The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-05-11

Marietta Register is publishing series
of interesting local historical articles, from
which we quote the following
In January, 1881, was started in Marietta
the western Republican and Marietta All.
vertiser, edited aud published by John
Brough.' The motto of the paper was
Freedom of speech is mans inalienabe
birthright-the liberty of the press his inn
prcgnahle safeguard"
Gov. Brough was ut this time not quite
twenty years of age. In tho epidemic year
of 1923 his father, John Brough, Esq. died
upon the "Cleona Farm" ut the mouth OF
Duck Creek, his mother had previously
died; and the "orphan boy" ut the age Of
twelve, entered the printing Office of the
American Friend, to learn tho printing
bu1ness of Royal Prentiss. lie subso
quently went TO Athens, where ho MAIN
tainod himself for time in one of the de-
partmouts of tho Ohio University. Ills
wife Miss Prudent was from Athens. Mr..
Brough is often spoken of nowadays by
friends of his youth as having exccleI all
in Kicking football.
He continued the Western Rarublican
a little over two years, when in April, 1888,
he removed the printing office from Marietta
to Parkcrsburg, where he sold out tho mex,
fall. He then went TO Lancaster. and Ec-
came editor and publisher Of the Lancaster
Eagle. lIo was elected Representative to
the Legislature from Fairfield and Hook
Ing in October, 1888. by that Legislature
he was chosen Auditor of State, when %
years of age, which office he filed with
great ability, as acknowledged by all polit-
ical opponents, for six years until 1916.
lie then removed to Cincinnati to practice
law. In lS4l, he had bought the "Phmnx"
from Moses Dawson, and started the Cincin-
matt Enquirer, in company with his brother,
the late Judge Charles III. Brough. lie
was edtor-in chief of the Enquirer in 1867,
his brother Charles having gone to the Mexi-
can war where he served as Colonel of one of
tho Ohio Regiments, in l947. In lS1S, John
l}rough, having hid farewell to the print
ing office, engaged as President of the Madi-
son and indianapolis Railroad; and he re-
manned most successful railroad manager lln-
ill elected Governor of tho great State of Ohio
in 1863, by over one hundred thousand ma
jority, after vigorous and bitter canvass
Nine copies only of the Western Re-
publican are now in possession of the Reg
lister Oilice-eight of dates carly in 1882,
and one January 49, 1889. 1t was five col
um paper, and only tribe moro thon one-hall
as large as the Register to-day--it did not
contain over one-thrd as much printed
matter--and the advance price was 50 II
year, the price of all Marietta papers down
to within a recent date.
January II, 1882, the Republican pub
lishod an nration delivered by its editor,
John Brough, at the Sth of January jackson
celebration, at the Court House. Col. Jo.
seph Barker was President of the day
Isaac Humphreys, Esq, Vice President.
Judging from the numbers Of the West
ern Republican before MS, it was paper
edited with decided ability, and with an
independence that the Jackson party lead.
ers did not always relish. Mr., Brough did
not like Martin Van Buren, and did not
hesitate to say 30 in his paper. He had
his own views of public policy and hay
ing them, dared maintain them.