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Athens Messenger And Herald (Newspaper) - August 2, 1894, Athens, Ohio Its cab sit him a. Hot id Herald. The e Athens messenger. Vol. I. No. Is. Athens Ohio thursday Mohning August 2,1894. I the Athens Herald. . No. 4s. The county mirrored. Notes personal and social and news of general interest. Can Aan Ville. A p. Smith of Athens was Here on i Kiness saturday. James Carpenter and Puna Poston sum Ayed at Guysville. Ralph Allard and sister of Nelsonville Are visiting Ida bean. Alice Pitcher has gone to Cincinnati to continue her studies in Art. Healy bean Aud wife spent the latter part of the week at Broadwell. H. F. And Nellie Poston of Little Federal spent sunday at a. J. Poston a. Mrs. J. W. Baird and son Wade spent saturday with friends it the county seat. E. P. Of Dell of Coolville is loading several cars with Tan bark on the siding ii Ere. F. S. Bean of Guysville was the guest of Fred Burch several Days last week. Gertrude Tucker of Athens is the guest of her sister mrs. Linn some Sutton. After a week pleasantly spent among Athens friends mrs. R. B. Munn is again at Home. Canaanville is to Haye a base Ball club in the near future or rather a reorganization of the old one. Quite a number from Here Are attending the Camp meeting at Coolville con spacious among these Are Rev. J. N. Pilcher and family. Bay Burch and Jane Carpenter attended an ice Cream supper at the residence of mrs. Annie Wiesse on Stroud a a run saturday evening. Mrs. C. W. Ham was the Happy recipient of a present last week that would Delight any lady. Her husband presented her with a Fine new Surrey and horse. Mrs. Ziba Wickham of a amp Din Dakota who is spending the summer with her parents Henry bean and wife has gone to Bouwell to remain a few Duys among relatives. While the family of George Williams was in Athens on show Day unknown parties broke into their House Aud among Oiler things took a watch belonging to or. Williams. John Hill made a business trip to Athens saturday and unexpected encountered a pleasant Pic Nic party on his Road Home. Of course the first inquiry he made was As to whether their baskets were Well filled or not. Jacksonville. Mrs. P. S. White is on the sick list. Dias. Black mar was in Pomeroy sunday. John Sayre is clerking in Moore Bros. Store. Mary Brown and Lou Wolf spent sunday Here. Mrs. Col. Linnell was in Columbus part of last week. Corn Mccarty is the guest of relatives at new Lexington. Mell Moore and wife took in the excursion to Cheshire sunday. George Ividell of Athens moved his family to our Village last week. Bertha Druggan of Columbus was the guest of relative., Here last week. 4�?~ Faires and Little grandson Guy fibres of Glouster spent sunday Here. E. E. Holycross moved ins family into part of the Dunlevy property last week. S. R. Shaw and children of new Pittsburg spent saturday and sunday Here. Vallie love has returned to her Home in Dexter after spending several weeks Here. Quite a number from this place took in the excursion to Lake Side saturday. Chas. Gregory Geo. Vickers Ida Dusz and Sophia Vickers spent sunday at Nelsonville. The election of officers for the Jacksonville Epworth league took place at the last regular meeting and resulted in the Choice of the following officers for the coming six months president Watson Selby first vice president w. M. Bertram second patience Oldroyd third Addie Williams fourth Addie Kistler treasurer Cora Mccarty Secretary Lizzie Mckinley. Frost. Rev. Carrie Brainard a member of the local y. P. C. U., attended the National y. P. C. At Harriman tenn., last week. Nearly every Soldier in this Vicinity attended soldiers Day at the Coolville All say Albany. May Nichols in muttering a relapse with typhoid fever. Olive charter of Athens is spending the week with her aunt mrs. R. A. Jones. About sixty persons from this place attended Camp meeting at Cheshire sunday. Mrs. Stephenson of near Athens is Here nursing Lou Matheny who is very Low with typhoid fever. Eftie and Annie Silvey of Middleport after an extended visit with Della Smith returned Home saturday. Janet Durfee of Marshfield is visiting her grandparents James Duffee and wife and other relatives at this place. D. A. R. Mckinstry wife and children have gone to magnetic Springs i Guiou county to spend a few Lindley returned Home from Nelsonville Friday where she had been visiting relatives Aud friends for the past few weeks. Rey. H. M. Ford of Hillsdale Michigan Field agent of the freewill Baptist association preached at the Baptist Church sunday morning and evening. At the