Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
DEATH ROLL.

! disease, from which he had suffered fo
: several years Funeral exercises wer
held at his late home Monday Afternoon
at P. NJ, DIR. Hingeley officiating. Tht
remains were inferred at the NJ E. Gene
terry. The pail bearers were old asSoci
ates and friends of the dead. The body
was followed to the tomb by long line
of friends. He was born at the old Ma
tional Hotel, March Sth, 1861, and spent
his boyhood in this town. On entering
manhood he learned the printing trade
in the office of the Bellaire INDEPENDENT
Afteward he was employed at various
times as printer and writer on the Wheel
ing InteIiigenoer, in the government
printing Office at Washington, and sever
al newspapers in this county, including
The CHRONICLE. As boy and man
he was an OmniverOus reader, and pos
sessed an extremely retentive memory.
Of his work as writer there is but one
opinion. 1t was uniformly excellent. 1t
was done, too, with an ease which showed
the writer capable of greater things had
changes of circumstance struck the right
chord in his heart Genius is high
word. but there is no difficulty in saying
that John had that divine fire by which
the finer minds of earth are distinguish
ed from the grosser. There are not want
ing examples of such lives as his among
minds touched to finest ISSUE They lie
strewn through eminent biography thick
as autumnal leaves Sad-eyed, lovable,
melancholy, wayward- going through
life with thought occupied with some
thing outside of life, seeking through all
lifes devious ways for something of
which the spirit had caught hint in
itself, straining with eager eye to
catch glimpse somewhere out of their
own souls of that eight that never
was on sea or land" He was careless of
practical matters, impatient of all re-
straint, silent, pre-occupied and lonely.
These traits also mark the children of
genius. They overlook the everyday life,
they die without liberty, and they are re-
served because by the living voice they
find little sympathy among men, who are
bowed in the CRIME and heat of bread
getting. Such men are not looked on as
citizens, as fathers or as pillars of society.
They have sweeter harmony in their
souls than those things make.
In his social life John was kind and af
fable. 1t is the testimony of all his com
panions that he knew nothing of self.
He shared and gave away with no
thought of his own interest. His gener
osity was as absolute as though there
were no such thing as parsimOny, and
there was no trace of it in his nature
His friends were many and firm, and he
had no enemies The sorrow at his
death is profound and widespread, and
the sympathy with his mourning rela
tives is deep and sincere.
MOSES BOGGs died at his home at
Warnock on Sunday evening. He had
been i'll for some months, and his decline
was gradual and death not unexpected
Mr. Boggs was 80 years of age, and well
known. He never married, and during
his whole life devoted all his energies to
the accumulation of wealth, in which
pursuit he was moderately successful,
having owned several farms and much
other property. Out of large family of
brothers and sisters only two sisters sur
vive him. He was a member of the
Presbyterian church, and was liberal
supporter of the benevolences of the
church. His funeral occurred on Tues
day. Interment at the Methodist GENE
terry in this place.
NEWS reaches us of the death of Mrs.
Eleanor Williams, which occurred at the
home of her son in Sequache, Col, May
%. Mrs. Williams was the wife of the
late Rev. John Williams, who was for
many years business man of this place,
and daughter of Hugh Anderson, who
was resident of st. Clairsville for a
number of years. She was the oldest
member of large and talented family,
who have passed away until there is but
one remaining. Deceased was born in
Philadelphia in 1913. She was sister of
Parker Anderson, of near this place.
THE death of Win. Lee Denham is
noted by our Colerain correspondent. Mr..
Denham was born on the farm where he
died, and there he resided all his life. He
was man of strong traits of character,
and his death causes vacancy in the
community in which he resided. A daugh
ter and two sons survive him, his wife
having preceded him to the grave nearly
two years since.
A 3-YEAR- OLD son of James Griffith, at
Boggs' coal works, died on Friday, from
measles, and was inferred at Farming
ton, on Saturday.
The Assessors returns are not all in,
but the two or three remaining precincts
will not change the large decrease. The
present showing is a falling off of $780,,
600 from last years assessment, and the
greater part of this comes from the pop
ulous townships. Only one town, Mar
tins Ferry, has made gain, and that,
5000, was small, as compared with the
decrease in Bellaire, 1000. According
to these returns the farmers have done
better during the last year than any other
branch of business. The falling off in
personal property and the increasing rate
of taxation would seem to make all the
more necessary the adoption of the con-
stitutional amendment to tax corporate
franchises.
AT the adjourned meeting of Council
Monday night the committee on pave
ments and crossings was instructed to
repair the board leading to the b.
and o. depot The committee on lights
was authorized to confer with the differ
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