Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-04
Town and County.

THE new Board of the Belmont COun-
ty Children's Home, at their meeting
Thursday, very wisely reelected Mr.. and
Mrs Peter Giffin Superintendent and
Matron of the Home Miss Carrie Hayes
was appointed Assistant MatrOn, and S
Misses Mary Hogue and Sadie Orr were E
appointed care-takers. John Penn, of
Hendrysburgh, was chosen to succeed
Frank Jackson as farmer
THE commiSSary building of ReXfOrd
Bros, contractors on the Wheeling and
Lake Erie railroad extension, at Folks l
Station, six miles northeast of Cadiz and G
its contents, consisting of merchandise =
supplies, were entirely destroyed by fire +
on Friday. The fire is thought to have =.
started from a defective stove pipe. Loss
about $500; no insurance.
IN case the Wheeling and Lake Erie
railroad is built. it is understood that :
traffic arrangement will be entered into 7
with the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling r
road by which that company will extend
its tracks to Portland from Bridgeport,
and the two roads use the same tracks
from Steubenville to Bellaire, says the
Independent
ELIZA ASHTON, daughter of Jacob
Holloway and wife of Wm. Ashton, who }
resides near Flushing, died Friday, after C
a trief illness. from obstruction of the b
bowels. aged 30 years. She was univer q
halo hoY ic la
mented The funeral occurred on Sun
day from the Friends meeting house.
ISAAC MCCOLLUM, a prominent citizen
of Guernsey county, and one of the In
firmary Directors, died at his home in
Center township on the 25th ult., after an r
illness of four days, from pneumonia, 8
aged "A years. Deceased was deacon in
the Presbyterian Church at Washington,
and was a veteran of the late war.
MILTON RAMAGE, son of Hon. A. c. !,
Ramage, of Smith township, started on
Monday to Livingstone, Montana, where
he will engage in numbering for the sum- Il
mer, with Mr.. George Rowland, who re- V
turns at the same time from a stay in u
this region to his home at that place.
THE numerous friends of ex-Auditor fl
d. H. Darrah, of Bellaire, will regret to :,
learn that his bright little daughter
Pearl is lying dangerously i'll, and will Il
unite in the hope that she may be spared 4
to gladden. the hearts of her parents and il
to brighten their home II
THE Tryon road bill, which attracted s
such general attention throughout the "
State during the past winter, failed in the Il
House last week, receiving but Al votes. ?,
1t was amended before it was put upon 4,
its passage, so as to be scarcely recogniz-
able by its author. IL
THE Board of Trustees of Wash and -
jeff. College at their meeting last week :,
conferred the honorary degree of A u
NJ. upon Rev. A. K. Knox, of East Liver ei
pool. Rev. K. is son of VIM. Knox, of n
: near Glencoe, and fully merits the honor +;
bestowed
THE associate Reform Presbyterian D
makes good point in the following item: E
"Just at this time our country needs a -
religion that will make man pay his =
debts. Shouting don't settle old note ac- l
counts with God and man. Ii
Mrs ANN RICE, widow of the late cap
tain Thomas Rice, died at the residence II
of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Thompson, h
in this place, on Friday, aged about 50 Il
years. Funeral on Sunday. Interment :,
in NJ. E. Cemetery.
Mr.. D. B. CLARK, who has been the "
shipping clerk for the Standard Iron Co.
for several years. has resigned to accept
the chief clerkship of the Cleveland, to- Sc
rain and Wheeling freight Office at Bridge
port. cc
JONATHAN KENNEDY, a cOlored man Ii
aged SO years, who lived with his son in "
Flushing, was found dead in bed on T
Thursday morning. He had been COM ~
planning of pains in his breast for several :.
days. Ii
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Col. PoNRMAN's rich patrician taste >,
does not seem to have been satisfied with r
an Office worth only paltry S2C30.- l
What is $4,000 anyhow to an editor like az
Col Poorman? p Wheeling Register. N
THE yoGng lady who was arrested re- u
Gently at Wellsville for tampering with p
the mails, pleaded guilty to opening let Il
tiers with prying intent to learn their -
contents, and was fined $3.50.
LOUIS HGFFLER, of Woodsfeld, who II
succeeded c. S. Hall, killed ON the Balti- :;
more and Ohio, in the railway mail SER
vice, has resigned, and will go into the sa- IL
loon business at GAINESVILLE Il
OIL LEASES are being taken rapidly in
Flushing township. Pittsburgh parties II
have been operating in the vicinity and h
have secured a large amount of the most a
desirable territory. :,
THE Assessors elected on Monday, will m
meet an Tuesday of next week, at the "
Auditors Office, to receive blanks and in -
structions.
MARCH came in like lamb and went k
out like a roaring lion. Still, on the q,
whole, the month was bright and balmy.
MosT of the tobacco crop of Noble al
county has been sold at prices varying tC
from 81 80 to S4 80 per hundred pounds m
THE public schools in all the large .