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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1875
Page
5
The Messenger reports on advertising and sales, local visits and events in Athens County. Mentions Rev. Starr and Miss Lena Junod, Mr. Pendleton's health, a burglary at Peter Boyles' residence, and a snake killed near Athens. Notes many editorials and school exams, a high school graduation plan, and updates on Luther Sleigh's legal career.
Posters announce a Basket Picnic Excursion for the Methodist and Presbyterian Sunday Schools of Athens to Blennerhesset's Island on Saturday. The train departs from Athens depot at 8 AM and returns at 7 PM. Round trip fare is one dollar. A rare chance for a day of pleasure.
Assessor Levi Pickering reports 62 voters in Athens township with 65 births and 35 deaths last year. He notes 928 dogs could outvote men if given the franchise, predicting a weak show for a proposed constitutional canine tax in the township due to dogs’ likely opposition to self-imposed taxes.
James Geary appeared before Esquire Constable on a warrant sworn by Sam Sloan for allegedly assaulting Sloan near the public school on Monday night. The Justice ordered Geary held in $50 bail to await the next Common Pleas. Geary posted bail and was discharged.
A suggestion to hire the re organized Athens Cornet Band for open air concerts in Court Square during the season. The favorable reception of this arrangement should encourage measures to carry out the plan.
A boy named Young employed by a farmer near Big Run fell seriously ill Saturday after eating without washing his hands. The bug poison from potato bugs communicated to his system through the food, causing alarm.
Wing reports from Athens County include a rogues show in town unpaid bills at Guysville and Albany, property transfers in Albany, a store plan, wagon and mule incidents, uneven rains in Vinton Meigs, potato bug control by boys, corn and wheat prospects, fruit crops near Rutland, and Hyrcanus Connett's prize shoats and stock. The column surveys farm life and local happenings as a breezy, reader-pleasing chronicle.
The Messenger reprints S. urging readers to fund a meeting house to avoid further delays in church privileges. D D Fuller visits from Bell River Illinois and praises local hunting fishing antics. Crops suffer with wheat and oats short, corn replanted. Colorado visitors feared chintz bugs and hoppers. Grangers discuss removing middlementhat. R E comments.
The frame of the steam-mill lifts its gaunt skeleton above surrounding buildings while workers roof it. Foundation for the Odd Fellows Hall is laid with plans to finish by Fall. Public schools close for Summer. Sabbath school flourishes. Temperance pledge collects over 90 signatures. Local letters and greetings noted.
A correspondent reports Chauncey flourishes with many trades. Shoemaker Acton prospers but seeks a wife. Blacksmith Wallace may leave town. Dr. S Hall runs an active pill practice. A Good Templar lodge forms. Crops suffer from dry weather with near full potato bugs and grapes promising.
Crop prospects in this section are good after recent rain. The Colorado potato bag is on hand in large quantities. A severe case of erysipelas in John Davis costs the poor fund over two hundred dollars. Political notes show voters aiming for the best county officers, with a plan for a new courthouse costing about fifty thousand dollars. A farmer reports success using soot on potato vines to deter pests, while Dan Grosvenor and Lou Lyon are praised for horticultural effort.
In Mrs H K Blackstone’s parlor a cactus blooms attracting attention from passersby. After a year of careful care through the cold season the single flower is regarded as a rewarding result of devoted housekeeping.
A well known gentleman praised the United States Hotel at Columbus in a Monday remark, stating under current management it is one of the best run hostelries in the state, noting Steenrod keeps such a house naturally.
Richmonds Comedy Company from Columbus, renowned for high quality entertainment, will present a first class genteel show at the New City Hall this Thursday evening. The troupe consists of dramatic professionals gathered from top theatres for a summer season, not a minstrel or variety act, and will return to their engagements afterward.
John Robinson's Menagerie Aqua rium and Circus will exhibit in Athens on Friday June 2. The display is described as dazzling and has earned wide praise from the press. Clergy, church members, teachers and families endorse it as an exhibition of unprecedented merit and the street parade promises a full day’s entertainment drawing visitors from miles around.
Mr Wright will occupy the former Brown and Stedman grocery stand with a full stock of pianos organs and melodeons direct from top manufacturers. He will sell at manufacturers prices on terms to suit. Advertisements with full details to follow next week.
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