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1800 TO 1900.One Hundred Year** Complete Hbtoiy of Llhrichsville.BY L. B. HASKINS, SR.The first house built on the fifteen hundred acres of land bought of Ulirich from Rathbone was a log house built by Michael Ulirich, Sr., in the year 1804 on the lot opposite the west-side school house now owned by T. J. Evans on the old State or Trenton road. Uhrich, about the same time cleared a few acres! of land a short distance west and set cut an orchard of apple treeg. I believe there are some of tho apple trees standing there 5'et.He, Uhrich, one year later, built the second and a better house near the orchard. The third house built on the 1500 acres was also built by Michael Uhrich, Sr., near where Mrs. Joseph Uhrich’s house is now located.In the year 1807 Michael Uhrich, Sr., built the first flouring- and saw mill built in Tuscarawas county. It was a hewed log budding built on the site of the mill that burned down a few years ago. The Ubrich mills were extensively known throughout a large scope of country. They commanded a large trwde. The trade of the mills extended as far as 12 to 14 miles. Parts of Ta«-esrawas, Harrison, and Carroll counties were patrons of Ufanc’h’s mills. They made wany barrels off flour every year for the Cleveland market. This mill was built on the 1500 acres of land tThrMh bought of Rsthbone.In the year 1842 Jacob Uhrich, so® of Mfdhae) Uhrich, removed the log structure and built a new mill 50 by 75 feet, four stories high, with all the modern improvements. This mill when compared was considered the beet mills in Tuscarawas county. They commanded a large country trade. These mills made a grade of ffiour that sold readily in any market.•Jacob UhrichdBed in!849. IVetim* 1 Uhrich brothers, Benjamin, Jacob, and j Joseph, sons of Jacob, got possession of and control of the mills and other property. They began to speculate outside lt;ff the milling business. Their first speculation w:is in hogs in the fall of ’52. They bought several hundred head. fThat is where fiheir reverses began: they lost heavily in the hog speculation. The next bad move they made was when they turned the warehouse into a flouring mill. The warehouse was located on the west side of the creek about half way between the bridge and mill. They expended several thousand dollars in fitting the old warehouse up for a mill. About a year after they got the mill in operation it burned down. That was the second reverse they met with, and ft was not long until they lost almost everything they had. This mill was run by steam.Firebaugh. On Sept. 18. 1879, J. Firebaugh, administrator, the undivided one-half of the mill to Cyrus C. 11, who on March 21, 1881, sold the le of the mill and one acre of land to ies Aiken.he one acre of land lies between the te road and the east side of the creek, re are a few rods of land opposite the am belonging to the mill. The was made that way so no one could fere with the mill dam. May 21,Sh James Aiken sold the undivided jialf of the mill to George Lucas. mb* 'spent several thousand dollars in repairing the mill. He built a new brick cjbl^iney and put in several sets of rol-lf|^and other late improvements of dif-kinds.arch 1, 1888, James Aiken sold the undivided half of the mill to George April 10, 1890, George Lucas the whole of the mill to Thomas B. ih. Smith had bad luck, the mill ing down shortly after he purchased property. So ends the history of ich’s mills, the first mills built in aw as county. I have bought brand of flour at these mills for a barrel, and have paid as high as a barrel for the same kind of flour.(TO BE CONTINUED.)^ One Point of Retcmblanec.fjthe elder Sothern was a good story t«#er, and he particularly liked to dwell his experiences at the outset of Ida atkge life, when he was a minor member of the John McCullough company, the old time theater goer.^jtcCnllough was playing in Texas, and-in one town where he was billed to pligr Tngmnar,' through some accident oaiphe railroad, the necessary costumes delayed.Hjfke manager was equal to the sltu-atifc. however. He went to every btfitber’s shop in town and hired all the abeep and cow bides be could t* dress up bis supers.When McCullough came on the stage night he fell back appalled by the :h off the hastily improvised doth-orn by the barbarians.do you think of them?’ Both* laughingly asked McCullough, the supers as the curtainppAt..to«*Th*y neither act like, look like nor talk like barbarians.’ curtly growled the tragedian, ‘but by the gods, they «mell like them.*Kansas City Independent.He Didn’t Choke.Toward Mecca the thoaghts and aspirations of all pious Moslems are turned, and at least once lu his lifetime the good Mohammedan is expected to make a pilgrimage to that city. One of the duties of the pilgrim Immediately after bis arrival is to make a Journey seven times round a holy portico outside the mosque.“We wont at a great pace,” says an Englishman, who. disguised as a Mohammedan. paid a visit to Mecca at the risk of his life, “and the day was growing hot. When the procession was over, we came back to the mosque and were each given a bowl of limpid water. 1 was so thirsty that 1 drank mine at a draft and asked for more.urlimh 1 Tllit Tirml Tt rorl n rorp
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Twin City News
Uhrichsville, Ohio, US
Thu, Dec 28, 1899
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