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April 5, 1833, the Health Officers were, Samuel J. Huston, Ruloff Whitney and James Salsbury. John Noel, Silas W. Cole and Moses Gregory were the Committee on Claims to rule the Council. Charles W. Tracy was allowed $3.25 for one years service as Supervisor of the East Ward.
May 3, 1833, Samuel M. Tracy was allowed $36.00 for service as Recorder, and James C. Davis was allowed $3.25 for Supervisor of the West Ward for 1832. Hugh Cook was allowed $73.92 for Clerk of the Market and Town Marshal for 1832.
August 2, 1833, John Noel was allowed for his service as Assessor for 1833, $6.00.
Sept. 6, 1833, Elijah Glover was allowed $25.00 for one year's advertising for the City.
Dec. 6, 1833, Thomas Lawson was issued a grocer's license. A Town meeting of Portsmouth was called in relation to the termination of the Ohio Canal. John Noel and G. S. B. Hempstead were appointed a Committee to attend the Legislature to secure legislation as to the termination. $50.00 was appropriated.
March 7, 1834, the Budget was presented. The amount was $3,723.67 for the year ending Feb. 28, 1834. Of this $659.16 was the duplicate of 1833. $354.17 was the duplicate of 1831 and 1832. $557.12 was retail licenses. $779.35 was wharfage. Of the expenditures, $1,637.00 was for Health Officers, $360.00 for hose and engine, $1,445.75 was expended on the wharves, $131.00 was paid for the services of Councilmen, $36.00 to the Recorder, $2.20 to the jailer and $1,756.02 were spent in repairing the engine house.
March 10, 1834, at the Corporation election, Wilson Gates, Silas W. Cole and Havillah Gunn were elected Councilmen.
April 4, 1834, the Health Officers were Peter Kinney, Ruloff Whitney and Jacob Anderson. Ruloff Whitney declined to act and David Scott was elected. William Hall was elected Inspector of Whiskey. The Committee on Claims were John Noel, Havillal Gunn and Silas W. Cole. They were allowed $9.00 for their services in 1833. On the same date, Samuel M. Tracy resigned. as Recorder and Havillah Gunn was elected in his place. A fire engine was bought of G. Stevenson for $475.00.
May 2, 1834, the Committee was appointed to correspond with the Legis- lature in regard to the mouth of the Ohio Canal.
Sept. 5, 1834, Havillah Gunn resigned as Recorder. M. B. Ross was elected in his place.
Dec. 22, 1834, Levi C. Barker was elected Town Marshal. Washington Kinney was elected Assessor. His compensation was $6.00.
March 6, 1835, the Town Budget was $3,532.80, of which $996.00 was from wharfage and $490.29 from grocery license.
March 9, 1835, at the Corporation election Conrad Overturf, Mathias B. Ross and Peter Kinney were elected Councilmen.
April 3, 1835. the Committee on Claims was John Noel, C. A. M. Damarin and Conrad Overturf. The Health Officers were G. S. B. Hempstead, Jacob Anderson and Zina Gunn. The Councilmen were paid $38.00 for their year's services.
May 1, 1835, J. B. Clingman was licensed to retail cider, beer, ale and porter rye for one year.
June 5, 1835, a bier was ordered for the public graveyard.
Aug. 5, 1835, licenses were issued to R. Lloyd to keep a grocery and sell liquors.
Sept. 4, 1835, there was a lease made Thomas G. Gaylord, and terms prescribed for 30 years.
Dec. 4, 1835, a Committe was appointed in regard to the termination of the Ohio Canal; Isaac Noel, C. A. M. Damarin and M. B. Ross.
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TOWN ORDINANCES.
Among the old publications of city laws which have survived is a copy of the laws of Incorporation and Ordinances of the town of Portsmouth. It was published in 1829 by the authority of the Council.
On May 12, 1823, an ordinance was passed authorizing the President of the Council to call extra or special meetings. Any member not attending was to be fined $1.00. Committees neglecting or refusing to report were to be dis- missed.
