The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-06-07

WEDNEsDAY.-Decorat Day in Jack
son was magnificent success. .Ir-
vine DUNCAN and r. III. Jones went to
Coalton. ........A tremendous time at
Wellston to-day, all the societies out
marching, and great time generally.
We had a pleasant call yesterday from
Mr.. Edwin House, of Weber's POstoffice.
........ We learn by Charleston, West
Va, paper sent us that great mass meet
ing in the interest of proposed industries
was held at that place. and the best speech
was made by "a. w. Long, of Ohio;
Long is certainly as good a talker as the
best of them. w. G. Evans, of Ports
mouth is in town. 49,. The wires are be-
ing put on the electric light poles. .... "A
good time is reported from Frankli lin
Township. We received dispatch
from Charles Rhodes, at Washington this
morning announcing the death of Gen.
Sheridan. The same word was tele-
graphed all over the country. Later in
the day it was contradicted. It was lit
tie singular to be disappointed-bu it
was an agreeable disappointme
THURsDAY..The boys at the marble
shops tell good joke on Mr.. A w. Long
senior member of the firm. Some time
ago it will be remembered that this paper
advertised a lost design-book, and offered
reward for it. After months of worry
over the loss of the valuable book, Mr..
Long found it at home-.jatst aohere he had
left IT,. Mr.. Jesse S. Savage and his
beautiful daughter Miss Cora, of Charles
ton, West Virginia, are visiting friends
here. Jackson is always glad to see these
people. -. Mrs. Lola Jones is visiting at
here old home, Centreville. Mrs. An
ME Rule, of Oak Hill, is visiting friends
in town to-day. The people about the
doors of the Rink tonight had good
deal of fun, if they could not see ne1 hear
anything. A man would walk thought
fully up the steps only to find the crowd
jammed clear out of the door. After
stretching his neck until it seemed the
leaders cracked, he would attempt to
crowd into the room. After pushing,
squeezing, joking and hustling for time,
he would fratically struggle back again,
tumble out at the door, and make his es-
1t was a place to make nam wish he
was at least seven feet high for the time
being g..... Miss Blanche Price and Miss
Eta Conway, Of Columbus, arrived to-
day on visit to friends here. We
have received from Streator Illinois, pa
pers containing the particulars, as far as
can DE ascertained, concerning the death
of James Brooks. He was not. as was at
first claimed, killed by touching the cleo
trio light wires. 1t is supposed that he
was caught in the f1y-wheel of the engine
and thrown with such violence on the
floor that his skull was crushed. He had
shut eff the lights at the proper time, on
Saturday night, and intended to fix the
engine on Sunday morning. When found
he had evidently crawled away from the
engine after being hurt.
FRIDAY.-Circuit Court begins, Judges
Cherington, Bradbury and Clark present.
Poore and Evans, the stock men,
have just finished shearing some 45O
sheep. -. To-day has been great day
at the Schools, being the 'last day." Mu-
sic and recitations were plentiful and ex
cellent The little fellows-and some of
the larger ones, too-who were so FORUM
ate as to secure ''red cards." were highly
elated with the assurance of promotion.
....Long & Caldwells have strong new
truck wagon for their marble and granite
business. The delegation of Prohibi-
tionists returned from Indianapolis to-
day, looking healthy and happy. Mr..
Samuel Jackson of Mabees, is in town to-
day. Some early cherries were
brought in to-day, but they were of such
miserable proportions and flavor that
robin would fly away in disgust at sight
of them. .....W. E. Bundy is in town.
SATURDAY.-Mr. Dobbs, the Foundry
man, is still here. -. The Coalton Foun-
dry is not yet, we believe, under way to-
ward rebuilding. -. E. Edmund Evans,
of Oak Hill, called -. james Chavers,
of Huron Flats, is on the sick list.
The Huron Furnace scheme is said to be
in fair way toward success 49,. One of
the jurors in the Squabby Moore case,
impressed by the positive stories sworn
to by the party who claimed to have been
robbed, AS well as one of the witnesses,
noticed particularly, on the way up the
creek, day or two after the trial that
there was an entirely different state of
things from those sworn to. For in
stance, relative to certain fence, near
which the robbery was alleged to have
taken place, one swore that it was a rail
fence, another that it was board fence
The fact is, it is aoire fence. The crowd
was so drunk none of them could perhaps
have told telegraph pole from a pea
stick.
SUNDAY-Rev. M. d. Vaughn preached
at the Brown School House, this after
noon. We visited the coal mine
on the south west of town to-day, and
were shown inside by Mr.. Hughes. The
mine is being opened up in good shape,
and is in perhaps forty to fifty yards. The
Standard has time and again called at
tention to the fact that coal field lay on
the south side of town far richer than
any vet Opened. Such has been demons