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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17
LIST OF STATE SENATORS.
REPRESENTATIVES,

Below is list of Belmont's Represen-
tatives in the General Assembly, from
the first, which convened at Chillicothe
in 1903, up to 1885:
1903. Joseph Sharp and Elijah Woods,
and in the second General Assembly,
which convened December l, 1903, Josiah
Dillon and James Smith.
1904. Thomas Wilson and John Stew
art.
1905. John Stewart and James Smith.
1906. Josiah Dillon and John Stewart.
1907. VIM. Vance and John Patterson.
1908. Joseph Sharp, Edward Bryson
and Isaac Wore.
1909. Joseph Sharp, Isaac Wore and
Josiah Dillon.
1910. Elijah Woods, Moses Morehead
and William Smith.
1911. James Smith, Thomas Mitchell
and Joseph Sharp.
1919. Josiah Dillon, Jacob Myers and
Peter Yarnel.
1873 Moses Morehead, Ambrose Dan
ford and VIM. Sinclair.
1914. Joseph Sharp, Edward Bryson
and Thomas Majors.
Thomas Majors.
1916. Charles Hammond, Thos. Town
send and Edward Bryson.
1917 and 1S. Charles Hammond, Geo.
PAUL and William Dunn.
1919 William Dunn, Thomas Shannon
and John Smith.
1920 Charles Hammond, William Dunn
and Thomas Shannon.
1921 to % William Dunn, Alexander
Armstrong and Thomas Shannon.
1923 William Perrine, Isaac Atkinson
and John Scatterday.
1924 John Davenport and Thomas
Shannon.
1925 VIM Perrine and VIM Dunn.
1925 VIM Dunn and Eli Nichols.
1927 James Weir and Crawford Welch
1928 Crawford Welch and VIM Dunn.
1929 Crawford WEIGH, James Weir
and Andrew Patterson.
1880 John Davenport and James AL
exander.
1881 John Patton, VIM Workman and
VIM B Hubbard.
1882 John Patton and Wm Workman.
1888 Joseph A Ramage and John
Thompson.
1884 Joseph A Ramage and Solomon
Bentley.
1885 Solomon Bentley and William
Chambers.
1886 James Weir.
1887 Ephraim CASTOR and 1 H Green.
| 1888 Henry West.
1889 Henry West and Thomas A Way
1910 John KoOntZ and Crawford
Welch.
1S41 VIM Workman and Saml Dunn.
| 1S42 Thomas Pitcher.
| 1S43 Samuel Dunn and VIM r Carle.
1874 Benz S Cewen and Peter Tallman
1845 BENZ S Cowen.
1916 John G Kerr and VIM Hogue.
1S47 Miller Pennington.
1S4S Samuel Bigger.
] 1s49 j A Weyer and Hugh McNeely
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17
FROM THE BEGINNING (!
BELMONT COUNTY OFFICIALS S
FROM 1903 TO 1885.
Compiled to be Read by Present
and Future Generations.
The Corner Stone of the New Court
House Will the Tale Unfold,
When All Living To-day Will Have
Gone Over.
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.

REPRESENT ATIVES IN CONGRESS.
Below is list of the Congressman who
represented this county, from its organ
ization up to 1885:
jeremiah Morrow Representative at
large for the State) Warren county, from
1903 to 1918.
James Caldwell, Belmont county, from
1918 to 1917.
Samuel Herriek. Muskingum county,
from 1917 to 1921.
John C. Wright, (resigned,) and David
Chambers, Muskingum county, from
1921 to 1923,
John Patterson, Belmont county, 1928
to 1925.
David Jennings, (resigned.) and Thos.
Shannon, Belmont county, 1875 to 1927.
John Davenport, Belmont county,
1927 to 1929. si
Judge William Kennon, Belmont coun-s
ty, 1929 to 1888.
James M. Bell, Guernsey county, 1888
to 1885.
Judge William Kennon, Belmont coun-
ty, 1885 to 1897.
James Alexander, jr., Belmont county.
1901 W 1CO0s
Isaac Parrish, Guernsey county, 1899
to 1S41.
Benz. S. Cowen, Belmont county, 1871
to 1s43.
Joseph Morris, Monroe county, 1s43 to-
1S47.
William Kennon, jr., Belmont county,
1847 to 1S49. ..ss
w. F. Hunter, Monroe county, 1s49 to
1858.
Wilson Shannon, Belmont county, '53
to '55.
Charles ]. Albright, Guernsey county,
1855 to 81.
VIM. A. Lawrence, Guernsey county,
1857 to SO.
Thomas C. Theaker, Belmont county,
1859 to '61. H3
James R. Morris, Monroe county, 1851
to '6S.
J. W. White. Guernsey county. 1868
to '65.
John A. Bingham, Harrison county.
1866 to '75. tG
Lorenzo Danford. Belmont county
1873 to '79. -
J.T. Updegraff, (died in offiee, defer
son county, 1879 to 'S2.
Joseph D. Taylor, Guernsey county,
1888 to 's5.
A. J. Warner, Washington county,
1885 to '87.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17