morning services a collection of about 870 was raised Winch will free the Church of a debt of Long standing. New White Hall. Gertrude Mcdaniel after two weeks serious illness is convalescent Katie Walsh will teach the Basset school this fall and the Long run this Winter. The Basket meeting at bassets last punday was Well attended by this neighbourhood. Mrs. J. R. Francis and son. After a two weeks visit with relatives Here returned Home tuesday. George Earhart and children of Athens spent a part of last week at the Home of Henry Hibbard and wife. Our fall and Winter terms of school have been engaged by miss Dean for the fall term and or. Cookler the Winter. Lamp meeting begins in the Hibbard next thursday. Rev. Crane and presiding elder wore Here last week Quot elect the place to erect the Tabernacle capable 0f seating five Hundred people. Here will be about Twenty tents put up my week for the convenience of those id8 All through the meeting. An wctedfi1 exc staff meeting is East Ink Al. Parley Hester returned last Satur from a visit with relatives in Green Sud Chillicothe Gar visitors miss Blanche Jones of a a re Gould and grand Daugh a 0y�hmubus, misses Annie and t Shannon of Logan Pete Hoke u 2? Carbondale Aud miss atari 8hunon of Athens. Cople who Are away mrs. Elmer a no and sister miss Kate Lawhead h \iuh4 at tile Garden. Mrs. T. With i an 1 daughter Madge Are my n a ends at Roseville. Miss Klimt a a Eman in in Springfield the Karl a in a aunt Arthur Virkers is in i i for the summer and mrs Lew a a in it and child Are in blanches is ter. Camp grounds saturday and that they had a delightful time. D. C. Richardson a Veteran who was at the front for three years has received notice from the pension department that his application for a pension has been rejected. Tho barn of James Petty was burned on the night of july 25th with All of its contents. It is not known How it caught fire As no one had been at the barn that Day. The insurance of $200 will not cover one half the loss. You editorially say in last weeks messenger and Herald a the democratic idea of Economy is to take from the pensioners and give to the Ana How much of it do you suppose goes to for Southern War claims the drought which has prevailed for some time in this particular Section is having a disastrous effect upon Corn especially on the Uplands. There have been copious Rains in certain portions of our townships notably the Northern part. Mechanicsburg. Sam Secoy is attending the summer term of College. Lafe Carpenter spent saturday and sunday at Home. Rev. Lowther failed to fill his appointment Here sunday evening. Mrs. Belle Secoy was the guest of her father Lemuel Oxley sunday. John Mccole has purchased a new turnout. Where is your girl John quite a number of Athens students attended our debate last Friday evening. Albe Griffin is spending a few Days in Coolville and while there will attend Camp meeting. Or. And mrs. Dixon and daughter of Pleasanton spent last saturday with their son a. H. Dixon. James Smith and wife accompanied by Anna Tanner Are spending a few Days in Portsmouth the guests of mrs. Smiths parents or. And mrs. Seavers. Coolville. Carne Goodrich of Hiram o., is visiting friends Bere. Attendance at Camp meeting has been rather limited so far. John Wood of Athens is visiting friends at Coolville station. Mary Joyce of Parkersburg is visiting mrs. F. B. Tidd during Camp meeting. Mrs. Ellen Young of Aumsville is the guest of her parents f. W. Wedge and wife. Frank son of s. W. And Helen Devore was drowned while bathing in the Ohio River at his Home near Sistersville Friday and the remains were brought Here for burial. The funeral took place from the m. E. Hurck sunday afternoon. Frank Devore sr., and wife and c. R. Devore mid family came with the family from Sistersville. Hickory Grove. Born to Pearl Barker and wife july 27th, a Whetstone and wife near Hibbard Vule were very pleasant guests at James Anthonys last sunday. Cora Anthony accompanied them Home to spend a week. The Ioe Cream supper Given at Scott tipple a thursday night for the Benefit of the it. Pleasant Church was largely attended and a very enjoyable time was experienced by All present. It. Pleasant sunday school celebrate 1 children a Day sunday evening plants v Ille. Asa Fawcett was in Marietta last week on business. Isaac Monroe and wife of Chester Hill Are guests of Job Clark. Monthly business meeting of the Epworth league next monday night. Mrs. Sarah Cordray has gone to Marietta where she expects to remain for some time. The present dry weather has affected crops very much