(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 750 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY. under the above title, but as the venture did not prove ruminative, the paper was discontinued on the 28th day of April, 18 This paper was independent in politics, though both proprietor were ardent Republicans. CAPTAIN ISAAC LEWIS,— born in Utica, New York, January 15, 1809; at two years of age moved with parents to Deerfield, New York, attending common schools and working on farm till 18, when he learned the wagon-making trade, later going to West Turin, Lewis county, New York, where, March 2, 1833, he was married to Miss Maria Swartz, in September of that year coming to Ohio, and a few months later settling in Cuyahoga Falls ; worked at trade until 1841, when he commenced boating upon the Ohio canal, which business he, followed ten years, owning and running, successively, the "Joshua Stow," the " Joseph S Lake," the "Alice" and the " Cuyahoga ;" also owning a one-eighth interest in the two packet boats, "Akron" and " Cleveland," himself running the latter, between Cleveland and Akron, the canal, up to 1851, being the most popular mode of travel in this vicinity. In 1851, Captain Lewis engaged with the "Akron Branch," now the C., A. & C. R. R., as conductor, running the first train into Akron, July 4, 1852, and freighting the first lump coal by rail to Cleveland, continuing on the road between Hudson and Millersburg, five years. May 13, 1858, embarked in grocery trade in Cuyahoga Falls, which he successfully carried on over, a third of a century. Captain and Mrs. Lewis had three children born to them—Richard Almer, born July 10, 1836, died September 20, 1879; Mary, born May 10, 1838, died July, 1840 ; Arthur Isaac, born December 10, 1849, in partnership with his father, under the firm name of I. Lewis & Son, until the death of Captain Lewis, September 2, 1891, at the age of 82 years, 7 months and 17 days. THE "REPUBLICAN."—Early in September, 1882, Messrs. H. E. Howard, W. 0. Beebe; George P. Sperry, Charles F. Harrison and Frederick A. Douglass filed' the necessary papers with the secretary of the State, for the incorporation of the "Akron and Cuyahoga Falls Printing Company," with a capital stock of $1,500 for the purpose of publishing a Republican paper simultaneously at Cuyahoga Falls and Akron, the material of the late Journal to be used for that purpose. Though the paper was duly started by Mr. Douglass on the 30th day of September, 1882, the company alluded to was never organized, and Mr. Douglass, not being adequately supported in his enterprise, discontinued the Republican on the 10th day of March, 1883, transferring his material and subscription list to the Reporter, and himself taking the foremanship of that office; Mr. Duffy, with his brother Isaac' S. Duffy, carrying on a job printing office, in the village, under the firm name of Duffy Brothers, as elsewhere stated. MILITARY MATTERS.—The early military history of Cuyahoga Falls is necessarily blended with those of the several original townships out of which it was carved—Tallmadge, Stow, Portage and Northampton. Besides the regular militia of the townships named, in which the early inhabitants did "training" duty, several independent companies have from time to time existed, though we are without adequate data in regard to them. Her Revolutionary prowess is also obscure, as is also that of the War of 1812, and the Mexican War, though it is certain that those wars were participated in by some of the pioneer settlers of Cuyahoga Falls, But in the sanguinary struggle of 1861-65, for the preservation of the Union, Cuyahoga Falls manifested her patriotism and her valor as only intelligent and high-minded freemen can do. With the reverberation of tile first gun fired at Fort Sumter, party lines were abolished and both Democrats and Republicans worked shoulder to shoulder in swelling the ranks of loyalty in defense of the dear old flag. A correspondent of the BEACON, under date of May 16, 1861, said: "The war fever has not passed our place without showing some signs of progress, 29 of our young men having enrolled themselves in the Akron company now in Camp Taylor, in Cleveland, and a fund of over $4,000 has been subscribed for the benefit of volunteers and their families. A rifle company is being formed in which many of our best and most prominent citizens are to be found. It is to be organized under the law regulating the State militia, and some sixty are already enrolled." Through the kindness of Grant B. Turner, Esq., Mr. William 0. Beebe and others, in 1887, we were provided with the following roster of the soldiers furnished by Cuyahoga Falls, during the progress of the war in question: Robert Allen, George L. Allen, W. A. Allen, D. Ackerman, Justin E. Angel, W. 0. Beebe, Richard Blood, Seneca Blood, Josiah Brown, Jacob Bental, Oscar Brewster, Charles Buchanan, F. E. Brainard, H. E. Brown, Lyman W. Boys, George Bitterman, Orlando Beardsley, M. H. Birzley, J. Birzley, Henry Bruner, Frederick Bethel, Henderson Cowen, John Cowen, John C. Castle, James Cook, J. C. Cook, Gurley G. Crane, Warren B. Crane, Frederick Craig, Ira Culver, William 'Culver, Ransom B. Clark, Charles E. Curtiss, W. E. Chamberlain, Henry Cochran, Anthony Coler, Andrew H. Cowan, Horace Cochran, T. M. Crochan, Asa Clapp, Dennis Condon, John Condon, George Dye, John Davis, Cornelius Dunn, C. Downey, Lawrence Dunn, Menzo Diffendorf, Marsh Daugherty, John Eadie, James Eadie, Henry Eadie, John Ely, M. Evans, Henry Fogle, C. W. Faze, H. C. Grant, Robert Green, Edward Green, John Green, Prentiss Gill, William Gaylord, 0. K. Graham, R. A. Gray, Arthur Goodrich, A. Goble, Edwin Hoyt, Nelson Holcomb, William Hinde, John M. Hinde, G. P. Huddleston, N. S. Harrington, George Holden, H. E. Howard, Dickinson Heachcock, Charles Hawn, Charles Herberth, George Husted, F. L. Hitchcock, A. E. Holloway, Isidore Hagle, Harry Ingalls, Harrison Ingalls, James W. Inskeep, Alonzo Inskeep, A. J. Konkle, Demming Lowery, Charles Lewis, Nelson T. Lee, Henry Lindley, Charles A. Lawson, John H. Lyons, John Lyons, F. Lyons, Wesley Loomis, Lewis Mack, John Murphy, William H. Murphy, Gilbert Morgan, Ely Moon, W. Moon, Gaston Moon, J. D. Marshall, John McCullough, Henry McClelland, Charles Maloney, .C. A. Maloney, David McGrath, L. H. McAdams, George Musson, Nelson Marshall, 752 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY. John McLeish, George Newberry, Amaziah Nelson, James Nelson, Henry Ormsby, Christopher Post, Henry Patterson, George F. Patterson, John Patterson, James J. Patterson, George Paul, George M. Patterson, William J. Patterson, A. Prior, C. T. Parks, William Pease, George Payne, S. B. Porter, William Powell, Rees Purine, F. B. Purine, Patrick Quinn, J. T. Rheams, John C. Reid, Isaac N. Reid, Charles C. Reid, Richard Reid, George W Rice, Fritz Roethig, J. Shellhorn, Dwight Shumway, Edgar Somers, William Shaffer, John G. Schnabel, A. H. Sill, A. L. Somers, John H. Shewey, J. Sapp, George Smith, C. J. Spellman, Albert A. Squires, Charles Squires, William Searles, M. C. Tifft, Horace Tifft, John Toseland, N. b. Upson, Amos Wills, C. A. Wadsworth, Isaac J. Woods, Vincent Warner, John Williams, H. F. Waters, H. S. Wetmore. OLIVER B. BEEBE, —born in New London, Connecticut, October 17, 1807 ; in childhood removed with parents to Middletown, where, in addition to receiving a good common school education, he learned the book-binder's trade. After working some time as a journeyman, and one year for himself in Middletown, he came to Cuyahoga Falls and established himself as u book-binder and stationer ; in 1848, embarking in the dry goods trade, which he successfully conducted until his death, September 1, 1881, at the age of 73 years, 10 months and 14 days. September 30, 1832, he was married to Miss Sarah A. Babcock, of Middletown, who still survives, having borne him four children—Jane, Mary, William Oliver and Robert, the eldest son, only, now surviving, who, after several years' successful business at Cuyahoga Falls, as partner with, and successor to, his father, is now a member of the dry goods firm of Oberholser, Beebe & Co., of Wooster, Ohio. Originally a Democrat, Mr. Beebe was postmaster of Cuyahoga Falls under the administration of President James K. Polk, but later, as a stanch Republican, held the office of mayor and other positions of trust and honor. The assessors' returns for 1863, '64,'65 (found since the foregoing list was compiled) show the following additional names, though a number of those above given, do not appear upon the returns in question: Sheldon Alley, Julius Beck, Andrew Brock, Christopher Cook, James Condon, Barney Conley, Lewis F. Derrick, Edward Damp, Henry Durstine, L. H. Delano, D. Douglass, Edgar C. Edsil, James Etsmingher, Edwin Farmer, Noah N. Faze, William Finkle, Joseph Freeby, Amos E. Griffith, Harvey Hogue, Watson Hoyt, Curtis A. Hall (died in service), Hiram Ingalls (died in service), William H. James, John Jones, George W. Koons, John Lapp, William Lyons, Frank Moore, Christian Maley, Wallace Perry, Lawrence Pfeisterer, Charles Payne, Sherman Seymour, Frank Thorp, George H. Wetmore, Daniel Williams, Samuel Weeks. THE SULTANA DISASTER.