Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-01-21

ruary 2-Ground Hog day. Will he Be-
his shadow?
THE Mayor of Barnesville did casl
business of $3.50 the month including
the holidays.
HoN. JOHN LAUeHLIN. near Barnes
vile, lost 20 head of sheep, smothered il
snow drift.
TIE Bridgeport domino players hav,
organized tournament, the winner te
get silver cup.
A BIG supply of ice was laid in last
week. It's an open winter when the
Ice man gets left.
The Jacobsburg dramatic club will
play Under the LaureIs," on Saturday
evening of this week.
THE Prohibitionists of this Congress.
ional district held a meeting in Cam.
bridge last Saturday.
The Etna and Standard mills. Mar
tins Ferry, started up Monday, the for
mer in all departments.
MARTINS FERRY burglars made sew
eral more or less successful attempts to
burgle, on Thursday night.
Gov. FORAKER will write from an
inkstand made and presented to him by
John Shuttleworth, of Bellaire.
A NEW B. s. o. depot at Quincy is one
Of the things talked OF. 1t can't be built
too soon for public convenience.
THE young folks took advantage Of the
good sleighing last Wednesday evening.
Parties we're out in all directions.
MRS. CHARLES BEEBR died at her
home in Bellaire, on Thursday. Funeral
on Saturday; interment at Wheeling.
The street commissioner put in his
time last week, clearing out snow drifts
from roads within the corporation limits.
s. B. DURrY, mate of steamer Arizona, had
his foot badly jammed; Thomas Eclectric Oil
cured it; nothing equal to it for quick pain
reliever.
JOIN W. PRICE, one of the best known
farmers of Warren tp., died on the 9th
inst, frsm stomach trouble, aged about
81 years.
CHARLES ASHTON is the new postmas-
ter at Orc, 10 this county. He is q good
Republican, but no Democrat wanted
the Office.
On Friday, while John NJ Kiuslow,
of Martins Ferry, was at dinner, thief
entered his cigar shop and carried off
his watch.
The Odd Fellows and Red Men of
Martins Ferry, have purchased the Eu-
reks rink in that place, and will convert
it into hall.
THE Hoyle-Jones mandatory, Mar
tins Ferry, started up Friday. They
commence on ten threshing machines
for next season.
J. R. HILL, manager Of the Eureka
rink, Martins Ferry. has come to the
conclusion the business don't pay, and
has left the place.
THE Union cornet band, of Etnaville,
gave the first of a series of vocal and in
strumental concerts. in the Bridgeport
rink. last night.
MADISON THoRNBERRY, father Of Mr..
Shank Thornberry, Of Bellaire. died at
his home in Beallsville, Thursday, from
the in6rmities Of age.
The meetings of glass house stock>
hslders for elections. develop the fact
that the works have been doing we'll,
considering the labor troubles, &c.
Mrs. JOEL WooD, of Martins Ferry,
aged about 20 years, fell on the sidewalk
on Wednesday evening last, and broke
her leg. The injury is very serious.
r. E. MoMILLEN, city editor of the
Bellaire Tribune, is confined to his home
in this township. by typhoid fever. We
hope Rufus will be about again in \ very
short time.
The bone factory at West Wheeling
is coming in for share of condemnation
from the Bellaire papers. for polluting
the water. The neighborhood also COM
plains of stencil.
CHARLES NrTzEL, Of this place, an
employe of the c., L. & W. road, was off
duty last week, nursing frozen feet He
had them frozen while on duty during
the severe cold snap.
On Thursday. at Cleveland, Judge
Welker. of the U. s. circuit court, enter
ed decree for the sale of the Wheeling
& Lake Erie Railroad. 1t will be sold
on the first mortgage bonds.
ABE PICKARD, formerly of this place
and conductor on the Northern, was
hurt on the Hempfeld road enc day last
week. He was brought to his home in
Bridgeport, on Wednesday.
MAJOR j. K. BROWN, formerly OF
Guernsey county. secretary of the Re-
publican State Executive Committee
has established permanent headquarters
af (iOlnnhna Hic ooloru l. . I
tMesT of these hair preparations don't work,
writes Mr. Burdick, OF ST. Louis, but
Parker's Hair Balsam is an honorable excep.
tion; my hair was thin and prematurely grsy;
the Balsam made it brown again and soft a.
in my boyhood.' 174t
AT an adjourned meeting on Friday
night, the Ly council examined the gas
cline street lantern of the Belden Burne,
Co., Of Canton, with view to better
lighting our streets. One of the lamp.
will be on exhibition at the postoffie,
corner, and will be lighted at nights
Our people should examine into its mer
its. sc. In the mean time, the matte
of the bids for lamp supplies, was laiC
over.
An Answer Wanted.
Can any one bring MS a case of kidney O
liver complaint that Electric Bitters will no
speedily cure2 We say they cannot, as thous
ands Of cases already permanently cured an
who are daily recommending Electric Bitterf
will prove; Brigh's disease, diabetes, veal
back, or any urinary complaint quickly cured
they purify the blood, regula:e the bowel
and act directly on the diseased parts: ever
bottle guaranteed. For sale by Patterson
Sons, st. Clairsyille, at Soc bottle.