Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-07-08

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10 ance Mayor and he got gloriousl
idrunk. Then they elected man who's
% supposed familiarity with the critic
would teach him better habits. Nov
i the other day the latter gentleman wa
seated in the middle of the street using
i various objects for target for hi
r. pistol. Tide.
The Chesapeake travels more mile
a per week than any other steamboat OF
, the river, with the exception of the C
e & o. r. r. packets, which travel on Sun
). days. Not so with the former.
A number of carriages, filled with
young people, were down on Saturday
to take In our Fourth. Nary.
3 Mr.. Jacob Welker and family re-
e turned from Nebraska, Saturday last,
i to go back to their old home at Vinton.
n Mr.. W. reports Nebrasks as miserable
country to live in. He says that people
are compelled to burrow holes in the
: ground In which to seek shelter during
the terrible storms that prevail there.
I In crop times the drouths are long,
when 1t is almost impossible to raise
anything.
Mr.. Graves Hubbard is off for his
mountain home at Maiden, W. Va, to
spend short time.
Send In your names for the JOURNAL
, during campaign. Only so cents, free
of postage.
Mr.. l.. Meis, of Covlngton, KY, was
in town this week, after his wife. who
has been visiting at Mr.. Henry Wells,
at Vinton.
Mr.. r. p. Shine, OF Eagle Furnace.
4 was in town, this week. $50.
/ Mr.. #. B. Flower, of Proctorville,
was in town last week.
Mr.. Frank Baker, Editor and Pro-
prietor of the Marine Journal, Cincin-
natl, was in town last week, looking at
our business establishments.
Morgan township has a population
of 1886, an increase of 81 since the last
census. Her population ia divided into
267 families. Thirty are more than
20, and the following are more than
s0-Cornelius Grady, 80; Kaspar Gar
ZACH, s3; James Howell, 80; Kinsey
Robinson. 81; Chloe Vance, So; Hiram
Wilcox, 81 Henry Hartwig, SO; Sophia
Hartwig, 50; Hannah Logue, 81; VIM.
Scott, 81.
All of the town lots In the original
plat of the town are 173 #. 10 in. In
length. The width of the lots vary.
Those above the Public Square are So
#. lO1s Inches in width; back of Pub
lie Square, 81 #. 71l inches; below
Public Square, 81 #. a inch. The
widest lot in the city is garden lot 90,
which is COS TT. in width. This lot Is
on Front, between Locust and Cedar
streets.
One hundred and seven people In
Raccoon township are named Davis.
City lots are numbered from the low
er end of the city to the upper end.
They number on the old plat 473.
Gallipolis had population in 1910
of 500. The county numbered at that
time, 4lsl. Only Is colored persons
lived in the county In that year.
In 1921 delinquent taxes in this
county were advertised in the SciOto |
Gazette, that paper having the largest
circulation here.
The census figures for Huntington
township will be found In our CORES
pondence.
Our county paid out $3.50 for panther
and wolf scalps for the eleven years fol-
lowing lS0G. One dollar was paid for
wolf scalp.
DIR. A. l.. Norton, Of Portsmouth,
came from Gallia Furnace and joined
his family here, last week.
Judgments were rendered in the Com
mon Pleas Court for the judicial year
of 1873 to amount of $l03,Sl4. For
the year of 1879, sS2 ,09I. This shows
healthy decrease, prognosticating
better state of progress.
Mr.. B. G. Mccullough of Hunting
ton was In town this week.
Greenfield has population of 1909,
a loss of III as compared with last GEN.
sus. OF her people, 25 are more than
20. List of very aged--Rachael Fet.y
"a, Bethney Lambert 80, Nancy Lee SO,
Jeremiah Lambert 80, Nancy Mulhern
80, Elizabeth Craig =.
Twenty-one divorces were the docket
for 1873, eight of which were granted.
For the year following 25 were on the
books, IL of which were granted.
The year 1873 only cost the county
$125 for counsel fees.
The indictments for crime for the
two years ending July l, 1879, number
2l2, of this number so were under the
influence of liquor when the crime was
committed-nearly % per cent.
Perry township has population of
1929, decrease of 1876 from last census.
Here are the "a whose ages exceed 10
Nancy Bumgardner, 80; VIM. Clark,
81; Susan Clark, 7S; George Carter.
rs; VIM. Cochran, II; John Davis, 72;
Mary x. Davis, ~; Evan Evans, 76;
Rev. Jno. A. Davis, 70; Sarah Evans, u;
Thomas Evans, II; Elizabeth Evans, IL;
Chafus Garnes, 20; Griffith D. Griffith,
&c; J. NJ. Gates, 76; Rachael Grady,
20; Emily Giles, "a; David Hutchins,
IL; John Hammond. 20; Ann Jones,
75; John James, IS; Mary Lewis, 80;
Margaret Mccall, 7S; Elizabeth Rees,
IL; Ammon Ripley, ~; Amos Ripley,
u; Polly Ripley, 73; Fl. p. Simmer
man, 75; Sophina Simmerman, Y;
Elizabeth Schmidt, 20; Joshua Thomas,
81; Martha Tylor, ~; Wyatt Wright,
73; Margaret Wood, II. Of the whole
number % are named Jones and &C
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