Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-01-07
Town and Country.


Office springs up almost every day.
Mr.. WIN. BARNES, aged 5s. died few
DAYS ago, at his nome in Somsrton.
OUR country friends were in town in
full force last week, enjoying the Instl-
tute.
J.W. NEwLIN has let the work for a
new residence, on bis farm near Loyds-
vile.
OUR carrier boy wishes to return his
thanks for his liberal treatment on New
Years.
ABOUT $500 has been subscribed to-
ward keeping up the Y. NJ. c. A., OF Bel
laire.
SCHOOLS resumed work on Monday,
and will continue until the regular April
vacation.
VANDALs have been defacing the s0i+
diers' monument, on the public square,
at Bellaire.
FEBRUARY %, Washington's birthday.
is the next legal holiday; and then, May
80, Memorial Day.
ALAReE number of diaries were COM
nenced last Friday. Most of them will
be ended this month.
THE liverymen with sleighs are be-
coming discouraged with the winter. Ice
dealers ara also blue.
W PANooAsT, of near Hunter, is
suffering from recent attack Of paral-
ysis, but will recover.
FRANKLIN has been afflicted with
scourge of typhoid fever, attributed to
impure drinking water.
JOHN WHITE has been elected secre-
tary to the board of water works truss
tees, of Martins Ferry.
JOHN D. BAKER is again superintend-
ent of the Bellaire street railway, Mr.. q.
Bippus having resigned.
LEILA, daughter of P. Colsman, of
Martins Ferry, was buried at Dillies
Bottom, on New Years day.
SWEARING is one of the most common.
indecent and wicked habits. Swear on
swearing during the year 1886.
THE mild and open winter prophets
are ahead 80 far, and are getting saucy
But the winter is not over yet.
THE Athletic base ball club of Barnes
vile has lately been re-oreanized for
next season. They will hire pitcher.
THE small boy who expected to slide
during the holidays, was disappointed.
There was plenty of mud. but no snow.
BAKED Beans and Bigotry," was the
title of lecture delivered by Col. Jake
Kemple, on Monday evening, in Whee>
ling.
AT Hareb church, Rev. Lloyd pastor.
an iateresting revival is in progress. Up
to last week, over SO had professed con-
version.
THE newsdealers 10 Steubenville will
not handle the Gazette of that place, on
account of the boycott placed upon it by
the nailers.
THE store and station rooms at Frank
lin are being moved. to make room for
new switch to Stewart & Meehaus
coal mines.
SUNDAY was another rainy, disagreea-
BILE day. The FIRST two davs of the year
were unusually bright and pleasant for
the season.
On Christmas, there was an unusual
number of saloon and street fights in
Barnesville. That town is getting bad
reputation.
PEOPLE are generally grained for
few days at the beginning of the year.
But it is only because they have ''swored
of some old habit.
L. C. STEPHENSON and wife, who re
moved from the vicinity OF Burr's Mills
to Kansas, have returned. They like old
Belmont county best.
THE Montefere Society, Bellaire, made
a holiday present of several hundred
bushels of coal. distributed among a
number of poor families.
MRS. KERR NORTON nee Miss Mary
Gable, gave an el0cutionary entertain
ment at Olivet, on Saturday evening,
benefit of the NJ. E. church.
THE miners at Cambridge. who were
out-on strike for 60 cents. concluded to
work for 40, rather than be idle. Before
the strike they got so cents.
THE gas tank at Barnesville ovarturn-
ed on Monday of last week, letting the
gas escape. 1t is estimated that S400
will make the necessary repairs.
THE STUDENTS who have been spend
ing the holidays with friends have re-
turned to their respective colleges. ready
to prosecute their studies with renewed
vigor.
AsHAs already been announced in this
paper. there will be a meeting of the Bel.
mont County Medical Society in this
place, oD Saturday. January 9th. at 10
o'clock a. N.
JACOB HAHN, of Wegee, died on FRI
day morning. in Bellaire, where he had
been running a meat market, after an
illness of two weeks. A wife and two
children survive him.
The Bellare Independent of Thurs
day, had something to say about the re-
cent alleged publications of the Commits
sioners' report. and advises that key
for its solution is necessary.
HON. E. B. EsHELMAN, ex-member OF
the Ohio Legislature, and formerly edi-
tor of the Wayne County Democrat, is
now in editorial charge of CN. Gaumer'G
Mansfield Shield and Banner.
THE first day of January. 1886, was .
beautiful spring like day, very much like
New Years of 1876, it is said. The DAY
passed off quietly. with the usual family
reunions, social gatherings, &c.
On Wednesday of last week. there wal
an enjoyable reunion of the family o
Mr.. T. J. Rowles, at his home in Jacobs
burg. All of his nine children, most o
whom are married, were present.
THE new management Of the Narrow
gauge had their first mishap on MoDda'
morning, by the engine jumping the tracl
in the yard at this place. delaying th
train so that the morning connection
were lost.
Good Legislation.
Maryland Legislators have, in common wit
health officials of Brooklyn, Philadelphis
Baltimore and other cities, endorsed the ne,
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