South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
THE INDEPENDENT

lsB-For want Of space a Railroad
communication, handed us ut a lat'
hour, must lay over until next week
CoURT Of Common Pleas will con
vene On Wednesday nsxt-Judg'
Wood on the bench.
The brick work on the new Bap
tist Church is nov completed, ant
about ready for roofing, which vii
! be Of slate.
A new stock and fno variety o
POCKET KNIVES just resolved at A.
DAIR'S Book Store.
Tan Baptist Sociable will be held
at Mr.. J. NJ. Wilson's, on Thursday
evening, Oct. 18th. A cordial in
vItation is extended to all.
Mr. MosEs Mcdaniel has coaclu'
ded not to go West and Will con-
uhue in business here. Wonder i
our prospective Railroad had any.
thing TO do In changing his mind
THE excavation for Morris new
brick block, On the southeast cor
ner of the Public Square, has been
going on vigorously fer some time.
and a large hole has been made.
JAMES WATKINS, SEN, and lady,
are the happy parents of a par oI
twins, a boy and girl, born last
Sunday morning.
ROBERT A. P%INKERToN, and wife
returned from their Western visit
on Tuesday evening last, coming
down from GAINESVILLE In the mail
wagon. Mr.. PinkertOn is greatly
pleased with the West, and thinks
1t a beautiful country, and the peo-
pie iuIl of energy, and driving bu-
sIness on a fast line.
sea Mess. ADAIR Bros. purchased
on SqtuI day last, a largo stock OF
WALL PAPER from the largest
manufacturing house in New York.
Their patterns for the Fall trade are
superb, and far ahead of anything
in this place, and at very low prices.
The o. L. Base Ball Club, o!
ZanesviIle, not satisfied with the
score made against them by the
Iicko-y's, of this place, last week,
are trying to negotiate another
game 10 be played in GAINESVILLE.
But our boys are content TO
abide the result of the decI-
sion game last played, and will
probably not go to Zanesville this
season.
1t is II matter, worthy OF notice,
that there were fewer drunken PERI
sons upon the Fair Grounds last
week than usual. THIS was the
pleasing result of the rule adopted
by the Board of Directors sxclu-
ding all intoxicating drinks from
sale on the Grounds.
NAVIGATION between this place
and GAINESVILLE was disturbed the
early part OF this week, by the wa
ter being drawn off the 1aylorsville
Canal in order to clean out q sand
bar which had caused some trouble
recently in the present low state OF
the water, in passing that point.
The interruption was Ct hut two or
three days duration, and the "Mink'
resumed her trips on Wednesday
morning last.
E J. HIATT & Bros, of Marion
represented this County
in sheep husbandry at the State
Fair last week, with all excellent
flock of Merinos. They have, also,
been In attendance at the Northern
OHIO FAIR, where they were award
ed premiums. and intend 10 visit
some of the County Fairs yet To be
held IN this State. They + enter
prising Sheep growers, and Il credit
te Morgan County.
The Democratic headquarters, in
this place, are undergoing the IN
Fiction of Il new doparture"-ride
The new roof and projection on
Judge Hanna's Law Office. Truly,
his departure mania Is contagious.
concede that it has Il good ef'
feet on ola buildings, but how the
will relish II Can best
be told after Tuesday next.
DICK ENGLE, of Chesterfield, was
at the Fair, as advertised. and vas
successful IN the premium llne as
nsual-taking the premium on all
he goods thathe entered, if we may
one saddle. THIS saddle, by
mistake, had the wrong ticket On
It, and the Committee very wrong
fully refused to allow the mistake
% be rectItied. We commend that
he Board take this matter into
consideration.
WALTER NJ BUCHANAN, of Wat
Washington County, had on
at our Fair, last week,
| thoroughbred, short-Lorned Bull, |
'Belted WILL" three years old, that
weighed 1900 pounds. He is a fine
Inimal, of beautiful color and good
and when two years old took
irst premiums and sweepstakes
wherever exhibited. Mr.. Buchan-
N, also, had on exhibition n pure
leicester Buck, bred by the Earl
# South Essex, two years old, and
Weighing 300 pounds.