The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-06-26
DAILY OBSERVATIONS.

:. WEDNBsDAY-Very warm. Dick
:: Stif1er and Andres have dug out that big
. root on Broadway. -. Evan Thomas OIL
l the Planning Mill, was on business trip
to Oak Hill to-day. The ball-players
from Mitchell, Pollock & Co.'S Foundry
played game to-day with a picked club
of Jackson boys, and got beaten-Sto 10
{. :. In trying to guess at the parties
who serenaded us, one night last week,
\ we were sadly out as to some of the par
I ties The alto was Miss Name Killen,
and the man whom we said was not big
enough for good bass singer, was our
> young friend John M. Downey. John
didn't do so bad after all, and we should
be pleased to hear them call again. ;.
i A man who had been away from jackson
for generation, remarked to-day that he
saw one sight which looked familiar
that of an old fellow sitting in front of
saloon just about as drunk as he was a
quarter of century ago. So it seems
that Jackson is holding her own in some
/ respects, at least. Officer Griffiths es-
corted another gentle and lovely female
to the lookup this even. So. DR.. Joseph
Jones is building residence on the Win
Tough property, on Main street. =. Mrs.
Albaugh, daughter of Mr.. Frank Rush,
has been visiting friends in jackson for
some time. .. Rev. E.W. Lloyd tells
good story on himself. A short time ago
| a friend of his at Good Hope, Vinton
| county, bantered him for squirrel hunt, J
declaring he could beat Lloyd or any |
other Jackson man killing squirrels. He |
told Lloyd where to get shotgun. They |
started, and Lloyd saw squirrel and
killed it. He then shot until noon, and
If he hit another squirrel neither himself
nor the squirrel knew it. The other man
killed several, and when the hunters
came to compare notes, Lloyd suddenly
discovered that the gun his friend had
furnished was bent in the middle of the
barrels, showing that the killing of the
first squirrel was purely accidental, al
though Lloyd declares that it must have
been running around q limb when he
fired. -. "A swarm of bees belonging to
Rufus Peters, and one belonging to S. e.
Brookins, lit out for unknown gums to-
day.
THURsDAY.-Excessive warm.
The Miller family-or rather families
accompanied by c. A. Atkinson and FAM
lily and Rev. F. S. Davis and family, spent
the day among the wild hills and rocks
below to-day. IT b e sweet-scented
Lydia Altman is in Jail to-day. .... This
is the kind of weather, when, more than
any other, the farmer is king. There is
not much business going on in town. and :
it is too warm for loafng comfortably. f
The farmer, with pure air and green fields
and cool shades, can stare the heat of !
summer plump out of countenance. 80.
Lee Benton arrived with his father to-
day, from Pennsylvania. John Bertsch
has bought the Heidsick property, near !.
the Gibson House. Mr.. Sternberger !
is having the South half of the old Stern
berger Block beautifully painted. 81.
81. Rowland is in town to-day, and called =
at this Office. -. Earl Cherington, the
little bey kicked by horse last week, is
still badly bruised, and unable to walk, !
but will be around in few days. l
Oliver Davis, son of Rev. F. S. Davis,
will spend the summer at Washington,
Fayette County.
FRIDAY.-We went with a picnic party +
to-day to the "Bolles Gulf" five miles be- 9
low town on the Chillicothe road. There :
were in the party Johnny MOtz, Mrs. +
Jane Swanson, Miss Belle Swanson, Mrs I
Nancy Hilliker, Miss Katie Trip, Will +
liam T. Price and wife, Willie and Harry ,
Price, Misses Alice and Blanche Price, ]. :
81. Mackley and wife, S. d. and Harry q
Mackley, and Misses Nellie and Laura q
The day has been excessively :
warm, but the cooling breezes in the :
caves afforded a relief from the oppres- >
sive heat. The woods look beautiful, the
trees are in full leaf, beauteous ferns '
grow on every hand, the several mulber- q
ry trees near by are loaded with ripe =
fruit, and altogether it is grand place to :
spend the sultry summer days. The beech .
trees surrounding this cave, or rather
bluff, bear marks of former visitors. On 7
one is diagram of bottle, with the /
initials 81. b." and the name &c. w. Ad-
ans" near by. This was cut by Jim Burt,
in 1881, as a joke on Charley Adams, who /
was with picnic party there at that f
time. On the opposite side of the tree t
from this is the name of "Ida Miller" of r
Denver, who was here with party yes
terday. These old beeches are silent wit
nesses of passing events that it is always '
interesting to study. A beech far up the t
bluff bears the initials of w. d. Chering- q q
ton-the Minister-and o. S. Miller. And 1
many other persons-some of them now \
dead-are recorded on the old beeches in ,
that vicinity. There are large number ]
of the wild raVines along Salt Creek, !
where the warm summer days may be
spent comfortably. but this place is one I
of the incest. 49,. The "Little Ten" Brass I
Band, a new organization, gave a festival
tonight at Jones Hall, which was well i
attended, and between forty and fifty dol
lars realized. 10. Mcclure took the cake
for guessing on the number of beans in =,
bottle. there being nearly 300 beans, and
10. guessing within beans of the num-
ber. ...- {
SATURDAY-VerY warm to-day, ther-
mometer marking as high as "a in the
shade. ). :. The Democratic party of