The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-04-02
DAILY OBSERVATIONS.

WEDNESDAY. This begins to lool
like Spring. ......A gentleman who ar
rived to-day from the northern part o.
the State, says that he saw quite a snow
on the ground when he started. 49,. .Tht
"E. Campus Vitus," with headquar-
ters at the Mayors Office, in the new
Town Building, is doing brisk business
l having taken in several dollars within &
few hours. The boys are having a jolly
time. . Men have gone into some Of
the mines to-day, and there is little
show of the coal business starting again
49,. This seems to be good time fol
the undertakers. There were two hearses
striking out in opposite directions, this
morning. 80. Mr.. and Mrs. T. T. Jones
are at Ook Hill, attending the funeral of
a relative, Mr.. Lloyd. 49,. An officer of
this place gives comic illustration of a
mock trial held in the Court House, some
years ago. Mr.. B. a German wagon
| maker, was arrested on a trumped-up
charge, and taken into one of the offices
for trial The papers were drawn up on
regular blanks, and regularly practicing
lawyers were appointed to defend him.
The jury returned verdict of guilty on
charge of forgery, and the man was
sentenced to the Penitentiary. He was
terribly frightened, and could scarcely be
made to believe that the whole thing was
farce. Had he known the fact, he could
have caused the whole crowd to smart
ca1-oro1u for fboir finn 1ampS T, Ripa
is bestirring himself for an opportunity
to begin the well-digging season.
Quite lot of stealing has been carried on
in this neighborhood during the last few
days. Mr.. Bum has lost considerably in
live stock, and Jim Swift has fewer
chickens and turkeys now than he had
some days ago. Some thief broke into
John Hanky's smoke-house and stole
great load of meat. Charles Smith, of
Madison Township, called to-day.
THURSDAY. The streets are lined with
people, enjoying the beautiful weather.
49,. There is good deal of fun notice
able at the Postoffice building. The space
the width of the small door next to Be
ders, is occupied by new stairway, re-
Gently put in, and people have not got
used to it yet A young lady was noticed
this afternoon to trip gaily into the en-
trance, and so intent was she on securing
the mail that she ran up several steps be-
fore noticing her mistake. IA man
over in jamestown says that the town
authorities shoul Id go into partnership
with Wellston in the fire department
business. The horses should be kept at
Wellston one-half the time, and the en-
gine here-then bring the horses here and
take the engine up there, so as to give the
horses a nice little run before being
hitched. -. John Hank is still in poor
health, being unable to go to Vinton
County to attend some music classes he
is instructing The George Lonber-
ger property, in jamestown, is labeled
'.For Sale" -. Matt Evens attended a
sale at Wheldon. -. Some "evil-minded"
young man ATTEMPTED to persuade DR..
Johnson to go up into the Mayors Office
taken in. -. John Mcbride met the NIL
ners to-day at Coalton. 1t was resolved
not to go into the mines at the present |
offers of prices. !. Park and Fred Reed |
are back from Indiana. Park says he |
was working with mining-machine, and |
was doing pretty well, when he was taken |
sick, with ague, and had to quit. AL |
bert s. Brady is in town tonight. -.
Dave Edwards and family, of Wellston, |
came down on the afternoon train.
Louis VonschriltZ has been travelling |
over some eight or nine counties, and re-
ports business very dull everywhere, and |
says he could not, in all his travels, find |
4 solitary man who could explain the |
cause of the hard times. Mrs. John |
Rapp is very sick. Mrs. M. V. Wort
man is very sick. ..... Tom Moore is in |
very poor health. -. There is nothing |
eft to tell of the old Orange Furnace but |
4 piece of the stack, and great hole, or
basin, where the pig-bed was. This ex-
,avation is being filled up by debris, and |
that part of town is being built up.
FRIDAY-A dull, gloomy day y...... .Ev-
an G. Jones is building himself a new
house on Pearl Street, near the old Orange |
Furnace property. The E. Campus |
1OuO COOh Du1.uy AhUO OiiO AOlA w O-eteby
charging him with being Grover Cleve-
land. There was an alarm of fire to-
night about nine o'clock, and a general |
rush toward Jamestown. On the other
side of the creek, jamestown folks were
running this way. The engine was got
ten out in quick time, and the horses
went off like streak, running up as far
the whole thing was perhaps gotten up
by some mischievous boy. There was
quite an excitement, however. In a
with Mr.. Thomas Jones |
(North) to-day, that gentleman spoke of
the early days of coal digging in this
and some of it's comic features as
with the mining of later years.
He used to come from his home in Jeffer-
son Township, and go out to the Buffalo
Skull region and dig coal. While digging
there he purchased cow from Mr.. How
for sixteen dollars, agreeing to pay for
her by digging coal at one cent per BUSH
ell. He dug sixteen hundred bushels of
young folks went from town tonight to
the Kessinger School House to attend the
Exhibition given by Lafe Jones School,
The men who are having such high
old times in the Mayors Office in the new
Town Building, should remember the
young man who had so much fun by put
ting dirt in mems pockets. He would en-
gage man in earnest conversation,
standing close to him, and would fill his
nocket with dirt. 1t WAS so funny that