COMMENTING upon the fact that there
is one insane person to every $50 Amer
leans, and that the ratio has greatly in
creased in the last thirty years, DR.. W.
B. Fletcher says that an apparent cause
is the popular change of opinion re-
gardiDg the treatment of insanity. Fiji
ty years ago, to be sent to an insane asy-
lum ostracised one as completely as a
term in the penitentiary. That is all
changed, and brief residence in an asy.
lum is no more detrimental to social
standing than visit to Hot Springs or
Florida. DR.. Fletcher does not regard
our system of education as a notably ex-
citing cause of insanity. The evidence
is rather to the contrary, the great ma
jority of the insane coming from the
ranks of the ignorant, where nature has
supplied little mental power to begin
with, and art has done less. The Doctor
is also in sympathy with the belief that
the use of alcoholic beverages and mar
cotics is not, in itself, prime cause of
insanity.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17

GEN. LOGAN said that the Army of
the Tennessee reunion last night that
the craftsmanship that will give "pro-
lection to American industries and pro-
vide for the maintenance of the free
schools of the Nation will win in the
future" Protection and public eduea-
tion" would not be bad planks with
which to commence the construction of
q platform.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17

The only possible use for Prohibition
in Ohio this year is to help re-elect Gov.
Hoadly, call into being another infa-
nous Coal-oil Legislature, and lift Mr..
Doodle into the seat in the Senate oceu
pied by John Sherman. If these results
are realized, the political Prohibitionists
will be responsible for them,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17

In double-leaded editorial the New
York World calls upon Cleveland to set
aside all pretense of observing civil SER
vice reform, throw the Mugwumps over
board and fire the offensive Republicans
out of Office as fast as they can be got at.
The article looks as if it we're pretending
to lead the way, when, in fact, it Is driv-
en- by the Administration.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17
selmcnt county onlcIaI Director

