Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-24
Town and Country.

Doe days.
A DRY question amt it dusty?
The wheat is all harvested, and now
for the threshing.
THE Bellaire dry goods stores close al
sp. m, from July 2l to September l.
THE Blaine boys of Bridgeport organ
ized marching club Saturday night.
THOMAS MCNEICE now carries ths
mail between Businessburg and Jacobs
burg.
THE first monkey of the season, was
the attraction with the grind organ man
on Thursday.
The salary of the GAINESVILLE post
master for the current year, has beer
increased 500.
WIN. GREENWICH, an aged citizen OF
Sewellsviile, died on the 18th inst, from
general debility.
THE picture of Hell, the Bellaire oars
man, was printed in the Pittsburgh
Sportsman of last Saturday.
FRANK BURGY gets Sl20 per annum
for carrying the mail between the depot
and postoffice at Powhatan.
A FARMER informs US that there is an
unusually big crop of grasshOpptrs, and
that they are eating up the oats.
WIN. MACK, of Bellaire, drunk, fell
out of second story window Thursday
night, but was not seriously injured.
ED. JONES. of Bellaire. has been ap-
pointed a water works trustee by Mayor
Cooper, in place OF John Bean, resigned.
PERCY GROVES, of Bellaire. had all
the fingers of one of his hands badly
crushed Thursday, by window falling
on them.
The drought has made failure ont
of the otherwise promising blackberry
crop. What berries did ripen are small
and sour.
1T is said that Gen. Warner will fur
nish the oratorical display at the Deme-
cratic county convention at Barnesvills.
on August 5th.
The work of building a good road to
the cemetery at Bellaire has been pushed
right along, AIS feet of good hard road
being completed.
STRAW votes are now being .aken on
all trains with the usual result. very fa+
taking the vote.
FROM July 81 TO August 10, are the
dates decided upon for the Second NJ. E.
church camp meeting on the Belmont
Co. fair grounds.
THE continued dry weather has been
hard on the potato crop. 1t is said there
is generally but few potatoes in hill,
and small at that.
THE manager of the Globe base ball
club OF Bellaire has raised $500 10y sub
scriptiOn, to be used in securing enclosed
grounds for next season.
A BLAINE and Logan club was organ
lied at SomertOn on Thursday night
About all the townships in this county
now have organized clubs.
THE Bellaire papers are growing
again because Wheeling people throw
dead animals into the river, and thereby
spoil their drinking water.
GARRETT LANE, aged rs. dropped dead
from crair at Mt. Pleasant, on Thurs
day. He had been engaged in pleasant
conversation with friend.
The festival last week in Bellaire, for
the unfortunate George Sewers, netted
about $3.50. 1t was under the auspices
of the colored Odd Fellows.
GEN. HoLLINGswoRTH has resigned
the Presidency of the First National
Bank of Cadiz, and will devote his eE-
tire time TO the practice of law.
DURING the stop many improvements
are being made at the Barnesville glass
works, which will greatly add to their
facilities when they start up in the fall.
Ell. HoGE has resigned the cashier
ship of the Somerton bank, which posi-
tion he has Tiled acceptably for eight
years. L. b. Smith is now in the bank
on trial for the position.
CHARLES MARTIN, of Bridgeport, was
fined S25 and costs Thursday, for carry
ing concealed weapons. On account of
nun-payment be will stay with Sheriff
Sedwick until after the State election.
a HEAD of wheat containing los grains
was grown by Hugh Haverlield, of near
Cadiz, says the Sentinel. Can't some
Belmont county farmer beat it? Come.
Bro. Brown, let us have d count of head
vt your Landreth white.
j. b. HoGE, ESQ.,, had the misfortune
Friday, to lose two stacks of new hay,
which bad just been put up. He bad
engaged Yancy Fields to burn out some
stumps in the meadow, and the fire was
communicated to the hay.
DID the Bellaire Independent inten-
tionally print that the commissioners haC
paid 900 for the NJ. Z. parsonage, anC
secured an option On The st. Clair Hote
ut $4,000? Divide each item by ten
please. 1t is good hotel that is worth
SSo,000-we don't have them in Belmont
county.
BENJAMIN SMITH, who resides abou
three miles north of BarDesyille, noticed
that one of bis cows suddenly failed con
siderably in the quantity of milk given
IL was also noticed that the cow seemed
attached to an old tobacco house on tn,
premises. A watch was set, when /
was discovered that two six foot blacl
snakes came from the house, and at
tached themselves 10 the cows teats An,
filled themselves with milk, the Gov
seeming to be charmed. The snake
were killed, and the milk supply wa
increased TO its former quantity.