The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08
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SEVEN weeks of school vet.
SHIPMENTS from this point have bee1
very light for the past few days.
CHARLIE THoRNHILL, of Xenia, spen
Sunday here. If Madame Rumor speak
truly, it will not be his last visit here.
Miss FRANK SWANSON, and the young
lady who rolled down the hill at Waiver
ly, last summer, spent Sunday in town.
QUITE fall took place in front of Mil
ton store Saturday afternoon. 1t was {
fall over a paving stone. No one hurt
however
Mr.. HENRY BARNES, late of Xenia, has
opened a furniture store on the corner OF
Main st. and Willard Avenue We wish
success in the enterprise.
ED. L. WATSON spent several days in
Portsmouth last week.
II. S. WILLARD ESQ, who has been in
Kansas on business for week or more
returned home Sunday.
THE base ball king and shooting gal
lery is in full blast, and is apparently
making money.
DIR. J. NJ. KELLs, formerly of Lanca.-
ter, O., has established himself here, and
has his office in the room formerly used
as the postoffice.
WE have one photographer in town,
and another will open out in a few days.
| Verify. our citizens have good opportu-
nifty of seeing themselves as others see
them.
MILTON FURNACE is making, on an av-
erage, twenty tons of No. 1 iron daily.
J. r. GARLAND, of Xenia has moved
his family here, and has opened a wagon
shop on West Broadway. Hope he may
succeed.
WE hear it said that William Chew of
Jackson, is coming here to open new
barber shop.
THE high winds last week partially I'M
rooted the casting house at Milton.
THE prospect for another railroad in
the near future is very bright indeed.
Iron is being laid on this side of Coalton,
on the D. & S. E. and within a month, if
nothing prevents, trains will be running
through to Dayton.
Miss REED, of Jackson, has supplied
a long felt want of the feminine portion
Of humanity, by opening dressmaking
establishment ON Broadway, near Liston
St., in the room occupied by F. F. Swan
son as a sewing machine ware-room. We
think her success is assured, hope so at
least.
A COUPLE of brothers invested in bad
whisky, one day last week, got pretty full
and undertook to clean out the town. AS
the first one they met with was S. II. Kin
nison Esq, they failed. One of them
paid Sis for his fun, and the other was
bound over to appear at court.
THAT enterprising young firm, Reed &
Cherington, are doing a fine business in
boots and shoes, on the corner of Main
and Willard Avenue, up stairs. 1t is
only necessary to say that the senior
partner learned his trade with Jno. Twad-
die, of Winchester, to tell the kind of
work they do
THERE is apparently but two days in
the year that our saloons are closed. The
Spring and Fall election days, and we
have considerable doubts if all of them
are closed then. LeaStWise it looks sus-
picious to see a man coming out the back
way and counting his change.
III. 7. STONEBURNER has opened res
taurant and confectionery store on Will
lard Avenue, next door to Evans pro-
vision store and meat market. To all ap-
pearances he is doing a smashing business.
Two HUNDRED and thirty-two cars of
coal were hoisted from Milton shaft on
the 31st, and one thousand and eighty
cars for the five days ending Friday,
April End. This is the largest number of
cars ever hoisted in the same length of
time, at this place.
WE'VE not exactly told all we know,
but perhaps it would be as well to "shtop
a leetle." REX.
FRANK KITCHEN-sOn of DR.. Kitchen
who resides in Madison township had