South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-25
Aug. %, 1871.

TIE Circus vas but poorly attend
ed-rained all day.
WE have through navigation
now TO Marietta.
TIE Republican Judicial Convention was
held IN GAINESVILLE to-day, and nominated
VIM. II. Frazier, of Noble.
THE Ohio River is lower now
than 1t has been for seventeen
years.
EDGAR SHARP is making prepar-
ations to erect a residence on his
lo3 in the Northeast portion of
town.
THE Stockholders of the First
National Bank, of this place. are
contemplating erecting a Bank
Building.
The NJ. E. Sunday School, of this
place, went on a Picnic excursion
to a Grove three miles this side of
Taylorsville Oh Wednesday. 1t is
said they had a pleasant time.
Rev. GEORGE NAsLoR, of the W.
Va. Conference of the Methodist
Church, will preach at the NJ. E.
Church of this nlace on next Sab
bath morning and evening.
On Wednesday afternoon, of last
week, Bristol township had the
heaviest storm ever known there.
Stables were unroofed, and hay
stacks and fences were scattered by
the wind.
ALBERT G.. CHRTsTY. formerly q
printer of this place, died last Mon
day morning, at his home near
Pittsburgh, of brain fever. HIS re.
mans We're brought here on Tues
day night. and were hnried at
Wesley Chapel on Wednesday.
THE Morgan County Tegchers'
Institute adiourns this week. As
high as e~ighty-fve teachers have
been IN attendance, and It has
been pronounced the most success
fnl Institute ever held here.
The Scrubs" of Chesterfield,
played a match game of base bali
with a nine picked from the Penns-
vile and Hopewell Clubs on Fri
day, the 18th, at Chesterfield, the
Scrubs" scoring ifty-three runs
TO twenty-seven for their oppo>
nents.
THERE is some talk of Gen. Geo.
W. McCook being withdrawn as a
candidate for Governor. HIS
friends deny his being drunk at
Chillicothe, however. They claim
that the hot weather, not Senator
Aliens whisky, caused his break
down.
JAMES &. JONES purchased sixty
three shares in the McConnelsville
First National Bank, a few days
since, of Joshua DAVIS. This makes
one hundred and twenty-nine
shares in the Bank owned by Mr..
Jones, making him the largest
ST. ck-holder IN the institution.
RAIL ROAD MATTERs.-We see
that the "Valley" railroad compA>
ny. the road to run from Cleveland
to Bowerstown, Harrison County,
and passIhgthrough Summit, Stark,
Tuscarawas. and Carroll Counties;
and, also, the columbus and Fer.
rara" road, running from Columbus
through Fairfield County and Ter
near MIllerstown, Perry
County, have filed their certificates
of incorporation az Columbus. If.
these roads are built, they will be
of great advantage to the Eastern
Ohio if it is built.
DIR. W. n. HAMBLEToN has re-
turned from a four months tour
through the East. He visited
Washington, Baltimore, PhIladel-
phia, New York, Boston, all through
the New England States, at Quebec
and Montreal and various places in
the Canadas, at Niagara Falls and
my number of watering places, and
looks as natural as ever. The Doc
tor says he returns a stronger be-
lever than ever IL Spi~ritualIsm;
that, in fact, he has had his spirlJu-
strength renewed. He exhibits,
as a testimony of the truth of his
doctrine, a photograph of himself,
With a photograph of the spirit of
lis father, (who died twenty-five
years ago and of whom there was
no picture exIsting), in the backs
ground, taken by Mumler, of Bos-
ton. The spirit photograph of his
Is said to look very much as
be did when living. /,