The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-08

Charles Knox. His grandmother was
quite blind, and yet could do the work oil
over the mouse as well as II her sight was
perfect Below the tavern lived an En-.
gltshmAn named Fox, who had large fam
ny. There were . few small log houses
between his and the street where the
bridge Is, and where the anchorage Of the
bridge now Is, stood the market house,
with SIX brick pillars, great resort for
pigs and cows. All West and North OF
the river was covered with old forest trees.
Where Peter Zinn now Is stood Dilley's
tavern, and my informant was sometimes
employed by Mrs. Dilley 70 aid In bringing
passengers across the river In q skitf.
There Wero sundry vacant lots and Gn0th.
or tavern kept by q Mr. Jones, and at his
house were quArtered officers and soldiers,
prisoners taken by Perry on Lake Erie,
who were being taken TO StRunton. One
Of them played baR.pipe for the amuse.
ment OF the boys. This was little above
where Col. Kn0x'S house stood. A vacant
space, and then came three story frame
owned by Mr.. Whitehead. He had q
son, long and thin shanked, who, when
mastering as soldier filled ont his calves
with cotton, and the boys called him cot
ton legs. The boys are more polite now
and don't make any fun OF the ladies who
use cotton In that way. The space from
there to the road TO the river opposite
Zane's was all locust trees, and from there
to the old Sprigg House, now St. James,
there were two forwarding and commits.
sion houses, one log and one frame. The
wings Of the old Sprigg were built alter
wards. For some distance below the
Sprigg was the boat yard OF Mr., Palmer,
who built fiat and keel boats, one sch0on.
er, aud told anecdotes; also kept tame
beans for general amusement.
There was but one small frame between |
the boat yard and the mouth Of the creek, |
where stood the old log garrison, a build. |
Ing over a hundred feet long with ten
rooms. In lsl2.lS frame bridge was
built across the creek, where the stone
bridge now is. 1t was built by Peter Var
nall, Noah Zane and man named Shreve,
who then went 10 Louisville and was en-.
laged In removing the ratts from Red river.
From him Shreveport derives its name.
Right below this bridge the steamer
Washington was built in 1914, among the
Inst on the Upper Ohio. He says he can.
lot be mistaken, for he often crawled into
he boilers before they were put aboard.
He went down to Marietta for craft used
II building It, and helped some men bring
Ter up. The whole people OF the town,
men, women and children, went down TO
zee her fired up, and such skedaddling as
here was when the steam was let of he
sever saw. They thought her boilers had
'urst, sure. He does not remember wheth.
IT the first steamer arrived before he left
n not. | believe the one that brought up
he dry hides and mosquitoes came in 49,
The Ohio became famous for boats at an
arly day. In 1901 Miller experimental
With steam on boat on the Thames.
Nothing was done in England, after that,
mil Mr.. Bell puta boat OH the Clyde in
Sl3, and ran her for some years; hut, in
his country, Fulton ran up the Hudson
rom August, 1907, onward, and he came
ext in 1911 aud built the New Orleans at
'ittsburgh.
ITO b continusi1