The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-01-07

were going at it rough-and-tumble, wheI
Moore drew revolver and placed it tt
Johnsons head, but before he could fire
. the crowd scattered to places of safety in
j short order. It was then discovered that
! the pistol was toy one, and the whole
{. thing put-up joke IN. Lowenstein
! received beautiful and useful New
: Years gift-a large butcher-knife, made
of steel, by Mr.. Alf. Jones, of Fulton
Furnace. 1t is highly finished and
mounted in splendid shape. The boys
are making things lively at Castors to-
night. There is dance in one room, and
wicked young men are firing crackers in
the other. Lots of fun!. !...... Uncle Sam
my Claar is in to-day. AT the match
game of polo this afternoon between the
Crescent Reds and the Athletics, the lat
ter were victorious. -. Sheriff Lively
turned five prisoners in together at the
Jail to-day, and when the officers back
was turned they slipped into the dungeon
and pulled the door to. Lively pretended
to think they had escaped, and went to
searching for them, taking care to get
close enough to hastily place the fasten-
ing over the dungeon door. There the
boys were, fairly made victims of their
j own joke-and there he left them while
he went to dinner. When the boys were
let out they thought the Sheriff must be
illy,s for he went about grinning all the
time.
SATURDAY.-After busy week and
doubtless profitable week, the great
crowd of Teachers are going home.
Isaac Parry jr. called this morning ......
Elias Morgan, of Oak Hill was here yes
terday .....J. r. Hunter has been on the
sick list for several days. John Levi,
upon noticing recent arrival at the In
firmary, declared that he "would leave the |
Democratic party at once, because all of
the big men in the party were going to |
the Infirmary.".. The drill at the gas |
well passed down through the hard sand
rock, into stratum of gravel, after
which it struck the hard rock again .....
A slight rain this evening, but in very
short time cleared off and stars shining.
Warm as Summer.
SUNDAY.-Rained all day. 49,. Elder
S. Fl. Bingham preached his farewell
sermon" tonight. at Christian Church.
We regard Elder Bingham as one of the
ablest ministers Jackson has known, fear
less and conscientious in all things. We
shall be sorry to lose him. IA. w.
Long and his new force of officials started
off we'll with the M. e. Sunday School
this morning. -. There will be services
every night this week at M. E. Church.
. The Sunday Schools show a good start
for the new year. Let them be nearly, if
not quite doubled in numerical strength
during the year. This can be easily done.
MoNpAY.-Salt Creek out of banks,
but didn't quite catch the gas-wel1. Some ,
two hundred feet down, passed through S
the "Waverly Rock" and into clay, OF
,oap-stone 49, Theodore Grose lost a /
valuable COW, several days ago, and after !
l vain search was going to advertise for I
her, when he suddenly discovered her-l(
xnder stable, on Broadway Street, where {
,he had walked under and was unable to I
get back -. C. A. r. meeting tonight. r
Squire Alf. Lewis, of Liberty, is in at !
:endance. -. Too wet to work much,
3ut Street Commissioner Martin is busy
,leaning cutters, and putting things in 4
hape. =
TUEsDAY.-Snow. =. One of the Grove !
Brothers gets an eye hurt by piece of {
lot.iron, while sharpening Bit. Gas :
veil down over 255 feet, and the drill .
working in slate. Some of the white
and rock taken from the well is beauti- I
ul, the sulphur adhering to it giving it I
he appearance of quartz.
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Albert S. Brady, at Cross Roads, has
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