some of our neighb"ring g
counties the fore part of last week by
the floods.
The Eastern Ohio Teachers Associa-
ton held FIVE days interesting session
at Cambridge last week.
Grandmother SigBan, aged over 90
years. one of the oldest residents of
Guernsey county, was buried on Christ
mas.
The floods last week in GUERNSEY
county were worse than for ten years.
Railroad and road bridges were washed
out and other damage done.
The young ladies of Cadiz refused to
receive calls on New Years, but stuck
the calling themselves.
Robert Henry. an old citizen of Steu
benville, has mvsterIouSly disappeared.
He was last seen on Monday of last
week.
Willie Schaeffer, aged nine years, of
Steubenviile, died last "Wednesday from
lock-jaw, caused by being struck in the
eye with stone few days previous.
R. c. Cline, of Cambridge, has been
promoted to Assistant General Passen-
ger Agent of the Wheeling & Lake Erie
railroad, with headquarters at Toledo.
Frank Mills, of Caldwell, had his leg
broken while hauling saw logs, one day
last week
Joseph Browning. of Deersville, Har-
rison county, hearing his wife scream
ing down in the COW yard the other eve
ming. rushed to her assistance and found
her fighting huge cepperhead snake.
She was tram ing the ground at fear
full rate, and Mr. Browning found an
other big copperhead near her and he
pursued IL 10 XIII it. It -enee-od- - hole
in the ground. Mr.. Browning at once
procured shovels and began to dig for
the reptile. He was soon rewarded for
his labOrs. for he found a regular den of
the serpents, and he had his hands full
quite while killing them. He finally
succeeded in annihilating the entire
nest of copperheads and on counting
them he found there we're 105 of tbs sli.
my reptiles lying dead around him. In
addition Mr.. Browning destroyed some
of next years crop of copperheads,for he
captured in the den SO eggs.-Zanesville
Signal.