The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-11

lo4Vj 10 1o4O. us pollLlcS were wing
One number Of August, 1916, contains !
call in flaming characters for a"Demo
cratic Wing Convention" Afterwards il
Bridgeport, "Tae BetR0nt Farmer" "Iat
Dog "11S C0coanut, Fall contained seriei
Of reflections on the follies Of mankind
taking his characters from well known
BridgeporLers. The portraitures are i'm.
menSely amusing. Then came his small
sized a Belmont FGiutr,P with.its expressive
motto, viz: "What Is the cursed multi
tude aboutP (Geothe,) BE enlarged Il
in 1s47, with this motto: "Whilst some
doubt Of every thing, and others profess
TO acknowledge every thing, a wise mar
will embrace such tenets, and only such
as are built upon experience, or upon
certain and indfsputable arioms-Epicu'
rus" And now occasionally he pub
fishes "IHe Tidal RapsS." HID fam
lily physician = in Scotland wal
the celebrated African traveller, MungC
Park, living in the same neighborhood
The Doctor bears on his arm Mungo'i
"trade markp in the form Of large vac.
cination scar. The Doctors mother was
first cousin Of ex. Premier Gladstone, and
he sat upon Latin and Greek benches with
the great Dr.. Chalmers, for whom he has
an ardent admiration, and with Pollock
also, author Of 1.-THE Course OF Time" In
1918, by invitation, the Doctor visited the
EWyandotte reservation lying between
Columbus and Lake Erie, and surveyed
for them their lands, while he helped Rev
James B. Finley, a Methodist missionary,
10 convert the heather. The Doctor Is
now our Oldest citizen, and as such We de-
sire to call attention TO the many sterling
qualities Of head and heart the old mar
abundantly possesses, and, In passing, to
point him out as our Centennial mile
stone. He has the finest library by fal
lin the town, or, perhaps in the county
and we hazard nothing 10 saying we be-
lieye he knows more Of its contents thar
any man in the county. Generous and
clever, hospitable and genial, Of fine con.
Iversadonaf powers, he Is yet the Old
Giant Of our forest under whose shade we
love to llnger, Long days yet be yours
full OF enjoyment and LIES rarest bless.
lings we wish for you and your household,
while your childrens eBaiFnes cuddIe
your aud gray hairs."' ~
Next to b.. Afleck, Michael Eberly is
our oldest citizen. 1liv tr.,
..l,.;.. CHURCHES, r,'.f
| A Presbyterian meeting called May
IN, 1850, for the purpose Of organizing q
church called the First Presbyterian
Church Of Kirkwood. The old church
was built in 1850. Rev. J. Alexander,
pastor. Trustees, v. Mitchell, Adam
| Junkins, r. P.Theaker, DR.. J. McCon-
aughey and H. Wells. Clerk, VIM.
Alexander. The trustees were the build.
ing committee. Cost, S., 400 AZ. Rev. ],
Alexander was pastor until 1859. Rev.
Samuel Boyd from 1859 to 1868. The
church was sold to the C. & P. Railroad
in 1856 for $500. The present church
was built in 1856. Committee, @. 0gle-
bay, DR.. J. McConaughey and Fl. Wells,
The two first are dead. Mr.. Wells lives
ut Martins Ferry. Rev. G. w. Chalfant
was called August 90, 1868, and still re.
mains.
Kirkwood Methodist Chureh-James
McConaughey bought an old warehouse
| Of Moses Rhodes, had II moved to near
| the present site OF the church in 1888
Previous to this, services were held in the
house now occupied by VIM. Gill, and
other places. Mr.. McConaughey built
the present church in ls49, for the mate
rial OF which his property was under ex-
ecution for a long while. The first Sun.
day preaching done in the town was by
two men named Henderson aud Marion,
Methodists, in about 1888. One Of them
came every four weeks.
| In 1872 the West End N. E. Church
was inaugurated. II. Heneky and Selbey
did the blick work; Turner & Sons the
carpenter work; cost, SS,14 "a, and was
dedicated November 10, 1872. Its pas.
tors have been VIM. Peragoy, 8 years; ],
Ia. A.. Miller and VIM. Robbins, each l
year, and II. Appleton, present pastor.
| First Colored Babtist Church-0rgan-
tized July 81, 1867, by Rev. Chaivis, who
served as pastor for four years; Rev.
Brown until 1878, then came the Rev. ]
L. Ward, the present pastor. The church
was dedicated in August, 1872, and has
G5 members. Cost$l 200. .ru
There is a colored ". E. organization
who, for lack Of a church, worship by
permission OF the school board in the
colored school house.
Bridgeport was, founded in 1906, by
Elijah Woods, and was known as Canton,
but tho commercial name OF the locality
was Mouth Of Indian Wheeling Creek.
Kirkwood on the south side OF the creek
was laid out by Joseph Kirkwood in 1888.
2ane's addition was laid out in 1882,
Aliens In 1881. Etnayille was added
October %, 1874. The original town
with It's addendas lies along the valley OF
Wheeling creek at its mouth and one
mile up the Ohio river. A moderate
breeze prevails almost constantly down
the creek. Fieming's run at the upper
end OF the depot, changed its name to
Whisky run In 1882, Robert Thompson
having that year erected the reon q dis
tillery.
4 A geological section OF Kirkwood hill
from near the glass works shows the fol-
lowing: IS feet above the river is l foot
OF lime stone; at Is feet sand stone and
shale; 4 feet, clay; 4 feet, limestone; 8
feet, Pittsburgh coal; foot, roof coal and
shaie; 20 feet, shale; q feet, cement and
limestone; Is feet, foot black shale, so
inches Of coal, az inches shale; 2 feet,
gray limestone; 63 feet, cement and lime.
stone, separated by argillacious shale; so
feet, shale; foot, iron reported; III feet,
shaie and sand stone; 4 feet, coal; 81 feet,
not seen; l foot, limestone; so feet, red
shale and sand stone; feet to top Of hill
which is Cpl above the river, which is 81
feet above Lake Erie and between COO
and 700 feet above the sea. 1t will be
observed reading down the page carries
you up the hill. .I
In 1858, familiar pen wrote: Hsince
1906, the year in which Bridgeport was
founded, there has been q gradual i'm.
proyement in buildings and population
although the progress has been very slow
Religious sectarianism and crime have
gone hand in hand. The citizens have
I erected two churches for the one and two
cells for the other. While other places
with not half the advantages, have out.
strippedher by ten to one in population,
she Is still blind as a bat to her self.in'
terest. Every man thinks no has mine
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