Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-01-15
Town and Country.

next Tuesday.
THE street crossings have been lost il
mud for week past.
THERE was heavy wind and some
rain on sabbath night.
AGENTS are weighing the mails this
week on the B. & o. road.
ABOUT seventy miners are now al
work in the Flushing coal mines.
AN effort is being made in Bellaire to
start another building association.
WE publish some interesting Institute
papers this week. Others will follow.
THE Caldwell Gas and Oil Co. elected
directors last week, and will sink a test
well.
THE almanacs advise of two eclipses
of the sun and two of the moon in the
present year.
THE Wheeling & Belmont Bridge Co.
met on Monday and reelected the old
board of directors.
THE country literary societies are
wrestling with the merits of the Mica
raguan and Spanish treaties.
BoTu the NJ. E. and Presbyterian
churches at Martins Ferry are holding
protracted meetings this week.
WE know of some broken New Years
resolutions the new leaf turned over
by many, has already been blotted.
JAMES MASTERS, aged 81, died from
typhoid fever, at Bellaire, last Thursday.
He leaves wife and three children.
Jos. BANCROFT. of New Athens, sold
1906 sheep pelts on New Years day
which he had gathered up in that vicin-
ity.
THE eoopers of Bellaire, Martins Fer
ry and the other river towns, have ac-
cepted the recent reduction and gone to
work,
IAN agent of Felix A. Vincents dra
matte troupe was in town Tuesday, but
could not secure the hall for an enter>
tainment.
A PATENT for belt gearing has been
awarded to J. 5. Baggs, of Bridgeport.
and one for CRATE to John W. Houston.
of Belfaire.
TIE new Masonic Hall being erected
at Flushing, is d two-story frame build
ing 2sx4S, and when completed, will be
a fine building.
JACOB W, GRUBB, the popular young
jeweler OF Wheeling, was on Monday
nominated by the Republicans as their
candidate for Mayor.
HENRY B. CLOSE has the excavation
. a.
foundation foI his new house on the
G.ckt; iot. near this Office.
A NUMBER of town boys went down
10 Beech Hill literary on Tuesday eve>
ming. The evenings entertainment con-
sisted OF a mock trial for burglary.
THERE is not a department in our
house left out of this great sale. The
red tickets are on everything.
E. NJ. MCGILLIN & Co.
AYERS Sarsaparilla is the most potent
blood purifier, and fountain of health
and strength. Be wise in time. All
baneful infections are promptly remov-
ed by this unequalled Alternative.
HARDY, the Marietta colored man
who killed Barnett, the colored Demo-
cratic orator, was last week found guilty
of murder in the first degree. An effort
will be made for new trial.
To THOSE who need Silks: The large
stock, the great variety of styles, and
above AL, the red tickets ought to draw
customers fifty miles; it will pay to come
E. NJ. MCGILLIN & Co.
Mrs. JAMES CHICK, formerly a resi-
dent of this place, died suddenly at hel
home in Springfield, Mo-, at noon Tues
day. Her remains will be brought her,
for interment, arriving probably on Fri
day.
On Tuesday, near Mt. Pleasant, tn,
boiler of J. r. Wilson's steam saw mil
exploded, killing John Evans, Hiram
Evans and William Armstrong. J. G
Evans was horribly burned and Waite
Morrison badly hurt.
OUR Dress Goods stock is all ablaz
with red tickets, and show values re-
duced from lOc, 12c and 15c, down to SC
and from 25c down to 121sc, while OF
our best goods, the prices are cut in two
E. III. MCGILLIN & Co.
Two of the flint glass factories at Bel
laire elect directors this week-the Bel
mont on Wednesday, and the Etna o
Saturday. 1t is expected that these meet
jngs will have some bearing on the lock
out of the employees.
AYERS Hair Vigor improves the beau
ty of the Hair and promotes its growt
1t imparts an attractive appearance.
delightful and lasting perfume. Will
it stimulates the roots, cleanses tn
scalp, and adds elegance to luxriance. 1t
effects are enduring; and thus it prove
itself to be the best and cheapest articl
for toilet use.