The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-08-25
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The clock ON the Court House Is not doing
much good. 1t has been stopped twice during
the past week.
The Democrats had q convention here last
Saturday, to appoint delegates to the Congress
sional convention.
There is not so much sickness here at present
as there was a short time ago. There have been
very few deaths.
Mr.. Alanson Robbins has secured half fare
on the railroad on the day of the Sabbath School
Celebration, and the train will lie overuntil four
O'Clock.
The weather during the past week has been
delightful. On Sunday and Monday mornings
the thermometer stood IS, and the highest point
reached on either of those days was rs.
The Public School House is being re-painted,
and fixed up generally, for the fall term OF the
schools, which will commence on Monday, Sep
tember 9TH.
Mr.. William Parks was in our office last
week, and he says friend Hawk of Missouri will
have to yield to "Baby Grimes" in weight.
"Baby" now weighs S27.
The election for Marshal on last Monday
was conducted in quiet manner. Barney
O'Conner, Republican, was elected over VIM H.
Palmer, Democrat, by 6S majority.
The "Riversides" of Portsmouth came up
here on last Saturday and had q game of base
ball with the "Red Hots" of Jackson. We were
not present, but we are informed that the Jack
sonians got pretty bad ly beaten
There were q number of notable characters
in town on last Saturday. Col. Coates, Col. Tur-
ley, Col. Moore, James w. Newman, editor Of
the Portsmouth Times and George A. Waller, of
Portsmouth, were all here.
When in Portsmouth last weak we STOPPED
at the Taylor House, as usual. VIII. Taylor is
still clerk, and Mr. Prendergast landlord, These
gentlemen were as affable and polite as usual.
A large wing is being built to this house, on
Market StreeA The basement was built, and
the sleepers were being laid This will add we
think, scIse 30 more rooms to the house. There
is little confusiUn on account of the building
going on, but yet the accommodations are excel
lent. They know just how to keep tavern at the
Taylor House. Call and see.
Much has been said in the papers about a hui
man footprint found by Col. Graham in West
Virginia. He showed 1t to us when in Ports
mouth. 1t looks like a shoe SOLE and is about
an inch thick, rounded Off at the edges. II Is
stone, of dark color, and was found in a coal
vein, eight hundred feet under the hill. 1t is
about the ordinary size of q woman's foot, and
looks much like 1t might have been q clog of wet
sand which had been sticking TO the bottom Of
foot with moccasin ON it. This sand, becom-
ing stone has retained the shape of the bottom
ofthe foot. II might have been u freak ofnature
When in Portsmouth last week we saw Judge
VIM. Salter. He Is now in his eighty fifth year,
and is as lively as many man of fifty. Hem
formed us that he had worked at the Salt Works
at this place in the year 1903. He said Joseph
Vance, since that time Governor of Ohio, work.
cd at the Salt Furnaces here at the same time
He said that Poplar Row was located on the
bluff FROM wIsNre the Presbyterian Church now
stands, down the creek near the M. f. Church.
Where Main Street is now located, was then a
poor pasture field. In this field there were fights
almost every day, and blood could be seen on
the ground almost all the time in this old field,
the result of these fights. He says several nur-
ders were committed here in those early days,
and In one case drunken man was thrown into
salt furnace and burned up,