especially Corn and Garden truck. W. H. Hardin our genial Constable Lins greatly improved his House by giving it a new coat of paint. The Epworth league were recently very pleasantly entertained at the residence of a. M. Fawcett with an ice Cream social. About forty leagues were present and All report ii Good time. Last Friday while hauling Coal in the Mckinley mine at Latrobe Albert Wilson was struck by a Large piece of draw slate weighing Coo pounds which fell from the roof. Tile slate struck him on the shoulder and Back but Tho Force of the blow was broken by the car which prevented him from being killed outright. His external injuries Ive re slight but Bis internal injuries were so great that he died the next Day about noon. He leaves a wife and three Small children to mourn their loss. The death of this Young a fun is a sad one rendered doubly so by the fact that he was just in the prime of life and the sole support of his Little family. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of the entire Community. The remains were interred in the it. Hermon cemetery. Peach Ridge. James Mcharg and or. Fierce of factory were the recent guests of Ben. Huston and family. A. J. South and wife were visiting at Samuel South son sugar Creek sunday. Will Mcharg and wife of factory were the guests of Tho family of George Slaughter recently. Daniel Tucker of Marchmont was visiting his daughter Martha love one Day last week. We. Laughlin and family were visiting relatives at pleasant Hill recently. People who Are troubled with chiggers should Call on c. C. Robinson and Fred Laughlin. There will be a Union sunday school Celebration at this place near the school House in the Grove saturday August 18. Mrs. John Kieres of Sand Ridge was the guest of her sister Bertha Yippie several Days recently. A number from this place will attend the Camp meeting at Hibbard a Grove next sunday. Joseph love has been suffering several weeks past with a disease contracted in the War. He served three years in the late War. Big run. Rev. John Mckendree of Middleport preached at Utica sunday. James alged and Elmer Rogers made i week. A trip to Parkersburg w. Va., last Leonard alged who has been working for his Uncle at Little Hocking came Home sunday. A Large number of people from this place attended soldiers Day exercises at Coolville saturday. Henry Rathburn suffered the serious fracture of three ribs by being kicked by a horse at Stewart last thursday. Mrs. James Bennett and daughter Mamie of Greenburgh pa., Are visiting the former a parents Perry Barrows Aud wife near Here. Albert Haynes of Fillmore Washington county spent sunday with the family of s. W. To ter who has been visiting with the family. By for the past month returned him. His Little Haugli Ami with Shade. A Junior league was organized Here quite recently. Mrs. Annie Creamer was appointed Leader. Quite a severe wind storm visited Jerseyville and Vicinity last sunday afternoon. Fences were blown Down and a great Many fruit Trees were destroyed. Mrs. Samuel Boyles of Iowa mrs. Peter boy lest of Kansas and mrs. Frank Cornell of Athens were called to the Home of mrs. Thomas Phillips last week by the serious Uneas of their Mother mrs. Griffin. At this writing she is some better. There will be a Box sapper at Jerseyville next thursday evening Angust 9. Preceding the supper the Epworth league will give a Short literary entertainment. The proceeds Are for the Benefit of the league invited to attend. All Are cordially julyaad7 the program a excellently rendered Ami the Beautiful evening added much to the pleasure of the occasion. The Bright a my Happy fees a children parents and friends filled the of Huron to overflowing. All who attended the services will remember it with pleasure. A the following is a list of letters remaining in the Post office uncalled for july so 1894 Allen 8. Of. Mccann. Al la Leusetta Brown Mabel g. Poston mrs. Geneva Carney mrs. Jennie Kotoe mrs. Jennie Cowden j. W. Starr mrs. T. B. Pol list Grey saner or. H. A. Pox Grey 8lion, mins Alice Obbra miss May Tanner Amanda lantern mrs. Currie Williams Florence hand Eiben. W. P. Wen Ber or. John la twins mrs. Mao7 Weaver or. John Jonson or. To. Warner. Miss Sarah t. H. Craig p. M. Marriage licenses. # William i. Williams and Lillie White. Henry Rush and Lucy e. V. Tabler. Emmett a. Ewers and Maggie Chis Nell. A or. Fred Heisner has opened a a a. _ / Cigar store on main Street opposite a a cd crops the yield is very great. It Cliness pharmacy. He will constantly j has been conservatively estimated that keep on hand a full Stock of first class