Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-02-18
FOR RENT-Ihs nry Goods Room

FOR RENT-1he Dry Gaeds Room
now occupied by John Patton, oppo
site the Treasurer's Office. In the besi
Location and one of the best rooms in
ST. Clairsville. Possession given April
Isl (feb1s-) JOHN JEPsoN.
We copy the following from the
Lincoln (Neb.) Daily Journal. The
subject of the sketch resided formerly
on Captina, with his fathers family.
Many of his relatives and friends here.
abonts will be pleased to hear of his
success in life, which he no doubt de-
serves.
Hon. F. J. Hendershot, the grass
hopper representative who has the bill
of Hon. G. Hopp. Esq.,, of the Repuhli-
can Valley pasted on his desk, is one
of the most good natured, good looking,
well behaved young men sent up to
winter in Lincoln by an admiring con-
stituency.
Mr.. Henderson, is a Buckeye by
birth, taking his first peep of daylight
in Rock Valley, State of Ohio, on the
5th day of August, 1916, and is, conse-
quently, % years of age. Since that
eventful August day when he was q
very little boy, by careful feeding,
plenty of air and exercise, he has sue
ceeded in developing himself into
well-formed specimen of the genus ho-
naO-either feet 5 inches, or feet 8
inches hight (makes no difference which)
and bearing down a $50 lbs. Fair
banks, if put on the scale within an
hour after hotel dinner, or supper at
a Parsons donation. He is a druggist
by profession-but looks as though he
never INDUCED his appetite with any
of his own mixtures-enjoys good
health, abominates physic and pow
ders, and luxuriates on buffalo tongues
and venison steak on the far-off from
tier in Thayer county, where he settled,
fifty miles from any neighbor, in the
spring of 1869. Soon after his settle
ment he received a visit from band of
Indians supposed to be Sioux, who
considerably relieved him of any fur
ther care of his team, taking their de-
parture in company with some Win.
chester bnllets, which left in a hurried
manner in the same direction with his
new-Inade acquaintances. Whether
the Indians and bullets made any close
connection or not in the race was not
ascertuined, but from the excited man.
ner of both parties, it was hoped they
might.
At the time he located in Nebraska,
he was the westermOst settler south of
the Little Blue river, but the following
summer Gov. CARRIER jumped him and
settled 80 miles further on toward the
setting sun, and for time was his
nearest neighbor. 1t is supposed that
their families did not visit often, and
their children and dogs were of NO con-
sequence to each other. g.,
Mr.. H. served three years in the ar
my as private of the SD Ohio Infantry,
but for the most time acted as orderly
to Gen. Dan McCook. He was in q
regular battles-never missing one du-
ring the time of his service; was never
sick, and never touched with a sword
or bullet, his only army mishap being
sustained by beiug thrown from q
horse. q rr ~
He is a Republican in politics,
whole-souled genial companion.square-
toed in his opinions, thoroughbred
Westernor-just the man to do his own
courting, fight his own battles with Ell
ther rebels or Indians, take his family
100 miles away from anywhere, start
town, organize county, and come up
to the Legislature five years afterwards
as the representative of 900 people.
He is decided success.