Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-03-07


seen together at Martins Ferry after
ward. The destination of the runaways
is unknown. The woman leaves family
of children.
NoTICE.-Dr. Bob. Alexander is now
prepared to practice medicine in all its
branches-all calls, night or day, prompt
ly attended to in town or country. Office
in drug store formerly owned by II. West
& Son, st. Clairsville.
THERE is good prospect for the build
ing of the pike between New Athens
and Cadiz, a considerable majority of
the property holders within two miles
of the road having signed the peti-
ton in favor of its construction. The
building of this road will connect the
county towns of Belmont and Harrison
by macadamIzed road, and permit easy
intercourse between them during all sea-
sons of the year.
FRET not your life away because your
hair is gray, while young, as you can stop
all grayness and can beautify the hair
with Halls Hair Renewer and be happy.
ACCORDING to the law passed last
winter, township clerks elected in April,
1888, hold their office Hntil September l.,
1880, and township treasurers elected at
the same time, hold Office until Septem-
lber l, 1889. Township treasurers will be
elected at the approaching April election,
but their terms of Office will not begin
until September 1.
THE story going that the oil well at
Glencoe began spOuting forth such guam
titles of oil en- Monday that people were
compelled to remove from the neighbor-
hood of the well, to keep from being sat
urated, is pronounced fabrication
Nothing unusual has transpired at the
well for several days.
AN eastbound passenger train and a
westbound freight on the Baltimore &
Ohio collided between Benwood and
Moundsville Friday night. Nolives were
lost. The freight train was pretty badly
demolished and its conductor roughly
handled by being thumped among the
freight
For RENT-A Market Garden Farm
of 80 acres, on National Road, 4 miles
west Bridgeport, Ohio, known as the
Matthew Nichol farm.
Call on or address J. B. MCMECHAN,
282t st. ClairSville, Ohio.
Mrs. CYNTHIA THOMPSON, of Pultney
township, whose husband, Chas. Thomp-
son, was soldier of the war of 1912, has
obtained through her agent, Col Charles
worth, pension of S12 per month, the
back pay amounting to over $12C0.
Mrs. SARAH HATTERY, widow of the
late John B. Hattery, after lingering
sickness, died at her home in Bellaire on
Wednesday of last week, in the SD year
of her age. Funeral on Friday; inter
ment at Bellaire.
DIR. E. d. STRAHL, well known in sew
eral localities in this county, was adjudg
ed insane in the Guernsey Probate Court
last week. His insanity is chargeable to
the too free use of whisky and morphine
WIN. WEBER, SR., left on Thursday
for visit to his old home, Salem, Va,
takingi in the inauguration at Washing
ton on the way. Upon his return he will
be accompanied by his daughter Bella.
AN effert is being made to secure the
attendance of ex-President Hayes at the
Industrial and Kindergarten exhibition
of the Martins Ferry schools the latter
part of this month.
JOHN SHOMBERG, aminer at the Black
Diamond mines, operated by Troll Bros,
had his right arm broken, and was other
wise badly hurt by a fall of slate ON
Thursday.
FRED SHANNAFELT, youngest son of
John B. Shannafelt, Bellaire, died on
Thursday of last week, after two weeks
sickness from typhoid fever, aged 10
years.
BY bills printed at this office we learn
that Hon. John Patton is to sell at pub
lie sale on Thursday, March %, large
lot of stock, farm implements, sc.
THE Bellaire Independent says there
is decided falling off in the amount of
drunkenness in that city, and attributes
it chiefly to a shortage of funds.
THE grape vines should be trimmed
the fore part of this month. If the work
is deferred too long the vines will lose
their sap and be weakened.
A KNIGHTS of Pythias Lodge, with a
membership of twenty-five persons, was
instituted at Morristown last week..
c. Israel, p. C.
AN engine recently built for the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad is 56 feet long, IA
feet high, and weighs 107, 700 pounds.
THE report of the Ohio Experiment
Station shows that whole potatoes yield
better than cut seed.
THE Monroe Gazette, the proprietor of
which died recently, is advertised for sale.
MOST people prefer the ups and
downs of life to being down all the time.
THE Mingo nail factory shut down on
Saturday for an indefinite time.
THE Lenten season began on Tuesday
and will last for forty days.
BRING your sale bills to THE CuRoNI-
oLEofiee.