Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia : embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . eventy-two persons lost their lives in the destruction ofthe Richmond Theatre, among whom was the then governor of theState. Directly opposite to Richmond are its suburbs of Manchester andSpring Hill, which are connected with the city by three bridges. Ripley, a village, capital of Jackson county, Virginia, on Millcreek, 350 miles W. N. W. from Richmond. Population, about
Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia : embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . eventy-two persons lost their lives in the destruction ofthe Richmond Theatre, among whom was the then governor of theState. Directly opposite to Richmond are its suburbs of Manchester andSpring Hill, which are connected with the city by three bridges. Ripley, a village, capital of Jackson county, Virginia, on Millcreek, 350 miles W. N. W. from Richmond. Population, about200. Ritchie, a county in the N. W. part of Virginia, has an area of480 square miles. It is traversed by Hughes river and its North surface is hilly and broken, and mostly covered with corn, oats, hay, butter and livestock are the staples. In 1850it produced 101,884 bushels of corn, 24,336 of oats, 2,503 tons ofhay and 41,978 pounds of butter. There were two saw mills, 1grist mill, one wool-carding mill and one tannery. It contained fivechurches, and 376 pupils attending public schools. The county istraversed by the north-western turnpike, and by the Parkersburg 366 WHEELING BUSINESS G. A. FROBE, No. 103 Market street,^VHEKLING^. C. ELIAS STIFEL, 1 MANUFACTUEErw OF ^ikkij liiii wii ^ B,/i\ ijvaj ^ ^ WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, ALSO IMPORTER OFAXD DEALER IN HOUSE FUHI^lSHil^O HAHOWAHE, No. 189 MAIN STHBBT, w S2 ;£ m m ^ 2? <s a JAMES M ELL OH, VARIETY GOODS ii«siilL INSTRUMENTS. WRmS GUITARS CHICKERIMSI^PIANO ^^
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