200 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. On May 27, 1875, the board purchased from Hannah Waller a lot on the northwest corner of Fourth and Union streets, for $10,076, on which to build a. school-house to take the place of the Second street building; and on Sept. 16, 1875, entered into a contract with J. M. Nichols to erect a school-house for colored schools on the corner of John and Eleventh streets for $8,067 upon plans furnished by I. H. Hobbs & Son, of Philadelphia, and adopted by the board. Eight bonds of $1,000 each were ordered to be issued to defray the cost of the building. In 1877 a need for still more room was felt and the board, having purchased a lot on the corner of Union and Fourth streets, advertised for bids for the erection of a new building. The contract for different parts of the work was let to different parties and the building completed for use in the following summer of 1878. The entire cost of the building and furniture was $34,402.79. City bonds to the amount of $19,000 were issued, bearing seven per cent. interest, for the payment of the new buildings and were at once taken at a premium of one and one-half per cent. This issue was ordered Sept. 27, 1877. Another issue of $11,000 was made March 21, 1878, o complete the building. This was the sixth school building in the city in which schools are taught. The number of schools at present is forty, requiring as many teachers. Some of the buildings bear the mark of age, but others, built at a more modern date, are stylish and among the finest specimens of architecture in the city. All are substantial and comfortable. The High School, which was established under the supervision of Mr. E. E. White, in 1856, has accomplished a work of which its founder may well be proud. It numbers many among its graduates, both men and women, who are destined to become known in the world on account of the sterling worth they possess, which the high school did so much to develop and to fashion. It has acquired an influence that overshadows every form of prejudice or opposition to our system of free schools. The first class to graduate from these schools was in 1860, composed of five members. Since 1869 classes have graduated regularly each year, the total number, of alumni being 180. The following is a list of the superintendents and the times of service: A. L. Child, 1840-'49; Nathaniel P. Wilson, 1849-'50; A. J. Buell, 1850-'51; Edgar C. Solfridge, 1851252; John H. Rolfe, 1852; Samuel M. Heslet, 1852-'56; Emerson E. White, 1856-'60; John H. Allen, 1860-'63; no Superintendent, 1863'67; John Bolton, 1867-'72; J. F. Luckens, 1872-'75; M. S. Campbell, 1875-'79; W. H. Friesner, 1879-'81; J. A. I. Lowes, 1881-'83; E. S. Cox, 1883. SANITARY. For many years after its first settlement, much of the land on which Portsmouth is buil was swampy and conducive to malaria. A spongy swale marked the direction of Third street, lying just south of and almost parallel to it. This swale or strip of marshy ground called the Gut) was bridged at the street crossings and approached by fills, which lasted until about 1838, when that portion of the city north of Third street began to build up. Near where the Fourth street school-house 'now stands a large pond of water stood the year round. Although early measures were taken to drain; at; much as possible, those parts of the town already built up, yet with swampy ground and standing water in the near vicinity, the health of the town was not as good as it would otherwise have been. Prior to 1816 Dr. Thomas Waller was the only physician, but he could easily attend to all cases of sickness for miles around, and have time to run an apothecary store, which was the finest one in Portsmouth. In 1816 HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 201 Dr. G. S. B. Hempstead, having just graduated, located here in the practice of medicine. MEDICAL SOCIETIES As the town grew in population, there was no lack of physicians to attend to all cases of sickness. The recruits of the professional ranks are not apt to fall behind those of the general army so that Portsmouth has never stood in need of medical skill, eager for a chance of application. Before 1857 medical societies had been formed of the physicians of' town and county, but they were short lived and of little importance. In 1857 a Scioto County Medical Society was formed with fifteen members and bid fair to be one of permanence, but it only lasted four years. Dr. Joseph Corson was President and Dr. D. B. Cotton, Secretary. In 1865 another was formed under the same name, with Dr. A. B. Jones as President and Dr. M. S. Pixley as Secretary. This one included in its membership nearly all the physicians of the city and county. It was kept up until the formation of the Hempstead Memorial Academy of Medicine, in 1882, into which it was merged. HEMPSTEAD MEMORIAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. This institution, although formed largely by members from the old Scioto County Medical Society, had an independent origin, being founded, it may be said, by Dr. G. S. B. Hempstead, the most venerable among the fraternity in the city. The academy was organized on the first ,Monday in May, 1882, when the following trustees were elected: Drs. Edward Ricketts, T. F. Davidson, T. G. Vaughters, John B. Warwick, J. L. Taylor, M. S. Pixley and C. M. Finch. The officers then elected for the ensuing year were T. F. Davidson, President; T. G. Vaughters, Vice-President; A. B. Robinson, Secretary; P. J. Kline, Treasurer, and R. M. Gibson, Librarian. Immediately after the organization Dr. Hempstead, then in the eighty-ninth year of his age, in a neat speech, presented to the society his medical library of 1,000 volumes, covering a period of 150 years. President Davidson accepted the valuable gift, on the part of the academy, in a few' appropriate remarks. The gift was made upon condition that the association become incorporated under th laws of. Ohio; that the purpose of the incorporation snail be the advancement of the science of medicine and surgery; that the library shall be kept intact and added to as the members could find means to do so, and that as soon as they could obtain the means to erect a substantial academy building for the teaching and dissemination of the knowledge of the profession. The conditions were complied with so far as possible, the members securing a legislative act and promising to carry out the other provisions in due time. The academy is now composed of seventeen members. Meetings are held monthly at the offices of various members in the city, and on the addition of new members a diploma i s given, signed by the president and secretary, which contains at the top a cabinet-size portrait of the founder, Dr. Hempstead. The City Hospital was established in 1870 . The building which was fitted for a hospital at that time is just north of the city limit. The institution is governed by a superintendent and a Board of Commissioners of which the mayor is president ex-officio. The present officers are: J. B. Kennedy, Superintendent; Enas Reed, Charles E. Ammon, Sr., Samuel J. Houston and H. A. Towne, Commissioners; and Dr. T. F. Davidson, physician in charge. The. City Pest-House was first secured to supply a need of the city during the small-pox rage of 1872-'3. It is a large frame building situated west of the city hospital and is sup- 202 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. plied with all the modern improvements for the treatment of contagious diseases. It is under the direction of the city Board of Health, which, at present, consists of J. J. McFarland, President, ex-officio; Captain John N. Lodwick, George Tittle, William Wilson, P. J. Kline, Edward S. Ricketts, William Welch and Dr. T. F. Davidson, physician. SEWERAGE. The system of sewers in Portsmouth began in 1856 with the construction of the Third street sewer; and since that time, by the construction of new ones wherever needed in the city, the growth of the system has more than kept pace with the growth of the city. The Third Street Sewer is four feet in diameter and was constructed in the summer and fall of 1856 along the line of the swale or stream called the Gut, just south of Third street. With the construction of the sewer, the depression was filled up, leaving scarcely any trace of the old stream that once required bridges and fills. The mouth of this sewer is in the Scioto bottom west of the city. From there it runs south along Madison street to Third, east along Third to Gay, up Gay to Fourth, east along Fourth to N. Waller, thence to low grounds northeast of the city. It has a branch at the corner of Fourth and Gay running up to Gallia, and two others in alleys extending to Gallia from Fourth. Findley Street Sewer is four, three and one-half, and three feet in diameter; runs from its mouth just west from the Scioto Valley depot to Fourteenth street, then east to Findley, and south along Findley to Tenth street. Chillicothe Street Sewer extends from near the Johnson spoke and hub factory south along Chillicothe street to Seventh street. It is two and one-half feet in diameter. Miller Alley Sewer is about two and one-feet in diameter and runs from the Scioto botton east along Miller alley to Madison street. Thompson Street Sewer, two feet in diameter, has its outlet at the corner of Thompson and Jackson streets and runs from there up Thompson to the corner of Third street. Hill Street Sewer, four feet in diameter, extends from its mouth, at the corner of Front and Union streets, west to S. Waller, south to Mill, and west along Mill street to Chilli- I cothe street. Fifth, Street Sewer, two and one-half feet in diameter, extends from the low ground at the foot of Fifth up that street to Court street. POSTOFFICE. The postoffice was brought from Alexandria and established in Portsmouth in 1806. Thomas Waller was Postmaster during the whole time of his residence here, which lasted until his death in 1823. He kept the office in a little log building about 8x10 feet, situated on the lot near his house on Front street. The mail at this time was carried to Chillicothe twice a week on horseback, or in a small wagon, where it connected with other overland mail routes to the East and West. At this time carrying the mail was a difficult and expensive task. The small amount of mail that passed through the offices and the great length of the routes required rates of I postage that would now seem exorbitant. The rates were as follows: For forty miles or less, 8 cents; for ninety miles, 10 cents; for 150 miles, 12 cents; for 300 miles, 17 cents; for 500 miles, 20 cents, and for more than 500 miles, 25 cents. The rate on packages was one-fourth that of letters, a letter being considered to weigh one ounce. At the death of Mr. Waller John R. Turner was appointed Postmaster and served until about 1829. As he was then Clerk of the County Court he kept the office at the court house. He was succeeded by James Lodwick, who kept the office at his residence on West Front 'street. The house, a one-story frame, is still standing. During his term in 1839, HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 203 the first daily mail was established between Portsmouth and Columbus. Mr. Lodwick as succeeded in 1842 by Wm. Kendall, who held the office until 1845. He kept the office in the market house which stood where the Massie Block now stands. At the beginning of Polk's administration, in 1845, Wm. P. Camden was appointed Postmaster. He remained in the position until the year 1850, when he died of small-pox. A Mr. Becker was then appointed and held the office until 1863, when Colonel John Row was appointed. Mr. Becker kept the office under the rooms now occupied as a law office by Moore & Newman. During Colonel Row's term the office was kept in the building on the corner above the present postoffice building. Row was succeeded by Colonel Oliver Wood, who kept the office for eight years, he being the first to Move into the present building. In 1874 Mrs. Levina Adair, whose husband had been killed in the Indian war, was appointed and served through one administration. She was succeeded in 1878 by F. C. Gibbs, who, in turn, was succeeded in April, 1882, by the present Postmaster, Mr. L. C. Damorin. The amount of business done at the post-office at the present time is shown by the following figures, showing sales for the year from July 1, 1882, to July 1, 1883: Value of postage stamps and portals, $8,479.65; envelopes and newspaper wrappers, $4,725.39; revenue from box rent, etc., $1,423.62; total, $14,628.66. The office was made a money-order office Dec. 16, 1864. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Portsmouth has had peculiarly good fortune in some particulars, one of which is the absence, in her entire history, of any sweeping fires and only three or four of magnitude worthy of notice. This escape from any great losses is in a 'measure certainly due to the possession of efficient means of extinction and the prompt action of those in charge. In 1822, nearly two years after the big fire of 1820, the council passed an ordinance compelling the owners of houses to keep fire buckets on the premises. This is the first step toward fire protection of which we have any record. In 1823 fire ladders and hooks were furnished by the town and a company organized. In 1831 James C. Davis, formerly of Pittsburg, aided by George Stevenson, built the first fire engine ever used in Portsmouth, and in 1838, by an ordinance passed Aug. 17, the first regular fire department was established. Other engines were afterward secured so that by 1845 there were two or three engines and a hook and ladder company in the city. In 1835 one of the most destructive fires had been experienced, when the block on which the Biggs House stands was nearly all destroyed to the first alley west of Market street. In 1849 another big fire was experienced which started on the corner of Front and Madison streets. After the construction of the water-works in 1871, additional facilities for fighting tire were presented and a new system demanded. The hand engines were disposed of and hose wagons secured to bring the water to the scene of conflagration. A steam fire engine was secured, and this together with the hose wagons constituted the new and very effective fire department of the city. A second steam fire engine was secured in the summer of 1883. The fourth and last extensive fire in Portsmouth occurred in the summer of 1871, when the Massie Block was destroyed. PORTSMOUTH WATER-WORKS. The subject of establishing a system o water-works began to be discussed in 1856 but the first movement toward establishing them was the passage of an ordinance, Dec. 204 HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY 30, 1870, which provided that water-works be established and that they be on the plan of the Holly system of water supply and fire protection. The ordinance provided that the works be under the direction of three trustees, one to be elected each year. The first Trustees, elected at a special election for that purpose, were Phillip H. Kelly, Charles S. Green and Lewis C. Robinson. An ordinance was passed March 3, 1871, which " set apart and appropriated that part of the public landing so called and known as lies between the old corporation line and the east line of Gay streets and between Mill street and the Ohio River" to the uses of the waterworks trustees, whereon was constructed the necessary machinery. The contract for constructing the works complete was given to Weir & Overdale, to whom was paid $150,000. The works were completed ready for use in April, 1872. The growing proportions of the city have required an enlargement of the works in almost every department. According to the last report of the trustees (May 1, 1883) there were nearly eighteen and one-half miles of pipe of different sizes, ranging from one to twelve inches, 1,255 hydrants and 88 Holly fire hydrants. The motive power is one large engine capable of throwing over 2,000 gallons of water per minute. The works are the property of the city, the trustees being-required to report to the city council. The present officers of the works are as follows: Trustees, William Burt, John 1. Mercer and George H. Stillman; Superintendent, Charles Zeigler; Secretary, W. H. Pixley. GAS-LIGHT COMPANY. The Portsmouth Gas - Light Company was incorporated May 5, 1855, the following persons being named as the incorporators in the original certificate of association, to-wit: Henry V. Barringer, J. W. Glidden, A. V. Barringer, S. R. Ross and J. V. Robinson, Jr, Books of subscription were opened, and May 12, 1855, ten per cent. of the capital stock ($50,000) having been paid in, a Board of Directors was elected as follows: Washington Kinney, J. W. Glidden, J. V. Robinson, Jr., S. R. Ross and A. V. Barrington. Officers: J. W. Glidden, President; S. R. Ross, Secretary ; J. V. Robinson, Treasurer. The company continued under the above amount of capital until January, 1877, when a meeting was called of the stockholders to increase its capital stock. From 1865 to Jan. 1, 1877, the company had expended $58,600.15 in real estate, improvements, meters and mains. Feb. 21, 1877, the stock. holders met, 713k shares being represented out of the 1,000, and the entire number was voted to increase the stock to $100,000. The stock was taken by the then' owners, excepting thirteen fractional shares, which were purchased at par value by John G. Peebles for Mrs. Rachel Hamilton, July 18, 1877, and a supposed quarterly dividend declared of two per cent., July 16, 1877. At the annual meeting held Jan. 9, 1883, J. Y. Gordon was re-elected President and J. 0. Murfin Secretary and Treasurer. James McCann was selected Superintendent. The company for the past two years has declared a semi-annual dividend of four per cent. The dividend for July, 1883, was three per cent. The company has now about 1,400 consumers, and the city lamps number 177. The Directors are J. Y. Gordon, O. B. Gould, P. S. James, M. R. Tewksbury and William H. Pursell. Through the resignation of Mr. Murfin, M. R. Tewksbury is now Secretary and Treasurer. CHAPTER XIII. THE CHURCHES OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH. PRESBYTERIAN. First Presbyterian Church.—In the year 1817, when Portsmouth had about forty or fifty houses and between 250 and 300 inhabitants, the First Presbyterian Church was organized by Rev. Stephen Lindley. Prior to this time, almost from the time the settlement was fairly started in 1805, occasional services had been held by ministers of this denomination who came from other settlements or were passing through. Among them were Rev. Williamson, of West Union; Rev. Gilliland, of Red Oak, and Rev. Robert G. Wilson, of Ross County. The house of worship during these years for all denominations was the old court-house, about thirty or forty feet square, standing in the middle of Market street, between Second and Front. It was in that building that this church was organized. Four elders were elected, viz. : Josiah Morton, David Mitchell, William Russell and John Lawson. At the first regular meeting of this church ten persons were received as members: Mrs. Nancy Morton, Andrew Galloway and wife, Moses Baird, Elizabeth Ewing, James Logan, Ruth Russell, Mary Williams, James Abbot and Nancy Lindley. Thus the organization was started with fourteen members, eight males and six females. At the end of the first year it numbered twenty-three. Mr. Lindley remained pastor up to the beginning of 1824, about seven years in all. During this period ninety-two members were received into the church, thirty-four by certificate and fifty-eight on examination; seven were dismissed to unite with other churches, two died and one was suspended, leaving eighty-two members on the roll. During the same period there were ninety baptisms—sixteen adults and seventy-four children. Their church, built in 1822, was the first house of worship in Portsmouth. It stood on Second street below Market, was thirty-six feet by forty-five and cost $1,651.731, according to the records. The years 1824 and 1825 were without meetings except occasional ones held by ministers from a distance. Late in 1825 Rev. J. Wood became stated supply, remaining about two years. During this time but little advance was gained. The church had burdened itself with debt and from other cause it was passing through the most trying period of its existence. Mr. Lindley's salary for this point was $200 a year; he had one other appointment at Sandy Spring which paid $150 a year. In 1828 Rev. Eleazer Brainerd began his ministry with the church and continued as stated supply till 1836. He was sent out by the American Home Missionary Society and received a part of his support from that society during the whole time he remained, except the last year. During his ministry the church was materially strengthened by the addition of members and an awakened interest in financial affairs, which had run extremely low. Ever afterward the church has been completely self-sustaining. From 1836 to December, 1838, no record - 205 - 206 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. of any kind was kept. In the latter part of December, 1838, Rev. William F. Graves was detained here by the sudden freezing of the Ohio, while traveling from Alton, Ill., to Pittsburg. He held a communion service, assisted by Rev. Mr. Clark, and was prevailed upon to remain longer and hold a protracted meeting. It lasted four weeks, through the month' of January, 1839. The meeting was very successful resulting in a great revival of the spirit and the addition to the church of thirty-six new members. At the close of this period the entire membership of the church was ninety-eight. May 1, 1839, Rev. Alexander W. Brown became stated supply and continued as such for two years. In 1840 the house of worship was enlarged by adding eighteen feet to the length and being otherwise greatly improved. The next three years, from April, 1841, to April, 1844, Rev. Aaron Williams was stated supply. Rev. Hiram Bingham acted as stated supply from 1844 to April, 1846, after which, for about five months, the pulpit was vacant. Late in the year 1846 Rev. David Cushing came here with a letter of introduction from Rev. Dr. Hodge, of Columbus. He was soon made choice of and became stated supply for six months, after which he was regularly installed as pastor in