content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
  FORM 8-K
  
  CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1934
  
  DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):  June 9, 1999
  
  BELMONT BANCORP.
  (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
  
  
  OHIO                            0-12724         34-1376776
  (STATE OF       	(COMMISSION FILE NO.)	(I.R.S. EIN)
  INCORPORATION)
  
  325 MAIN STREET
  BRIDGEPORT, OH  43912
  (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
  
  (740)-695-3323
  (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
  
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  ITME 5. OTHER EVENTS
  
  THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE DATED JUNE 9, 1999
  ANNOUNCING THE RESIGNATION OF J. VINCENT CIROLI, JR.,
  PRESIDENT AND CEO OF BELMONT BANCORP.
  
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                        BELMONT BANCORP.
                          325 Main St.
                     Bridgeport, Ohio  43912
  
  
  
  
                          PRESS RELEASE
  
                           For additional information contact:
                           David G. Brewick, Interim President
                                         Belmont National Bank
                                                (740) 695-3323
  
  
  
  For release June 9, 1999
  
            FICAP STRATEGIC PARTNERS, LLC TO PROVIDE
               INTERIM SENIOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES
  
  
  ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO--Belmont Bancorp., parent company of
  Belmont National Bank, today announced that its Board of
  Directors has retained FiCap Strategic Partners, LLC to
  provide interim senior management services to Belmont
  Bancorp. and Belmont National Bank.
  
  The Board of Directors elected FiCap Principal David G.
  Brewick as Interim President of Belmont Bancorp. and Belmont
  National Bank and a director of Belmont National Bank.  The
  Board of Directors also elected W. Quay Mull, II, Chairman
  of the Board, to the additional position of Interim Chief
  Executive Officer.
  
  The Board of Directors accepted the resignation of J.
  Vincent Ciroli, Jr. as President and CEO of Belmont Bancorp.
  and Belmont National Bank.  Mr. Ciroli resigned to pursue
  other business interests.  He continues to serve as a director
  of Belmont Bancorp. and Belmont National Bank.  Mr. Ciroli stated
  that he looked forward to working with the new management team.
  
  FiCap Strategic Partners, LLC provides strategic advisory
  services to position financial service companies for the
  future.
  
  Belmont Bancorp. is a holding company with Belmont National
  Bank offices in Bellaire, Bridgeport, Cadiz, Lansing, New
  Philadelphia, The Ohio Valley Mall, St. Clairsville,
  Schoenbrunn and Shadyside, Ohio and in the Woodsdale and Elm
  Grove areas of Wheeling, West Virginia.  Belmont Bancorp.
  stock trades in the Small Cap Market of NASDAQ under the
  symbol BLMT.  Information about Belmont National Bank can be
  accessed on the Internet at http://www.belmontbank.com.
  
  
  
  
  
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  SIGNATURES
  
  PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
  THE REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REPORT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF
  BY THE UNDERSIGNED THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.
  
  BELMONT BANCORP.
  (REGISTRANT)
  
  
  JUNE 14, 1999           BY:  S/W. QUAY MULL II
                                W.QUAY MULL II
                                CHAIRMAN AND CEO
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
  FORM 8-K
  
  CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1934
  
  DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):  June 9, 1999
  
  BELMONT BANCORP.
  (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
  
  OHIO                            0-12724         34-1376776
  (STATE OF       	(COMMISSION FILE NO.)	(I.R.S. EIN)
  INCORPORATION)
  
  325 MAIN STREET
  BRIDGEPORT, OH  43912
  (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
  
  (740)-695-3323
  (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
  ITME 5. OTHER EVENTS
  
  THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE DATED JUNE 9, 1999
  ANNOUNCING THE RESIGNATION OF J. VINCENT CIROLI, JR.,
  PRESIDENT AND CEO OF BELMONT BANCORP.
  BELMONT BANCORP.
                          325 Main St.
                     Bridgeport, Ohio  43912
  
                          PRESS RELEASE
  
                           For additional information contact:
                           David G. Brewick, Interim President
                                         Belmont National Bank
                                                (740) 695-3323
  
  For release June 9, 1999
  
            FICAP STRATEGIC PARTNERS, LLC TO PROVIDE
               INTERIM SENIOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES
  
  ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO--Belmont Bancorp., parent company of
  Belmont National Bank, today announced that its Board of
  Directors has retained FiCap Strategic Partners, LLC to
  provide interim senior management services to Belmont
  Bancorp. and Belmont National Bank.
  
  The Board of Directors elected FiCap Principal David G.
  Brewick as Interim President of Belmont Bancorp. and Belmont
  National Bank and a director of Belmont National Bank.  The
  Board of Directors also elected W. Quay Mull, II, Chairman
  of the Board, to the additional position of Interim Chief
  Executive Officer.
  
  The Board of Directors accepted the resignation of J.
  Vincent Ciroli, Jr. as President and CEO of Belmont Bancorp.
  and Belmont National Bank.  Mr. Ciroli resigned to pursue
  other business interests.  He continues to serve as a director
  of Belmont Bancorp. and Belmont National Bank.  Mr. Ciroli stated
  that he looked forward to working with the new management team.
  
  FiCap Strategic Partners, LLC provides strategic advisory
  services to position financial service companies for the
  future.
  
  Belmont Bancorp. is a holding company with Belmont National
  Bank offices in Bellaire, Bridgeport, Cadiz, Lansing, New
  Philadelphia, The Ohio Valley Mall, St. Clairsville,
  Schoenbrunn and Shadyside, Ohio and in the Woodsdale and Elm
  Grove areas of Wheeling, West Virginia.  Belmont Bancorp.
  stock trades in the Small Cap Market of NASDAQ under the
  symbol BLMT.  Information about Belmont National Bank can be
  accessed on the Internet at http://www.belmontbank.com.
  SIGNATURES
  
  PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
  THE REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REPORT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF
  BY THE UNDERSIGNED THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.
  
  BELMONT BANCORP.
  (REGISTRANT)
  
  JUNE 14, 1999           BY:  S/W. QUAY MULL II
                                W.QUAY MULL II
                                CHAIRMAN AND CEO