Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-12-24

Office, Cowen's Building,
27. IS If. ST. Clairsville, o.
Town and Country.
CHRISTMAS, tomorrow.
HANG up your stocking tonight.
FARMERS Institute three days of mex
week.
TIE hay market in Wheeling is brisl
at Sl7a1S per ton.
A GREAT many home secrets will b.
let loose tomorrow.
The BeIlaire schools closed last Fri
day until January 4th.
ONE week, and 1885 will have drifteC
into the land of the nevermore.
OVER 2.500,O00 bushels of coal passed
down the Ohio river last week.
THERE are now about fifteen sppli'
cants for the Bellaire postolfice.
GAINESVILLE is importing straw tC
preserve their strawberry vi0es.
The summer gate meetings have been
changed to winter CRATE meetings.
TEE Ohio Valley foundry closed for
the Holidays, TO make necessary repairs
DIARIES FOR Isse-A full line
I2IO-3t at PATTERSON e. SONS.
THE Richland township trustees meet
in regular monthly session next Sat
urday.
PLENTY of hunting parties, but no
game. Rabbits are said to be very
scarce.
THE shortest day is past, and it is to be
presumed that daylight is increasing in
length.
FOWLER & DRUNMoNp, Bridgeport,
O., have fine umbrellas, nickel finished,
for SOC.
A GREAT many Belmont chicken fam
ciers are attending the poultry show in
Wheeling.
THE Buckeye glass works, Martins
Ferry, are engaged this week in building
new gas furnaces.
The Baptist revival closed last week
at Martins Ferry, resulted in "a access
sions to the church.
CHRISTMAS ties and muffiers, at Fow-
Ter & Drummond's Bridgeport, o., cheap
or than in Wheeling.
THE latter part of the year is a very
appropriate time to pay subscriptions to
newspapers. Try it.
As A rule, the schools Of this township
have been in session this week, and only
close for Christmas day.
FOWLER & DRUMMoED,, Bridgeport,
O., are selling goods at i've per cent above
cost, until after the holidays.
BELLAIRE talent has organized drat
matte company. The object is instruc>
doD, amusement and -lucre.
GENTS fine shoes at Sl.5O, at Fowler
s. Drummond's, Bridgeport, Ohio, is
what surprises our competitors.
A VALUABLE patent is reported from
Bellaire. being machine, very simple,
for moving loaded or empty cars.
SIXTEEN hundred school children were
let loose in Bellaire Friday, to make
things lively for couple of weeks.
Ink QcSl VI nOutu L
shoes in the county, for the price. at
Fowler & Drummond s, Bridgeport.
A LARGE amount of coke and ore ar
rived at Martins Ferry last and this
week, for the Benwood blast furnace.
THE tobacco crop in the Hendrysburg
vicinity is about all marketed. Two to
seven dollars per hundred were realized.
The proprietors of the Mammoth rink,
Bridgeport, will give a sack of candy to
all children in attendance en- Christmas
day.
FLAX SEED MEAL-Excellent feed
for stock, for sale at OsBORNE's.
1851 2t.
WE wish to the readers of the CHRoN-
ICLE, one and all, right merry Christ>
mas, happy New Year, and many re-
turns.
FOWLER & DRUAMoND, Bridgeport,
O., are closiRg out their stock of heavy
boots at 1925, $3.50, S2.75, $500 and
S3.75.
CHARLEs MAYER. who left BelIaire
for Paris last spring; will return 10 this
country. He Gays, America is the place
for him."
BE SURE to come in before Christmas
and see our goods. Admission free.
II l7-2t GEO. JEPsoN.
THOMAS ALLEN, of Bellaire, has sent
ticket 70 England. to "the girl / left
behind me" and on her arrival, they will
be married.
THE Eastern Ohio Horticultural Soci+
ETY. will hold its next meeting on Janu-
ary I'd, at Barnesville, and elect officers
i. for the next year.
CLOCKS, in bronze, ebony and walnut
cases; also, novelties in plaque and
nickel clocks. GEO. BROWN & Son.
Two TEST wells for oil will be COM
menced by January 9th, in Pease and
Coler2in tps., if the weather is not toe
severe for the work.
FRANK MARTIN, an employe of Milton
McConnaughey's coal mines, Bridgeport
had his hand badly crushed while coup
ling coal cars Friday.
For CHRISTMAS. Don't buy you
Christmas gift until you see our fin,
stock. 1t costs you nothing to "get in"
IL 17-2t GEORGE JEPsoN.
A LITTLE six-year old child of Ella
johnson died on Wednesday. and wa
sadly followed to the grave on Friday
by the parents and friends.
THE lecture of Major Dane, in Barnes
vile, was not very well attended.
takes an elephant on skates" to get ou
some of the Barnesville people.
In Holland, Mich, c. ]. Doesbury pub
fishes the News, and in its columns strongl
recommends DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil fc
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