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January 7, 1853, the new bridge over the Scioto was about completed.
September 21, 1853, Eli Glover was nominated as the temperance candi- date for Senator, and Joseph Moore for Representative.
October 23, 1853, the "Tribune and Clipper" sold out by John Hanna to Albert McFarland. John Hanna had published it for four years.
April 12, 1854, Dan McFarland came into the "Tribune."
April 26, 1854, Captain John N. Lodwick was run over by a locomotive in Cincinnati. He was badly hurt but recovered. The locomotive threw him between the rails and then passed over him, dragging him some distance, He was walking on the track reading a newspaper. This occurred on the Little Miami Railroad, and he was taken to the Broadway Hotel.
May 17, 1854, public meetings were held about the tax law because debts could not be set off against credits. No trouble about it now.
May 17, 1854, first court report appeared in the newspapers. This is the very first time any newspaper ever attempted to report the courts.
November 15, 1854, the Republican party was first mentioned in a local newspaper.
November 16, 1854, the Scioto County B.ble Society met. John Mc- Dowell was President. Rev. T. J. Robert addressed the meeting. Also Rev. M. Mabee, Rev. W. N. Spahr, Rev. E. P. Pratt. The collection was $97.44, $30 of which was to make Rev. E. P. Pratt a life member of the society. Rev. Erastus Burr, D. D., was made President (this is the first time he was referred to as D. D.), George Herod was Vice President, also James S. Fuller, Josiah Merrill, B. B. Gaylord, John B. Dodds. Rev. E. P. Pratt was Secretary and John McDowell Treasurer and Depository.
January 31, 1855, there was great demand for a bridge over the Scioto.
February 28, 1855, John R. Turner retired from the Clerk's office. He had served 45 years. He said he was in the Clerk's office from 1810. He was 67 years of age.
May, 1855, the city leased the ground where Massie Block stands to Newman & Mclntyre to build a three-story brick building to contain Council Chamber and Mayor's office. At the same date the third rolling mill project was agitated.
June 20, 1855, E. Fuller conducted an intelligence office.
October 9, 1855, the Republican party carried the State for the first time.
October 10, 1855, a bridge over the Scioto was about to be built to cost $25,000.
July 2, 1856, "The Tribune" hoisted the names of Fillmore and Donelson at the head of its columns. In this it made the mistake of its whole history. It ought to have supported the Republican party.
June 30, 1858, grand day and evening picnic with dancing at Dugan's place, Willow Brook.
July 13, 1858, Judge Peck was nominated for Supreme Judge.
August 25, 1858, Atlantic cable news first received. Total cost of cable, $1,258,250.
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THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH.
October 5, 1859, John B. Gregory was on the State ticket for Board of Public Works.
October 12, 1859, F C. Searl elected Justice of the Peace in Portsmouth over C. M. McCoy, 65 majority.
November 7, 1859, John Barber fell from the third floor of the Star Mill on Front and Chillicothe Streets and was instantly killed. He was 55 years of age and left a wife and five children. He was repairing a door, lost his balance, and fell.
July 11, 1860, the "Tribune" had a great deal to say as to Colonel Oscar Moore's position in politics. It said: "July 7th he announced himself as a Bell man. He had previously declared his intention to support Lincoln. He was a delegate to the Republican State Convention in 1855. In 1859 he declared himself a 'loco foco' in the spring, but in the fall supported the opposition ticket. When Lincoln was nominated he was delighted.
February 21, 1861, great ball at the Biggs House.
August 28, 1861, the poem, "Shanghai Rebellion," was published.
September 11, 1861, Gaylord & Co. were making plates for gunboats.
November 23, 1861, the publication of "The Times" began by James W. Newman and J. Rigdon Newman.
March 5, 1862, Hon. Martin Crain was writing long letters to the Trib- une for his constituents. He wrote under the name of "Scioto."
March 18, 1862, Captain Milton Kennedy had the steamboat Piketon run- ning under Government contract.
April 30, 1862, a National day of fasting and prayer.
