The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1889-07-04

heartening. All our furnaces are
closed down and The employees
are left practically helpless. The
coal trade is in a miserable con
iiiion. Not long ago great trains
Of coal used to pass through the
:ity half.hourly on their way tol
Ihe markets of the North and
Northwest, aud money flowed IN
10 the Valley. making tho great
mass of the people comfortable
at least. All this is changed
now. Two or three trains daily
uf loaded coal cars northward in
dicate the limited output and
lell but Too plainly that men and
women and children are being
pinched with want and threat
ened with still harder times at
the mines. In the town of Nell
alone SEQ people are re
cipients of aid at the hands of
the public authorities.
NOT MERE OILERS.
"They are not professional
idlers. but are forced by dire ne.
cessity to apply for aid. ] doubt
not that hundreds of others in
that vicinity are suffering but
they are too proud TO make their
wants known. They are taking
odd jobs wherever they can find
them, 10 support their families
without appealing to public char
lty.
IF the present condition Of
things continues for two months
longer there will be from 500 TO
1000 people in Ward township,
locking county, who will be
compelled to seek for relief from
the township authorities.
WHAT WILL THEY DO?
''In this district there are 5000
workingmen who have them
selves and their families to sup
port. The uncertain and limited
employment they receive Is not
sufficient to enable them TO hold
out for a long period. They
must lei down in their struggle
one of these days. and then comes
the complicated problem; What
will they do7 What can be done
for thems What shall do its l
hardly dare to contemplate the
future IN view of the facts which
| know to exist"
1t is clear enough that unless
there is a change for the better
The public authorities and the
private citizen will be called up.
OH 10 aid in alleviating a vas,
amount of undeserved suffering
NOTES AND SAYINGS.
The crews of all the trains that
came in last night were i'm.
menssly pleased over the nomi-
nation of Virgil q. Lowry fol
State Senator. He is popular
with them.
Col. F. T. Rempel. who ha!
been under the weather for some
time, is improving considerable
in physical condition, and goe'
about town as of old. His friend
| would like TO see him improv,
| more rapidly and viii prevail OF
him 10 spend few weeks at tn
| Magnetic Springs.
Hon. Lewis Green. of the SENTf
MEL, says that every well-regulate'
! Democratic editor ought to have a
least one candidate for governor
THIS week he looked over tho fell
and brought out Gen. WIN. H. Bal
of GAINESVILLE, and proposes that
he is nominated and elected, OBJ
shall have all cd fashioned Gov
ernor.
There is no end to the rich anec
dotes about Judge VIM. Acker Q
Logan. The latest one details hl
wonderful exploit of throwing
man across the canal basin at Mel
sonv,l!e. Soms thirty FIVE year
ago the Judge was butcher i
that town and was noted for hi
physical strength. One day h
bet $50 with man named Nc
Heury that he could throw hir
from Stewards wharf across tn
| basin-a distance of nearly 10
feot. Tie money was put up an
! a referee chosen. Acksr seize
McIIeury by the collar and tn
seat OF his pants and threw hiI
head foremost into the water te
feet away. He came up BLOWN
like a porpoisa and demanded hi
$50. oh, no." responded Acke
I'that is only the first trial. l hav
the right to try as often as please.
The referee decided that he ha
and Mcuenry was dCused half
dozen times. At last he exclaimed
'Honor. bright, Bill, how oftc
tare you going to throw ME in :
How often? Why, I'll drown yo
but what | get yon across. "
thrown bigger meD than you acroi
and | slaays had to drown ther