the great peach crop last year netted cigars and tobacco. J the producers of the county 8100,000. Resources extraordinary Whlon nature has lavishly bestowed upon the county and town of Athens. The Cincinnati commercial Gazette in describing the resources of the towns and counties through which the Baltimore amp Ohio southwestern Railroad passes dismisses Athene and Athens county with a scant Quarter column notice which is far from doing us Justice. Very briefly for volumes could to written the messenger and Herald will enumerate some of the natural resources and leading industries of Athens comity and its seat of Justice. It is told of senator Brice that when a Young Man. And while trying to enlist capital to extend a railway from the sunday Creek Valley to adjacent Coal Fields he one Day met a party of capitalists in new York who asked him for some Good reason Why the Road should be extended. With a Pencil he Drew a line on the map of the state beginning at Pomeroy running North through Athens county to the North line of Hocking county then West to the Western Boundary of that county and thence South to Portsmouth. Said he a gentlemen the territory embraced within the lines which i have just drawn is Richer in Mineral wealth than any other similar Quantity of ground on the face of the Earth. Human skill and Industry aided by every mechanical appliance cannot exhaust the Supply in the next five Hundred or. Brice is a shrewd Man of affairs and he correctly foresaw what More recent developments have proven to be True. Athens Donn to ranks fifth among the counties of the state in the output of Coal. Two million tons is annually mined and 2,500 men Are engaged in mining within the county. Notwithstanding this enormous and constant output there Are thousands of acres of the Best Coal land in the state within the county limits which Are yet undeveloped. The Athens county Coal Field is practically inexhaustible and its development will continue to contribute to the county a Prosperity for decades to come. In no other county in the state Are there More and better facilities for Man a a factoring enterprises. The county possesses an abundance of Superior Clay for the manufacture of Brick sewer pipe tiling etc., and yet the manufacture of Clay products is but in its infancy. At East Clayton Nelsonville Trimble and Athens Are extensive plants for the manufacture of building Aud paving Brick sewer pipe and tiling turning out Mil Lions of the finished product of the very Best Quality. As was mentioned last week a movement is in Progress to is table ski an immense Plant at Salina. In this company styled the Ohio Clay a Coke company Are several leading citizens of Columbus possessing ample capital to assure the Success of the Enterprise. With Abondance of fuel easily available and with the excellent Railroad facilities which the county possesses the manufacture of Clay products is destined to become one of the county a leading industries. A feature that should commend the county to manufacturers seeking a location is its Railroad facilities. Within the county there Are 180 Miles of railway including main lines branches and sidings forming a network which reaches every important Center in the county affording accessible outlets for the ship meet of products. By Means of the Baltimore a Ohio southwestern the Columbus hooking Valley a Toledo and the Ohio Central lines with their connections All Points of the Compass Are directly accessible. This together with the Superior raw material suitable for manufacturing cheapness and availability of fuel peculiarly fit Athens county for manufacturing. Capitalists having Money to invest would do Well to consider these facts. Not the least of Athens county a advantages Are its agricultural resources. The county a favored with a Topography climate and soil that Are splendidly adapted to the different branches of agriculture. Within the county Are 818,274 acres of land. It ranks eighth among the counties in the state in the amount of Wool produced the dip being Over half a million pounds annually. There a much land throughout the county especially adapted to Stook raising and our Farmers have Long been extensively engaged in this Industry. Of Hay 50,000 tons Are produced annually wheat Over 100,000 bushels Corn 400,000 bushels. The county is also destined to take front rank in the amount and Quality of fruit produced. The climate and soil Are excellent for the growth of Small fruits and berries. Within Tho past few years a Large number of Paob Orchards have been planted and in a ascus of the flavor and