Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-04-01

sawed palings. for sale by ]. F. Young.
Miss HATTIE TAYLOR, Of Armstrong; s
Mills, died on March 10th, aged 10 years.
AARON ROBBINS, aged IS years, died
at his home in Martins Ferry, on Fri
day.
LUNG FEVER is prevalent among the
children Of Bridgeport and Martin s
Ferry.
THE ice wagon will soon be on the go.
and ice cream signs will flaunt in the
breeze.
The Elysian rink at Bellaire is to
have a stage, and be converted into a
theater.
THE young men of Bridgeport have
organized a Young Mems Christian As
sociation.
WORK is to be commenced at once on
the proposed Tool works at Don, above
Martins Ferry.
THE total number of pupils enrolled
in the Bellaire schools during the winter
term was LIPS.
The public schools OF this place clos
ed last Friday for one week, the usual
spring vacation.
HOOK and line fishermen at Bridge
port want the seining stopped, both In
the river and creek.
J.F. MILLER.-sf the Buckeye glass
works al Martins Ferry, has patent on
a new lantern globe.
AMOS ROBBINS, an old war veteran at
IEtnaville, Was buried on Sunday, under
the auspices of the G A r.
SUBSCRIBERS who change their resi>
iences should promptly notify the
CHRONICLE where to lind them.
WHILE the times are called hard
and are anything else but stirring, there
will be many moving scenes to-day.
JAMES FIELDS died at his home in
Bellaire on Sunday, and was buried IN
Ter the auspices of the L U o +, on Tues
lay.
JAMES LITTLEToN, aged 19, while
irving a mule in Bellaire on Friday,
was kicked so severely that his injuries
nay prove fatal.
ELISHA BENNETT has skipped out
rom Mead tp. His IA year old step
laughter charges him with being the
author of her ruin.
JAMES WRIGHT, of Bridgeport, fell
lbout twenty feet, between the stone
walls of the q & p railroad bridge, and
was badly cut and bruised.
JOHN GALLAHER, for some years B
I o train dispatcher at Newark, diea
Friday, from consumption, at the home
# his parents in Burr's Mills.
THE Ohio Senate Committee on Roads
nd Highways, visited Barnesville, yes
erday, to investigate the necessity of
be proposed Children's Hen pike.
SAYS an item from Bridgeport in the
The Union cornet band
re billed to give a vocal and instru'
mental concert at st. ClairsVille early in
APRIL"
AT $50 feet, the Hestherington gas
veil in Bellaire, struck stream of salt
water. which was thrown clear over the
Ierrick. The company is very much en-
outraged.
THE new building association of st.
Jlairsville, capital stock 100000, has
,een incorporated by the Secretary OF
State, under the name. The st. Clair
Building & Loan Co."
HOSEA DoUDNA, CT near BarnesVille.
) either the ugliest man in the world, or
Use good old man is terribly outraged
~ an alleged picture of him in the
Republican.
The Democrats of Pultney tp. Romin+
tied: Trustees, A L Baron, Mr. Myers
md [ n Day; treasurer, w A Schramm
,lerk, Charles Hoffman; constables, VIM
1rugan and Elijah Brown.
CHAs. E. COOKE, of Bridgeport, and
Grant Hastings, of Batesville, principal
md alternate selected by the examining
committee for West Point cadet, are
ordered TO report in June at West Point,
or examination. In case Cooke fails,
Hastings will be given a chance.
]. B. HoeE, opposite the new court
house, has just received large stock of
wall paper and ceiling decorations, and
,he finest lot of window shades in town.
Call and examine before purchasing else
" here; prices to suit the times. 25-3t
A TELEGRAM from Kansas City, dated
March %, gives an account Of the burn
ng of Neiswanger Bros livery stable,
N which SO horses were cremated, and
an employe named John Follman suffo+
.ated. The proprietors were formerly
we'll known citizens of this place.
Wall Paper.
We are now ready to show our spring
stock of wall paper and window shades.
Call and look at samples whether you
wish to purchase at present or not. We
have a nice line of shadingS in Dado
patterns, plain cloth Hollands, and Felt.
Hartshorn's patent spring fixture re-
1uced in price.
3 25-3t H. WEST & Son.
PERSONS who have superstitious
Tread of Friday will be horrided to learn
that this is thoroughly Friday year.
1t came in on Friday, will go out on
Friday, and will have 6fty-three FRI
days. There are four months in the
year that have five Fridays each; chan>
ges of the moon occur five times on a
Friday, and the longest and shortest day
If the year each falls on Friday.
EUNIE MITCHELL has withdrawn
from the high school to remove with her
parents to st. Clairsville. Eunie's school
days were begun and thus far passed in
the Central building, and in one year
more would have graduated. She will
be greatly missed in the high school,
where fer the past three years her work
and conduct has been so highly credita
Independent.
Miss Mitchell is granddaughter of
DR.. j. N. Mitchell, of this vicinity.
QUITE = number of our people brsved the
rain and storm of Tuesday evening, and gath
sred at the NJ E. church, to hear Rev. R. F.
Randolph, of the 4th Street, Wheeling, N. E.
church, lecture on "The Sun, or the Fire
World" and they were amply repaid for going.
The lecturer showed himself thoroughly con-
Versant with ''The Sum-" and had a pleasing
way of telling his audience of its immensity by
with familiar objects. His hearers