Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-01-08
Locals.

Ihe cltlZenS OF the upper pOrHOH u
our city want government mail box
to be attached to the lamp post, corner
, of Second and Spruce streets. Thll
would be of immense convenience ant
should be placed there.
Mr.. A. M. White occupies the house
on Court street vacated by S. A. Dun
bar.
Miss Emma McCIurg took in the city
last week, on pleasure intent.
Mr.. Geo. E. Dutton expects to leave
us the following Monday. He will takt
charge of larger Office at Akron, O.
The citizens of Akron will find him tt
be live business man, and his lady ar
adornment to Akron society.
The entertainments of the folians
for the four representations netted near
ly $400. The last nights net proceeds
were given to Prof. J. NJ. Neal and Mr.
J. C. Ross. 1t amounted to $40 for each
Tbe Club expect to put a drama before
the public in the course of thirty days
Mr.. Alpheus f. Irwin was in the city
last week to see his sister Julia, who is
lying very sick.
Mr.. Phillip Weimar has been con.
fined to his room for the past few days.
Mr.. A. r. Chase left with Mr.. Geo. d.
Mcbride to take in the Smoky City un-
der the wing of Lew Moore.
Mr.. Arias Hannah left Saturday for
East Liverpool with the remains of Miss
Malinda Riley, who died New Years's
day. This lady has been an invalid for
40 years. When twenty-four years Of
age, sprightly, intelligent, and well
educated young lady, she had the mis-
fortune to be attacked with brain fever,
and wandered from her couch to the
open window, and fell out, breaking her
arm, leg and skull. She died at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Rachael Hannah.
Mr.. Jas. Cromley has another boy in
his house. Jim is doing well, this be-
ing the third.
Huge piles of mud and filth were roll
ed up daily on our streets, last week by
the Street Commissioners scraper.
On New Years day, the firm of Al
lemong, Baer & Co, called Messrs. A..
G. Beall and J. T. Smith back to the
desk and presented each crisp one
hundred dollar bill. This was reward
for faithful services rendered the firm
during the past year.
Mr.. Harry Gephard, who is stationed
at Washington c. H. spent his holidays
with us.
Mr.. Ed. Vaughn is again travelling
for the house of Jno. T. Halliday & Co.
Corn finds ready sale at fifty cents per
bushel along the line of the railroad.
1t is Prof. and Mrs. J. l.. Lasley now.
School keeps.
The medical students of our city in
attendance upon medical colleges,
holidays being over, have returned to
their dnties.
During the year 1879 there were is
sued 34S marriage licenses. The great
est number issued in any one month
! in December last, Al.
James Watts, young man of about
seventeen years, and son of the late
David Watts, of Green township, on
New Years Day was celebrating the
same by exploding logs with powder.
A hole was bored into log, into the
same was poured powder and notohed
plug driven therein along which was q
trail of powder. This he set on fire,
and started away, but had not time to
get sufficient distance when the ex.
plosion took place, one side of the log
striking him In the face crushing one
side of it, and making a painful and
ugly wound.
Mr.. F. D. Niday. of Harrison town
ship, was in the city Saturday wearing
q smile like Aurora throwing back tn,
: curtain of the east. A BRAN new Re
publican boy Que at his house. If h'
} has the goodness of his mother and thu
. spirit of his father, he Is the comm,
: man of Harrison.
Thomas Brooks, of Greenfield town
e ship, was brought to jail by Office
: Morgan on Saturday, having been sen
= up by Judge Lambert for burglary il
default of $500. There is nothing Il
s the case except petit larceny. He wa
{ bailed out.
e Huntington township has the horn.
Not delinquent taxpayer within he
: borders this year.
: Sheriff Blake and Deputy Sherii
e Trobridge entered upon their dutie
Monday, and took charge of the Jail.
9 The alarm Of fire Saturday eyenin
q was from the stable Of MIR. Jno. {
Shepard, in the rear of his busine:
+ house on Second street, and was cause
n by boys therein burning cork to blacke
II their faces. The fire was extinguishe
after slight damage.
e The holidays oyer the merry maker
st have dispersed, and business begir
s. again. All the railroaders have gon
lr back to work.
The caucus at Columbus, Saturda,
a. nominated w. S. Matthews, ESQ
sr Second Assistant or Message Clerk
re the Senate. This is equivalent to a
election.
ar Mr.. G. D. Mcbride is suffering cor
t. siderably with rheumatism. He is Q
at present on trip to Pittsburg.
l. Messrs. a. P. Msnager & Co. lost
of fine horse New Years day. He b
rs came entangled in the chains attach'
is to the coal flats and was drowned.
The largest lot Of Oliver chilled plo,
'ss ever received here in one day arriv'
re at Hutchinson q Baldridge's, last wee
Mr.. Jno. Talbot and wife expect
leave for Florida the following Monda
Of to recruit Mr.. Talbott's failing healt