The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-08-14
DAILY OBSERVATIONS.

being left open. Engine No. IA came
along, and being unable to check in time
went over the ends of the rails, and over
turned. G. w. Rice and Miss Matti,
went to the birthday party at JOSEPH
Poor's to-day. Mrs. Poor is a sister o-
Mr.. Rice. 80. The ball-players went tt
the grounds to play again this afternoon
with Mr.. E. c. Powell as umpire. The
game ran along smoothly for three OF
four innings, but the inevitable row
came, and the game was now broken up
1t seems strange that the boys cannot
play game of ball without wanting to
eat each other up. ...... .J. j. Mckltterlck
has on exhibition tonight one of the
finest specimens of clay we ever saw. 1t
bears some resemblance to the "soap-
stone" frequently met with in digging
wells and cisterns, but has no grit in it,
and is as soft and smooth as bar of
soap. Some pronounced it fine speci-
men of Potter's clay. 1t was dug up at
the McKitterick brick-yards, north of
town. By the way, these yards are turn
ing out some excellent bricks. -. Rev.
j. w. Gum was in attendance at NJ. E.
prayer meeting tonight. Mrs. French,
of jackson township, is visiting her chill
dren in town to-day. Two young
men were fined before Mayor James to-
day for playing ball in the streets. The
fine was one dollar and costs.
| THURsDAY.-The freight train on
the G. W. & B. this forenoon attempted
to reduce the price of beef-steak, near
| Stor A t1,oo
when the train came down the grade.
The whistle and bell sounded, and the
| COW ran a long distance, then attempted
to cross the track, when the engine struck
her, breaking one of her legs. -. There
was wedding at the Probate Office this
morning. Rev. F. S. Davis performed
the ceremony, and the minister, Judge
Miller and G. w. Rice, formed quite a
happy wedding party. IA party of
ladies from town made raid upon Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Blagg, on the T.. M.
Jones farm near town and passed a jolly
day of it. -. Mr.. Isaac Stevison will
keep house in the new Sternberger build |
ing, on South street. -. The colored |
Baptists held festival at the Color, d |
School House in the western part of |
town. Quite number of their white |
friends attended, and there was highly
enjoyable time all around. The folks are
making commendable effort to raise
funds for building church, and the at
tendance would doubtless have been
much larger had there been more ex-
tended notice given. .Sternberger
Brothers have made quite a transforma-
tion in the appearance of their corner
building. There are many other builG-
ings that could be much improved and
beautifed by the use of little paint. ..
Mr.. Witte returned from Cincinnati
to-day.
FRIDAY.-Coola and pleasant. /. There
is a joke told about the cow struck by the
cars yesterday. 1t was at first thought to
belong to Miss Houlsworth, and that lady
was promptly notified. She went to the
scene of the accident and identified the
COW as her own. After she had settled
into the belief, however, that her cow
was lost, what was her surprise and joy
at seeing her own cow come up in the
evening as usual. That is the way they
tell it, anyhow. The injured COW belong
ed to some one else. 49,. Mr.. L. W.
French was standing in front of the
store of Hunsinger, Peters Il Co., this
evening, when an old citizen came up to
him with "whY Jim, Pm glad to see you"
or words to that effect. He had heard of
j. M. French being here from Kansas,
and the two looked so much alike he got
mixed. :..: Mrs. Thomas. of Oak Hill, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Jones
(North). We met this pleasant old lady
tonight for the first time in quarter of
a century, but the kindly smile is just
the same as then. Mrs. Thomas is mother
of Lemuel Thomas, of Centreville. ..,..
We met I'D. CrosslaAd this evening look=
ing for vacant house. Ed. is going to
housekeeping in jackson. The occa-
sional visitor to the baseball ground
sees some funny sights. This afternoon,
in addition to the usual sight of a lot of
young men trying to "bust" one another
with ball, there was to be seen men sit
ting around on every conceivable form
and style of seat, Here a man sits con-
tentedy on an old battered poWder-can,
there young man sits upon an old bat
tered coal bucket, while over yonder a
man sits complacently upon an old fruit
can. Everything, from broken wheel
barrow to an old boot, is in demand. $50.
Officer Griffiths stopped a couple of young
men from playing "pass" back of French's
store to-day by capturing their ball..;;..
Harbarger and Stephen Morgan are in
town tonight. George declares that Ow=
ing to Stephens living in the country, he
(George) had volunteered to show the
young man the sights Of the city. By the
way, there are no better men or better
teachers in Jackson county than these
two. Witte has a curiosity in the
way of clock. Ehe pendulum is a !
Swinging beam with a ball suspended by
piece of thread from the end. AS the |
beam swings around, the ball swings
around post at either side, wrapping
several times around each way, then
swinging on to the next post, and so on.
1t is an ingenious contriFanoe.
SATURDAY.-Quite lively day in
town. -. Those people who CHANGED to
be passing along Broadway street this
evening about half-past four o'clock were
greeted by most unearthly horrible
smell-as though a dozen slaughter
houses had been condensed and boiled
down in a gas factory. This smell was
stoutest near the lower end of the Grat-
ton Block, and seemed to proceed from
spot where many pieces of crockery
were lying upon the ground. A young
man was sitting in a wagon close by,
looking as though his last friend had
been buried and they had dunned him for
the funeral expenses. There was evi-