On the same date, an ordinance was passed defining the duties of Town Marshal. He was to attend all meetings of the Council and be at the President's office during all trials, to collect all fines, etc., and to be fined not more than $20.00 and not less than $1.00 for any neglect of official duty.
It seems that in the dawn of Portsmouth, boatmen were a source of trouble to the town. An ordinance was passed, May 11, 1829, to prevent inde- cent conduct of Boatmen. Misconduct on their part was to be punished by a fine of $2.00 to $10.00. Any person, over ten years of age, divesting themselves of clothing to go in bathing, inside the Corporation, was to be fined from $1.00 to $10.00. On May 19, 1823, an ordinance was passed to prevent swine from running at large. Ducks, geese, game, or dung hill fowls were to be kept up from April 1 to August 31. Evidently the townsmen believed in gardens and proposed to protect them.
The fathers evidently looked after Showmen.
On May 11, 1829, an ordinance was passed requiring a show license of $5.00 to $26.00. The fine for showing without license was $75.00, but theatrical performances by citizens of the town for their own amusement were to be free. On May 11, 1829, an ordinance was passed forbidding the keeping of any female dog in the town, except by butchers. This was special legislation with a vengeance. The penalty was $5.00 every twenty-four hours if such animal was kept. Why the butchers were so privileged does not now appear.
August 13, 1824, an ordinance to create Health Officers was passed. There were three persons, and they were to inspect the streets and alleys once a week from April 1 to October 1, and as much oftener as they thought fit. Each Health Officer was to be sworn and each person who was appointed such and refused to serve was to pay $5.00 fine. Their duties were otherwise such as are now performed by the Sanitary Police.
May 11, 1829, an ordinance was passed for the protection of the public wells. The water from them was not to be used for washing clothes, or water- ing horses or cattle.
On the same date, an ordinance was passed regulating the Market in the town of Portsmouth. Wednesday and Saturday were Market days. Daylight to 10 a. m. were Market hours. The Clerk of the Market was to ring a bell at the opening and closing. Articles of marketing were not to be sold during market hours at any place in the town outside of market, under a penalty of $.50 to $2.00. Buyers of marketing, outside of market, during market hours, were to be fined $1.00 to $5.00. Hence, it was a greater offense to buy than to sell. The Clerk of the Market was to furnish measures and weights, and to use them in case of dispute. Butcher's stalls were rented at $8.00 per year. $6.00 for six months, or 50 cents per market day; and no one was allowed to sell fresh meat in the market except from a butcher stall. An ordinance in relation to nuisances was passed May 11, 1829. Slaughter houses were forbid- den in the town. Tan yards were required to observe certain regulations, and throwing refuse on the streets and alleys was forbidden. The streets and alleys were protected by an ordinance of May 11, 1829. Racing in the streets was forbidden. Driving faster than a walk or trot was forbidden. Al- lowing a team to run off was a fine of $1.00 to $10.00. Shooting at a mark or discharging firearms was an offense. Fires in the streets of any kind were forbidden. Brick or lime kilns were forbidden in the town and to ride or drive a horse on a pavement was a fine of 20c to $1.00. The Fathers were particular as to their eating and drinking. They had an Inspector of Domestic Spirits and of Flour. He was appointed by the Council and sworn. The ordin- ance was passed May 18, 1829, and the Inspector was paid for by fees. The sell- ing of liquors and flour without inspection was not penal.
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An ordinance of May 18, 1829, created the office of Supervisor. There were to be two or more appointed by the Council annually. They were to be sworn and to be fined $5.00 each if they refused to serve. They were to be paid in April each year for the year past. They were to require all the men above 21 to work the streets. Lot owners were compelled to fill up or drain their lots. If they failed to do so, the Supervisors could have it done.
An ordinance of date May 18, 1829, created the office of Wood Measurer. He was paid by fees, but it was not obligatory on parties to call him.
