The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-06-04
DAILY OBSERVATIONS.


WEDNEsDAY.-The good people of tn
First Baptist Church were the victims G
frst-class surprise last night. The
arranged nice strawberry festival. an
prepared to accommodate any reasonabl
number of people. The Jackson Ban
marched from uptown to the Church
followed by great crowd of people. In
side the Church, the Band had not playe'
more than a couple of selections unit
the seats were all occupied. But the peo
pie kept on coming. Two agents wer'
busy at the door. Early in the evening
the strawberries ran out, and the mana
gers substituted ice-cream, and everybody
was happy. The space around the altal
of the Church was beautifully and taste
fully ornamented with flowers, and the
large room, with its merry throng o1
people, presented beautiful appearance
Young gentlemen and young ladies, OLD
men and women, boys and girls, every
body, seemed to be there. Elder Hend-
rickson and his membership were evil
IDENTIFY proud of the success of their effort
and well they might be. 1t was pleas
ant evening, spent in good cause.
This morning crowd of merry young
people-enough to require two four-horse
teams to transport demonstrated out for
picnic amid the wild scenery along the
Chillicothe Road. Before they started
the rain began to fall-and kept right on
falling, most of the day. The party went
to the Canter Caves, where they built
fire, and really had a merry time of it,
notwithstanding the discouraging cir
cumstances. Jim Burt drove one four
horse team, Vint Reeves the other, and
George Garrett took the baskets in an ex-
press wagon. :. Mr.. Thomas J. Beatty of
Limerick, called to-day. Fulton Fur
mace has blown out, temporarily, for
repairs. -. "A gentleman named Hinkle
has purchased an intesest in the Herald,
and moved his family here, occupying
a part of Mr. Basquil's house on Ports
mouth Street. -. George Goddard has
new roof on his house in Jamestown. -.
The frame of the new Rink building is
about all up. IA splendid array OF
country vegetables at the stores to-day.
..... The picnickers said they were go
ing to the "gulf," to-day, and when they
came back they looked, and doubtless
felt, as though they had been there. liter
ally. We met our old friend Lewis
Shots on the street to-day. Mr.. ShOtts
had not been away from horne for four
months, until to-day. He is in very
feeble health, but seemed to walk with
considerable strength. He informed us
that his son Peter, who went from here
to Missouri, is now working at Mitchell,
Indiana. -. Prof. J. E. Kinnison took
his wife and baby to Canter Caves to-day
in buggy. -. The Presbyterian Church
is being overhauled and fitted up in neat
style.
THURsDAY.-A cloudy, cool day.
Hezekiah Brill is in town. -. Many of
the boys are making collections of birds
eggs, and this of course necessitates the
robbing of nests. This is most repre- |
hensible practice, and ought to be stopped.
..... The Tea of the Presbyterian Mis-
sionary Society was held this evening at
the residence of T. T. Jones, on Ports
mouth street, and was a very pleasant |
affair -. The fire-horses were practiced |
again tonight, and handled themselves |
with remarkable speed. >. Another old |
soldier is gone. John Turner, of the 53rd |
Ohio, who lived near Chapman's Switch, |
on the o. S. Railroad, was buried to-day, |
with military honors, by detachment |
from Francis Smith Post, G. A. R., of |
this place. Mr.. Turner "bore his age"
better than most men, he would scarcely
have been taken for man of over fifty
or fifty-fiYe, yet he was about eighty
three-so we are informed. He was a
jovial. warm-hearted man, and had many
friends. While speaking of our old friend,
we are reminded of an incident which
occurred during the war-both the actors
in which are now dead. Old Pap Shower
who is well remembered still-came
into the Standard Office one day, in
breathless haste, exclaiming; "Oh, Mr..
Mackley, I've found a pocket-book with
great lot of money in it; want to get it
to the owner. What shall do?" He
was told to keep the money until the
owner should call, as notice would be
inserted, calling attention to the matter.
The old gentleman went away excited
and uneasy, for he did not care about
carrying around so much money. There
was more than four hundred dollars in
the pocket-book. In short time after
Mr.. Shower had gone, our old friend John
Turner came rushing in. He too was
almost out of breath from hurrying up
the long stairway. AS he came in he
exclaimed: my God, Mackley, I'm ru-
inedp' On inquiring what was the mat
ter, he explained that he had his Veteran
Bounty and some other money in his
pocket-book, and lost the whole thing.
He was directed to Pap Shower, when
both were made happy by the return of
the money to its owner. DIR. Boggess
has his new fag-stone pavement COM
pleted, and perhaps has the best pavement
in town. The step is a neat piece of
workmanship, in the laying of which the
DR.. placed beneath the stones copies of
the County papers, and other articles.
FRIDAY.-Rain again. -. Henry AL
bert of Scioto Township, is in town to-
day. Mr.. Albert has badly crippled
hand just at present, and is suffering
much pain. j. d. Mitchell came home
from Ironton. -. John NJ. Downey and
Tillie Du Hallway were married tonight
49,. Rock is being hauled for flag
stone pavement on the Sternberger cor
ner, running from Miller's around to
Cooks. This will be a grand improve
ment Mrs. E. D. Meacham was
brought in from the country-where she
has been for some time. She is in very |
poor health The Little 10 are out |
serenading tonight, and making fine
music. An old man was around to-
night calling upon the business men in
town for aid to get to the Soldiers Home"