The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-07-23
DAILY OBSERVATIONS.

WEDNEsDAY-Warm weather. "A
crowd of young folks went to Canter
Caves, for a picnic. ...- S. Schellenger
in town. The pavement in front OF
the First National Bank about completed,
"A fiagstone walk is being laid at the
new residence of Mrs. Booth. Ports
mouth Street came to the front tonight,
with row at the doggery on the old
Mitchell property. Thomas Grifiths and
Phil Barnett got into playful dispute,
and began scuff1ing around, when they
got mad, and Grifiths knocked Barnett
down and stamped him, and would have
hurt him seriously, had not friends inter-
-fered. Both men were drinking. Grif-
fiths was arrested -. There was small
fire at NickelIs Book Store this evening,
caused by lace curtain being ignited by
a lamp in the show window. The loss
only amounted to a couple of dollars....
"A citizen over in the west part of town
declared his intention to shoot the hogs
Kat were continually annoying him. The
officers told him o shoot, if he could not
get rid of them in any other way. Going
home and finding hog in the garden, he
secured his revolver and, stepping out
where he could secure good aim he
drew up, and was just getting "a bead" on
the head of the animal. when his wife
called out and asked him if he didn't
know that hog. Lowering the weapon,
he investigated and found that he was
about to shoot his own hog, which bad
broken through the pen. This is the
Fifteenth" and some of the boys are
making the most of it. The young
folks gave surprise party to Miss Katie
Knox last evening, as that young lady
will shortly leave for the west, with her
father. -. .Eldridge Blackhart, who is
now here, left Jackson in 1862, and has
been in the far west ever since. -. .One
of our physicians gives striking picture
of the distressing consequences OF Keep
ing children in the Infirmary, 1T being
necessary to attend, at times, to critical
cases in apartments where children must
necessarily be. The fact of the matter is,
simply. that there will haze to be differ
ent arrangements made. The people will
not put up with an indiscriminate min
Cling of lunatics, idiots, harlots and re-
spectacle children. There was a sweet
row at den on Main Street, tonight, in
which one young man was considerably
Uttered.
THURsDAY.-The hottest of the season.
Mrs. John D. Mitchell entertained
a number of friends from town..
Sanford Bundy Dowd, of Logan, formerly
of Macarthur and Athens, is here as the
agent of medical preparation. Sanford
is as full of life as he used to be when he
visited Jackson as little boy. y...... We
believe it was California Jones who-ac-
cording to current joke-was so strong
ly impressed with the singing at col
ored baptizing many years ago. John
was an interested spectator, and the
colored folks were singing piece with
the words $50 Tell De World, Johnr' as
sSsort of refrain One old fellow, espec-
tally, kept coming over the words until
the listener, with the song constantly
slnging in his ears, felt that it meant
him. "Go Tell De World. JohnP' and
John had notion to do it,. One or
two classes of the Christian Sunday
School had pleasant picnic at Pickrel's
grove to-day. The weather was hot, but
a good time was had. Uncle Charley
Stockman, of Richmondale, called to-day.
He has been on visit recently to Spring
field and Dayton-taking in the Prohibi-
ton Convention on the trip. John j.
Jones of Oak Hill, is in town. Henry
Hunsinger is hay-harvesting at his farm
near town. "A very pleasant evening
was passed by the goodly company assem-
bled at the residence of J. G. Cahoon this
evening, the occasion OF the NJ. E. Church
fy.2ial. Mr.. and Mrs. Cahoon, and their
little daughter Mary are among our best
people, and their home is a beautiful and
pleasant one. -. In these days of fine
penmanship, double-entry bookkeeping,
and other progressive ideas, it might be
interesting to look back and see how some
of the business men in the olden days in
this place kept their books. A certain
man was dealing in furniture, many
years ago, and a gentleman from the
country bought quite a bill of goods from
Ssim. Turning to one of his workmen he
asked: "Who was that man?" Receiving
a reply that he did not know, the mer-
chant made the charge upon his book
'Sold to a man driving a yoke of cattle,
with white horse in the lead" so and
so, naming the articles. But he did not
know the man with whom he was open
ing book account.
-Ninety-eight in the shade,
and everybody declares it is hot.
Thomas Griffiths was fined five dollars
and costs for thrashing Barnett. but
the fellows who had the row in the
Main Street den were not arrested, we be-
Eeve. -. The Sheriff has been over to
Kentucky after man named William
Pritchard, who has figured in our Courts
heretofore, to some extent. He was
taken to Coalton where he was charged
with stealing, and Squire Kearney fined
him one hundred dollars and costs, and
gave him thirty days in Jail. Sheriff
gsely played a shrewd little game to get
Possession of Pritchard. The latter was
in Ashland, and had applied to the Mar
shall of that town-who keeps livery
stable-for work. Mean time the Sheriff
came along. and learning of Pritchard's
sxesence in the neighborhood, he ar
ranged that the livery man should get
Pritchard to drive man over to the
Ohio side, crossing at the Ashland ferry
Lively had gone ahead, and hidden him
self upon the boat, and when she reached
the Ohio side, he stepped out and took
possession of Pritchard, who had volun-
tarily come to the Ohio side. 1t was
neatly done, and avoided the possibility
of any legal complications. IA man
named Jim Crew is in Jail, charged with
being implicated in the stealing case with
Wisecup, who recently went to the Pen
;tontiarv WaSham is burning brick