Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-06-08
NNnEfkLY NMpInN.
Fro,n Die Dayton Ga1cta' of this morning.
The sheriff asd the Lawyers
Tne IlnNIo.s a.ngctte.


fieCorc the Superior Court of the People.
"a FuIi Preparation" TO sheriff mills.
The following communication from Sheriff
Mills appearedin the Journal Of the I'd inst;
The editor of the Ga.e In his last issue June Ist
dcyotes nearly coluidn to complaining of my tciM.
Roldiig C,0Ht he G-5He is fair share Of sheriff Sales
"A 10 What It's iuir share would be dOctors might diff
f',; do not intend 10 discuss it. The pubic eau
have iitlc itnur Woros 10 any alleged private grieN
anccs the existence ot which was totally ignorant
of uhiu ssw tho article in which they clnbor
nely set forth. The GG:Ffs is read by persons
la the county among whom do not wish nlisstnte
mcuts and wrong tuiereuers 10 be- circulated without
in reply to one statement of Mr.. D. say emphnt
cally that advertisements ordered by M attorney or
party IN suit TO BE- published in the Gasef has ever
bsel published he alleges, ia another paper II
has always bcen pubshed according to the direction
"The few sunll advertisements bearing the sheriHs
signature now in the Gdsetfe'' were not al taken TO
that concern by Tie perempory order Of the ator'
fhe assertion that thc ..sherif Invariably when he
has property TO sell In uerman Township gives his
advertisements to the Journals is without the slight
est foundation. Advertisements for this sale of prop
erty in German IOwnsh have, invilriaby been pub
Iished in the Iadependebf, with but q single cxcep
lion, and that made by order from the attor-
neys IN thd case 70 publish II IN, the Empire.
! make this reply simply to contradict erroneous
purpose Of fdong me an injury
lfMr DENNY viii insert this note aud cease hereaf-
ter publish other nlisstatemeuts about me, shall
s0"''0S' '"'' mas "'"'' ''' ''p JOHN JOHN MILLS
/ We adopt the language Of Mr.. Mills and
ay:'The Journal is read by some persons in
the country, among whom zoe do not wish
misstatements and wrong inierences TO be
circulated without contradiction" and hence
| il Mr. Mills had been fair enough to publish
our remarks in that paper, to which his were
reply we would have considered that he
too, had made ''full reparation" for the "mis
statements" contained in his Card How
! will some of the readers Of the journal, with
out reading what we have written, ever bC
able TO Judge Of the merits Of the controversy
between Mr.. MLlsand ourselves? We woulC
be justified in excluding Mr.. Mills articl,
from the Gazette in retaliation for ours be
ing excluded from the Journal but, we pre-
fer giving both sides, 1t was very natural
we know, for Mr.. Mills to run to the Journa
,ghere he taLes his sales. "Birds ofQ feather
flock together" and, hence when you wan
to find John Mills, always seek for hin
perched on the Journal roost.
"The gle and the stork, f.. .
On ciiIs and cedar tops thoir eyres build.n
We will take up in their order, the -lttl
sentences used by Mr.. Mills:
'"rhe editor Of the Gahette in his issue {
June lst devotes nearly column to com
plaining of my Withholding from the Ga2ett
its fair share Of Sherll'S Sales. AS to wha
its fair share would be- doctors might differ
do not intend to discuss it,"
Judging from the number Of sales, pul
lished in our paper, by Mr.. Mills, he con
si,iers our "fair share" about one sale month
This is the average we have received sine
he has been in Office Altogether, sine
January 1889, Mr.. Mills has given us abou
twenty, amounting TO 500. We think th
Journal, in that time, must have had at leaS
ten to our one. lie alleges, that in this vi
I equal distribution, lac is acting under I'll
Instructions Of attorneys. Does any one SUI
. pose, that whenever Mr.. Mills has sales
advertise, that he wears out his stoga boOl
running 10 lawyers for directions where
insert them! The law gives the Sheriff II
right to advertise where he pleases, and 4
attorney can hinder him. In Hamilto
county, the Sheriff takesall his sales to I'll
Commercial, because it has larger circula
: tion than any rival paperi but, in Montgon
cry, Mr.. Mills adyertises, principally, in Il
g journal and Empire, both OF which have
far less circulation than the Gazette. In p
troniziuc the Empire, is he "plo,cing NTH &
LOootooo hsifsr"
d Again: tThe public can have little if an
interest in any alleged private grievances, Il
y existence Of which | was totally ignorant
until ! saw the article in which they are
elaborately set forth"
AicertisiRg is a part Of the public duty
the Sheriff. Tho people, who elected NJ
p Mills, have the right TO know, whether
discharged this trust in accordance with Il
n law and their wishes. Was Mr.. Mills ele
ted Sheriff to please the lawyers Was
understood, whenhe received the ardent su
port Of the Gazette two years ago, that it "
to be punished 10 crafty the caprice and pl
judice Of attorneys who might not like
paper! Ask any Republican you please, a
81 he will tell you, that the Journal and Gazet
of both being Republican papers, are entitl
to an equal division Of the patronage Of I
- Republioan County Oiiicersj but ask n
{ Mills, and he will tell yon, that he was q
y, elected to carry out the wishes Oftho Repv
Ise lican party, but the will OF the attorne
Then consult the attorneys, and they "
many ~ fltau4s aggu re- Vou that thew ne,