The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-09-24
DAILY OBSERVATIONS.

DAILY OBSERVATIONS.
WEDNESDAY carloads of hV
stock were shipped from this point owe
the c., w. & B. to-day, and the town ha
been alive with stock men. Poor & Hos
kins, John Poor, Matt. Evens, Dickson
George Brown, and perhaps others, ar
interested in this shipment. We me
Uncle Charley Dickson this evening OF
his way home. He was in a blown stud.
about something probably the stories
the world tells about stock men. III
don't care for himself, but when they
send up such reports as they did from
California. about John Poor, it is worri
some. John found lady's nice BLACK
mitten in his pocket, and declares ne DON
know how it got there, while some OF his
friends pretend to have received WORD
from California that if he will only re-
turn the mitten no questions Will De
asked, and no further search for properly
made. 49,. Capt. Morgan, with detach-
ment of Col. Dove Post, of Coalton, came
down to this point and accompanied the
Post from this point to Portsmouth.
John Burt and family have removed to
their old quarters, the large house owned
by Tom Delay, next to the Christian
Church. Uncle George Dever now owns
the Burt building, corner Pearl and
Portsmouth, which will be occupied as
boarding-house. Mr.. Dever also owns
the Hale building, on Main street. t......
Met Mr.. d. FL. Whetsel to-day. He Will
begin the school at Brown School House
on Monday next. Mr.. Whetsel is one of
the best teachers, as well as one OF the
very best men, in the county. ..... We
had an item in type last week relative to
the death of Millard or 'Mick" Ewing.
near Guilford, Indiana, but it was over
looked in making up the forms. Nine
tramps-of whom Ewing was one, were
attempting to steal ride on freight
train, and to avoid detection crawled into
a car of oats. The train was wrecked In
an accident. Six of the tramps escaped
and ran, three of them-Ewing being one
were smothered to death in the oats.
He was son of the late Albert Ewing,
and formerly kept bar at some OF the
Jackson saloons -. Henry Metger is in
town to-day soliciting orders for his
Washin oton G. H. firm. And Henry Will
keen the business moving.
THURspAY.--All aboard for Ports
mouth Homer Jones, A. T. Hol-
comb and will S. Matthews are among
the passengers from up theroad IAN
selm Matthews and little daughter go
from Jackson. -. .Drs. Henry, Kitchen,
Warren and Hall, are on board, and this
excursion is bound to be healthy one.. :.
Jos. Warren and family get aboard at
Oak Hill. John Phillips and wife, Miss
Minerva Phillips and Miss Ettie Nicholas
are also going to the Reunion. Great
crowds greet the train at the camp
ground ..The corn along the G. w. q
B. generally looks thin and sickly, but
some patches are very good, one little
piece at Bloom Switch being between
eight and ten feet in hight. The farmers
are cutting corn. -.Over there, as we
rush past, we recognize the farm where
we used to get off to go to old Camp
Portsmouth, where we first donned the
uniform of soldier. This is one of the
places that cannot change so that we may
forget it. That was long ago. but here, on
this train, are great number OF old SOL
diers wke in those days were ready. with
five days rations and forty rounds, to
march anywhere, only wanting to know
that the orders came from Sherman, or
Sheridan, or Pap Thomas, or Custer, or
Crook. And the old boys are full of fun
vet. The Little 10 Band went down
yesterday. They were to have stopped at
the camp, but Mrs. Currie would not
think of parting with her favorites, and
>, ey had to come into the city and stop
with her. The boys went around on
rhnrsd.> " evening and serenaded the
newspaper Offices, doing the finest play
no we ever sard them do. They were
,iebly comnlim, ,nted by the citizens =.
Mr. and Mrs Heiphenstine, Harry
Marsbman VIM. Sell and wife, 10. Dick
sou and wife, Mrs. BLACK uar', le1ei % nunn
and wife, Mont Swanson, 1niSs "nA
Swanson, Mrs. South, and otL ois' e'oppou
at Mrs. Fishers, on Sixth Street.
FRIDAY.-Portsmouth greets da. siisno
with medley of lively sounds-the T, W
ing of bells, the blowing of steamboa
the chirping of sparrows, the
clatter of drays and meat and bread wag-
ons, giving the impression to the stranger
that this is spontaneous outburst of a
business activity, impatient at being pent
up through the night. But this spasmodic |
burst is good deal like the little boy |
who attempts to beat his record at jump |
ino He squares back, spits upon his
hands, givses loud call for everybody to
ret ont of the way, makes grand rush,
ont b.. fore the real work in
hand, the jump, begins 30 IL = WIZ IN
Portsmouth. She gets .hs ,eaoy' ~.
doesn't seem to get in the W, I'm W. ~
will count AS place of 'eoioonoo'
Portsmouth is pretty and pleasan. : % "
place of business, it is dull and uni.
esting. But it is the home of many nobI-
hearted citizens. AT the camp-grounds +,
to-day there are countless devices for OBJ !
tanning money without work. There are
the stands of canes aud umbrellas, with |
men trying to pitch rings over them.
There are boards with nails for ring
pitching. But about the tail-end of the |
gambling business, we think, is reached |
here. A bright new wash-pan sits upon
the ground. By the side of it stands a
somewhat pitiful-looking young man in a
plug hat, making at intervals of two min
utes, such speech as this: 'Stawt it up,
somebody Each an envy time you pitch
in nickel an make it stay, you git a
quatahl Pitch in quatab, an you git a
dollahp' At one end of the ground is q
large wheel-of-fortune, and by the stand