On May 18, 1829, Council passed an ordinance designating the objects of taxation. All property and dogs were declared the objects of taxation, but all mills, all woolen and cotton manufactures and all manufactures of iron or glass were exempted from taxation. Horses and cattle were separately taxed. The property tax on land and mercantile capital was one-fourth of one per- cent. Horses were taxed at 15 cents each, cattle at 5 cents each, dogs at 25 cents each.
The Town Recorder made out the tax duplicates and gave them to the Town Marshal.
On May 18, 1829, the Council passed an ordinance in regard to pavements. Pavements on Front street were to be 12 feet wide. The other side walks were 10 feet wide. Alley sidewalks were 21/2 feet wide. Projecting steps and cellar doors in the pavement were regulated. Any one paving his own side could have one-fourth of the cost refunded by the city.
The foregoing comprised the publication of 1829. In the publication of the ordinances in 1838, the Committee on Claims demands attention. There were three in number elected by the Council. They met once a month. They audited all accounts, and had a general supervision of the city finances. They were to see to it that all claims due the City were collected. They prepared the budget each year. They allowed the per diems to Councilmen, and were paid $1.00 per day each for their services. A Coffee House ordinance was passed, May 4, 1838. It included groceries, and nearly all groceries at that time sold liquors. Twelve householders had to recommend the license. Notice of the ap- plication had to be published. A license cost $50.00, Coffee Houses could not open on Sundays and were required to keep order on other days and could not sell to minors.
On May 4, 1838, the names of the streets were changed by ordinance. Water street was changed to Front. Front street was changed to Second, Sec- ond to Third, Third to Fourth, and Fourth to Fifth, and so on till Ninth street. East street to Court, First East to Washington, Second East to Chillicothe, West Street was changed to Jefferson, First West to Madison. and Second West to Massie street. Scioto and Market streets remained unchanged. The al- leys were also named but it is not worth while to mention them. The publi- cations of 1838 and 1844 contained the usual and necessary ordinances, and only peculiar features will be noticed.
There was an ordinance to prevent indecent conduct. passed July 14, 1838. An ordinance to establish a general system of wharfage was passed July 21, 1838. Steamboats under 200 tons were to pay $2.00 for a landing, and those over. $3.00 per landing, except regular packets which might pay $1.00 per landing. Canal boats paid 50 cents. Barges paid 50 cents, except boats loaded with firewood. Rafts paid 25 cents per 1,000 feet, and rafts.of logs 121/2 cents per log. An ordinance passed August 17, 1838, for preventing and extinguish- ing fires shows that there were two Volunteer Fire Companies in Portsmouth, the Fire Dispatch Engine and Neptune Hose Companies. There were two Fire Wardens in each ward, appointed by the Council yearly. Their duties were in the nature of Inspectors for the prevention of fires. The building of hearths and flues was regulated by this ordinance.
An ordinance of September 21, 1838, divided the town of Portsmouth into three school districts, according to the three wards then in existence, in each of which a School Trustee was elected annually on the third Friday of September. The Markets were regulated by an ordinance of October 19, 1838. Markets were held Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from daylight till 9 a. m., from September to April and the remainder of the year on the same mornings, but closed at 8 a. m. Only white persons were allowed to rent Mar- ket stalls.
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Cuffee was not yet recognized as a man and brother. The Market or- dinance in other respects was like the original one first passed and which this superseded. Dogs were forbidden in the Market.
August 17, 1838, was the date of a ferry ordinance. Ferries were re- quired to be licensed by the Council, which fixed ferry rates, and the ferry was required to be kept in operation from daylight until dark. The license was to be annual. The rates were high, one horse vehicle 50 cents, two to tour horses 75 cents, four or more horses $1.00. A riding or led horse was 25 cents and a foot passenger 10 cents. These rates were for crossing the Ohio river. The ferry rates for the Scioto were one-half of the foregoing.
