Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-11-12
OUR NEIGIIB0RING TOWNS.
Spicy Letters from Busy Local Con
tributors.
What Your Neighbors and Our Neighbors
are Doing, and Other Local
Events Happily Told.
LOUISVILLE.

AISLE O'Clock on the morning of Thursday, the
| 5th inst, Miss Amanda EStep, aged sXty-one
years. passed over the river to the world beyond,
after an illness of five weeks. She died at the
home of her cousin, DR.. EStep, of whose family
| she had long been a member. She had been for
several years member of the NJ Z. church and
expressed herself as resigned to the will of the
| Lord; thinking probably that her death would
bring about good results that her life perhaps
would fail to accomplish. The post mortem held
by Drs. West, of Bellaire; Hewetson and West, OF
ST. Clairsville; HOgue, of MOrristOwn, and Drennen
and Thompson, of this place. revealed the fact that
death was due to arrangement of the liver. In
terment, on Friday, in the Presbyterian cemetery
at ST. Ciarsyiile. The surviving members of her
| immediate family are, a daughter, Mrs. Ella
Hatcher. and an adopted son, William Estep, of
this place; two sisters, Mrs. Hawkins of Colorado
and Mrs. Bell, of YOungstOwn one brother, Josiah
Estep, of Chicago.
We are glad TO note that the health of the COM
munity is comparatively good, there being no one
in the immediate vicinity under the doctors care.
Prof. johnson, of Barnesville, has announced a
meeting to be held in the school house on the
evening of Saturday next for the purpose of organ
iZing class in vocal music.
Rev. Wallace Satterthwait, of West Lafayette,
visited his mother and other relatives here, last
week.
John Hatcher, formerly of this place, now of
Upton, Iowa, spent Sunday the guest of DR.. Estep
Mrs. VIM. C. Gillespie, of Shepherdstown, is
spending this week among relatives here.
W. II. Evans, of Cadiz, was in town the first of
the week.
in town last week.
W.,
Evans, Sunday.
Messrs. COffiand and Hughes, of New Athens,
spent Sunday in town.
r. T. Michiner and wife, of Flushing visited the
family of John Michiner the fore part of the week.
Miss Mary Baldwin is among friends at Mt.
Pleasant.
The young folks of town and vicinity were hand
somely entertained on Saturday evening, last, at
the home of Clark N1ichiner, by his two excellent
daughters, Mabel and MOllie. The amusement
consisted of popular games AMI music. Refresh
ments were served at about 10 o'clock, and when
the crowd dispersed at half-pa eleven all felt
that sit was good for them to be there
The Democratic brethren hereabouts are sub
mitting admirably to their aflctOn, as they seem
inclined to view the results of the recent election
They appear like a collective persOnatOr of Dick
ems character, MicawDer, who, Immediately
after his intentions and spasmodie hopes were
dashed to the groun by defeat: was buoyed up b y
others equally as spasmodlc, and likewise doomed
to remain unreaized unto the end OF the chapter.
1t is stated that as strangers passed the new
voting place at the Great Western on election day
and noted the huge outdoor fire, built for the pur
pose of preventing death by election. of the
voters, they heard to observe that it must he
wholesale slaughtering where the entire neigh
borhood had met to do their winter butchering.
Although not az all complimentary to the location
this was. in a sense, true; as there was aimed, at
that place, on that day, quite number OF death
blows to the Democratic chicken, but like the ven
cradle chick with its head OFF it still flutters NJ.