Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-20

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venue. has been on trial during the past
two weeks at Cambridge, on charge of
numbering one of her children by giving
it paris green, was acquitted by the jury
on Tuesday, after an hours deliberatiOn.
The prisoner was returned to jail at
GAINESVILLE, to answer to other indict-
ments for murder, but it is likely that no
further prosecution will occur.
PROBATE JUDGE GASTON, issued mar
riage licenses during the week ending
Tuesday, as follows:
Jas F. Robb and Grace E. Beveridge.
Charles G. Rogers and Maggie w.
Schramm.
J.R. Pickens and Maggie D. Barnes.
King E. Lynn and Nellie II. Ball.
Manola A. Yarnell and Matte o.
Shankland.
George Magers and Minnie Harris.
Curtin G.. Morris and Laura McNeely.
SUPT. GIFFEN, of the Children's Home,
has just returned from trip, during
which he found good homes for eighteen
of his wards. He reports the Home in a
prosperous condition, and is now engag-
ed in working up a "Happy Christmas"
for the children. Friends, lend the good
superintendent helping hand.
OUR good friend, John Theaker, of
Colerain, favored the CHRONICLE, yes
terday, with samples of as fine apples as
we have looked upon the present season,
of the RambO, Hubbardson, Grimes Col
den, Northern Spy, 20 OF. Pippin, and
Roman Beauty varieties. Thanksl
TIE Wheeling I9telIigencer prOspec-
tus is published in this paper. The IN
telligencer is an excellent paper for the
people in this locality. In addition to
its superiority as a well conducted gener-
al newspaper, it contains the cream of
the local news.
A ROW occurred between a couple of
the scholars at the FairpOint school on
Tuesday after the close of school, in
which one of the boys got black eye.
The teacher had rod in pickle for the
aggressor the following morning.
The annual prospectus of the Cleveland
Leader is printed in this paper. The
Leader, as newspaper, has no superior
in Ohio. 1t is able and fearless in its ad-
vocacy of right principles. The Leader
and CHRONICLE for 81 S0per year.
THE appropriation case in the Probate
Court, of the Wheeling & Lake Erie rail
road against w. J. Rainey, ct al, was
settled on Tuesday, and by agreement,
the jury awarded to Mr.. Rainey $4,000
compensation, and 900 damages.
REV. J. K. MCKALLAP, a former pas
tor of the First Presbyterian Church in
Bellaire, was married last week to Miss
Mary c. Latshaw, teacher of elocutiOn in
Beaver College.
w. r. JOHNSTON, former resident of
this place, is lying dangerously ill from
lung trouble, in the Berwick Hotel, in
Cambridge.
Hon. ID. a. HoLLINGwORTH, of Cadiz,
was among the callers at the residence
of Senator Sherman in Washington, on
Saturday.
TRY pair of our Mems Handmade
POrpOiSe Shoes, guaranteed to wear out
two extra soles. Fowler & Ayers, Bridge
port, o.
RICE SEED sprinkled in the meshes of
a common sponge, kept constantly moist,
will sprout and grow, making a pretty
house ornament for winter.
IT will pay you to try pair of Fowler
& Ayers Child'S, Youths and Misses
GTeGt Wear School Shoes, Bridgeport.
IT is scarcely necessary to pause to re-
mind our readers that next Monday eve
is Christmas eve.
OLD lemon peal and salt is said to be a
fine thing to clean brass and copper with.
AMBROsIA SoRGHUM-The finest i'll the
world, and cheapest, at 1t JEPSoNS.
81 WILL honor Christmas in my heart
and try to keep it all the year. Dickens.
TIE skating season has opened and