Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-14
INTERESTING SHORT BITS.
Newsy Items Gathered from Town
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1 Newsy Items Gathered from Town
4 and Country.
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4 Melanee Dished Up for All
Readers.
Il In Barnesyille last year67 persons died.
In 1890, 46.
/ THE next event of Importance regular
4 ly scheduled is Ground Hog day.
| Mrs. ELIZA WREN, of Colerain, died ON
L New Years day, at the age of 81 years.
NJ. E. Wilson, and others were taking
Fin ice on Monday. 1t was about live
inches thick, and of fair quality.
COURT will adjourn on Friday. The
fspring term will begin on February ga
short vacation only intervening.
BOYS, if you want pair of fine nickle-
fplated American Club Skates free, ad-
tdress the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
FoRTNEY Bros, of West Wheeling,
assigned on Monday. They conducted a
iRrocery. The amount of the assets is
small.
THE Caldwell Republican charges that
money consideration compelled Repre-
sentative Williams, of that county, to
vote for Foraker.
THE property of Joseph Ssslfeld, ad-
gertised in this paper at Sheriff's sale, is
q desirable property for some one and
lshould bring good figure.
Plows-Twenty-five South Bend Chill
Led Plows, complete with wheel and
Ijointer, at $40 each. Usual price $l3.
l-14-2t w. C. STILwELL.
CAPTAIN JULIUS ARMSTRONG; of Arm |
strong's Mills, has been appointed under
the Mckinley administration to clerk |
ship in the Adjutant Generals office.
DIR. ROBERT ALExANDER's new house
viii be heated by Boomer furnace, one |
of the best in the market. These cele-
lbrated furnaces are sold by W. &. Stilwell |
HENRY BONE, an aged citizen of Mar
tins Ferry, died Tuesday night. He was
an awning maker, and well known for
industry and probity throughout this
region.
THE Watt Mining Car Wheel Company, |
of Barnesville, gave an elegant banquet |
to their employees and wives, and few
other invited guests on New Years |
evening.
MARTINS FERRY has received an offer |
from an enterprise for the manufacture |
of gas for Illuminating and heating pur-
poses, and the manufacture of chemicals |
! to locate there.
| THE Methodist folks have had placed |
in the south classroom neat little stove |
| for the accommodation of country people |
who desire to warm their feet before en- |
tering their pews.
SHOW THE CHRONICLE to your neigh |
Dor who is not subscriber and ask him |
to try it for a year. Only S1.5O in ad- |
vance. A slight effort on your part will |
do us great deal of good.
FARMERS all over the county should |
make arrangements to attend the Farm |
ers' Institute in this place. The program
is one of unusual interest and should |
bring out large attendance.
REV. J. C. hENCH, formerly Presby-
terian minister of this county. but later |
an inmate of the infirmary is now con-
fined in the Columbus insane asylum. |
His body and mind are total wrecks.
THE Farmers Institute at Martins |
Ferry last week was not we'll attended, |
and could not be called a success. 1t was |
not properly advertised, and besides, |
there were too many counter attractions. |
LEVI K BARNES died at his home on
Scotch Ridge, on Sunday evening of last
week, at the age of 62 years. Interment
took place on the Tuesday following at
the Scotch Ridge Presbyterian Church.
THE breakup in the weather is at
tended with an unusual amount of |
sickness in this vicinity Physicians are
taxed with their labors beyond their
ability. Grip seems to be the prevailing
complaint.
IT is stated that on February l, the
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad will
begin running trains over the Wheeling
Bridge and Terminal Company's lines
into Wheeling. 8 Ill in view of the past
this may or may not be true
OLIVER CLEAvER, a prominent farm
er of Colerain township, died suddenly
from pneumonia, last Thursday night.
He was a son of the late Hon. E. V.
Cleaver. who for some years represented
this county in the Legislature. The fu-
neral took place Saturday afternoon,
" ith interment at Mt. Pleasant.
On Monday Hon. J. g. Heinlein, by
request, introduced bill in the House to
authorize the Commissioners of Belmont
county to pay $500 additional to any
Common Pleas Judge who may be or
hereafter becomes resident of Belmont
county. AS the State will be redistricted
it is probable that nothing more will be
heard of the bill.
LOVERS of the beautiful, who could
spare the time from the practical as en-
bodied in attempting to keep their feet
solidly on the icy earth, must have been
gratifed by the grogeeus display of dia-
mond boughs reflected by the electric
lights into myriads of flashing points on
Tuesday night. The rain freezing as it
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