The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1853-02-04
PosrsMoUrn. Ohio, Jan. 20, 1858.

corn the following Summer without the aid
Of animals or The plow, but altogether with
hoes. Sometime ID the Fall his wife died,
when he, with his children, moved into Ken
lucky, on Kinnikinniek Creek, ten miles be-
low here, where he built camp for his fam
lily, and without any resources except the
proceeds Of his crop of corn, began on new
years day, 1878, TO build schooner of 70
IONS burthen, with the assistance, Of his
son only, about II years Of age !. he mel
lher hired assistance, nor was he in debt Tor
materials. Eahyi February she was plank
ed, .decked and calked, and ready TO be
launched BY the first rise of the water.
The question is, where could man he
found at this day, possessed Of sufficient for
titude, perseverance industry and enterprise,
10 undertake and go through with like
job9
"We have been requested to mention, that
Dr. HERsEY intends preaching in the Court
House, in this town, on Sunday next. Ser
vice will commence at ii o'clock. - Scioto
Telegraph, May II, 1920.
Our town then afforded one church, which
was built on the corner Of Market and 4th
streets by Joseph Wheeler, for school
house, and afterwards purchased by the Mith-
odists and converted into church. Now
we have seven churches, and were that pious
old doctor to visit us, he would not be COM
PEELED to preach in the Court House.
The Gazette was published until Nov. llth
1918, when lis size was reduced to that Of
royal OF this size it was continued until
Mtrch II, 1919. making six months in all,
when the proprietors advertised their mate
rials as being for sale. '0ne excellent Ram
age Press, 283 lbs. Long Primer type, 1913
lbs. OF Plea do, SO lbs OF Great Primer do" !"
&C., &c.
The literary portion Of our citizens now
had respite of nearly year. In their val
edictory, the editors say: awe believe our
want Of success to be principally owing 10
the miserable state of our currency, and to
the want of sufficient number of mail
routes in this vicinity.
The probability is, that in few years this
place will be able 10 support newspaper
whenever il is, there will be some "brothcr
of the type" ready to establish himself here y
Contrast that with the present time
Portsmouth was then unable to support one
dimunaire sheet, a z BY 8; when now, we
have in full and successful operation six
newspapers, averaging larger than the Ga
zette. And is it at all improbable that every
thing else has increased and grown in The
same proportion ?
March 4, 1920, the publication Of the Sci
oto Telegraph, on a royal sheet, at 81, pei
dnnum, half yearly in advance, was com
menced by c. Hopkins, but in what portion
of our town, this volume saith not. Oct. D,
1920, "from the very liberal encouragement
it had received" this paper was enlarged 10
supeI-royal, and lis name was changed to
that of the Sciolo Telegraph and Lawrence
Gazette which was published weekly, in
Portsmouth on Thursday, and in Burlington
on Friday" until April 29, 1921, when the
size was again reduced TO royal, onaccount
of ii being out of the power Of the editor TO
procure any larger paper, at which size il was
continued until Sept. lst. 1921, when it fl
nally died.
July 80, 1924, John and James Carnahan
commenced the publication OF the Ports
mouth Gazette and Lawrence Advertiser, on
royal sheet, at 80, per annum in advance
Oh the corner of Market and Front streets
which they continued until the 4th Of March
1925, when John sold his interest in the cen.
cern to Ebenezer Corwin, and the paper wal
continued by Corwin and Carnihan, unit
Oct. %, 1925, when il went in the way o
its predecessors.
Corwin and Bingham issued small sheet
called the Temporary Advertiser, from Feb
"a, until April 6. 1926, inclusive, when the!
Issued the first number of the Western Times
on super-royal sheet, at 50, per annum, il
advance. May 10, 1927, Julius A, Bing
ham purchased Corwin's interest and con
tinued the paper alone for three years,
The materials for the Gazette was purchas
ed in Philadelphia, the publishers waitin
for all TO be made after sending in their OF
der
The material for publishing the Westerl
Times was procured at Baltimore, after tn
publishers waiting four months for ltheir al
rival.
Thus you have the history Of the press i
our place, from its earliest commencement
up 10 the year 1880, from which time,
would seem, it should be familiar enoug
with all.
Fashionable Parties. in New York, it az
, pears, are TO be reformed. The EXPIRES
says the improvement consists in going TO
party at a seAsonable hour, and in leaving
at something near seasonable hour also.-
; People now go 10 parties generally from bal
: past nine to eleven, and come away at h
lit l.... = H. ..oo.,:nc Thay viola,