Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-05-30
Town and County.

J. Jones, EsqA in Wheeling, on saturday
evening in the 5Sth year of her age. De
ceased was a member of the Presbyter-
ian Church. and was an estimable Chris
tian woman, held in high esteem by a
wide circle of friends. Three children,
John S. James Il, and Mrs. VIM. Dixon,
survive. together with three brothers,
John f. Smith, Georgetown, Pa; James
s. Smith. Montana, and Campbell h.
Smith. East Brady, Pa, and four sisters,
Mrs. Rebecea J. TomsOn, Lawrence Co,
Pa: Mrs. Adaline Rankin, Bellaire: Mrs.
Emily Lewis, Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Mag
gle Jones, Wheeling. The funeral occur
red at Wheeling on Tuesday. and was
conducted by Rev. \. 5. HOey, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church, Bellaire.
Interment at Rock Hill Cemetery.
THE Postoffice Department last week,
at the suggestion of Congressman Taylor,
appointed postmasters in this county, as
follows: Belmont, Frank B. Wilkinson;
Fairpoint, Wm L. Patton; Hendrysburg
A. S. Taylor; Powhatan, Isaac Starkey;
SeWellsville, Albert J. Wheaton. Other
appointments have been made in the
Congress District, as follows: Antrim,
George W. Morrison; Washington, Mary
f. Craig: Fairview, John NJ. Morton; Mt.
Pleasant, James F. McManus; Smithfield,
]. c. Harrison; Toronto, Fred Knagi:
Hopedale, Jasper Denning.
THE Atchison Daily Champion of the
22d, has the following complimentary
mention of our old friend and townsman,
r. NJ. Eaton, Esq, now Judge of the Dis
trict Court of AtchiSon county, Kansas:
"Several of the Oldest and most promi
nent members of the AtchisOn bar, as
well as number of less prominent at
torneys, speak in the most glowing terms
of Judge r. NJ Eaton. They regard his
rulings and decisions as fair, impartial
and just, and his industry and method of
dispatching business as worthy of special
mention.
Mr.. JOHN f. SMITH and wife, of
Georgetown, Pa, called to this vicinity
by the sickness of Mr.. SIS sister, Mrs.
Hall, spent Sabbath the guests of the
family of his brOther-in-law, Mr.. Thomas
Burtoft, East of town. Mr.. Smith has
recently become interested in the ROches-
ter Daily Argus, and Beaver Argus and
Radical, weekly, and is their business
manager. Judging from his success here
tOfOre in managing affairs, Mr.. Smiths
end of the business will go along swim
mingly.
THE grand jury at new MartinSville, W.
Va, on Friday found an indictment for
murder against Drs T. A. and F. V. Cox,
the physicians charged with causing the
death of Lizzie Taggart. Possibly a
searching investigation before the courts
will disclose whether or not there are
Others equally culpable with them. Let
all the Williams who either lured this
young girl to ruin or were principals or
accessories to the crime which ended in
her death be brought to the bar of justice
THE reception rendered by the Juniors
to the graduating class will come off in
the School Hall on Friday evening. 1t
will be pleasant occasion, as all such
affairs are. The committee having in
charge the receptiOn-MisSes Mary L.
Blair and Annie R. Shannon, and John p
Frazier, Lewis NJ. Sutton, and II. C.
Darrah-are taking especial pains to make
the occasion an agreeable one. THE
CHRONICLE expresses thanks for invita-
tions to participate in it.
COMPLAINTS reach us that the pack
age of papers mailed from this Office on
Thursday mornings for Glencoe never
reach there until Friday Postal clerks
complain that they are not able to handle
the mail in time to deliver it. The au-
thorities should investigate this matter.
and find some way to remedy it. Such
delay is intolerable
BEECH HILL SCHOOL, East of town.
has been dismissed because of contagious
sickness, the character of which physi-
clans are not agreed about. The infant
daughter of Mr. J. B. McMechan died on
Monday evening, and his little daughter
Lizzie, aged about 10 years. died to-day.
An article concerning the deaths in the
McMechan family will be found elsewhere
L. j. IRWIN, of Martins Ferry, having
resigned the office of the Great Keeper of
Records of the Improved Order of Red
Men, at special election the Great
Council in session at Columbus last week
elected George Donaldson, of Columbus,
to the vacancy.
WILEY JEWELL, a miner at the Nor
gan coal works, Bellaire, was caught by
falling soap stone in the mine on Sunday
morning and badly injured, having his
right hand and leg cut and his eye gashed.
THE Bellaire City Board of Education
met at the Auditors office Monday and
organized by electing Amos Shepherd
President, and adjourned to meet in
Bellaire to conduct its business.
WE have had abundance of rain in this
neighborhood. The temperature is still
low-the nights quite cold. If the sun
will get in its work now, vegetation will
spring forward very rapidly.
CAPT. FRED. KEAIPLE, of the steamer
Ben-Hur, and Miss Belle Potts, daughter
of ex-COunty Commissioner |. J. Potts.
now of Moundsville, were married on
Wednesday of last week.
No teacher can afford to absent himself
from the County Institute. The inspira-
ton gained at the Institute is alone worth
the cost of attendance.