The Schools of Wheeling.- There are no records connected with the schools of this township of an earlier date than April 6, 1857. At that time there were ten districts. W. H. Dunton, A. W. Peet and E. K. Beach were the school trustees, and William Scoville was treasurer of the school fund. W. H. Dunton became treasurer of this fund in 1862 and has held the office ever since. In 1857 the school fund was $3,800. At the present time it is $3,890.02. There appears to have been no census of the school children taken in early days, but the census of 1883 shows the following numbers in the respective districts: District No.1,187; No.3, 144; No.5, 87; No.6, 67; No.7, 84; No.8, 237; No. 10,567; total number,1,313. The population of the township of Wheeling ill 1880 was 2,296. In 1883 it was probably about 2,500.