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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1886
Page
6
A townwide plea urges subscribers in arrears to settle accounts within 30 days, with foreign remittance by postal orders or bank drafts. The page also reports diverse items: a 33 inch cabbage from the infirmary farm, a 900 dollar stallion sale, weather talk, church happenings, a fall trade forecast, and local incidents including a shooting and a legal certificate change.
Habeas corpus proceedings in Judge Wilson's court for Lewis Warner of Nelsonville charged with assault with intent to outrage Mrs Belle Keeney at her Buchtel home. He was remanded after witnesses testified. bail reduced to 200. Later notes announce a Byron Post G A R picnic near Stewart with General Warner Major Townsend and Judge Brewster as speakers, featuring brass bands and the Pomeroy Drum Corps.
Fish and Game Warden Wm.8. Lowry of Athens County pledges vigorous action against game law violators. He vows to publish a synopsis of essential laws next week for county readers and notes that seining for fish is illegal, promising pursuit and prosecution of offenders.
The Normal School attendants express warm gratification at Prof. J. D. Evans of the University. His wide fund of information and captivating teaching style hold attention and intelligently impress understanding during the edifying lecture series.
The report claims the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo railroad may issue 2 million dollars in extra bonds after a recent NYSE listing of 2 million bonds issued two years ago to cover railroad property and coal lands in the valley. Athens county Democrats show little interest in a county ticket convention next Saturday. A storm-damaged Amesville schoolhouse near lightning left the former teacher and summer term concluded.
Commissioners Hickman Ham and Higgins toured the eastern county to assess roads and bridges. They report slight damage to bridges from the recent severe storm. The Dorcas Society at Nelsonville Presbyterian church held weekly Thursday ice cream festivals at the public square booth, continuing through the season.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Societies of the M. E. and Presbyterian churches will hold a social at Mrs Gist's residence tomorrow at 3 o'clock. Supper will be served on the lawn at 5 o'clock. A cordial invitation is extended to the citizens generally.
Heavy rains last week caused unprecedented flooding in Big Run and the surrounding county. Timber was swept for five miles up Federal Creek while Blackberry shipments on the Hocking Valley road boosted freight, averaging 50 to 100 bushels daily to Columbus.
A K. and S excursion train will depart Athens for Middleport at 5 15 next Sunday morning. The event features the Salvation Army jubilation as the main attraction at Middleport.
The M E camp meeting opens today near Lancaster with Sam Jones and Sam Small to deliver sermons from August 9 to 16. Low rail rates offered by Hocking Valley railroad boost attendance as local residents prepare for the event. The Star Match Company buildings near Athens were sold for 3375 dollars at sheriff's sale. current occupant Isaia Hall plans a Furniture Factory, with disruption not expected. Also noted is jubilee singing led by James Qualls at the late colored Sabbath School Convention in Athens and the death of Maggie Walsh wife of James Walsh near Athens. Funeral held at St Paul’s Catholic Church in Athens last Friday.
A Charlevoix dispatch in the Enquirer reports a local citizen revived by spiritualist means after a lengthy death. The piece suggests the medium could seek work in Ohio with the Democratic party. The Legislature recently enacted a $25 plus costs tax on farmers allowing the weed white top to seed on their land.
Local jail holds Gil deroy MacCollister on a charge of criminal assault against Mrs Norton’s young daughter from Lick Run. The report urges full legal penalties to remove such criminals from the community for years.
An Athens woman habitually drives to visit convalescents or infirm elders and offers them her buggy seat for an outing. Johnny Wood, six, was badly injured jumping from a dray near the Central Hotel, suffering a gash over an eye that required a surgeon's needle.
In Buchtel the late Mrs Louisa Warren is reported to have died childless. Her sisters have filed proceedings to legally contest the will claiming misinformation regarding inheritance.
Mr. James A. Campbell Republican candidate for Commissioner was in town on Wednesday and reported fences in good condition and Republican prospects bright and encouraging.
Mr Jobo Burson reports four weeks with no rain around Jerseyville causing drying meadows and senescent corn. The dry spell threatens livestock forage and crop yields in the region.
