The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-01-15
DAILY OBSERVATIONS.

berger and daughter, and Mrs. SternDel
gers sister Gertie, have returned iron
Piqua, Ohio. Reports that Williar
Johnson has lit out. 49,. .Coe Bennett ha
gone South. Lou. Brown is gettin
ready to go to housekeeping in the Harr,
French house. -. Elder Bingham is still
holding meetings at the Christian
Church. -. .HeZekiah Brill, of Liberty
in town. Rev. E. Henry, of FRANKLIN
Valley Circuit, called to-day-one of those
cheerful, good men one delights to meet
..... Thomas Baker is out for horse
back ride to-day. This is the man wh'
was hurt by blasting sand. He can se
though his eyes are not yet well. .... .Th,
sMuldoon" Company stormed the atten
ton Of the small boys to-day by theil
donkey cart. =. Elder w. D. Hendrick.
son called. He is in good spirits and is
proud of his congregation and his friends
generally. The old Jail building still
frowns gloOmily from the corner, sugges-
tive of good practical use that might be
made of it,. Possibly the men who
loaf around street corners at night do
not know that by loud, profane swearing
they render themselves subject to arrest
but such is the fact. -. The Jersey
caps are quite fashionable among the lit
tie boys and girls. They very much re-
semble the caps used by hangmen to draw
over the heads and necks of culprits just
before the drop of the scaffold falls. Oh,
they're "nobby"-that is they have little
mob right in the top. "A little Ports
mouth Street boy with his first pants on,
requested his mother-in case he should
die-to "bury with his new pants and
| boots on, and his hands in his pockets"
THURsDAY.-A spring-like day. .....
| A. N. Wilson, of Berlin, called -. II. j.
Morgan, formerly of Carbondale, Athens
| County, but now of Wellston, is in town
to-day. We had not seen Mr.. Morgan for
a long time, but he is looking young as a
boy. John D. Davis, of Gambia, called
to-day. -. Our old friend Riley Corn, of
Rocky Hill is in town. Mrs. Huff, of
Coalton, called this morning. -. Pat.
Rogan, one of Coalton's young men, is in
town to-day. Will DuHadway and
Jim Baker are up the railroad looking for
Johnson, who killed Maxwell, One re-
port is that the last seen of johnson he
was going down the Portsmouth Branch
of the 9. W. & B., having his shotgun
and ammunition with him. He inqu.1td
of some section men where certain pond
was, which was supposed to be a good
place for ducks. But he did not hunt for
ducks-he kept on travelling. -. The
firemen have hard time getting Cap
tain. They were to have had meeting
tonight. but postponed it. Matt. Ev-
ems is feeding and attending to ten head
of cattle, in his stable. -. Rev. G.. Ted
ford preached at Presbyterian Church, to-
night, Elder Bingham preached at Chris
tan Church "A booming revival is
going on at Centre Point, under the lead
ership of Rev. Dow Mann. 49,. They tell
good one on couple of young ladies on
Pearl street, one of whom was visiting
the other. On Sunday the parents of one
of them went to church, leaving dressed
chicken for the young ladies to cook for
dinner. Strange as it may seem, neither
of them knew how to separate the joints
of the fowl, so they just took the hatchet
and whacked the thing into pieces. 1t
wasn't a very elegant piece of carving,
but the girls "got thar. Some of the
friends of Aunt Tacey Peterson are Civ
ing her donation party tonight, at her
residence in the old Steele building, on
Main street.
FRIDAY.-In the meanderings of the
reporter up and down the earth, to-day,
he had occasion to pass by the old ranches
on Bridge street, that have attracted some
attention of late. The Grifiths den has
been plucked-that is, it seemed to have
been, as there are still great quantities of
feathers lying upon the outside. Not only
has it been plucked, but cleaned out on
the inside, as well, The other den. the
"tanyard" building, has not improved any
in cleanliness since Levi Stephenson used
to scrape hides there many years ago.
When that place was a lanyard, it was a
series of stinking vats and horrid stencil
es. 1t looks like LANYARD still. 1t is a
perfect picture of squalor, dirt and mis-
ery-nOt q chunk nor a smell left OUT.
A train of empty coal cars came in to-day
and went up the creek, which. by the
length of it, looked as though business
was exceedingly lively up that way, yet
miner says tonight that it is compara-
lively dull. AT Cherington's Dairy
there is calf one day old, which Thos.
Rogers says beats for size any calf of its
age he ever saw. Rev. G. Tedford led
services at the Presbyterian Church to-
night. The subject for especial prayer
was "The Nation" 1t was urged that
prayer be offered for the extinction of vi
cious literature, Mormonism and social
evils. There was fair attendance in
the cosy little church, and it was a good
meeting. This has been warm,
spring-like day, but is clear and cold to-
night. IA lady's hymn-book is quiet,
Misunderstanding piece of pasteboard, pa
per and morocco, yet it may speak of ev-
cry day life in terms that reach the heart
and call up the sympathies. We met a
good lady tonight who carried large
hymnal, which was handed her by her
pastor, years ago. 1t bore the legend,
From a Christian Friend" The lady
was then single, as was the donor of the
book, but she never knew for long time
that the pastor himself had not been the
giver. After her marriage, she learned
that it was an admIrer of herself-in fact
bashful lover, who had thus wrapped
his great big heart in the book and sent
it to her-"a heart resigned, submissive
meek" and full of love Divine" What
blending of the mortal with the immor-
tai! Now when that good woman sings
from the book, songs of Heaven and i'm
mortal glory, that poor man is off some
where clubbing himself for sending that
book. Why. this wicked old world of
ours is chock full of disappointments.
SATURDAY.-Old Mr.. Shaffer, of James
town, is quite sick. John Price, Sr.,
had bad sick spell last night. .Ab.
F. Nelson, of Franklin Township, called
to-day-also Mr.. John Pierce, of the same
township 1.-The Young Mems Liter