On July 5, 1839, the Council passed a Savage Dog ordinance. Each per- son was allowed to keep one dog by paying a tax of $1.00. If he or she wanted to keep a second dog as company for the first, the cruel hearted Councilmen re- quired an annual tax of $5.00, and to keep a female dog was $8.00.
The Marshal was charged with the collection of the tax and he found it a very important measure. The people of Portsmouth were never opposed to dogs, except theoretically. This dog ordinance was never enforced to any extent, and neither has any before or since.
The fathers were very much opposed to horse racing, at least within the limits of the town. On the 3rd of July, 1840, an ordinance was passed to prevent horse racing within the limits of the town of Portsmouth, and no race track or course could be established within the town or run upon any course within the town or in any part of the town. The penalty was a for- feiture $.25 to $1.00 for each offense.
On the 6th of May, 1841, Council passed an ordinance regulating taverns. The sale of liquors of any kind to minors was forbidden to any taverns and sales on Sunday. Games were also forbidden at the taverns, except athletic exercises. Keepers of Coffee Houses or taverns were forbidden to sell liquors to be drunk, which were sold in a less quantity than one quart.
On the 10th of October, 1842, by a proper ordinance, canal boats were freed from wharfage.
On October 14, 1842, a new ordinance was passed as to ferries, and the rates of ferriage were changed, 5 cents for foot passengers, 13 cents for horse and rider. One horse conveyance 20 cents and up to four horses was 30 cents. More than four or more horses was 50 cents. The ferriage across the Scioto was 3 cents, for a person and 5 cents for a horse and rider. For led animals 5 cents each, 10 cents for one horse conveyance, 15 cents for two, four horses or more 25 cents.
By an ordinance passed March 15, 1844, horses and cattle and hogs were forbidden to run at large in the City of Portsmouth, and the Coffee House or- dinance was repealed and re-enacted.
April 5, 1845, the rates for keeping Coffee Houses were, below Market street, $50.00, between Market and Madison $60.00, Madison and Jefferson $75.00, Jefferson and Court $100.00, between Court and Washington streets $75.00, be- tween Washington and the east limits of the town, $50.00. All games and Sunday selling were forbidden, as well as selling to minors.
April 17, 1845, an ordinance was passed for the appointment of Town Guards and night watch. There was a Town Guard in each ward. He was sworn to support the Constitution of the United States and the State of Ohio and faithfully perform the duties of his office. The Town Guards were required to go through the town at night and notice whether the night watchmen per- formed their duties or not. They were Inspectors of the Police with Police powers.
On the 1st of May, 1846, Council passed an ordinance licensing hackney coaches, wagons, carts, drays and vehicles. The hackney coaches, $3.00; drays or carts, $5.00 each; two or four horse wagon $2.00; every four wheeled vehicle $2.00. Licenses were issued on the first day of June for the year.
SOME SOCIETY EVENTS-1872-1882.
April 18, 1872, the Biggs House had a formal opening. There were eight hundred to a thousand persons present. A gold headed cane was presented to Mr. William Biggs. Mr. A. McFarland made the presentation. A Cin- cinnati band was present. After supper the dining room was cleared for danc-
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ing. The following persons danced the Virginia Reel. The ages of the gentle- men are given.
John Wright, age 58 and Miss Maria Montgomery. 1
George Johnson, age 56 and Mrs. O. F. Moore.
Thomas Dugan, age 47 and Mrs. George Johnson.
F. B. Cleveland, age 75 and Miss N. Montgomery.
T. J. Graham, age 62 and Mrs. Dan McFarland.
John P. Terry, age 65 and Mrs. A. McFarland.
O. F. Moore, age 55 and Mrs. P. C. Kinney.
John Wright and Miss Maria Montgomery had led the dance at the open- ing of the Watson House on the same ground in 1836.
May 1, 1872, Thomas Dugan gave a May party at Dugan's Grove, twelve miles north of Portsmouth. Miss Lida Adams, now Mrs. Thomas W. Kinney, was crowned Queen of May. They danced on a platform in the grove and had dinner in the barn. Currier's Band of Cincinnati, was present.
