The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-12-06
DAILY OBSERVATIONS.

/ WEDNEsDAY.-Last night the young
friends of Miss Annie Martin gave her a
surprise party at the residence of her un-
Gle, Mr.. Charles Carpenter, on Portsmouth
street. .Masons are fixing the Chin
neys on the Court House to-day, to make
them draw better. After next Tuesday,
the entire Court House will draw well
for few days, at least. .... Town full of
turkeys and chickens to-day. .... M
Kate Warth, daughter of Judge Trip,
arrived at this place to-day. -. Prayer
meetings tonight principally attended by
the ladies-men all too busy getting rea-
dy for Thanksgiving. John Oiler, of
Coalton, paid the Standard visit to-day.
The fellows who got up the wild
story of the alleged plot of the Jones bro
| theirs to throw pepper-sass into the Sher-
IFS eyes and escape, had gotten hold of
an old Standard, read the account of the
Lackey murder, and dreamed the whole
thing. In the course of events the pris-
oners were put in the new jail-but not
because the Sheriff and his guards were
afraid of them. Their life now is mix
ture of mirth and seriousness-a sort of
serio-comic abandon to circumstances. In
their cages they will sing, whistle and
crow like roOsters, all in the same mo-
ment. While any man in their circum-
stances would escape if possible, there
was no effort on their part, although the
desire is doubtless there. -. "A dance at
Jones Hall tonight.
THURsDAY.-Never was there a more
lovely Thanksgiving Day than this-a
bright, sunny, Indian Summer day. The
business houses were all closed but one
or two, and some of the doggeries were
closed. The streets were thronged with
people, the ladies being out in large num-
bers. A fair-slZed congregation assem-
bled at the M. E. Church, where Rev. F.
S. Davis preached an excellent sermon,
taking as subject the question: "Shall
this be a Christian Nation ?". -. There
was large gathering to-day at the resi-
dence of James Mayhem, about mile and
half south of town, to celebrate Ms.
Mayhew's birthday. Poor & Huski
| shipped car load of hogs, yesterday, and
number of sheep and cattle to-day. This
stock goes East. Harry Bedel is dec
Grating the front of his store with new
coat of paint. Ed. Grassland was in
town a few hours this morning. Capt
Crosslaud arrived this afternoon.
10. Starkey is in town to-day. -. The
young folks had an evening of grand en-
joyment-so they say-at the dance last
evening 49,. A citizen living in the west
part of town owns a fine Alderney heifer
calf. Several times this calf has been
worried and bitten by the dogs that roam
the Company Field like pack of wolves.
To-day the calf was attacked again, by a
great bull dog, when the citizen aforesaid
emptied two ounces of bird-shot into the
bull dog aforesaid, which said bull dog
Immediately gave up the ghost. When
the man approached to shoot him, the dog
was chasing cow. The town authori-
ties ought to authorize Marshal Owens to
take half-day's shooting ON the Compa-
ny Field. There are no quail there. but
there are plenty of dogs, and Bill can hit
them. We have counted as high as ten
dogs after cow, at one time, on that
common. Fifteen or twenty dogs ON that
side of town can be spared without any
serious loss to the town. "A new iron
stairway is replacing the old wooden
stairway, in the old School Building.
FRIDAY. The young folks had a
dance last night at the residence of Phil.
and Sidney Gilbert, Diamondtown. 80.
Judge Miller and G. A. Atkinson spent
Thanksgiving with Hiram Stephenson
Hamilton township. jeff. Dever is in
town to-day. Mr.. D.ver has sold his Sci
OTTO County farm to Mr.. Kuehner. and has
purchase the California" Jones place oi
Mr.. Harshbarger. Mr.. Dever will short
ly remove to his new purchase, and Jack
son will be glad to welcome so good cit
izen to this immediate neighborhood. :.
T. L. Hughes, Esq, of Oak Hill, is in
town to-day. 49,. We observed but two
men in town yesterday who knew of NJ
other way to give thanks than to gel
beastly drunk. One of them stopped {
respectable colored woman ON the street
and talked ard acted like an idiot. HI
will stop the right person after a VIII lie
Just give him time. To-day two
tramps and two bears were performing
antics about the streets. The tramps bea
! and abused the animals shamefully. Du
ring the course of the exhibition, thes
tramps demonstrated to the crowd that
/, four-legged beast may possibly get dow
|. as low as atwo-legged beast. These bear
were taken to the dens of AL Castor ant
John Rapp, and treated" to the misera
ble hell-slops for sale there. And tn
:. ;. four-legged brutes seemed to enjoy it !,
well as their two-legged fellows.
!, SATURDAY.-Robert Ramsey was il
. town to-day, the first time, we believ,
!, since his terrible cutting of a few week
ago. We fear our young friend Ramsr
has not learned, from his experience, tha
II lesson which it was hoped he had learned
I'VE had pleasant call to-day fror
Mr.. James w. Lake, son of the late New
q Lake, and nephew of our esteemed fello,
ir citizen, Henry Hunsinger. Mr.. LAX
If is slightly crippled from something lik
paralysis, caused, he thinks, by drinkin
t. poisonous water in the alkali regions {
t the far West, where he spent some tim
with two of his uncles, hunting and tray