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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1883
Page
5
A dense Athens column reports on Zenner’s dry goods display, coal and mining news, weather, deaths, and academic leadership shifts. It notes temperance lectures led by Miss Develling, Republican stance, and upcoming amendments while detailing local business fortunes and community events.
Emmett Tompkins delivered a spirit stirring speech at Watertown in Washington county during the Fourth celebration. Between two and three thousand listeners reportedly swayed under the moving eloquence of the address. The Athens Gas Light Company proposal to supply gas for five years was discussed by the Town Council but action was deferred to the next meeting.
An additional herd of about fifty Texan ponies was offered this week at Brown House stables. Purchasers were selected from the buyers list and the prices realized ranged from twenty five to sixty five dollars per pony.
On Monday J. E. Weidman finished his plastering contract for the University chapel building. The work was praised by competent judges for its artistic excellence and has drawn warm commendation.
Rural residents sought advice after losses to camp followers of a circus in Athens last Friday. The writer notes some losses were heavy, including one man who lost forty dollars, and refrains from detailing the frauds, urging readers to rely on trustworthy newspapers for preventive knowledge.
Readers praise the Vine street cottage in progress for Emmitt Tompkins Esq. under architect George W. Towsley with commendable interior layout. A large barn on Wm Johnson’s Alexander township farm was moved 150 feet by David Edgar. Joseph Yates, 58, was fatally struck by a train near Monday Station, Nelsonville, while walking, and was deaf.
Local items report visits by Miss Ella Moore and many Athens residents to friends in Athens McArthur and Nelsonville. A jail break attempt at the county jail ends with Bell Price Clark recaptured after a coordinated chase led by Sheriff Warden and Deputy Sands.
Last Friday the Athens County Democratic Central Committee appointed an executive committee including C. S. Welch L. A. Koons F. Monahan George Chapman B B Sheffield Michael O'Brien and D D Fuller Welch was elected chairman and Koons secretary.
Mother Stewart delivered an entertaining speech to a full M B Church audience, inaugurating a series of meetings in support of the proposed prohibitory constitutional amendment. The event featured impressive choir singing that added to the occasion.
A large audience gathered in Athens on Friday for the Sells Brothers Show despite hot weather and farm work demands. The circus and street parade attracted ample crowds and afternoon and night exhibitions were generally satisfactory. A storm damaged the Knights of Labor hall at Happy Hollow in York township, tearing it down and causing about five hundred dollars in loss. it was insured for fire but not wind.
The Athens county Prohibitionists in Convention assembled on the 4th inst nominated W. F. Masters for Representative W. A. Thomas for Treasurer Jabez McKee for Sheriff Asbury Cramer for Auditor Peter Martin for Commissioner and W. C. Leezer for Infirmary Director. A set of resolutions endorsing Prohibition principles was adopted.
A previous marriage announcement in the MESSENGER about Mr. W. J. James and Miss Kittie McMillen is incorrect. The report originated from Nelsonville correspondent material that turned out to be misinformation.
About seven o'clock last Friday morning two freight trains on the C. W. and B. road attempted to pass on the same track near the depot. Both engines and several cars were badly damaged. Remarkably no injuries were reported.
John Borman a former Athens resident and long time inmate of the local asylum was found dead in his bed yesterday morning. Officials attribute the death to a recurring attack of his mental malady caused by spasms that afflicted him.
Hon. John R. Buchtel, long linked with Hocking Valley industry and since 1872 a Democrat, announces support for the Republican ticket and the Scott Law.
The Nelsonville Dorcas Society served lunch and refreshments from a large tent on the public square to mark the Fourth, replenishing the society’s funds through public generosity.
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