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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1869
Page
3
The Portsmouth Ohio firm invites merchants and furnacemen to inspect their extensive Spring Stock. They emphasize the largest stock and lowest prices with constant freshness from markets through full-time buyers Rast. They operate on small profits and liberal accommodation to keep customers supplied.
Fremont Simpson, injured weeks ago at Hope Furnace while coupling cars, died Wednesday afternoon at the residence of Geo. W. Norris in this village. He was regarded as an exemplary young man and his death is deeply deplored by all who knew him.
Col James of Sedalia Missouri, formerly Albany resident, is observed on the streets Tuesday alongside Athens attorneys at the Meigs county Common Pleas Court in Pomeroy. Rev Mr Minton of Oregon visits Athens, while Mr Mintum rides the first Pacific Railway train. Notables H S Bundy of Jackson W H Smith of Cincinnati and Schofield of Cleveland meet here regarding the Lunatic Asylum project. Chas M Walker, visiting relatives, is also in town. Walker recently appointed by Secretary Boutwell as U S Commissioner to select a site for a U S Branch Mint in Idaho.
The M FE Church of this place held a lay delegation election. The result shows 81 for Lay Delegation and 23 against, with a total of 59 votes cast as turnout was light and less than half of eligible members were present. The text suggests a future vote might yield a larger majority.
The newspaper is urged to be funded and supported as a representative overseas for the community. Five cows and two horses have been killed on the railroad this week, suggesting stock owners keep animals in pasture to avoid losses. High School exams begin today and school year ends with notable exercises for parents. the graduating class will hold its exercises Friday evening, June 18.
George W Atkinson has fitted up an elegant Ice Cream Saloon in the south room of his new building. He is praised as a fine fellow and expects patronage. The U S Revenue Collector’s office moved from Marietta to this place and Capt Kessinger will have his office ready to collect revenue. Viewer reports on turnpike roads will be heard during the current Commissioners meeting, with Friday set for the hearing.
M M Green & Co advertise for 200000 pounds of wool in today’s paper. Those with wool to sell are urged to consult the advertising columns. June county board meeting began Monday and will run through the week. Bookstore hosts oil cloths carpetings stair carpets window shades selling cheap. Ohio University commencement exercises set for Thursday June 10th. Thermometer fell to 45 last week, a notably cold June day.
A June meeting in Trimble with Col. J. B Jennings as chair and Joseph Allen as secretary pressed for a Sunday Creek valley turnpike and a continued survey of the Atlantic and Lake Erie Railroad route. Proposals named Adams, Weethee, and others to push county interests amid coal and iron ore wealth and a Toledo delegation evaluating local coal seams and ore deposits.
The group surveys coal seams near Straitsville and nearby streams identify four veins with thicknesses from twelve to fourteen feet for the highest, and discuss rival railroad routes along Sunday Creek and Straitsville. They urge extending surveys to the Ohio River, examining iron ore deposits, and inspecting farms in the valley before choosing a through line, with Prof Weethee appointed to oversee.
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