May 16, 1872, Colonel P. Kinney and wife gave a party to the young folks. It was an outdoor party and the time was spent in rolling ten pins and walking in the moonlight. It was a beautiful moonlight night. Mrs. Col. P. Kinney and daughter, now Mrs. Theo. K. Funk, started to Europe. Also John G. Peebles, wife, two daughters and son Richard.
June 12, 1872, Ohio Medical Convention held at Portsmouth. Festival or reception given at the Court House.
August 24, 1872, George Johnson and wife celebrated their silver wed- ding at Mt. Mullen. About 240 guests were invited. Supper was served un- der the trees at four o'clock p. m. After supper, the young folks danced till 9 p. m. The affair is a pleasant memory to every survivor.
October 2, 1872, Mrs. Col. P. Kinney and daughter returned from Europe. May 1, 1873, I.evi C. Barker and wife celebrated their golden wedding. May 8, 1873, Thomas G. Lloyd and wife celebrated the fortieth anniver- sary of their wedding.
May 6, 1873, John G. Peebles and family arrived in New York from their European tour.
November 17, 1873, J. D. Clare located in the city of Portsmouth. He occupied the residence now occupied by Theo. Doty.
December 26, 1874, There was a "Great Hop" at the Biggs House. The following ladies were mentioned: Miss Fanny Kinney of Cincinnati, Miss Nigh of Marietta, Miss Sallie Ireland of Ashland, Miss Minnie Campbell of Ironton, Miss Lillie Smith of Hillsboro, the Misses Nye of Chillicothe, Miss Frank Kirk- er of Ironton, Miss Allie Willard, Miss Alice Gilruth, Miss Jennie Cole, of Iron- ton, Mrs. Howard Dunlap of Emporia, Kansas, Misses Emma Johnson, Clara Waller, Genie Robinson, Mame Rhoads, Jennie McFarland, Kate Hull, Ada Dunlap, Emma Murray, Alice Burligh, Hattie Damarin, Emma Davis, Nan Bonsall, Jennie Tewksbury, Jennie Lodwick, Misses Yoakley, Rhoda Nicholls, Nan Musser, Martha Green, Anna Ross, Anna Ware, Jennie Gharky, Helen Owens, Mrs. Thomas Kinney, Mrs. A. C. Davis, Mrs. James W. Newman, Mrs. P. Prendergast, Miss Alice Bonsall.
November 3, 1875, Rev. E. P. Pratt, D. D., who had been in Europe since July, returned.
December 30, 1879, Grand ball at the Biggs House.
February 13, 1880, Judge Joseph E. Moore celebrated his ninetieth an- niversary of his birth.
January 11, 1881, The young married folks gave a bal masque.
January 16, 1881, Bal masque at Colonel Bolles' residence.
April 17, 1882, The forty-fifth anniversary of the wedding of Aaron Clark and Eliza J. Orm was celebrated. It was called the "silk wedding."
RESIDENTS OF PORTSMOUTH, 1819-1821.
This was made out by the late John G. Peebles, about the year 1892, to accompany a map prepared by him, based on the plat prepared by Henry Massie, in June, 1807. When Henry Massie made his first plat in 1803, he cal- culated that the town would extend back as far north as Fifth street and as far east as Chillicothe street, but June, 1807, his hopes were blasted, and he vacated his former plat, from the rear of the lots fronting on the north side
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of Second street back to Fifth street and in the place of which in-lots, made out-lots of about three acres each. At that time, there were practically but two streets in Portsmouth. Front street which was then called Water street and Back street now called Second. Where Third street now is was "a swail" and all back of that was woods, and east of Chillicothe was woods.
This article of Mr. Peebles should be used with reference to his map. Each building is marked with a black square and where there is a well it is marked with a black dot.