March, 1847. He remained in the position about two years when, on account of failing health, he tendered his resignation and on the first day of June, 1849, three weeks after his resignation, he died. In September, 1849, Rev. Marcus Hicks became stated supply and continued such about two and a half years. In January, 1851, a great revival was held in which the minister, who had poor health, was assisted by Revs. James Rowland, of Circleville, and William Beecher, of Chillicothe. Also during this pastorate, in the year 1850, the present church, situated on the corner of Third and Court streets, was erected at an expense of about $16,600. The dedication took place in January, 1854. The present pastor of this old and wealthy church society is Rev. Dr. E. P. Pratt, who came in January, 1852, and was regularly installed as pastor on the 3d of May, following. At that time there were 119 members of this church, but very few of whom remain to the present time. During this long pastor. ate, now nearly thirty-four years, several revivals were held, about once in every two years. The total number of all who have been taken into the membership of the church is 1,511. This church has had ten different ministers in the sixty-six years of its history. There has been a flourishing Sabbath-school in connection with the church ever since the earliest days of its existence. In 1874, before the formation of the new church society, the school numbered 600 scholars. Since that time the number has been above 300. Mr. Robert Bell has been the Superintendent. since about 1856. In 1872 R. A. Ketchum came and labored, as an associate pastor, with Dr. Pratt. The congregation was very large, the membership numbering about 600. With this large membership it was deemed expedient that a new society be formed, which was done by mutual consent and harmony in 1874. The new society, a colony from the old one, was formed from 175 of its members, many of whom lived in the eastern part of the city, near where the new building was erected. Mr. Ketchum took charge of this congregation as its pastor and it has since grown and flourished as the Second Presbyterian Church of Portsmouth. During Dr. Pratt's ministry in this church he has solemnized 195 marriages and attended 423 funerals. E. Perkins Pratt, D. D., was born in Athens County, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1816, a son of David and Julia (Perkins) Pratt. He was reared on a farm; attended the Ohio University, graduating in 1837. Then taught school HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 207 in the South a year, and returned to Athens and studied theology and reviewed mental and moral science, as a resident graduate, under Dr. Wm. H. McGuffey, a year and a half, at the same time studying Hebrew with Prof. Elisha Ballentine, and was a tutor of the Greek language. In 1841 he established the female seminary, afterward Cooper Seminary, in Dayton, Ohio, and taught a year with his sister, now Mrs. Hay. He studied with Dr. J. W. Hall and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Ohio in October, 1841;. commenced preaching in Paris, Ky., in 1842, and remained there until 1852, when he came to Portsmouth, Ohio, and was installed pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in May, continuing with them till July, 1878, thus having been pastor of only two churches. He has been School Examiner in the public schools several years; has been Trustee of Marietta College, of Lane Theological Seminary, and of Western Female College, Oxford, nearly twenty years, and a Director of Danville Theological Seminary since 1870. During the civil war he took an active part in aiding the sanitary and Christian commissions. He was married in 1844 to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Judge Mills, of Frankfort, Ky. She died in 1850 leaving one son, D. P., now a teacher in Bridgeport, Ohio. In 1853 Mr. Pratt married Elizabeth, daughter o James Loughry, of Rockville, Ohio. She died in 1870, leaving three daughters. In 1876 he married Mary E., daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Urmston. Second Presbyterian Church.—The Second Presbyterian Church edifice of Portsmouth, Ohio, was completed in January, 1875, and on the 24th day of the same month was dedicated to the worship and service of God. It was built by the First Church, under the management of the following committees: Building Committee, J. L. Hibbs, J. H. Roads and W. K. Thompson; Committee on Finance, E. B. Green and A. B. Voorhes, assisted by others. The idea of a second church, which, for some time previous, had been entertained by the pastor of the First Church, found tangible expression in the year 1870 by a memorial thank offering from the First Church for the union of the two branches of the Presbyterian church, consummated in 1869. This thank-offering of $5,000 was appropriated to the purchase of the lot where the Second Church now stands. The lot is situated on the northwest corner of Eighth and North Waller streets, and is 175 x 185. The building, with pavements and fence, cost about $20,000, making a total of $25,000. No debt was left upon the church at the time of its dedication. The dedication sermon was preached by the present pastor, Rev. H. A. Ketchum, from Ps. xcvi: 6. " Honor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary." On the 9th day of February, following, the Second Presbyterian Church of Portsmouth, Ohio, was organized by the Presbytery of Portsmouth. The eleventh article of the by-laws and regulations adopted at that time was as follows: " This society will adopt, and become incorporate, under the general law of the State of Ohio, providing for the incorporation of religious societies, the corporate name being, " The Second Presbyterian Church of Portsmouth, Ohio." The following officers were elected elders and deacons on the " rotary plan," at the time of the organization, viz.: Elders—Joseph Riggs, George W. Weyer, M. D., J. P. Bing, M. D., 0. C. McCall, P. J. Kline, M. D., and Dr. C. P. Dennis. Trustees (for one year)— I. R. Lane, 0. C. McCall, R. P. Rifenberick, Irving Drew and J. H. Brown. On April 3, 1875, the following brethren were elected Deacons: T. M. Patterson, Irving Drew, J. R. Boal and W. S. Green. The church continued to increase in membership until in the spring of 1881 the number reported to Presbytery was 285. Since that 208 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. time the membership has been somewhat diminished by emigration. The church has been blessed with .great unanimity of feeling on the part of both church and congregation. A hopeful future beckons to greater efforts and grander achievements. Rev. Heber A. Ketchum, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, of Portsmouth, was born in Huron County, Ohio, May 27, 1836. His parents, Isaac Sherwood and Anna (Hurd) :Ketchum, were; both of American birth, were married in the State of New York and died in Lansing, Mich. H. A. Ketchum was one of nine children, seven of whom grew to adult age. On reaching his majority Mr. Ketchum spent about four years. as salesman and bookkeeper in stores at Plymouth and Shiloh, Ohio. At the age of twenty-four he was persuaded to appear before the committee on education, of the Presbytery of Huron, with a view to entering upon a course of study for the ministry. He coin-plied with the request to enter upon such a study and began his preparation in the academy at Hayesville, Ohio. He afterward attended the Western Reserve College, at Huron, graduating in 1866, and after three years spent in the Lane Theological Seminary graduated from that institution in 1869. His first call was to New Richmond, Ohio, where he was installed as pastor of the Presbyterian church, June 20, 1869, remaining until August, 1872. From that date until the formation of the Second Presbyterian Church at Portsmouth, he was co-pastor with Rev. E. P. Pratt, D. D., in the First Presbyterian Church of Portsmouth. At the formation of the Second Church, which was a colony from the old one, he received a unanimous call to the pastorate of the same, where he still remains. Mr. Ketchum served three months in the Union army in 1862. He was married Aug. 25, 1869, to Anslie, youngest daughter of Joseph and Anna Blackman, of Huron. They have four children—William F., born Aug. 5, 1870; Mary Edith, Dec. 17, 1872, Bertha, Feb. 7, 1875; Edith, Feb. 8, 1878. First German Presbyterian Church. This church was organized Oct. 29, 1866, most of the members having come from another church on Fifth street, of this city. At first the services were held in a room of the courthouse, and afterward in the little brick church on Fifth street, now called Oelschlaeger's Hall. In 1869 the present house was commenced and was dedicated Feb. 22, 1870. It is a fine brick building 45 x 75 feet in size, situated on the corner of Chillicothe and Seventh streets. The church at the present time has a membership of 225. It has a flourishing Sunday-school with a membership of 165. The total receipts of the church up to July 1, 1883, amount to $31,800. The church has no debts. Rev. H. Veith was the pastor from the time of organization until April, 1870. He was succeeded by Rev. John Heckman, who remained until September, 1873. He was a member of the Northwestern Synod, of the German Reformed Church. After him, Rev. Elias Benzing, of Cleveland, Ohio, a member of the Cleveland Presbytery, was called to the pastorate, and took charge Nov. 4, 1873. He was regularly installed May 28, 1874, and remains the pastor at the present time. EPISCOPAL. All-Saints' Episcopal Church,.