The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-05-22
DAILY OBSERVATIONS.

, | hre company now nave morse 1Or tnel
hose-reel. -. The old building corner o
Pearl and Broadway bears dimly tn
legend: Furniture" This is-or wa
. calling attention to the fact that T. N
Howell had furniture for sale within
Howell has been gone for twenty-five
years, and the old sign lies. 1t reminds
US of the word reform written ovel
the door of the Democratic camp.
Mrs. Cornelia Paine and family, ani
Misses Flora and Clara Dickson, spent
to-day with Mrs. G. w. Rice. 49,. james
Fry has been working at Coalton for &
day or two. John Burt's new build
ing covers the entire lot. The street
sprinkler almost wonders why he started
A day dry enough to make sprinkling
necessary can scarcely be found. -.
Speaking of coal mining troubles this
evening with a number of friends, the
conversation ran back to the early tradi-
tions concerning the discovery of coal in
this region. There is no authoritative
record or evidence as to who first discOv-
cred coal here, but it is evident, from the
nature of the case, that the men who
| OO1Ou All odlG AO1O WCAI GulOuSu OAC
shaft coal vein, and possibly more than
one vein. Old Mr.. Foster, who lived on
| the Hunter farm claimed to have dug
down to three-foot vein of coal many
| years ago, and to have sunk an old tree in
the hole, but the secret of the location of
| the mine died with Mr.. Foster. But the
| coal is there, no doubt. The History of
the Scioto Valley" we believe claims that
| our old friend A. S. Kyle was the discov
erer of the Jackson Shaft Coal. But we
saw shaft coal burned here several years
before Mr.. Kyle came to Jackson county.
The first. shaft in Jackson was at the
frame mill now owned by Peters & Hun
singer. The mine was under the bed of
Salt Creek, and the mill boilers furnished
the steam for hosting. Mr.. Lynn mined
considerable coal here, but the business
was new, and ventilation of mines little
understood, and the old mine was aban-
doned many years ago. Mr.. James L.
Rice. who is to-day boring well for Mr..
E. G. Powell, enjoys the distinction of
being the first discoverer of Jackson
Shaft Coal.
THURsDAY.-Rain again. Some of
the miners called our attention to the
fact that we spoke last week of the cessa-
tion of work in the mines under the head
of "strike," when there was no strike, the
operators merely shutting down because
the miners would not sign contracts.
Some 26 or 27 mines are shut down, and
more than eight hundred men out of en-
ployment. 49,. The coal miners were paid
to-day, largely in gold and silver, and
"the money jingles" lively to-night-and
alas, some of it will jingle into the Mu-
nicipal Golfers before another sunset.
Two young men - Jones and Beecher
Davis, came to town to-day, to get mar
riage license for Mr.. Jones, who very
much desires to enter the state of wedded
blessedness. They got the license. AT
terward they went into some of the
stores and other places and in one store |
the groom left the important paper.
Beecher afterward secured it so as to
keep it safely for his friend. All was
safe and sound! Happy and contented,
they went to Delays, got their buggy out,
and were ready to start. Beecher thought |
best to give his friend the paper. He |
reached for it, but it "wer'nt thar
What was to be done? Couldn't marry |
without license, and couldn't get but one |
license! The last the Standard saw of |
missing paper. Let us hope that they
found it, and all now are happy!.. The |
Fire Engine was taken to the town scales |
to-day and weighed. The weight was
$500 lbs. 49,. The big horse belonging to
Ed. Poor and Tom Delay was weighed to-
day on the town scales, and weighed $40 |
lbs. The calaboose is almost full to-
who ought to be there. 49,. We think |
Mr.. Chapman, at his new Office, has about |
the incest thing in the way of an office
desk that we have seen. Hon. r. |
Fl. Jones tells the best "pea story" A |
number of men were discussing their |
fine gardens, to-day, when "Bob" made
the astounding assertion that he has
peas in his garden that "you can't stand |
up and reach the top Of" And yet he
told the truth. Ask him about it.
FRIDAY Considerable excitement
about big row at Wheldon, and wild
rumors of numbers killed. Unfortunately |
they were unfOunded. -. j Jackson has |
been lively with drunk men to-day.
We took few moments this evening to
run up to Coalton. The little town looks
quite dead since the lockout, although
there is still some stir. One of the first
things that greets our sight on going
into Coalition is frame building on the
Classic shore of Pigeon Creek, having
over one of it's doors the legend RAILROAD
Saloon" From the door across Pigeon
there leads bridge or tramway-or, we
might say, a chute, to enable the men
who get drunk at the doggery to find
their way across the raging torrent. A
man did fall off of this bridge a few years
ago and was drowned. But this is the
gloomy side of Coalton-the "over the
Rhine" part. Go down another street,
and we come to the store of our young
friend Robert Harper, one of the hand
somest and best fellows in the world.
Go on, and we come to the Miners Sup
ply Store, and Postoffice. Here we meet
J. III. Wilson, T. J. Evans, Capt Steve
Morgan, VIM. A. Noble, Rev. l.. L. Magee,
and-ha! we thought we knew that
kindly smile! That is DIR. Varial, look
ing younger by twenty years than when
we last saw him. The DIR. has no family
left at home now but his wife and Miss
Meta. Coming down on the train TO-
ward Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs. Searl get on
and accompany their boy-whom Mar
shall Owens has under arrest-as far as
Chapman's Store. 1t was remarkable to
note the manner in which the parents adj
dressed their boy. The father looked at
h xxrith u half.Sad axnrocsio,, of aollr.