Common Pleas Judge-St. Clair Kelly.
Probate Judge-lsasc B. CASTOR.
Clerk of Courts-Wm. B. Cash.
Sheriff-Leroy @. Sedvick.
AuditoT-R. r. Barrett.
Treasurer-EdRard L. Feeley.
Prosecuting Attorney-N. Z. Kennon.
Recorder-W. 8. Hobbs.
Commissioners Owen Mehan, Morris Cope,
VIM. j. Berry.
Surveyor-John Il. Mitchell
Coroner-P. o. CriswelL
Infrmsry Directors-Joseph Bailey, James
B. Ritchey, John sidebottom.
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liam Cook
40 Peter A. Dallas, John Cook, Thos. Pitcher
42 Robert B. Green, Thomas Pitcher and
Peter A. Dallas.
'43 Robert B. Green, William Workman and
John Lyle.
"A David Harris, Green and John LyIe.
As Stephen c Gregg, R Green, John Lyle.
'46 Jacob Coleman, David Harris, S c Gregg
'49 Jas Norman, David Harris, Gregg.
80 S c Vance, James Neuman, Gregg.
81 Ira Lewis, c Vance, James Neuman.
'53 Thomas Majors, Ira Lewis, Jas Neuman.
"a Thos MajOrs,- = Hatcher, Michael Danford.
sc John, Majors, NJ Danford, Jno Johnston.
SO T Scofeld, Geo G Bethel, H Massie.
80 VIM Wilkinson, J Scofeld, G c Bethel.
81 James Alexander, Scofeld, William
Wilkinson.
'62 Jesse Barton, ] Alexancer, W Wilkinson.
IS Dennis Kemp, W Wilkinson, j Alexander
&c W NJ Campbell, d Kemp, ALEXANDER.
'6S H Frasher, Jas Campbell, Alexander.
'69 VIM Armstrong, b Frasher, J Alexander.
20 James Kinney, b Frasher, J Alexander.
II II Frasher, VIM Armstrong, Kinney.
~ VIM Armstrong, DUNCAN, j Kinney
'73 Solmon Hogue, B E DUNCAN, Alexander.
IA VIM Barber, Sol Hogue, W Alexander
rs Potts, Sol Hogue, VIM Barber.
'76 A W Anderson, VIM Barber, l J Potts.
III Henry Frasher, A W Anderson, ] Potts.
'79 H Frasher, Potts, Owen Meehan.
so Morris Cope, j Potts, Owen Neehan.
81 Nathaniel Taylor, NJ Cope, o Meehan.
'S4 NJ Cope, o Meehan, VIM Berry.
INFIRMARY DIRECTORS.
In l842, the following named gentlemen
served in the Office of Infrmary Director in
the order in which they are placed:
VIM Lemon, Alex Hannah, C Anderson;
Henry West, Stephen Pancoast, Reuben Miller,
Geo Vanlaw, Stephen Pancoast,- Abner Lodge
and Phillips, George Vanlaw, Jacob Cos
set, Abner Lodge, Bslaam Nichols, Hugh Fer
guson, B Nichols, T R Phillips, Hugh Ferguson,
T R Phillips, H Ferguson, ALodge, Oliver
Taylor, VIM Caldwell, John Taggart R Pol
lock, VIM Caldwell Balaam Nichols, Nathaniel
Taylor, VIM Caldwell, VIM Parkinson, Nathan
iel Taylor, Jacob Gossett, VIM Parkinson, VIM
Ramage, Thomas Lodge, John Anderson, VIM
Parkinson, Thomas Lodge, Nathaniel Taylor,
VIM Parkinson, N Taylor, J B Ritchey, Joseph
Bailey Levi Jones, John Sidebottom.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Below we give list of the justices of
of the peace, acting in the county, in the
year of 1885:
Colerain Wheeler E DOan,
Themas G Mercer, James II Cope.
Flushing-J Morris, Levi Starkey.
GOshen-L S Thompson, W Martin,
w G Hedges.
Kirkwood-R W James, W Groves.
Mead-Patrick Craig, Robert Nickel
vey.
Pease- F C Robinson, NJ C Mitchell.
Pultney-Thomas Garrett, Andrew
Roeder, James McKeen.
Richland-D NJ Davies, Andrew AL
exander, Isaac Neiswanger, John Side
bottom.
Smith-Miles R Hart, E II Lucas, John
Workman.
Somerset Michael Malone II Mason.
Union-Jesse Thomas, Henry Sipe,
Hamilton Bigley.
Warren-Allen Floyd, Henry Baker,
James A Barnes.
Washington-David Brown, E B Arm
strong, L W Kemp.
Wayne-Henry MilhOan, Henry Stidd.
Wheeling-John Coleman, Thos Bro
kaw. e
York; H Green, John G Owens,
Jacob 3oger.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17

SENATOR SHERMAN, in an interview
at Youngstown, said that he considered
the "'Bloody shirt issue by far the most
important of any question before the
American people" and added that "if
the Republican party has no longer the
courage to defend their rights and insist
upon the justice and equality of all Sec
tions of the Union it ought to be de-
fnated
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17

THE uniformity of an increase of tax
es and expenditures under Democratic
administration has another illustration
in Troy, N. Y, which is required to raise
S575,424 this year for municipal pur-
poses. In four years past the in+
crease has been $178,634 and over $780,
600 during the past year. Democratic
misrule comes high, but if people will
have it they must pay for it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17

hnI7F Send &c for postage and receive
VHIIk free costly box OF goods which
ETnIIT will help all, OF either sex, u
y ] tIthksmore money right away thar
anything else in this world; fortunes await
the workers sure. At once address TRUE
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BelInOntChrOniCle
w. A. HUNT,
Editor and Proprietor.
Published Every Thursday
Terms OF Subscription;
Two Dollars Per Year n Advance.

