The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-12-22
WeIIStOn Notes.

For once in the history of Wellston, pay day has
and gone without any especially noticeable dis
order. DIR. Lair arrived Tuesday and paid the
railroad men Off on Wednesday. Everything passed
off quietly without lob either for magistrate or cor
oner.
1t is said to be reported in some Of neighborng
towns that have the smallpox yellow fever and
plague in Welston. This is a mistake, unless we
class saloons the plague. The smallpox scare,
seems to have arisen from very slender materials.
During the closing days of November young colored
from Cincinnati arrived in town and went to the
Walker House very ill. Harvey Wells, learning of it
and claiming the sick man personal FRIEND took
him to his house, where he remained two or three
days. until his father from Wilkesville came and
took him home where reports say his illness devel-
oped into quite severe of typhoid fever The
fact that the sick man had just come from Cincinnati
gave some excuse for the suggestion that pos
sby he had the smallpox and on this idea the whole
scare has been based. While here have treated it
joke, some of neighbors have been taking 1t
in all seriousness Even had the young man in ques-
tion had the disease he left here December 3D. and
any exposure it would have developed the disease
this There is no more smallpox here than in
Hamden jackson.
We had quite sensation Friday over the ar
rest of Geo. Taafero, the charge of robbing the
Postofice. While the Postmaster was at dinner,
gentleman wishing to mail letter went in Taliaferos
barber shop and asked him for stamps; not having
the stamps he advised placing the letter in the box
with the money, which done. When the post
master returned Taliafero went to him. claimed the
pocketed the three cents and tore up the letter.
The real of the letter came in few minutes
after and learning the facts had warrant issued for
Taliaferos arrest. In the meantime he had decamp-
ed, but the Marshal overhauled him at Hamden,
brought him back, and locked him up in that orna
mental structure called the calaboose Saturday
morning the lock found broken and Mr.. Taiafero
had fled to parts unknown. Any information about
him will be thankfully received by his Wellston
| friends.
The room formerly occupied by the Partridge Bros.
and more recently by the runaway barber, has been
rented by Geo. Rupp of Jackson who expects to open
tin and stove store in it, in few days Chas ILL
Jams of Jackson has rented the new Lewis building
on Broadway and will open drug store during there
during the week. The long vexed and much guessed
question, what Is Emmett going to do! is settled
Mr.. E. was at Portsmouth last week and bought full
of ofliquors, and will open to-day frst-cass sa-
loon.
There has been little during the week in the
building line. Postmaster Bingham is enlargng his
residence, Stoneburner's new building is up. Pot
ters is nearly complete, and others are progressing
satisfactorily.
| The NJ. & C. Road have put in a new switch and
keep train of cars standing on it to prevent the
Springfield road from crossing, and yesterday (Sun
day) had engine guarding it all day. Work on the
narrow gauge branch is done. Mr.. Jewett, the engi
neer is to leave Thursday for Miss, where h'
has secured employment with the Cincinnati ant
Preparations are being made for combined Christ
mas festival by the two Protestant Sunday Schools
Candy will be provided for every one connected will
both schools and hope all may be happy. Service
at the Catholic Church on Sunday last. Rev. Father
| Thurheimer officiating.
Willard for Congress seems to be popular ticket il
| Wellst'n. Push on the Willard boom.
Who is the Wellston correspondent of the Ports
mouth Blade? We hear that worthy Marshal i
breaking the fourth commandment all into littl
pieces, and threatening to break "Mercurys" necl
about it. Our defence is much the Ben
Wade's when charged with wishing his daughter t
marry negro. Said he, in the first place dom
want my daughter to marry negro secondly neve
said so; thirdly never had daughter. Our defenc
in this is much the same In the first place W
didn't mean to say anything disrecpectul of the Mar
sha; secondly didn't write the letter; thirdly W
never heard of the paper in question until we hear
that Marshal wasting his damnatory elo
quence on us. Without having seen the article tha
is creating much excitement we suspect its wors
featuae may be its truth.
Santa Claus is in town in all his glory. Has take
his residence at all the stores business of all sort
is alive, and on the whole the prospects of Welsto
have never looked brighter. MERCURY.