Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-08-20
Town and Country.

THE Bellaire BARRIERS have organized a
union.
THE Barnesville skating rink is being
enlarged.
A NEW platform has been put on the
city scales.
THE most active police court in this
county is at Barnesville.
WITH the picnics and camp meetings,
candidates are kept busy.
THE nailers of Martins Ferry have
club room over the pestefice.
SEVEN weeks from next Tuesday, on
October Is, occurs the election.
REV. CALVERT is holding protracted
meeting at the Bethesda church.
The Bellaire Oil & Gas Co. will sink
well or the farm of Isaac Ramsey.
GAINESVILLE is to have pennyroyal
refinery, says the Cambridge Times.
TIE wet weather made camp life some
what disagreeable part of last week.
THE Salvation Army at Bellaire are
erecting building for their own use.
JAMES FITToN, of Bellaire, will put
down a sewer for the city of Benwood.
THE camp meeting at Burr's Mills will
close on Thursday evening of this week.
The Hoyle-Jones works. Martins Fer
ry, are again in complete running order.
THE corn crop, says an agriculturalist
of this vicinity, never was more promis>
ing.
T. NJ KILDow, of Burr's Mills. recent
ly received orders for $4,000 cigars in
one day.
The narrow guage road is now max
ing but one evening trip, leaving here at
$50 local time.
The st. Clairsville schools will "take
Monday, the 7th.
THE hard rains of last Friday caused
landslides on the B., 2. & G. road, to de-
lay trains for day.
The Bellaire Globe base ball club de-
feated the Steubenville club Thursday,
by score of 9 to 8.
THE Democrat state convention meets
tomorrow. The campaign will likely
open soon thereafter.
THE total number in attendance at the
normal institute at Barnesville, up to
last Wednesday, was rs.
NJ. S. TIERNAN, an old land mark at
Bridgeport, died from the ihfrmities of
age Friday, in his SD year.
THE dog peisoner is abroad among
the Bellaire CANNES, and many of them
are turning their toes skyward.
THE Mayor of GAINESVILLE collected
$5460 fines during July. The Marshal
made IL arrests in the same time.
A PICNIC will be held by the Mt. UHiou
Sabbath School, one mile Borth Of Nor
ristown, on Saturday of this week.
THE annual missionary and school
convention of the Christian church, will
be held in Bellaire, August 20 to2S.
JACK HINTON, of GAINESVILLE, charged
with keeping gambling house, was rec
ognized to court in the sum of $500.
Hon. L. DANFoRD will deliver an I'D.
dress at the reunion of the 10Th Ohio to
day, at New Concord, Guernsey county
THE DR.. Alexander farm on Captina
of 12O acres, was sold Thursday by Gar
rett & Anderson, of Bellaire, for $3.50
MRS. VIM GoRBY, of BelIaire, is th,
mother of the first child ever born On tn
Burr's camp grounds. 1t is now tw
weeks old.
THE Barnesville school board has no
yet elected a teacher for No. 1, made va
cant by the resignation of Miss Betti
Davenport.
S. M. MCMILLEN, of Marietta, is th
new deputy revenue collector for thi
district. He will begin his duties o.
September l.
THE G. A. R. of Martins Ferry hsv
appointed committee to look after th
matter of erecting soldiers monnmen
at that place.
GRANT SEDGwICK, son of Rev. sedp
wick, of Martins Ferry, will teach th
Rock Hill school the coming winter, 8
$40 per month.
MRS. ELIZA RoMICK, of Martins Fe
ry, whose husband was killed in th
army, last Friday received a pensio
amounting to $1,000.
AN examination will be held in Barne
vile on Saturday, for candidates for a.
mission to the preparatory depaEtmer
of the Ohio State University.
BELLAIRE toughs quarreled about
game of pool. and fought it out accordir
to prize ring rules. The victor wake
away from town to avoid arrest.
A TRAVELLING tinker who takes l
bis bed and walks" when he moves, b
been stationed on Market street for
week past, doing odd jobs of all kinds.
JUDGE FORAKRR was in Bellsire
Friday, en- route from the East Live
pool reunion to the Caldwell reunion.
conversation with Register report,
he said that he would carry Hamilt
county by from $500 to 5000, and th
the Republicans would poll their usu
vote throughout the State. He said
would be iniBellaire on September 9,
- talk politics.