—On page 372 will be .found a full account of the destruction of the steamer Sultana, presumably through rebel malevolence, by which the lives of nearly 1,000, CASUALTIES DURING THE WAR - 753 Union soldiers—exchanged prisoners of war—were sacrificed, the following Cuyahoga Falls boys being among the number: Captain Demming N. Lowery, Lieutenant John Eadie, Corporal John W. Eadie, J. C. Cook, 2d Lieutenant John C. Ely, Thomas Evans, Robert Gaylord, C. Nealy, James J. Patterson and Isaac J. Woods, a total of 10, probably not more than one-third of Summit county's victims of the disaster in question. OTHER CASUALTIES AND DEATHS. Seneca Blood, died at Knoxville, Tenn., May 10, 1864; Albert Buchanan, died April 16, 1863; John Condon, died at Hazle Grove, Ky., Oct. 2, 1861; 1st Lieutenant Gurley G. Crane, died at home, of disease contracted in the service, April 27; 1865; George W. Deering, of consumption, 1864; Charles Downey, mortally wounded at Dalton, Ga., May 9, 1862; Henry E. Eadie, died at Platte City, Mo., Feb. 19, 1862; Arthur K. Goodrich, died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864; Edward Green, died at Andersonville, July 17, 1864; Robert Green, shot by rebel guard at Atlanta, July 1, 1864; Isidore Hagle, died at Hilton Head, S. C., Oct. 22, 1863; George L. Holden, died at Cincinnati, Aug. 23, 1863; Hiram Ingalls, killed at Cold Harbor, May 31, 1864; John B. Lyons, died at Louisville, Ky., Sept. 26, 1862; William Lyons, killed at Murfreesboro, Dec. 28, 1864; David McGrath, died in Andersonville prison; Charles E. Moon, died at Atlanta, Ga., July 9, 1864; 1st Lieutenant John Murphy, w ounded at Stone River and died at Nashville, Jan. 9, 1863; F. B. Purine, killed at North Anna River, Aug. 25, 1864; John Patterson, died in Louisville, Ky., March 14, 1862; John Shellhorn, died in field hospital, near Atlanta, Ga., in 1864; John G. Schnabel, died at Nashville, Tenn., May 4, 1865. Quite a number of the ex-soldiers of Cuyahoga Falls have died since the close of the war whose names cannot be here given. MUNIFICENT TRIBUTE TO PATRIOTISM.---That the people of Cuyahoga Falls duly appreciated the patriotism and heroism of her volunteer soldiery, in the War by the Rebellion, is evidenced bv the splendid monument which she erected to their memory and valor at the close of the war. The monument occupying a sightly position in the village cemetery, consists of a finely wrought marble shaft, upon a triple sandstone base. It is ornamented with a variety originallyry devices, the whole originally surmounted by a life-like representation of the American eagle, standing upon a globe, and gallantly sustaining and protecting the Shield of Liberty and the Stars and Stripes. A. years later, by some means, the wings of the eagle were broken, and the apex remodeled so that the shaft is now a simple obelisk. On the squares of the shaft the names of the soldiers of the township who died in the service are neatly inscribed, together with the regiment to which they belonged, and the date and manner of their deaths. On the four sides of the plinth sustaining the shaft, in relief, are patriotic and war-like emblems, as follows: East side, flag and anchor, representing the Navy; south side, stack of muskets, representing Infantry; west side, cannon, representing Artillery; north side, crossed swords, representing Cavalry, the front of the marble surface bearing the Latin motto: "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"- "It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country." MEAGER CRIMINAL CALENDAR. Though the atrociously cruel and ghastly murder of William Beatson by James Parks, on the night of the 13th day of April, 1853, elsewhere fully detailed, was 48 754 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY. perpetrated within the corporate limits of Cuyahoga Falls, that fearful crime should by no means be debited to that generally peaceable and orderly village; but, on the contrary, her people should be credited with the promptness and energy with which they entered upon the search for the body of the victim and the apprehension of the murderer. While not entirely exempt from the occasional disturbances incident to aggregated heterogeneous humanity, especially where the traffic in, and use of, intoxicating liquors prevail, no fatal collisions, so far as the writer is advised, have ever occurred among her citizens. THE WRIGHT-PARKER R AFFAIR. —The nearest approximation thereto, was the unfortunate affray, between Mr. William Wright and Mr. Isaac Parker, on the 2d day of August, 1842. The exact cause of the collision, except that one or both were inflamed with liquor, is not now remembered, the result being that Mr. Parker very narrowly escaped death from the discharge of a loaded musket at the hands of Mr. Wright. At a preliminary hearing, before Justice Charles W. Wetmore, Mr. Wright was bound over to court to answer to the charge of shooting with intent to kill. Summit county's first Prosecuting Attorney, William M. Dodge, Esq., at the September term, 1842, laid the transcript before the grand jury, who returned a bill against Mr. Wright for shooting with intent to kill. Without any of the vexatious circumlocutions incident to modern criminal proceedings, the case was brought to trial at the same term, before Judges Van R. Humphrey, Charles Sumner, Hugh R. Cald well and Robert K. DuBois, and the regular jury for that term, who, after a careful investigation returned a verdict of guilty of shooting with intent to wound, and Judge Humphrey, with impressive remarks about the danger of indulging in the use of intoxicating liquors, sentenced Mr. Wright to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the period of four years. After an incarceration of about one year, a numerously signed petition was presented to Governor Wilson Shannon, who finding that his conduct had been exemplary during his confinement, restored Mr. Wright to liberty and citizenship, on the 14th day of October, 1843. Mr. Wright returned to Cuyahoga Falls, and though he never fully reformed from his intemperate habits, was ever thereafter a law-abiding citizen, and the father of quite a large family of highly respectable sons and daughters. THE BIRZLEY- JACKSON AFFRAY.—Mortimer H. Birzley, was one of the patriotic young men of Cuyahoga Falls who served in the Union army in the Civil War. But, alas! like too many other young men, both in and out of the army, he had acquired the habit of using intoxicating liquors to excess. Andrew Jackson, (or "Tobe" Jackson as he is familiarly called) was a plantation slave up to the breaking out of the war, in the early portion of which "Tobe" was sent as a "contraband" to Akron, by the late Dr. B. S. Chase, then assistant surgeon of the 16th 0. V. I., afterwards surgeon of the 53rd Mississippi (colored) Infantry. "Tobe" was industrious and enterprising, and is now one of the well-to-do colored citizens of Akron. In the early part of October, 1865, three bibulous young residents of Cuyahoga Falls, being on a drinking bout, in Akron, managed to pick a quarrel with "Tobe" who happened to visit the beer-selling grocery store where they were carousing, and inflicted very serious injuries upon him, with their PUBLIC BUILDINGS, LITERATURE, ETC. - 755 fists, iron weights, etc. A few days later, and before "Tobe" had fully recovered from his injuries, he was again assailed, upon the street, by a portion of the same crowd, during which Mortimer H. Birzley deliberately drew a revolver from his pocket and, at near range, discharged its leaden contents into "Tobe's" body. Birzley was immediately apprehended, and examined before Justice William L. Clarke, who held him to answer to the Court of Common Pleas, on the charge of shooting with intent to kill. At the November term, Prosecuting Attorney Edward Oviatt brought the matter to the attention of the grand jury. Three indictments were returned against the accused—two for shooting with intent to kill, and one for shooting with intent to wound. The defendant was arraigned on the 28th of November, 1865, and entered a plea of not guilty on all three indictments. The next day, however, he changed his plea to guilty of shooting with intent to wound, which was accepted by Prosecutor Oviatt, and the defendant was sentenced by Judge Burke to two years' imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. Birzley was conveyed by Sheriff Burlison to the penitentiary -on the 5th day of December, 1865, and on the petition of a large number of the most respectable people of Cuyahoga Falls, he was pardoned by Governor Jacob D. Cox, on the 6th day of April, 1866, his term of service being four months and one day, only. Young Birzley did not return to Cuyahoga Falls, after his release from ,prison, but is still a resident of Summit county, and is represented to have been exemplary in his conduct, industrious in his habits and a good citizen. EARLY BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, ETC.—The first birth in the "New Village" of Cuyahoga. Falls is said to have been that of Edward Wetmore, a son of William Wetmore, Jr., in 1827, the "boy" being now a gray-haired resident of Northampton township; the first death a young son of the same family, about one year old, in 1826; the first adult death the wife of Hon. Elisha N. Sill, and -daughter of Henry Newberry, Esq., in 1829; the first marriage, a daughter of Deacon Jabez Hamlin to Washington Butler, given name of the bride and date of marriage not now remembered. PUBLIC BUILDINGS.