—The parish of All-Saints' Church, Portsmouth, was organized June 23, 1819. The original "Article of Association " is preserved among the records of the parish. It is signed by twenty-three individuals, at the head of which stand conspicuous the names of Samuel Gunn, Thos. Waller, Aaron Kinney and John Smith. A few months previous to this period the Rev. Intrepid Morse, late of St. Paul's Church, Steubenville, visited the place and hel divine service in the old court-house, which HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 209 stood in the middle of Market street, between Front and Second. His coming was at the request of Bishop Chase, to whom application had been made by Mr. Gunn for clerical services. This, so far as is known, was the first visit of an Episcopal clergyman to the place. At the time of the organization above named, Bishop Chase made his first visitation to the parish. Bishop Chase preached several times, and baptized two adults, viz., Margaret and Mary Waller, afterward Mrs. Francis Cleveland and Mrs. Washington Kinney. He also administered the rite of confirmation to eight persons and the Lord's Supper to six; and this was the number, six only, which composed the first communion of this parish. It does not appear that a vestry was elected at this time, but it is on record that Samuel Gunn and Thos. Waller were appointed Wardens. It is probable that the elecfion of a vestry was deferred until such time as it could be done in accordance with the laws of the State in regard to religious societies. The next event in the history of the parish calling for notice was a second visitation of Bishop Chase, on the 27th day of July, 1820, when, according to the record left by himself (in his own handwriting) he baptized three adults and eight infants, confirmed seven and administered the Lord's Supper to nine persons. Dec. 9, 1820, the first vestry of this parish was elected, consisting of Aaron Kinney, Samuel L. Wilkinson, John Smith, John Young and Ezra Hard. July 19, 1834, Rev. Henry Caswell became its settled pastor and remained in charge of the parish about two years, and was succeeded, in May, 1833, by the Rev. Dexter Potter, who reported in September following that the members of the church had erected a house of worship of the Gothic architecture, 47 x 34 feet, and would complete it some time in the course of a month. It was com- - 14 - pleted in due time, and consecrated to God Nov. 28 of the same year, by Bishop McIlvaine. Mr. Potter remained in charge only about six months,, when it became vacant and remained so till September, 1834. Rev. Joshua T. Eaton then became its minister, but held the charge only about eight months. He left no report on record and no means of knowing the state of the parish at that time. In November, 1835, the Rev. Alvah Sanford was called to the rectorship and remained in charge about two years. His last report gave thirty-one as the number of communicants at that time (1837). The parish then remained vacant until Nov. 9, 1838. Up to that time, embracing a period of nearly twenty years, it appears that the whole amount of ministerial service did not much exceed five years. In 1838 an invitation was extended to Rev. Erastus Burr, who was then seeking to regain his impaired health in the South. He accepted the call and came at once to the discharge of his work. His work here, which was a life work to him, lasting thirty-five years, constitutes the essential part of the church's history, though it must' here be told in a few words. He began with many misgivings as to the result, and with doubts on his part whether his connection with the parish would he longer than that of some of his predecessors. But harmony and success attended his steps from the first. The list which lie found on the parish register of twenty-eight, had grown to sixty-two before the close of the year. For the first time in its history the salary of the rector was raised without missionary aid. Another expense, heavy for those times, was also incurred that year by the erection of a comfortable parsonage. This enterprise was commenced early in the spring, and such was the mind to work and give that it was completed, paid for, and occupied by the rector 210 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. and his family by the first of June ensuing. In June, the Bishop of the diocese made a visit to the parish, when twenty-two persons were confirmed. In, 1849, the old church after having been enlarged, and again remodeled to accommodate the increasing congregation, was still found too small. It was therefore resolved to build a new one, and the present church was the result. It was commenced in the spring of 1850. It was finished, and clear of debt, by the first of September, 1851; and on the 3d of that month it was consecrated to the worship and service of Almighty God, by Bishop Mcllvaine. In five or six years they began again to feel the want of more room. About this time God put it into the hearts of two men, brothers by nature as well as by grace, to provide for this increasing want, and the erection of Christ Church was the result. In 1860 a great revival was experienced, in which sixty members were added. A few years before a tasteful chapel and Sunday-school room had been erected. After it had been injured by fire, and proving too small and otherwise inconvenient, the present spacious and well-adapted building took its place, in 1868. In June, 1869, the Rev. James T. Franklin became the assistant of Dr. Burr, continuing in the position for one year. He was then succeeded by Rev. H. W. Jones, who continued three years, both rendering valuable aid in the work of the parish. Nov. 9, 1863, the Rev. I. N. Stanger became the successor of Dr. Burr as rector of the parish. He left here to take charge of Christ Church in Cincinnati, and was succeeded by Rev. Henry L. Badger, the present rector, Aug. 1, 1877. During Mr. Stanger's time an addition and some modifications were made to the church. Rev. Erastus Burr, D. D., was born in Bridgeport, Conn., April 5, 1805, a son of Ozias and Elizabeth (Nash) Burr, natives of Connecticut, his father, born Jan. 13, 1773, and his mother Oct. 9, 1776. His father was a son of Ozias and Sarah (Nichols) Burr; his mother a daughter of Simon and Eleanor (Conch) Nash. His parents were married Jan. 1, 1798, and settled in Bridgeport, but in 1818 removed to Ohio, and located at Worthington, Fairfield County, where, his mother died Feb. 21, 1834, and his father Aug. 15, 1845. They left a family of eight sons and one daughter, four of the sons now living. Our subject received a good common-school education in New England. After coming to Ohio he spent the summer seasons till sixteen years of age in working on the farm. He then began to prepare for college, and at tended a classical school established in 1820, by Bishop Chase. He spent two years and a half in Kenyon College; was the first student of that institution, and probably the only member of his class now living. In 1828 he entered the Junior class of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., and graduated in 1830. He then spent some time in Nashville, Tenn., and pursued his theological studies; was ordained at Lexington, Ky., Jan. 6, 1833 (Epiphany), by Rt. Rev. B. B. Smith, being the first person ordained by him. August, 1834, he was called to the rectorship of St. John's Church, Worthington. He resigned in 1838, and spent several months in La. Grange, Tenn., for his health. He subsequently accepted a call to All Saints' Church, Portsmouth, and continued in charge thirty-five years. He was married Feb. 7, 1833, fo Harriet, daughter of Ezra Griswold, Esq., one of the original proprietors of Worthington. They have had four children—Ann Howard, died at the age of twenty; Charles Mcllvaine, now living at Worthington ; George Griswold, died at the age of seven years; Elizabeth Nash, now Mrs. T. J. Cochran, of Avondale, near Cincinnati. On the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Dr. and Mrs. Burr, Feb. 7, 1883, the event was cele- HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 211 brated in the chapel of All Saints' Church by his many friends and former parishioners. There were present many friends from abroad, and many congratulatory letters were read from friends who could not be present. Many valuable and interesting mementoes were presented them, not the least being a golden purse of $600. Space forbids a full account of the memorable occasion, but it went far to show the place Dr. Burr and his wife hold in the hearts of the people. Dr. Burr is a member of the Masonic fraternity: lodge, chapter and commandery. He was High Priest of Mt. Vernon Chapter eight years, and Grand Orator and Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Ohio. Christ Church,.—The parish of this church was organized Aug. 30, 1858. The primary meeting for an organization was called to order by Rev. Erastus Burr, Rector of All-Saints' Church, who stated that the growth of the parish and the prosperity of the city justified the formation, of a second church. Washington Kinney and Peter Kinney, members of All-Saints' Church, possessed of ample means, voluntarily assumed the expense of building a new church edifice, and upon completion of the same they donated the building to the wardens and vestry of Christ Church, free from debt and free from all cost to the members. This liberal gift, which was graciously accepted by the congregation, was soon followed by another, an organ, presented by Eli and Peter Kinney. This left the congregation to assemble for worship with hardly any financial demand. The church is a handsome brick structure, built after an English model, with tower and transepts, and can accommodate 450 people. A fine chapel has since been built by the side-of the church. The first vestry chosen were as follows: Washington Kinney, Peter Kinney, P. C. Kinney, H. Hall, J. L. Watkins, V. D. L. Tracy, D. S. Moore, J. P. Terry and S. P. Nickells; these elected from their number W. Kinney and V. D. L.Tracy as Wardens. Rev. Samuel D. Tompkins was called as first Rector of the parish on Sept. 13, 1858. The second was Rev. W. J. Clark, called in 1861. The succeeding Rectors, in their order, are as follows: Revs. A. P. Brush, W. H. Watts, J. T. Franklin, F. H. Brooke, H. B. Ensworth and the present Rector, Rev. W. C. Maguire. The church continues to be prosperous and is doing a good work. The church and chapel are valued at $14,000. The present Wardens are J. L. Watkins and S. R. Ross. METHODIST EPISCOPAL. Sixth Street Methodist Episcopal Church. —The history of this church properly dates from the establishment of Methodism in the city, but as that is given under Bigelow Chapel, which retains the identity of the original society, it will not be necessary here to go back of the division of the old society. The division took place in 1853 as a measure of convenience only, since the society had become too large for proper accommodation in one building, besides the inconvenient distance many had to travel in reaching one church. When it became evident that a second church in another part of the city would be advantageous, a lot on Seventh street, above Chillicothe, was donated by Rev. R. O. Spencer, to be occupied by the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Andrew Carroll was Presiding Elder, and at that time two preachers, Revs. Benjamin St. J. Fry and G. W. Brush, were in charge. A frame chapel was built on the lot so generously donated, called Spencer Chapel, and a portion of the flock moved into it. It was dedicated by Rev. Andrew Carroll, and Rev. Z. Wharton became the first minister. This building served until 1866, when the society became too large for Spencer Chapel, 212 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. and under the ministry of Rev. C. C. McCabe, D. D., a move was contemplated. Messrs. Richard Lloyd and sons offered to donate the lot on the corner of Sixth and Chillicothe streets, provided $20,000 should be subscribed to build a church thereon. The amount was subscribed, and one of the finest M. E. church buildings in the Ohio Conference now stands on the lot. Spencer Chapel was sold. The ministers of this church have been as follows, in the order named: Z. Wharton, Edward Mabee, J. A. Brodrick, J. F. Given, S. M. Merrill, L. Taft, J. F. Williams, J. T. Miller, C. C. McCabe, J. F. King, A. B. See, J. H. Gardner, T. W. Stanley, C. M. Bithauser, W. H. Sutherland, T. R. Taylor, R. N. Wallace, T. DeW. Peake. The membership has ranged from 142 up to 522, the highest number having been reached in the year 1873. Since that time the number has been steadily between 300 and 400. Rev. T. DeWitt Peake, pastor of the Sixth Street Methodist Church, of Portsmouth, was born in Butler County, Ohio, near the city of Hamilton, March 