Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-02

: Miss Lille Fitch, of Gailipolis, o.
are visiting at Mr.. G.. W. Iiarrison's
It in lNorietta Register.
Hon. Henry S.;Neal came In on the
}. train Saturday evening and spent. Sun
e day with us.
The Census Enumerators are now
= being paid at the rate Of go person;
per day. 1t is estimated that il will be
. fully 3 months before the last of the
!, 80, 900 Enumerstors receive their pay.
Mrs. DR.. Ricketts,, who has been quite
I'll at Portsmouth, Is recovering.
, The lawyers in town are resting on
their oars, trying to keep cool.
Bone dust is said to pay from 100 to
200 per cent. to the farmer In this
county.
All the public schools open Sept. lsth.
The Scioto Is a new steamer TO run
between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.
She is 2s7 feet long, 30 feet wide, 45
staterooms, steel boilers, double rlv-
ited, engines 20 inches in diameter.
with six feet stroke. Fires were lighted
In her Thursday with the Gallipolis
JOURNAL. the only Republican paper
on board She will be furnished with
an electric light. Capt. John Oliver, Of
this city, is the engineer. She makes
her first trip this week.
Mr.. A. Newton will plant the biggest
tree In the Square; now see.
The town has been besleged by book
agents during the past week.
Judge Carter, rs administrator. will
sell the Amos property In Patriot.
Mrs. Mary Fl. Cherington and son.
Capt. VIM. Cherington, conductor Oh
the NJ. & C. 4. R., are visiting their
relative, Mr.. c. W. Cherington.
Mrs. Chas. Carel has gone 10 attend
the State Fair. being the guest of her
sister, Mrs VIM. Sharpe Of Columbus.
After several disappointments and
delays, Rev. Bowen and family, accom-
panied by Gerald Bowen and wife, got
off on the Ohio, last Wednesday, for
their new home In Kansas.
The funeral of Frank Cole on Thurs
day last was large and well conducted
affair. The flremen were ont In uni.
form and accompanied the procession to
the lower end of the city, the procession
then proceeding to Clay Chapel, several
miles below, where the body was depos-
lied In its final resting place. Mr.. Cole
was young man well liked by his COM
rades. He was very quiet in company,
always ready tor duty and was never
known to go back on friend.
The Board of Education, Saturday |
evening, elected Miss Alice Martin, of
Vint0n, teacher in room No. of the
City Schools, gice Miss Laur, resigned.
Lieut.. o. NJ. Carter will be fur
loughed from West Point on the l5th
He will take q course Of law lectures
at Columbia College, N. Y. during the
next two years.
VIM. Furgeson hss quit the wharf
boat and is assisting NJ. G. Gross, the
egg buyer.
Messrs. James Robinson, not he of
bareback fame. and John Smith, the
man whom POcahOntas saved, of CALI
polls, were in the city on Friday last
Lancaster Gazette.
The family Of Mr.. Lewis Drnmmond
have returned from the Kanawha.
Mr.. John Gorsuch, of Rutland. Meigs
County, has moved his family to Rio
Grande, this county. His object is to
educate his children.
The finest hack between POmeroy and
Middleport has recently been placed on
the line by Fletcher & Davis. And
John Anderson Is the most aecommo-
dating driver this side of the Southern
States. Try him.-Meigs Co. Republic
can.
See announcement Of Grand Excur-
sion to Cincinnati Exposition. Only
50 10 for the round trip. Cheap.
A foil and interesting report of the
County Board of Equalization will be
found on the first page.
Rev. j. f. Sewers, Of Logan, was
one Of the excurslonists to our city on
Friday last.
Capt. s. Bright, of Hooking, recent
for the Congressional nomlna-
tlon, was down with the excuraiOnists ,
Friday.
Mr.. Q. Waugh, from the lower part
of Gallia, Is clerklng at the wharf boat
boat store.
Mrs. Erie Tucker, of Green township,
was taken to the Athens Asylum for
Insane last week. Mrs. Tucker has
been an inmate of that Institution be-
fore
There Is strong talk of new fence
around the Public Square. The fence
to put Is one made OF gas pipe. 1t will
be cheap and durable. The Committee
on Public Improvements has Its orders
to pave Second street side of the Square
at once. The City Council should see to
fixing the base of the Music Stand.
The ladies built and presented 1t to the :
City, and why doesn't the Council take G
care of 1t.
The land In the case of McNally vs..
Grover, In Cheshire township, was
sold at Sheriff's sale to C. w. White,
Esq, for $7l6 67.
Mr.. Jno. l.. Guy, Clerk Of the
Courts, left Tuesday morning for Co.
lumbus to attend the State Fair. There |
are strong suspicious floating round in
the Gallipolls atmosphere that he will
go to Miami county before his return,
and there find q Mrs. JnO. L. Guy.
The JOURNAL here risks its greeting to
the happy twain.
Mrs. Margaret Menager and Miss
Alice Pitrat have gone to the State
Fair.
Prof. NJ. f. Hard will have an inter-