The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-08-11
LOCAL RRETITIES.

immersion in Salt Creek on Monday.
Great clouds of dust arise when wagon
goes along the streets.
The dry weather is causing vegetation to as
sume awiltedy yellow appearance 1t will cut the
corn crop pretty short.
-ou Monday we received another club of nine
subscribers from Howell ]. Price, of Cambria
Furnace.
DIR. o. c. Miller has had new pavement laid
in front Of his Drug Store and residence, on
Pearl Street.
We notice that considerable Improvement
has been made on the Burlington Road, in the
south part of town.
Lewis French was hired by the Council on
Monday night as Night Watchman, and Lamp
lighter, for 5000 per month.
Star Furnace is going into blast, to work up
the stock on hand. No new stock will be laid in,
unless iron matters improve
Mayor Laird started to Columbus on Tues
day, as one of the delegates to the State Conven-
ton, which was to meet yesterday Wednesday,
We notice Sam. Piles at the Isham House
stables. Sam, Drove team for Peter Powell at
Portland in lS5i-5, and he was the best teamster
we ever saw
No butter to be had in town. Could not the
farmers put into jugs, and sell it by the pint and
quart? or are they afraid that 1t would become
steam, and burst the jugs?
--See advertisement of the Lebanon Normal
School. 1t is one of the best places In the State
to acquire an education, especially for those who
intend to follow teaching.
On Tuesday of this week we received from
,r
bers, and by the same mail, from j. A. Turley, of
Monroe Furnace, 10. Pretty. wen for one mail.
Some two orthree weeks ago A. A. Carr start
ed to Minnesota, to see what effect that climate
would have in case of consumption. A, A,
Watson also started north west last week for the
same purpose.
This is rather poor time to get up local
matters for paper. We are. more than half
sick. The weather Is terribly hot and dry, and
with poor health, and the mercury from 90 to
100, day and night, we feel disposed to keep
pretty quiet.
There is more sickness In Jackson at this
time than there has been at any one time since
the year 1855. 1t is mostly diseases of the bow
els, caused no doubt by the terribly hot dry
weather. There have not yet been many fatal
cases.
we have on hand good story, written by
"Constancc Carleton" Whether we will COM
mence Its publication next week. or not until
after the October election, will depend somewhat
upon the action of the State convention this
week. and the. Congressional convention next
week.
See advertisement of j. NJ. Steele lIr. Steeles
health is very poor and those having business
with him should call at once and settle up. so
that he need not be worried with business mat
tiers.
Auditor Baker informs us that he was pres
ent at the preaching of the funeral of the lato
Michael Mccoy ESQ, in Hamilton township on
last Sabbath. He says there was large congre-
CATION, perhaps one thousaRd people. We de-
sired to be there, bnt our health would not per-
nit.
Marshal RathbuTn resigned on Monday night
The place was rendered TO II. c. Miller until an
election can be held. He has not yet accepted
Mr.. Miller made an excellent Marshal, and we
hope he may accept, and then be elected with
out opposition He had good cause for resigning
some time ago, but that cause is now removed
Some time ago, Fulton Furnace Co. cindered
the Gallipolis Road across the Bottom of Nc
Dowell's Run, between the end of Main Street
and the hill. This had always been piece OF
bad road In wet weather Now 1t Is thrown up,
above high water, and is as fine piece of pike
as you will see anywhere.
The officers of the Agricultural Society had
meeting at the Treasurer's Office on last Sat
urday, making further arrangements for the
Annual Fair, They intend to make this much
the best Fair that has ever been held in the
county. 1t will commence on Wednesday,
September 2Sth, and continue three days.
cd stationery for the Scho oil Examiners to the
amount Of $1,000. Since that time the Auditor
has paid us, under the opinion furnished by tho
Attorney General. We never blamed the Aud
itor or Commissioner, as we regarded the law as
detective.
We attended Mr.. Bingman's sermon on Bap-
tism ON last Sunday night. We had previously
heard Mr.. Bradrlck on the other side. These
gentlemen both handled the subject with con-
siderable ability and ingenuity, but they adj
vanced no new argument. We had read and
heard the same arguments on both sides, moro
than forty years ago,
Moses Morgan, of Oak Hill, writes to A. W.
Long OF this place. that some twelve Sabbath
Schools in that vicinity, will send delegates to
this place on Saturday next, to arrange for
general celebration at Jackson in September.
Some twenty schools have now been heard from.
The delegates will meet at the Conrt House on
next Saturday, at IL o'clock A. NJ.
We wish to call attention TO the advertise
ment OF the Ohio University which appears this
week, and also of Marietta College, which was
first published last week. We spoke at some
length OF both of these institutions on the oc-
caslon OF our visits to Marietta and Athens u
short time ago. They both offer excellent fa-
eilities to young men who desire o good cduca-
tion.
Sheriff Wade has completed the census Of
Lick township. The population of the village of
Jackson is 2Ol5, and of the township outside of
the village, l72S total in the township, 3743. We
will hereafter give the figures more in detail.
The population OF Lick township in 1860 was
1867. The population OF the village is not given
in the census OF 1860, but we believe 1t was 1910,
80 that the population har nearly doubled in ten
years.
Tho chronological Journal and Packard's
Monthly for August comes to hand somewhat
later than usual, on account of fire which oc-
CURED in the building where 1t is putin type Its
contents, however, are as interesting and as val
,uable as ever. One or two articles from the long
list are all we have space to note at this Time
"Madame Demcorest," the well-known modiste
isportrayed and sketehed; "Sanity vs.Insanity,"
treats Of tho conduct of Insane Asylums; "Phy-
steal Education" is learnedly and instructlvely
discussed; Personals" and "Matrmonlals" re-
eclve severe but merted handling by one of