Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-10-24
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOV. 5th.
THE CAMPBELL AT BELLAIRE.

only meeting of the campaignin Bellaire
on Tuesday night, when Hon. James E
Campbell. Hon. J. II. Cultivate and
Allen o. Myers addressed the audience
Tremendous efforts had been made to
make this an occasion of great moment
and to this end excursion trains were run
on all roads and the county was posted
with bills several times over. The even
was rainy otherwise it is fair to suppose
a moderate sized crowd would have been
present. As it was, crowd of about
seven or eight hundred assembled in the
Odd Fellows building, about one half of
whom were from West Virginia, boat
having been chartered to bring the people
from Wheeling. 1t was noticeable that
every saloon in the city was decorated
when at the time of Governor Foraker's
meeting not one was Illuminated. This
shows which way the wind blows.
Campbell spoke for about one hour and
his speech was certainly disappointment
even to Democrats. His remarks were
addressed against Gov. Foraker person
| ally, the Commercial Gazette and the reg
istration law. When he entered the hall
the applause was deafening but when he
closed profound silence enveloped the
entire audience. He will not for mo-
ment bear comparison with Foraker as
speaker and his speech throughout con-
sisted of abuse and was totally devoid of
argument, logic or elOquence.
Cultivate followed in short speech,
confined mostly to the tariff, and after
him came the great and only Allen o.
Myers, the well known alumnus of the
Reform school and at present out on bail,
having been released from jail a few days
ago. We did not hear his speech but pre-
sumo he told how to forge tally sheets
and manipulate election returns to suit
the Democracy.
The meeting on the whole was fizzle
and we seriously doubt whether the peo-
pie of Belmont county will take kindly
to the instruction of such man as Allen
o. Myers who represents the worst ele-
ments in any party. Had Republicans
planned and managed the meeting them
selves, they could not have wished the re-
suit to have been otherwise. The failure
of Campbell to make speech worthy of
d candidate for gubernatorial hOnors or
even of STRIPPING statesman, will be de-
leterious to the interests of Democracy in
this county. He perhaps was not feeling
well for he seemed to lack the acumen
and rhetorical poise even of many school
boy. The one great blowout of the cam
.paign will do the Republicans no harm
but its effect will rather be to the contra
ry. Truly ''the Campbells are going"
All ha! All hal
ELIAS BEALL, JR., pleaded guilty to an
assault upon his father before Esq. Linn
on Friday and was fined $500 and costs.
He says the statement in THE CHRoN-
ICLE, that he attempted to steal anything
from the old gentleman is incorrect, and
that he committed the assault upon his
father, who had been drinking pretty
freely, in defense of his child and in self
defense.
CRANBERRIEs, Raisins, Hominy, Beans
new and choice now in stock. Prunes,
Evaporated Peaches and Apples, Cur
rents and all other good things next week.
GEO. JEPsON.
THE first Of series or lectures which
the management of the Public School is
providing for the benefit of the pupils of
the higher grades, will be given by James
NJ Rees, Esq, on next Friday afternoon
at 2:30 P. NJ. in the School Hall. The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend.
JOSEPH J. WALTON, an old Barnesville
boy, whose parents still reside there,
died in Philadelphia few days ago from
a complication of diseases, after a brief
illness. He was well known in parts of
this county, and possessed many friends,
who regret to learn of his early death.
THE Prohibitionists are holding meet
ings in the churches over the county, yet
if either of the other parties would
do like thing it would be the height of
shame and blasphemY. The Prohibition
party has as much politics in for its size
as any other party in the country.
LAST Friday Theo. Thomas, foreman
of the c., L. & w. yard crew at Bridge
port, by sudden jerk of the engine was
thrown backward in a car of iron ore up
on which he was riding and sustained
serious injuries. He was borne home in
sensible but revived and will recover
TAR FODDER TWINE-SiSal and Jute-
the best and the cheapest.
10 24-2t. GEO. JEPSON.
Mrs. r. J. BAGGs, mother of A. ].
Baggs. Esq, died in Bridgeport on last
Friday. She was 81 years of age and had
been resident of that place for many
years. She was highly esteemed and
leaves many friends who sincerely mourn
her death. Six children survive her.
A REUNION of the SD Ohio, was held
at Newcomerstown on Tuesday. A bus
mess meeting and memorial service was
held in the morning, and an interesting
program occupied the afternoon. A camp
fire in the evening closed the day.
EDITOR GAUMER, of Mansfield has been
sued for libel, for publishing statements