8 BUTOBT OF THE IfiiTßß VAL- Coireßpoeiseae of the Pittsburgh Gazette. Bbavsb Valley, Jane, 1878. it p *P* r o.W.J | * NEW BRIGHTON 8 BABLY DAYS. The history of the thrifty and pros perous town of New Brighton carries the Bind back to a time when ho man dare settle on the soil upon which it is now located. Stories of adventure in semi aboriginal life are not yet unknown, and there are goodly old people yet living whose minds have a vivid recollection of scenes and incidenta characteristic of early times, and which show in a marked manner the stordy character and match less courage of oar town’s lathers and mothers. As already shown, its history brings to recollection the expediiion of Colonel Boqnet, in 1764, and the build ing of the B|ock Hons© in >1778- Here the Moravians had to leave their canoes and walk'around the falls of Beaver on their* way to Coscosky. The soil was drenched with human blood more than once, in the conflicts between the In dians and whites, and was the theatre of tragedies scarcely excelled on the American continent * Not long® after Uie close of the revolutionary war, men began to turn their attention to the pretty and inviting vales and hills ,of the present town, and patents were se cured for a part of the lands upon which it is situated. .It is now situated upon, what was in the early history of the lands known as tracts No. 91 to 95 in clusive, owned and settled and improved by an excellent class oi men, as follows : Tract No. 91, comprising that part of the town lying below Block House run, was owned by Mr. Mitchell, one of the oldest settlers in the valley, and upon which there was erected a dwelling situ ated some place near the present resi dence of Mr. Bird, on & bluff near the river. North of this lay tract No. 92, owned by Thomas Lukens, comprising that por tion of the town lying below Broadway. Upon this tract Mr. Lukens bad a resi dence on the banks of the Beaver, on a little flat nearly opposite Fallston bridge, being at the foot of the hill upon which the Block House stood. The tract is now covered with the most imposing and beautiful residences in the town, and in all respects probably the most desirable fora good home. Tract No. 93, lying north of this and composing in great part Broadway street, was patented by the Supreme Ex ecutive Council of Pennsylvania in 1786, to Elias Boudinot and William Bradford, the tract being then styled Roxborough. Messrs. Boudinot and Bradford paid the State one hundred and eleven pounds and seven shillings for this large body of land, and it was sold in 1829 for five thousand dollars to Benjamin Sbarpless and David Townsend. The same land, exclusive of buildings, might now be bought for the modest sum of $925,000 per acre, which is perhaps a fair increase in real estate. Upon this tract was a stone house, located a few feet below where Bentley & Gerwig’s warehouse now stands. This building was occupied by Isaac Wilson in the beginning of the century, at which time his son, J. W. Wiloon, planted in front of the house, on each side of the gate, two locust trees, one of which is now standing, having defied the blasts of Heaven for over sixty years, but is now quietly giving way to the axeman of to-day, that more room may be had for manufacturing. This old relic ought to be sacredly protected and cared for as a reminder of less pros perous days. Next in order is tract No. 94, which was purchased from Thomas Bradford for $2,000 in the year 1801,- by Benjamin Sharpless and David Townsend. Upon it was located a log house near the canal, in the rear of the present residence of William Kennedy. Tract No. 95 belonged to Hoopes, Townsend & Co., and upon this tract was built a log bouse by Joseph T. Townsend, one of the firm, which is yet standing, and is known under the fa miliar title of the Murray House, or, as formerly styled, “Murray Castle.” There was also standing, about the year 1816, a log house occupied byvßenjamin Town send, on the present site of Evan Town send’s residence. These were the only dwelling houses on the site of the town at the time it was surveyed. THE FIRST SIGN OF BUSINESS LIFE. Long before a town was either laid out or built, or probably ever thought of, there was put in operation a flouring mill near Patterson’s dam, known as Woil’s mill, which was the first mill of any kind on this side of the river, and the only flouring mill for some years m this region. To it with their grain came men from a distance of