Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-07-31

5selritn1tt Chronicle.
THURSDAY, JULY 81, 1890.
Town and County.
THE katy-dids have begun to 'hOller."
ROASTING EARS are ready to gnaw-if
you have them.
CAMBRTDGEs corporation levy for this
year is ten mills.
As a matter of course the masculine
girl is much given to slang.
ANOTHER telegraph wire is being
strung along the C., L. and W.
THE b. and o. is carrying large num-
Der of emigrants to points in the West.
GRAPES, of which there was promise
of an abundant crop, are rotting badly.
The largest congregations these sum-
mer Sundays are outside of church
walls.
IT is said that the autumn crop of mat
rimonial engagements will be well up to
the average.
Now is the time to look after your
seed wheat. Good seed is an essential in
securing good yield.
The station on the b. and o. east of |
Barnesville heretofore known as the |
Childrens Home has been changed to
Olney.
1T is announced that through trains |
from Portland to Toledo will be put on
the Wheeling and Lake Erie within a
short time.
TORONTO, JEFFERSON COUNTY, is one
of the live towns of Eastern Ohio; it has
increased in population from 600 in 1880,
to 27OO in 1890
THE most fashionable of all the hats
worn by ladies this season is the one that
looks as if it had been sat upon and then
kicked by mule.
THE citizens of GAINESVILLE complain
that enough gas daily goes to waste at
the two oil wells near by to supply the
town, if piped and utilized.
STONE for lining the converters at the
Bellaire Steel Works is now obtained
from mines of w. G. Barnard. 1t was
formerly shipped 300 miles by rail.
THE Pultney township Board of Edu
cation has established a new sub-district
in the southeast corner of the township,
and will erect new school building.
THE failure of the fruit crop has de-
pressing effect upon the sugar market.
An immense amount of sugar is usually
used annually in the preservation of
fruits.
THE c., L. & w. has placed some new
passenger coaches on the road to take the
place of the dingy old cars with which
the travelling public has been afflicted for
so long.
THE gross earnings of the Wheeling
and Lake Erie railroad show large in
crease, and the surplus will be expended
in improving and increasing the outfit of
the road. ,
Mr.. JOHN LANDEN, a typo on the Bell
aire Tribune, and Miss Estella Pangle,
daughter of David Pangle, of Burr's {
Mills, were married at the hotel on the S
camp ground on Wednesday evening of |
last week. q
THE census of Cadiz shows decrease :
of 80 from the count of 1880. But a part
of the town was counted then which was
not inside the corporation and that is
left out this time. The population now
is slightly over 1900
A PRISONER confined in the Monroe
county jail pried his way out one night Z,
last week, but just as he was free the son r
of the Sheriff met him and, although of '
fered $40 to let him go, the bribe was re-
fused and the prisoner was returned to
the bastile.
JOSEPH REA, of the Macarthur schools h
has been elected Superintendent of the a
Barnesville schools to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr.. Powell.
Mr. Rea has had twenty eight years ex-
perience as a teacher, and holds a life D
certificate.
Now is the time to hustle around and !,
get ready for the fair. On these warm !,
sultry afternoons 1t is too uncomfortable ;,
to do much but lay plans for the future 5
and include in those attendance at the
fair. Also take in the camp meetings,
and picnics, and get all the recreation D
you can.
THE GAINESVILLE Signal has compost 7
tor who has been setting type for GO 8
years, and the CoshOcton Standard an
nounces that w. c. Wolfe, of that Office,
is 80 years of age, and that he has been
handling the stick continuously for 66
years, and is still able to set considerable
type daily. p
THE recent election ON the question of
the proposed pixies in Warren township
developed much opposition owing to To-
cal differences, and of the three systems Il
proposed only one received majority,
and that was so small rs to hardly de- 6