Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-19
Town and Country.

Town and Country.
SPRING poetry is ripe, and onr vast
basket is ready for contributions.
TIE Bsrnesville Fair Directors wi
meet at that place on the 26th inst.
THE skating fever is growing, and tn
rink is patroniZed three times day.
IT is good form now to say. "Old win
ter is lingering in the lap of spring"
The groung hogs winter is now ovel
and the weather now can't be blamed ol
him.
VIZ will soon be able to tell whethe
all the wheat and fruit have been winte
killed.
The pay roll for teachers in the Bel
laire schools amounts to about 81, 400 pc
month.
POSTMASTER DEAN, of Martins Ferry
is suffering from an old army wound il
the arm.
BELvA LOCKWOOD, late Presidential
candidate, lectured at Marietta, Monday
evening.
THE revival in the NJ. E. church at
West Wheeling is still continued, with
good results.
A YOUNG man of GAINESVILLE adver
tises in the Enquirer for lady cOrrespon>
dents. box sos.
THE First NJ. E. church revival at
Bellaire reported III accessiOus up to
last Sabbath.
THE singing school at Bannock will
close on Friday evening, April 8, with a
grand concert.
The Hoyle-Jones Co., of Martins Fer
~, have received the new boiler for
their new shops.
MY. RUsK and NJ. W. Gummere. of
near Maynard, started Tuesday on tour
of the great West.
On Saturday of this week, the electors
of Martins Ferry will vote on the water
works proposition.
THE Democratic township convention
is called to meet at st. Clalrsvllle, on
Saturday, March 2s.
SIMEON MERRITT, formerly of this
township, has been appointed Overseer
of the Rock Hill coal mine.
WE. DoAN, postmaster at Maynard,
Is erecting new building, which will be
used as photograph gallery.
THE Cambridge Jeffersonian is BOOM
ing Statesman David Wagner, of this
county. for District Marshal,
The small boy will soon be hunting
up marbles and base balls. The fishing
tackle is already being brought forth. :
THE Bridgeport foundry of ]. M.
Woodceck is running full. The report
of the moulders' strike was incorrect.
DIR. WHITsETT, SR., of Wellsburg. W.
Va, has purchased property in Norris
town, and will locate there this spring.
THE protracted meeting in the NJ. E.
church at Quincy, closed Wednesday
evening of last week, after a very suc+
cessful session.
THE Bellaire Independent says there
is no charge in the local glass situation.
1t is not likely the factories will start
before August.
DIR. l.. A. DAY, of Bellaire, has re-
turned from medical college at Cincin-
natl, where he graduated with first
honors, in a class of thirty.
VIM. FINDLEY, of Bellaire, has the con-
tract for the stene work on the new
steel plant and blast furnace to be erect
al tbio cDrinn in Ran un0d
LEE HIGGINS, a bank hauler in the
Franklin coal mines, lost the first and
second fingers of his left hand between
the bumpers of two coal cars.
TIE Republicans of Bellaire will elect
delegates TO township and city cOnven-
tions on Saturday of this week. The
conventions proper will be held on the
2Sth inst.
THE "Babes in the Woods" show, by a
Bridgeport troupe on rollers, is pro-
nounced a novel and interesting enter
tainment. The show will probably be
brought here.
For SALE-House and lot 10 st. Glars
vile. Large house and desirable prem
ises. Apply to A. Fl. and W. Mitchell
st. Clairsville. or William Lee, Sr- at
GAINESVILLE, 0. 1-tf.
4 WAYNE TIP. farmer reports that the
severe winter has been very hard on old
sheep left thin in flesh by the dreuth OF
last summer. The sheep pelt man is do
ing good business.
THE Bridgeport correspondent to the
Sunday Register says the new courI
house here will be ready for occupancy
Nav 1. But he did not say what A. d
He is considerably off.
The stockholders of the Belmon
Stove Co. Martins Ferry, held meeting
Thursday evening. and owing to disa
greement, they agreed to offer the work.
at public sale, on Tuesday, April ID.
VIM. LACEY, for a long time resi-
dent of Martins Ferry, died last Frida.
at his mothers home in East Wheeling
Martins Ferry Local Union of Glas
Workers attended his funeral Sunday, il
a body.
Foa SALE OR RENTAL Louisville
a comfortable house.t two acres OF ground
abundance of smoll fruit; excellen
spring of water, For particulars appl
to A. FL. s. W. Mitchell, st. Clairsville
Ohio. S-l2 otF
On Tuesday evening of last weel
while a son of Frank Davis was haultn
a load of coal up bill near the Chill
dreu's Home. the lock of the wagon CAV
way. and team and all went over higl
esnbankment. The boy saved himsel
by jumping. One horse was killed ant
another badly injured. 1t is thought th
boys mind was unbalanced by fright,