Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-05-01

session at Cumberland, Guernsey county
last week Rev. IL. c. Morledge was in
stalled as pastor of the church at Cum
berland. Reys. L. W Barr, A. r. Bates
and L. b. W. Schryock were admitted
into the Presbytery and will soon be in
stalled as pastors at Bellaire, Cadiz, and
Bethel, Beallsville, and Jerusalem re
spectiyely. The Presbytery voted % to
81 in favor of revision of Confession of
Faith
THE strike of the building trades along
the river is paralyzing all industries.
The seaseless course of some of the
alleged leaders will have a much worse
effect on themselves and the men who
follow their dictation than on any one
else. Thousands of dollars which would
have gone into their pockets will now be
withheld, and those who promulgated
the strike will be the principal losers.
RETTA HENTHORNE, ten year old
Barnesville girl manifested symptoms of
poisoning on Thursday of last week. A
physician was called and, after admins
tering an antidOte, began an investigation
of the cause. 1t was discovered that the
child had eaten some cheap candy which
contained .Jimson weed, rank poison.
The case furnishes moral to leave cheap
candy alone and also to investigate the
ingredients used by manufacturers.
ANalligator about six feet in length was
found floating in the river at Martins
Ferry ON Thursday. 1t was tOwed to the
shore where it attracted considerable at
tention. His alligatorShip had evidently
been dead several weeks, and from all
appearances was true child of the
southern swamps. Several theories were
advanced as to how it came there.
THE channel span of the Martins Ferry
railroad bridge alone remains to be placed
in position, therest of the structure being
completed. The channel span is 524 feet
in length. After completion the bridge
will serve, for time at least, only for the
admiration of the people as the railroads
which will use it, yet have to be built.
r. NJ. BEATTY, of the Pennsylvania
Company, has located in Bellaire as re-
sident engineer of the Ohio Valley Rail-
road. The Pennsylvania Company seems
to be having the chief hand in the pie of
building this road and there seems to be
but little doubt that it will be put through
this summer.
SAMUEL MALLONEY, young man %
years of age, residing with his brother
and sister on the farm of Jno Hutchinson
north of this place, died on Wednesday of
lastweek from consumption. His funeral
was conducted on Friday by Rev. DR..
Interment at Plainfield.
OSCAR SEELEY was bounced from the
Council last week as the result
of appropriation to his own use of about
$500 worth of the city's property while
he filled the position of Gas Trustee.
Criminal proceedings will probably be
instituted.
GAINESVILLE has in her midst two or
three candidates for Probate Judge who
will be presented for consideration to the
convention. 1t is claimed
that something is about due that part of
the county.
DIR. J. W. Mccoy, indicted at Wheeling
for securing an excessive fee in pension |
,ase, was acquitted on Friday. There
we're several counts against him and the
,ase has been on hands two or three |
7ears.
AN article on the "Opening of the
Base ball Season of 1890" accompanied by |
wenty eight portraits of leading players,
md other illustrations, forms the Supple
nent to Harper's Weekly of April 3Oth. |
Rev. J. A. ALEXANDER, who recently |
,raduated at the U. P. Seminary at
assumed the duties of pastor
# the U. P. Church at New Athens on
asst Sunday.
MAYOR MCGOWAN, the new Mayor of |
3ellaire, seems disposed to make all
-iolators of law suffer good square pen
llty. He is laying it on thick which is
ust right.
SUPERINTENDENT ARTHUR POWELL
# the Barnesville schools has been
eelected for another year. He is spoken
# as an efficient and care taking in
tructor.
]. S. Tell, of Wills Point, Texas, and
Hiss Minnie Ralston, of Antrim, Ohio,
10Th students of Franklin College, quietly
vent to Cadiz and were married.
WIN. j. WATERMAN died at Emerson,
lear Mt. Pleasant, recently He was "a
ears of age and had resided in the town
hip where he died for IS years.
HACK TO THE TRAINS.
All persons wanting the Hack for any
rain will please register at Giffin's Gro
cry. S. W. COCHRAN.
GOOD roads cost money, but there is
lothing for which money is expended
hat yields more satisfactory return.
ERE long the farmer will begin the
'attle with the cut worms, chipmunks and
rows, in protection to his corn field.
A Two-YEAR-oLD child of John l.