Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-03-25
Published Every Thursday
Town and Country.
SPRING elections. April 5.

SPRING elections. April 5.
MOVING day, Thursday of next week
THE small boys have already organized
base ball clubs.
Don't kick any old hats next Thurs.
day it is April Ist.
THE Flushing NJ E church will organ
ize All Oxford League.
ONLY one week from next Monday
until the spring elections.
Work OF the Union street bridge, Bel
laire, cOmWenced last week.
The Republicans of Barnesville will
nominate their city ticket 10 day.
THE frat fishermen were out Thursday
They caught more cold and mud than
fish.
HENRY GAZE Last week purchased the
Joshua Keyser farm, in Pultney tp., for
$4,S5O.
THE plOws are running. and ground is
being turned over all around US. This
is spring.
WIN. KIRK. of near Smyrna. has assign
ed to Z Hibbs. for the benefit of his
creditors.
SNEAK thieves go into the churches at
Bsrnesville, during service, and steal
overcoats.
KITES with lantern attachments have
been the evening amusementS for the
past week.
THE Richland township and St. Clairs-
vile corporation tickets will be nomin-
ated on Saturday.
The mayor of Bellaire collected fines
and licenses to amount of SIO027 during
the mouth last past.
THE gas well in the lower end of
Bellaire, struck small flow at $50 feet.
They will 60 1000 feet.
BUCKwHEAT -four will kill cabbage
worms, says an exchange. Remember
this, and keep a supply.
THOMAS HoAR, of Bridgeport, will
accompany Forepaughs show, on three
years tour in Australia.
THE boy preacher, Rev Fisher,
commenced series of meetings in Hen
drysburg last Wednesday.
ABOUT the latter part of next week,
you can commence to get acquainted
with your new neighbors.
Miss MAGGIE MCPEEK, of Barnesville,
is honest in her conviction, that her sore
arm was healed by prayer.
MATTHEW MCKEowN, of Barnesville,
has secured patent on locomotive
ash pan, said to be valuable.
"THE American" is to be the name of
the new Martins Ferry paper, and it
will appear in a few weeks.
The council of Bridgeport will take
action. on April 6, on an ordinance to di
vide the city into three wards.
DAVID SMITH, one of the oldest settlers
of this county. died at his home in We
gee, Wednesday, aged IS years.
FRANK BRYANT aud wife have re
moved from Louisville to Maynard,
where they will make their home.
ESQ. W. E. DoAN. at Maynard. will
open restaurant in connection with his
store. He is wide awake citizen.
PHILIP KING, an old resident of Pill
% cher, this county, has traded 100 acres of
his farm for the mill at Beallsville.
AN exchange says we are to have two
visible comets next month. One will be-
come visible to the eye about the 18th.
JAMES HART is erecting ewo story
building at Belmont. 1t will be occupied
by A. Kildow, as cigar manufactory.
A. B. CARMAN, of East Richland, grad
uates this week from the College of Sci
ence of the Lebanon Normal University
JAMES POOLE, we'll known citizen OF
Bellaire. died last week from fever, aged
40 years. A wife and eight children are
bereft.
JACOB REED, of North Wheeling, has
challenged Easter Brandt, of Martins
Ferry. to run half mile race for purse
of 5000 or S40O.
JOIN FOSTER, of Bellaire, a frefghC
conductor on the c & P, was injured in
ternally between the bumpers, Wednes
day of last week.
AFTER expending about 81 900 Barnes
vile deplOres the fact that they have nc
brass band. st. Clairsville has no band
but is not suffering.
JF. HoBsoN, of Flushing, recent grad
uate of the Cleveland Medical College
has secured a desirable position in the
hospital at Cleveland.
THE jolly ten dramatic troupe, of Bel
laire, will entertain Jacobsburg people
on the evening of April l, and Arm
strong's Mills on April 2.
ISAAC DEAL was drunk and tried II
run the Salvation Army meeting al
Barnesville. The mayor gave him AZ
cents change out of a s. bill.
THE BelIaire. Bridgeport and Martini
Ferry councils have all granted the Phil
adelphla natural gas company the priv
ilege to lay pipes in their streets.
JESSE ROBERTS. aged Sc years, died a
his home near Barnesyile, on the 18Th
inst. He was a member of the Societ,
of Friends, and highly esteemed.
Now SPEND SO for tools and seed, pu
in 800 worth of work and time. ant
raise 60 cents worth of vegetabes-an
some one will steal the best of them.
The Salvation Army is doing goo'
work at Barnesville. The meetings ar
largely attended. and mostly by peopl
who attend no other divine worship.
GEORGE E. HILLEs has been electe
president of the GAINESVILLE Distric
Fair Association. The board meets o
Saturday to arrange for the next fair.
A BELLAIRE saloon was closed las
week by a family row. John Goode. th
husband. cheked his wife, and was fine
q. S75, which he was unable to liquidate
IT is thought the 6remen's trumpe
still being contested for by the differen
companies of Bellaire, benefit of th
Catholic church, will raise $4,000 {
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