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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1882
Page
5
Local business notes potato prices and shop calls. teaching resignation to attend college. Updates on rail service, saloon activity, University Chapel work, and fruit arrivals. Social events include a pioneer family reunion and marriages. community notices cover clergy moves and accidents. Public notices and political results fill the Athens area pages.
During the State fair in Columbus on August 28 29 30 31 and September 1 the Columbus Hocking Valley and Toledo Railroad offers round trip tickets from all stations for all passenger trains at reduced rates. Three regular trains to and from Columbus each day. Tickets are good returning until Saturday September 2 1882.
Dr. A A Jameson of Nelsonville spent Sabbath and part of Monday with Superintendent Nourse and family at the Children’s Home. He has severed ties with the Presbyterian Church of Nelsonville and will spend a few days with friends before entering a new field.
Our former young townsman Harry McMonigal passed through Athens days ago en route to a clerical position in the Sloane House at Sandusky City. He previously held a similar post for years at the Direcher House in Pom eroy with popular acceptance.
The Big United States Circus that exhibited in Athens weeks ago, praised by attendees as a meritorious show, was seized for debt in Louisville, Kentucky, several days ago along with all its appurtenances.
Elmer Armstrong and son of Alexander township are credited with the largest wool clip in the area. A notable fact is that the majority of their wool was graded at a notch yielding the best prices in the State.
The Marietta Register reprints Gen. Dawes explanation of his vote and reasoning on the River and Harbor Bill. Readers are directed to study his account of the subject as it appears on another page.
The idea to fix a universal rule for appraising sheep killed by dogs at their recorded worth faces farmer resistance. Assessors typically undervalue flocks, with average prices far below true worth, as dogs target the most valuable livestock.
Rev J M Nourse and wife spent Tuesday in Logan for the marriage of Miss Alice Hart to Edward A Cary of Winona Ohio. Miss Hart is daughter of Rev C C Hart who is noted in Athenians circles for his planting and concert work with Mrs C D Norris and other artists.
Mr J G Carroll of Cutler Washington county supervised a key section of the D C road between this point and Pomeroy and returned home after completing the work to the entire satisfaction of railroad officials. E H James in David Dyson's boot and shoe house has been awarded a pension near nine hundred dollars.
Theodore Pickering and family moved this week from Mrs. Green’s residence at the northwest corner of Washington and Congress streets to Mr. Pierce’s house on West State Street. The move follows partial occupation of the former home.
The paper states it cannot fit the full list of teachers attending the late Athens County Institute in this issue and will publish it in the next edition. The note requests readers to anticipate the forthcoming printing of the names in the newspaper.
The Tenth Annual Cincinnati Industrial Exposition begins September 6 and ends October 7. Proceeds fund building improvements and arts and industries. railways offer half-rate passes. Also notes Del Norte Colorado wedding Condra and Axtell, and an Athens A. M. E. camp meeting preview with Rev. Cumberland. expected large turnout.
The 31st Ohio Veteran Regiment led by Major Townsend and Captain St. Allen will host a reunion in New Lexington on Wednesday September 27. The town is already preparing to welcome attending members, with many Athens county volunteers on the muster roll.
A full twenty three volume Appleton American Cyclopedia set bound in Russia was bought by civil engineer Mr. Chas Hansen from agent Mr. C. E. Putnam at the Warren House in Athens. Local merchants expect brisk fall trade and stock up accordingly. The Messenger advertising columns will reach over five thousand readers with notices of seasonable goods at low prices.
Across several points in Pennsylvania especially around Corry heavy white frosts were reported Saturday. The lingering chill extended to this latitude with early morning temperatures cool enough to make proximity to a fire comfortable.
Judge E A Guthrie of Gadnaet is depicted as now residing in Athena, shifting his public ties from Cincinnati to the new municipal base. The note highlights pride in his relocation.
The cool nights of the past week have not subdued the persistent mosquitoes. They continue to disport themselves with mid-summer bravado despite lower temperatures.
A Columbus postal note states Dr H C Rutter Superintendent of the Central Asylum will return home from a European tour in the latter part of next week.
A private letter from New Brighton describes Miss Lizzie Gould’s dramatic recitations at a social gathering. She performed to warm applause and received congratulations from a large refined audience.
Reported attendees from the area describe a very gratifying experience at the Coolville camp meeting held last Sunday. Estimates suggest at least twenty five hundred people attended, with expectations of a larger gathering next Sunday. An excursion train from Athens will depart the M. and C. depot around seven.
Local reports note several storm fatalities from bolts while people stood in open doorways watching storms. The text recalls a superstition against doorways and windows during thunderstorms and cites recent cases showing lightning favors people with a draft.
Uncle Joe Herrold appeared unusually fresh as he guards his crop at night from thieves. Robt E Brannon leads local market with Ohio river bottom watermelons and tomatoes, delivering several car loads this week.
A town postal asks whether a marriage by a Justice of the Peace is as respectable as one by a minister and argues there is no reason it should not be considered equally valid.
A Pleasanton resident was identified in a county incident report with limited readable details. The fragment mentions a person named Sullivan and notes an event occurring in the county, but specifics are unclear due to OCR damage.
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