19, 1843. He is the second son of William Burton and Syntha Peake. He lived with his parents at the place of his birth until eleven years of age,when,with the family, he removed to the State of Indiana. There he was educated at the Hartsville University, finishing his studies in 1862. At the breaking out of the war he assisted in raising a company and went out as Second-Lieutenant of his company, which helped to compose the Sixth-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry. At the end of thirteen months he was discharged on 'account of physical disability. During most of this time he was on detail duty, engaging in only one fight, that of Mumfordsville, Ky. On returning from the war lie served one term as Revenue Assessor in Indiana, at the expiration of which he returned to ,Hamilton, Ohio, where he was engaged for some time in teaching school. While in Indiana he had prepared himself for the practice of law but, feeling a call to the ministry, never fully engaged in that profession. In 1870 he entered Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hillsboro,Ohio, remaining in that conference, preaching at various points, eleven years. In 1881 he was transferred to the Ohio Confer. ence and was stationed for one year at Coolville and in the fall of 188e at Sixth Street Church, Portsmouth. At an early age Mr. Peake entered upon a life of vigorous application consigning, himself to intellectual labor, a persistent seeker after truth. It was not enough for him to learn from the books of and simply follow in the tracks of those who had gone before him. His inclination led him to go beyond the simple acceptance of modes of faith practiced in the church and examine the reasonableness of their grounds. Truth has been the great object for which he has sought and to which he has paid his devotion, whether it be through the old modes or through others that seemed to him more becoming. For these diversions, slightly at variance with, the general practices, he has endured no little persecution, but his orthodoxy has stood unimpeachable. His preach. ing is characterized by clearness, his illustrations being taken from every day life, by a masterly presentation of practical instruction, and a fearless promulgation of his own individual views of scripture teaching. He is one of the few preachers of the gospel who has the boldness to ignore rock-ribbed theories which are wont to go out from the pulpit, and think for himself and preach directly from his own heart. The favor with which his preaching is received is measured by the large and intelligent audiences which flock to hear him at every opportunity. Together with studies and preaching, he has engaged himself to considerable extent in writing. While yet a boy he contributed to the columns of the Cincinnati Gazette, and HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 213 later to other news and political papers. At the early age of seventeen, as a politician, he stumped Shelby County, Ind., with an ability that presaged for him success from the rostrum in whatever profession he should choose. After entering the ministry he published a small work on sanctification, which, being a new departure, brought forth considerable comment, both for and against, and created no small stir in the religious atmosphere of the country. He is, at the present time, engaged on a book entitled, "A History of Idolatry," which he expects to make the work of his life. Its aim will be to show that all nations were originally monotheistic and will contain much new and singular information. His sermons are published weekly in one of the newspapers of the city, and up to the present time about seventy-five .of his sermons have been published in papers and pamphlets for distribution. He has long been a literary contributor to different literary and religious journals including the Western Christian, Advocate and Northwestern Advocate. While a member of the Cincinnati Conference Mr. Peake had the experience of being called to answer charges against his orthodoxy before a council of his fellow ,ministers, a common fate, of recent years, to many of our ablest ministers. From his preaching it had been learned that he did not believe nor teach the theory of total depravity, as a doctrine of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but that hereditary corruption was, which he boldly set forth with his best ability. He was requested by a committee, appointed for that purpose, to write an essay on the subject of total depravity, which he did; and for teachings contained therein the purity of his orthodoxy was brought into question. At the following conference the presiding elder presented to that body the case of Mr. Peake, which had been a subject of considerable discussion, and in doing so denounced his theories as detrimental to the cause of Methodism. Mr. Peake thereupon requested the appointment of a committee of inquiry before whom he could set forth and explain his true position. This was done and as a result, after a thorough examination and a strong argument on the part of Mr. Peake in defense of his position, he was fully vindicated. To the further credit of M r. Peake it may be said since that time the works of Revs. W. B. Pope and Minor Raymond have appeared, which are accepted as the highest authority in this church, and in both of these the identical views of Mr. Peake on the sub, jects named are supported. On the 20th of April, 1878, he was married to Miss Lida Vale. He is the father of four living children. Bigelow Methodist Episcopal Church, Portsmouth, Ohio.—The first society was organized in 1800 at Philip Moore's, just across the Scioto River. The old stone house in which the meetings were held is still standing. This appointment was a part of the old Scioto Circuit. Up to 1805 the Scioto Circuit belonged to the Kentucky District, which embraced, beside the work in Ohio, all of Kentucky and Tennessee and the greater part of North Carolina. In 1805 a new district was formed called the " Ohio," embracing all the work in the State. Rev. Henry Smith was the first minister on the Scioto Circuit, and Rev. William McKendree (afterward Bishop) was the first Presiding Elder. In 1805 the renowned Peter Cartwright was assistant preacher on this circuit. He was a frontier man; he was an effective minister for more than sixty years, and served as Presiding Elder for fifty years. Rev. John Sale was the first Presiding Elder of the Ohio District. In 1809, at a quarterly meeting held at Benjamin Turner's, James B. Finley, was recommended as a suitable person to be received 214 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. into the conference as an itinerant minister. At a quarterly meeting in the old stone house across the Scioto, May 29, 1813, Henry B. Bascom, the illustrious Western orator who achieved a national reputation, received his first license and preached his first sermon. In 1813 the Scioto Circuit was divided and Salt Creek Circuit formed; at the same time the class in the old stone house across the Scioto was divided and one organized in Portsmouth.. This Portsmouth appointment was thus first a part of the Salt Creek Circuit, and now the Scioto District and Western Conference. Its first circuit preacher was Rev. Nelson Spring, in 1814. There were but seven members in the society when organized. They were Escrich Hall and wife, Rachel Barber, Rev. J. R. Turner and wife, Mary Scarborough and Anna Glover. Rev. J. R. Turner was the first Class-Leader. The Methodist Episcopal church was the first organization in Portsmouth, preceding the Presbyterians four years and the Episcopalians six years. The Methodists also owned the first church, having purchased and remodeled the academy on the corner of Market and Fourth streets, in 1820, paying for it $1,100, partially in corn. The house was warmed by two old-fashioned fireplaces, one on either side of the pulpit, and was lighted by candles. In 1821 John McDowell, who for nearly fifty years was the leading spirit of this church, was appointed Class Leader. In 1821 the first Sabbath-school was organized; John McDowell was Superintendent. Portsmouth was made a station in 1829. During the pastorate of Rev. George Crum a lot was purchased on Second street, between Market and Court streets, and on it was built the largest church edifice then in Portsmouth. This was " Old Bigelow Chapel." It was dedicated in 1834 by Rev. J. B. Finley, the Presiding Elder of the district. The Trustees were Jacob Clingman, Jacob P. Noel, John Barker, N. W. Andrews, C. C. Hyatt, Joseph Fennimore, Moses Gregory, J. R. Turner and John McDowell. So far as known, C. C. Hyatt is the only one of this number now living. He is still one of the active business men of Portsmouth. A few years after this church was dedicated, Paul Brodbeck, a German, was passing by the church during a watch-night service. He entered to see what was going on and was converted. In the face of great opposition he became a Methodist, and finally a minister. His son is one of the popular young ministers of the Cincinnati Conference and is now stationed at Springfield. In 1844 the German Methodist Episcopal church was organized. This was the first swarm from " Old Bigelow." Their beautiful and substantial church on the corner of Fourth and Washington streets stands as a monument of their devotion to their church. In 1853, the building on Second street being too small to accommodate the congregation, a lot was secured, on Seventh street above Chillicothe, and Spencer Chapel was erected, and 142 members and a proportionate number of the congregation moved into the new church. Rev. Z. Wharton was the first pastor. In 1850 the present site was purchased and the church now standing erected. Rev. George Brush dedicated the chapel, and Rev. Dr. Thomson (afterward Bishop)dedicated the audience room. From that time to the present the course of this church has been steadily progressive. The membership has not been large, but has ever been earnest and true. This church pays her apportionment for all the benevolent causes of the church every year. She has no blanks, no deficiencies. The present building has suffered twice from fire, the last time in March, 1867. Nothing was left but the walls. By honorable effort the society recovered itself, from its own resources. This church pays from $1,200 to HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 215 $1,500 salary, and a parsonage. This church owns two "parsonages; one is occupied by the astor, the other is rented. It is out of debt, and owns church property worth $40,000. Since it was a station the following ministers have served as pastors: 1829, A. D. Fox; 1830, James Callahan; 1831, William Herr; 1832, Elijah Truitt; 1833, William Young; 1834-'35, George C. Crum; 1836-'37, Henry Turner; 1838-'39, 'William Simmons; 1840, William H. Lawder; 1841, R. S. Foster (now Bishop); 1842, Cyrus Brooks; 1843, Wesley Rowe; 1844, "William R. Anderson; 1845, Clinton B. Sears; 1846-'47, David Whitcomb; 1848- '49, P. P. Ingalls; 1850, John W. White; 1851, J. W. White and B. St. James Fry; 1852, B. St. James Fry and G. W. Brush; 1853, A. Brooks; 1854-'55, B. N. Spahr; 1856, H. T. Magill.; 1857-'58, A. B. See; 1859-'60, J. H. Creighton; 1861, S. C. Riker; 1862-'63, T. H. Phillips; 1864-'65-'66, Isaac Crook; 1867-'68, E. A. Cranston; 1869-'70, James Mitchell; 1871-'72-'73, R. W. Manley; 1874-'75-'76, J. C. Jackson; 1877-'78-'79, J. W. Peters; 1880, S. B. Matthews, who died in June after his appointment; 1881-'82, J. W. Dillon, the present incumbent. During the same period the following ministers have served as Presiding Elders: 1829 to 1831, Isaac C. Hunter; 1832-'33, Augustus Eddy; 1834-'35, J. B. Finley; 1836-'37, James Quinn; 1838 to 1841, Michael Marley; 1842-'45, John Firree; 1846-'49, John Stewart; 1850-'52, R. 0. Spencer; 1853-'56, Andrew Carroll; 1857-'58, Uriah Heath; 1859-'62, Levi Cunningham; 1863-'66, A. B. See; 1867-'70, John Dillon; 1871-'74, John F. Miller; 1875-'78, S. M. Bright; 1879'80, J. W. Dillon, the present pastor of the church; 1881-'82 is M. V. B. Evans. The present official members of this church are John Waller, George Little, James Y. Gordon, J. D. Claire, W. C. Draper, E. E. Ewing, J. G. Reed, L. H. Murphy, John Cooley, William M. Pursell, George D. Sel by, Gilbert D. Wait, A. J. Fuller, Dr. D. S. Ricketts and W. F. Taylor. John. W. Dillon was born near Millersport, Lawrence Co., Ohio, Oct. 18, 1834, a son of Samuel and Mary C. (White) Dillon, natives of Virginia, his father born in Franklin County, and his mother in Botetourt County. His father was of Irish descent.