Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-20

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pen where a cross bull was kept and be
gan to pet it. The bull, not relishing this
familiarity, tossed the venturesome David
about fifteen feet into the air, and when
he came back to terra .fymG began
to gore him, and only the interven-
ton of the by-standers saved his life
He is badly bruised and hurt internally,
but it is thought will recover.
Mr.. WILL DANFORD, who for several
years has been one of Uncle Sans most
efficient Railway Mail Clerks, has been
given the grand bounce by the present
civil service reform administration. Mr..
DanfOrd declined to be levied upon by
| Cleveland's Doodle collectors for cam
paign funds, which will probably account
for the ticket of leave. In the present
demOralized condition of the mail service
it is a pity that such faithful officials as
Mr.. Danford must go
| REV. ToMsON, of Belmont, in note to
this paper, says that we were in error
last week in representing that he was
not in sympathy with the third party
political Prohibitionists. He says that
81 will vote for Fiske the coming cleo
ton, and do what can in the fight for
God and home, and against the devil and
the saloon" Our information appeared
to be reliable, but we cheerfully set the
Reverend gentleman in his true position.
[ HAVE been bothered with catarrh for
about twenty years; had lost sense of
smell entirely for the last fifteen years,
and | had almost lost my hearing My
eyes were getting so dim | had to get
some one to thread my needle. Now |
have my hearing as well as | ever had,
and / can see to thread as fine needle
as ever l did, my sense of smell is partly
restored and it seems to be improving all
the time | think there is nothing like
Ely'S Cream Balm for catarrh. Mrs Z.
E. Grimes, 81 Valley street, Rendrill. Per-
ry Co., Ohio. 92027.
THE Bellaire Tribune reports a row on
Saturday evening in that town, between
two st. Clairsyille young men and Bell
aire young man, in which one of the ST.
Clairsville boys got a lick which sent him
sprawling in the mud. The report says
they were corraled by Officer FELTON, and
gave security for their appearance at po-
lice court. 1t is just barely possible that
the Bellaire reporter put little extra
coloring in his report to the detriment of
our boys.
FRESH "MlXED SPICES in-at
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WE invite attention to the Prospectus
of The Ne,O York Press, published in this
paper. The Press is new paper, yet it
is one of the ablest advocates in the coun-
try of the cause of Republicanism. It's
editor, Mr. Robert p Porter, is an au-
thority on Protection, and his discussions
Of this important topic are simply unri-
vailed. We commend it to our Republi-
can friends as an excellent journal to
circulate.
THE Belmont County Medical Society
met in Bridgeport on Tuesday of week,
and was well attended, almost every town
in the county being represented. The
next meeting will be held in Bridgeport,
Tuesday, Dec. II. Drs. Cooke, Walker
and Williams are to read papers, and
Drs. HewetsOn, Colvill and Shuttleworth
are to report cases.
SPICES Perfectly Pure and Superior
Quality. Try them. PATTERSON &SONs
THE Monroe County Fair, which closed
on Thursday, was well attended. The
Spirit says that the exhibits of farm
products and animals were hardly up to
those of former years.
ALLEN BOND, a well known and high
ly esteemed resident of Union township,
died on Saturday, aged 81 years. His fu-
neral occurred on Monday Interment
at Belmont.
SHERIFF FOULKE, by proclamation in
this paper notifies the electors of the
county that there will be an important
election held on Tuesday, November 6.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER BERRY is pre-
pairing to ship three thousand barrels of
apples to the South about the middle of
November
THE infant twin child-a little girl-of
Charles Lyons, East Richland, died on
Monday; its twin sister died on the 9th
inst.
THE little girl of Alex. Pryor, residing
two miles east of Hendrysburg, aged
months, died one day last week.
TIE East Ohio Conference of the NJ.
E. Church began at Salem, O., on We'd
nesday of this week.
! TIE WoOdslield Spirit will be enlarged
to 48 columns next week
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