II not paid within the year % per cent Will
be added for each year it remains unpaid.
OVYrcE cE-South side Main street, nearly op-
posite Public School building.
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pGAf was for Is years; q successful home
treatment. Address 7. 8. PAGE, No. l2S East
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blesome Coughs.
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, r. & A. NJ.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
ROBT. M. EATON, w. M.
JESSE B. MEYER, SecY.
CT. OLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
y ROYAL Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
]. B. MEYER, II. P.
V. L. HAWTHORNE, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. "a, R. &s. M.
ID Meets second Tuesday Of each month.
F. D. BAILEY, T. l. M.
]. B. MEYER, Secy.
"OPE COMMANDERY, No. 26, K. T..
Ii Stated conclsves, first Tuesday of each
month. ]. B. RYAN, E. Q.
]. B. MRYKR, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17

VXT NTrnI Ladies' and gentlemen to
w AIN 11Ui take light, pleasant ems
ployment at their own homes distance no
objectiong work sent by mail; 90 TO IS per day
address at one GLOBE MFG, Co., Boston Mass
Box 53.4,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

NITED PRESBYTERIAN OHUhCd-
" Rev. Thomas Balpb, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am. Public worship: IL am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday 8 pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday of
each month, pm. Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, 2p.m. Young women's prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17
Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R.
Il Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, II; evening
service, Z. Sabbath School, 800 am. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday pm; gen.
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday 2 pm.
Strangers welcome TO all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
U1Rev. W. II. Haskell, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II am; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday z
p.m.; general prayer meeting: Thursday pm.
Strangers are cordially invited TO all our
services.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17
COMMISSIONERS.

1904 Leven Okey, John McWilliams and Robt.
Gifin.
'06 Leven Okey, John McWilliams and Alex
ander Boggs.
'0s Leven Okey, John McWilliams and Ster-
ling Johnston.
10 John McWilliams, Sterling Johnston and
Peter Talman.
III John McWilliams, Peter Tallman and
Alexander Boggs.
1S Peter Tallman, Alexander Boggs and
Joseph Morrison.
81 Joseph Morrison, David Neiswanger and
John Nichols.
'29 David Smith, Isaac Barton and David
Neiswanger.
'33 David Neiswanger, Isaac Barton and
Thomas Heaney.
Sc Thomas Armstrong, Isaac Barton and
Thomas Heaney. $500
'37 Isaac Patton, Isaac Barton, and Thomas
Armstrong. ...-.i |...t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17
1850 Archibald C Ramage and James

1850 Archibald c Ramage and James
] Grimes.
Note-In 1851 the new Constitution
was adopted, making the term of Office
two years.
1852 A c Ramage and Price Cornwell.
1854 E V Cleaver and Samuel FiRdley
1856 Jas A Turner and Robert Hamil>
ton.
1858 Isaac Welch.
1861 Wilson S Kennon.
1868 Robert E Chambers.
1864 Coulson Davenport.
1866 c CDavenport and John Patterson.
1868 John w Kennon and Thomas NJ
Nichol.
1870 John A Weyer.
1872 Thomas H Armstrong.
1876 E V Cleaver and VIM Bundy.
1878 r Alexander and Harvey Dan
ford.
1880 George R Atkinson.
1882 David Wagener.
1884 Samuel Hilles.
SHFRIFES
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-17

The following named gentlemen have
served in the Office of County Recorder
in the order in which they are placed:
Sterling johnson, S M HOwey,
William Faris, Felix Martin,
George S Nagle, John Bickham,
Peter Tallman, John G Bolon,
William Faris, William Barnes,
Robert Giffeu, James Barnes,
M J Ward. VIM S Hobbs.
George Anderson,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-17
kilograms to The Star.
EXPLOSION ON A STEAMER.
SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.
HOW TEXAS LOST TWO MILLION.
NARROW ESCAPE OF GOV. GRAY.
CHOLERA IN SPAIN AND FRANCE.
WRECKED BY AN EXPLOSION.

