Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
OUR NEIGHB0R TOWNS.
Spicy Letters from Busy Local Con-
tributors.
What Your Neighbors and Our Neighbors
are Doing, and Other Local
Events Happily Told.
UNIONTOWN.

The entertainment given by Miss KiZ
zie Wallace, assisted by Misses Mamie
and Matte Thompson, was a pleasant
one and was patronized by fair-sized
audience. Both the recitations and mu-
sic were loudly applauded. The music is
worthy of special mention, and was very
fine, and well rendered 1t consisted of
vocal solos by Miss Matte Adams, of
Cadiz, Miss Haverfeld, organist.
OF the recent accidents of which we
were not apprised at last writing, we
learn that when Mr. VIM. Webster and
wife were leaving Crab Apple church
after service, young horse attached to
their buggy, became frightened and
kicked, breaking the vehicle and throw
ing the occupants to the ground. Neither
Mr.. W. or wife received serious injury.
Another accident occurred as Mrs.
Sue Sharp and her mother, Mrs. Frater,
were driving to New Athens, to attend
Commencement; we are unable to give
particulars, but some one in passing ran
against the buggy, and it was broken,
both occupants were thrown on the
turnpike road, and Mrs. Sharp had three
ribs broken. Her many friends regret to
learn of her misfortune.
A very pleasant and profitable enter
tainment on the 4th was the picnic of
the Farmers Club, held on the nice lawn
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Pollock. The dinner was of course the
very best, and ice cream was furnished
by the Wheeling Creamery Company
Quite number of distinguished guests
were present, among whom was Hon.
A. I. McKelvey and wife, of st. Clairs-
vile. Mr.. McKelvey made brief ad-
dress, after which the question for dis
cussion was proposed, of which the fol
lowing is the sense if not the correct
wording: "What danger, if any, menaees
the welfare of our Republic?" Each
speaker was limited to five minutes time
Anarchy, Intemperance, Catholicism, and
other dangers were named. Mr.. Nickel |
vey anticipated an era of increased pros |
perity, and took a hopeful view of the
situation. Hon. J. W. Nichols, who is an
honorary member of the Club, was una
BILE to attend AS the Club has a report !
er who will give his report in detail, we
refrain from further mention, except to
say. that very enjoyable feature of the
day was the reeitations by Misses Nan
nia and Matt1e ThOmnSon
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ L. Price made anice
dinner for their friends on the 4th. We
did not learn the nature of the enter |
but know that it would be a |
most enjoyable one to the favored guests,
and visit to their hospitable home is
always source of enjoyment and good
cheer.
Mr.. VIM. Frater is successor to Mr..
George Barnes as contractor for carry
ing the mails from here to ST. Clairsville
Mr.. Barnes was an accommodating. pleas
ant gentleman, and we feel that Mr.. Fra
ter will prove worthy successor, deserv
ngof the confidence and patronage of
the people.
Miss Vickie Humphrey, who was much
in health, is again very ILL.,
Mr.. James Kelso, of Saharanpur, India.
spent few days of the vacation with h S
,lassmate, Mr.. Lee Downing; Mr.. Kelso
won the Harrisburg German Prize at
,he recent Commencement at Washing
ON College.-A young man whose name
We did not learn, fell from ladder while
putting up spouting at Merritt's barn,
md received severe injury to the instep
If his foot. III. I