Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-03-22
Town and County.

Fink corner will begin on the 2d day OF
April. preparatory to the erection Of the
L. p. church building. The tearing
away of the old hotel will destroy one OF
the most ancient landmarks of the town.
A half century ago it was quite hostelry.
and was especially patrOniZed by people
of the Captina valley who were called
here to attend the courts. 1t was also a
stage station. and the writer well remem-
bers an occaSion-forty years ago next
month-when he, barely able TO hold to
the seat, sat perched upon the drivers
seat of coach that pulled up there for
an exchange of horses and driver, and
with what admiration he looked upon
those wonderful, rollicking drivers and
\ fine horses as the red coaches rolled over
the road, filled with merry people, inside
and out. For, unlike travellers in the
modern railway carriage, they all became
speedily acquainted, and the conversation
and Jokes and constantly changing land
scape made the time pass rapidly and
pleasantly.
The building is log structure, and was
erected early in the century. For
quarter of century it has been used
mainly as a tenement house. Because Of
that fact. and of the immense amount Of
lumber in it, it has been a constant source
of terror to property owners in its i'm
mediate vicinity, and its demolition is
looked forward to with great satisfaction.
THERE were aching hearts in St Glars
vile last Saturday. David NJ. Davies was
a candidate for denomination for Justice
of the Peace in the afternoon, and was
beaten one vote by John White, Of Glen
coe. The venerable squire at once be
came panic-stricken, and Lit out for home
at lively rate BY evening he had re-
covered sufficiently to attend the meeting
called to nominate municipal officers,
where he was again handsomely done
.up,'' this time by the young statesman
5from Guernsey, George Linn.
Verify, Republics are ungrateful. AtnO
time during his long service in the Dem
ocratic camps has the old squire ever
hesitated to endorse any dogma asserted
by Democratic caucuses-in season and
Out, through sunshine and storm, with
courageous stubbOrnness has he stood by
his party; and now, in the sunset of his
life, it has turned its back upon him, re-
fused him a denomination. for Mayor of
his native town, and nominated in his
stead a new conner from the land OF
penyroyal, whose principal business the
short time he has resided in town has
been the pursuit Of small offices.
THE Court of Common Pleas was oc-
cupied during all the latter part of last
week with hearing suits brought against
John w. Chambers, a young man of this
neighborhOod, for bastardy, and for
breach of promise and seduction. The
victim was Miss Martha Belle Roscoe. a
struck jury was empanneled in the latter
case, and its hearing occupied all of Fri
day and Saturday. The jury returned
into court about ~ o'clock Saturday
evening with verdict for plaintiff, assess
Lng damages at $4,000. At the former
trial the verdict was $1,000 Many of the
jurors Saturday evening were disposed to
make it $1,000, the full amount sued for.
The girl was a minor when seduced,
which renders the defendant liable to i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary, and mat
tiers were brought to light during the ex-
aminations of the case in court showing
marked cruelty and heartlessnesS upon
the part of the seducer.