—Besides the churches and school buildings, Clifford Inn, the hotel of George S. Buoys, and the several pleasure resorts already alluded to, Apollo Ball, in the third story of the brick block, on the southeast corner of Portage and Front streets, is arranged with a fine stage, dressing rooms, etc., has a seating capacity of about 500, with, in cases of emergency, standing room for about 200 additional. Hitherto dependent upon chance accommodations for trustee and council meetings, caucuses, elections, etc., in 1883 a fine two-story town hall, 45x80 feet, with basement, r was erected on the northwest corner of Front and Broad streets at a cost of about $10,000. First story, Council Chamber, School Board, library (two rooms), band. Upper floor, one room, used for caucuses, gymnasium, etc. Basement, fire department, marshal's office and lock-up. LYCEUM, LIBRARY, ETC.-At an early day a village lyceum was .organized, the Ohio Review of April 5, 1833, giving the officers elected at the last meeting as follows: President, Henry Newberry; vice president, William H. Taylor; treasurer, Oliver B. Beebe; secretary, Charles W. Wetmore; curators, Henry Wetmore, Timothy 756 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY. P. Spencer and Dr. Richard Fry. The question for discussion at the next meeting was: "Ought United States senators in all cases to be bound by the instructions of their respective State Legislatures?" But we are entirely in the dark as to the decision of the judges on this important question. Members were requested to bring to this meeting such books as could be conveniently spared for the purpose of forming a library, in accordance with a late resolution of the society to that effect. This was the beginning of the fine public library, of probably 1,000 to 1,200 volumes, so highly enjoyed and cherished by the people of the village at the present time. HOSEA PAUL, SR.,—born at Northfield, Vermont, April 6, 1809; common school education ; in early life clerking in drug store and studying surveying ; in 1833, at Canaan, Vermont, of which village he was postmaster, he was married to Miss Ellen Gamble, a native of County Down, Ireland ; in 1834 moved to Ohio, living one year in Wadsworth, then settling in Cuyahoga Falls, where he passed the balance of his life ; for a time engaged in the manufacture of flour, later resuming his profession of surveyor and civil engineer, doing much of the original surveying. establishing grades, etc., in the then new village of Akron ; also, officiating as division engineer in the building of both the C., A. & C., and N. Y., P. & 0. railroads. In October, 1855, Mr. Paul was elected county surveyor, on the Republican ticket, being successively re-elected in 1858, '61, '64 and '67, continously holding the office until his death, May 29, 1870, nearly 15 years, being also occupied during part of 1863 and 1864 as assistant U. S. engineer on military railroads and fortifications, District of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Paul were the parents of seven children—Harrison D., born August 3, 1835 ; George, September 8, 1837 ; Mary, September 9, 1839; Robert S., October 3, 1842; Hosea, Jr., January 17,1845; T. Dwight, July 21, 1848 ; Edward J., November 30, 1851, all of whom have attained and maintained honorable positions in life. Mrs. Paul died November 9 1889, aged '76 years and 18 days, the age of Mr. Paul, at the time of hi death, being 61 years, 1 month and 23 days. UNION FAIR ASSOCIATION. In 1859, the Summit County Agricultural Society, needing more extensive grounds than they were then occupying, and management being at loggerheads in regard to location, the people of Cuyahoga Falls offered the Society a bonus of $6,000 in cash to locate in or near that village. The proposition not being accepted, a number of the citizens of the village and contiguous township organized a "Union Fair Association," and handsomely fitted up grounds a short distance north of the village, on the Hudson road. The first meeting, September 1, 2, 3, 1859, was a decided success, both in display and attendance, the receipts being some $600 above expenses. A supplemental meeting was held October 28, the same year, for a trial of speed between the then celebrated trotters, Flora Temple and "Ike Cook." The weather proving inclement, POPULATION—CONFLAGRATIONS, ETC. - 757 the attendance was slim, the expenses of this meeting eating up the profits of the first, though the trot came off according to programme, Flora winning the first and third heats—time, 2:28; 2:31; 2:33. In 1860—October 5, 6, 7—there was a fine exhibition but slim attendance, the receipts scarcely covering expenses. In 1861—September 23, 24, 25—the display was also fine, with special attractions, in the military line, prizes being contested for by the Bath Guards, Captain Schoonover; the Buckeye Zouaves, of Copley, Captain Sackett, and the Cowles Tiger Zouaves, of Bedford, the first prize, a silk banner, being won by the Bath Guards and the second prize, a worsted banner, by the Copley Zouaves, the Bedford Company being ruled out on account of being one member short of the stipulated number. The " Secesh " army was also represented by a company of 75 or 80 mounted " fantasticals" (Cuyahoga Falls boys), while the Tallmadge Artillery, Captain Barnes, and the Young America. Gun Squad, of Cuyahoga Falls, furnished "thunder for the occasion. As a show, this third fair was a success, but financially a failure, the expenses largely over-balancing the receipts. The war, then fairly on, thenceforth engaging the public attention, no further meetings were held, and the Union Fair Association of Cuyahoga Falls, of 1859-61, is now a pleasant reminiscence, only. POPULATION GRADUALLY INCREASING. A writer on Cuyahoga Falls, in 1837, says: "The population of the village is now, probably, about 1,250; three years ago it was but 375." The decennial listings do not even proximately show the distinct population of the village during the first half century of its existence, for the reason that its inhabitants were included in the census returns of the several townships out of which it had been formed. The census of 1870 gave the population of the village and township at 1,861, and the census of 1880 at 2,294, a gain of 433 in the ten years, the census of 1890 placing the number at 2,614, showing a gain in the last decade of 320. CUYAHOGA'S FIERCE FIRES.—While Cuyahoga Falls has never been visited with any such sweeping fires, as have from time to time devastated Akron, and other near-by towns, yet many thousands of dollars of valuable property, have been sacrificed, and serious injury to her industries has been caused, by the devouring element, during the past 60 years, as will be seen by what follows: In 1833, a large paper and paper-stock warehouse belonging to Stow & Wetmores, on the east side of the river, was destroyed with all its contents. Loss and amount of insurance if any, not now remembered. Sometime in the early forties, probably, the woolen factory and the stone saw-mill, heretofore alluded to, standing on the west bank of the river, north of the present works of The Turner, Vaughn & Taylor Co., were burned to the ground, the factory belonging to Ogden Wetmore, and the mill to Henry Newberry; amount of the losses is not now remembered. They were never rebuilt. In 1851, the large flouring mill of Stow & Wetmores, on the east side of the river, north of Portage street, was totally destroyed. believed to have been the work of an incendiary. Loss not stated, 758 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY. On the night of November 25, 1853, the fine new paper mill of J. M. Smith & Co., on the west side of the river, was entirely burned. The mill, stock and machinery was valued at $20,000, but about $5,000 worth of machinery being saved, made the net loss-about $15,000. The mill had been in operation but a few days. Mr. William A. Hanford, the "Co." of the firm, had made application for insurance, and the papers were to have been executed th next day, so that the loss was total. For many years the bagging and twine factory of John Hinde & Sons, in the south part of the village, (now known as the Glen Wire Mill property,) was one of the most prominent of the varied industries of Cuyahoga Falls, giving employment to a large number of hands, and consuming immense quantities of flax from the farms of the surrounding country. This mill was destroyed by fire about the year 1860, entailing a very heavy loss upon its proprietor, but it was at once rebuilt, and soon in running order again,. The exact date of the fire, losses, etc., and the causes of the final decline of that industry are not now accessible to the writer. On the morning of October 24, 1866, several business blocks on Front street, including Gillett's grocery store, Tifft's meat market, Dr. P. G. Somers' office, postoffice, Steadman's jewelry store, and the fine stone block, known as the Bank Building, the lower floor of which was occupied by H. C. Lockwood, as a dry goods store„ were consumed by fire. The town having no fire engine of its own, sent a messenger to Akron, hunted up Mr. Thomas W. Cornell, then a recent comer from Cuyahoga Falls to Akron, who got permission from Mayor Mathews for Akron's steamer to go to their assistance. Engineer Julius S. Lane, and his faithful driver, Moses Cummins, with their newly purchased $550 team, were promptly on hand, but not a livery man would furnish an extra team to help draw the steamer up the "Chuckery" hills. (Howard street extension had not then been made.) "Come on, boys !" exclaimed Cornell, "we can double up on the hills," and some 18 or 20 Eagle Hose boys, with hose reel, and others, actually made the run with th steamer, on foot, manning the ropes, and pulling for dear life on heavier grades. Their progress was, of course, comparatively slow, and they were met about a mile from the village by a message that the fire was under control. The goods in the several establishments burned were mostly removed, but the buildings were a total loss, amounting to many thousands of dollars; but the saddest result was the death of Mr. John M. Hinde, a young recently married man of 24, and a soldier of the late war. Though young Hinde was troubled at times with heart disease, he was among the foremost in trying to save the property of those who were being burned out, and while thus engaged in removing goods from Lockwood's store, he sank exhausted behind the counter, and though afterwards found and carried into the open air, and every effort made for his resuscitation, he did not recover consciousness, and soon afterwards expired. HANDSOMELY DONE.