The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-05-31
Daily Observations.

WEDNESDAY.-Mr.S Bradshaw is deat
This lady was at the time of her marriag
with Harvey Bradshaw, the widow of tl
late Reuben K. Gilbert She was th
mother of Mrs. Levi DUNCAN, and Henr
Gilbert, of this place. The Balm
Machine folks have quite machine sho
fixed up at the Mitchell place, and. hay
lathe, planer, and all necessary implt
ments for repairing machinery. .....J Joh
T. johnson now has new house complete
on South Street. Miss Maggie Shat
fer has fine new organ. Miss Clar
Gregory left to-day for Shawnee, PER-
Co.. to visit friends. -. Lee Killen live
in Miss Johnson's house, Portsmouth
Street, having moved there few day
since. ..... Capt. Cooper, Salvation Sol
dier, has been here for several days. 49,.
Frank French, of Jackson Township, i
in poor health. -. The Posey Hill peo
pie want electric light on the far side o
the hill. that there may be less "way
that are dark along the hillside. ......
The Board of Pension Examiners ha(
one case before them to-day that proved
too much disabled to handle, and had Il
be laid out. Said an old Soldier to us
one day, never say anything against al
old soldier, no matter what he does.
Well, we don't-but what account would
a Soldier at the front be, if he were dead
drunk. The old boys should walk up
rightly. There's no credit in getting
drunk. -. Capt. Gilliland is in town..
John T. Leach Esq, of Jackson Town.
ship, had horse disappear mysteriously
last night.
THURsDAY.-Warmer weather. ..... A
large delegation of our Welsh citizens
went to Oak Hill to attend the Associa.
tion. Joseph Stif1er is in town to-
day. Joe has had piece of bad luck
Yesterday, while plowing at Mr.. Buchan-
ans Mr.. Stiffler turned his mare into a
field where it ran piece of fence-rail in
to it's side, making a terrible wound.
!. Milton Phillips, of Oak Hill is in town.
..-...T The new scales are fixed up again
and Dave Griffiths is ready for all COM
ers. ..... We purchased load of the new
Sam MeClung coal to-day. This is GER
tainly nice lot of coal, and the find of
this vast field will have tendency to re-
duce the price of coal delivered in town.
1t is hard and clean, altogether desira-
bic article. .... Mr.. Peters of Ironton is
here looking after the Huron Furnance
property again. This time the people
who have an option on the Huron prop
erty mean business, and there is chance
to have the furnace started if the opper-
tunity is improved. Capt. I'll. G.
Jones, Of Macarthur is here. The Jack
tain -. Mr.. Ainsworth mailer who
moved here from Ironton some time ago,
has been sorely afflicted with sickness in
his family, his wife being a helpless in
valid. He now resides on Portsmouth
Street. DIR. Jackson has been over at
Vinton for day or two..... The young
folks of the High School had singing
at Elias Longs tonight. ..... The Stern
berger girls are back from Delaware, al
SO Mrs. Ada Michael and family, of the
same place. -. Miss F lora Oppenheim-
er has been at home for some days, from
her eastern trip. DIR. johnson White,
of Liberty, is in town. Charlie
McKinniss, of Leo, is in to-day 49,. Mr..
Bentley, Miss Jessie Murin, and others,
returned from Cincinnati. where they had
been attending the Musical Festival.
Lang McGhee is carrying himself
around on crutches, the result of slight
accident on the Railroad. -. An old cit
izen this evening, remarking upon the
excessive number of poles being put up
in the streets, said, ''there is one consola-
ton, these poles will soon rot down." 1t
is claimed that the white cedar is not so
durable as the red... There is still lots
of building going on at Wellston. .......
John T. Leach had a horse stolen from
his home in Jackson Township, night be-
fore last, and the young man who took
the animal was brought back-with the
long, heavy rain tonight.
FRIDAY.-Allen Hegler, of Washing
ton G. II. is in town ...... Mrs. Emily
Phillips and Mrs. Michel Phillips, of
Oak Hill, are in town. George w. G.
Perry and John 7. Leach of Jackson
Township, spent the night in town.
A small platform was erected in the old
Fair Ground to-day, and tonight there is
dance of some kind going on. the "call-
ing" for which might be heard mile.
The son of the late Henry Douglass has
returned from the Xenia Home. He
looks as though he had been well taken
care of. -. .The funeral of the late Mrs.
Bradshaw was conducted by J. E. Rudi-
sill, at M. e. Church, to-day. The de-
ceased was nearly seventy years DID,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Gilbert, of Ports
mouth, are here attending the funeral to-
day. 49,. Washam has brick-machine
at his Huron Furnace brickyards, which
turned out in one day-a few days ago
seventeen thousand brick. .... The plan
now is to sell lots and start Huron Fur
mace in that way -. The 0. S. Railroad
is to be built through to Pomeroy.
Beggers are becoming quite numerous
too numerous in fact. One old man
called at business house on Wednesday
and "only lacked little of having
enough money to take him to his home
in Pennsylvania" He forgot himself and
called at the same store again yesterday,
and still lacked little. He called at
this Office and attempted to play the old
soldier dodge-but he had to much
whisky in him to work upon our sympa-
thies very strongly. Whisky and benevo-
lence do not mix well .. Mrs. Carrie
Levi, of Portsmouth, is visiting the fam=
ily of her father, N. Lowenstein, of this
place,
sATVRDAY.-Miss1 Ida Conner, daughter
Of Mr.. John Conner, died this morning
after lengthy illness ...,,.A great
crowd of people were in town to-day,
some of them perhaps to'see the great
machinery display by Mr.. j. B. Howe.
Iim's display didn't display. Jim as
sures US that he didn't lie ON purpose