Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-26
NeighbOrhOod Notes.

Que year ago, Frank Farrar, of West-
land township. Gnerasey county, lost a
steel trap. Last week an enormous owl
was shot in the neighborhood, with the
trap hanging to its leg.
Zshniser s. Oldham. Cambridge, exhib-
it a turnip weighing pounds and I
ounces.
The Richland Monitor is the name of
a new paper at Senecaville, Guernsey
county.
The new gas tank at the Wheeling
city gas works holds 100000 gallons of
water.
Rufus Hoffman, of Monroe county.
was driving home just after dark, and
saw dark object in a fence corner,
which he took to be bear. He rode to
a farm house and accompanied by Jacob
Pine aRd two guns heavily loaded with
buckshot, returned. They fired at the
object, and on investigation found it to
be man-Jacob Rains by name. His
body and head were filled with shot, and
ne died in a short time, without becoming
conscious. The poor fellow had got
drunk on boiled cider, and laid down to
SiOOp ~ OAs
Some miscreant poisoned $500 horse
of Eaton Foster, of Sharon township,
Noble county, with strychnjne.
David ErskiDe, of Summerfeld. boasts
Of four 13-months old hogs that weigh
1000 pounds.
VIM. Miller. Esq, of Caldwell, bump
ed his toe, and fell so hard on the sider
oil 70 10 rirrhf ha
knee.
A. r. Gibson, of Kimbolton, Guernsey
county, was awarded second priZs, valu+
ed at S65. by Pittsburgh Stockman. for
essay on Feeding Cattle for Profit"
The editor of the Quaker City Inde-
pendent was sued some time ago for Ii
bel, for saying man stole sheep. The
man has just been indicted for the steal+
ing.
A party of regulators at Caldw at
tempted to hang Thomas Severns, who
was said to run house of ques.iona-
BILE character. He escaped with the rope
around his neck.
The grand jury of Guernsey county is
driving it to the saloon men-one or two
left the county. 5. Keyes, Quaker City
druggist, is among the departed.
The sheriff of Gurnsey county has lev
led on the prosperity of w. n. Cowden, to
satisfy judgments amounting to S31, 1000
against the syndicate controlling the c.,
w. & N. Y, railroad.
Whooping cough is epidemic in the
Cambridge schools.
John Connor, of Wsstland township,
Guernsey county, husked an ear of corn
that weighed pounds.
The Columbiana county grand jury in
dicted 81 saloon keepers for violation of
the liquor laws.
George @. Black, once promising
young man of Wheeling, was adjudged
lunatic. 1t is the same old story of
women and wine.
Over half a million barrels of oil have
been taken from the Macksburg, Noble
county wells since January L. The ru-
ling price is 81 per barrel.
Loper, Sarahsville, Noble county,
saddleF, carried a roll of leather from
Cald " ell on-his shoulder. 1t rubbed
sore on his neck, and blood poisoning
set in, causing his death.
MessrS. Budd q Nelson, OF Jerusalem,
Monroe county, brought home 165 Span
ish Merino sheep. Thursday. They were
purchased in Washington county, Pa,
and cost little over $4,000.
New Concord has organized perma-
nent Board of Trade.
The Rush Run coal works, on the C..
& p. railroad, near Warrent0n, Jefferson
county, after long litigation in the
courts, we're sold by the sheriff on Nom
day, to W. P. Hays, Esq, for S5.343-two
thirds of the appraisement.
The body of Mrs. Catharine Wolf, the
wife of wealthy farmer, was found in
the river near Gnaddenhutten on Sun
day, after having been in the water 15
hOnrs. 1t is thought that the unfortu-
nate woman, who was in i'll health and
Respondent from worrying over threat
ened libel suits against her husband, be-
came insane. and committed suicide.