—Under the above heading the BEACON, of October 24, 1866, said: "The citizens of Cuyahoga Falls, notwithstanding their own `severe loss by fire this morning, contributed $105.00 to the firemen of this city, who so promptly turned out with steamer, hose, etc., to aid them in subduing the fire. Though they were in readiness to start within fifteen minutes from the DESTRUCTIVE FIRES - 759 time of receiving the notice, and made all possible speed, the fire had nearly spent itself before their arrival, the messenger to turn them back meeting them about a mile this side of the village." The west side paper mill of J. M. Smith & Co., burned as above stated, in November, 1853, was immediately rebuilt by that firm, and rechristened the " Phoenix." Passing into the possession of Hanford & Yeomans, it was again burned at noon, on the 30th day of October, 1867. Loss $25,000 to $30,000; insurance about $12,000. The mill was again rebuilt by Messrs. H. & Y. and supplied with first-class machinery and is now a part of the plant for some years past operated by the Cuyahoga Paper Company. About 1 o'clock on the morning of September 18, 1872, the large machine shop of Alford, Pitkin & Co., successors to A. G. & H. W; Bill, on the east side of Water street, was discovered to be on fire, and owing to the stiff breeze that was blowing at the time, and the want of proper fire-extinguishing appliances, was speedily consumed. The main building was a two-story frame, 35x130 feet in size, with office, blacksmith's shop and other small buildings attached, all of which, with their valuable machinery, tools, etc., were totally destroyed. Loss, $20,000; insurance, $3,000; net loss, $17,000. Nearly across the street stood the fine new brick "Empire Mill" of Hanford Brothers, devoted to the manufacture of fine cover papers, the structure being part two and part three stories high, above the basement, and all filled with first-class machinery and valuable stock. The wind, blowing briskly from the east, soon carried the flames from the combustible machine shop to the mill, and soon that, too, was being rapidly consumed, and was totally destroyed. Loss, $32,000; insurance, $14,000. At this fire, Thomas O'Neil stumbled and fell, a large box falling on his leg, breaking it above the knee, and Mr. James Peebles was overcome by heat and carried to his home in an unconscious condition, but both speedily recovered. This mill was immediately rebuilt, and, after a great variety of vicissitude, together with the Phoenix, is now owned by George Sackett, Esq., and has for several years past been operated by the Cuyahoga Paper Company. On the night of March 31, 1881, the three-story building of the Falls Wire Manufacturing Company, was discovered to be on fire in the roof, about 10 o'clock, by Marshal Richard Reid and Mr. C. A. Vaughn. The alarm was immediately sounded, and though the citizens promptly rallied, and fought the fire vigorously, the second and third stories were destroyed, the lower story with its machinery and a large quantity of wire ready for shipment being saved, though in a somewhat damaged condition. The large new warehouse and annealing rooms were saved by the faithful work of the "bucket brigade." Loss from $8,000 to $10,000, covered by insurance. At this fire Mr. Carleton H. Reeve was quite seriously hurt, by the falling of the ladder on which he was working; Mr. Charles F. Harrison injured in one of his eyes, and another man somewhat bruised by a falling ladder, though fortunately none of the injuries were fatal. On the evening of September 28, 1882, the hollow-brick block belong to the estate of George H. Lodge, the lower floor occupied by G. C. Cook, groceries; A. Seadschlag, merchant tailor, and George Martin, pretzel baker, and the upper floor by the Reporter office of 760 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY. E. O. Knox; the offices of Dr. A. H. Bill, physician, and Dr. E. A. Cramer, dentist, and the reading room of Mr. John H. Brainard, together with a small dwelling house belonging to the same estate, were entirely consumed. Losses: Cook, $3,500, insurance, $1,000; Knox, $5,000, insurance, $500; Lodge block, $4,000, insurance, $2,500; dwelling, $1,200, insurance, $700; Brainard., loss $100, no insurance. Fearing a general conflagration, Mayor J. C. Castle solicited the aid of the Akron Fire Department, which was promptly granted by Mayor Lane, but owing to the delay in shipping steamer by rail, did not reach the Falls until the fire was under control, though the run was made inside of twenty minutes when they did get started. About 10:30 o'clock, on the night of July- 1st, 1886, the Phoenix Lumber Company's Planing Mill, opposite the Empire Paper on the east side of the river, with all its machinery, lumber sheds, piles of lumber, etc., was totally destroyed, the size of the mill being 53 by 112 feet. The hollow-brick works belonging to the estate of J. B. Harrison, occupied by J. T. Davis in the manufacture of chains, and the dwelling house of Mrs. Edward Rockwell, were also consumed, while the Empire Paper Mill, and the buildings of the Sterling Chain Company, owned by Turner, Vaughn & Taylor were considerably damaged. The planing mill buildings were owned by Mr. H. Snyder and the machinery by Mr. J. H. Murphy, these gentlemen forming the lumber company in question. Their joint loss was claimed to be $40,000, on which there was a total insurance of $12,050 only. Harrison building loss, $3,500, insurance not stated; Davis' loss, $500, no insurance; Mrs. Rockwell's loss, $1,200, insurance $800; Turner, Vaughn & Taylor's loss, $150, covered by insurance. This fire was supposed to have been caused by the firing off of Roman candles from a passing train on the P., C. & T. Road, in anticipation of the approaching Fourth of July. At the hour of 6:30, on the evening of December 8, 1887, the roof of the moulding department of the Falls Rivet Company was discovered to be on fire near the cupola stack, from which it is supposed the fire caught. The building was a story and a half frame, 32 x120. Finding the fire beyond the control of the "bucket brigade," and the capacity of the hose attached to the steam pump of the engine belonging to the works, Chief B. F. Manderbach, of the Akron Fire Department, was appealed to for aid, and in the briefest time possible was at the scene of the fire with steamer No. I and its hose cart, fully manned. But by cutting away the supports and letting the foundry roof fall in, the danger to the main works was averted, and the services of the Akron "laddies" were not needed, but their promptness in responding to the call for aid was duly appreciated all the same by the owners of the works, as well as by the citizens generally, the company contributing $20 to the Firemen's Relief Fund as a token of such appreciation. In addition to the foundry, a contiguous storage shed was burned. Loss, $22,000, insurance, $13,000. Many minor conflagrations have occurred during the period covered by those above given, involving serious losses, which cannot all be here enumerated, even were full data at hand, but among them may be mentioned in brief, barn of J. F. Perry, $700; house of Orrin James, $500; house of Mrs. Duerr, $500; barn of John I. Jones, $1,000; grocery of Callahan & Williams, $1,500. CIVIL SERVICE RECORD - 761 INADEQUATE FIRE PROTECTION.—Cuyahoga Falls has never been the owner of a fire engine. For several years past there have been lines of pipe from the Variety Works and the Pearl Mill, -through the main business street upon the west side, driven by pumps attached to the water-wheels of those establishments, which, with the few hundred feet of hose they possess, has afforded partial protection, to a limited area, the defect in this partial system being that, not having the pressure constantly on, valuable time is consumed, after the fire is discovered, before a stream of water can be had for its extinguishment in its incipiency. Since the above was written this system has been considerably extended and improved, with hydrants at convenient points, hose and hook and ladder trucks, and a well organized fire company, paid for services when on duty, so that the property of the village may now be said to be reasonably well protected. HEZEKIAH CAMP,—son of Keziah and Seth Camp, born in Whitestown, New York, January 3, 1797 ; good common school education ; in 1827 came to Ohio, teaching in Canton and Kendall, now a part of Massillon, later, in Trenton, Tuscarawas county, engaging in the coal trade, being one of the pioneer operators in that industry in Northern Ohio ; in 1840, with William Philpot, opened the De Haven mine in Springfield, Camp locating in Cleveland for e sale and shipment of their product on the Lakes ; in 1852, dissolving with Mr. Philpot. removed to Middlebury, as a member of the firm of Hill, Merrill & Co., pioneer manufacturers of water and sewer pipe in Summit county, later locating at Cuyahoga Falls, where his only son, Mr. Horace B. Camp, as senior member of the firm of Camp, Thompson & Co., is now extensively engaged in the same line of business. December 7, 1830, Mr. Camp was married to Miss Abigail Fosdick, of Kendall, born in New Baltimore, New York, September 18, 1812, their only living child being the on above mentioned. Mr. Camp died August 1, 1872, aged 75 years, 6 months and 28 days. Mrs. Camp, in full possession of both her physical and mental faculties, still survives. STREET LIGHTING.