Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-01-01
SWEAR OFF to-day,


season.
BARNEsvILLE wants a shaking rint
and wants it bad.
The Bellaire steel works resume
work on Monday.
LAST years slDanacs are out OF dat
with progressive people.
The thaw on Sunday got away wit
about ali of the snow.
| Mrs. JUDGE BoGGs died at her hom
tin Cadiz, On Sunday, FROM typhoid fever
THEY N. C. A. OF Barnesvills, vii
-si ahlish II free reading room in tina
place.
TEMPLRATE said the thermometer oil
Monday. IL was n bright, warm, spring
like day.
WE call attention to a desirable farm
near Morristewn, advertised for sale il
this paper.
The ice ponds In the vicinity wer,
crowded with many skaters the lattel
part Of the week.
A STORE and station are to be built al
Georgetown, en- the b. 81 o., two mile:
west of Bellaire.
SOME OF the locked out glass worker:
at Beliaire are going away from thai
place 10 seea employment.
THE merciful man puts a blanket on
his horse after be has driven him to :
sleigh on crisp cold day.
A FASHION reporter says there is little
change in pantaloons. We had noticed
there Was little change" in ours.
SAMUEL AULT, aged IL years, son oi
Thomas Ault, of Bellaire. died Sabbath
morning. from typhoid pneumonia.
The election on the water works
proposition, at Martins Ferry, will be
held at the regular spring election il
April.
WIGeINs could not have improved it
and the oldest inhabitant does not re
member more appropriate Christmas day
weather than shat of Thursday.
ADEHoCRAr Of Bridgeport wants two
crows for Republican TO eat Oh an cleo.
tion bet. He has been cunning for them
since the election without success.
IT was a white Christmas. The grave
yard talk can now be postponed until
spring; in the meantime, don't provide
yourself with case of headache for TO-
morrow.
THAT was mean man who sat down
Christmas night to balance up the &C.
count of presents given and received, to
determine how much he had lost OF
gained.
FoR SALE-House and lot in st. Clairs.
vile. Large house and desirable prem
ises. Apply to A. II. and w. Mitchell,
ST. Clairsyille, or William Lee, Sr, at
Barnesyille, o. 1-tf.
THE Barnesville Republican is again
telling what it knows about new court
house matters. The massive influence
of this paper has been brought to bear
on this question frequently.
REV. BENZ. MITCHELL, d. D.. prom
inent Presbyterian clergyman, we'll
known in this section, died at his home
in Mt. Pleasant, on Friday of last week,
aged S5 years. He was loved and re-
vered by all who knew him.
Rev. FoUTZ, of Morristown, was called
to Beverly to attend the funeral of his
son-in-lsw, and in his absence suffered a
relapse from diphtheria, from which he
Was just recovering. DR.. Baker, of
Barnesville, filed his appointments on
Sabbath
THE nuptials of Mr.. George Mckee to
Miss Mamie Cook, took place on Tues
day evening, at the residence of the
brides father, DR.. John Cook, of Bridger
port. Mrs. Mary Campbell and Miss
Clara Carroll, of this place, were among
the guests.
ONE of the clergymeD in Cambridge
rebuked bis congregation for only COM
ing to church in fair weather, and an
other wanted the young people who only
como at night, to come in the day time,
rs he wanted to see their faces.
THE colored folks have re-organized
evening wrestled with the subject: "Re-
solved, That the farmer is more bene>
fetal to the country than the statesman"
The question was decided in favor of
the statesman.
JAMES BLAZER, who resides in this
county about four miles. west of Bridge
port, drove to Wheeling Tuesday of last
week, and put up at Market street ho-
tel. About noon he missed one of his
horses, and search revealed the fact
that man named Jabe Gosney had stolen
and sold it in Fulton. G0sney was arr
rested.
MRS. MARTHA BENTLEY, widow of
the late WA. Bentley, ST., died on Dec
30th, from general debility, at the resi-
dence of her son, J. W. Bentley. in Union
tip. Deceased was born in West Va,
August 80. 1897, and for the last few
years could not see or walk, but bore
her Affections without d murmur or
complaint.
IT is with pleasure that we recommend
to our readers that sterling Republican
journal, the Philadelphia Weekly Press.
Its columns are laden with all the inter-
esting news of the day, the freshest and
spiciest paragraphs, interesting stories.
excellent literary notices, and cheap
O common sense talk tothe agricultural
We have concluded arrange
ments with the publishers by which we
are able to send yon the CHRONICLE and
the Weekly Press one year for So S5. a
sample copy will be forwarded to ahy of
our readers who will apply by postal
card. Address: The Weekly Press,
Philadelphia, Penna.
Personal Mention.