The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-05-24

falling down stairway at her home thi
evening .....A number of mechanic
were comparing notes on Broadway thi
evening, as to the number of new build
ings erected, and process of erection, thi
spring, thus far. The number is fort
sir.. Mr.. L. w. Kinnison, of FRANKLIN
Township, is quite sick. Judge Mil
Ter and the stock dealers have considera
BILE fun joking about the Judges sheep
He bought some very fine sheep from
Jackson dealers, and as Judge is yer,
proud of his foresight as farmer. he i.
proud of his sheep. But he concluded tt
yield to the opportunities of eager pur
chasers, and part with his valuable sheep
The first man to rush out to the farm te
look at the sheep was Johnny Brown. II
is said Johnny took a look at the sheep
then ran and hid in the brush. Next
came Dave Nichols, veteran stockman
Dave took look at them-and lit out
and we have the word of Will Steele that
Dave has never been seen or heard OF
since. There is possibility, hover. that
these stock dealers circulate THESE stories
to depreciate the value of Judges sheep
and buy them up on dull market.
THURsDAY.-J. B. Howe is having his
Office fitted up in style, with profuse or
namentation of signs. ..... Pleasant
Springer is in town. Nv. w. Hughes,
Oak Hill is in town. Capt. 1. H.
McColm mick, of Raysville, is here.
Hon. Mr.. Merrick, Meigs County, is here
looking after the interests of Judge Rus
sci, as candidate for the Curcuit Judge
ship. jackson can furnish as good a
story on the money-loaning business, as
any other town. A young man wanted
to know of business man if the latter
wanted to borrow some money. "Well,
yes" he would take couple of hundreds
of dollars. @All rightp The young man
was only too glad to accommodate himl
He had about thirty dollars on hand, and
would pay the rest over as fast as he
earned 1T 1--WE have been told that
Irvie DUNCAN stood third in the class of
applicants for the West Point Cadetship,
at Portsmouth. IA. w. Long has gone
on trip to New England -. Mr.. John
w. Evans, of Thurman, called to-day. -.
I'VE had call from Henry Hughes, of
Four Mile. One of Mr.. Hughes sons
has gone to Kansas, and one is attending
Commercial College in Pittsburg. $500.
Mr.. Sam. McClung brought load of the
coal discovered on his farm to town to-
day. We sampled a large lump Of it.
1t is clean, pretty coal, quite free from
impurities, and makes very hot fire,
o1o This 10 q
splendid coal, without doubt. ..... The
big Burt building near Christian Church
was tried with paper roof for a long
time, but now a joint-shingle roof has
been put over the paper. -. Mr.. Whet-
sci informs us that big birthday party
was given to our old friend Samuel Bier
ly, few days ago. The old gentleman
is some seyenty-two years old, we believe.
James Arther has been much weak
er during the past two weeks. ....... No
work is going on at the nail mill now.
Everything is about ready for the ma
chinery.
FRIDAY.-Capt. Mccormick and his
son, of RaysYille, called to-day. y..... Judge
Bannnon is in town. 49,. John W. Hank
is going to move to Huntington, or Proc
torville 49,. Alex. Criswel is building
two-story house for O. s. Miller, in the
nail mill addition. Knights of Pyth-
las are drilling at the "Rink" tonight. -.
"A long-continued rain again to-day. =.
Some of the boys about town are be-
coming great nuisances with their
"slings." The law offers premium for
killing English SparroWs. The boys take
advantage of this, and pursue robins, cat
birds, pigeons, and all kinds of native
birds. This ought to be stopped at once.
.......T The ladies have placed the M. E.
Church in excellent trim. -. The boys
are hustling the electric light poles up
rapidly. Conductor Clint. Chering-
ton, of the C. W. g. B., has the measles. ;.
....J. X. Henson, of Madison Township,
is in town to-day. .... N. Lowenstein is
selling large quantities of excellent
corned beef. This is just the thing for
picnics, camping parties, or for lunches.
SATURDAY.-A friend called to-day
who has. had considerable experience
opinion that the coal discovered on the
McClung place is nearly the same-per-
haps the same-quality of coal now being
taken out by the Tropic Shaft mine, from
the lands Long. Mr.. Long has an abun-
dance of excellent coal, over on the east
side. Specimens of coal from the new
discoveries in the Oak Hill region have
been brought to town, and show up a
good quality 49,. Mr.. Vanatta, agent
for W. j. Knight, is here arranging for
for two lectures at this place June 5th
and 6th. Mr.. Knight is the engineer who
ran the stolen train, down in Georgia,
which was stolen from Big Shanty by
twenty-five Union spies. John Wollam,
of this place, was one of the readers.
=. Misses Nellie Mackley, Stella Martin
BERTHE Claar, Nellie Schellenger, Mamie
Hank, and perhaps others, went to Frank
lin Valley to attend Quarterly Meeting
and visit friends. A young colored
lady named Washington died. -. DR.
Crummit has put another story on his
house.
SUNDAY.-At the M. =. Sunday Schoo
this morning new feature in the way Of
instrumental music was introduced, anG
with excellent effect. The following
musicians were participants in the musi
cal exercises: L. A. F. Summers, violin
S. d. Mackley, cornet; Albert Moriarty
clarinet; Miss Jennie Aten, organist
John w. Hank was present, and under
his leadership the music had ring an6
vim which put new life into the school.
MoNDAY.-Geo. W, C. Perry. is in towr
to-day. Mr.. Perry thinks'of moving tt
Jackson in the near future. Hope hi