April 30, 1862, D. N. Murray and W. A. Hutchins went to Washington to raise funds to establish a Government Armory at Portsmouth. They went on behalf of the city. Thomas Dugan and W. J. Clark went on behalf of the county. $500 was raised from the county.
May 2, 1862, Portsmouth had a gun barrel factory, conducted by Messrs. Hall and Adams, in the old red mill above the rolling mill. They would turn out 100 barrels a day. They had a contract for 20,000 small arms and enough work for two years. They were at this time making carbines for cavalry service.
May 18, 1862, there was a meeting at the Court House in regard to the National Armory. George Stevenson was President; Dan McFarland, Secre- tary; W. J. Clark, W. A. Hutchins, E. Glover, D. N. Murray and George A. Waller were appointed a committee. The bill was introduced into the Senate July 16, 1862, by Senator Sherman, and $500,000 was appropriated. It was to be built in the Hanging Rock region between the Big Sandy and Scioto Rivers.
September 10, 1862, John Campbell was appointed Collector, and H. S. Bundy Assessor of the Eleventh Congressional District.
January 7, 1863, Charles H. McFarland had a carrier's address in the "Tribune." The prominent attorney of Los Angeles is hereby reminded of his boyhood.
January 12, 1863, the carrying of mails by coach to Columbus, Ohio, was discontinned.
February 11, 1863, "The Tribune" advised the tearing down of the old market house on Market Street.
February 18, 1863, the Soldiers' Fair at Massie Hall raised $1,013.
February 21, 1863, the Legislature forbade compensation to be paid Councilmen. The Councilmen had been paid $1.00 per meeting for many years prior to this date.
January 5, 1864, Lower rolling mill was burned. Loss, $30,000 to $40,000. February 6, 1864, the Democratic women of Scioto County raised $116.00 for the support of Mr. Vallandigham, the exile.
June 8, 1864, Alice Kingsbury played "Fanchon, the Cricket," at Massie Hall.
July 2, 1864, gold touched $2.60 in Cincinnati and $2.45 in New York.
October 29, 1864, gold closed in New York at $2.165/g.
January 14, 1865, gold touched $2.21344.
February 4, 1865, the Times censured Mr. Hutchins for his vote in Con- gress on the Thirteenth Amendment.
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February 8, 1865, Hon. Wells A. Hutchins voted in Congress for the amendment abolishing slavery.
February 18, 1865, the Times had an article from the Columbus Crisis, without comment, charging Mr. Hutchins and other Democrats with betraying their party, constituents and country in voting for the Thirteenth Amendment. It said they had no principles. It invited them to do as Judas did, called them traitors, etc. Sam Pike was believed to be its author. Time has abun- dantly justified Mr. Hutchins.
February 22, 1865, Sam Pike of the "Chillicothe Advertiser," abused Mr. Hutchins for his vote for the Thirteenth Amendment. it said he never was a Democrat, and that since 1861 he had been a Republican in disguise.
April 14, 1865, observed as a holiday in Portsmouth on account of the close of the war.
April 19, 1865, the "Weekly Tribune" appeared in mourning. All the inside columns had black double heads on account of the death of President Lincoln.
April 22, 1865, "The Times" appeared in mourning on account of the death of President Lincoln.
April 24, 1865, Captain Jacob H. Smith appointed Captain in the Regular Army and assigned to the Thirteenth Infantry. He is now General Jacob H. Smith, after a long and honorable career in the army. He was retired from active service in 1902.
May 6, 1865, oil was being bored for at Munn's Run.
June 14, 1865, "Plutarch" writes a letter in this issue of the "Tribune," giving an account of a show in Portsmouth, in 1814, having a large Bengal tiger, captured in India when a cub, and then full grown. The admiss.on was 9 pence, or 121% cents.
July 26, 1865, B. F. Coates removed to Portsmouth, Ohio.
August 26, 1865, the Fifth Ward was created.
November 4, 1865, the Times moved into the Massie Block.
January 30, 1866, the steamer "Missouri" blew up at ten minutes before 2 a. m. near Evansville, Ind. Captain Jesse Y. Hurd was injured. Mrs. Hurd, his wife, was instantly killed. Henry Hurd had his leg broken and was injured. Arthur Hurd had his right arm broken. Lewis Hurd and James Watkins escaped with light bruises. Colonel Graham was badly injured. Warren Lodwick was killed.