—Hitherto for several years the streets of the village have been lighted by gasoline vapor lamps, but as this chapter closes (October, 1891), electric lighting is in full tide of successful experiment. OFFICIAL CIVIL RECORD.—Without going back of the organization of Summit county, in 1840, although Judge William Wetmore, judge Elkanah Richardson, and others living in, or largely interested in Cuyahoga Falls, had previously filled important official positions in Portage county, and notwithstanding her original opposition to the erection of the new county, the civil service record of Cuyahoga Falls, in Summit county, is one that she may well feel proud of. BIRDSEY BOOTH, at the initial election, in April, 1840, was elected county auditor, and in October of the same year was re-elected for 762 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY. the full term of two years, giving the best of satisfaction to all, except in the matter of officially, as well as personally, discriminating in favor of Cuyahoga Falls, during the heated controversy for the permanent location of the county seat. HON. ELISHA N. SILL was the first State senator for the Summit—Portage district, elected in October, 1840, for two years. Mr. Sill's official action was also highly satisfactory to all his constituents, except those in favor of Akron as the county-seat, Mr. Sill, as elsewhere stated, nearly compassing its removal and permanent location at Cuyahoga Falls. HON. SAMUEL W. MCCLURE was elected prosecuting attorney in 1846, serving two years; was elected State representative in October, 1848, for one year; was United States commissioner for Summit county from 1846 to 1850; also most ably serving as Common Pleas judge of the second sub-division of the fourth judicial district five years from October, 1870, then declining re-election and resuming his law practice. TIMOTHY L. MILLER was elected a member of the board of Infirmary directors in October, 1849, but owing to a press of other duties declined to qualify, the vacancy being filled by the appointment of Avery Spicer, of Coventry, by the county commissioners. JOSEPH T. HOLLOWAY, besides his early ministerial labors and long years of service as justice of the peace, served as coroner of Summit county from 1848 to 1850, and again from 1861 to 1863, two full terms, with general satisfaction. HENRY NEWBERRY, JR., was elected county auditor in October, 1852, making in all respects a first-class officer, though serving but a single term of two years. DR. CHESTER W. RICE was elected county treasurer in 1872, faithfully performing the duties of that important office two years. DR. PORTER G. SOMERS represented Summit county in the State legislature from 1853 to 1855, also serving as county coroner from 1863 to 1868, five years, besides, under the appointment of President Lincoln, officiating as postmaster at Cuyahoga Falls for many years. HOSEA PAUL, SR., was elected county surveyor in October, 1855, and successively re-elected in 1858, 1861, 1864 and 1867, serving in that capacity until his death, in June, 1860, nearly fifteen years. ROBERT S. PAUL was appointed county surveyor by the county commissioners, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of his father in June, 1870, elected to the office in October, of the same year, for three years; again appointed in February, 1874, to fill the vacancy occasioned by resignation of Surveyor-elect Jacob Mishler, of Springfield, serving until October, 1877; again elected in 1877 and 1880, giving to the position, in all, about ten years efficient service. HON. HENRY MCKINNEY was elected prosecuting attorney in October, 1856, and re-elected in 1858, making a first-class officer for two full terms; was draft commissioner for Summit county during the war; State senator for the Summit—Portage district, 1869 to 1871; and since his removal to Cleveland, in 1873, has officiated as judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga county some seven or eight years. PRESENT BUSINESS STATUS - 763 GEORGE SACKETT was elected county commissioner in October, 1867, serving one full term of three years, and in October, 1879, was elected a member of the State board of equalization for the Summit-Portage senatorial district, to adjust and equalize the 1880 decennial valuation of real estate, between the several districts and counties of the state. GILES L'HOMMEDIEU succeeded Mr. Sackett as county commissioner in 1874, also serving three years. CHARLES R. GRANT, after the death of Probate Judge Nathaniel W. Goodhue, was, on the 15th day of September, 1883, appointed by Governor Charles Foster, to fill the vacancy; was elected to the office in October, 1884, and re-elected in 1877, it being conceded by all, that this important office never had a more faithful or efficient incumbent. HON. GEORGE PAUL, besides filling several important positions as civil and mechanical engineer, was, from September, 1862, to September, 1865, assistant engineer in the United States Navy, in the regular service, eight months on the monitor " Nahant," and in all engagements off Charleston during the war; engaged in railroad construction in Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio from 1868 to 1877, being chief engineer on the Chicago & Atlantic, nearly five years; was member of the board of public works of Ohio from 1878 to 1884, two full terms, having special charge of the Ohio canal from Cleveland to Hebron, 185 miles, the Walhoding canal, 25 miles, and the Western Reserve and Maumee road, 46 miles. HOSEA PAUL, JR., reared to the profession of civil engineer; on the resignation of Auditor S. M. Burnham, October 9, 1871, was appointed by the county commissioners to fill the vacancy, serving in that important office until the second Tuesday of the following November, and has since devoted himself to locating and construction of railroads in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Nebraska. T. DWIGHT PAUL, student of Polytechnic College, Philadelphia; employed in railroad construction on Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling, Canada Southern, Bellaire & Southwestern, Chicago & Atlantic; engineer first division Ohio public works, and employed in locating branches of the Union Pacific railroad in Kansas, Nebraska and Idaho. PRESENT BUSINESS STATUS. The present manufacturing and business status of Cuyahoga Falls may briefly be stated thus: VARIETY WORKS.—The Turner, Vaughn & Taylor Company, established in 1856, incorporated, January 11, 1889; William A. Taylor, president; George W. Rice, secretary; C. W. Vaughn, superintendent—manufacturers of clay-working, wire-drawing, paper- mill, chain, hydraulic, steam and other machinery. Men employed, 45 to 50. THE FALLS RIVET AND MACHINE COMPANY, E. L. Babcock, president; J. A. Long, vice president; H. J. Stambaugh, secretary; Samuel Higgs, treasurer; manufacturers of patent steel-rim pulleys, friction clutch couplings and pulleys, shaftings, hangers, power-transmitting machinery, rivets, riveting burrs, small washers, etc; new three-story brick shop, 62x174 feet; hands employed, about 250. 764 - AKRON AND SUMMIT- COUNTY. PEARL FLOURING MILL, Howe & Co. (Miner H. Howe, Cornelius M. Walsh and G. W. Walsh); manufacturers of best quality of roller process flour; capacity, 125 barrels per day. CAMP & THOMPSON (Horace B. Camp and Harry Thompson) manufacturers of best quality of vitrified sewer pipe, drain-tikem paving and hollow building brick, flue linings, fire-proofing, chimney tops, etc., corner Water and Main streets; capacity, 100 car loads per month. THE CUYAHOGA PAPER COMPANY, Empire and Phoenix Mills;fine cover and wrapping papers; capacity when running full handed, five tons per day, now, October, 1891, operated in part only. THE HOLLOWAY READING STAND AND DICTIONARY HOLDER, useful and popular; Wilbur F. Holloway, inventor and manufacturer. GEORGE SACKETT,—son of Aaron and Huldah (Tanner) Sackett, was born in Warren, Litchfield county, Connecticut, January 6, 1821, moving with parents to Tallmadge in 1838; educated in common schools and Tallmadge Academy ; raised a farmer, later purchasing a large tract of land contiguous to the village of Cuyahoga Falls, a portion of which has since been laid out into town lots. Mr. Sackett is an earnest Republican—as the candidate of his party, being elected county commissioner in October 1867, ably serving three years ; in 1879, was elected a member of the State board of equalization for the Summit-Portage senatorial district, and in the Spring of 1880 was chosen real estate assessor for Cuyahoga Falls township. In addition to his extensive farming operations, Mr. Sackett is now largely interested in manufactures, being president of the Cuyahoga Paper Company, extensive manufacturers of every variety of print and colored papers. September 5, 1848, Mr. Sackett was married to Miss Helen Williams of Cuyahoga Falls, who died June 10, 1851; February 9. 