Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-07-16
Town and Country.

THE Bellaire nail factory started up
last week.
TOMATO juice, it is said, will remove
ink, wine and fruit stains.
The Rainey coal works at Martins
Ferry closed down last week.
THE B. & o. are putting down several
miles of new steel rails near Glen cos.
The Sengerfest begins in Wheeling
next Monday, and will last four days.
CHRIS BIPPUs, ESQ. is the new Super
intendent of the Bellaire street railway.
W. R., DUTToN has been engaged to
teach next years school at West Vince
ling.
ABOUT three-fourths of the citizens of
BelIaire visited the Bethel gas well last
week.
THE st. Clairsville Fair in about six
weeks. All can help to make it big
success.
BARNEsvILLE sent raspberries to Chi
cago last week. at the rate of 100 bushels
per day.
THE Elysian rink, at BelIaire, is now
in the hands of G. NJ. Woodbridge, as
Receiver.
FRANK NEFF last week received his
commission as postmaster at Shields,
this county.
SOME of the Bellaire boys who had an
overdose of the 4th, were recognized to
court to answer.
The Wheeling council has approprl
ated $4,000 to erect a crematory to burn
offal and rubbish.
THE measles have abated at Barnes
vile. Those afflicted experienced no
very serious trouble.
THE mines at Maynard shipped 25O0OO
bushels of coal during June. The July
output will be larger.
A. BRIDGE burned down on the B., 2.
& G. road near Bethel, last Thursday,
stopping travel for time.
SAMUEL MCGUIRE, an aged citizen of
Centerville, died on the I'd inst, from
general debility. aged 80 years.
WM FINDLAY, of Bellaire, has the con-
tract for the stone work on the Wheeling
steel WORKS plant at BenWood.
The Martins Ferry council last week
passed an ordinance authorizing the sale
of 100000 water works bonds.
On Friday, Othe A. Coss. young glass
worker of Martins Ferry, died from
congestion of the liver, aged % years.
WITH all kinds of vegetables, berries,
and spring chickens in the market, life
Is worth living, to those who can buy.
The firm of Bratton & Barnes, at
Fairpoint, have set up mill for the
manufacture Of chop feed of all kinds.
q. II. BowLEs, of Louisville, has pur-
chased property in Fairview,- where he
will engage in the undertaking business.
GAINESVILLE marketed over 1900
bushels of Strawberries, and it is estima-
ted that 1000 bushels were used at home.
THE miners at Rockershausen & Ster>
rit's. in Bellaire, came out Thursday on
strike against a reduction from 215 to
cents.
BELLAIRE, Bridgeport and Martin S
Ferry G. A. r. Posts are in attendance
at the reunion at New Martinsville,
West va.
JosEPH BAXTER, a prominent Demo
crat of Steubenville, has been appointed
U. s. revenue agent, at Sc per day and
expenses.
Ok July Sd. Lupten Post. No. 526, G.
A. r., was organized and mustered al
New Castle, by II. l.. Anderson, Esq, Of
GAINESVILLE.
THE Bellaire council committee OF
water has been instructed TO look after
the cost of crib on Boggs Island, tC
procure fresh water.
FRANK OSBORNE, sleight-of-haud per
former, formerly of these parts, elopeC
with "a Logan, Ohio. girl, and an iratt
father caused his arrest.
ABRAHAM WORKMAN, of Pultney tip.
sent a load of shot after marauders OF
his raspberry patch. One man had hi
clothing torn by the shot.
ALLIE MCDONALD, a little girl a
Bellaire, was fatally scalded Friday, b.
the Overturning of a tub of boiling wa
ter. She died on Saturday morning.
THE Bellaire party who visited Mead
vile, Pa, to investigate the manufactur
of gas for fuel, are quoted as saying
can be made cheaper than the natura
article.
The committee of the Richland town
ship school board met on Saturday, an
contracted with VIM. Humphrey, agent
for new desks fer the new school hous
in Dist. No. 4.
THE farmers in the vicinity of Martin
Ferry have organized vigilance com
mittee for protection from thieves, wh
have been committing so many depredi
tiOns in that vicinity.
THE Woodsfield Spirit says the owner
of the oil we'll at Armstrong; Mil
struck oil at a depth of LOO feet las
week. and that the prospects are good fC
paying business in that section.
MRS ELIZABETH RICHARDS, who W.
probably the oldest lady in this count
died at her home in Bridgeport Frida
aged "a years. She has been reslCeI
OF Belmont county since a mere child.