February 2, 1866, the steamer "W. R. Carter" was blown up at 4 o'clock in the morning. She was blown up and burned to the water's edge. Captain Jacob S. Hurd, brother of Jesse Y. Hurd was instantly killed. R. W. Lewis and son Fred, of Portsmouth, were among the lost.
February 3, 1866, Henry Hurd, son of Captain Jesse Y. Hurd, died as a result of his injuries. The remains of his mother arrived the same evening.
February 7, 1866, Henry Hurd died February 3, 1866, trom injuries received from being blown up on the steamer "Missouri." He was 23 years and 8 months old. At 16, he commenced his career as a steamboat pilot and became one of the most skillful on the river. He was a young man of the best qualities, the beau ideal of a son. He endeared himself to all who knew him. His mother was killed in the explosion on the 30th, and her remains were brought to Portsmouth and interred. Captain Jacob Hurd, lost on the "Carter," was born in New Hampshire and raised in Scioto County. He had three sons, John R., Jacob C. and Joseph. R. W. Lewis and his son Fred perished in the same catastrophe.
March 17, 1866, -B. F. Coates appointed Deputy United States Collector in place of M. R. Tewksbury, resigned, to take effect April 1, 1866.
May 5, 1866, P. C. Kinney and William Kinney started to Europe.
'August 1, 1866, the Mayor's office was removed from Massie Block to Court Street. where it has since been located.
August 15, 1866, "Bostona No. 3" burned August 8, one mile below Maysville, Ky. Three lives lost. Boat and cargo a total loss. Valued at $100,000 and insured for $60,000. She was owned by David Gibson & Co., of Cincinnati, Press Lodwick and Moore & Bro., of Portsmouth. The fire was caused by a sheep kicking over a lamp.
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THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH.
November 10, 1866, Scioto Rolling Mill to be rebuilt. Estimated $200,000. Cit.zens subscribed $4,000 to $7,000, and Councilmen $6,000.
November 12, 1866, E. W. Smith located in Portsmouth and opened his business college.
January 1, 1867, Rev. Dr. Burr was presented with $3,215 by his friends. A list of the donors was signed to the letter.
Jauuary 26, 1867, Judge W. W. Johuson resigned on account of the salary. He was only receiving $1,500 when he resigned aud was re-appointed by the Governor and then received $2,500.
February 2, 1867, the new "Bostona" reached Portsmouth at 3 p. m. She had the same crew on her as the former boat when burned.
April 1, 1867, Press Lodwick sold out his interest in the "Bostona," and Captain Enos Moore took his place.
May 8, 1867, meeting called for June 5, 1867, to undertake the erection of a soldier's monument.
May 29, 1867, El. Glover appointed Register in Bankruptcy.
May 5, 1867, Dan McFarland retires from the "Tribune." H. R. W. Smith and David Elick take the paper. Dau MeFarland had been with the paper for 12 years and for 51% years had complete control.
June 15, 1867, the Times was enlarged from 28 to 32 columns.
July 6, 1867, the clock in front of Zoellner's jewelry store was put up and has remained a prominent feature on Second Street in Portsmouth ever since. July 12, 1867, Judge John W. Collings fell from a second-story window in the Massie Block and broke his arm and leg and otherwise injured himself.
July 23, 1867, "Victor No. . 4" sang just below Sciotoville in six feet of water.
September 14, 1867, Portsmouth was to have a steam fire engine-the first one.
November 6, 1867, Waller Street opened from Second to Tenth Street. The "Tribune' said it was not necessary to do so, as it was not needed.
January 4, 1868, the steamer "Harry Dean" exploded her boilers below Gallipol.s. Captain George W. Norton, of Ironton; R. M. Biggs, of Ashland. and Major J. W. Ryder, of Guyandotte, were all instantly killed, and their bodies lost. Four others were killed and two missing.
