Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-06-11
Town and Country.

THE wild berry prospect Is 1Or an eX-
cellent crop.
THE McGibeny family is giving con-
certs all around US.
THE small boy has commenced to en-
JOY the summer vacation.
T. NJ. KILDow, Of Burr's Mills, sold
175,0O0 cigars during May.
The coal mines along the B. & o. are
idle because of no orders to ill.
A LARGE force of men is at work on
the back river dam at Bridgeport.
BELLAIRE nail works stock, notwilh-
standing the stop, is away above par.
THE farmers over on Captina creek
have in an extra large crop of corn this
year.
THIEVES continue to operate about
Martins Ferry. They have no police
force.
MEN will keep a personal or business
secret, but political one-wel, hardly
ever.
HoT weather is rough on roller rinks.
People are not in need of much exercise
just now.
THE Franklin College Commencement
will be held July l; Scio, June Is; Hope
dale. June 10.
AN election will be held in Martins
Ferry next Monday, for three water
works trustees.
THE new postal card will be delicate
pink: the size will be the same as the
ones now in use.
THE Bell2ire Globes defeated the
GAINESVILLE club last Thursday, by a
score of % to 10.
BARNEsvILLE now estimates that
their small fruit crop this year will bring
them in S15O,OOO.
THE Bellaire Oil and Gas Co. holds a
public meeting in that city this evening,
to talk over matters.
THE Mayor of Martins Ferry reports
for May: Fines paid, Sl5; worked out,
Sc; from licenses, $29.
JOHN SCRoGGINs, a coal miner at
Bridgeport, was severely hurt Thursday,
by a fall of soapstone.
Two WEEKS from to-day is the Re-
publican county convention. Bring In
your announcements.
THE oil well at Bethel is now down
to depth of about 1000 feet, with no
discoveries of oil or gas.
THE Barnesgille papers are already
enthusiastic over the prospects for an
immense strawberry crop.
NJ L ahnrob e Sc TNor
~, will hold a camp meeting in Walnut
Grove, commencing July ..
WHEELING wants $3.50 from Martin S
Ferry for the use of their fire engine
during the recent contiagration.
WE do not know for certain there is a
man in the moon; but we are dead sure
there is one in the honeymoon.
THE examination for teachers in the
Barnesville schools, will be held Wednes,
day and Thursday of next week.
THE finance committee of the Bellaire
council will refund 100000 water works
bonds at lower rate of interest.
OF the 1000 shares of LaBelle glass
stocks, 949 have signed the paper to turn
the works over to the Wheeling syndi-
cate
The Barnesville Board of Education
is dead-locked on salary for superintend.
ent. Three are for $1,000 and three fol
Sl100.
DUMP" SHERMAN, formerly of Bell
aire, forfeited bond of $500, for selling
liquor on Sabbath, at Zanesville; he
vanished.
WIN. FEELEY, an old citizen of the
Glencoe neighborhood, died on Wednes>
day of last week, from Inflammation ol
the bowels.
THE council of Martins Ferry made {
levy of 10 mills this spring. There vii
probably be kick, as the law limit:
corporations to mills.
Miss ANNIE FAIRS, of Bellaire, ha'
accepted a teachers position in schoo
near Bridgeport. She was one of The
teachers in the Bellaire schools.
THE name of the Crystal Cornet Bant
of Martins Ferry, has been changed t
City Band, aud they have received
complete set of new instruments.
THE annual meeting of the Burr
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be held next Tuesday, when the time fol
holding the camp meeting will be fixed
THURSDAY NIGHT, the city prison a
Martins Ferry was opened by outsid,
parties, and Wm. Mcknight, held fol
shootinfi with intent to kill, allowed t.
escape.
THURSDAY, while workmen were en-
gagged in making an excavation for
building for DR.. Frazier, at BridgepOr
they unearthed partially decompose'
skeleton.
Two Martins men last Thursday wer
foOling with a gun, when it exploded
several shot hitting Larry Doyle in tn
eye. He will only see with one ey
hereafter.
JOHN MCCLELLAND, who graduates
at the medical college this year, died il
Bellaire Thursday, from pneumonia
His remains were taken to Gallipolis TO
interment