The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-10-15
DAILY OBSERVATIONS.

Reiniger returned from Portsmouth
! whittier he was called to attend the II
neral of his youngest brother, who die
of typhoid fever. r..... "A number OF JacE
son ladies spending the day with Mr.
HelSnenstein, at Coalition. 49,. Geo. "
Miller is having the store painted b
Trip s. Blagg, the popular painters. !.
..sWell," said "Dr. Gamaliel" last nigh
as number of the club were gathere
around the stove, in their Broadwa
street loafng place. ''here we are again.
Pretty soon variety of subjects wer
flying through the mind. and PRESENT.
the subjects OF Prohibition and Persona
Liberty" so-called came up. "That re
minds me-" said the man on the sugar
BARREL" of a discussion heard down il
Missouri: A pro-slavery man was boast
ing of the natural right" of one man t.
rule another, when an AbOlitionist re
marked, oh, as to natural rights, on
man has right to eat another. if he il
hungry and can do it. And so it is will
personal liberty. There's neither sens'
nor anything else in it. ."......A number
of the young friends of Erie CheringtoT
gave him surprise party tonight.
Bridge street is being graded and fixed NJ
until the people down there are getting
proud, and declare that they will have
the prettiest street in town after while.
...M Mat Evens and Ed. Poor are back
from the East, whittier they went with q
shipment of cattle. about week ago..
s. A great relief was felt by some of our
church people in receiving the District
Ne,os. and learning just how Elder Pagan
is going to vote. He tells it in this issue.
He "is going to vote just as he pleases. .
That settles itl......The neighbors tell u
good story on the family of Mr.. J. M.
Evens, and we may tell it. because we
had the same joke happen to us once: In
winding the clock, it was wound too
tightly, and stopped. The family heard
the furnace whistles. and supposing IL
was six o'clock, turned out. got break
fast, and waited for daylight. After
waiting for some time, however, they
whistle that they had heard was the
midnight whistle, and all went back to
bed, to sleep over their early breakfast
or their late supper.
THURsDAY.-There was an alarm of
fire about supper time this evening from
the residence of r. j. Mcclure, on Main
street. No damage was done. The engine
was out promptly. but it was not neces-
sary to throw any water. Mr.. Mcclure
is confined to his house, sick. .... Mr.
Steve Reynolds, Democratic victim
against Senator Gregg, is here fixing up
for the funeral. :. An old gentleman
innocently inquired at one of our stores
to-day if they had "any calf-skin ladies
shoes" ."Dick" Stiffier is confined t.,
his room with rheumatism -. Capt.
Cole Gilliland, and Mr.. Charles Smith, of
Madison township, are in town. Old
Mother Glassburn, of Liberty township,
who is perhaps eighty years of age, some
few days ago, the old lady purchased IA
ticket at Prices Agency, and struck out
for the West again 1.-The statement
that salt water has been struck in the
Portsmouth well, revives the stories OF
the early days of the salt wells in this
place. The last well fille6 up here, tn.
one at the slaughter-house, was sunk b,
Judge Givens, on an appropriation of five
hundred dollars by the State. This well.
at depth of some four hundred and fifty
feet, sent forth such strong current of
gas as to blow the drill, derrick and fix
lures out of the way. Givens was drill
ing by some kind of horsepower arrange
ment. The gas rushed forth and by
some means became ignited, burning
fiercely about the top of the well. The
fire was extinguished and arrangements
made for using the salt water which
flowed freely from the top of the well,
but the brine of this particular well was
not strong enough to make it a payins
salt well, until the water was mixed with
that of other wells. This well was cased
with pipes, from the rock downwards,
wooden gum-an old sycamore tree
reaching from the top down to the rock.
The pipes and apparatus used about this
well fell to John Bennett after the aband-
onment of the well, as he owned tht
property on which it was located. A
scheme was on foot at one time to uss
the well as gas-weli to supply Diamond
Furnace, but this failed to be carried GU |.
1t is quite probable that it would not b,
necessary to 60 more than half the dis
tance here that has been reached in the
Portsmouth well, to find gas......Al
Howe was brought,in from Waverly this
evening by Marshal Owens and lodged il
Jail. charged with burglary IA gen
tleman just arrived flom Chi1licothe re-
ports having seen three jackson boys
two of them named Canter-under arrest
at that place.
T FRIDAY.-Warmer weather. "A
political meeting was advertised to bt
addressed by Prof. Guy, of Chillicothe
but the speaker failed to arrive in time.
and C. A. Atkinson delivered an address
to large audience. VIM. Chew went to
Coalton to meet Guy, but returned with
out him. :. Reynolds, of Adams county.
candidate for Senator, has been ssettins
things up" with the boys to-day.
Mrs. Mary Jones is in poor health. "A
new baggage-room has been made in tht
Valley House. Johnny Hall. of Coal
ton, is in town Judge Evans and
Samuel Llewellyn went to Moriah, Madi-
son township, to hold meeting. &C. M.
Martin is having new roof on the cor
ner building, Main and Broadway. 49,.
"Don't you scandalize me in your pap. T.
for am going to do betterT said man
to us last night. He was little tight
Tonight the police run him in, almost
helpless. Alas for human resolution. !.
....Kendall has opened shoe shop il
the room formerly occupied by Mrs. Du-
Hallway as a millinery shop. -. MAJ
Bratton, of Macarthur, has been spending
several days visiting his son, F. M. Brat
ton, of this place. They had small
sized conhagration at Hamden last night
about midnight. The fire originated il,
the grocery and bakery of F. r. Kolb
and this hnildjnp WIS burned The stOr1