steamer Blown Up and Many Per.
sons Injured at Phfladelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. ia violent explo-
sion occurred on the steamer g. NJ. FELTON,,
of Chestnut street wharf, shortly before ten
o'clock this morning The explosion occurred
just after the FELTON, had left her dock on her
trip to Wilmington, DEL As she was opposite
pier g. south wharves, the passengers and crew
were startled by an explosion which shook the
boat from stem to STERN, and when the smoke
cleared away it was found that the entire for
ward part OF the vessel above the water line had
been badly damaged and a number OF passen-
gers injured. Some of them severely. The
pilot house and entire upper deck was lifted
and fell to the lower deck. The bow presented
a scene of complete wreck. Tugs proceeded
at once to the injured vessel, and with the
assistance of the police tug, Vim. s. Stokley,
waa Rs b near by at a9sS
lance of the Pennsylvania hospital soon arrived
and took most of the injured to that institution.
The injured, SO far as known, are: John E.
Medium, aged nine years, living in Chester, Sc
verely injured about legs; Silas Reed. residing
at 1920 Hancock street, badly shocked and
Spruce street, ankle disocated; Samuel Cooper,
residing at HOO Frankfort road, injured about
head and body; John Stephenson, residing at
l225 Pavonia street, Camden, shocked by the
concussion: George Cockayre, residing at 2O9
South Front street, thigh cut and Geo. Erwin,
injured about limbs and body. The steamer
was, Immediately after the removal of the pas
Sengers, tOwed down the river, and il is said
will be taken to Wilmington for repairs. She
10 CIV us Tue TeHisslNa H. H. To-
The FELTON, is large well-eQuipped boat. If
she is not injured below the water line the
damage will not be heavy. The cause of the
explosion is as yet uncertain. The passengers
and many OF those who saw the explosion from
the shore insist that gunpowder or some SINH
lar explosive was ignted on the forward deck,
and several persons who were standing on the
pier declare that they distinctly noticed the
Odor of gunpowder. There has been consider
able rivalry between the FELTON, and other
boats running to Wilmington, and reports have
gained ground that some malicious persons
placed an explosive on the deck. This is a
mere rumOr, however, and the cause of the eX-
plosion will not be known until further inves-
tigatiOn is made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-17
A Murder Inrestfrated.


THE STATE DEPARTMENT INQUIRIES INTO THE
DEATH OF AN AMERICAN IN MEXICO.
Robert w. Hardy, who went to Mexico in the
employ Of a telephone company, was murdered
in the city of Mexico, May 81, by Col. Enrique
Omaha, of the Mexican army, delegate to the
Mexican congress from the state of Julisco
The young mans father, who was an assistant
paymaster in the navy during the war and now
lives In Phiiadelphia, upon learning of his sons
death and the apparent immunity of his MUIR
derer set on foot an Investigation of the m latter
and the reply of Consul General Strother to
the instructions OF the State department re-
speeding the murder has just been received.
The details of the affair are given as follows:
On Saturday night, May 80, Hardy, in COM
pany with young Cuban attended u public
den in the suburb of the city. Colonel Enrique
Omaha wRs likewise present, and entertained
himself by dancing and paying gallant atten-
tion to q woman known as "Pancha La Romeo,
with whom Hardy was acquainted. About
daylight ON Sunday morning May 81, Colonel
Omaha was taking coffee with this woman i'm
one of the summer houses in the garden, while
Hardy and his companion stood near by OBJ
serving them. Colonel Omana's attention had
been called to the surveillance several times i'm
the night, and he was probably irritated by it,
SO that when Hardy made some sign to the
woman, he rushed hastily out of the summer
house and made violent attack on his visitor.
Hardy closed with him and a scuffie ensued
and soon blows were passed with some appar-
ent advantage to the American. Omaha then
drew pistol and thrusting the muZZle against
Hardy's chin fired upward, killing his antag-
and taken before the city authorities, but being
q member of the federal congress- the court dis
claimed Jurisdiction in the case, and the pris-
Oner was liberated to await the action OF his
peers at the assembly Of congress in September.
After the inquest the body of Hardy was de-
livered to his friends and was buried in the Ma
tional cemetery at TruXpanna, near the city,
under the charge of the United States consul
general.