- His parents were married Aug. 14, 1831, and had a family of three sons and five daughters; one son and two daughters are now living. Our subject's early life was spent on a farm and in attending the common school. He was for some time under the instruction of a private tutor. He was licensed to preach in Rome Chapel, Lawrence County, Ohio, July 16, 1856, and Aug: 26,.1857, at Chillicothe, Ohio, was received into the itinerant ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, a member of the Ohio Conference, and has spent seventeen years in the ministry-three years at Ironton, three at Newark, three at Zanesville, four at Gallipolis and four at Portsmouth. He was married at Sandy Springs, Adams Co., Ohio, Jan. 10, 1860, to Mary C. Cox. Five children have been born to them-Mary C., Sarah J., John Grant, Edmond B., and Benjamin H. One daughter is the wife of M. Mollohan, of Gallipolis, and the other of G. D. Wait, of J. H. Wait & Son, Portsmouth. Mr. Dillon is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities and the Knights of Honor. He, in 1863, was one to assist the home companies in the Morgan raid. German Methodist Episcopal Church.-In 1839 Wm. Nast, D. D., and John Zwahlen visited Portsmouth and distributed some of the issues of the Christlich Apologete among German citizens. About this time Paul Brodbeck, who was carelessly passing by Bigelow while a revival was in progress, dropped in and before leaving was converted. Rev. Peter Schmucker paid a visit to Paul Brodbeck in 1814 and preached the same evening at the house of Stephen Brodbeck, a member 216 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. of the Roman Catholic church. The next evening he preached at the house of Daniel Etnerich. Rev. P. Schmucker was Presiding Elder and gave orders to Rev. John Hoppen to take Portsmouth into the mission, which was already large. Mr. Hoppen preached regularly in the school-house on Fourth street. The first quarterly conference was held in the fall of 1844, in the house of Daniel Emerick, and official members were present from West Union, Piketon, Waverly, Beaver, etc. Paul Brodbeck was an Exhorter in the Bigelow Church, but now joined the German class where he could be more useful and in September, 1845,was sent as a traveling preacher to Wheeling, W. Va. In 1845 the circuit was called Portsmouth and Rev. J. Geyer was appointed pastor. In 1846 a resolution was passed to build a church, and a lot was accordingly purchased on Fourth street, between Market and Jefferson. The building was completed in the following year. The present fine church on the corner of Washington and Fourth was built in 1868, the old one having been sold. This building is a very fine one, 50 x 75 feet in size, and is quite an ornament to the city. The congregation has now 185 members and a Sunday-school of 200 children. Rev. G. Trefz is the present pastor in charge. African Methodist Episcopal Church. — The first attempt at church organization by the colored people of Portsmouth was sometime before 1850. In the year 1855, in conference, mention was made of the little society at Portsmouth by Revs. Isaac Dillon and Wm. Morgan, circuit preachers in Southern Ohio, who had visited and preached at this place. It was weak at first and did not become able to support a resident minister until 1868 when Rev. Phillip Tolliver was employed. About this time they purchased Spencer Chapel from the Methodists who at that time removed to Sixth Street Church. Before purchasing this they worshiped in a small frame banding which still stands and is used for a residence, on Fifth street, between Court and Market. BAPTIST. First Baptist Church.—In December,1849, Rev. J. H. Walden, under the direction of the Ohio Baptist Convention, commenced preaching in Portsmouth with a view to establishing a church. Already a. number of the denomination lived here, but no ,Attempt at organization had ever been made, A meeting was called to be held Jan. 9, 1850, at which Rev. Walden presided, and two committees were appointed, one on membership for the new church and one on articles of faith, etc. On the first committee D. D. Jones and John Lionberger were appointed; on the second, George Heoredth and D. H. Minard. In due time the committee on membership reported fourteen names, viz.: Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Walden, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Minard, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wolf, Mrs. J. H. Wait, Mrs. E. Morgan, Mrs. Doan, Miss Elizabeth Loomis, John Lionberger and Joseph S. Jones, who constituted the First Baptist Church of Portsmouth. The committee on articles of faith reported the adoption\ of the same as formerly adopted by the State Baptist Convention. Rev. Mr. Walden remained pastor until January, 1851, when, on his resignation, he was succeeded by Rev. Joseph T. Robert, formerly of Cincinnati. His connection with the church as pastor lasted until the fall of 1857 after which the pulpit was vacant for a few months. Rev. Mr. Wyeth then served as a supply from April, 1858, till April, 1860, when Rev. J. D. King succeeded to the pastorate. He remained as pastor about six years. The first services were held in Apollo Hall on the west side of Market, near Second street, HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 217 which was used until the present church was built in 1859. The membership increased until in 1853—'4 there were about 100. Since that time the number has varied from 100 to 216. Pleasant Green Church, Colored. --The colored element in the population of Portsmouth has steadily grown with the growth of the city. After the existence of the African Methodist Church for a little over ten years, the Baptist denomination was introduced by Elder Butler Harper, now a minister in Kansas City, Mo. He organized a church here in 1866, with twenty-one members. All of these except seven have died members of the church, and the remaining seven are still faithful. The strength and membership have grown constantly, they numbering at the present time 113 members. C. M. Bowles, who came in 1881, is the present pastor. At different times there have been spaces of a few months during which there was no pastor. The church is a modest brick structure on the corner of Finley and Tenth streets, surrounded by a plat Of grass; is neatly furnished inside and supplied with an organ. It has a flourishing Sabbath-school under the superintendence of J. Cranshaw. CATHOLIC. The two fine Catholic churches of Portsmouth present a worthy and lasting monument to the enterprise and religious zeal of the people of that religion. Beginning at a day when the city was firmly founded, in the most primitive manner, it has more than equaled the growth of the city in its race toward power and influence. The church embraces about 450 permanently established families in the city, while their two church edifices, one Of them among the finest in the State, would be ornamental to any city. The first move toward establishing a church here was in 1831, while the Ohio Canal was building at this place. Many of the laborers were of foreign nationality and members of the Catholic church. In April of that year Rev. Father D. Rapp came and held meetings two different times. In 1842 Rev. Father T. R. Butler held a meeting of ten days. These meetings were held in a square brick building on the southwest corner of Market and Fourth streets. The Rev. Father H. D. Yonker, afterward Bishop of Alton, Ill., also visited this place. Prior to 1831 occasional meetings had been held by priests from neighboring cities, but they were irregular and held in private houses. A few months after the ten days' meeting of Father Butler, Father Joseph O'Mealy was sent here by Archbishop Pursell, whose bishopric then included Portsmouth. Father O'Mealy was permanently established here for about four years, though a great portion of his time was taken up in labor at a number of other points in this part of the State. At first he held services in his dwelling, which stood on Second street, where Knittel's bakery now stands; but as soon as possible he completed the building of a new church, the Church of the Nativity, which still stands on the corner of Madison and Third streets, though not now used for a church. This church was completed and the first service held in it on Christmas day, 1842. The rectory was built at the same time on the same lot. During his stay here, which lasted until November, 1845, Father O'Mealy established churches at Ripley, Wilkesville and Pine Grove, and held services regularly at each. After the ministry of Father O'Mealy, who-was called to another place in 1845, Father Emanuel Thienpont, of Dayton, was placed in charge here and remained until 1850. He was a man of great ability and energy and had built the Emanuel Church, of Dayton. He also had charge of churches of the surrounding country, including the ones above named, and at the furnace towns in the 218 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. eastern part of the county. A new church was established by him at Pond Creek, a French settlement of this county. At the close of his service, and after the place had been without a resident pastor for one or two months, Father Murphy, formerly of Australia, came here by appointment. His ministry was of only three or four months' duration, when the pulpit was again left vacant for a short time. In the fall of 1852 Father Gilmour, now Rev. Richard Gilmour, Bishop of Cleveland, having just completed his studies at Emmittsburg, Md., was sent here by Archbishop Pursell, as his first field of labor. He was then a man of feeble constitution and the field being too large and the labor too great for one man, Rev. Francis Karge, a Franciscan Polish priest just from Europe, Was sent as his associate. At this time a large portion of the members were Germans, unable to speak or understand English, and as Father Gilmour was unable to preach in German, while Father Karge was unable to preach successfully in any other tongue, the congregation was divided. Church of the Holy Redeemer.