1854, was again married to Miss Fanny V. Grant. They have one child, Mary P., born January 3, 1867, now at home. W. L. KITTLEBERGER, tanner and currier, successor to Christian Kittleberger, manufacturer of calf, kip and harness leather; capacity, 200 sides per week. LEWIS W. Loomis, corner Front and Portage streets, stoves, tin, sheet-iron and copper ware, crockery, glassware, notions, etc., with five and ten cent store attached; reliable and prosperous establishment. JOSEPH R. SAPP, Front street, south of Portage, full, line of staple hardware, cutlery, paints, oils, furnishing goods, etc. GEORGE W. BLACKBURN, Front street, first-class custom saddle and harness work, and dealer in horse furnishing goods, bridles, blankets, trunks, etc. HENRY PLUM, a resident of Cuyahoga Falls for over half a century, practical boot and shoe maker, with a large stock of leather, cloth and rubber goods, findings, etc. 765 - PRESENT BUSINESS STATUS. JAMES HAVER, practical saddler and dealer in light and heavy harness, robes, nets, saddlers' hardware, oils, etc. HENRY E. HOWARD, clothing merchant of many years' standing; men's and boys' clothing, hats, caps, shirts, collars, cuffs, ties,. tc. F. S. HEATH & Co., old and reliable drug house, with everything that the name implies, to which has recently been added a full line of school books, stationery, etc. ARTHUR I. LEWIS, dealer in staple groceries and provisions, country produce, etc., Front street. SIMON BROWN, an old residence, practical cabinet maker, keeps. fully abreast with the times, with a full stock of furniture, under-king goods, etc. DAVID H. JONES, confectioner, Front street, manufacturer of all kinds of candies and pastry, and serves to order, oysters, ice cream, etc. PERRY L. NORTON, Front street, home and table supplies, choice groceries, teas, coffees, sugars, syrups, illuminating oils, notions, etc. MRS. ELLEN KNOX, successor to Eugene 0. Knox, publisher Reporter and Western Reserve Farmer, and general book and job printer, corner Front and Portage streets. GEORGE BITTERNAN, Front street, restaurant, warm meals, lunches, candies, fruits, nuts, etc. M. A. SEADSCHLAG, merchant tailor, full assortment of fashionable cloths, trimmings, furnishing goods, etc.; custom work a specialty. MICHAEL MOORE, merchant tailor, Front street, fu11 line of sample piece and ready made goods, furnishing goods, etc. JOHN CLAYTON, opposite high bridge glens, carriage and wagon manufacturer, repairing, etc. WILLIAM BAKER, practical worker in iron and steel, general blacksmith, horse shoer, etc. WIENER BROTHERS, (Fred and Christ) west side of Front street, practical marble cutters, and dealers in marble and granite monuments, head stones, etc.   766 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY. MOSES SCHLOSS, clothier, corner Front and Portage streets, ready made clothing, furnishing goods, etc. WILLIAM BLONG, corner Front and Broad, carriages, platform and spring wagons, repairing, etc. HARVEY WESTOVER, stone quarry, contractor for masonry, sidewalks, cisterns, etc. THOMAS BROTHERS (Reese J. and Thomas J.), Broad stree miners and wholesale and retail dealers in coal. HENRY L. SHUMWAY, photographer, Front street, north of Clifford Inn. J. M. PORTER, contractor and builder, corner Broad and Main streets. J. F. WEIDNER, cooper, North Front street, west side.   HON. GEORGE PAUL, — second son of Hosea and Ellen (Gamble) Paul ; was born at Cuyahoga Falls, September 8, 1837 ; educated in public and select schools of Cuyahoga Falls, and a private school in Philadelphia ; meantime assisting his father as surveyor and civil engineer ; 1857 to 1860 learned machinist trade, planning the first steamboat that plied on the Ohio canal ; 1860 to 1862, worked in various Eastern shops ; in 1862 entered the regular service in U. S. Navy, serving three years in South Atlantic Squadron, under Admirals Dupont, Dahlgren and others ; at close of war, resumed the business of surveyor and civil engineer, also for a time, in 1867, carrying on machine shop at Cuyahoga Falls ; from 1868 to 1878, engaged in railroad construction in Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, being chief engineer on Chicago & Atlantic, nearly five years ; in 1878 was elected member of State board of public works, and re-elected in 1881, serving six years, and president of board three years, having special charge of Ohio canal, from Cleveland to Hebron, 185 miles; Walhonding, 25 miles, and Western Reserve and Nam road, 46 miles. May 10, 1871, Mr. Pa was married to Miss Olive A. Babcock, daughter of Austin and Eliza (Taylor) Babcock, of Cuyahoga Falls. The have no children. DUFFY BROTHERS, Portage street, east of Front, book, commercial and general job printers. CLIFFORD INN, corner of Front and Portage streets, George Marvin, proprietor, a first class hotel. GEORGE L.. BUOYS, hotel and boarding house, Main street, east side of the river. PHYSICIANS.—Drs. George C. Upson, H. W. Carter, A. H. Bill, T. F. Heath, W. S. Hough, Jerome D. Dodge. DENTISTS.—Dr. Frank A. Sabin. ATTORNEYS AT LAW.-Charles H. Howland, Thomas F. Walsh Orlando Wilcox, T. L. Childs. ALBERT LETTS, house painter and decorator, Front street, so of Broad. PRESENT BUSINESS STATUS - 767 D. VOGAN, practical horse shoer, and dealer in buggies, sleighs, cutters, etc., Broad street, near Front. LIVERY STABLES.—C. H. Moon & Son (Charles H. and George A.), Front street, opposite Clifford Inn; Robert Adams, Broad street, near covered bridge; Robert Boyd, South Front; Russell Post, north side of Broad street; Fred J. Smith, Broad east of Front street. C. N. FAZE, barber and fashionable hair-dresser, Front street. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.—George Parks and L. F. Reimer. E. D. BREWSTER, tin roofing, spouting and general jobbing shop, in alley, south of Broad, west of Front. EDWARD COATES, general blacksmith, horse shoer, etc., corner Broad and Water streets. AUGUSTUS DUFFY, barber and hair dresser, Front street. EUGENE OAKLEY KNOX,—born in Danville, Livingston county, New York, November 17, 1849, removing to Cuyahoga Falls with parents when young ; educated in Cuyahoga Falls public schools ; at 17, commenced reading medicine with an uncle in Corning, New York, a year and a half later, on account of failing health, returning home, and for a time assisting his father, Alanson R. Knox, in the book-binding business, soon afterwards starting a small job printing office on his own account. In December, 1870, Mr. Knox commenced the publication of the Cuyahoga Falls Reporter, a 28-column folio weekly newspaper, which, not- withstanding the total destruction of his office in September, 1882, through his indomitable energy, attained a phenomenal success, in later years being made a 48-column quarto. December 24, 1874, Mr. Knox was married to Miss Ellen Lyttleton, of Cleveland, who bore him four children—Oscar Albert, born March 8, 1877, now a student in Western Reserve Academy ; Percival Angelo, born October 18, 1878, died February 2, 1881; Portia Irene, born November 3, 1882, and Kenneth Julian,. born November 21, 1884. Never physically rugged, in .January, 1891, Mr. Knox was taken seriously ill, and though seeking relief in the warmer climate of the South, the end came, from valvular disease of the heart, at Hot Springs, Arkansas, May 7, at the age of 41 years, 5 months and 20 days. The Reporter is now being ably conducted by Mrs. Knox. GEORGE F. CALLAHAN, groceries and provisions, Front street. TOILER & INSKEEP, dealers in dry goods, South Front street. B. B. MCCONNAUGHEY, standard and fancy dry goods, South Front street. F. CHART, dealer in fruits, candies, etc., South Front street. JOSEPH BRAND, barber, confectioner, etc., South Front street. JOHN EICHENBERGER, baker, confectioner, etc., South Front street. GEORGE C. TIFFT, general family meat market, dealer in fresh and salt meats, fish, etc., South Front street. N. A. BUCKLIN, general meat market and family supplies, South Front street. 768 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY. ROETHIG BROTHERS (William W. and Edward L.), meat market, dealers in choice meats, fish, etc., South Front street. CLEVELAND & COMPANY, dealers in choice family groceries and provisions, country produce, etc., South Front street. MISSES M. AND M. HUGHES, dealers in millinery, ladies' furnishing goods and notions, South Front street. W. L. UDALL, groceries and family supplies, South Front street. WILLIAM M. SMITH, Front street, near town hall, dealer in groceries, provisions, etc. W. C. MAYNARD, practical watch maker and jeweler, near town hall, Front street. THE ENTERPRISE CIGAR COMPANY, manufacturers and wholesale and retail dealers in cigars, Front street. CURL & SON (Isaiah and Charles A.), dealers in boots and shoes, South Front, near post office. MISS HELEN E. McLEISH, news dealer, stationery, etc., South Front street. HENRY C. MANS FIELD, photographer, Glens. ELNER W. SAXE, manufacturer of stoneware, novelties, etc., corner Tallmadge and Reid streets. F. SCHNEE & COMPANY (F. Schnee and M. S. Kirk), drugs, books, stationery, oils, paints, etc., South Front street. BRANCH AKRON SAVINGS BANK, Archie B. Clarke, teller, South Front street. THE FALLS SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, office South Front street; L. W. Loomis, president; J. R. Sapp, vice president; George Parks, secretary; M. H. Howe, treasurer; Orlando Wilcox, attorney. FALLSHOLLOW SAYBOLT COMPANY, manufacturers of hollow staybolt iron, extra refined iron for special use, Portage street, west of bridge. PRESENT BUSINESS STATUS - 769 JOHN L. LONGSHORE, drugs, stationery, paints, oils, etc., South Front street. GEORGE H. LOWREY, boots and shoes, South Front street. EXPRESS COMPANIES.