thirty miles, a fact sufficiently suggestive of the discom fort of the time& There were no well graded roads for travel at that time, but, as was generally the case, a single path large enough for a horse and rider to passover was the route of transit to the mill. The old mill was run as late as 1820, and stood until the digging of the canal, when it gave way to the demands of commerce. Some time daring Urn yean 1806 and * 1807 an attempt was made by a man named Walton to establish a shipyard in the present limits of the town, a short distance below M. 0. Kennedy’s .present residence. His idea was that her material, labor, LBV. living, Ac., would be bhetp, and that boats and ships could be built much cheaper than at any other point. From here he would float his vessels down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers for use. He tried it, but soon fled to more congenial quarters. He probably failed to take into ac count the drawbacks of extremely low water, and the opposite, of the most angry and destructive floods. The town of Hast Brighton the embryo New Brigh ton of to-day, was laid out in lota in the spring of 1814.' It was surveyed on tract No. 94, then Owned by the Messrs. Townsenck and -Pugh. The occasion. of the laying out of this village, the eir comstanoee that gave rise to it, are briefly related as follows: To meet the demands of a trade then springing into life, Jt was thought de sirable to bnild a bridge connecting Brighton and these lands. A charter had been procured for that purpose, pro viding for the erection of a bridge across the waters of the Beaver, to connect Brighton and the site of New Brighton, stipulating that it should be built in front of Brighton, now Beaver Falls. The parties who had the charter desired to bnild the bridge so that its eastern ter minus would be on what is now Bridge street ia New Brighton, but were met with the difficulty that in so doing the terminus of the Brighton side would not be in front of Brighton, and hence won Id violate the express terms of their charter. In order to overcome this difficulty, it was decided to lay out an addition tb Brighton on the opposite side of the river, and call it East Brighton. By doing this the eastern end of the bridge would be built in front of Brighton (East) and the terms of the charter com plied with. This is the origin of the town, and trivial as it may seem, it is nevertheless a fact aod an interesting one. Joseph Hoopee. one of the firm of Hoopes, Townsend & Co., and who owned tract No. 95 adjoining the pro posed new town, was employed as veyor, and J. W. Wilson was one of the chain carriers. Mr. Hoopes also made a plot of the town, which is yet preserved by Mr. Wilson. I would suggest to the Young Men’s Library Associatioh of New Brighton, that they procure this very in teresting old document and frame it for use in their room, I know of nothing more interesting. While in this di gression, I would futher suggest that they provide a suitable frame for the original patent of the lands of the most prosperous part of the town, which is now in possession of Charles Coale, Esq., and no doubt could be procured for the Library Association. At the time of the survey, a part of the town was a dense wilderness, covered by red oak and a heavy growth of saplings. In order to get through the woods to carry the chain, Mr. Wilson relates that be was compelled to carry a hatchet and chop the saplings out of bis way. The compensation for this work, he says, was the first money be ever earned. BUYING THE TOWN FOB $lOO At the conclusion of the survey, when stakes had been placed at the corner of each square, and the field over, the proprietors ' and workmen were re turning along Water street, when Mr. D. Townsend made the Company an offer that he would give one hundred dollars for the right to all the soil from Water street to the Beaver river, consisting of about twenty-five good lots. The propo sition was accepted on the part of the other proprietors with cheerfulness. The new town was called East Brighton, and after the lapse of a few years came to be known as New Brighton. An amus ing incident is related of this surveying at the expense of Mr. Wilson, which is so very characteristic of the times, that it will bear telling. It is said of Mr. Wil son—and frankly admitted by himself— that at the tiuie referred to be was a very “queer youth,” full of curiosity, and uniformly wanted to know the whys and wherefores