The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-06-09
LOCAL. BREPITIES.

Court will be In session again this week.
Mrs. Jones, wife of Robert w. Jones, of Port
land, died of consumption on last Friday.
The street lamps have been put up in our
town.
DIR. Williams and his bride passed through
this place ON the noon train on Monday on their r
bridal tour. They are going to Minnesota.
we are Informed that couple of men named
Taught and Kennedy, had fight in Jackson on
Saturday.
The county Commissioners are in regular
session this week. There is q large amount of
business before them
we have received from W. D. Kelly, NJ. c., q
copy of his speech in Congress, on protection to
American industry. AS it expresses our opin-
ions exactly, wemay use portions of 1t hereafter
One day last week we saw posted up in many
public places in town slip of paper, with the
following written upon it,
"Oringc Fur. Miners look hear If on reduce
wages 10 work You go Look out Mum miners"
"A little child of Charles Rhodes, of this place.
was poisoned on last Saturday evening by hav-
Ing had tin foil In its mouth. 1t was very sick
for time, but by the prompt action by DR.. A. B.
Monahan it was saved. 1t is two years of age
and picked up the tin foil and commenced chew
ing 1t.
The new brick NJ. L. Church in Portland will
be dedicated on Sunday, the 10Th inst. 1t is said
that Rev. Mr.. Trimble son of the late Gov.
Trimble, and Brother of Hon. c. A. Trimble, will
conduct the services. We may have notice
from the Trustees in our next
Our old friend and preceptor in the law, Col.
T. r. Stanley, of Chattanooga, Tenn, has sent us
copy of the Chattanooga Daily Times. In look
VI II II,
merly of Buckeye Furnace, in this county, is
now Mayor Of Chattanooga.
On Tuesday, as our paper is being made up,
a trial is In progress at the Court House, before
Esq Winfough assisted by Esq. Cutter, of Ber-
lin, In which Robert G. Colville is charged with
assault with intent to commit rape upon Mrs.
Morrison, married woman. The parties reside
near Cincinnati Furnace.
-One day last week we noticed load of lum-
Der, coming into town, drawn by two cows. The
team is owned by Mr. Hartley, of Liberty town
ship. He has his cows milked in the morning
then hauls 800 feet of lumber to town with them.
and in the evening again gets a bucket of milk
from them.
Old Jimmy Rice, of screen Brier" in this
township, was in our office last week.
Mr. Rice is getting up we'll towards eighty, vet
he Is as vigorous in mind, and nearly so in body.
as man of fifty He was raised in that healthy
place, Monroe county, Virginia He told us that
he never saw any one shake with ague until he
was at Norfolk, during the war of 1872
We believe that the view from our office win
dow, where we write at our desk, takes in the
most beautiful landscape and scenery in Ameri-
ca. This may be one reason why our edi-
torals are generally in the happy, and hopeful,
and cheerful vein. When person is continual
ly looking upon the beautiful, he cannot but be
happy. When an editor has to look down only
upon hog pcns,still slop and the like, his pro-
ductions are generally of like character
One day last week lame man, of perhaps
hfty-hve years of age, came into our office. He
was very shabby in dress and appearance, and
had ragged looking bundle with him. He
called himself William Jackson Phillips. He
had some kind of a document gotten up by n
Notary Public of Columbus. He wanted us to
print 1t, and proposed to pay in some kind Of
scrip which he had invented. We soon ascer-
tanned that the man was crazy. He said he was
n candidate for President, and was sure to be
elected some time.