Quality of Athens county peaches Are unexcelled. There Are now within the county 10,000 acres of Orchards of the various kinds of fruits. Farming in Athens county is keeping Pace with the Progress of the age. Our Farmers As a class arc men who read and observe and adopt the most modern and scientific methods of farming. Statistics indicate that our Rural population is More contented and prosperous than in Many other counties. While several counties around us have suffered a decrease in population in the past ten years Athens county shows a gain of 8,000 in population Aud a proportionate gain in wealth. Another feature that should commend the county to the favourable consideration of those seeking a location is its Healthfulness. The rate of mortality is very Low As compared with other counties. High dry Aud Well drained As most of the county is there Are no Low swampy regions breathing Forth deadly Miasma and malaria epidemics in the county Are rare. In Short for those seeking a Home or an investment in an agricultural or manufacturing Enterprise Athens county presents Many Superior advantages rendering it unnecessary to emigrate to the far West the Home of cyclones blizzards Droutas Grasshoppers and worst of All populists. Buy a Home or engage in business in Loyal old Republican Athens county and be Happy. The town of Athens occupies one of the most pleasant healthful Aud picture Casque Sites in Southern Ohio. One of the oldest towns in the state having its birth in 1799, it has had a conservative and substantial growth that has saved it from the Fate of ephemeral a Boom towns. Founded As an adjunct to the University the present Pride of the town the growth of the town and the institution have kept Pace Aud Are inseparably linked together. The town is what the University has made it and vice versa to a great extent. As a place of residence a thens presents Many advantages. Educational and Church privileges cultured citizenship healthful Beautiful location reasonable rents moderate taxes Railroad facilities cheap living and a Host of other advantages might be named. In modern improve ments Athens surpasses Many towns of double her population. With electric lights waterworks and with a sewerage system and paved streets in immediate Prospect the town will be supplied with every convenience necessary to health and Comfort. Business methods being conservative and Tho amount and character of business being uniform and substantial business failures rarely occur and depressions Are not so sorely Felt As in Many other communities. As a manufacturing Center Athens is unsurpassed in advantages by any town in Southern Ohio. With three Railroad systems making the town directly accessible to any Market in the land with inexhaustible supplies of fuel in dose proximity there Are Especial inducements for the location of manufactories Here. We already have several flourishing industries but there is room and Opportunity for More. A fruit and vege table Canning factory would without doubt prove a Success Here and Many other industries which Lack of space forbids mentioning. Among the industries which the town boasts is its Brick Plant with a capacity of 40,000 or 50,000 Brick per Day. Both paving and building Brick Are manufactured. The shale from which these Brick Are manufactured Isof the very Best qual Ity and the Supply is boundless. Athens Brick have a reputation As wide As the state and meet with favor wherever used. The Athens Brick company is composed of representative men All residents of the Donn to. Another important Industry is the a int of the Hudson school furniture Many one of the largest of the kind in the country. The Hudson Brothers recognized the Superior advantages of Athens As a location for such a Plant because of Railroad facilities the availability of fuel and the material used in their manufactures. When in operation to its full capacity this will prove a valuable addition to the industries of the town. The Athens lamber company with Mills at Trimble Glouster Nelsonville and Athens is one of the county a creditable institutions. They manufacture building material of All kinds and do a very Large business. It May not be generally known that the Sand in the River bed and on its Banks near Athens is much sought after by architects and builders in the cities for use in mortar. Muon of it is also used upon Railroad locomotives. The state Hospital with its artificial lakes Well kept grounds Beautiful and romantic Tifful in the state a lends additional attractiveness to our pretty prosperous and growing town. There is no Aladdin a