Reports claim violent threats by wing miners against machinery in the Valley. Guards cover several mines as authorities consider military aid if life or property is at risk. Also notes social events at Kittie Super’s home and regional reunions for O V I veterans. Gore’s iron furnace resumes, reviving coal and ore activity. Athens and Marietta host upcoming 63a and 92d Regiment reunions. Weidman suffers sudden right hand paralysis from overwork.
Friday night a train carrying the Athens county delegation from the State Prohibition Convention neared a burping mammoth oil tank. The heat frayed nerves and the conductor halted briefly before the train passed the danger point. The railroad bridge at the site was later set ablaze by heat but saved by locals from Elba, Macksburg, and surrounding areas. Passenger Uncle Joe Herrold says the scene echoed doom foretold for the drunkard.
A violent dispute in Torch village last Saturday led William Bingman to stab Aaron Baker with a long bladed pocket knife. Baker, a Troy township native, lies in critical condition with a lung wound. Bingman was reportedly intoxicated and had moved from Morgan county years before.
David H. Moore of the First National Bank bought twenty feet of the Dana lot south of the Phallix Block at 87.50 per foot. Excavation began for a two story brick business building 90 feet deep to house Sam Sommer’s growing dry goods and clothing trade.
John Norris, a Trimble township farmer, was mowing when his mare was bitten on the heel by a copperhead larger than any seen in the county. The mare recovered from the bite without whisky.
Mrs. James Rutter of Trimble and two children escaped serious injury as a buggy wreck occurred in a runaway accident. Prosecuting Attorney D L Sleeper and Mr Herbert S Burson returned from a three week sojourn in Kansas and visited the Ludian Territory expressing pleasure with the country.
The celebrated Five Cent Portuondo Cigar is offered for sale at H. K. Dorr's shop, highlighting a notable tobacco item.
One of the most enterprising shoe dealers is Wm. H. Staley of Athens. He has a large stock and succeeds due to advertising. He offered $5 to the first correct puzzle solution, and the editor of this paper announces receipt of the full reward from Staley.
The William Johnson G A R Post at Amesville names its officers including B. A. Ellis as C, J. B. Shoop as V C, J. H. Rieneb as J C M, Hensy as Adjutant, W. A. Adair as Surgeon, A. W. Durfee as Chaplain, J. J. Heasley as Q M, and McCune as C. D with Porter as O G and Marquis as S M among others.
The Trimble Doings is a four column quarto published at Trimble by W H Braddock. Its regular correspondent J N S is described as a veteran observer who hits the nail square on the head. The note wishes substantial prosperity and long life for the publication.
Mr Thos Collins of Little Hocking sold Mrs Melvina Frost a $900 Fischer upright piano. The instrument is described as among the finest in the county and Mr Collins invites those seeking first class pianos or organs to visit before buying.
Rev. and D Kendall who has signaled his location in Buchtel by zealous pastoral labors that will long abide in beneficent results is about to move from that village to the general regret of the better class of the community there. Jasper Reeves of Carbon Hill arrested in Nelsonville last week for theft of a gold watch and escaped into woods after shots from a pursuing officer.
D Zenner and Co. in the chief European commerce centers report large orders for Fall and Winter dress fabrics and fancy goods through John Friday. Additional American goods will follow in New York, prompting rapid space clearance and unprecedented sale prices at their Southeastern Ohio firm.
The annual session will run two weeks starting Monday August 16 1886 in Ohio University buildings. D J Evans G P Coler and M S Cambell will instruct on the recitation plan and offer lectures to broaden teachers professional view. The committee urges every county teacher to attend both weeks as the program forms one continuous course.
Next Thursday August 12 marks the annual reunion of surviving members of the 116th regiment O V I in Athens. Citizens are urged to honor the occasion with national and patriotic emblems from private and business houses.
Sheriff Stalder has been in Kauniis for a few weeks on business and pleasure. deputies Root and Finsterwald have efficiently managed the office in his absence.
Holmes died in Athens on July 24 1886 of bladder inflammation in his 73rd year. Born Wellsburg Virginia September 25 1818. An excellent man. Funeral held at his old Marshfield home with services by Rev. KR Harper.
Our townsman Thomas Walsh has welcomed a bouncing boy since last Sunday, explaining his recent noticeable agility and sprightliness as he plays with the infant.
The latest report on Gen. Warner’s stance for the Democratic Congressional nomination in the district says he is “in the hands of his friends.” The remark implies his supporters influence his course, with no final decision announced.
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