—Adams, office with Cleveland, Akron & Columbus R. R., J. 0. Davis, agent; Wells, Fargo & Company, office with Pittsburg & Western R. R., S. S. C. McGrew, agent. BARBERS.—David Berkheimer, North Front; Charles N. Faze, Nathan H. Rook. COOPERS.--Andrew Schnidt, North Front street. INSURANCE AGENT.—Charles Clark, city hall; Frank T. Heath, South Front street. THOMAS J. FRANCISCO, cigar manufacturer, South Front street. HARRY A. HINMAN, cigars and tobacco, South Front street. RAILROADS. — Cleveland, Akron & Columbus, J. O. Davis, agent; The Pittsburg & Western, S. S. C. McGrew, agent. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, South Front, Frank Ragsdale, manager. CUYAHOGA FALLS POSTOFFICE, John C. Reid, postmaster. TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, Miss Laura M. Hall, manager, Front street, connections with Akron and other neighboring telephone towns. MISCELLANEOUS. — Albert R. Bates, contractor and builder; Matthew Crawford, horticulturist; John W. Culbertson, fruit stand near Glens; George Cunningham, pool room; C. A. Davis, solicitor; William H. DeWitt. dining hall, etc., corner Front and Brown; Randall Douds, sample room; Daniel Duerr, small fruit grower; William Duerr, lunch room; L. C. Fenton, boarding house, fruit stand, etc., near Glens; George Fiedler, saloon, Broad; Fisher Brothers (William and Isaiah), saloon near Glens; David Rosenbom, wines and liquors, South Front street. Possibly some names and branches of business that should have been included in the foregoing list, have been inadvertently overlooked, but a sufficiency has been given to show that with all its misfortunes in the past, Cuyahoga Falls is decidedly a "live town" yet. 49 CHAPTER XXXV. THE PARKS-BEATSON MURDER—ONE OF THE MOST COLD-BLOODED BUTCHERIES IN THE ANNALS OF CRIME—THE VICTIM RUTHLESSLY DECOYED TO HIS DOOM, BARBAROUSLY DECAPITATED; AND HEADLESS TRUNK THROWN INTO THE RIVER —BODY RECOVERED, BUT HEAD NEVER FOUND--FLIGHT, PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF THE MURDERER—TRIAL, CONVICTION, SENTENCE AND PREPARATIONS FOR EXECUTION—WRIT OF ERROR OBTAINED AND NEW TRIAL GRANTED— EXCITEMENT OF THE POPULACE—CHANGE OF VENUE TO CUYAHOGA COUNTY—SECOND TRIAL, CONVICTION AND SENTENCE—ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE FROM JAIL—TWO DESPERATE ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE—SPEECH ON THE SCAFFOLD--EXECUTION—SUIT BY WIFE AGAINST PROSECUTING ATTORNEY EDGERTON FOR $600 IN GOLD, SUPPOSED TO BELONG TO BEATSON, BUT CLAIMED BY HER—EDGERTON WINS THE SUIT—WONDERFUL ROMANCE OF CRIME. [Though the parties to the horrible affair now to be written of were not, in the remotest sense, citizens of Cuyahoga Falls, the fact that the fearful crime narrated was perpetrated within her borders, and of the active part taken by her people in bringing the perpetrator of that crime to justice, makes it especially proper that the account thereof should follow the very full history of that village given in the preceding chapter.] AN UNDESIRABLE ACCESSION. Some time in the year 1838 there emigrated from England to America a reputed daring and desperate young poacher, highway robber and burglar, by the name of James Dickinson, then about 26 years of age. It was currently reported, but denied by him, that before he was 25 years old he had spent about seven years in prison. The climate of England at length becoming "too warm" for him, on account of the vigilance of the police, he took the alarm and fled to America, first going to Rhode Island and afterward making his headquarters at or near Philadelphia. A GHOULISH OPERATION.-While a resident of Rhode Island, he, with a confederate, robbed the grave of a rich ex-sea captain, named De Wolfe, reputed to have been buried in a silver coffin, but found the name-plate only upon the coffin to be of silver. This he appropriated, mutilated and sold, and being detected was thrown into prison. While thus confined, awaiting trial, he procured a pair of pistols from a political prisoner (a participant of the Dorr rebellion), who was carelessly incarcerated without being properly searched, with which he intimidated the jailer and effected his escape. Being retaken he was tried on both charges and sentenced to two years' imprisonment on the first and four years on the last offense, the longer to include the shorter term. On the expiration of his sentence he was concerned in a highway robbery, in which his accomplice was arrested and convicted, but he escaped. From there he found his way to Philadelphia, in the vicinity of which he participated in several robberies and burglaries, in one of which—the robbery of the house of a wealthy manufacturer named Kempton, at Manayunk, Pa.—he was PLANNING TO ROB HIS FRIEND - 771 detected, and being convicted, was imprisoned for a term of four years in the Moyamensing penitentiary. On the expiration of his sentence, under various aliases he visited Harrisburg, Pittsburg and other points, finally landing in Cleveland, about the year 1851, where, under the alias of James Parks, he opened a saloon, making, in connection with the pro tern. wife he had associated himself with, so notorious a " dive" as to attract the especial attention of the authorities. In 1852, " Parks" revisited England, where he married his cousin, Betsy Dickinson, with whom, and her two brothers, John and George Dickinson, he again sailed for America, landing in New York early in March, 1853. On the same vessel with the Dickinsons, was another Englishman, by the name of William Beatson, a butcher by trade, who came with the party to near Buffalo. On parting, Parks gave Beatson his address: " James Parks, Inn-keeper, Cleveland, Ohio," urging him to come on to Cleveland, if things did not go to his liking in Buffalo. A month later, Beatson left Buffalo to go to Pittsburg, arriving at Cleveland, en route, on the morning of April 13, 1853. Here he found his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Parks, occupying apartments in a private boarding house, and he accordingly took up his quarters at the United States Hotel. Parks, however, was very attentive to him, taking him around among the saloons, and plying him liberally with liquor, taking dinner with him at a restaurant, and supper with him at the United States, Beatson not only paying all the bills, but displaying a large amount of money, mostly in gold coin, of which commodity, it was intimated at several places, by Parks, his friend was the possessor of from $800 to $1,000 worth. During the day, Beatson had become very greatly intoxicated, but still held to his purpose of continuing on to Pittsburg that evening, which Parks endeavored to dissuade him from doing. ROBBERY DELIBERATELY PLANNED.—Finding him resolute in his determination, Parks volunteered to accompany him, as guide and care-taker, which Beatson assented to. Tickets were accordingly bought, being paid for with Beatson's money; his heavy, iron-clad English chest, was duly checked, and the 7:30 evening train taken for Pittsburg. From the well-filled bottle provided by Parks, Beatson was, from time to time, plied with liquor, so that by the time the train reached Bedford, the latter was considerably drunker than when they started, while Parks, though taking as frequent pulls at the bottle, was comparatively sober. Soon after leaving Bedford, Parks "accidentally" lost his hat out of the car window, and persuaded Beatson to let him have his check and the key to his chest to get an extra cap which he knew could be found therein. CHANGE OF PROGRAMME.—Finding and donning the cap of which he had gone in search, but in the light of subsequent events, not finding the coveted treasures which he knew, or supposed, his friend to possess, in the chest, a change of tactics was determined upon. Accordingly, instead of remaining quietly in their seats, as Parks well knew they should do, to go to Pittsburg, on reaching Hudson he aroused his friend from the drunken sleep into which he had by this time fallen, and hustled him on to the Akron train, upon the opposite side of the depot. Of course, when the conductor came around, the "mistake" was discovered, and the 772 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY. twain were set down at Cuyahoga Falls, in the midst of a driving rain, and at about 10 o'clock at night, the Pittsburg train having been delayed for some time at or near Macedonia by a fallen tree across the track. Going from the depot to the American House, kept by Mr. A. W. Hall, the matter of getting back to Hudson was discussed, and although, drunk as he was, Beatson wanted to stay at the hotel over night, and though assured, by Mr. Hall and others, that nothing could be gained by reaching Hudson in advance of the first train from Akron in the morning, Parks insisted upon footin it to Hudson that night, and at length, after taking several drink at the bar, and from their bottle, the stronger will of Parks prevailed, and, as Mr. Hall was shutting up his house for the night, a little after 11 o'clock, the two men went out of the door of the hotel into the darkness and the storm. A GHASTLY DISCOVERY.