Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-07-08
Town and Country.

Town and Country.
YES, it was hot Sunday-msny peopl
told us so.
THE Democratic primaries will be hell
on Saturday.
THE Martins Ferry BARRIERS will shaw,
no more on Sunday.
THERE are prospects for an extraor
binary blackberry crop.
The Fourth of July will not fall OF
Sunday again until 1897.
J.G. ELLIOTT, of Flushing, has secur
ed patent on a neck yoke.
If there are weeds in front of your
premises, NOW them down.
BELLAIRE is to have an organized BIZ
cycle club of seven members.
THE flowers planted in the school yard
greatly oeautify the grounds.
THE NJ E church, at Quincy, cleared
over 800 at a festival last week.
THE town of Barnesville is being cam
vassed on the local option question.
July is always considered one of the
dullest business months in the year.
GEORGE II. MUTH has been reelected
chief of the Bellaire fire department.
THE Fourth of July is over; now get
ready for the Fair and camp meeting.
THE Presbyterian church at Martins
Ferry is TO have stained glass windows
FIVE years ago last Friday, President
Garfield was shot by the assassin Gui-
teau.
JOIN POWELL, an old resident of Pease
township, died on Wednesday of last
week.
The recent rains and harvest have
brought on hands an immense crop OF
weeds.
THE wheat crop was immense, and
will furnish many farmers with ready
money.
THE colored band of this place is prae-
ticing right along. They will make mu-
sicians.
GEN. II. r. WEST, formerly Of Woods.
field, has resigned the Fit. Peck Indian
Agency.
A WALK into the country shows how
white top has the meadows it is bloom.
ing now.
The Disciples Sabbath School at
Flushing, will picnic at Camp Chippewa,
in August.
HUNTER has 20 inhabitants-25 males
and 45 females, who reside in II DWELL
ing houses.
W.T. SMITH, ESQ, has lately been ap.
pointed local attorney for the B & o, al
GAINESVILLE.
THE Church of God at Bellaire, will
hold festival on Friday and Saturday
of this week.
THE Republican convention of Harri+
son county will be held at Cadiz, on Tues
day, August 8.
THE Wheeling letter carriers handled
1908 pieces of mail matter during the
month of June.
THE Republican primary celebrated
the Fourth in st. Clairsville. Otherwise
it was as usual.
CAPT. THOMAS HAGUE, from East Liv-
erpool, is in command of the rnesville
Salvation Army.
The GAINESVILLE ball club is doing COED
work this season-they have the best
club they ever had.
A PLEDGE to vote the Prohibition tick
ct has been signed and published by Il
citizens of Morristown.
LoYDsvILLE and East Richland have
organized Prohibition club, with l. G.
Mcfarland as President.
TIE Barnesville Fair pamphlets are
being distributed. The Fair will be held
the last week in August.
A. G. BOONE. of Flushing. has the pat
ent right on gate attachment, for Bell
mont and Harrison counties.
Miss NJ. E. KENNoN, of near Norris
town, has successfully raised over one
million silk worms this summer.
On Saturday, the Frasier House al
GAINESVILLE will be sold to the highest
bidder. Also, the hotel furniture.
The laborers in the Etna and Stand
ard mills, Martins Ferry, have demand
ed an increase of 10 cents per days
Mrs. LOUISA II. SHEETS died at hel
home in Bellaire, On Friday, from a com
plication of ailments, aged so years.
How does 249 votes at Republican
primary in Democratic Richland town
ship, strike the Democratic candidates
SEND the CHRONICLE to your absen
friends and save writing letters and pay
ing postage. 1t costs less than fou
cents week.
Two B & o freight trains tried to pas
on the same track at Barnesville, on
day last week. The engines were sadl.
demoraliZed.
THE same items, headed Hunter" ap
pear simultaneously in the two Barnes
Vile papers, the Gazette, the o. V. New
and the Bellaire Herald.
THE convention which meets il
Bridgeport to-day (Thursday,0 will nam
county ticket tn be elected in Novem
ber. We will print 1t next week.
THE Salvation Army at Barnesville i
demoralized. The female captain AM
lieutenant, Fisher and Stout, neglecte,
their open air meeting to be courted b
two GAINESVILLE dudes, and the "army
took not kindly to it.