—This is a fine structure situated on the north side of Sixth street, east of Gay. It was built soon after the division of the congregation. The Germans retained the Church of the Nativity, but by the year 1854 the English had their present building completed for worship. Father Gilmour remained here about five years, after which he was placed in charge of St. Patrick's Church, of Cincinnati. After the division of the congregation at this place, and Father Karge was giving his attention to the German portion, Father Quigley was sent as Father Gilmour's assistant, but remained only a few months. Father Donahue, now of Dayton, then came as the associate of Father Gilmour. He remained to the end of Father Gilmour's ministry, and became his successor. He was succeeded by Rev. A. Harren. He remained but two or three years. Rev. John J. Curley succeeded him, but remained only a few months. Rev. O. A. Walker, present Vicar-General of the Columbus Diocese, was then in charge for seven years, from 1866 to 1873. He was transferred to Circleville, Ohio, and Rev. John C. Goldsmith, now of the Orphan Asylum at Columbus, became his successor. He was here only a few months when he was succeeded by Rev. D. B. Cull, who remained from 1874 to 1878, when Rev. P. Steyle, the present priest, who is a native of France, took charge of the church. The church edifice was thoroughly remodeled in 1881, greatly improving its appearance. The parish numbers about 120 families. St. Mary's Catholic Church.—Under Rev. F. Karge the German Catholics prospered largely, and in a short time saw the necessity of building a new and larger church. They bought a lot on the corner of Market and Fifth, for the sum of $2,520, in the year 1859, and in 1864 the foundation of the church was commenced, while at the same time a large school-house was erected on the church ground at a cost of $3,000. The corner-stone of the new church was laid on the 9th of May, 1869, by the Rt. Rev. Rosecrans, Bishop of Columbus. The church was dedicated July 31, 1870, having been built at a cost of $50,000. April 25, 1871, Rev. Karge was succeeded by Rev. A. Nonnen, a native of Alsace, who is the present priest. On his arrival the congregation was in critical circumstances. A grand and beautiful church indeed, but an empty church, without a parsonage, and a debt of $28,367 staring him in the face. This was apparently too much for the few German families who made up the congregation, but under the direction of their pastor they went to work with a new zeal and set at naught the discouraging tendency of this enormous debt. Notwithstanding all this, in the fall of 1871 HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 219 they incurred the additional debt of $2,400 by the erection of a parsonage,and another of $1,100 in the following year by an addition to the school-house. In 1878 it started again by a fresh impulse for improvement. They secured the erection of a large and beautiful pipe organ, at a cost of $2,300, and in 1879 three nice and imposing Gothic altars were placed in the church at a cost of $3,000. After twelve years of hard work, be it said to their credit, this congregation has the satisfaction of seeing all these expensive improvements paid for, and the debt reduced to $9,000. MISCELLANEOUS. German United Evangelical Church.—This society is purely German, the sermons being preached in that tongue and the congregation composed entirely of German speaking people. The organization was first formed in 1853 by Rev. G. Wiehle. It was the second German church organization in the city, the German Catholic church preceding it about two years. It was at first composed of about forty families who at once contributed to the erection of a church edifice, which was built in the same year and which still serves the society. The signification of its name, " United Evangelical," means a harmonious blending of the Protestant and Lutheran doctrines. The church is now in a flourishing condition and contains about 150 families. The successive ministers have been as follows: G. Wiehle, 1853-'56; Leopold Alberti, 1856-'59; H. Veith, 1859-'66; B. Sickel, 1866-'71; K. Zimmerman, 1871-'75; P. Scheliha, 1875-'81; Christian Haas, 1881-'83. German United Brethren,.—This church was organized in 1866 by Rev. G. F. Albright. The first meetings were held in the members' houses until the following year, when the church, on the corner of Seventh and Gay streets, was built. This church is being remodeled at the present time (1883) and when completed the outlay will reach $3,800. The church is in a growing condition and when the building is completed it will be one of the finest small churches in the city. After the ministry of Mr. Albright, which lasted two years, the society was served two years by the Rev. G. Schmidt. The succeeding ministers have been as follows: Rev. 0. F. Albright again for two years, Rev. J. Ernest two years, Rev. E. Loren three years, Rev. C. Streich three years, Rev. G. Schmidt three years, and Rev. C. Streich again since 1882. The membership in 1867 numbered fifteen; now it numbers about eighty. Kal a Kodesh Beneh Abraham, (Holy Congregation of the Sins of Abraham). —This Hebrew church organization was formed in September, 1858, by fifteen Jewish families under Rev. Raphael Lasker. All of the families had come from Germany or France and located in business at Portsmouth. At the organization Levi and M. Eichelstein, two brothers, were made presiding officers, and L. Stern, Simon Lehman, Isaac Freiberg, Henry Richman, Jacob Stern, M. Seeberger and B. Dreifoas were elected Trustees. The society grew and flourished for awhile so that in 1871 it embraced a congregation of about twenty-five families. For a few years following, by deaths and removals, it declined to about twenty families in 1877, since which time it has remained about stationary. The organization is now in a progressive condition, enjoying perfect harmony and free from debt. In the year of its organization the society purchased one-half of the Masonic property on the corner of Washington and Third streets. One large room in this building is dedicated to the uses of a synagogue, in the furnishing of which the society has expended upward of $1,000. Besides this property they own a separate burying ground in the city cemetery. 220 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. The society meets regularly for preaching and prayer twice a week, Friday evening and Saturday morning, and has a regular Sabbath-school, which meets on Sunday morning. A few members of the church organization live at Jackson and some at Ironton. CEMETERY. In the earliest days of settlement here but little pomp and ceremony attended the burial of those who now and then caused the grave to open and to whose memory a humble mound of earth arose. The first site of burial after civilization fairly begun was on the hill just back of Alexandria. This was used long after the inhabitants of Alexandria moved to Portsmouth. To this place the remains of Dr. Thomas Waller were borne in 1823. The first public graveyard, as it was then called, in Portsmouth, was on the ground now covered by the Burgess Steel and Iron Works. This served the people for many years. This ground being too small as well as too near the business part of the town, was abandoned in 1829, and a part of the present cemetery was laid out as a burying ground. The first burial in this new ground was that of William Peebles, a brother of John (1. Peebles. The lot at first contained only five or six acres, but at different times since additions have increased it to forty-two acres. In 1872 and 1873 additions were made of eight acres each. The cemetery lies on the northern border of the city limit, a portion of it, lately laid off by the Catholics, being across the line in Clay Township., It is a large, shady lawn, on elevated ground, laid out with gravel drives and beautifully ornamented with monuments, shrubbery and flowers. CHAPTER XIV. PRESS-CHILDREN'S HOME-LIBRARIES AND SOCIETIES. THE PRESS, The first newspaper ever printed northwest of the Ohio River was issued at Cincinnati, Nov. 9, 1793, by Wm. Maxwell. It was entitled The Sentinel of the Northwestern Territory; its motto, " Open to all parties but influenced by none." This paper, after changing its ownership and. name was continued until 1800. Newspaper history in Portsmouth begins with the issue of the Portsmouth Gazette. It appeared Aug. 5, 1818, and from that day, with a few short intervals, the newspaper history is a continuous one, and constantly growing in importance. The Gazette was printed and published by Abbott & Chaney. It was continued until March 17, 1819, twenty-six numbers in all. At that time Portsmouth was but a small village, and the country around very thinly settled. There was but one postoffice in the county,—at Portsmouth, —and but one mail route, which came down the Scioto Valley from Chillicothe to this place. The mail was brought down once a week on horseback. But the country was too new to support a paper, and it stopped. The Scioto Telegraph.— On the 4th of March, 1820, a young man by the name of Charles Hopkins commenced the publication of the Scioto Telegraph, in the house on the southeast corner of Second and Washington streets, just one year after the suspension of the Portsmouth Gazette. Mr. Hopkins was editor, printer, publisher, coinpositor, pressman and printer's devil. In fact, he did all the work in and about the printing office—job printing and all. Mr. Hopkins carried on the office himself until he published thirty numbers. He then took in Jeremiah Abbott, who had formerly published the Portsmouth Gazette, as printer, and changed the name to the Scioto Telegraph and Lawrence Gazette, C. Hopkins, editor, and Jeremiah Abbott, printer. It continued thus for about a year. The last paper was issued Sept. 1, 1821, Mr. Hopkins going East with the intention of returning in a few weeks, and Mr. Abbott going to Illinois. They neither of them ever returned to Portsmouth. The last issue of this paper contained the news of the death of Bonaparte at St. Helena. Portsmouth, Gazette and Lawrence Advertiser.