April 19, 1868, income tax published as follows: John G. Peebles, $17,532; George Davis, $17,097; B. B. Gaylord, $10,109; L. C. Damarin, $13,381; R. R. Hamilton, $10,488.
une." September 26, 1868, H. R. W. Smith retired from the "Portsmouth Trib- A. McFarland, Sr., took his place. The firm was McFarland & Elick. October 31, 1868, Lombardville P. O. was established.
March 9, 1869, Eli Glover was assaulted and robbed on Second Street opposite Mrs. Martin's.
May 22, 1869, the Welsh Church on Third Street was being built. It was to cost $8,000. May 27, 1869, S. P. Drake was appointed Postmaster at Portsmouth in place of Oliver Wood.
June 2 and 3, 1869, the Diocesan Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church was held in Portsmouth.
June 11, 1869, Oliver Wood was appointed Postmaster of Portsmouth, O. December 1, 1869, a hunting party saw a deer on Brush Creek.
December 17, 1869, Bayard Taylor lectured in Portsmouth.
March 30, 1870. $1,200 was raised for the Soldiers' Monument.
April 13, 1870, Women's Suffrage Society organized. Two men were present. Mrs. Dr. Hall was President; L. C. Robinson, Vice President; Colonel William Bolles, Recording Secretary; Mrs. L. E. Watkins, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Kate Gregory, Treasurer. Executive Committee, H. R. Tracy, E. N. Hope, Emma Young, Anna Glidden and Mary Glover.
May 24, 1870, Truss Lynn was kicked by a horse and badly njured.
July 10, 1872, Dan McFarland, Sr., was serenaded at his home on Second Street, and declared for Greeley, Gratz and Brown. He told the crowd that they had not mistaken the place; that he would vote for Greeley if they would vote for the railroad question under the Boesel law.
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November 9, 1870, six deer killed below Turkey Creek in Scioto County. The same date the "Tribune" was removed from over the Adams Express office to the Tribune Building, corner Court and Second, just then finished.
December 7, 1870. Council passed an ordinance for a Board of Water Works.
March 1, 1871, there was an election held for Postmaster. Oliver Wood had 428 votes, M. Kennedy 385, B. P. Holmes 69, J. P. Jack 49, Mrs. E. E. Glid- den 42 and C. P. Lloyd 19.
March 15, 1871, John H. Thornton, who owned the land where the Biggs House stood, leased it to Judge W. V. Peck for 99 years at $250 per year, to be paid George Thornton while he lived. George Thornton sold his interest to William Biggs for $2,000.
April 12, 1871, the building of the Water Works of Portsmouth was let, to cost $81,500 ready to throw water. The machinery and all d'd cost $115,500. May 10, 1871, the Odd Fellows were building on their lot at the corner of Court and Fifth streets. The building was estimated to cost $25,000.
June 28, 1871, Portsmouth "Light Guards," colored, was organized. Lloyd S. Hanson, Captain: Dan Biggs, First Lieutenant, and Frank White, Second Lieutenant.
November 1, 1871, Portsmouth people subscribed $59,000 in the Andes Insurance Company of Cincinnati. The money was afterward lost. Money was plenty in Portsmouth then.
January 31, 1872, $637,630 in buildings was put up in Portsmouth in 1871. May 8. 1872. the Water Works Trustees report that the works cost $122,- 663. Trenching, pipes, hydrants, etc., cost $10,258.13. Total cost, $132,291.13. There were 8 23-52 miles of street mains and 16,114 feet of service pipe. The yearly water bills were $3.159.50, payable semi-annually.
May 17, 1872, the City Council voted to tear down the Market House and erect a fountain. The people were afraid the Council would change its mind and two hours after the vote passed the Market House was a heap of ruins.
July 24, 1872, ord nance for numbering the houses passed.
July 27, 1872, Robert A. Bryan had become a Republican when Greeley was nominated. The Republicans nominated him at once for County Sur- veyor and "The Times" howled. On the same date a Liberal Republican Club was started. H. H. Fullerton. W. C. Appler, John Wilhelm, Dr. Louis Schwab, Henry Rosenberg, Henry Hall, Charles C. Bode and Adam Burkel are men- tioned as members.