lamp or philos operas Stone Here to turn everything into palaces and Gold but As a place of residence or for investments in manufacturing enterprises Athens possesses such decided advantages that when they become fully known must become irresistible. Its progressive citizens Are always ready to Welcome and encourage any addition to our legitimate industries. Washington letter. From our regular correspondent. Washington july 30th, 1894. The Cree traders do not publicly bluster quite As loudly As they did a week As to lie House conferees holding out for free raw materials until the senators Are compelled to surrender but t heir private talk and acting tells another Story. Or. Cleveland has discovered that he could not dictate to the democratic senators in matters a fleeting the welfare of thousands of citizens of the states they represent and he is said to deeply regret that he allowed the advice of Don Dickinson the Michigan Rainbow Chaser to outweigh that of Secretary Carlisle who advised him not to Send that tatter. He Hasni to changed his mind about free Coal for the Benefit of the Whitney Syndicate free Iron Tor the Carnegie crowd and Protection for the sugar Trust but lie has found out that he went the wrong Way to get this unique combination of a Tariff he wants them As bad As Ever Aud some say he is willing to see All Tarifi legislation fail rather than not to get them but he regrets having jumped on those who know How Aud do not hesitate to fight Back. Secretaries Gresham Aud Carlisle Are doing their Hest to defeat the Bill which provides that immigrants shall be inspected by the a s. Consuls. Before being allowed to Start for this country and which was recently passed by the House Aud is now before the Senate immigration committee. The principal ground for their opposition according to their chief spokesman or. Stump u. S. Commissioner of immigration is that the Bill if it becomes a Law would Stop All immigration. That argument will hardly defeat the Bill As there Are Many who believe that immigration ought to be stopped for a time any Way. Representative Stone of Pennsylvania the author of the Bill and by whose shrewd management it was engineered through the House Iii spite of the opposition of the chairman of the House committee on immigration thinks it will he just the Law that is needed that it would shut out thu undesirable giving us Only the class of immigrants who Are always Welcome in All countries. Or. Cleveland seems to have Little difficulty in controlling the actions of democratic members of the House Only the other Day the democratic members of the House committee on Commerce were insisting upon the necessity for the adoption of the Resolution authorizing that committee to make an investigation of the recent strikes because they did not consider the Law under which or. Cleveland appointed the investigating commission Broad enough to furnish the necessary authority. Or. Cleveland gave the chairman of that committee a hit that he thought one investigation enough Aud Straightway the democrats on the committee began to talk about the clashing that would be caused by two investigations and to indicate very plainly that the Resolution was dead. Or. C. Would doubtless be willing to largely for a recipe that would enable him to control the senators As easily. No finer bit of sarcasm was Ever got off on the floor of the Senate than when senator Manderson sent a Tau to senator Vilas just before his name was called on the vote to instruct the Senate conferees to recede from the differential duty on refluxed sugar to hide his face while he voted against a motion he had originally made himself and had Only withdrawn after two lengthy and exciting democratic caucuses. Ile certainly must have Felt Uke hiding his face when he voted for the sugar Trust after having posed before the country As one of its most determined opponents. Senator stewarts refusal to vote prevented the striking out of the differential duty. The Senate investigating committee is at a standstill because of its inability to get hold of one Battershall a Luau who is said to have take the reputed to be the Moat Beau orders of senators for the Purchase of sugar Trust Stock. As soon As Bitte shall found out that he was wanted and ascertained that he would be made to Tell All he knew or to go to jail he took himself out of the country at any rate to Cauuet be found Audru mor says he was supplied with Money enough by those who would be injured by his testimony to make his trip a Long Aud pleasant one. Logan

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