Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-01-14
The days heightened and the cold

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bership of over 1400 in Bellaire.
The weather seems more crisseross
than it could be if it were cut bias.
The price of mining along Wheeling
creek has been advanced to sixty cents
per ton.
TWENTY different men are already
named in connection with the Mayoralty
of Bellaire.
w. G. BARNARD, of Bellaire. has been
granted patent on device to load coal
on steam ers.
= TIE deep snow made mails very irreg-
ular. Trains on all main lines were many
hours behind.
THAT January thaw hasn't yet ma
terialized. Nobody seems to know any
thing about it.
The cold snap was hard on short coal
man this week.
OK Sabbath morning. a chandelier fell
in Charles Thompson's barber shop.
Smashing it to smithereens.
Mrs. ELEANOR SMITH. died at her
home in Franklin, on last Wednesday
afternoon, over 80 years Of age.
GEORGE MERCER, of Martini Ferry. is
one of the heirs of the alleged Mercer
estate of millions in New York.
D. w. SHEPHERD has moved his dry
goods and grocery store from Quaker
City to Rock Hill In this county.
TEE rise in the Ohio river last week
was the greatest since 's4. This snow
may whoop her up when it goes of.
FoR SALE-Houss and lot in the east
end of town. W. B. GILMORE.
I14-2t Agent.
TIE B., z. & C. narrow gauge was
compelled to suspend operations alto
gether for y few days, on account of
heavy snow.
AT the dedication of the new NJ. E.
debtedness remained, and So, 200 weIe
raised to liquidate it.
NEXT Saturday, the miners of this
district will convene at Cambridge, to
try to devise means to raise the wages Of
miners along the B. & o.
THERE has been no other topic of con-
yersation for few days, than that of
the weather. How is your thermomei
teri" is a favorite question.
AN itemizer has discovered that the
snow which caused the February flood
of "a began to fall on the same day as
the present great snow. Jan. Sth.
A LITTLE child of Elias johnson stood
too near the crate on Sabbath morning,
aud its clothing took fire. Prompt act
tion saved it, only an arm being slightly
burned.
MEssRs. GIFFEN & KERR, near May |
nard. offer for sale a good farm on the
c., L. 81 W. r. r.. three miles north of
this place. See their advertisement in
this paper.
The men interested in the Bethel oil
and gas we'll are again encouraged. and
a strike is looked for at any time. The
we'll is now 1,150 feet deep, and the sand |
rock has been tapped.
THE Sunday Register has this item
John W. BEEN. of St. Clairsville, had |
hog at the upper market house yesterday |
morning that weighed $40 pounds, and |
was only thirteen months old"
ACHES and pains long borne make even the |
young feel old; the true remedy is Parker's |
Tonic it purifies the blood, sets in order the |
liver and kidney, banisbes pain and builds up |
the health; besides 1t has the reputation of
doing what we claim for it. 174t
The property of Miss Mary J. Harvey, |
who committed suicide on Scotch Ridge |
a short time ago, was appraised Oh Fri |
day. 1t amounted TO almost $4,000, and |
goes to Mrs. Sarah O'Bsrnie, Of Martins
Ferry, the only heir.
FARMERS CLUB-The Belmont Coun-
ty Farmers Club will meet on Saturday |
at m. in the Office of John Pollock,
Esq, to close up the business of the In |
meetings. All are invited.
THE Niagara rink, Bellaire, fell in on |
Friday night, on account of the heavy |
weight of snow on the roof. The build |
ing Is almost complete wreck, and the |
loss is estimated at $4,000. The rink cost |
between $4,000 and $4,000 to build.
HANDEL VANCE, one of Barnesville's |
IoelucuOS, ulCu Ou LuO CN0uluB buo
last day of 1885, aged 81 years. He had |
been a resident of Barnesyille for 40 |
years, and was an energetic, public spir- |
tied man, and will be greatly missed.
JANUS was a Latin God, having two
faces, represented as looking back over |
the past and into the future. His tem>
Pile in Rome was never closed except in |
times of universal peace. Our month |
of January is derived from this word.
FoR November and December, the |
Mayor Of Martins Ferry collected S39 |
in fines, besides S44 assessed and net |
paid; licenses, $35. The council order |
ed several hundred dollars bills paid, bat |
there is no money in the city treasury.
THE Somerton bank elected directors |
last week, as follows: Solomon Hoge, |
Mrs. NJ. L. Miles, James Lucas, L. P. |
ShiYely and E. ]. Hoge. The directors
elected Solomon Hoge. President; E. ]. |
Hoge. Vice President, and j. r. Jackson,
cashier.
THE interesting Institute papers of
Gen. McNary and Mr.. Axtell, of the |
Stockman. will be found in this paper. |
Both of these papers deserve careful Pc
rusal 0y the agrlculturallstS of this Sec |
tion. They contain many valuable sug>
gestions.
THE Cincinnati Enquirer the other day
printed an alleged portrait of c. L. Poor
man, one of Belmont county's Represen>
tatives in the Ohio Legislature. If the
name had not accompanied the cut, no
one hereabouts would have suspicioned
for whom it was intended.
BELLAIRE is becoming noted for
strikes. The men at the Etra glass
works failed to go to work on Monday,
on account of a workman named James
Keys who had slight misunderstand+
ing with the managers in regard to the
number Of goblets in turn.