August 24, 1872, the following appeared in the "Times" of this date: "Married in this city by Charles Slavens, Treasurer of Scioto County, Mr. Robert A. Bryan to the Gravel party. No presents tendered but the Surveyor's office. The "Times" was fearfully pained at Mr. Bryan for changing his polit- ical associates.
November 9, 1872, A. D. Miller wheeled Alf Scott the length of Second street attended with music. The result of an election bet.
December 14. 1872, at the Soldiers' Monumental Fair a dressing gown which cost $432 was voted to the Reverend Doctor Pratt.
December 24, 1872, the Monumental fund realized $2,500. The baby cap was voted for as follows: Jennie Bonsall 307. Richard Rifenberick 401, Maggie T. Ricker 1,731, Russel Newman 141, Maggie Peebles 26, Walter Pur- sell 43, Fannie Brown 3, Alice B. Higgins 1.581. Amount realized $425.30.
December 25, 1872, Adams Express Company drove oxen for three weeks. March 11, 1873, the Bar presented Simon B. Drouillard, late Clerk of the Courts, with a gold watch and chain.
March 24, 1873, the Portsmouth Street Railway was begun.
May 24, 1873, it was announced that the first fire brick made in Scioto County was in 1834, by William H. Peck.
June 11, 1873. James Lodwick had a cha'r brought from New Hampshire by his father-in-law, Hallam Hempstead, in 1804, from New London.
July 16, 1873, the Portsmouth and Gallia turnpike was completed.
October 8, 1873, the County Treasurer was discovered short $28,019.04, represented by checks.
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THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH.
November 22, 1873, the Marshal's and Mayor's offices were removed up- stairs on Court street.
December 31, 1873, it was announced that the large elm on John O'Neill's lot was planted by Doctor Hempstead in 1824. He said it came from the seed in 1820,
April 8, 1874, amount collected for the Soldiers' Monument was $5.124.79; $2,390.91 in the Portsmouth National Bank and $2,733.88 in the First National Bank.
September 16, 1874, the Monumental Cook Book was published.
December 29, 1875, H. R. W. Smith took charge of the "Tribune."
January 25, 1876, there were twenty-five cases of smallpox in the city and the names of the patients were published.
May 2. 1877, there was a letter published in the "Tribune" of this date from Henry Buchanan at Newport, Kentucky. He said that he gave O. F. Moore his first case as a lawyer in 1837. He said he came to Portsmouth in 1833, when the population was about 1,300. The Bank
Commercial had $200,000 capital. $125.000 of which was subscribed in New York City. In a previous edition of the paper Buchanan had been published as dead, and he wrote to contradict the report.
June 26, 1877, contract for the Soldiers' Monument let to Carpenter & Raymond. of Dayton, Ohio, for $7,500. The base to be 9 feet and the height 40 feet. It was to be done in eighteen months.
June 15, 1878, the first Chinese laundry started in Portsmouth, hy Sam Sing.
Octoher 25, 1879. J. D. Clare purchased Bloom Furnace for $45,000. It had 7,000 acres of land.
May 15, 1880, the first telephone connection made in Portsmouth. The capital stock of the company was $25.000, the shares $100.
June 5. 1880, the Telephone Company had 50 subscribers. Miss Addie Smith operated it on the third floor of Spry's Building.
June 30, 1881, General B. F. Coates retired from the office of Collector of United States Internal Revenue after 14 years' service. He was presented with a gold headed canc by the employes of the office. Colonel E. Nigh, of Ironton, made the presentation speech. Coates was succeeded by Marcus Boggs.
September 16, 1882, Davis' Distillery shut down by the Trust, stopped for one year. Fifty men were thrown out of employment,
November 27, 1882, the epizootic broke out among the horses in Scioto County.
December 29, 1882, the "Times" discovered an aged negress, born in Virginia in 1768 Her name was Maria Warren. She remembered the soldiers coming home from the War in 1782. She came to Greenup County, Kentucky, in that year with her master, one Nichols. She cla'med to have known Daniel Boone, to have heard Lorenzo Dow preach, and to have seen and heard Johnny Appleseed. She had been married three times and had had eight children. four of whom were living. She lived with her son. Henry, who was a slave and had been sold South. but returned to Greenup after the War. She had belonged to six masters and had outlived all her masters. She had been a slave in Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri. Our readers are advised to believe as much of this story as they choose.
