Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-11-11
Neighberhood News.

Mr.. John Grant, of Middleport,
while dressing milestone, last week,
a piece of the steel pick flew into his
eye, making a painful and dangerous
wound.
DR.. Cline, of Vinton county, de-
clines to contest the election of A. J.
Swain, Representative.
Henry Claus, of Ironton, was killed
by the accidental discharge of his
gun while hunting.
Herbert d Simmons, furniture
dealers, Ironton, have made an as
signment.
Mr.. Robert Grogan, the Irish ora
tor, is making temperance speeches
at Ironton.
A two-year-old boy, at Ironton,
was hooked by COW near the left
eye, which was torn from its socket,
but replaced again and the cash sown
up. The child is in a critical condi-
ton.
Beer stamps sold in Ironton last
week to the amount of 1894 05.
Coal sells in Ironton at 81 cents
per bushel.
The farmers of Symmes township
delivered between two and three hun
dred head of cattle to Messrs. Car
ter and Baker, drovers, of Gallia
county, last week. Wat. Neal has
about 100 head of fine cattle on hand.
arabia correspondence Iroaton Reg
lister.
Portsmouth has the smallpox and
the epizootic.
Corn is selling from wagons, in
Portsmouth, at from 45 to so cents.
Potatoes same.
Rev. E. P. Pratt, of Portsmouth,
has returned from his European tour.
There is said to be such scarcity
of gram for breads:uff in Robinson
District, Mason G5o;asaty- :, 7" y. Va, that
farmers are taking grass seed to the
mills to have it ground into -four.
The Episcopal Convocation of West
Virginia meets at Point Pleasant to-
day, { Wednesday, and will continue
over Sunday.
The County Court for Mason coun-
ty, W. Va, meets next Monday, Nov.
18th.
Prof. Glanville is teaching singing
school at Proctorsville.
Mr.. J.J. Allison participated prom
inently in the late Ironton Teachers
Institute.
The following is taken from the
court report in jackson county, last
week, as published in the Standard:
State of Ohio VS.. Eliza McCumber,
Charles Ridenour, James Ridenour
and William Ridenour.
A hnnt year ago Iinsey McCam-
Der and Mrs. Ridenour were married,
and he went to reside with the family
on the lands of his wife, a couple of
miles southwest from Jackson. He
and defendants raised a crop on the
farm, and in September a trouble
arose, and he took his household
goods and left, and the parties per-
manently separated. In October Nc
Cumber hired three colored men to
take wagon and go with him to the
farm, for part of the corn. They
went through the farm of Mr.. Watts,
and laid down the fence between the
two farms, and were about to drive in,
when James Ridenour forbade them
coming in. Charles went to the
house for his mother, and she came
down, with stick in her hand. Nc
Cumber was in the cornfield, but the
colored men remained in the field of
Mr.. Watts. She ordered McCumber
out, but he refused to 60. She then
took him by the collar, and called
upon her sons to assist her, when
they pushed him to the fence, where
he fell, and they rolled him out and
put up the fence. When he got up
he had rock in his hand. He
then took off his coat and went and
crossed the fence, saying that he
would have the corn. Two of the
Ridenour boys, who are young men,
commenced throwing stones at him,
when he got out of the field and went
away.
The defense was that in the ab-
sence ofsa lease or contract, the crops
belonged to Mrs. McCumber, the own
er of the land, and no one had any
right to take it away without her
consent, and that she and her sons
used no more force than was necessa-
ry in defense of her property. The
jury acquitted the defendants.
There was a shooting affray at
Welston Sunday night. John Liston
attacked the Hon. Harvey Wells with
stones, and Mr.. Wells repulsed him
with shillalah. A second attack
was made, and Mr.. Wells then resort
ed to more solid means of defense. He
used n DistOl. and mt the nartv auain
to flight. To-day, on complaint of
Liston, Wells has been before JUS
tice Varian, and waived an examina-
tion, and is held to appear at the next
term of Court.-McArthur Record.
George Partlow, at Jackson, has
been convicted of manslaughter, for
the murder of Pagan in 1868.
MACARTHUR, Nov. 3.-About three
o'clock on Friday morning the dwell
ing of f. W. Depue. three miles