Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-28
Town and Country.

Iown and Country.
ST. CLAIRsvILLE Fair next week.
TIE political cauldron has begun t.
boil.
TIE long drouth was broken by gooC
rain last Thursday.
Miss JULIA LENTz will teach the com
ing winter term OF school at ViHsyarS
Hill.
THE Barnesyille business houses viii
close Friday afternoon, on account oi
the Fair.
Hon. L. DANFoRD will address tht
Bellaire Republican clubs next Tuesday
evening.
The organization of the Barnesville
lodge of Sons of Veterans was completed
last week.
SEVERAL of the colored felix's OF this
place went to Mt. Pleasant camp p-nasst'
ing Sunday.
THE red sky seen last week is sup,
posed to have been the forerunper OF
Buffers letter.
THE Barnesville Fair is being held this
week, and is being patronized by peopls
from this vicinity.
THE rains may have destroyed thou
sands of grasshoppers, but there are
plenty of them left.
w. 4. LONG has been appointed to
superintend the stone work on the Bel
laire and Wegee pike.
A BOLT of lightning struck the Whee-
ling Intelligencer Office Friday night,
but no damage was done.
MRS. A. PRAoHT, of Bellaire. has sued
Q number of saloon men of that city, for
selling liquor to her husband.
NEXT Monday, September ist. all the
window glass factories start up. Other
glass houses are already at work.
The BeilaiIe steel plant. under the
new management. is reported as turning
out an excellent quality of steel.
Two Barnesville carpenters fell with
a scaffold 25 feet Tuesday of last week,
but were only Jared up little.
THE Bellaire G. A. r. Post will attend
the NEE ing of the Army of West Vir-
ginia at Cumberland, Sept. 2, 8 aud 4.
ANOTHER colored camp meeting is in
progress in the grove at Martins Ferry,
for the benefit of a Wheeling church.
Tx neighborhood of Businessburg in
this county is badly bothered with sneak
thieves, who carry off anything loose.
OUR YARNS for the fall trade are now
ina complete line, good, cheap, at
s % ct. JEPsoN & PATTONs.
THE true Independent is the one who
drinks and smokes at the expense OF
candidates of both parties, and asks no
questions.
THE $4,000 Bellaire city bonds. for re-
pairing the Cemetery hill road, were
taken by the First National Bank of
that city at par.
Col. G. W. MITCHELL has rendered
his resignation as agent of the c. & P.
road at Martins Ferry, the same to take
effect Sept. 1st.
Miss MARY NAYLoR, aged 81. died at
the residence of Smith Frazier, three
miles east of Barnesville, Wednesday Of
last week, from consumption.
JAMES CRosGRovE, ex-surveyor OF
this county. has issued lithograph plat
of the city of Cambridge, which he is
selling to residents at SO each.
WI. REED, of Somerset tp., tbreshed
2OS bushels of wheat from So acres,
which is nearly 3S bushels to the acre.
1t was grown on old corn ground.
DRILLING at the oil well near st
Clairsyille Junction was commenced last
Thursday. All hands interested are
feeling confident they will find oil.
MEMS CALF BUTTON SHoEs-Tht
great James Means SO warranted shoe,
and parker, Holmes s. Cos 50 so war
ranted shoe" are the best made for the
money. JEPsoN q PATTON.
CHARLES MERRITT, of this place. ha:
the contract for the balloon ascension a
the Barpesville Fair this week, Prof
White having sent word that his balloor
had burned up.
He'll. of Rellaire, refuses to row will
Felsing on any other course than a
Bellaire. His hackers say that $500 L
ready at any time for race over thu
Bellaire course.
Miss ANNIE DENNY. of Barnesville
was severely burned Tuesday Of las
week, by her clothing taking fire from al
open fireplace. Prompt assistance prob
ably saved her life.
TIE 3. & o. r. R. Co. will build a !arg
new freight depot in Bellaire, of sue
capacity as to accommodate trains o
any of the roads which come into tn
city to transfer or unload.
JUDGE w. II. FRAZIER, Of Noble Co
who was nominated for Circuit Judge
has rendered his resignation as Commo
Pleas Judge, to take effect September
His successor can be elected in Octobe
PERFECTLY PURE SPICEs-W Whole an
ground. just in; all the ingredients fo
pickles. We know our spices TO be
the best quality and fresh.
S-2S 2t. GEO. JEPsoN.
The Crystal window glass works .
Bellaire elected directors last Wedne,
day. The profits of these works for tn
past year were 80 per cent. Of the capits
stock. notwithstanding large loss b
the February food.
HEADQUARTERS at OsBoRNE's Fee
and Grocery store for St. Clairsyille an
Cadiz, and St. Clairsville and Bruce sts
tion mail lines; all orders promptly an
carefully attended to. w. w. johnson
Cadiz line; s. NJ. Bailey, Bruce line