Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-03-20
Town and Country.

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ANOTHER snow storm last Friday.
GAINESVILLE has the mumps, anC
swelled Hecks are all the style.
THE farmers would like to see some
good blowing weather just now.
DISTRICT COURT will begin at 81
Clairsville on the 2Sd of April.
IT is now unlawful to kill squirrel
from February 1st until June lst.
OSAGE and grape vines at j. K. SUIT
toms nursery. 20-4tF
DAVID WooTEN, a colored barber al
Bellaire, is said to be suffering from
leprosy.
THE man to elect for marshal is the
one who will keep order Oh the streets
at night.
SABBATH was a beautiful spring like
day, and some few spring costumes ap-
peared.
The Bellaire skating rink will be re-
opened this week. 1t will be managed
BY home people.
BRIDGEPORT, as well as all the other
towns, are expecting big time at the
coming spring election.
some of the Bellaire saloon men oppose
the graded tax law, as it will make their
tax $500 instead of 5000.
Two MEMBERS of the school board are
to bs elected Ut the Regular spring slec-
tlon in Barnesyille this year.
The Salvation Army is hard at work
trying to reconstruct Martins Ferry.
They hold open air meetings.
THE West Wheeling paper mill, which
was damaged by the flood has been re-
paired, and is again IN operation.
The gift concert of Martins Ferry
G.. A. R., which was postponed by the
flood, will be held April Sd and 4th.
A BARNEsvILLE stogie maker sold to
one man a few days ago one million
stogies to be delivered during the next
few months.
TWO CITIZENS of GAINESVILLE will at
tempt to evangelize the world-oRe is to
do the singing, and the other the preach
ing and praying.
DON'T fail to read the new ad. of j.
Brilles, the Wheeling clOthier, else w here
In this paper, and see what he has to say
about spring clothing.
Two or three more burglaries are re-
ported from Bellaire last week. Houses
aud stores are served alike, and every
thing movable carried off.
THE managers of the Druidic State
Fair have fixed on May 26, 2l and %, as
the dates for the fair to be held in Bel
laire. A big time is expected.
The new B. s. o. iron bridge near
Franklin is about completed. Six more
of these bridges will be built during the
summer between Newark and Bellaire.
THURSDAY of next week is fixed by
both Venuor and Virgins as the date of
the next blizzard: We predict very
pleasant day, judging from their former
predictions.
THE Cambridge Jail is full. Last
Wednesday was sentence day in COM
mon pleas, and $50 and costs and five
days, was the sentence in each of the
liquor cases.
AL. WETHERALD and S. K. Wells, of
Bellaire, have contracted to build a win
dow glass mandatory at Massillon, o.
They were given $500 by the citizens
of that place.
AMONG the certificates of incorpors
tion filed in the Secretary of States
office at Columbus Thursday, was that
of the Church of Christ, of Hendrysburg,
this county.
IT is said that if the ground hog had
come out on any other day in February
but the I'd, he would have failed to see
his shadow, as it was the only bright
day in the month.
THE Ancient Order of Hibernians pa
raded on Monday, st. Patrick's Day, at
Bellaire. Divisions of the order from
Wheeling, Benwood,. Bridgeport and
Martins Ferry participated.
THE $4,000 asked from Cadiz by the
Bridgeport and Bellaire parties, who
were to erect glass works at that place,
has all been subscribed, and work on the
buildings will commence Immediately.
The special election held in Warren
tp, last Wednesday, to elect Justice of
the Peace vice DR.. H. w. Baker, whose
term had expired, resulted in his re-
election, receiving 207 out of 349 votes
cast.
THE attendance at the last stock sale
of the county association at Barnesville
was small, and but little stock was sold.
The next sale will be held here on Thurs
day. April Sd, and it is hoped with good
weather, the interest and sales will be
increased.
THE 32d degree of Scottish Rite ma
sonry was conferred upon Rev. E. j.
GsntZ, of BarHesville, A. r. Murray and
Frank Schick, of Cambridge, among a
large number of others, at the recent
reunion at Cincinnati.
Miss MoLLIE MANsELL, aged 16, of
Bellaire, came near ending her existence
Wednesday Of last week by taking Acc
mite in mistake for seme medicine for a
sick headache. DR.. r. w. Muhleman was
called, and prompt administration of
antidotes saved ber life.
THE man who refuses to pay for his
paper, after reading it for years. is a
dishonest scoundrel A man has as much
right to put his hand in the editors
pocket and steal his pocket book, as
he has to take his paper and refuse or
neglect to pay for it. Occasionally such
q character comes to the surface, but
happily the CHRONICLE does not count
many such among its patrons.