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):
  August 11, 1999 (August 6, 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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  ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
  
          The Registrant's News Release dated August 6, 1999, attached
  hereto as Exhibit 99.1, is incorporated herein by reference.
  
  ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
          (c) Exhibits
  
          The following exhibit is filed with this Form 8-K:
  
          99.1 News Release dated August 6, 1999.
  
                                  SIGNATURE
  
  
  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 hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                  BELMONT BANCORP.
  
                                  S/W. Quay Mull II
                                  BY:  w. Quay Mull II
                                  Chief Executive Officer
  
  
  Date:  August 11, 1999
  Bridgeport, Ohio
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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):
  August 11, 1999 (August 6, 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)
  ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
  
          The Registrant's News Release dated August 6, 1999, attached
  hereto as Exhibit 99.1, is incorporated herein by reference.
  
  ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
          (c) Exhibits
  
          The following exhibit is filed with this Form 8-K:
  
          99.1 News Release dated August 6, 1999.
  
                                  SIGNATURE
  
  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 hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                  BELMONT BANCORP.
  
                                  S/W. Quay Mull II
                                  BY:  w. Quay Mull II
                                  Chief Executive Officer
  
  Date:  August 11, 1999
  Bridgeport, Ohio