The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-01-14
Daily Observations J!


Daily Observations
WEDNEsDAY-The entertainment b.
the Tennesseeans tonight at the Crescen
was simply grand. There is not poor
or even ordinary, singer in the company
All are excellent. Robinson, the mar
with the large mouth, brought down the
house at every appearance. This compa
ny of singers should have had crowded
house. Such rare treat is seldom given
our citizens "A meeting of business
men called tonight to take action looking
to the erection of rolling-mill. -. Mrs
South returned from Columbus. -. Lit
tie 10 Band reorganized and engaged to
play for Crescent Rink. :. M. b. Shaffer,
the carpenter, has been laid up with sick
ness for some weeks, but is about again.
"a slight snow on the ground. -.
George Waller, Of Jackson Township,
called -. Our old friend James L. Rice,
called to-day. This community has
countless holes bored for wells, by Mr..
Rice, but the method used by him was
somewhat in contrast with the rig OF the
Grove Brothers..
THURsDAY.-Bitter cold. Will Trip
and ]. S. Ridenour have purchased the
Hardware Store of T. J. Edwards. Both
are experienced business men, and will
make the House strong one. jackson
is talking rolling-mill. ..... Mrs. Paulina
Chestnut was seized with a severe spell of
sickness yesterday. She was observed to
show signs of weakness, as if about to
faint. She suffered severely, and it was
some hours before she was able to be
moved. 1t was at first thought she was
suffering from a stroke of paralysis, but
such is not the case. David FL. War
rem says that his wife is about well, and
the Superintendent at the Asylum thinks
it safe to bring her home, but she will re-
main at Athens short time yet. Three
hundred and twenty feet, is the distance
down the gas-well to-day. Nearly two
hundred feet through solid slate, and the
water in the well perhaps two hundred
feet up from the bottom. -. Mrs. Sarah
Harding writes from Salem. West Va,
that she cannot do without the Stand
ard" OF course not-nobody can afford
to. .... Felie Ruff astonished the boys at
the Rink tonight by his agility as Polo
player Felie is certainly quick one.
FRIDAY.-About three o'clock this
afternoon came one of the swiftest, heav-
lest SHOWS ever seen in this locality, fall |
ing three inches deep in half an hour, still |
showing at bedtime. .."Gas is struck
Gas is struck" was the exhuberant excla- |
nation this afternoon. The cause of it |
was the discovery, in drawing up the |
choppings of the drill, of small amount |
of gas which would ignite and burn.
Billy Mcclure called to-day. He thinks |
some of removing to Kansas in the spring, |
having been out in that country some
time ago, looking at it. Billy is good
and we would hate to lose him
from this County The Polo Club
went to Chillicothe. 49,. The funeral of
W. D. Davis took place at the Welsh
Church this afternoon, conducted By Rev.
D. ]. Jenkins. -. Literary day" in the
Schools. The birthday of Robert Burns
will probably be celebrated by the Schools
in an appropriate manner. "A party
of youngsters went sleigh-riding out to
Mr.. Summers tonight
SATURDAY.-Snow fifteen inches deep
on the level, and drifted in immense
heaps. Yves. Delay tells of drift across
the road, near Rip Johnson's, six or seven
feet deep, his little mules almost going
out of sight as they dragged the sleigh
through it. .JohnsW. Hank and Fred.
Bingham walked in from Buckeye School
House this morning. Johns heavy beard
looked like an ice-gorge when he reached
town, and Fred. is still trying to thaw out
his ears. -. Harry Marshman had
pleasant little seven-mile drive this NOR
ming. attending funeral at Mr.. Cum
Minis. When about two miles out he
with the hearse, and had to
come bag and take fresh start. He got
back in t.e evening, fully satisfied that
Boreas has not forgotten how to blow.
THE Polo players returned from Chilli
cothe. They made short work of. the
Chillicothe club, making three straight
'goals" or innings in a very few minutes.
Felie Ruff played with the Jackson club.
=. This would be good weather for the
coal men, if it were not SO terrible on
railroads. Two engines were seen to-day
moving three cars. and had about all they
wanted to do to get along. Walter
Crisswell and Oris Jones succeeded at the
Rink this afternoon, in making the leap
made by Updegrave. over four chairs. =.
A caboose burned at the o. S. yards this
evening.
SUNDAY.-Whew! The man who pokes
his nose out of the door to-day, jams it
into frost-bank -. The Sum
day Schools go a-begging for numbers,
the M. E., being the largest in town, hav-
ing a total attendance of about sixty.
Shortly after noon to-day, an alarm of |
fire was sounded, caused by small blaze |
in the M. E. Church. The engine was |
gotten out in a very short time, but men |
with buckets succeeded in putting out |
the fire. 1t was perhaps fortunate that |
it was so, as the hose would doubtless
have frozen had the engine attempted to
throw water.
MoNDAY.-No school to-day, the wea-
ther being too severe IN. Lowenstein
is cutting ice at the "riffle." on Dungan's
farm. The ice is seven and half inches
thick, clear and beautiful. =: :. The stone
front building recently purchased by J.
r. Hunter, on Main street, for a long
time used as doggery, is now vacant,
but will shortly be occupied again. {.
Will Evans, of the firm of Farrar & Ev-
ans, has had a thermometer hanging out
in front of the store for two years or
more, until yesterday, when somebody
stole it. 1t was probably some poor, suf
fering creature, who wanted to know just
how cold it was going to get John 1.