Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-04-29

J. and there Is much need of II.
Mr.. JAMES FRASER has leased the
D. National Hotel stables, and will here
after have sole control of them.
II REV. W. W. WALKER, of Bellaire. is
> assisting the EpiseOpalians of Martins
Ferry. in raising money to erect church.
The stockholders meeting of the Gen.
. tral Onie railroad company, for the cleo
Il tion of directors, occurred yesterday, at
Columbus.
y FRANK BUCHANAN, son of James
y Buchanan, of GAINESVILLE, died on sun
day, aud his remains were Inferred at
a MorristuwH. on Tuesday.
!. FoR RKNT-Furnished room, large; south>
ern expose; one OF the pleasantest rooms IN
town. Inquire at JEPsoN's. 2S>u
THE Board of Visitors to the charita-
bic and correctional institutions of the
county, visited the county iDfrmary and
, the children's home last week.
FEDDIA CoNNoR, who died last week
at Morristown, bequeathed 500 to Mrs.
> DR.. A. J. HOgue for the benefit of the
, Disciples church of that place.
JOHN JONES, ESQ, formerly of this
place, who for several years has been a
resident OF Burlington. Iowa, has remev-
ed with his family to st. Joseph, Mo.
PALM SHIRTs-The palm" is the lead
ing dollar shirt. We have them both
laundried and unlaundried. Sold only by
4-29 2t. JEPsoN & PATTON.
THE numerous friends of James Hart,
ESQ., of Belmont, will regret to learn of
the death of his wife, which occurred
on Sunday, from puerpsral fever. Her
maiden name was Watt. She was an
estimable woman and her death is much |
lamented.
THE coal shaft at Rush Run, owned |
by DR.. Stanton. of Steubenvjlle, and Mr..
w. A. Wise, of Beilaire, was set on fire by |
an explosion of gas in the mine, on SAT-
ur,iay, and destroyed. The fire delayed |
trains on the c. & p, for several hours.
The loss about $1,000; insurance S225O.
Reliable PIants-Micbael G.. Over
0augh wishes the people to know that
ne has reliable plants for sale-early and
late cabbage plants, tomatoes, either
transplanted or not; peppers. sweet po>
tatO and celery plants in their season.
Prices right; give him call. 4-29 81.
ALFRED ANKRoM, who was assisting
the McAlllster Bros. in removing their
portable saw mill, near MOrrst, wn, on
Monday. and was riding on the boiler /
wagon, in an attempt TO jump off to pull
the rubber bar. caught his foot and was
thrown to the ground, and narrowly es-
ped horrible death under the wheels. {
AS it was, his right hand was badly :
crushed. 4
w Vr1ru Goon, Wa coll cDanial aftan |
tion to our stock in this line. embracing
lace muslin, India linen, Batiste, Victo'
ria lawn, lnOn De Ducca, hair line null. :
check naInsook. sc, sc. Also our large ,
stock of edgings. insertings. sc, sc. We
have large stock, very fine, and fully !
worth the price, Don't fail to see these |.
goods. JEPsON & PATTON. 9
THERE was a quiet little gathering at {
the NJ E parsonage on Tuesday evening, f
and Rev. Haskell pronounced the cere |
mOny which united for life two of the c
young PEOPLE of this place. George W. t
Doyle, ESQ, and Miss Lizzie Cassil. Both
are worthy, and have the heartiest wish
es of the CHRONICLE for all the happi~ $
ness they may anticipate May Joy, G
Love. Peace, these three. Rule DER their /
lives in unity is the wish of Mr.. Doyle's 7
brother typos in this office. /
OUR friend Bert Brown, who lives |
about three miles northwest of Bridge 1
port, is reported to be in luck, and is said
to be pumping oil from a never-failing I
water we'll The story in ordinary times
would create good deal of excitement,
but in these days when so many leases {
have been made of the territory in and
about this region, people are slow to be-
lieve the wildcat stories started lest some :
oil scout with large leases on hand may
have poured oil in tie we'll to start
boom. :
FULL STOCKS of floor and table oil ,
cloths, table linen, napkins, towels, crash S
handkerchiefs. gauze underwear, sc, sc. S
cheap for cash. at
4 30 2t JEPsoN & PATRONS.
PHILLIP JARRETT, one of the Oldest
residents of the southern part of the
county, died from dropsy of the chest on
Friday, at his home in Washington
township, aged IS years, and his re-
mains were buried at Mt Horeb, on Cap
tina creek on Sabbath. Deceased lived
in Smith township for many years. on
what is now the Alex. Porterfield farm,
and was one of the early settlers of that
township. He was esteemed as good
citizen, and his death is lamented by a
bereaved wife, and family of fourteen
children. and by large number of ac-
quaintances. He was twice married.
PROBATE JUDGEGAsToN has received
information from Superintendent Rich
ardson, Cf the Athens Asylum for the
Insane, that owing to the crowded state
of that institution that it will be neces-
sary to carefully select all cases admit
ted, and that it will not be possible for
them to receive any patients by tele
gram, and that they will require the pro-
ceedings sent them as contemplated by
law. The superintendent asks that only
those cases where asylum treatment is
an absolute necessity, be recommended
for admission. Belmont county has now
46 patients in the Institution, about 40
of whom are incurable; her quota is 4S.
Take Notice.
have removed my grocery, flour and
feed store to the BENZ. Dickey property,
adjoining CHRONICLE Office, where |
propose keeping larger stock of gro
ceries and a greater variety, together
with all kinds of feed; the best brands
of -four, specially. Would be glad to
see my old friends and many new ones.
at my new place of business.
4-22 2t. JAMES OSBORNE.
MARTINS FERRY seems to be we'll
| blessed with cOuncilmen at present. At
the election this spring, two new men,
hers were chosen in each of the wards,
and now Messrs Reilly. Smylle and Pow
ell come forward with properly signed
certificates showing their time is not out
for year yet 1t seems they were elect
ed at the time the town voted to convert
itself into a city of the second class, and
| their certificates were made out after the
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