The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-11-23


Co1E FdmiIy- KdIIdndiH9lGm Formerly
u RtIldtHt Of NEto Li'bOH-A Suggestion
IN Regard 10 an Quiet Rorthtedrd for
tho r, W. &-Ky. Railroad.
NEW LISBON, D., Nov. 10, IA
sdors lntelllgCucer:
sojOurnlng for. a few days In North.
eastern Ohio, II has occurred 10 me that a
lew jottiDgs from this meek oil woods
might not be untntereatipg to your read
ers, and therefore proceed to lot. n
Two hours ride on the Cleveland &
Pittsburgh Railroad, from Bridgeport,
opposite your city, brings the northward
bound passenger 10 the brisk little town
Of Wellsvllle, on the Ohio River, sixty
miles below Pittsburgh. At that point
The main line oil the Q. & z. road leaves
The river and passes northward through
lhe counties Of Jefferson, Columbiana,
Stark, Portage, Summit and Cuyahoga to
Cleveland on Lake Erie.
Fourteen miles inland, due north from
the same point (Wellsville), lover hill
sud dale"-but mostly over hill-lies this
old town Of New Lisbon. Il Is the
county seat OF Columbiana county, Ohio.
and has been sometimes called the
Dwarf City" 1t gained this pteudOnvp,
many years ego from tho cityfed air Of
its streets and buildings, the pretentious.
ness Of It's municipal regulations, and the
metropolitan cast Of its population. -
It's principal streets are bouldeted in
the most approved style, with substantial
stone curbing, and brick paved sidewalks
Of liberal breadth. These, with the com.
pact blocks and squares of buildings,
mostly oil brick, give the visitor the i'm.
preston that he is In city OF some pre-
entiOns, instead OF country town of
but moderate dimensions and Importance.
Oae of the more noticeable municipal
appointments oil the little pseudo city Is a
system Of water works constructed years
before masy other places, that are now
cities In TACT, thought Of such source Of
water supply. A substantial and caps-
CiOus basin, located on an elevation above
The Town, collects the water from numer-
ous springs on still higher ground in the
northern suburbs. From this basin the
water Is conveyed IN underground mains
and pipes TO every part Of the town, where
are placed "are plugs" Of modern pattern
Owing TO the necessarily limited supply oil
water from natural springs only, water for
domestic use is not furnished except TO a
very limited extent. II is held in reserve
Tor occasions Of fires, when 1t is made 10
DO efficient service through a well organ
iz!d fire department ION a small scale OF
COurse) with good modern fire engines.
| have called this an old town, and am
warranted in so doing by the claim oil its
best informed citizens that 1t Is the
Oldest town In the State, whether history
SO records or not Be this as 1t may, the
place has certainly long since reached its
msjOrity and "has a right to vote."'
Among the earlier citizens Of the place
can be mentioned not few names not en-.
tirely unknown to fame" Among these
may be mentioned Hon. A. w. LOOMS, a
distinguished member of the Pittsburgh
bar al the time Of his decease, which &C.
CURED but few years since. Mr.. LOOMS
was for many years resident and lead.
Ing member OF the bar Of New Lisbon.
Another Is Dr.. George McCook, late O!
Pittsburgh, Pa who stood second to none
In his profession. He early settled in
New Lisbon and after practicing in the
place and region round about, during the
prime Of his lite, he removed to Fits
burgh, where he at once took high rank
as physician, and where he continued in
active practice till the weight of years,
rather than the indrmities OF age compel.
ed him to retire TO private lie. He re-
turned but year or two ago TO this, his
former home, but survived thereafter only
few months.
7. e, UmpStelter, Esq, son -in.law oil
Dr. McCook, also resided and practIced
law here for number oil years in Connec.
tion with the late Hon. E. NJ. Stanton.
he too removed TO Pittsburgh some
twenty or more years ago where he soon
gained standing IS lawyer Of moro than
ordinary ability. He died. however, q
lew years after his removal, In the very
prime of his life.
DR.. John McCook, a brother Of DR..
George, above mentioned, was also Tor
many years resident and praclicing phys.
IcIan in the place. Several Of his sons, who
are not unknown in public lie, were born
and raised near where write. The eldest
Of these is at present Governor oil Colora.
DO. Another, Rev. II. g. AIcCook, OF
Philadelphia, Pa, 10 rapidly rising TO dis
tinction as minister iGtho Presbyterian
Church, and third son, Col. Arson Nc
Cook, OF Steubenville, was Assessor OF
Internal Revenue in that city, till his Of
dee was abolished by act Of Congress
Many persons suppose that the family
oil brothers known as the Fighting Nc.
Cooks" were also natives of New Lisbon.
This, however, Is not the TACT. These
military brothers who, with their father,
Asjor Daniel McCook, brother Of the
two doctors before spoken OF, figured 90
prominently in the late war, were born
and raised in Carrollton, the county seat
Of Carroll county, adjoining this county
(COlumbians) on the southwest. The hii.
Tory OF this family il too well known 10
need any repetition here. Suffice II toe
say that the last tragic chapter In the pub
lie family history was the murder, one
eighteen months or two years ago, Of Ed
win, the youngest son, at Yankton, Da-
kots, while holding some official position
10 that Territory He was cousin to the
Governor Of Colorado before mentioned
This was also, believe, the birth place
and certainly the early home, OF thu
late Hon. G. L. Vsllandingham, so promi
uently Unidentified with the political histo.
ry Of the country, Immediately preceding
and during the war. His father, the
Rev. Clement Vsllandingham, came tc
New Lisbon at a very early day, as the
first pastor Of the Presbyterian Church o
that place, which relation he continued
10 sustain during a long period and up tc
the time OF hls death. His memory Il
atlll warmly cherished by all who knew
him, as well as by those VIII o have learned
from others OF his sterling virtues anC
worth. All the Vallandingham family
now living, except one son, still re
side here. A nephew oil the Hon. c. L
yallaudIghsm Is editor and publisher o