Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-03-06

Go 10 the New Grocery
GILMORES.
At Cowen Bros cid stand.
For FRESH GROCERIES.
FRIEND WILLIAMSON. sent to he Ohio
Penitentiary from Monroe county III
1879, for seven wears for maRslaughter.
was pardoned by Gov. Hoadly last Fri
day
JAS. GORDoN's sale was well attended
on Tuesday, and property of all kinds.
especially stock. brought big prices
Auctioneer Clark did the crying" and
made it count.
The electors of Martins Ferry will
vote at the coming spring election on the
proposition of issuing bonds to the
amount of $4,000. to build achool
house in the First ward.
REV. w. H. LOCKE. D. D. and D. D.
Taylor and daughter, of Cambridge, left
for Washington on Tuesday, to attend
the Tooth meeting of the Baltimore An
nual Conference OF the NJ. Z. church.
CHAPLFs JEFFERSON. three card
monte man. was arrested in Bridgeport
on Monday while plying his game, and
fined $50 by Mayor Junkins Beisg
unable to liquidate, he was brought here
To jail.
THE Democratic county committee Of
Monroe, met at WOodsfeld last Friday,
and decided to hold the Democratic pri-
mary election, for the purpose of nOmiD
ating a Democratic ticket, on Monday,
April 7th.
CHARLEY Cook, cOlored lad of Bel
laire. last saturday tapped the till in NJ.
>onneborn's store. getting Ss2. He plead
guilty before Mayor Cooper. and was
handed over to the tender mercies of the
Probate Court.
THE quarterly meeting in the n. E.
church will occur next sabbath, Marcel
9, instead of April 9, as errOneuusly
printed last week. Preaching on Satur-
day at p. N. The Presiding Elder will
be present during the services.
BILLS printed at this office announce
sales of personal property, stock, &c, as
follows: J. B. Ramage, near Bruce sta
tion. Tuesday, March IL. Isaac T. Craft,
north of St. Clairsvilie, on Tuesday,
March IS.
THE literary societies connected with
Franklin College are making ample
for furnishing their halls
In the new building. These societies
have always been working power in
this college, and promise still to go on
and prosper.
THE season for job printing has now
opened, and the CHRONICLE is better
than ever TO furnish work of
all kind. We have lots of work on
hands. but will always lind time to do
any printing that may be intrusted to
us with neatness and dispatch.
Two HUNDRED Barnesyille Repubh-
cans were interviewed as to their first
choice for President, says the Republi-
can, with the following result: Blaine
l56, John Sherman 20 Gen. w. T. Sher-
man I, Lincoln I. Harrison 8. Edmunds
?, Logan l, Hswley l, Arthur l, Grant l,
ConkIing 1.
THE New York syndicate which fur
nished the money to build the B., L. &
c. road and to purchase the MuskingUm
River road, held meeting at GAINESVILLE
Jne day recently, and decided to retain
the old officers. which is an endorsement
If The President, Col. Mooney, and the
Board of Directors.
THE committee appointed in Bellaire
to investigate how much it would cost
To repair The wrecked homes of the peo
pie who were unable to do so themselves,
has male ont list of such persons, and
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The work. and has forwarded such report
TO the State Committee.
THE miners of this district met in con-
yeution at Bellaire last Friday and elect
ed W. L. Smith, StewartSville, President;
w. IL. Turner. Cambridge, Secretary; Pat
rick Maloy, Cambridge, Treasurer. They
will support the miners at Rainey's coal
works, who are resisting a cut in wages
below last summers rates.
FRENCH HUNT, Of Barnesville, passed
a gilded nickel for five dollar gold
piece at Stephen Bailey's store. and re-
ceivng the change skipped from town,
but was arrested in GAINESVILLE and
brought back, aud is now in jail in de
fault of bond IN the sum of $500. French
has faculty of getting into trouble.
THE Ohio Agricultural Experiment
station will test your seed corn free of
cost. Select 100 ears, and take one grain
from the center, but and tip of each ear,
and send to the experiment station at Co
lumbus. We advise farmers either to
take advantage Of this offer, or make sat-
test themselves before planting.
]. H. JOHNSTON, the Gun Man, or better
known as owner and proprietor of the Great
Western Gun Works, Pittsburgh, Pa, will
mail free large illustrated catalogue of Rifles,
Shot Guns, Revolvers, sc. He will send you
d gun by express; you can examine it at ex
press office, and if not satisfactory return it
at his cost. This is certainly a very fair
and is guarantee of honest
dealing.
CHAN. WADDELL. a youth of -, Was
brought over from Belmont on Friday,
and placed in Jail. charged with burglary.
He and another small boy were arrested
for breaking into the cellar. of a vacant
building belonging to I. Fred, while in
search of old iron, and young Waddell
being unable to give 500 bond was
brought to Jail. The boy was released
by Judge Kelly on Monday on writ of
habeas corpus.
A Case that Puzzed the Whole