Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-23
boxes and counsel table, was only $3.50
The new one will cost
Thirty Times

In A. ID. 1919, the old brick jail was
erected by William Brown, at cost OF
S3,O4O. This was the third Court House
and the third Jail tie county had erected.
In A. D. 1877, the old bell, weighing 2l2
pounds, and costing Sl2j, was suspended
in the belfry.
"l've heard bells Ginning
Full many cline in
TUng sublime In
Cathedral snrine,
While at glib rate
Brass tongues Tn IA ,rhrota
But all their .usic
"PoAo l" .Jght like thine"
The present Ere proof county offices were
oElit A. u. 1886, by William Askew, at a
cos: OF $4,000, and the present .raii aud
sheriff house in A. d. l542, by Charles
| II. Bailey.
When tie old Court House was finished
my grandfather,
James Alexander,
was one ofthe three associate Judges who
first presided in its courts, and he was sue
| "I"trd :" l"'"' ys"-a hy Two OF his SONS, one
ot them my father.
The old court chamber was the scene OF
many mental cOmbsts, expanding the
minds and eDlarging the hearts Of the con,
testants. making them nobler, greater men,
! it has produced one United States Senator,
! two United States District Judges both row
holding Office, Governor Of the State, and
OF Kansas Territory a minister represent
ing our government in o foreign country, a
Judge Of the Supreme Court, Secretary Of
State eight Congressman, fifteen Judges and
a railroad msgnate
Well will it be for the people, if Judges
as pure and impartial as wise and patient
as ust and economical will preside in the
new palace Of justice, as did in the old Court
| House; i! attorneys will be az learned in
he law" and as honorable and true 20 their
clients as their predecessors ifjurors vii!
he equally intelligent and inco:ruptlble,
Witnesses as honest and truthtdl. 80
hundred volumes Of records attest the bust
ness trnnsact,d d in the old Court House, and
he settlement Of thousands Of litigated
cases. Eve y Judge had 10 exercise his best
lrtellect-every lawyer suffered if his case
Nas not well prepared and thoroughly uu-
lerstood-eyery party ! armed that
"The Way of the Trnnsgres-or
hard, and the b,st way TO do always
$ Ia dD riybt and every with ass, after a
igid examination, experienced
at thou wishcst To lie " Sc,
Keep thcSc words o. ore thine eyes:
What thou ,VCake, and now, beware
OF whom, To whom, when and wnere.'
4 citizen OF Kansas City, bu native o!
ST. Clair6ville, coming here, after an absence
u many years, 10 see old friends looked up
a. LII I'LL h, ,1,N 81 hn AMIR no
laid: When was a boy | thought th.t
nall was the highest thing in the world.
there all public meetings were held; also
The mystic clan OF the (l0OD One Thousand
and One. There also the great order OF
Musadoig, with the Hitimom and the
Htcetor, oft held high carnival at nine
o'clock at night, and by its power elected
tue oiicers OF The town. As boys we looked
upon that ancient pie with awe
and veneraiou. There We saw
,uit severely punished and herd
or. ached thg doctrine OF good works
he grounds about the old Court House
Sre common resort for all kinds Of boy
'sh sports. There We played Chasing thc
| g." Seek and "llat-ball.'
lts broad pavements witnessed many
| -
| C,u do when the black man comssY 1t,
Ills served for "alIey.baii SO holly con
-esred, the uoblest Of all athletic exercises
| lie rooms abound with urwritten hltlories
and are rich with traditionsry lore.
| "nc II q wcaknc,, it deserves som" praise,
| w., love tee play place 81 our early days
Thi. fond attachment 10 the wrU-known place,
| Whence Hr,l we started into lilies long IA 2,
| Maintains lis hOd with su h uniaiiIng sway,
We Il 1t C'euj 81 agc, and At Oug latest u1t
! love
The Old Court House
n the center OF the dear old town. We
oCrn beneath i,s shadow. lts spire was tn,
hrh,nirg.rod that projected the home 0
nv childhood | saved it from contligra
non when fir, d By an incendlary. 1t has
d,Ged the sorns OF more than seyen',
years My business Hts was spert IL II, anc
so my father be.O.e me.
hate 10 zee 1t d,arr.yed. | pieal wltI
the COMMISSIONERS 10 Sr'o,t another cite
at fer less expense, nud with a 'nrger en-
closure Upon the people Ct -. Cialr,v.lI
/ urg, the importance OF their acccpuaC
ftee.aill oiirring OF SIo.Uno worth Of p"onar
tv from The people Of the county. Thi
o.ap,r!y was availaLl. for splrLdi1 to VI
n.! !vceum. magnificent pibii
i'rary. q maT,a 3 Office and police h~A.
quarters. p place ~ mold elections, couu
tii chamD,r. aud buildings which w1u''
s,rph oil he public wants OF the viiIl2'
,,6 rowIstip for many years to come.
The cid court bouse Will, in short time
b. only rtmihiscence.
that Old Landmark,
visible for 90 many miles around, mus
II AXE way for a more imposing structure.
,'iW things must change
To .omethng new, 10 somc'h'nE snanac'
OF it history will soon record:
DNoihing nov - ly:t
But majestic mcmo-y.'
Dprfno the remainder OF the day rsiG
fcil al frequent intervals and made !, IN
p,ssib for Messra. Alexander, SedsewicA
sId McEeivy TO deliver the addresses they
had prepared.
For the benefit o. those WHO may not oe
Acaueinttd with The history OF th" count!
4ld her court houses we append lev IiHes
yn tEat subject
A Little History.
What has since grown TO bs one OF the
most wealrhy and popnlous counties IN the
S;ate Of Ohio was established IS BE mo
county, By proclamation Of the Territorial
TO, ernor, III the year lsOl, on the '.h d'y
nf September. General Arthur ~. CLAIR
Sps then the official incumbent holding bis
posirion by appointment. With the orc"n''
lion CT lie new county, the seat OF justice
WIS located in Poulrney Bottom, not al
nom wba, is now the busy industrial city
OF Beilsire. The fret Court House oi
alich the county beasts, was brick str lc'
ur, ,brty-6ve feet squerc, erected IN Iel-
a. cost Of
Five Handred Dollars:
hat sum being the entire amount aliowc1
the commissioners for that purpose. No
far rom the Court House a all was on'!i
Of tewn lcgs, at cost Of SIGj. The HrSi
session Of the United States Ierritorla
Court was held in rooms rented for that pu'
pose before the above mentioned structure
4 tIaN .