June 10, 1883, Chase W. Kennedy graduated from West Point.
August 11. 1883, the new German Evangelical Church started to be built on the Northeast corner of Washington and Fifth streets. Cost $20.000.
December 1, 1883, Lucasville Masonic Hall completed. Cost $2,5000. July 26, 1884. the History of the Lower Scioto Valley appeared.
December 6, 1884, the United States was making surveys at Portsmouth for an ice harbor, and Grover Brothers were digging for natural gas at Portsmouth.
December 20, 1884, the Portsmouth Electric Light Company petitioned for right of way through the city.
January 2, 1885, the middle span of the Scioto River Bridge fell. The moving out of the ice took away the false work before the superstructure
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could be secured on the press. It was impossible to rest the span on the press before the ice took out the false work. The loss, about $5,000, fell on the Canton Bridge Company.
May 23, 1885, Mike Redinger returned from Europe. He said he would not give fifteen minutes of America for a life time in Europe.
September 19, 1885, an account of Company G, First O. V. I., is given in this issue of the "Times."
September 30, 1885, A. McFarland, Senior, and wife left for California.
October 3, 1885, an account of the "Forty Niners" is given in the "Times."
October 24, 1885, the gas well in Portsmouth was discharging enough salt water to make 200 barrels of salt per day.
October 31, 1885, colored pupils admitted to the High School for the first time.
November 21, 1885, the gas well was down to 1870 feet. The contract was for 2,000. Grover Brothers say they must go 2,700.
March 20, 1886, the bill for the Government Building had been intro- duced in Congress and the Committee of Public Buildings had reported favor- ably on it.
March 27, 1886, Geodetic survey found that the highest point on the Kentucky hills opposite Portsmouth was 633 feet above low water in the river and 592 feet above the floor of the Biggs House.
April 12, 1886, A. McFarland took charge of the "Los Angeles Times."
January 19, 1887, the Belt Railroad lacked $7.500 of enough to complete it. and $875 was subscribed at a public meeting of this date. The gas well was discussed and $3,000 was necessary to go to the Trenton rock, and $1,500 was raised.
February 26, 1887, President Cleveland vetoed the bill for a Government Building at Portsmouth, Ohio.
April 2, 1887, the building of the Spring Lane Distillery was begun.
May 12. 1887, the Grand Opera House was completed. The first play was "Our Angel." Miss Lizzie Evans was the star. The drop curtain represented "The Decline of Carthage." The orchestra .was led by Prof. Enoch Salt, assisted by Prof. Straub. Lon McFarlin was in the box office.
May 21, 1887, oil was discovered in the Micklethwait well.
June 11, 1887, the natural well on the Mickleth wait farm was shot twice.
May 14, 1888, the bill for a public building at Portsmouth became a law.
November 6, 1888, Daniel McIntyre and wife celebrated their golden wedding. They were married November 6, 1858, in a frame building on the Northeast corner of Fourth and Court, by Rev. Simmons, a Methodist minister. She was a daughter of William Jones, the first school teacher of Portsmouth. Charles S. Smith, L. P. N. Smith and M. B. Gilbert were at their wedding.
February 16, 1889, the "Goose Nest" was selected for the Government Building. The site was to cost $12.000. The "Goose Nest" was an old hotel owned by a man of the name of Geese.
March 20, 1889, the Portsmouth Street Railway was sold to a syndicate. George B. Chase, of Warsaw. New York: George F. Millen, of Fall River, Mass., and H. B. Wilson, of Ironton, Ohio.
April 20, 1889, the East End scheme of selling 200 lots to secure certain industries went through.
May 4, 1889, when the East End scheme is done the Board of Trade will have $18,000 and 59 lots. The Portsmouth Stove and Range Works gets $8.000 and 13 lots, the flour mill $3,000 and ground, the grain elevator building ground. After this the Board will have $9.000 and 30 lots left.
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