Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-05-01
THE 6rst day of May.

WHooPING COUGH is bothering thu
young folks at Hendrysburg.
WE hope that the May flowers may b
more plentiful than the April showers
THE commencement exercises of the
Martins Ferry high schools will be held
May S0th.
The warm weather makes the bees gC
to work, and the corner loafers and hens
to setting.
YESTERDAY the time of the oyster ex.
pired. We will hear of him again in
September.
TWENTY FOUR car loads of German
emigrants passed west over the B. & o.
last Friday,
THE light hearted grasshopper has
made his appearance, but don't feel very
fresh as yet.
THE Louisville dramatic club will
give entertainments at Belmont, Fair
view and Flushing.
w. A. BRAIDEN, of Warnock, started
on Monday tor Chetopa, Kansas, where
he expects 10 locate.
THE premium list for the next Harri-
son county fair was published in the
Cadiz papers last week.
The bright green grass is making the
country attractive; 1t also makes COED
butter aud plenty Of It,
SAM. CHAMBERS, formerly drug
cisrk of thIs place, is now In charge Of
the Maxwell hotel at Boilaire.
WHEN completed, the new Bellaire
water works ~lli have d capacity OF
100000 gallons every "a nourr.
The German congregation at Martins
Ferry contemplate tne erection uf hne
new church iu the near future.
The Bellaire Ind, pendent asks: when
will The public square, that nov looks
like neglected Uaruyaru, he liked up!
The SIeubenville Gazette has proposed
Tiideu for the hist place and Pendleton
for second, as Presidential cUmbIna-
tion.
A LARGER number of buildings will
be erected In Baruesyitie the coming
summer, than for The past five yeaiS to-
gether.
The "shoop of the housewife is heard
In all directions, which leads TO the cos
clusion that the garden is in and the
hens are busy.
THE council of Martins Ferry decided
TO allow the people to vote on the water
works question, after which plans will
be agreed upon.
GAINESVILLE is to have a strawberry
festival this week, benefit of the high
school orchestra. The berries are to
come from the south.
LIB. WIDDoEs, of Sewellsville, who
smigrated to Kansas a couple of months
ago, has returned. and says Ohio is good
enough place for him.
Mrs. DIR. MARKLE, of Steubenville,
died on Saturday, 10th inst, aged 70
years. She was sister of Z. w. john
son. formerly of this place.
SOME twenty-five window glass work
srs from Kent, Ohio, arrived in Bellaire
last Friday, to fill places made by the
starting Of the Enterprise works.
MAYOR MITCHELL, of Martins Ferry,
gave "Flicker" Coss ninety days in the
county Jail last Thursday, on the same
old charge, "drunk and disorderly."
Go TO J. B. Hege's drug store, oppo-
site the st. Clair hotel, for your wall
paper and window shades. Largest stock
in the county and at low prices. 24-2t
AT meeting of the board Of educa-
tion of Washington tp.: on Monday of
last week, it was decided to levy tax
of $1,000, for tie purpose of erecting a
new school house.
THE next meeting of the Eastern Ohio
Horticultural Society will be held In
Barnesville on Saturday of this week
Miss Annie b. Hill, of the Quaker City
Independent. essayist
AID. DUNLAP, worthy young mar
who lived few miles north of Flush
ing, died suddenly on Thursday, April
18th, from cranp collie, and Was buried
on the Saturday following.
The commencement exercises of oul
graduating class viii be held in Welday'i
Hall on Thursday evening, May 10Th
The class of "a consists of three youns
ladies and one young gentleman.
TRY Bellaire Independent says that
the origin of the recent frequent fires II
that city has been reliably traced TO a 10
of half grown boys, whose minds h2y'
been poisoned by trashy literature.
A MASS MEETING will be held in Steu
benviIle on NAV 81. To try to instil cour
age enough into the county com mission
ers to have them select site and erec
q chiidren's home for Jefferson county.
The wife of Rev. McKallip. pastor o
the First Presby terian church ut Bel
iaire. died on last Friday morning a
Allegheny. Pa. where she has been TO
some time with friends. She had beel
in delicate health for some time. aud he
"eoing home" was not unexpected. Sh
leaves loving husband and family O
children, to mourn her loss. The tuners
occurred at Leechburg, Pa. on Sabbati