of events that were transpiring about him. He was very much interested in the workings of the compass, and had a great desire to un derstand the mechanism of it. He was standing by the instrument—close by a pine tree which formed the corner of tracts Nos. 94 and 95—closely examining its various points and fully absorbed in it, when, to his great astonishment, he received a stunning blow on the side of face, which sent him reeling several feet distant. Recovering himself he returned to the tree and found David Townsend standing by the compass. Mr. Wilson at once inquired why he had been treated in such a summary manner, and, anxious to establish bis innocence added, *T didn’t touch the instrument,” repeating the words two or three times; Hr. Townsend kept him in suspense for some time, and at his leisure turned to Mr. Wilson and asked him if he knew why he had struck him. A negative answer was given and another disclaimer put , in that he had done nothing deserving such treatment, when Townsend informed him that he had struck him to fully im press upon hiS mind the fact, “that that little pine tree was the comer of tracts Nos. 94 and 95.” Hr. Wilson has never forgotten, but after an experience of over sixty years, he does not by any means recommend this practice as a means of improving the memory. The bridge connecting the two towns was built, and stood until the year 1818, when it was swept away by the breaking np of the ice. At that THE RADII iuj, -• -V <• "I-d lime lit 1 breaklnghp»the- Ictf down stream, and that be broken to pisces and shorn of lu terribly destructive pow er. Upon tbit occasion* there bad been extraordinary heatey snows and hard freezing and when the spring* nine and thaw came, the melting of the snow* and the rains swelled the riser to an unpre cedented fury, and acres of W 1 were swept down the riser in one solid cake, by the resistless ’current, which, in/ Us onward, mighty, and -rapid flow, swept away theplersof the bridge and carried the bridge Wttb it into > the whirling rapids below:' *i .‘-y. „ ■■‘'••v' Bbatxs A Powderowt Slipper. George has for. some tlme patt been at tentive to * ypnpg (jadjr,; (a Hichlgan street, whom he baa noticed pa aeye»l evenings when he called, builljppgaged on a beautiful perhaps accidentally, or comparing It with the size of his ownfoot, he Jhad'jcon eluded was ope of a pair of aUppeM that were, no doubt, Intended lor n holiday present; and George, had once or twice allowed himself to wander Into . the pleasant suspicion that they were-Intend ed for him, although nothing bad really transpired to justify such a belief. On Friday evening George called for the third time during the week. He's quite attentive, it would seem, and, as usual, the slipper was progressing finely. He was fully sure the slippers were in tended for him, but he Was anxious to draw the acknowledgment from the dear angel who was laboring so industriously for his benefit, another implied acknowl edgment of her devotion for him. Of course, he began cautiously : . “Some onejyou arelmightytbnd of is Jo become the possessor of those slippers, 1 imagine?”said be. “What slippers do you refer to ?” in quired the fair laborer. “Why, those you are working on so in dustriously,” replied George. o “Slippers!” shouted his astonished com panion. “Slippers! Do yon mean to tell me, George, that you took this for a slip per?” “Why not,” returned George, inadver tently moving one of bis ponderous pedal appendages. The movement, though unintentional, drew the lady’s close at tention to George’s feet, where she gazed a moment and then at the slippers: then, raising her eyes to our hero, she said: "Well, George, yon are not so much to blame after all; but this was really intended Tor .a sofa cush ion.” > George takes but little pleasure in hearing the incident related, but he de clares he got his foot in it-*-though not in the slipper. -• .. ; -; ; In Search of bio Wife. A few days ago a man who seemed to be laboring under considerable -excite ment, appeared at the office of the Craw forp House, Cincinnati, and inquired of the clerk in attendance : “Is my wife here?” The clerk told him there were several ladies stopping at the hotel. “What was his wife’s name.” “No matter about the name,” said the man; “she’s so contrary she would regis ter some other name, like as any way.” The clerk suggested that he might de scribe her. “Well, p’r’aps I. might. She is rather short; has red hair, and is a