Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-06-12
Town and Country.

Town and Country.
THE B. & o. railroad intends building
a new depot at Cambridge.
SOME wheat will be harvested in this
county during this month.
WE are informed that young squirrels
are plentiful in some localities.
THE old saving that leap year is good
fruit year, promises to prove good this
year.
A STATE convention of sherlffs will
be held in Columbus on the 5th of Au-
gust.
THE Bellaire Browns beat the Barnes
willie Athletic base ball club q to last
Thursday.
THE festival given by the Barnesville
G. A. r. Post on Memorial evening,
netted s75.
J. M. SHIPMAN, grocer of Martins S
Ferry, has made an assignment, to Neill
& Ellingham.
THoBuRN Posi- G. A. R., of Martins
Ferry, will picnic in Walnut Grove on
the 4th of July.
The next holiday is the 4th of July,
sad it will pass off in st. Clairsville just
like any other day.
MARTINS FERRY sighs for three inn
provements-water works, gas and a
new railroad station.
The Hendrysburg Sabbath schools
will hold urion picnic in grove near
that place On.July 4th.
THE Mayor of Martins Ferry reports
$40 fines paid in May, $57 worked out,
and S25 licenses collected.
The Alumni association in Bellaire
will hold banquet in Rink hall, ON
Friday evening OF this week.
r. S. BARNES, of Barnesville, has in
vented an improved hOd to carry berries
in. 1t is said to be a good thing.
JAMES FRASER, of the ST. Clair hotel.
was badly hurt last Thursday by being
kicked by horse, but is about again.
w. W. McMoNIEs killed mammoth
black snake, fest inch in length, last
Thursday, on their farm just east OF
town.
On Saturday, 21st inst, there is to be
q big dance and picnic on Eli Strahps
place, about one-half mile west of War
mock station.
JosYPH CAPsTACK, of Barnesville, an
employe of the Watt mining car wheel
n z a
pair of shears.
A BARNEsvILLFe exchange says berries
are being picked there 612 inches in cir
cumference OF course they don't grow
on every bush.
JOSEPH ]. CoNARD, of Barnesville.
counted 474 berries and blossoms on a
single hill of strawberries of the Crescent
Seeding variety.
The b., z. & G. road was appraised at
$1,000 per mile; sidings, $500 per mile;
rolling stock, 500 per mile; buildings,
S1,l90; total, S123,000.
THE general assembly of the U. P.
church held last week in st. Louis, ad-
journed to meet at Topeka. Kas., the
fourth Wednesday in May, 1885.
THE man who don't work when he
can find it to do is a dangerous man in a
community. There are only two classes
who can live without labor-the rich
and the thieves.
J. G. TAGGART has been re employed
to teach the Bannock school for another
year, at an increased salary. This will
be his third year at that place. Mr.. Tag
CART is a No. teacher.
j. +. PATTERSON, whose home is near
Bzrnesville, will graduate at Hopedale
College on the 10th inst. He has been
elected principal in the Steubenville
schools at salary of $500.
WE have received copy of the pre-.
MUM list of the West Va. State FAN
Association, which has come up of the
food, and will hold fair on September
8, 8, 10, IL, II and l3, 1884.
THE Wheeling township board of edu
oxtiuR has established a new sub-distric1
embracing the Coleman section in tha
township, and will build new schoo
house the present summer.
GAINESVILLE is now in the midst Of
the strawberry season, and is shipping 4
mucn larger crop than ever before, anC
getting good prices; the growers expect
at least $4,000 for the crop.
THOMAS LILLY, a Bellaire saloonist
was bound over to court last THURSDAY
by Mayor Cooper in the sum of $500, Oh
the charge of keeping gambling house
preferred by the city marshal.
On Saturday afternoon, May 3lst, Mrs
Jane Randolph. wife of Joseph Randolph
formerly of this place. died at her hom
at Kidd, from consumption, aged 3
years. The funeral occurred on Monday
interment at Union cemetery.
AT the meeting of the Martins Ferr
council on Tuesday evening of last weeh
the following levy for municipal pui
poses, vas reported: Lights, l mill
streets, mills; bonds and interest.
mills; water, = mill; general, u mill
total, mills.
AN exchange says: Here is warniH
to men who are too close listed to advel
tise: One of this description wanted
sell some land, so he put up write
notice In one of the hotels the other da,
A man who was inquiriDg for sma
farm was referred to the written notic'
when he replied, 81 can't buy land at
fair price from any man who does HI
advertising in that way. He'd steal tn
fence, the pump handle AMI The bar
doors, before he'd give up possession