South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11

on, Vanilla and Peach, all at Bemis
tonight and tomorrow night.
A GAME OF base ball is to be play.
ed at Chesterfield tomorrow between
the "Schrubs," of Chesterfield, and
the Hopewell club.
JUDGE F. W. WooD and family
returned last Friday from a two
weeks tour to Putin Bay, Niagara
Falls, Montreal, Quebec, New York
City, and back home.
Miss MARY WEIGH, of this place,
has received the appointment as
Assistant Teacher in the McCon-
n~elsville High School for the ensu-
ing year.
The Athens Journal seems to
think the Athens Base Ball Club
was not fairly treated here last
week. 1t was fairly, squareIy and
badly beaten.
Mrs. DIR. DoRR, of Athens, a
daughter of Noah HartselI, former
ly of this place, died on Tuesday
evening of last week, Of loek-iaw,
occasIoned by facial neuralgia.
W. c. HOOP, whose bad health
has ~incapacitated hin, to continue
longer In the newspaper business.
has sold the Marietta Times, to S.
~. Mcmillan, late of S~teubenville.
The card of T. d. Cheadle will
be found in another column. Chea-
die has a fine stock of goods on
hand, and those in want of clothing
cannot do better than call on him.
THE Premium List of the AgrI-
cultural Society crowds 3 good mas
ny advertisements out this week as
well ms some reading matter. The
ads. will appear again next week.
THE lumber has arrived for the
new Baptist Church building, and
:he carpenters are buslly at work
thereon. The brick>layers are to
commence their work on this build
ing next week.
A SPECIAL session of the County
Commissioners was held on Tues
day. An appropriation of $500. for
bridges and culverts on the Turkey
Run Road, IN Windsor and Penn
townships, was made.
The "Hog Law" is to be enforced
in Malta Could it be enforced here,
it would be a good idea. The pop
uiation of McConnelsviIle has been
estimated at sixteen hundred peo-
pie, three thousand hogs, and ten
million fieas.
The Hickory Juniors, of this
place, r to play a match game of
base bali at GAINESVILLE. on next
Monday, with the D. KS of that
city. The Steamer Mink will carry
those who desire to see the game
from here to GAINESVILLE ard back for
one dollar each.
THERE r a number of the ever
green and other ornamental trees
in the McConnelsville Cemetery
that need trimming, and some trees
that should be removed. The Com
mittee desire persons who may
wish TO give any directions relative
TO these trees to cali upon Mr. Jas.
Luton, who is fitting up the Gem
An UPsEr.-On last'Friday after
noon, Mrs. DR.. W. W. Wood and
Mrs. James TImms and a little boy.
all of Malta, were upset while out
driving on The Athens Grade Road.
One of the ladies managed to get
from under the buggy and proceed
ed to the nearest house to get as
sIstance for the others. Fortunate
ly the horse laid quiet until all were
rescued.
STRUCK By LIGHTNING.-A barn
belonging to Samuel Thompson, OF
M~eigsvIlle township, was struck by
lightning, and. with its contents,
consumed by fire on Tuesday last.
The contents of the barn were a
hundred bushels of old wheat. this
crop of wheat, oats and hay,
u moving machine, threshing ma
and farming implements gen.
orally. The loss is estimated at
something upward of a thousand
dollars. We believe there was no
on the property.
I
THE Council of the City of Gin
cinnati has done its share of the
work toward repeating the Sunday
ordinance Of that city. The
majority o. the Council is compos-
ID of Republicans, and that party
the Council could have defeated
he ordinance to repeal had it been
80 disposed. We believe, however,
hat the vote was a mixed one. The
Board of Alderman Of the city will
vote on this question to day, and
hen 1t will be determined whether
no the Germans are to rule Cin-
as they are ruling both the
great political parties of the State.
CoAL.-By reference to Ballot L.
Martins notice in another column,
[ will be seen that they are now
delivering coal TO all who desire at
scConnelsville and Malta. From
N inspection of their coal. we can
tate that we have never seen any
uperior to it in this market. In
act il is free frem all foreign sub
taEces, such as slate, &c. The rea-
on Of THU is that it is well screened.
his firm intend making Neon
lelsville and Malta :heir points of
BUSINESS, and they invite the pat
'onsge OF all. After a few days they
VII be forced to lay up a week or
en- days, intending to put their
ioat on dock for repairs, after J
'hich time they will be always on
land and ready 10 supply the
Vants Of their customers. Il