The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-07-09
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. SATURDAY.-A large crowd came
- town to-day, merely to have a holida
I'd for there was nothing going on but
- dance and a baseball game There We
,. some decorations, the Silver Cornet Bar
g came out and escorted the crowd fro
:; = the mail train in the forenoon, and the
was pretty good time generally. Th
afternoon at two o'clock the ball clubs
Jackson and Portsmouth-had mate
game, or, rather, match quarrel. Ever
Il time close play would be made, bot
: mines would huddle up in a crowd, an
wrangle for a few moments, then go
: playing again. The Jackson boys wer
ahead until near the close of the gam,
Portsmouth to win easily by score O
II to %. One or two of the Portsmouth
crowd bore evidence that Jackson whisk
is harder to carry than river water.
Oris Nunnally, a little son of James Nun
nally, while playing with powder thi
morning, was pretty badly burned. HI
had the powder poured out and was go
ing to ignite it, to see the flash, whe1
some other boy lit it for him, and befor,
he was ready for it. His face was badly
scorched, and he began to rub it, peeling
the skin off in places. -. The ball was
batted to-day with much force and struck
Mr.. Jerry Aten in the head hurting him
considerably. Another man received a
pretty hard knock in the nose. One ball
batted with considerable force, struck a
lady's parasol, tearing and breaking it
Matt. Evans gallantly picked up the par
asol and returned it to the owner
but some of his friends tried to create the
impression that it was broken by him.
1t has come to be that man can't be
polite any more, without being slandered.
..... AT the depot this morning a drunk
man was prancing around, declaring that
"Im hoss Finally, as nobody seemed
disposed to curry him, he Strengthened
up, stretched one arm far over his head,
and brawled out: I'm reg'lar male !'
Just then Officer Dan Jones took "the
mule" by the extended arm, and led it off
to a stall in the lookup. Drunk mules
can't run loose in Jackson. -. The gun
club had a shooting match below town
to-day. AS it is very hot day, the man
ayers thought it would be a nice thing to
have lemonade to sell on the grounds.
So they invested about one dollar and
half in materials and placed their lemon
ade on sale. The gross receipts were .ti0e
cents, and the boys had to drink up their
stock. IA detachment of Francis
Smith Post G. A. r. went to Wellston to
attend celebration, and had a good time
David Armstrong; cow attempted
to jump the picket-fence around his lot
to-day, and was impaled upon the pick
cts. rendering it necessary to cut them to
get the animal off.
SUNDAY.-Whew ! Too hot for any
use. .... Nothing eventfuI going on to-
day, everybody budding in the shade. -.
AT the NJ e. Church tonight meet
ing was held to take some action looking
to the welfare of the children now in the
Infirmary. A Committee was appointed
to confer with the Commissioners re-
garding the matter. Mr.. McWhorter.
dressed the meeting.
MoNDAY.-James H. Daniels called this
Work was temporarily
stopped on the new rink until disputed |
point with regard to the style of work is |
settled -. Mr.. May is at work on Mr. |
Grant Wilson's new house, on South St. |
Moses d. Jones will erect new dwelling
house on his lot between the residences of |
Ambrose Leach Jr. and Mrs. French, on |
Portsmouth Street. Thomas Gillis, |
who is charged with striking Nick Caspar,
before the Mayor this morning |
at nine o'clock, according to the terms of |
his recognizance, but the hearing was ad-
journed over for one week, or until next |
morning at nine o'clock. .....
Mrs. Griffiths, Ben Wartenbe, "Sorrel-Top"
and others, recognized to appear to-day be-
fore the Mayor, failed to make themselves
manifest, and Mrs. Gritfiths and 'Sorrel-
Top were arrested again this evening and
imprisoned. 1t is about time that such
lens as these women inhabit were broken
up, and while the officers are at it, let
hem put stop to the men and boys
the sidewalks in front of the
and using foul language in the
public streets where ladies and children
nave to pass. Let the good work go on.
TUEsDAY.-The old pavement in front
IF the First National Bank is being torn
away to make way for the new fiag-stone.
The workmen were surprised to find an
Did coal-cellar under the pavement-but
We remember that old place well. There
lsed to be hole in the pavement to
throw the coal through. Over this hole
vas fitted a square box with fange to
lold it from falling through, covering the
lole. The boys used to have big fun at
his place. A silver quarter or half-dol-
ar would be fixed, with hole in one
iide. To this string would be attached
md the money laid upon the pavement
ind the string run down under the edge
If the wooden cap. The string would be
covered with dirt, and a boy
would stand down below and hold the
string. When a person came along and
made spasmodic grab at the money, a
BOY on the steps would whistle, or cough,
,r sneeze, when-presto The money was
gone. There are doubtless people yet
living here who were the victims of that
mean trick, but we hope we have all been
forgiven long ago for the boyish prank.
Judge Miller went down to Stewart
Cherington's to hold an examination in
5he case of Mrs. Cherington, insane. -.
L. j. Edwards went to Oak Hill.
The next term of Jackson Academy
will begin on Monday, August 3rd.