Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17
Town and County.

cause of another man losing his life in
Bellaire on Saturday night. A birthday
party to Chas. Richart, was given at the
house of VIM. Rose, on Gravel Hill, and
beer was among the refreshments. Ad-
am jenkins and Joseph Nicholson, both
men of families, were among the guests,
. and remained until most of the party
had gone home. By accident Nicholson
tread on one of Jenkins feet, when a
quarrel ensued, and the parties concluded
to go out doors and fight it out Shortly
after going out pistol shot was heard
and when the inmates of the house went
out Nicholson was found lying on the
ground with pistol shot in his bowels
The wounded man was taken back into
the house, where he died, after great suf-
fering, at 3 O'Clock Sunday afternoon.
Jenkins was arrested and will have to
suffer the penalty of the law, as well as
the remorse for killing a man with whom
he had always been on friendly terms.
A LIVELY interest was taken in the
Republican primary in this precinct on
Saturday, and large vote polled. The
struggle centered on the choice of dele
gates to the Bellaire Convention, and
resulted in the election of delegates ia
vorable to the denomination of Con-
gresham Taylor, by As majority. The
farmers, as rule, supported the Taylor
delegates, while majority of towns
people were for the opposition delegates
Mr.. John Pollock was reelected a mem
Der of the County Central Committee,
and John Matthews, VIM. T. Hewetson,
Samuel Cochran, ]. F. Young, r. NJ Will
kins, delegates, and Leland Frint, Geo.
Brown, Jr., Lewis Wooten, J. C. Kint-
ner, Harry Boroff, alternates to the Coun-
ty Convention.
THE concert and festival given by the
A. NJ. E. church of this place in the new
court house hall on Thursday and Friday
evenings was quite successful affair,
netting the neat sum of sS222. The sing
ing was good, the performances of the
children were commendable, and the re-
freshments, as we can testify from per-
sonal inspection, were first class. The
society desire to extend thanks to East
Richland friends for handsome dona-
ton, and to the citizens of ST. Clairsville
for their attendance and iberality.
DURING the parade of John Robinson's
circus in Martins Ferry on Monday, one
of the smaller female elephants made a
rush for Earl, the little son of Samuel
Thompson, who was standing on the
street, and seized him in her trunk, dash
ed him back between her legs to the
ground and tried to trample upon him,
but the boy was rescued from his perilous
position before he was seriously injured.
The bad temper of the animal was caus-
ed by boys who had been annoying her.
Miss ELLA B. MINER, of Harrison
county, an inmate of the Asylum at Co
lumbus, committed suicide on Sunday, by
jumping from the roof of the building
through the skylight, which she reached
unobseryed, to the ground distance of
sixty feet. When picked up she was con-
scious and talked nationally, but died in
a few minutes afterwards Not bone |
in her body was broken.
A REPORT is circulating on the street |
that the .. P. brethren are considering
the matter of changing from brick to
stone for their new church edifice. Such |
change would add greatly to the appear
ance of the building, and would be hailed |
with satisfaction. The congregation is
wealthy and liberal, and can be depended |
upon to erect church building worthy
the cause and the age in which we live.
Mrs. ROBERT MILLIGAN, a Bridgeport |
lady, forty-eight years of age, gave birth
to her twenty-ifth child on Thursday-a
boy weighing eleven pounds. Five pairs |
of twins are portion of her heritage of
the twenty-five children, twenty are liv-
ing and the oldest is SO years of age.
THE weather during the fore part of
this week was quite cool, and there was
much anxiety about the fruit and the |
plants, but fortunately the mercury did |
not get down to the freezing point At
O'Clock Monday night it was II degrees
above freezing.
THURSDAY and Friday, May 81 and
June L, is the date fixed for the Sabbath |
School Convention, in the new court house
hall The exercises will consist of short |
addresses and papers by Sabbath School |
workers from different parts of the coun-
ty, music, &e.
WHEELING is the champion township |
of this county on the question of the pro-
hibition of the liquor traffic. At the cleo
tion on Saturday the vote was unani-
nous against the sale" of liquor in the
township.
THE residence of Thomas Walker, near
Burr's Mills, caught fire from defective
fiue on Saturday, and was burned to the
ground, together with adjacent buildings.
Loss about $1,000 Insured in the Ohio
Farmers.
AN axle of freight car broke on the |