The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-06-02
LOCAL BREVITIES.

are beginning to suffer for want of rain.
DIR. Kehoe, formerly of Portland, now of
Kansas, was in town ON Tuesday.
Alex Crisswell is putting up frame resi-
dence in jamestown.
The new addition to the Isham House is be-
ing rapidly completed. 1t is wing on Broad
way, two stories high, with basement.
Charles G. James is having his new brick
residence on Broadway, opposite the School
House, under way. The walls are going up.
Patrick Coll is putting up frame residence
ON the east side of the railroad, between Fulton
Furnace and the Depot.
James Hatton is putting up frame resi-
dence in Burnside's Addition, west of the planning
mill.
The fine residence of James Mault, on Ports
mouth Road, near the residence of A. w. Long,
is nearly completed
Senator Thurman has sent us his speech,
made against the bill to enforce the 18th Amend
ment We will notice it at length in our next.
Two of the men who made the attack upon
Poindexter and Kelly on Sunday evening, have
been arrested and bound over to Court.
We have heard that son of G. w. Poor. of
bloomfield township had his leg broken on last
Sunday. We did not hear the particulars.
"A new roof is being put upon Mr.. Neville's
house, on Main Street, and it is being raised
higher This is the old James Farrar property,
"A new frame building is being put up bv
VIM, Ryan, between the Colored Church and the
new shaft at Orange Furnace.
James Meacham is putting ND a frame resi-
dence in Burnside's Addition in the west part
of town.
Andrew Wyklc has put up neat frame res
n,
tist Church. 1t is nearly completed
1t seems dull in jackson with two of the fur
naces out of blast. 1t is rumored that Orange
will go into blast again in short time.
Major Lefiingwell, local editor of the Chilli
cothe Adrertiser, was in our office on Thursday
afternoon of last week. He reports all lovely
over on the "Bottom."
John Burt sgetting the addition to his house,
on Broadway, nearly completed. new roof is
being put upon the entire building, and it is
being weather boarded in front
Sheriff Wade informs us that the Deputy
U. S. Marshals will go to work this week, taking
the census. Let all be ready to give the neces-
sary information.
Mr.. A. S. Kyle, of Youngstown, Ohio, was in
town on Tuesday. He was one of the pioneers
In the shaft coal business at this place. four or
five years ago.
james Graham known as "Baby Crimes"
was in our office last week. He is perhaps the
largest man in jackson county. He informed
us that he weighs about 800 lbs.
Mr.. Towner, of Pike county, agent for the
Florence Sewing Machine, informs us that his
father fell from building recently, and was
very seriously injured.
Charley Dickason, George W. Rice and Har-
rison Kissinger, returned home ON last Wednos-
day from somewhat extended tour through
Kansas and Missouri. We do not think they
are very highly pleased with the country.
We saw at Portland the other day, John D.
Jones' (@ddlerJ, who formerly resided in Oak
Hill. He has been in Minnesota for some dozen
years. His wife is now in Cincinnati being
treated for cancer on her mouth.
H c. Miller resigned as Marshal of the In
corporated Village of Jackson on Monday night,
and John NJ. Ewing was appointed in his place.
Miller made an excellent officer Ewing will
also make good Marshal.
We went to Berlin on Wednesday of last
week. On the cars we found Sheriff Wade,
taking Curry and Miller to the Penitentiary.
He has since returned, having safely landed his
men where they belong
We noticed James Inequality in town last
week. During great many years he kept the
principal hotel in this place, and was county
Treasurer and Postmaster here for long time.
He is still spry, active old man.
The Township Trustees bought the old West
fall property last week from Peter Piclrrel and
Lewis Davis, for Town House. They paid
5000 for it. The purchase was not known to
the people until completed, and when known 1t
caused considerable excitement.
Our office was honored last week with the
radiant countenance ofa tramplng printer He
did not particularly desire work, but he wanted
to beg half dollar. He did not get it. There
ought to be law to put all such vagabonds to
work on the public roads,
There will be great Welsh meeting at
Moriah Church, Madison township commencing
this Thursday evening, and continuing over
Sunday. We intend to be there on Saturday
and Sunday. A number of eminent ministers
will be present, including two or three from
Wales.
The Cincinnati Gazette was formerly the city
paper which was universally taken by the peO-
pie In this county, and in this part of the State
But Its free trade fooeEes have run it out, and
the Chronicle has taken its place. There areno
5T copies of the Chronicle taken in Lawrence
county, and 469 in this county. The following
number Of copies are taken at the different
offices In this county, Berlin o., Clay 43, jackson
81, Keystone Al, Monroe Ill, Oak Hill 50, Jeffer-
son Furnace 49, Samsonville 66, Rays IL.
We had the pleasure the other day of travel
ing short distance on the cars with Mrs. Stone,
lady who few years ago taught one of the de-
partments In our Public Schools. Mrs. Stone is
warmly In favor of woman's rights She was
wife at sixteen, widow with four children at
wenty- -four, and she has been widow seven
cen years. From experience she knows much
OF the hardships and disadvantages under which
women have to labor, as our laws and customs
now stand.
When at Jefferson Furnace last week, our
old friend T. L. Hughes Esq, showed us a report
from Princeton College of his son T. L. Hughes
jr, for his first quarter ending April IL, 1870 In
a class OF 70, he was l4th. The maximum grade
is 100, minimum so. His average was 962 He
stood In French 100, O,German lOO Mechanics 9l.5,
Natural Philosophy 99.2, Logic and Metaphysics
81, Psychology 100, Rhetoric and English Lam
guage S5.5, Essay 81, Geology G.5, Christian Ev-
licences 81, and Attendance 100.
We noticed on Tuesday morning, small pos
ters all about town, purporting to be an appeal
by many laboring men, to other laboring men,
not to go to work at reduced wages, claiming
that the stoppage OF the Furnaces was not caused
by the tariff question: but that it is a scheme to
make larger profits by capitalists, of of labor.
Wei learn that our Town Council have pur-
chased in Portsmouth, secondhand fire en-
gine and that 1t win soon be brought to this
place.
Buckingham's Dye for the Whisker's-price 50