Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-05-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
For the Gallipolis journal.
Cheshire Chunks.
Short Chunks.

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Short Chunks.
Now put up ice for summer.
Welcome gentle rain. But We would
prefer having such sheets of 1t, as We
were deluged with last Saturday even
ing, little more scattering.
The prospect for wheat, since the rain,
is more fiattering.
Mr.. S. W. Mauck left Monday on the
Telegraph for Hillsdale and the West.
Our photographers have departed for
a more congenial lelime-Vinton.
Cary & Long are painting MIR. Asa
Bradbury's hOnse in kygeryille.
Mr.. Kali. our Assessor, is on the war
path. Men are amazingly poor just
now.
In consequence of the dry. weather
and high winds during the latter part
of last week, numerous destructive fires
broke out from the clearings in this
neighborhood. C. w. Matthews. Jonas
McCarty, X. w. Davis, John Grover,
Hiram Mapes, and many others have
lost heavily in rails and wood.
The Point Pleasant Band took an ex-
cursion on the Humming Bird last Sat
urday. The wind was strong, the waves
rolled high, and they played "A life On
the ocean wave"
w. III. Allen, of lronton, who is to be
the next representative of the Eleventh
district at West Point. has been spend
ing a few days in our place
The Wild .Gazelle had an excursion
party aboard on Sunday.
Some of 0ur farmers are happy. They
are those who didn't sell their wheat be-
fore the advance.
Milton Salser has nearly completed
his new house. II looks nice and neat.
Mrs. Polly Riley, an old lady, lived
alone ina cabin on the farm of her
brother, VIM. Shoemaker, in this town.
ship. On Friday morning, Both ult.,
her lifeless body was found lying. in the
door of her miserable home. The cir
cumstances OF her death, as we gather
them, are truly horrible. ltis supposed
that she drew her straw tick up in front
of the fireplace, on Thursday night, to
sleep, and during the night it took fire.
In her terror and pain, she rushed from
the house, tearing the ground with her
burning hands, grasping trees and
stumps, and rubbing against the side of
the house, all of which was plainly |
shown by the particles of eharred flesh |
adhering to those objects, and then,
finding escape from death impossible,
threw herself half way into the house
where she was found, with the fire
under her yet. A note for
5000 and a small amount of money was
found in the back part of the room.
h. !
which couple of our young gents are
so deeply interested, is christened "Day-
tom" 1t will contain one mill, one
drug store and no more.
Welcome, girls, to the columns of the
JOURNAL! The work of regeneration il
sadly needed in such benighted regions
Of our country as Springfield, Green
md Clay, where the young blo0ds think
the legitimate sphere of the ladies is to
waltz gracefully over ten rail stake
md rider fence, or poise with sylph-like
grace on picket fence. "EIittim Nc
iin," girls.
Thanks, Chime" We see You are
determined to have us marry into Spring
field township. Well, we are just ego
5istical enough to think that, if all the
fellows ont there are Of your cdlibre, we
would be accepted on the spot, the first
oop. "Anybody, Lord" must now be
their cry.
Maud, you must quit telling stories
,ut of school, or you Rodney girls will
Ose your zone" beau, even. Women
10 not make good "chair" men, and
hey should never join any 'clubs."
Rev. Tracy warned himself on the
.pad aud put ia his time ON the gutter in
'ront of his honse. IL wouldn't hurt if
many others would do likewise.
DUNNO.