Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-04-16

can should plant Tree
WHEAT fields are beginning to shos
that some life is still left.
THE Presbytery of st. Clairsville will
? meet at Maj tins Ferry. on the 2Sth.
DIPHTHERIA, in mild form. is pre-
vaiIing in and about GAINESVILLE.
MONDAY was the anniversary of tht
assassination of President Lincoln.
WILL COVENTRY, Barnesville, at the
rink; hot stove, badly barned face.
FoREPAUGH's circus is billed to pitch
its tents in Bellalre on the 2Sth inst.
CoMPHoR, in this county. has a live
farmers club which meets every week
THE bill taxing roller rinks $4,000
was defeated in the Legislature last Fri
day.
The base ball season has opened in
some quarters, but has notIbeen felt here
as yet.
OVER 600 Wheeling people have sign
ed the pledge under the speaking of
Murphy.
A BELLAIRE young man has invented
skate. which will be known as the
Buckeye"
MARTINS FERRY council passed a
motion last week to tax roller rinks by
ordinance.
THREE snow storms during the week
just past, is not so bad tor the second
week Of April.
The Bellaire Herald says that Prof.
Ed. B. Thomas will teach normal school
at Gleucoe, this summer.
PERSONS who bought overcoats for
this winter. cannot complain about get
ting no good out of them.
Mrs. AMOS RRED, of Bridgeport, after
long illness from consumption, died
on Wednesday of last week.
THE meat market at Maynard will be
reopened before long by the former pro-
prietors, Bryant and Robson.
THE backward spring is especially
hard on our farmer friends, who are
away behind with their work.
A NEW set of rolls will be put in at the
Bellaire steel works, for the manufac-
ture af 1T" rails for coal car tracks.
VINCENT P. GoRBY, an aged resident
of Barnesville, died on Tuesday of last
week. from asthma and erysipelas.
CHAs. PAUL., Wheeling creek miner.
was badly injured about the chest and
shoulders, Thursday, by falling slate.
THE section men on the B. & o. last
week pretty generally qdit work, owing
to reduction from ST. 10 to 81 cents per
day.
THE Crystal window glass works at
Bellaire. shut down last Thursday. The
window glass factories there are now
all idle.
DIPHTHERIA is reported to be plenti-
full in the vicinity of Louisville; Mr. l.
G. McFarland's children have all had it
severely.
HERMAN TABBs, a German miner at |
Bellaire, was instantly killed Friday. by |
the caving in of what is known as the |
half end of COAL"
BARNEsNILLE Democrats have petit
toned General Warner to recommend
thaO an O-OStAOH 10 uClu " uOCIuo NuO
shall be postmaster.
Miss MARY WHITE, an aged lady at |
Burton's station, died on Tuesday of |
last week, from cancer in the breast. |
She was so years of age.
FARMERS in some localities are plow-
ing up their wheat fields and putting
them in oats; there is no blowing of COR
sequence done in this vicinity as yet.
THE Pennyroyal Reunion Committee |
met last week, and decided to hold their |
next reunion in GardDer's grove, near
Fairview, on August 10 and 20, 1885.
BESSIE ROMICK, a nine-year old Bell |
aire girl, broke her left arm and knock |
ed her right wrist out of place, Satur>
day, while skating at one of the rinks.
BARNEsvILLE and Bellaire champions,
Frank Albert and John Rankin, are ska
ting race, best miles in 3, on Tuesday, |
Thursday and Saturday evenings of this |
week.
EUGENE MEAD and R. P. Robb, start> |
ed on the 7th inss., to Los Angeles, Cal, |
and Archie Mead, for Kansas City. They !
we're all former Louisville young men,
and have the best wishes of many friends. |