--Nothing further was seen of the inebriated and boisterous Englishmen during the night. But early the next morning, while a young man, named Henry F. Waters, was passing along the wagon road, leading from Cuyahoga Falls to what is now known as Gaylord's Grove, he was startled at discovering large splashes of fresh blood high up op one of the abutment walls of the railroad bridge, under which the wagon road passes, and upon the earth underneath. Following up the clew, marks of blood and other indications were found that a heavy bleeding body had been dragged along the road and thrown from the wagon bridge into the Cuyahoga river; a metal button of the same pattern as those worn upon the vest of the drunker of the two Englishmen, the stock which he wore, and the cane which he carried, together with the neck of a bottle corresponding to that from which they had so frequently drank on the cars and while at the hotel, the evening before, were also picked up near by. HEADLESS BODY FOUND.—The alarm was immediately sounded and almost the entire population of Cuyahoga Falls rushed to the scene of the tragedy, and the wildest excitement prevailed. A thorough dragging of the river was at once inaugurated, resulting in bringing to the surface, a short distance below the bridge, a naked and headless body. Prolonged search, however, failed to discover the severed head, though the clothing of the murdered man was found scattered about the adjacent woods and in the P. & 0. canal, a short distance southeast of the river bridge, cut to pieces, as though the several garments had been searched for money secreted therein. ON THE TRACK OF THE MURDERER.—Of course, the conclusion was irresistible that the mutilated body was that of the more intoxicated stranger of the car-exchange episode of the night before, and that he had been brutally murdered by his less inebriated, but stronger-minded, companion. An accurate description of the supposed murderer was immediately forwarded to Akron, Cleveland and other points. About the time the telegram was received in Akron, Mr. Tyler Robinson, a farmer living some three miles west of town, called upon Constable Merrick Burton to ascertain the genuineness of a five dollar bill which a suspicious stranger had early that morning paid to his neighbor, Mr. Willard. Mathews, for the use of his horse and buggy and his hired boy, Hiram Cory, in being driven to Cleveland; while at about the TRACING THE MURDERER-ARREST, ETC. - 773 same time the captain of a boat upon the P. & 0. canal stated that late in the night a stranger, judged by his speech to be an Englishman, had boarded his boat at Bettes' Corners, and after passing through the nine locks (lying down upon a large box and apparently going to sleep in the meantime), had left the boat near the Old Forge and gone down the Valley of the Little Cuyahoga. Mr. Mathews' description of his liberal-handed customer tallying with that telegraphed from Cuyahoga Falls, and it also transpiring that the same stranger had taken breakfast with Mrs. Henry Horn, living opposite the Infirmary farm, at a still earlier hour—relating to Mrs. Horn and her daughter Matilda a funny anecdote during the meal—and had also endeavored to negotiate with Mr. James McAllister, a short distance beyond, to take him to Cleveland, Constables Merrick, Burton and J. J. Wright immediately procured as fast a rig as could be had in kron, and started in pursuit, via Bath, Richfield, Brecksville, etc. The roads were heavy and rough, and being considerably elayed by the breaking down but their buggy, near Richfield, they id not overtake the fugitive, but on nearing Cleveland they met young Cory, and took him back with them to the point where, at is request, he had set his passenger down in the open street in Ohio City (now West Cleveland); but they were unable to trace him, the fugitive having some two hours the start of them, the officers at this time, of course, having no clew to the name or local habitation of the man they were pursuing. Sheriff Dudley Seward also, on the same day, started in pursuit, going by rail to Cleveland, taking with him such an accurate description of the supposed murderer, that the police of that city were speedily enabled to fix his identity as that of James Parks, former proprietor of one of the most disreputable saloons ever kept in that city, and but recently returned from England. The next morning the premises occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Parks were carefully searched, by Sheriff Seward and posse, and while finding no trace of Parks himself, they drew from Mrs. Parks the admission that he had stayed there the night before, but had again left early that morning. To add to their suspicion, the officers ascertained, during the day, that Mrs. Parks herself had hastily packed her personal effects, and, with her two brothers, John and George Dickinson, had started East, affecting great indignation at the suspicions against Mr. Parks, and declaring their intention of immediately returning to England. ARREST OF THE ASSASSIN, HIS WIFE AND BROTHERS. In the meantime the search for the murderer was continued with unremitting diligence by the officers of the law, and others, the county commissioners promptly authorizing Sheriff Seward to offer a reward of $500 for his apprehension. The vigilance of the authorities was finally successful, United States Deputy Marshal Joseph K. Tyler, of Buffalo, having spotted and taken him into custody, while working his way through that city, on Monday, April 18th, five days after the commission of the dreadful crime. Mrs. Parks and her two brothers were also arrested at Utica, N. Y., and brought to Akron. Upon the person of Parks was found between $40 and $50 in gold, and on Mrs. Parks and her brothers between $800 and $900, also in gold, making in all, with what had 774 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY., been paid out for passage money and other expenses, about $1,000, The alleged murderer was brought from Buffalo to Akron, by which was supposed to have been taken from the body of the murdered man. The alleged murderer was brought from Buffalo to Akron, by Sheriff Seward, and Chief of Police Mike Gallagher, of Cleveland, for a the scene of his horrible crime, attracting large crowds of excited on Tuesday, April 19; the news of his arrest and progress towards people at almost every station along the route. The prisoner being committed to jail, by Sheriff Seward, at his request the preliminary examination, was deferred one week, commencing, before Justice Daniel B. Hadley, assisted by Justice Abel B. Berry, and Mayor Philip N. Schuyler, on 26th day of April, just 13 days after the perpetration of the crime, and, though but few witnesses were introduced, occupied two full days, the court room being densely crowded throughout. On the part of the State, Prosecuting Attorney Sidney Edgerton, Esq., was assisted by William H. Upson, Nathaniel W. Goodue, Hammond and Edwin P. Green, Esqs., while the defense was conducted by William S. C. Otis, Christopher P. Wolcott, George Bliss and John A. Pleasants, Esqs. The counsel for the defense offered no testimony, and, without argument, the sitting on magistrates remanded the prisoner to jail to answer to the charge of murder, at the June term of the Court of Common Pleas for Summit county. SEARCH FOR THE MISSING HEAD.-It had been deemed important, for the full identification of the murdered man, that, if possible, the missing head should be secured. To this end Sheriff Seward obtained permission from the canal authorities to draw off the water from the nine-mile level between the upper lock, at Bettes' Corners, and Kent, which was accordingly done, but without avail. The nine locks and intervening levels were also thoroughly explored, as far down as the Old Forge, at which point it was supposed the fleeing murderer had left the canal, and below which the Little Cuyahoga river was carefully dragged and raked, both by the authorities and private parties—the aid of spiritualism also being invoked—but without result, and the head was never found; though the prisoner himself, at a later stage of proceedings. offered to take the officers to the spot where he had thrown it into the Big Cuyahoga river, if they would conduct him thither. But as by this time the identity of the body had been admitted by defendant's counsel, and as from lapse of time the features of the dead man would hardly be recognizable, even if found, the offer was respectfully declined. INDICTMENT, ARRAIGNMENT, ETC.-At the next term of the Court of Common Pleas, commencing June 14, 1853, with Judge Samuel Humphreyville, of Medina, upon the bench, the grand jury returned a true bill against the defendant, for murder in the first degree, embracing eight counts, as follows: 1st. That James Parks, alias James Dickinson, did murder William Beatson, by sticking him in the throat with a knife. 2nd. That James Parks, alias James Dickinson, did murder William Beatson, by throwing a stone against his head. 3d. That James Parks, alias James Dickinson, did murder William Beatson, by shooting him in the head with a pistol. 4th. That James Parks, alias James Dickinson, did murder William Beatson in some way or manner and by some means, instruments