Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-01-22
New Series-Vo1 ID. No. L.

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Messrs. Noble, Com5Gock, Decker an
Reinhard were Committeeman on tn
part of the City Council, and the Cit
, zens' committe Consisted of l.. Buttie,
: Henry Wilson, w. q. Deshler, r. I
, Neil and Francis Collins, There wss
: grand celebration, with a banQuet,a and
+ dance in the building, all parts of which
, were brilliantly lighted at night. Th
uome was Illuminated with magnificen
effect. Alfred Kelly, of Columbus
then Senator from the franklin anC
Pickaway district, delivered the ora
tion. The building is 1S4 feet wide by
304 1t. long, covering an area, including
terrace and steps, of little over two
acres. The diameter of the rotunda
hoor Is 64 feet and > inches, and the
height from the floor of the rotunda to
the eye of the dome is 120ft.; to the up.
per sky-light, 135 #. Its height from
the ground to the pinnacle of the cupola
IS l58 it. 1t is built Of gray limestone,
o6talned from quarry on the east side
OF the Scioto river, about three miles
from Columbus.
WILLIAM DENNISON
was Governor of Ohio from 1860 to 1852,
occupying the office in the troublOus
tunes of the breaking out Of the rebel
lion. Before that he had been a State
Senator from the Franklin-Delaware
district, and after his term as Governor
served as Postmaster General of the
United States, and was prominently
named in connection with the Vice
Presidency of the United States a, the
last Republican National Convention.
lie IS nowan active citizen of Columbus,
DAVID TOD,
of Mahoning county, was one OF the war
Governors, serving from 1862 to 1864.
His previous public positions had boen
State Senator and Minister to Brazil,
President Pierce having appointed him
to the latter. lie was a candidate for
Governor against Mordecai Barley and
William Bebb. He was elected in 1861
on the Union ticket, Hugh j. Jewett
being the regular Democratic nominee.
After several years. spent in private
pursuits Governor Tod died at his home
in MahOning county.
JOHN BRoUGH,
of Cuyahoga county, was member of
the Legislature many years ago, and
was elected by the Legislature Auditor
Va CttSeSy III W WAS
ed in 1914 by John Wood. He then
became extensively concerned in rail-
roads, and continued in that line for
many years; but was called to the
Republican candidacy for Governor in
1868, aid was elected by an overwhelm-i
ing majority over Vallandigham. He
commenced his official term iu 1864,
but died before it's expiration.
CHARLES ANDERSON,
OF Hamilton county, was Lieutenant
Governor at the time of the death of
Governor Brough, and became acting
Governor. At the opening of the war
he was largely engaged in stock raising
ln Texas, but was driven out by the
secessioGists, and in returning TO his
old home in Ohio, was elected on the
ticket with Brough. He is now eiti-
zen of Cincinnati.
JACOB d. cox
was formerly a State Senator from,
Trumbull county. He was appointed
by Governor Deunison a Brigadier|
General of volunteers, was retained in
the service Oh tire United States, and
caine oat a Major General. He was
Governor of Ohio from 1866 to 1868, and
was afIerward Secretary of the Interi-
or under President Grant. Aftec his
resignation of that Office he was spoken
of as "A Democratic candidate for Uni
ted States Senator against Senator
Sherman. He is now engaged in theI
practice of law in Cincinnati.
RUTHERFORD b. HAYES
was member of the General Assem-
bly,, and a Major-General in the army Il
during the rebellion. He was a MEM |
ber OF Congress two terms from one of
the Hamilton county districts, and was |
Governor OF Ohio from 1868 to 1872, de-
teatjng Judge Thurman in 1857, and |
George II. Pendleton in 1869. After
his service IL the Governors office, he
returned to Cincinnati,i where he nov
resides: I: s:
EDWARD +. MOVES, /
the Governor who retired from Office
yesterday, was forDerly of New Eng
land. lie was distinguished as a Ma
jor General during the war, after the
close of which he was successivelyi
elected City Solicitor of Cincinnati and
Probate Judge of Hamilton county. /
His term is Governor commenced in
1872. He is now unanimously thet
nominee of the joint Republican caucus
OF the General Assembly, for United
States Senator.
WILLIAM ALLEN,
who was inaugurated Governor yeSter-
day, was born in North Carolina. Att
about two years of age he was an Or
phan, and was taken by his sister, the
mother of Senator Thurman, to Peters {
burg, Virginia, where he partially '
learned the trade Ofa saddler. at the
age of sixteen he came to Ohio on foot
and settled in Chillicothe, where he !
worked at his trade for some time, ed Is
ucated himself, Studied law, and was |
admitted to the bar. In 1892 he was |
elected to Congress by q majority of one |
vote over Duncan McArtbW, and '
served one term. He was elected toI i
the United States Senate in 1886, by u I
majority of one vote, and returned tol t
the Senate in 1872. During his CON-
gressional career Mr.. Allen was mar |
ried to daughter of Governor Near +
thur, she having become the widow of
4 Kentucky gentleman. She died be-
fore the expiration of Mr.. Aliens Sec
Dnd term in the Senate, and Mr.. Allen
has ever since remained widower. 4
After leaving the Senate on the 4th of v
March, 1919, Mr.. Allen remained in re- .
.irement at Fruit Hill farm, near Chill =
icothe, except on two or three occa-
,ions, when he made public addresses,
lntil his nomination for Governor by s
,he Democratic Convention in August t,
asst. During the administration of n
President Tyler he was rendered the a
position of Secretary of the Treasury, Il
,ut he refused; he declined to accept a s.
cabinet position under President n
Pierce, and preferred to remain at his \
arm when rendered by President t
Buchanan, his choice between the mis- &
ions to France and Russia. The can e
lidacy of his nephew for the United q
States Senate has been associated in the b