Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-11-25

.
| tions of local interest-I thought that letter
| from "The Garden of Eden," as the Editor OF
the Gazette is pleased to style Wheeling Town
ship, might not prove uninteresting to your
readers. Our farmers cultivate the best land
in the State as their ample crops abundantly
testify. Our hills contain coal, limestone,
building stone, red and yellow ochre, and the
best quality of clay for manufacturing stone
and earthen ware. They are also supposed to
contain gold, copper, iron, and lead. Two men
living near Uniontown ''looked down a hole, ~
at the bottom of which they saw grains OF
shining yellow sand. They procured samples
and after having admired them sufficiently
took no farther note of the discovery.
A lump f q artz rock was picked up, pre-
vi Gus to the discovery of gold in California, il
was cover ed with shining yellow metal now
supposed to have been gold, but unfortunately
the sample is lost. Copper ore-very rich-can
be seen at Mr.. Isaac Patterson's Drug Store
and the person leaving it there claims that ii
was procured in Wheeling Township. When
the Noble Red Men," cavorted over these
green pastures they fell in company with a
young man who was hunting the cows and
having a yearning desire to adopt him as q
member of their family insisted that he should
accompany them home. After having crossed
Wheeling creek, they entered narrow ravine,
they ordered a halt-and having removed a
large fiat stone from an excavation in the earth
supplied themselves with a sufficient quantity
OF lead ore then replacing the stone, they care
fully concealed the opening with leaves and
earth. Their prisoner resolved that he would
mark the spot-escape from his captors-return
and develope the mine. Upon looking around
he perceived that the trees were very much
alike. but a happy idea crossed his brain and he
gave one glance sky-ward-right above them
was a cloud that he could recognize at any time
or place-he had them there. In time he did
escape-how-is it not written in the columns
of the New York Ledger" When he revisited
the place and looked upward for the cloud
twas gone-the "injuRs" had taken it along.
"a boy at school lost his ball, he spat in the
palm of his left hand, and struck suddenly
with the fingers fthe right, notingth course
of the liva-then a test he stood on end a
stick-closed his eyes and let it falI-following
the course indicated by the PROSTATE stick he
discovered the lost toy. We propose to organ
ize a company called the-Falling Stick Lead
Mining Company, and to adopt the course of
other reliable companies we will sell the stock
before we develop the mine, this will make a
sure thing of it'' one way or the other.)
Wheeling Township is peace loving and law
abiding quarterly she has her great Peace
Jubilee" law SUITS when all the residents are
expected to give testimony wide election case.)
A slanderer said that the 466 cases now on
Docket for hearing in Belmont County Court of
ommon Pleas, originated in Uniontown. 1
take pleasure in refuting the assertion, of that
number am confident there are but 465 from
this town. Each adult person residing here oc-
cupies the position OF plaintiff or defendant in
a suit, and those who are not old enough to
bring action, hold themselves in readiness to
bear testimony upon the shortest notice. There
are several young ladies residing in Wheeling
Township who rejoice in the name of "Sue."-
When MARK Twain" has complied the last
words of great men, he will probably compile
the last words of great Townships and will be
pleased to hear that the last words of Wheeling
Township. We will supposed, to bel "Sue" for
mercy.
Our Township contains five churches, all un-
der the care of active and efficient Pastors
Eight School Districts and an equal number of
comfortable school buildings-some are new,
and one just completed in district No. |, is
worthy notice.
All the ladiesiin this Township are hand
some and we have no Old Maids within our
boundaries. OF unmarried youth we have 26i
males an d 2l9 females.
man once fell down stairs, dislocated his
ankle broke both his arms and still felt thank
full that he hadn't broke his neck. So as re-
cards the law we are thankful that we are net
as the people OF Chenona, ILL.,, where seventeen
petty law suits were brought in one day for the
small sum of s.. 80.
As regards curiosties-we have petrified
trees. and a mineral spring of which the an
cIent baths were in existence up TO the date of
| Ise0 man removed from the North side of n