little freck eled. Her nose turns up, too.” He was informed that no lady of that description was stopping at the house. “Well, look a here Mr. Clerk,” said the wife-pursuer, after pondering on the sub ject, “that ere woman is cunning as a fox. She has dyed her hair, like as any way, and got something to take the freck les offi but I’d know that nose—she couldn't get the turn out of that nose, shure.” He peeped into the dining room a f%w moments, and walked off, muttering to himself: “She’s just the contraries! woman. Dye her hair in a minute to fool me.” —Best size for a man—Exercise. —A good side show—A pretty cheek. —The nolsest body of water—A sound. —Sweeter than a moonlight night— Nitre. ' —A draw game—The soda-water busi ness. —lmpecunious animals —Those who haven’t a scent. —Does “horse milliners” include the “ribbons.” —The man that “sticks” to his business —The drummer. —Could a temperance oratiqp be called a water-spout. —Town dbmmittees on high weights are not necessarily fat men. —A well-dressed dog wears a collar, and pants in the summer, —Policemen say the best way to smooth a rough is to iron him. —Whena man is dead and can’t we read bis words, ‘1 will,” &c. —The best sewing-machine -attach* ment—The engagement of a seamstress. —Can an edifice that weighs two hun dred and fifty tons he properly called a lighthouse? —A blessed old lady being asked if she ever had her ears pierced by the wall of distress, said she couldn’t very well re* member, but she believed it was done with a fork. •*j:i - •. v-'- : k>v MDAY, JULI 25,18T3. •a"*-' * “THE AMEftI -TTNStR P;int premiums wherever exhibited—Prices low band Instruments from Mr. JUioafa Eofmah, the celebrated FUmirt. 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DON'T FAIL TO TRY THESE GOODS Bay it of your merchant if he has it or will pro care It foryoa. If not then write for oar pamph let, “All About Sapolio,*' and it will be mailed free. ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS, 20 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK. iiay3l-eow-ly. j Stevenson & wittish s land office, < IDS, Penn st, (near St. Clair Hotel) Pittsburgh, Pa„ and Beaver Falla, Pa, Exclusive Agents for Allegheny, Tteaver and Lawrence counties of the lands of the A. T. & San ta Fe R. R.: (con give tickets at reduced rate* to go and see tbeee lands;) also lands of Union Pa cific and Iron Mt. A Ark. Railroads. Have over 60 farms for sale. Call at either office and examine our register. We offer for sale the following prop erties, etc. A pleasantly located farm, situate in North Se wickly township, Beaver County, for sale. Con tains 119 acres, lies on Harmony, New Castle and Bsighton roads, DO acres improved, balance in tim ber. consisting of Oak, locnst. Chestnut, Ac.; can all be worked by machinery, soil is very produc tive, excellent for grain or pasture; land lies un dulating, good springs all over the faim; underlaid with coal, limestone and ore: good sand and build ing stone; fences are rail and board, in good con dition; good orchard of apple, peach and other va rieties of choice fruit; grapes, shrubbery, &c. Im provements consist of a two-story frame bouse of six rooms, good cellar and kitchen, smoke house, com crib, new barn 00x10 feet, stone spring house, close to schools, churches, saw mill, stores. 5 miles from Brighton, 3% from Beaver Falls. 1% miles from the line ot the proposed Baltimore and Chi cago Railroad. Price $11,900. NO. 70. 4 GOOD DAIRY. STOCK OR GRAIN FARM In [Big Beaver township, Beaver county. Pa., con taining about 140 acres—of which 120 acres are cleared, 35 iacres first bottom land: 20 acres in oak timber; balance ol cleared land , gently rolling ; all under fence, on the P. Ft. W. AC. Railroad ; bonding on a good township road one-half mile from Homewood station; soil is first class and all dan be worked by machinery. Improvements, one newly weather-boarded log bouse of 5 rooms, two stories high, veranda and frame kitchen, with Sleasant snnonndings, one new two-story frame oose of 4 rooms, portico in front; a good cellar; spring of water and well close to house; one new bank bam, with stone foundation, 40x60, with plenty of stabling for horses and cows; corn crib, sm|oke house, and all nsnal outbuildings; a first rape orchard of various kinds of frnit trees in good bearing condition, and a young orchard. This place is In a very pleasant part of the county, with eve ry surrounding object to.make it agreeable and