Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-23

| tyre were down to the exposition, la
week. Mr.. and Mrs. p. A. Sanns al
visiting friends at Lswreuceburg, Ind
The JOURNAL again rolls up list
new subscribers, numbering II for la'
week, making - for the two week.
Room for more.
Jno. C. vanden Is taking theenume
! ration of school children.
We have It upon good authority, tbs
three of the fair ladies who are wont {
entertain the members Of the Bachelo
Club, will Join the matrimonial ban
before Christmas.
Mrs. MadalIne Thompson received
telegram last Thursday, announcing th
serious Illness Of her son J. J. Thomp
son, at Macon, No. She left that da,
fol his bedside.
The County Commissioners brough
suit against the City of Gallipolis, Satur
day, for $3.50, the city's share Of the cit.
clock. The Council Is willing to pa.
s400, bat hangs fire on the $50 for tn
dial. White q Holcomb are attorney
for the Commissioners.
-. Pool has removed Front stree
house to his lot near the railroad trestle
and is fixing 1t up for renters.
Gen. Weaver. the Greenback candidat'
for President, will speak at Point Pleas
ant, Sept. 23d, at o'clock p. N.
The Fire Company were out practic
ing, Saturday evening.
Jno. Dunn has remodelled the ole
Froidveaux house, on Front street.
SamI. Roberts has moved his FROM
street purchase to his brickyard, and /.
repairing 1t for renters.
The present prosperity Of our city Il
remarkable. Nobody idle, all contract
Ing firms with orders ahead and gener.
GUS shipments abroad.
Fred. Henkle is building commodi.
Gus ice-house at his brewery.
Scioto county beats US 5000 In popula-
ton.
The show case of Fenner has been
re-touched by Beale and Is lovely
thing.
Iron ore has been hauled for a week
past from the railroad to the river, to be
shipped to Pomeroy.
Turnips in market.
Sam'l Cherington. Oscar Eagle, Chas.
johnson and Henry Gilman, took In the
Meigs county Fair.
A. G.. Beall will erect a dwelling
house on Fourth street, In Beali's sub
to the city.
Lemuel Holmes is erecting one story
frame dwelling house on Spruce street,
near Fourth.
Rutland has cucumber III inches
in length and ~ lbs. in weight.
The mail now comes in on the 80
train, and goes out on the 4 A. NJ. train.
The following offices on the line receive
mail from the train: Union Furnace,
Star IFurnace, New Plymouth, Creola.
Dundas. Oreton, Radcliff,
Ewington, vinton, and Pine Grove.
The wilkesville mail will 60 to Radcliff.
J.J. Maxon took live stock to the
Ironton Fair.
Capt. Chas. Regnier and wife will
spend a month In town.-AdriaeJ Journal.
A special train will be run from here
10 the Logan Fair, on Friday, October
sth. Fare, 80 so, round trip. The citi-
zens of that place are making prepars-
ions to receive us. Particulars hereaf-
;er.
Jack Frost has come to see US.
The telephones at Portsmouth and
[ronton, are panning out to the COM
pany at the rate of 5000 per month.
uses n instruments and
go. It Is paying Investment.
Let us have company.
Chas A. Rife, Of Morgan township,
goes to Cincinnati, to-day. to attend
medical lectures.
Mr.. s. w. Williams, of Walnut town.
ship, left Tuesday, to attend the Miami
Medical College, at Cincinnati.
Mr.. A. w. Brown of the Journal, took
in Gallipolis last week during the fair.
Mr.. Brown paid his respects 70 the vari-
Gus newspaper offices and speaks In high
terms of his kind reception by all. Bu-
siness Is reported brisk and that our rail-
road has given new impetus to all de-
partments of trade. Whilst In Gsllipo-
lis Mr.. Brown stopped at the st. Wen-
dell, and says that Capt. Vsrney and H.
C. Shoemaker know just how to run a
hotel.
Whilst In Gallipolis last week, we
made the acquaintance of Mr.. P. Pritch-
EFT, Chief of the Fire Department Of GAL
llpolis, whom we found to be very
clever gentleman and straightoutR Repub-
lican.-McArthur Journal.
Henry Blanc and wife have departed
for st. Julien, France. The JOURNAL
will be sent to them.
A fire cistern is being built at the cor
ner of State and Third streets. 1t will
be 90. feet deep and 20 feet in diameter,
and hold 1900 barrels of water. An at
tempt was made some time ago to build
a cistern- on the same spot, but it caved
in.
Henry House has resigned his posi-
ton at the Athens Asylum and returned
to live among us.
The Hebrews Of this city tasted on
Wednesday.
All the taxes to be raised In the city
the coming year-not counting dog and
delinquent taxes-are $45, ,038.47.
Messrs. J. D. Clendinen and C. N
Holcomb are putting up tenant houses
ON their recently bought up town lots.
The City Council under the supervis.
ion of City Commissioner Blazer, is
grading Third street, between Olive and
Pine.
An agent for State Directory, which
Is to contain the names of all the promi-
nent business men In the cities Of the