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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1875
Page
5
The Messenger boasts double the circulation of any Athens county paper, highlighting its advantages as an advertising medium. Watches for sale at C McLean Jewelry Store emphasize local commerce.
The Republicans of Athens County are notified of a county convention at the Court House in Athens on Monday July 26 1875 at 11 a.m. to nominate county officers and elect delegates to the state and county conventions. Voters in townships meet Friday July 23 1875 between 1 and 5 p.m. to choose delegates. apportionment hinges on votes cast for Hon A T Wikoff in 1874. E H Moore chairman F L Ballard secretary Athens O July 5 1875.
Hay price noted at twelve dollars. The hay crop looks good and rain continues regularly. Potter's new building walls rise quickly. Faith grows through practice. Potatoes prompt question about postharvest use. Green corn appears in local markets. Do not wear braided hair on lapel unless engaged. Beebe post office opens at Blanford Cook store in Rome township. Another picnic excursion is planned on the Hocking Valley road. Misses Mary and Ella Murray visit Athens, guests of Carrie Carr. Dinner at Belpre picnic grounds thanks to Mrs. Sheriff Warren. Warren and Brown Houses crowded with guests this season. Mrs Angel e C. Davis visiting near Athens, hosted by Ben Randall and J. W. Smith. Unripe fruit advice deferred until next year. Athens Cornet Band receives new music from Boston. Hon. N. H. Van Vorhes appointed to visit Osage Indians. Capt Joseph Cooper, longtime Cooper House proprietor at Pagetown, Meigs county, dies aged about sixty.
Mr Geo R Carr was named to succeed John Daugherty as Superintendent of the Hocking Valley railroad on Saturday. The promotion illustrates the ascent possible for indefatigable energy and integrity, Carr having started as a brakeman on the M and C road and rising through regular gradations to the present appointment.
A downtown contemporary faces a two column broadside as readers reject verbose warfare rhetoric. The author declares willingness to endure critique with meekness.
The report notes standing wheat in shocks across sections of the county may not dry before sprouting due to ongoing rains. Andrew Woods of Alexander township owns a milking heifer that yields about a half gallon of rich milk daily. The town marshal had his son jailed for “cutting up Ned” on the streets, echoing a stern Roman gesture. The Athenian Guards under Capt Dan A Grosvenor show revived vigor and may solidify their state standing through improved drill and discipline.
The county anticipates higher turnout for Friday's primary, seen as the most important political event of the year.
Dr. Chas. D. Carpenter has inflammatory rheumatism with limb involvement over the past two weeks. His father Dr. Geo. H. Carpenter called the case critical at times. Col. Robert Constable Jr. joined Gov. Allen to Gallipolis to hear the fog horn reverberate over Gallia County yesterday.
Mrs Holland, a well known Irish resident of Athens, died on Saturday after nearly twenty years of breast cancer. She was buried Sunday morning and her funeral drew a very large crowd.
A well known colored resident raged Monday night over a stolen loaf from his basket. He denounced the act as infinitesimal yet mean and created a scene in the street, drawing attention from bystanders and neighbors.
Lash continues the practice at the old Main street location while Gorslene establishes a new office in the City Hall building, dissolving their partnership by mutual consent.
A noon Hocking Valley train from Columbus on Monday struck a cow just west of the depot. The owner then killed the animal by cutting its throat to end its suffering.
The report warns that youths using the joists of W. H. Potter's new building are at risk of harm due to ongoing venturesome activity at all hours.
June has spent twenty of her thirty days raining, provoking July to try to surpass her sister's effort. The playful craving for better weather hints at seasonal rivalry.
Yesterday reports indicated Hon. Wylie Oldham of Marietta was critically ill and not expected to survive many hours. No further details on his condition or the circumstances were provided.
John A. Stevens of the Carlotta troupe, who performed here last week, is noted as a comedian of rare merit.
A detailed narrative describes a runaway horse and buggy near the depot with injuries to Mr. Kurtz, followed by a Parkersburg and Marietta excursion by Athens officials. The piece praises Parkersburg’s progress, visits the Marietta press, lists civic thanks, and notes Miss Maggie Boyd’s appointment at the Wesleyan Female College. It ends with a Legal/insanity case involving John S Blackburn and a request for a new trial.
Citizens urged to gather articles tied to Ohio settlement and early counties for a large group display at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. Relics dating to the state’s first settlement and the Revolution would be collected by the Centennial Committee and returned to owners after the event.
Mrs Cahill an aged widow of New England village and her son were thrown from a buggy about three miles east of the village on Monday afternoon. Mrs Cahill died from her injuries while her son sustained grave head injuries not regarded as necessarily serious by physicians Drs. Gorslene and Steel.
The list shows one change in the faculty with Miss Lena de Steigner replacing Miss Emilie Ballard who finishes her college course next year. Other teachers named include J. M. Goodspeed Superintendent Miss Ada Hill Miss FE F Racer Miss Lizzie A Bayard Miss Lizzie A Constable Miss Kate T Dana Miss Ruth Barker Miss Ella M Pickering and Miss Lena de Steiguer.
President W. H. Scott of Athens and former pastor at Main Street M E Church is being talked about for the presidency of a Bloomington Illinois college. The University there holds the first mortgage on the President and plans to keep him.
The Hocking Valley coal mine owners will meet with delegates from across the state in Columbus on Tuesday evening to organize a coalition to fix and maintain coal prices at fair remuneration levels. In Athens Encampment No. 75, I O O F, officers installed were Alex Ewing C P J O Jones A P J K Van Bibber S W and G H Earhart J W.
A learned scientist claims large numbers of house flies promote health by gathering on their bodies and destroying invisible germs in the air, reducing disease risk. The note adds we must rise early to continue daily work despite the flies.
A valuable horse from the Pomeroy line owned by Beaton & Co. died near Harrisonville after extreme heat and exhaustion. The incident highlights the perilous conditions faced by horses in high temperatures.
The oow Fork Voly Railroad report provides a brief update though many details are unclear. The fragment mentions the railroad and a readout but lacks concrete actions dates or outcomes.
The Albany area faces heavy rains with high waters causing damage to crops while markets report strong corn and garden produce. Local builders, farmers, and tradesmen boast improvements and plans, including a Masonic High School Lodge project and new dwellings.
A period column recounts a Sabbath theft where Mr Marshallne and wife lose items, plus village happenings at Coolville and Naggy Bo, weather notes and gossip about reporting, a storm damage report, and a satirical retirement of authority from R W Jones in Roach Son’s shop paper.
King died at Shawnee Perry County on July 13 1875. Eugene Shipman infant son of BR and Hannahing aged one year two months and twenty seven days. Former resident of this county, sympathy expressed for his family in this sad bereavement.
Friends of Peter Bix and Tobias Boudinot announce their candidacies for Infirmary Director in Dover township. The Prosecuting Attorney post is also to be presented by the county convention, with notices from Probate Judge.
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