The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-06-07
DAILY OBSERVATIONS.

WEDNESDAY.
Rev. w.D Cherington and family went to
Franklin Valley to-day, where Mr.. Cherington
will preach tonight.
John NJ. Downey has a law Office in Cavetts
building.
jackson has a colored barber who can leap
anywhere from nine to twelve feet at one jump,
backward.
; Mrs. J. M. Evens, her son Charlie, and her
daughter Bertha, left to-day for visit to friends
In Pike county.
D. Williams, Marshal of Coalton. atom" was
rigged in full uniform of blue.
John W. Hank has resigned salesman in
the store of G. W. Rice, and James A. Rice
('Abe,' y has taken his place.
Mrs. Remtry has opened dress making es-
tablishment in company with Mrs. Dickson, In
the building owned by Mr.. Dever, on Broadway
Street.
Trading in real estate has been quite lively in
this county, of late. Yesterday Recorder
Thompson received sixty deeds, IN one package,
to be placed on record.
A number of parties went to Portsmouth this
morning to attend decoration" services.
family, Samuel Stevenson, and several others
Some men have been taking cheap-looking
tfn-types of buildings about town for several
days, and selling them at O dollar apiece. We
have nothing to say against the men or their
work, only that either of our home artists
Cahoon, Williams Miller would take, If called
upon, vastly superior pictures.
The roller-skaters received warning, and
what ought to be a lesson, this afternoon.
James K. McClung was disporting himself upon
a pair of rollers and cavorting around over the
floor of Jones Hall, when he suddenly fell and
broke one of his legs, between the knee and
ankle It is only wonderful that somebody has
not been killed at this dangerous play, hereto
fore.
THURsDA1.
Miss Maggie Knox has been sick for several
days.
Miss Nellie Draper, of Portsmouth, is visiting
friends here.
A number of the friends of Aunt Tacy Peter
son gave her surprise party tonight.
DIR. Cavett has built himself new shop, on
his homestead property, corner Church and
Main Sts., and is now building warehouse.
corps of teachers with the exception of Miss
Lib. Gardner. Miss Ida Jones will take the
School formerly taught by Miss Gardner.
The silver poplar trees along the sewer from
Pearl Street to the drain near g. w. MiIler's res
idence are all dying. 1t is thought this is caused
by the moisture being drained away from the
roots of the trees. Silver poplars are very poor
property anyhow
We had a pleasant call this evening from Mr..
George A. Smith, of Columbus George is a
very intelligent young gentleman. That is why
he comes after Jackson County girl miss
Belle Bierly) for wife.
Mr.. John I. Davis, contractor for the Gibson
House Addition, FELL while at work to-day, and
broke one of his legs, above the ankle. He was
sitting on pile of lumber when it fell, catching
his leg under portion of it.
There goes man who is probably worth more
than one hundred thousand dollars, reeling
along the street, drunk, in company with a
worthless drunken loafer. But don't tell this
old man that Prohibition will prohibit, because,
if you have prohibition, this man will go and
get drunk. right away. He is tumbling along
the streets sober, now, because there is no Pro-
hibition.
Broadway Street is noted for her fights
When the men are not fighting, the dogs are al
1t, and between men and dogs things are KEPT
quite lively. Tonight Herschel johnson went
into Scotts Drug Store, and soon got into 6
quarrel with DIR. w. F. Scott, but "Scotty' il
not one of your scary kind, and he was about tt
give Hersehel a double barreled dose o
Herbana, when the officers interfered and per
suaded the parties to be quiet.
FRIDAY.
There were 22l votes polled at the primary IL
Coal Township to-day.
Jared Martin and Tom Grifhths have been re
appointed policemen.
NV. Workman has a beautiful garden on tn
Long farm, on the hill, above Diamond.
Miss Maggie Mcclure, of franklin Valley,
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Rice.
= o. Q. Miller and Alonzo Osborn were at Jess
Osborn's, to-day, some eleven miles in tn
country.
We had a call this morning from Phil. c
Beckley, agent for David e. Foutz, of Horse an
Cattle Powder fame.
Mrs. Eliza Titus, of Ennis, P. O., called at tn
office this morning, and like the good, sensib
woman that she is, set the date of her subscril
ton to the Standard away over into next yea
Tie funeral of Mrs. Farrar, mother-in-law
John NJ. Ewing wss preached at Mr.. Ewing
residence to-day by Rev. Evans, of the Presb!
teriar Church. The remains were taken to tt
countrv for burial.