Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-07-12
DOW LING,

The great wheel of time has perform
ed another revolution. The glorious
Fourth of July. the day all true Amerl-
cans love to celebrate, has come and
gone, and those who observed the day
in sobcrncss and Righteousness are still
who celebrated by indulging in intemp-
crate habits who are still suffering with
aches and pains and remorse Of con-
science, and no doubt have resolved
never to spend another Fourt, of July in
that way and may the good Lord help
them to keep their VOWS.
A short history of this place may not
be uninteresting to some of the many
readers of the JOURNAL. Bowling is 10
Gated thirteen miles from Toledo on the
T. G. s. s. r. II. being the first village
and the first Pos,office located on the
said road. Downing was named for Pat
Bowling who was thought to be the
coming man of the new road. But 4.
P. Brown knocked him out on the first
round and Pat has not been seen in
Bowling since it started up. The peo-
pie are thinking seriously of petitioning
to have the name of the village changed
back to the original name of Belleville
Ridge. In fact the name never should
have been changed from Belleville Ridge
The old land marks of Wood county
,ntf no Inof otnhf Of ard n 10 tn
be hoped that those who have the mat
ter of making the change in hand will
be successful.
The Ridge derived its name from
James Belleville who came here at an
early day and reared large family,
some of whom lived here until quite re-
Gently. There is not one of the race liv-
ing in this locality now. / think there
are only one or two of them in the coun.
ty. James Belleville, above mentioned,
died 10 1861, and was buried in the old
Belleville Ridge cemetery. which was
laid out on his own farm many years
ago.
The first white settlers of the Ridge
were two men by the name of Lee AMI
Gage who came here sometime before
the Bellevilles and engaged in growing
tobacco. How long they remained here
/ am not able to say. 1t was supposed
that they were fugitives from justice.
The piece of ground which was culti-
waited by Lee and Gage n half century
or more ago has been recently purchased
by the Trustees of Perrysburg and Mid
dleton Townships for cemetery purposes
and is destined TO make one of the finest
cemeie cries in the State. During the
process of grading the new cemetery
nineteen human skeletons were unearth-
ed demonstrating the fact that the'Ridge
was inhabited even prior to the coming
of Lee and Gage. The bodies seemed to
have been buried in sitting posture and
facing the east. What race they are is
not known as the Oldest inhabitants of
the county have no knowledge of any
inhabitants of the Ridge prior to Lee
and Gage. In all probability they were
Indians, but in the absence of relics,
some even doubt this MS they say it is
customary for Indians to deposit some
thing in the graves of their dead. such
as guns, tomalawks, pipes, etc.
Haying is about over and wheat har-
vest will Legin in few days. The green
wheat-louse has injured the wheat to
some extent, perhaps more seriously
than some might suppose.
The Base Ball craze has taken some of
our best young men away from the
Sunday School. This should not be.
Stick to the Sunday School. young man,
it will be of service to you in a certain
besides there is a law
against Sunday games and some one
may have the ''sand" to enforce the law
one Of these days. Mrs. GRIDIRoN.