The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-07-09
DAILY OBSERVATIONS.

Township is in town. Rev. M
McWhorter, of the Mt. Vernon Children
Home. called to-day He is very plea
ant gentleman, and has been visiting or
County Infirmary, with view to inqui
ing into the condition of the childre
there. There is not particle of douh
but that Jackson County is in need OF
place for poor children, outside of the In
firmary. 49,. w. s. Schellenger is in to
day.. Henry Hollberg is in the Post
office. About noon an alarm OF fir
was sounded, on account of smoke risin
from the roof of the residence of Josepl
Andres and Harrison Smith, on Broad
way. The engine was run out, and th
hose all fixed, and everything ready t.
throw water in less than three minutes
But, quick as it was, the men on the roo
broke through and extinguished the fire
with buckets before the engine got ready
The fire seemed to have caught from the
flue.. We want to call the attention Of
the police to one thing which may have
escaped their attention. They have beer
doing some good work lately, and we
know it is only-necessary to call their at
tention to this nuisance to have it prompt
ly suppressed. There is a doggery on
Main Street at which a crowd of men and
boys congregate nightly, filling the pave
ment Ladies have to pass this place and
run the gauntlet of lot of low-down
drunken brutes, who engage in all kinds
of profane and obscene language. This
should be stopped, and we believe it will
be-. DIR. jenkins, of Centerville, called
to-day - Dick DuEadway made trade
with gypsy band, for horse. 80. Cher
ries and gooseberries are plenty. One
farmer said yesterday that he had drilled
in with bone-dust large field of wheat,
but that he would scarcely get bushel
Off of the whole thing. 49, Sam Lake put
on set of horse-shoes a few days ago for
a man who had not had an animal shod
for eighteen years. The cinder put
upon the roads ought to be laid with
little more care than has been the case
heretofore. The idea has prevailed in the
street grading, as well as on the roads,
that the best way is to make ridge, or
'hog-back," right along the middle of the
road. Horses slip on this and often hurt
themselves by "corking." .... Tom Gillis
is out on 500 bail until Monday.
THURSDAY.-Warmer weather.
Rev. P. Henry, of Franklin Valley, is in
town. 49, The Society known as the
"Band of Hope" of the Welsh Church,
held concert and festival at Jones Hall
tonight, which was largely attended, and
a splendid time was had. John Isaac
Jones has returned He is not favorably
impressed with the West, 50 far as he saw
it,. Our young friend Stewart Cher
ington has met with sad affection, his
wife having become insane. Mrs Cher
ington is daughter of the late Hugh
Frasure, who committed suicide a few
years ago. j ohm 81. Harding has pur-
chased the farm of Mr.. Isaac Stevison, in
Liberty Township. Rip Foster is
rail-roading in Virginia. The M. E. |
Social was held tonight at the residence
of A. d. Grassland. There was good at |
tendance, and a good time generally. !
The large number of ladies present were
all children again, for one evening, and |
their merry laughter made sweet music as
they enjoyed the games and plays of their |
younger years. 1t was happy evening. !
Farmers from different portions of |
the County speak of the great number of
in the fields. We should not
be at all surprised if we had the Kansas
in this County, as some of
these troublesome hoppers are described
as good deal like the Kansas pest. We
received several specimens of the Western
hoppers some years ago from T. B. Dicka-
son, of Kansas. They are not SO large as
our largest grasshopper in this region, be-
ing of smaller size, greenish and brown
in color, and looking some like smaller
size hopper we have in this section. Here
tofore the farmers of this County have
not been annoyed by grasshoppers, but
they are reported as great nuisance in
some sections this year. Jim Burt re-
ports rabbits so plentiful this summer
that he picked up three young ones and
brought to town to-day, turning them
loose among the grass and clover of va
cant lot IA good deal of sport is occa-
sionally enjoyed by turning rats out of
traps in the street, and letting terriers at
them. One was turned out at the corner
of Main and Broadway to-day, and had
not the men kicked at it vigorously, would
have gotten away from three dogs. We
saw one let out on Broadway a few even
ings ago which escaped from a crowd of
men and dog or two. and ran under
house. The most reliable way is to kill
your rat while he is trapped.
FRIDAY.-Fifty-fiv applicants before
the Board of Examiners. :. .Harbargar
reports some thirty-five in the Inirmary
who ought really to have some other some
other place, if such could be provided.
New applications for admission are being
received almost daily, many of them from
Counties. -. Mrs. G. w. Rice
and daughter went to Franklin Valley,
this evening. -. AT the test
of speed on the part of the Fire Company,
the run was made to the Court House cis-
tern and the engine throwing water in
two minutes and twenty seconds. Andres
and Caldwell warmed the machine up to
the work, and threw two streams to the
top of the Court House cupola. Every
feature about the test was successful and
John S. Hawk, the sales
man, is in town. -. Considerable guam
titles of ginseng are being brought in to
the drug stores. A young man remarked
on the street tonight that ginseng would
grow now, under a Democratic admins
tration, as the principal occupation used |
to be digging "sang," under a Democratic
administration. Mr.. Shaffer has nev-
er found his stray cow yet, although hav-
ing heard of her in the direction from
which she was brought. Arrange
ments have been completed for sending
Eliza Sullivan to the Asylum, and she |
will probably be taken away at once.
There are some strange features connect