Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-04-24
BECOMING LEVITY.

1t was not unnatural that st. ClairS-
vile, after having been pretty sOundly
berated for being so unfortunate as to
be the location of an old Court House,
not elegant IN architecture or rich in fin
| ish, where for nearly seventy years
among the most eminent of Ohio'S Bar
were wont to gather, should be some
what buOyant upon the announcement
by telegram, on Thursday afternoon,
that the third attempt to wrest from her
the historic seat of Justice had been de-
feated in the Legislature. She had a
right TO jollify and ring the bell of the
old Temple, and right joyfully it sound
ed out that the Representatives of Ohio
refused to permit the time-honOred ed
ifice to be razed.
On the following Saturday it becom-
ing known that the Committee consist
ing of Hon. Henry West, Hon. W. S
Kennon, and Judge r. E. Chambers.
having charge of st. Clairsville's side of
the case at Columbus, together with
Capt Cope and Hon. Ross Alexander
would arrive on the evening train,
they were met at Quincy by detach-
ment of the Light Guards under Capt.
Cowen, and the Cornet Band and num-
Der of citizens, and escorted to the car
on the n. G. in waiting. Upon their ar
rival at st. ClairSville they were greeted
by several hundred citizens. A process
sion was formed with Hon. Henry West
in advance, bearing as his banner un-
furled the old County map which has
been used in three different contests to
settle the disputed question of the
County Seat. The DR.. was supported by
the remaining gentlemen of the Com
mittee, Capt. Cope and Mr.. Alexander,
and followed by the Band, Military and
citizens, and thus they were marched to
the Court House when cheer after cheer
rent the air in honor of the termination
of the contest and in appreciation of the
gallant fight made by these gentlemen
A meeting was announced for the eve
ming. When the hour came the Court
House was crowded with ladies and gen.
tlemen anxious to hear the story of the
contest. 1t was organized by calling
Rev. Thos. Balph to the Chair, who in
few well chosen words, thanked the
audience for the honor conferred, and
stated the object of the meeting.
The following paper was offered by
Judge COwen, and was unanimously
adopted:
"The congratulations and thanks of this
meeting are rendered to all who have aided
in defeating this third attempt to remove our
time honored, wholesome and safe county
seat, and especially to the members of the
Committee who have visited Columbus and
presented our claims there. All of them
have done so much that we do not know how
TO make distinctions, and name them in al
phabetical order-Barnesville, Carroll, Cham
bers, Charlesworth, Cook, Cope, Gray, Ryan,
Kennon, North West, and last, but not least,
the grand wheel horse, Henry West. Also
to our friends in the Legislature in the same
alphabetical order, namely, Alexander and
many others"
After the adoption of the resolution
Hon. Henry West, who is aptly dubbed
the grand wheel-horse," was called out
and made good-natured report of his
doings.
Following him, appropriate addresses
were made by Judge Chambers, Major
Kennon, Capt. Cope, and Hon. Ross J.
Alexander, all of which elected frequent
marks of approval. We will not at
tempt to give abstracts of the addresses
of these gentlemen, but state they were
simply explanatory of the nature of the
contest. At a late hour the meeting ad-
journed, with ''three cheers for every
BODY"