In-lot, No. 280, lies on the west side of Scioto street, between Front and Second streets. It had a blacksmith shop which was owned and operated by Richard McDougal, a brother of Mrs. Thomas Morgan.
In-lots, Nos. 281, 282, 283 and 284, were owned by David Gharky. Lot 284 of these was used as his residence and was convenient to the ferry which he maintained across the Scioto at this point. His upper ferry was at the north end of Scioto street. The place of his lower ferry is now in the chan- nel of the Scioto river where it meets the Ohio. There stood a big sycamore tree which was hollow and used by the boys for shelter in times of storm and cold weather.
In-lot, No. 279, on the southwest corner of Second and Scioto streets, was a two story log house built by Uriah Barber. It was the original house used by John Brown, Sr. It was used by Patrick Timmonds, who had a son, Andrew whose principal occupation was fishing and street promenading.
In-lot, No. 274, which adjoined 279 on the east, was occupied by John Brown, Jr., and used by him as a boarding house. He was married at that time but had no children though a number were born afterwards.
In-lot, No. 273, adjoining John Brown, Jr., was occupied by Elijah Glover who kept a boarding house. His wife was a sister of William and Samuel G. Jones. He had a family of eight children, seven boys and one girl. Mr. Glover at that time owned lot 188 on the southeast corner of Jefferson and Front streets, on which he was building a house for a hotel.
In-lot, No. 273, also had a house which was occupied by William Byers, a baker.
In-lot, No. 267, next east of 273, had a row of long one story buildings, oc- cupied by Samuel Gunn, the cooper, of whom there is a separate sketch in the book.
In-lot, No. 259, which was on the southeast corner of Massie and Front streets, had a two story brick house, occupied by a man by the name of Henry Core, son-in-law of Col. John McDonald, who kept a tavern. This tavern was sold to John Peebles, in April, 1819, and he kept a hotel there until the Glover building was finished on lot 188. Mr. Peebles moved to the building on lot 188 in 1820.
In-lot, No. 258, on the southwest corner of Massie and Front streets, had a small brick store house on the corner, which was occupied by William Dailey as a mercantile store. On the east part of the same lot was a two story log house which he used as a residence. His daughter Mary, married Samuel M. Tracy.
In-lot, No. 249, next east of 258, had a house on the east side, which was oc- cupied by Doctor Thomas Hersey, who had a specialty in his practice. It was curing the itch and he made and sold an itch ointment.
In-lot, No. 248, next east of 249, was occupied by Henry Sheeley, a team- ster, who hauled goods up and down the river bank on a sled. He was the step-father of Moses Gregory.
In-lot, No. 239, next east of 248, was used by Jacob Noel as a residence and hatter shop. His brother David Noel was one of his apprentices and so was Azel Glover. On the same lot was a small cabin in which Cornelius Mc- Coy kept a tailor shop. Jacob Leonard learned the trade under him.
In-lot, No. 238, was used by John Peebles for the manufacture of cut nails. The east side of this lot had a small frame house, in which Marcus Bosworth resided. He was a brickmaker and had a brickyard in out lot No. 4, as shown on the map. He was an uncle of Mark B. Wells, who was named for him.
In-lot, No. 229, on the southeast corner of Jefferson and Front streets, was occupied by Hugh Cook as a residence.
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In-lot, No. 228, is on the southwest corner of Second and Jefferson streets. William Lodwick had a store on this corner with a ware house and stable. It was the largest house in the lower valley of the Scioto. He married Eliza, a daughter of Benjamin Wood. He had as clerks, his brother James Lod- wick and William Wood and Robert Wood, his brother-in-law. He had a residence on the same lot, which also contained a frame house in which Samuel Tracy and Dr. G. S. B. Hempstead had their offices.
In-lot, No. 217, "Old Smoking Johnnie Smith" had a cabinet maker's shop liere. On the east part of the lot, Peter Kehoe, father of Murtaugh, had a shoe maker shop, in which Thomas Burt, father of William, learned his trade.
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