The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-02-14

from his recent fall, but he1S now mend
ing. 80. Mr.. John Vest, of Cincinnati, is
visiting friends and relatives here Mr.
Vest is son of John Vest, who is a
brother of Mrs. Jane Swanson, of this
place. 80. Charley Schellenger came
home to-day. A movement is on foot
to get special act through the Legisla-
ture, authorizing the Commissioners of
Jackson county to increase the tax levy.
The unusual expenses resulting from
crime have somewhat cramped the coun-
ty, temporarily, at least. 49,. William III.
Steele, living couple of miles from town
has fewer sheep now than he had few
days ago. One night this week dogs got
into his field and killed about twenty.
The next night enough more were killed
to run the number up to thirty-two.
P. S.-Since the above was in type the
number has been increased to A. A lively
bit of slaughtering, surely.
SUNDAY.-Raining heavily again to-
day -. Many persons may have thought
strange that Sam. Fraley, murderer of
Rufus Yates, has never been caught. But
when we come to examine the work of
the detectives" the wonder ceases. We
were shown to-day description sent out
by Kanawha detective, in which he gets
Fraley sadly mixed up with man who
jumped a board bill at Coalton, the de-
scriptien answering partly to both, but
wholly to neither. -. Miss Katie Roch
is staying for the present with the family
of Mr.. Thomas Rogers, and is teaching
class in the M. E. Sabbath School. .....
The Sunday excursion to Portsmouth to-
day had to be abandoned, as the trains
cannot get further than Slocum's.
Mrs. Patterson, of the Isham House, was
in Portsmouth a few days ago, and
thinks she would not like to run hotel
in such location as some of those on
the river, where, at a certain time of
year, you have to go to your room in a
skiff.
MoNDAY.-Creek booming again.
Heavy rains. I'VE called at Mr.. N.
Downey's shop, to-day, and found Mr..
Downey busily engaged in cutting out an
old rifle, which which he had just COM
pleted a new stock for. This gun was |
made by Mr.. Downey some twenty-five |
years ago, and is oNn,d by Mr.. Henry |
Baker. -. Old mother Jackson, living
Pearl street is very near death. Her
daughters, Mrs. Samuel Overly, of this
county, and Mrs. Isaac Slaughter and
Mrs John Barger, of Pike county, are
with her. Some of the Church members
held prayer service with her last night,
when the good old lady expressed her
great joy at the bright prospect for the
future, beyond the "valley and shadow"
Such is the faith with which the good lie
down to rest. :. "A number of persons
are talking of going to Cincinnati to-
They may start and go some
where, but it is question how to get to
any river town. Word was received
here of the burning of Spry's Drug Store,
in Portsmouth, to-day. -. George W.
Johnson, Postmaster at Cross Roads, is
taking his Jackson friends by the hand
to-day.
TUEsDAY.-Dick Cavett is here. He is
going to move to Jackson, as Hamden
Furnace, which he has been managing,
has blown out, and will not start again,
unless the Iron prospect brightens up.
Howard Johnson, the insane boy, was
brought in this morning, by Deputy I
Sheriff Steele, and placed in Jail. He is {
violent. -. "A. S. Kyle, of Youngstown, |
IS here. He is in better health than for I
nerly, although his eyes are not yet in ]
good condition. "A man claiming to
belong to the G.. A. R. was begging
around town to-day, and was invited by
Marshal Owens to leave town without
osing any time about it. He went. -. "A
nan was in the Court House to-day look t
ng up reward, offered some years ago,
,or Jim Hall. The costs of the murder
;rials of the Joneses and Stephens have
been added up and show little less than
our thousand dollars. This does not in
,lude the Stephens trial at Waverly, nor
he John w. jackson trial, we believe.
The costs of all these murder cases will
each somewhere between six thousand
md seven thousand dollars, not to say {
anything of the loss to individuals, re-
,ulting from these troubles.
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