—There seems to have been an interval of nearly three years when there was no paper published at Portsmouth at all—from Sept. 1, 1821, to July 30, 1824. At the latter date John and James Carnahan. commenced the publication of the Portsmouth Gazette and Lawrence Advertiser. On March 18, 1825, they took in Ebenezer Corwin as partner, and it was published under the firm of Corwin & Carnahan. Mr. Corwin was not a printer by profession, but he was a man of considerable ability and good education. He came from the city of New York with his brother, Daniel Corwin, in the year 1812. They at first purchased the Lafayette Mills from Emanuel Traxler, on the Little Scioto River. But af-. - 221 - 222 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. ter running the mills a few years, the business not proving profitable, they sold the mills to Samuel B. Burt and removed to Portsmouth. Daniel Corwin went into the grocery business and Ebenezer to teaching school. He also started a shop for the manufacture of spinning wheels for the use of the country people in manufacturing their wool and flax into wearing apparel. But not being a practical mechanic himself, he discontinued that business and went into partnership with the Messrs. Carnahan & Corwin, and commenced to edit their paper on March 18, 1825. It is supposed the paper improved very materially under the editorial management of Mr. Corwin—he being a literary man and the Carnahans merely printers. It was continued by Corwin & Carnahan for about six months, and on the 28th of October the last number was issued. There appears to have been no paper published in Portsmouth during the next six months, except a small sheet for the purpose of continuing legal advertisements. Western Times.—April 18, 1826, the first number of the Western Times was issued by E. Corwin & Co. Who the " Co." was does not appear. But it is quite probable that it was Julius A. _Bingham, who was a practical printer, and subsequently bought Mr. Corwin out. E. Corwin & Co. continued to publish the Times for one year, when Mr. Corwin retired,. and Julius A. Bingham became sole proprietor, editor and printer. It may be asked, What were the politics of those papers? It would be too broad an assertion to say that there were no politics at that period. The Whigs and Democratic parties divided the nation as other parties in later times. In 1820 Colonel James Monroe was elected President unanimously without a shadow of opposition. He was the last of the Revolutionary heroes who aspired to the Presidency, and by mutual consent, as it were, they concluded to give him that high office without opposition. When Mr. Monroe's administration expired a new set or Presidential candidates sprang up, each with his friends and partisans to advocate his claims to that high office. The people divided into parties and had their party organs. May 7, 1827, Mr. Bingham bought the interest of Mr. Corwin in the Times, and the partnership was dissolved. The office of the Western, Times, as published by Mr. Bingham, was a few doors east of Market space on Second street. The subscription price was $2 if paid in advance, and $3 if paid at the close of the year. The motto of the paper was, "Speak of things as they are." The editorials of the Times were lengthy and able, but the editor often complained of want of time for writing, as the mechanical work, which he did himself, greatly interfered. Mr. Bingham continued the publication of the Times till Jan. 20, 1831, nearly four years. The town and country had increased in population and wealth, so that the paper was well sustained. About the 4th of July, 1830, Mr. Bingham had a serious difficulty with his apprentice, Eli Glover, who was just then entering manhood. Young Glover left the office, and being baffled in an attempt at personal revenge for an article which appeared in the paper concerning him, sought to fight his opponent with his own kind of weapon. He, accord. ingly, with the aid of influential friends, succeeded in starting successfully a new paper called The Portsmouth Courier. —Young Glover had secured the county printing for Jackson, Lawrence and Pike counties and the whole matter was set on foot without the knowledge of the editor of the Times. Edward Hamilton was hired to edit the paper and together they published the first number about the 1st of January, 1831. When Mr. Bingham saw the HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 223 first number, he was struck with dismay. He saw at a glance that his doom was sealed. He had toiled through four years of labor and anxiety to build up a business, and had just got it on secure foundation, when, by indulging his passion in an unguarded moment, he lost all. Portsmouth was too small to sustain two newspapers with any prospect of success for either of them. Mr. Bingham made a spasmodic effort to increase the circulation and patronage of his paper, but it was only of short duration. He only published three or four numbers ,after the appearance of the Courier, and finally discontinued his paper forever. He boxed up his printing materials and stowed them away in an old frame building, that stood near where Zoelner's. jewelry store now stands. Here they remained several years, until David Gharky bought them to take to Muncie, in Indiana. The Portsmouth Courier was edited by Edward Hamilton for one year. It was opposed to the administration of General Jackson. At the end of the first year Mr. Hamilton retired from the editorial control of the Courier and Elijah Glover remained as sole proprietor, editor and publisher. Mr. Glover took in as an apprentice his brother, S. G. Glover, and W. P. Camden as printer. In 1833 he sold out to S. G. Glover and Camden, and retired from the business. In 1834 Elijah Glover took back his brother's interest and continued the publication of the Courier in partnership with Camden till December, 1836, when Edward Hamilton bought the entire interest of the Courier and changed the name to the Scioto Tribune.—The first number of the Scioto Tribune was issued Dec. 6, 1836, Edward Hamilton, editor and proprietor; Win. P. Camden, printer. We will here state that in 1843, some time after Horace Greeley had commenced the New York Tribune, he claimed that the New York Tribune was the first paper of the name ever published. in America. To this Mr. Hamilton replied that Greeley was under a mistake, for the Scioto, which was afterward changed to the Portsmouth Tribune, had been published several years before the New York Tribune. So that if there is any merit in the name, and Horace Greeley claimed there was, Mr. Hamilton is entitled to it. In 1839 Silman Clark bought an interest in the Tribune and changed the name to the Portsmouth Tribune. About the year 1842 Hutchins and Blinn took charge of the editorial department and published it for a short time. But Mr. Hamilton took charge of it again and continued to edit it until the breaking out of the Mexican war in 1846. Mr. Hamilton was quite a dignified gentleman in his manners and deportment, a warm friend of those whom lie chose to associate with, but a bitter hater of those whom he. disliked. He was a Whig in politics and a strong partisan in feeling. In 1836 S. G. Glover, who had learned the printing business with his brother Eli, started a campaign paper advocating the election of Martin Van Buren to the Presidency. It was the first Democratic paper published in Portsmouth. It was a small sheet, issued weekly,and was discontinued immediately after the election, the party being too weak to sustain an organ at that time. In 1840, during the great log-cabin and hard-cider Presidential campaign, which resulted in the election of General Harderison to the Presidency, the Democrats of Portsmouth and vicinity determined to have an organ through which to express their political opinions. They accordingly procured a press and type, and William P. Camden commenced the publication 'of the Scioto Valley Post.—The Democratic party of Scioto County at that time was greatly in the minority, and but few men of wealth or influence belonged to it, the offices and other patronage being almost entirely in 224 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. the hands of the Whigs. Under these circumstances publishing a Democratic paper was an up-hill business. But Mr. Camden was very industrious and persevering, with a determined will to make it a success. He was a good printer and performed nearly all the mechanical labor himself; but he was no writer. It was almost impossible for him to write an editorial of any kind. Yet, notwithstanding all these difficulties, he continued the publication at intervals for nearly five years. During the publication of the Scioto Valley Post there was a small sheet issued from that office, for several weeks in succession, called the Ghost. It was a literary paper, mostly devoted to the incidents connected with the town. It gave nicknames to those whom it held up to ridicule, in such manner that everbody knew whom they Meant without mentioning any names. It was supposed to be edited and published by Benjamin Work, an apprentice, and John Gharky, who assisted Camden in the publication of his paper. It was a lively little sheet, and held up the follies and foibles of the citizens in a funny manner without giving offense. Portsmouth Clipper.—In March, 1845, Anthony Drouillard commenced the publication of the Portsmouth Clipper. Mr. Drouillard not being a practical printer, took in partnership W. C. Wheeler, a printer, and continued the publication of the Clipper till Aug. 26, 1845. He then took in Stephen P. Drake as partner, Mr. Wheeler retiring. The Clipper continued to be published by Drouillard & Drake for six months, when the partnership was dissolved. March 3, 1846, Stephen P. Drake issued the first number of the second volume of the Clipper, and continued its publication for three years. Simon Pure.—In 1844 a small campaign paper called the Simon Pure was issued from the office of the Portsmouth Tribune, advocating the election of Henry Clay to the Presidency. It was edited by a committee appointed for that purpose by the Scioto County Whig Central Committee. The principal editors were supposed to be W. A, Hutchins and 0. F. Moore, two leading Whig politicians and stump speakers of that day. It was a very spirited sheet and the editorials were vigorously written. At the close of the campaign the Simon Pure ceased to exist. March 7, 1848, the Tribune and Clipper were united by Messrs. Clark & Drake, and published by them up to Nov. 22, 1849, on which day the partnership was dissolved and the office sold to Mr. John Hanna, who published the paper from Nov. 23, 1849, till Nov. 22, 1850. On the 23d ofNovember Stephen P. Drake re-purchased one-half of the Tribune and Clipper and formed a partnership under the name of Drake & Hanna. Dec. 9, 1850, they commenced the publication of the daily and weekly Tribune and Clipper. Its publication was continued by them up to June 9, 1852, when John Hanna, by a division of the office property, became the sole proprietor. Sept. 9, 1853, he sold the office to A. McFarland, who continued to publish it up to April 1, 1854, when he associated with him in business his brother, Daniel McFarland. This arrangement continued until April, 1857, when Daniel McFarland removed to Kansas. In 1861 Daniel McFarland, having returned from the West, bought the entire paper from his brother, who, since the dissolution in 1857, had been sole-editor and proprietor of the daily and weekly Tribune. But at this time, after a trial of seven years, the daily was discontinued, the proprietors being fully convinced that a daily could not be published without a sacrifice on their part. In June, 1867, the office was sold to H. R. W. Smith and David Elick (the latter having been connected with the office in all capacities from " devil " to foreman in the past thirteen years). The firm of Smith & Elick published the paper up to 1868, when A. Mc-