Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-03-27
GOSHEN WNSHIP LOCALS,
BELMONT. March 18th. 1873.


We see from the columns of the
CHRONICLE locals from every town.
ship in the county except this, which
appears from some cause to be neglect
ed. We are not able to account for this
unless the unusual peacefulness Of our
citizens render local items too scarce
to make interesting contributions, but
we occasionally have matters of inter-
est to the general public. Last Satur-
day was an eventful day to the people
OF this township. The sectional strife
existing in this township, growing out
of the building ofa Township house,
in the quiet village of Belmont, is, per-
haps, pretty generally known. The
former trustees of the township, in ac-
cordance with law, caused building to
be erected for township purposes, and
owing to the misrepresentation of a
few sore-heads, the present trustees
were elected pledged to oppose the
payment of said building, which they
did with abundant pluck or obstinacy,
and the case got into court, resulting,
as might easily have been 1orseen,
with a judgment and heavy bill of|
costs against the township. The
trustees after long deliberation thought
they had hit upon a plan to get rid of
this troublesome house, hence, the
the Board of Education was called to
meet the "Guardians of the township"
as one of the trustees styled themselves
at "Potleg." The meeting was organ
lied by calling Mr.. Nathan ]. Kinney
to the chair, who requested some men,
Der of the Board of Education to state
the object of the meeting, whereupon
one William Mcfarland, not MEN,
Der of the board, bu. one OF the 'Guar-
dIans," said the object was to sell this
township house for which they had no
use to the Board of Education as al
school house for district No. 8, (Bel-
mont.) This we thought An excellent
idea, as the house is entirely unsuited
for school purposes. After u long and
painful pause waiting for some one to
make the proper motion, no one pres
ent feeling competent for the task, the
looked for legal adviser,
John Jarret Heskett arrived; John
arose and offered the following resolu-
ton:
"ReSOtued, That the Board CT Educa-
tion of Goshen township purchase for
the use of district No. 8, tho township
house recently erected In the town of
Belmont; provided the legal voters of
said township shall so vote at the
spring election, and provided further
that they have legal right to vote on
the question; and provided always,
that the law will allow them to sell it."
The resolution with all its provisos
was unanimously adopted, whereupOn
this meeting adjourned, and another
was Immediately organized to put in
nomination ticket regardless of party
ties, so the candidates were in favor of
the resolution and all its provisos.
Squire John White was elected chair
man, when names of candidates were
rapidly offered for nomination, there
being an abundance of Office seekers,
but just before proceeding to ballot it
occurred to John Jarrett Heskett that
there ought to be Secretary, where
upon John, without any pr0visO, NOM
mated Oliver A. Doudell and Thomas
as Secretaries, who were
elected Internationally, that is without
a proviso. Il. M. Hollingsworth, John
White and VIM. Mcfarland (present
were nominated for
Trustees; Oliver A. Doudell for Clerk,
and William Patterson (not the histor-
ical one who got struck but the Will
liam Patterson who has been seeking
a nomination before County Democrat
ic Conventions for 80 years, was NOM
mated for Treasurer. For Assessor the |
fight waxed furious, George X. Fox,
John Jarrett Heskett, Everett G. |
Heskett, Thomas E. Heskett and
David b. Heskett and perhaps other
Hesketts whose initials or christian |
names we cannot now remember were
presented by their friends. The
Hesketts were too many for George X.
and John Jarrett Heskett got the NOM |
ination without proviso.
GOSHEN.