Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-10-04
PERSONAL MENTION.


township. near Uniontown, is visiting old
time friends in the western part Of the
county.
J. II. Mccall, of Wichita, Kan. form
erly of this county, was in town on Tues
day. He represents the former booming
Wichita as making steady progress to-
ward great business center, and that
real estate values are maintained within
the city proper. Outside property decid-
edly of
-AleSsrs. II. c. Welday andJ. ". Mich
OILS and their wives, of this place, and y.
B. Nichols and wife, of Union township,
were among the excursionists to Cincin-
natl, by the Andes, from Wheeling, on
Tuesday.
Miss Helena HeslOp, of Bellaire, is
visiting Mrs. Jos. Murray, this place.
Miss Lizzie Orr, of Columbus, is the
guest of Belle Webber.
Mrs. Caroline Kies, of Bridgeport, has
purchased the interest Of VIII Clark
in the Sherman House, and is now sole
prOprietresS.
Parker Foulke, Esq, and wife, of
BeltOu, No. and Mrs. Ann Smith, Pawnee
Valley, Kansas, brother and sister of
Sheriff Foulke, and Mrs. Amanda Nc
Nichols, Of Jerusalem, neice, are visit
ing his family in this place. They will
start on their return home to-day.
John ". Nichols, Esq, of near Dan
vile, Illinois, and Thos F. Nichols, of the
Wheeling Intelligencer force, are on a
visit to their brother, Joel Nichols, Esq.
R. c. Meyer, Esq, who has been on
trip to Steele, Dakota, during the last
three weeks, returned home Monday.
Mr.. J. II. Close is now grandparent.
The grandchild is a son of Mrs. J. W.
Shirley, Of Staunton, Va. Congratula-
tions.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Minchen, pleasant
young couple of Cleveland, are visiting
the family of Rev. J. II. Hollingshead.
p. T. Barrett, Esq, wife and two
children, of Leigh, Nebraska, have been
visiting relatives in this region during the
past fortnight Mr. B. is a brother of our
tOwnsman, Alex Barrett, Esq, and was
a former resident of Smith township.
Commissioner Cope is on a trip to
East Tennessee, where he has some prop
erty interests.
Miss Bertha Hunt, after two-weeks'
visit with friends at Cambridge and
Barnesville, returned home on Saturday.
Mrs. Robinson, wife of Treasurer
Geo. Robinson, is spending the week Wis
iting friends in Martins Ferry.
Hon. \. T. McKelvey went up to
Columbus again yesterday to look after
the Belmont county exhibit at the Cen
tennial.
IN the appropriation proceedings in the
Probate Court, of the South Penn. & Ohio
r. R. Co. against VIM. J. Rainey ct al,
in which heretofore jury rendered a
verdict in favor of Rainey, for $500
compensation and damages, Judge Gas
ton, on Tuesday, Overruled the motion of
plaintiff to set aside the verdict, and for
a new trial. The motion to set aside the
verdict was based Oh the alleged miscon-
duct of a juror in going to sleep during
the trial The case of the railroad COM
pany against John \. Tilton ct al. was
continued until Oct. 10, for the purpose
of making new party defendants.
IN the case of the Board of Education,
of Flushing township, against Dillon
Pickering, being an action to appropriate
a school house site, Probate Judge CASTOR
on Monday found that the Board had a
right to appropriate the land sought, and
jury to be drawn to appear Oct.
19, to assess damages and compensation
for same. The following persons were
drawn as jurors: Henry Koehlein, VIM.
Jump, Pease township; William Sears,
Warren; Richard Seals, Wayne; Ammi
Workman, Isaac Myers, S. B. Williams,
Abe Stahl, J. F. Hutchinson, Jacob r.
Keyesr, Pultney; VIM. Campbell, Wheel
ing; Isaac Bethel, Flushing
"
WM. A. ALLEN, prominent young
farmer of High Ridge, near Blaine, o.,
and Miss Annie Warrell, of near Clays-
vile, Pa, were united in marriage at High
Ridge U. P. Parsonage, by the Rev. w. r.
Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 26.
Miss Warrell is sister to Mrs. Thomp-
son, at whose home the marriage was con-
The young couple start out
in life under circumstances altogether
favorable, and are to be congratulated.
LEVI LAVENDER died at his home in
the West End, of typhoid fever, this
"wednesday morning. Deceased was
reared in the Arick neighbOrhood, East
of town, and for many years worked at
his trade (blacksmithing), in the shop at
the top of Wheeling Hill. He was an in
dustrious, good-natured, and clever man.
THE Democratic Committee and candi-
dates had meeting in this place, on
Tuesday, for the purpose, it is stated, of
for distribution of the ''boodle"
which has been filched from the post
masters and other office-holders by the
beautiful civil service reform party man.
ayers.
DIR. W. r. CLARK, of MOrristOwn, has
located at East Liverpool. He is well
posted in his profession, is pleasant and
agreeable gentleman and will commend
himself to his new acquaintance as
worthy of confidence.
FINE TEAs-We have just bought Gun
Powder and Young HysOn of the very
best, and want you to try what real fine
teas are like. We have also finest Black
and Japan and cheaper grades of Green,