Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-05-13
Town and Country.

FOUR families in the ComBhOr vicin
ity turned out SO cases of measles.
PASTURE FOR RENT-Apply to Samue
Mutchmore, st. Clairsville. GET
THE Barnesville window glass work.
will continue in operation until July /.
SPRING FEVER is probably the mos
deOiiitating affliction that man is heir to
SHERMAN DOYLE, of this place, is cap
tain of the Athens College base bal
club.
THE aurora borealis display on Satur
day evening, was mistaken by some fol
the comet
A SALVATION ARMY camp meeting on
the Barnesville fair grounds, is being ar.
ranged for.
H. L. PECK, ESQ. has been reelected
to the superintendency of the Barnes
vile schools.
TIE old Bellaire city hall is to be fixed
up in elegant style. The work is to be
let by contract.
]. W. GREGG, of Cumberland, has been
appointed master of machinery on the
D., Il. U v. IOdQ.
THE District Conference of the NJ. E.
church holds a session at Armstrong;
Mills, June 14-16.
A COMMITTEE of seven will arrange
for banquet by the Barnesville Alumni,
to the class of SO.
On June 8, candidates for positions in
the GAINESVILLE schools, will be exam
ined Ut that place.
THOMAS TALLETT, of Franklin. WHO
was stabbed by his brother William, is
able to walk about.
DIR. JAMES a. RICHEY, of Iowa, has
been elected President of Franklin Coli
lege, at New Athens.
SAM. TAPPAN, of the Bellaire works,
will manage the new window glass works
to be erected at FIndlsy.
The brick work for the new ware
house of the Ohio Valley foundry, at Bel
laire, has been commenced.
JOHN MYERS, of Pultney tp., has en-
barked IN the small fruit business. He
has six acres in cultivation.
THERE is a probability that Salvation
Post will be established at st. Clairsville,
says the GAINESVILLE Enterprise.
The average wages for township pri+
mary teachers in Ohio, is $3S per month
for gentlemen and S2S for ladies.
]. B. SMITH, ESQ ,and wife, of Bellaire,
are on a trip to Houston, Texas, visiting
his brother who is mayor of that city.
W. M. MEEK, recently appointed mail
agent from Bellaire, has been promoted
TO the superintendent Office in Cincin+
natl.
WAYNE TIP, in this county, contains
SO square miles, has about loo popula-
tion, and has not single saloon in its
borders.
j. A. HARRIS & BRO, of Wayne tp,
have stopped their plaring mill, and are
now manufacturing berry boxes and
crates.
THE Burr's Mills camp meeting begins
on Tuesday, August 49, Chaplain Nc
Cabe will be present on the 10th, Mis-
siOnary Day.
THE Barnesville Enterprise last week
reached its twentieth birthday. 1t is a
good, readable, local paper, and finani
cial success.
j. A. HARRIS, a. p. Thomas and Sam
uel Morten, of near Somerton, have just
completed ponds, and stocked them with
German carp.
THE directors of the Barr's Mills camp
meeting will meet on the grounds, Tues
day, June l, to arrange for the coming
camp meeting.
RADIsHEs. peas and asparagus appear
ed in this market last week. We will
soon have ber-ies-and everything in
the garden line.
DR.. S. WALTON, optician, and E. E.
McKeever, jeweler of Barnesville, have
formed co>partnership for the manu-
facture of spectacles.
THE Glencoe schools closed last week
with an enjoyable entertainment. V.M.
Fulton, Esq., the efficient teacher, has
been engaged for next year.
THE suit of Judge Robert H Cochran
against the W s. l. E r R, for $4,000
damages, for alleged breach of contract,
comes up in Toledo this week.
REV. JOHN HATTERY, the oldest men,
Der of the st. Clairsville Presbytery, died
at his home in Bellaire Thursday night,
from general debility, aged 81 years.
THE council finance committee in
Wheeling estimates that it will take
about S330.000 to run that city until De-
cember 81. This is ABOUT S11 per capita.
A SABBATH SCHOOL has been organs
lied at Chestnut Level, with William M.
Whifo
Carr, secretary, and Spencer Gregg, treas
urer.
JERRY SToNEBRAKER, of Barnesville,
formerly q resident of this place, has a
patent combined scrubbing brush, mop
and window cleaner, which is highly
spoken of.
THE fashion in fishing lunches is the
same as it was last year. If there is
anything new in such necessities it is
that the jug can be made little larger
than usual.
A FIRE broke out in the furniture shop
of Louis W. Miller, in Bellaire, on Sat-
urday evening, and it was burned to the
ground. The loss was about $500, with
S400 insurance.
SOME one stole SIC from the Bellaire
Tribune Office safe, it is said. What
makes this story improbable, is the fact
that rural roesters" are not usually in
possession of so much money.
On the 29th inst, the Wheeling bicycle
club will take the Barnesville club on
an excursion to Washington. Pa, where
clubs from Pittsburgh and ether points
will be met, and big time had.
PRESIDENT CAYLoR. ball editor of the
Enquirer, says of Will White, of Bellaire.
now playing short stop for the Louisville
club, that "he is the greatest player that
ever trod the turf in that position"