Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-05-09
Belntn1tt Chronicle.
Town and County.

THE Methodist people al BarneSvllle
held services for the last time in their old
church on Sabbath of last week. The
building was erected in 1856 at cost OF
$4,000. and has been used continuously
ever since The new building which has
been contracted for will be of stone l20X
IO3-one of the largest churches in this
part of the state. The auditorium will
seat 200 persons and the sabbath School
room 800. and it will be arranged so that
the rooms may be thrown into one. Bids
for the erection of the building We're
opened last week. BOnar * Phillips bid
was about S2S,OOO; that of O'Neal, of
Hannibal. about S24,OOO, and that of Muir
ray Brothers, Bellaire, slS,625.
TIE first bridge east of Fairpoint on
the Cleveland. Lorain and Wheeling Rail
road gave way Thursday night while a
north bound coal train was passing over
it, precipitating cabOose and four cars
into Wheeling Creek. George Gordon,
the conductor, was caught in the wreck
with his head downward, and held with a
vice-like grasp until he was dug out by
breakmen Harry Trueman and viii An
thOny, who were but slightly injured.
Gordon was pretty badly hurt 1t was
necessary to transfer passengers for a
day until repairs were made.
THOMAS JOHNSTON. one of the pioneer
settlers of this county, father of our
tOwnsman B. r. Johnston, died at the
residence of his youngest daughter, Mrs.
Thomas Scott, at Round Bottom, two
miles below MOundSville, W Va. on Fri
day, in his S9th year His funeral took
place on Monday; interment at Mounds
vile. Deceased was a resident of Mead
township for many years, and during his
long life enjoyed the esteem of his neigh
bOrs as an upright, good citizen. A
family of seven grown children, two sOnS
and five daughters are bereft by his death.
DIR. TALMAGE says that perhaps you
stand to-day in memory under the apple
tree which you dubbed for fruit that was
not ripe because you could MT wait any
longer, and that you hear the brook
gurgling along over the pebbles This is
a strained association of ideas. Who
would listen for the gurgling of the brook
after eating green apples? The gurgling
of the Jamaica ginger bottle would be
more like it, says the Pittsburgh COM
HiercidL Gazette.
THE Democratic postmaster at New
Athens, John II. Estep, claims that he
has been libeled by publication in the
Cadiz Republican, which charged him
with OBTAINING mail matter VIM. II.
Mcfarland, now employed on the Chicago
Mail, who is nephew of our tOwnSman
Mr.. A. j. Mcfarland, is charged with its
authorship, and suit has been entered
against him for $4,000 damages.
THE story going the rounds, and which
originated at the Gazette office, that John
Hardgrave, the cOlOred teamster of this
and S24 per month hereafter. is without
foundation in fact. John has just made
application for pension, and hopes to
obtain it in due season.
WM. KEYES, son of Jas. Keyes, of this
place, and brakeman on a Cleveland,
LOrain and Wheeling H. r. freight. was
struck by cabOose car which he was un-
coupling. on Saturday, and his head and
shoulder pretty badly bruised. He was
removed to the Central House, Flushing,
where he received medical attention.
Mr.. A. Z. CHASE, travelling agent for
the ohio State Journal, was in town Oh
Tuesday in the interest of that paper
On and after Monday next the Journal
will arrive here on the morning train
several hours ahead of any other daily
paper published in the State.
THE Belmont Savings and Loan Com
pany, Bellaire, reelected its old Board of
Directors on Monday. This Company
has proven a great success thus far. Dur
ing the past year it has received for dues,
etc, over $4,000, and has cash balance
of $4,000 and over
TIE Wayne Township Teachers ASsO-
citation will meet at Stumptown school
house Saturday, May 18th. L. f. Smith,
President. Subjects for discussion, Phys
iOlogy, by A. b. Warfield: Penmanship,
by NJ. V DanfOrd. Association convenes
at | 80 p. NJ
In the Probate Court at its criminal
term on Monday in the case of the State
against Charles McEntree on informa-
tion for Threatening in menacing
manner" defendant was tried to Court.
found not guilty and was discharged.
THE Bellaire I1ldependent is distressed
for fear Congressman Taylor will not
have applicants for the offices in this sec
ton. The independent is positively
humorous when referring to any matter
with which Mr. Taylor has to deal.
AN Italian was instantly killed in Long
Run tunnel on the Wheeling and Lake
Erie Railroad one day last week. He
failed to get in a safe place when blast
was put off.
AND now some of the people of Barnes
vile want water works, and they should
he accommodated. The improvements
of a town are not complete without water
facilities.
THE Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling
Railroad Company has declared a two
per cent. dividend to its stockholders
the first since the organization of the
company.
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