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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1876
Page
4
A notice states that M X SH, M D succeeds the late Drs Johnson and Wilson and remains permanently located in the medicine and surgery practice.
The Messenger reports on Easter preparations, school counts, and a busy court calendar. It covers arrests over a smoke-house raid in Tablertown, details a local patrol action led by Officer Tucker, and notes community events and notable visits in Athens County.
Harry Kern aged 13 son of Peter Kern was kicked in the face and head by a horse at the Adam Express stable behind Gen. John Brown’s house. He lay unconscious for hours but recovered with facial and scalp scars likely to be permanent.
Public sentiment has grown stronger in recent weeks toward a new Court House. Critics argue that spending twenty five hundred dollars yearly on rent yields nothing tangible, a point likely to sway intelligent voters upon reflection.
Lovina Love, convicted in Common Pleas for arson of a barn in Canaan or Saas, was pardoned from the Penitentiary on the 17th after fifteen months of imprisonment. Her record was reportedly exemplary with no demerits, aiding her early release and return to familiar surroundings.
Mr G Donohue opens a house of public entertainment at 115 South High Street between United States and American Hotels Columbus on the European plan. It offers seasonable substantial or luxury items by order at reasonable rates with meals served from six in the morning to midnight. Neatly furnished rooms at low prices available for short stays with meals chosen by guests.
In this issue the Messenger reports that Gen John Brown, a venerable pioneer townsman, was near death on Wednesday afternoon after about a week in bed. He died shortly after four o'clock yesterday afternoon.
An interviewer notes the Brown temperance house remains consistently full, contradicting belief that it would be less frequented. The exchange occurs as the speaker departs, leaving observers puzzled by the enduring turnout.
The Marietta District Ministerial Association schedules a three day event in Harmar beginning Tuesday April 4 1876 at 10 30 AM. The program lists sermons lectures doctrinal topics infants baptism and mission society with E H Dixon president and F A Spencer secretary coordinating sessions through Wednesday evening with various pastors and speakers.
The vicinity enjoys good health with few doctors needed as Wm. H. Banks offers healing. G. H. Devenbaugh sustains arm and nose injuries while clearing land. John K. Marshall plans to drive J. A. Sterrett’s horses to Kansas this fall. Norris Ridge School House speller controversy. Commissioner Watkins ships hogs to Baltimore. B. Banks covers tobacco house. Community supports a new court house. Neasley Maxwell recently poisoned a hog. concern rises over similar incidents.
A rural notice laments dull business across goods and groceries while praising some shops. It condemns a local nuisance a man with a den on the principal street and urges temperance groups to act and bring in Moody and Sankey to lift the town from lethargy.
A stream of short items describes mishaps and happenings around Green Run and nearby areas. Mail rider McDonald slides into a roadside drain, mill worker Lad Russell escapes injury, Jo Earich named millwright, and Samuel McDaniel sets up new wagon parts. Hen nests yield many eggs, John Conaway recovers from lung troubles, Mrs. Lucinda Hughs visits from Illinois, and local churches plan spring meetings. Various residents, tradesmen, and doctors are mentioned with light, anecdotal updates.
The meeting led by Rev. White and Rev. Moody closed with about thirty new members. Mention of local doctors and merchants, stock sales dates, and several shop notices appear alongside road accident and trade announcements in Athens area notices.
W. H. Brown pays double the freight bills of any business house in Athens, claiming the best volume of trade and rapid shipments as a gauge of market direction.
County Examiners announce a teacher’s examination at Coolville on Saturday April 1 next. Eligible teachers are urged to attend as part of the annual assessment.
Short obituaries list Lizzie Fstella Catherine A Thoms on Helen P Elliott with ages and familial ties. Public notices urge announcements for Justice of the Peace and Mayor candidates including R A Constable W A Thomas and William Golden. City solicitor and Athens officials discussed with endorsements for Emmett Tompkins William C Walker Carl Davis and M B Port as candidates for town marshal and village marshal.
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