The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-04
ben oceupiedb y a family named aweit.

then occupied by . family named "ws'i.
The names Of those who lived in the
old brick dwellings on the south oil Zane,
between 9Th and 7th streets, or occupied
the two houses onthe lot OF the northeast
corner Of 7th and ZGnestreets, have pass.
ed from my memory.
The old East Wheeling Company's
wooden bridge spanned the creek whore
the recently erected "patent truss" now
does duty, but the stteet leading 10 1t was
NOT graded as now. The old graveyard
va tben 10 use, and It's fences, house and
the stable Of Nj. Burt, the sexton, ex-
tended from the alley south Of 10Th street
10 about the north line Of 18th street, and
its high grounds ran about on q level with
The Lodwick (now Rogers' residence,
southward about three hundred feet,
when Il lloped to about the present grade
Of 18th street at the Wheeling Brewery.
John Street, Of East Wheeling, was
probably named for or rs complimentary
10 John FaWcett, one Of the East Wheel.
Ing Company, and was the longest and
first street In their addition, the north
line Of which addition was the centre OF
the alley now called No. :, and followed
the said centre line eastward to the
creek. The late George Forbes, formerly
Houser building. the Salisbury row, now
McAdams and others', Moffa,i's, formerly
Sam. Meals, Adams, formerly Joseph
Morrison,s, and what was formerly Col.
Thompson's, adjoining thereto, with the
Exley brick and two or three other tene.
ments near it, almost completed the list
here.
Eastward, scarcely anything is recog.
ni1able except the Humphrey residence
and two or three frames In this block, and
the former Butts brick and several frame
tepemeuts in the blocks farther towards
the creek. :,
An old landmark OF my boyish days
was a white lead factory on the northeast
corner Of 7th (Woods) and John (l6th),
then called the aBaker & Roberts" but IL
long since gave place to some dwelling
houses, although Tor years no or morel
It's desolation aptly pictured the blasted
hopes Of many contemporaneoua enter
Recollection fails to gather anything
within the Sharp's Garden "Shriyer" I'D:
dition, which is Of the now, but was Of
the then, the last yestige in the shape
Of the old home OF Thomas Mclaughlin
(deceased) having given place for the
residence OF g.. Wilson Kennedy.
On Quincy street. OATH east Of 9th
(Eofr) the houses were then few, and still
fewer remain in the same guise, although
under their old coats and their new one
might pick out q dozen and resurrect the
anne Of citizens who went West In the
times Of wheelings greatest financial
difficulties, or Eastward in the beginning
OF that late unpleasantness. :,
But I cannot leave East Wheeling and
It's memories without q mention OF my
boyish rides with IN old wagonipg friend,
who was then hauling stone which was to
be built in the present Court House.
Astride Of tho off.wheel horse, a blind Jim,
and a Charlie for thesaddleh orse, q Doug.
sss'in the lead and q fast %trotting Nell at
its of side,w leisurely,sometimes YEARLY
wendell the way thither and hither over
the Zane (Allman) place from Quincy
street to the creek, crossing the creek
near where the Peninsular road bridge
now is, and going down 10 the old quarry
ground, which was just above the present
railroad tunnel. ..,.
The entrance to Allman's field at Quin-
cy was about where McCulloch street Is
now, but the road soon left the present
street route and wound around the base
Of the hill, coming In below the old brick
spring house, which may still be seen, and
going thence to the creek crossing. AT a
deep hole near the face Of some almost
perpendicular rocks the team was gener:
ally watered and washed, after q round
trip through the mud or through the dus-
tiness OF the clay road, and though q
child OF scarcely ten summers, l still re
member the carefulness and watchfulness
Of my driving companion, lest my blind
bearer should stumble and precipitate
me TO my injury. "Hold tight to the
harness was the warning received, when
difficult or rough places were reached,
and 90 we'll was It obeyed that no difficult
ty occurred.
Without wife or child to this date, and
scarce none to care for beyond his team,
my old friend still clings to the occupa-
ti6n OF his early manhood, and as gently
as then lalks to or entreats his well-
groomed and well-ied band Of willing
workers.
the Island, and as there is no bridge, and
the buoy borne ferry is On the other side,
Let na wait until The next trip.