at tractive, and Is a first-lass farm m a good neigh borhood, close to schools, churches, post-office and station—will subdivide this tract if desired by the purchaser, for sale. Price, $BO per acre, in pay ments. George £. McCready, owner. A SPLENDID GARDEN OR DAIBT FARM, containing about 101 acres of which 83 acres are cleared and under a high state ot cultivation, well fenced, mostly post and rail, and in splendid order; ten springs on the place, two containing 33S apple and 100 peach trees; bearing and in good condition; about 27 acres of the best quality of timber; a good frame barb' 60x86 feet; with stabling underneath; a new frame stable 16x30; k new corn crib, a good frame house offourrooma. and cellar. .* good milk hou«e, sn excellent enclosed garden patch: plenty ofsmalffruU SuChas cherries, plum*, Slnces/grapcijAc. Near to a new School .house, j miles worn Industry on the P. Railroad, good roads to station. .Thesoll is good and the farm ia well adapted to dairy’or stock purposes, and is cbnaldbreabne of the best. Price eo per acre, inptyments.-Benjamin'Todd, Owner. mayl£ly; TXTAKTED. ■Trvn "4• ■ We wil) give men and women BUSINESS THAT WILL PAY from f 4 to $8 per day; can be pursued in your own neighborhood; it Is a rare chance for those out of employment -or baring leisure time: girls and boys frequently do as well a* boo- Particulars J. LATHAM A CO., [ . .. 593 Washington St, Boston, Mass. mazTdt .. \ !•» NO.. 78. «T S O 3ST, ; CAN PIANO,” ft ■ . \ >( { ' for the vnallty. Luge prices allowed for Second* In Exchange. From tfii Independent. The American Plano has deserved]? become a popular Instrument. for MQjiel terntorj, - f 417 Broome St., N. T. 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To Boy Property, To Sell Property, Yoor Hoose Insured, Your Goods Insured, Yoor Life Insured, To Insure Against Accidents To Lease YoorHonse, To Hire aHonse, To Boy a Pans, To Sell a Farm, Any Legal Writing Done, Do not GUI to call at thg office of If Ton Want EBERHART & BBPISON, GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS AND REAL ESTATE BfiO EE RS, No. M 3 BROADWAY, NSW BRIGHTON, eepw-ly Beaver County, Pa. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE! Letters of administration on the estate of Sarah Tornbyand Elizabeth Looey, of Economy 'town* de “ased, having been grant ed to the undersigned, all persona indebted to said estate are raqnested to make immediate payment, and those havlngclalms against the sameto pr£ sent them properly aathftnttcitedfor settlement to JelS-fit. R*™* AfUn^. a >- a o* 3 c« Bh - p> |h H - O AND THE BEST WITH THE JOHN THORNILEY. W. L. BBOIBOK i“»»WM SlKitoq. M. eaa « Assessor, Third S- A DONKHOoTmTi, 7)m in John Border's bmiding; bS? fe*s V 8 ' ‘3s M,n Kir 11 Dn ‘ 6 ' -* ®a* MERTZ H., manufacturer and deaicf u n and Shoes, Third street. .ft 11 T7ALTER F., Baker and east corner of the Diamond. ANSHIjTZ O. R., dealer in Tin Cnmu. Bheet Iron Ware, Third street. ’ KUHN B. P.. Attorney and Office on Third street. V eUo - H. HICB. THANK WILSON. n WILSON & MOORE, Attorney?« T Office: Rear of the Com-hon™ y 1 Ut - BRIDGEWATER. J* ÜBALTO S Shady Side Pboiojjraph Gtiian «,.? Floor ’ Dunlap ’ 8 corne^ P p<£tS VfOLTER, J. C., Market street, Brideevrst« ill dealer Id COAL from Bauk at McKinkvl fubil'73-lj Ran. LEVIS JOHN C., M. I)., Surgeon and Physician Office, during the day, corner lliidge and Wi‘ ter streets; at night at his residence o u Water Btreet - ; _ angs'”o HURST A. C., dealer in Dry Coods. Hatmd Caps, Carpets, Oil Cloths and Trimmins. Bridge street. ’ STILES & CO., dealers in Groceries, Provision, dnd Quensware, Bridge stre et. j yj9"o "IfULHEIM 8., dealer in Carpels, Oil Cloths lix Variety Goods, Bridge street. jv29"ro ROCHESTER. DONCASTER HOUSE, opposite Kailroad sta tion, D. Wolf, Proprietor. 2 l ro Bono PjJ. lico. JOHN P., (New Store, ) dealer in tiro- O ceries, Flour, Feed, Nails, Varieties and No tions, best qualities and lowest prices. Nett Brighton and Washington streets, Rochester. augU,72-ly OPEYERER & SONS, wholesale .and retail deal O ere in Dry Goods, Groceries,, Flour, Gram, Boat Stores, Iron, Nails. Waters!. ocvT'O Rqsb w. a., m. d„ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, septmfl O ATMAN & CO., (successors to Oatman, Fai sons & Kinzer) dealers in all kinds of roaeb and dressed lumber. selti’Td SCHROPP CH.AS., manufacturer of and dealer in Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware. Rooting, sponting,