The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-02-15
Corner of Main and Broadway Streets

/ Long returned to-day from the neighbor-
hood of Lincoln Furnace, where he had
been visiting friends, and doing little
ministerial work by the way. Squire
Bakers Court has been running for sew
eral days in trying a case which is not of
! proper character to be reported in a fam
lily newspaper. There seems to be.a per-
feet mania for getting scandal into the
Courts, and before the public Why will
not people behave themselves?
SATURDAY.-Snowt this evening, chang
ing tonight into heavy, beating rain.
| The trains on the M. & c. have been
running the greater part of this week
wrong eend fo'most," as they came down
from Hamden. The high waters seem to
have gotten things turned around, as it
were. 1t was with feeling of sadness
that John Levi heard last week of his
own DEATH this sad occurrence having
been published in two of the Jackson
papers, with obituary notice. b ohm
swears that he is still able to "boufce
rock" off the head of the man who wrote
him up. John is still alive, and was
never in better health. This is perhaps
the first instance on record where man
got drunk, frozo to death, was carted off
and buried, and afterward sat in his coZy
room in the Infrmy and heard his own
obituary read.
SUNDAY.-Terrible weather, rain, snow
and mud. Salt Creek is away out of
banks, this morning, the water covering
the bottom lands, from the railroads al
most to the hills. The water made a
break into Star Furnace Mines, but was
stopped before any great damage was
done. Mrs. Morgan, living in Kahn's
Addition, is quite III with fever. AT M.
E. Sabbath School this morning, Mrs. J.
III. Mackley was elected Life Member of
American Bible Society. Rev. Earl A.
Cranston, of Denver, Colorado, preached |
at NJ E. Church tonight. 1t is not nee
essary for us to add anything with regard
to this sermon. Mr.. Cranston is well
known in Jackson as deep thinker, a
fine orator, and man of pleasing address
generally. There were two seekers at |
the altar, and one united with the Church, /
at the close of the sermon. The series
of protracted meetings at both the Pres
byterian and M. E. Churches, have closed |
=. We noticed, while passing along the
O. S. r. R. this afternoon, somewhat |
comical display of human skepticism. A
couple of ladies were coming down the
wagon road which leads towards the |
DUNCAN residence, at Diamond. To keep |
on as they were going, would lead them,
further on, to an impossible pond of
water. Our young friend B. Harry French
kindly shouted to them that the only |
safety would be in coming up onto the |
railroad. But what did Harry know
about it? The good ladies were probably |
singing neither turn to the right, nor |
turn to the left" and they had made up
their minds to go that road. And go it
they did, and we passed on. But, on
looking around, after while, we discov-
cred that the good ladies, after having
waded the mud and water far enough to |
satisfy themselves that Harry was right, |
solemnly turned about, came back a long |
distance, and took the exact route which |
he had warned them to take, in the first
place. This short walk was combina-
ton of experience, mud, and wisdom.
MoNDAY.-The Jail is rapidly filing
up again. e. Rev. Earl Cranston left for
the West this morning. Miss Edith
Hawk fell to-day, and sustained consid-
erable injury. just before School took
up this afternoon, Willie Motz, Davie
Mackley, Ora Evans, and several other
boys were sitting on the fence of Mrs.
McGhee's property, on Broadway Street,
and were telling stories and anecdotes
they had read. Motz has habit of toss
ing his head backward when he laughs.
Some boy was telling an anecdote which
amused him, and throwing his head back
ward he lost his balance, falling backward
into Mrs McGhee's lot, striking upon his
head, and severely stunning him. 1t was
at first thought that his neck was broken,
as he was seized with a spasm immedi-
ately after falling He was carried to
| the residence of David Armstrong, and
| after remaining there a short time, was
| removed, by his father and brother, to his
home. . For some weeks there has been
| powerful greyhound playing about the
streets. He is the property, we believe,
| of George Wilson. This hound is fighter
he would about as soon fight as eat,
and he generally does both at once To
day he jumped onto little dog in the
street But the owner of this dog was at
hand, and by a well-directed blow his
greyhoundship was knocked senseless,
| living stiff in the mud until Sam. Martin
came across the street and lifted the
hound to his feet, when he slowly limped,
or rather staggered, away. That grey
hound got good deal of valuable expert
ence in about two minutes. And in this
little dog-fght there is valuable lesson:
The strong-relying upon his great
strength should not jump onto the weak,
with impunity, for there is ever power
at hand to protect the weak, and the
strong assailant knows not at what mo-
ment he may be stricken down.
NJ. L. MILLER, Steubenville, says: Il
can recommend Browns Iron Bitters