The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-01-21
Daily Observations ]

from Columbus yesterday. Many
lady is mourning her house-plants, fe
the freeze got most of them. -. "A cit
zen of Coalton informs US that among tn
business enterprises of that place al
eleven saloons. Wherever men are earl
ing money by hard work, there is wher
the saloon-keeper locates. .... The Par
Polo Club, of Chillicothe, played gam
with the Crescents, at the Rink tonight
The Chillicotheans are pleasant, gentle
manly-lookiug set of fellows, all compaI
atively small men save one. The gam
was called at nine o'clock, Chillicoth
taking the choice of position. The frs
.goal" was won by Jackson so quick tina
the crowd scarcely saw it DONE The sec
ond by Jackson. The third by Chillico
the, the crowd cheering them loudly. Th'
fourth round was very hotly contested
and after long battle was won by Jack
son. There were some little squabbles
but everybody kept in a good humor. -.
There have been several small fires dur
ing the cold snap, but were put out with
out giving alarm. ...... "Squabby Moore
(McCabe) is out of the Penitentiary, and
is here visiting his children.
THURsDAY.-Six degrees below zero
-! The ice-packers are getting some ice
as thick as thirteen inches. .... The pu-
pills at school are having a jolly time
laughing at Kinnison, who has his beard
shaved off,. Mrs. Albert Gibson, OF
Wellston, died to-day. after lingering
illness, of hemorrhage of the stomach.
Mr.. Gibson, her husband, is a brother of
Mrs. J. H. Harding, of this place .....
Among the humorous incidents of the
war that are floating around, Capt. r. H.
Jones tells one of the best. Some time
ago the Capt. received letter from an
attorney inquiring the particulars as to
the wounding of certain soldier who
had portion of a finger shot off in battle
and who wanted a pension. Yes, the
Capt remembered it very well-too well
in fact. He remembered that the fellow,
when his command received marching
orders to go upon dangerous expedition,
went out behind his tent, and with a
hatchet chopped the finger off! And
there are good many such applications.
..... The exhibition by Will. Newton at
the Rink was mastery one. He rode a
bicycle in almost every conceivable shape,
riding single wheel without seat or
handles, and winding up the exhibition
by going about the floor upo single bug
gy-wheel, standing, or rather dancing.
upon the hub. 1t was grand display of
skill.
FRIDAY Warm, and raining ......
The gas well, having been abandoned
during the freeze, shows gas still flowing
this morning. There are different points
in the county where this kind of gas
comes to the surface-one or two places,
perhaps more, in Bloomfield Tp........
Marshal Owens carries very sore hand,
having torn it on nail, and caught cold
in the wound -. Dan Faulkner brought
a pauper to the Infrmary to-day from
Oak Hill-Uncle Davie Phillips brought
two (children) from Coalton. This cold
weather is terrible upon poor people,.
Richard T. Jones, of Bloomfield, started
in with sled this morning, bst had to
give it up at Winchester, borrow saddle,
and ride one of the horses into town. He
reports the ground covered with snow,
good sleighing, beyond Win
chester, but blown dry this side. ......
Quite number of the young folks are
trying ice-skating on Salt Creek this af-
ternoon. .... Ice has been cut for town
in the ponds, away toward Petrea .....
Jerome Goodrich and brother are doing
and coal business at Coalton.
Goal trade is lively. Meeting at
M. E. Church slimly attended, owing to
slippery condition of streets. -. Quite a
number of squirrels and rabbits in mar
ket.
SATURDAY.-Ra Raining, and turning
colder. Mail train on G. W. & B.
jumped the track this side of Wellston
Furnace, caused by broken rail. Bag
gage car. coach and smoking car, off. The
mail did not get in until away into the
night. Nobody hurt. Henry Jones
and Ed Poor returned from Cincinnati,
whittier they went with some cattle. -.
A strong flow of gas at the well to-day,
distance four hundred and seventy-fve
feet. -. Frank Dever called to-day,
coming to town by way of Beaver and
the o. S. Railroad. Some of those per-
sons who recently had their teetI extract
ed by travelling tooth-puller are now
visiting our dentists and trying to get
their jaws shaped up again. =. Alex
Livingstone, who keeps Bunn's meat
store, was saving the bone in a steak to-
day, when he accidentally sawed off the
end of his thumb, which will give him a
sore thumb for some time. Will
Hackett is back from Indiana. 49,. Hen
ry McCarty, of Middleton, is in town, and
called at the Standard Office.
SUNDAY.-The cold wave again proph-
esied failed to wave, and the weather is as
beautiful as spring to-day. -. There is a
boom in the Sunday Schools. compared
with last Sunday. Rev. Davis preach
ed surprisingly fine sermon tonight to
a large congregation. The minister had
a joke upon portion OF his congregation
at the morning service, while illustrating
the condition of soul "asleep in SIM
Some person began to show effects of the
drowsiness consequent upon coming into
lids began to droop. Souls will sleep
while the call of the gospel is sounding
in their ears-just as some of you are do
ing" said he-or at least that is the point
of the illustration. ALI were wide awake
from that time on.
Notwithstanding. 49,. j. s. Ridenour
went to Coalton .....Will H. Butcher
called day or two ago. He will sell his
farm in Scioto Township. 49,. The long
strings of wagons loaded with coal that
come to town, leads one to wonder where
it is all used. Besides these teams from
the hill banks, lots of it for town use is
brought in on the o. S. Railroad. The
schools are preparing to make next Mon.
day a Robert Burns day. Buck
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