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The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08
Truth Will Triumph.

One Of those triumphs has been
gained by the Wheeler &' Wilson
Sewing Machine, which, in the con-
spicuous arena presented by the
Paris Exposition has been pro
nounced victorious over eighty t,rO
competitors | What stronger evil
dence could DO demanded what
mere convincing proof be given
--of the superiority of this deserv-
edly popular sewing machine? In
Il fair and open competition with
all sewing machines of any prom
inenco in the world, impartial
judges have awarded to the Wheel
er Il Wilson the coveted prize, the
only Gold Medal bestowed on any
sewing machine. The Gold Med.
al granted to Elias Howe was Civ
on to him as an inventor, and as
such was richly meritod. But out
OF four score competing machines,
bat onc-tbe Wheeler & Wilson
received this proud distinction.
At home this invaluable house.
hold assistant is held in equally
high esteem, and we would advise
all our friends TO buy one of these
celebrated machines of VIM. Sum-
ner g. Co., No. II East State street,
Columbus, Columbus Journal.
II, +. Billinghurst of this City
has on hand every style and price
of these Machines.
In addition he has tho celebra-
ted Howe Machine which is adapt
cd to all kinds Of family sewing
and manufacturing purposes, Tai.
lors, Shoemakcrs, Carriage trim
mers. Has an adjustable revolv.
ing foot especially adapted to sew
ing leather.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08
Job Printing---Notice to Eve
rybOdy.

We have procured from Cincin-
natl q new fast Job Press, of the
best kind, together with a beauti-
ful assortment Of Type and mate
rial for the execution of fine Job
Printing in every variety. We
are ready for orders for work in
the line of Pamphlets, Lawyers
Briefs Posters, Circulars, Bill
Heads, Letter Heads, Checks, Bills
of Ladiug, Labels of all kinds,
Programmes, Catalogues, Freight
Receipts, and Blanks of every des-
cription, which will be executed
in the best style, and at the most
reasonable rates. We will soon
send out specimens of work which
will show for themselves. To all
wanting printing ofany kind, we
say give us a call, at the Gazette
Printing Rooms, Tallmadge Block.
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Hardware Store i'm Basil.

Messrs. Beighler & Hansberger,
young men of excellent character
and business qualifications, have
established an extensive Hardware
Store in Basil. They occupy the
newly erected addition TO the Dry
Goods building of Leonard & Bro.
In the Hardware and Agricultural
implement line, their stock is full,
and they intend to keep it always
complete and adapted to the wants
of the community. In addition
they will keep for sale q full line
of White Lead, Paints, Oils, &C.,
with all articles usually kept in a
Hardware store.
Messrs. B. & II. have also taken
tho Warehouse on the canal, and
will pay cash for Wheat, Rye, Oats,
Corn and Produce generally.
The enterprise of these gentle
men is deserving ofgeneral encour-
agement, and we trust it may be
crowned with entire success.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08
Base Ball Apparatus.

Mr.. JNo. SIFFoRD, at the DRUG
Store of Sifford & Son, has on hand
and will supply to Base Ball Clubs
On the best terms, balls, bats, and
all tho paraphernalia Of the grea'
national game, Shich has become
so popular in every community
Clubs organizing in Fairfield coun'
ty are reminded that they will
have no need to send 10 distance
for tho various appliances neces
sary for the practice of this manly
and invigorating amusement.
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For tbo Lancaster oa.ett,
Base BAH.


Eds. Gazette I'VE do not in
tend in this article to become the
apologist for the playing Of either
the Juniors or Nemeans, in their
matches with the Capitals on Fri
day last. The fact is of course
patent to all thatin play, the Cap.
itals are "too heavy" for either Of
our clubs, butjustice demands that
the pitching Of the Capitals be no.
ticed. q
Against the pitching ofWilliams,
no very serious objection can be
made inasnuch as tho majority Of
his balls were tolcrably well deliv.
cred, although his style ofdelivery
is not exactly legal. 1t is of the
pitching of Gray, however, that we
wish more particularly TO speak in
this article. Every ono who was
on the grounds during his ,occu-
pancy Of the post Of pitcher, will
have remarked the peculiar bend
and twirl of his arm, just prcced. q.
ing the delivery Of the ball, Now
This very maneuver made eUery ball
he pitched, an illegal ball, and we
contend that in both matches the
Umpires should have Immediately
ruled against him.
In order not to be misunder.
stood in our meaning, we quote
Rule Sd, in the series of new rules
adopted by the American Base
Ball Association, at their last meet
ing held only short time ago: "a
jerked ball is one delivered by
touching the side of the body with
the arm. A Mrown ball is one sent
in with tho body bent. A pitched
ball can only be sent in with a
straight arm, sUingtng perpendicu.
lar"
Now if this rule had been rigid.
ly adhered to on Friday, it would
have been decided that Williams
threw his balls, and that Gray de.
liyored unfair balls euery time they
went to the bat. To this pitching
is attributable no small share of
the crushing defeat which our
clubs sustained at the hands OF the
Capitals, and it will be well in the
future for our clubs to demand that
the Umpire shall conform to the
rules of the Association.
We do not wish to be understood
as condeming tho action of the
very competant gentlemen who
acted as Umpires in lhe above
matches, (since none of our books
on the subject have as yet publish :
cd these newest rules but only to
provide against a repetition OF
these "tacticS." B.
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Yor The Lanoaalsr oasslss


Sunlight is followers, what love 10 10 human
hearts. e
To the sun they raise their tiny Isaasts in glad
ness,
And drisk from him their life and beauty.
The flowers have language az do all things eIsei
And though 1t DO unSpoken, yet to the soul Of
All lThings.
They speak an ever sweet and beauteous Ian
guage.
80 to the soul attuned with naturOs key note
They OF tell many touching tale.
soltbapd, that, resting meath an overhangine
branch,
saw near me q rose family, or what once wnsI
Which rs soon a. seen, one, TO me the sweetest,
Modestly nodded, as II 'twould know the more.
moved nearer, and listening heard from IL
The iollOwIng,It little, sad, historic story:
''swoctest, brightest things, are often most
unhappy;
SO II Is that |, n flower whom the world loves,
on am found weeping dewy tears"
"Ihave little history would you listen it')
Which shows that flowers, and little things Of
earth,
Too, have their hopes and joys ,ssdful-few sad
less lives, la
Theirs gloomful disappointments, and some sun-
less days,
As well as HomO'd Life, Natures grandest art
feat"
'Tis thus; 4...... -.....
"But few sundays had seen me birthed in rose.
life,
While yet unopened, as 'twere, child-hower,
My mother--rose chilled from earth to higher
liie,-
(For flower s, too, have souls and heaven rs ye,)
Lett me, as yet unta1ght, how TO uDbud myself
And, openinginto Rose hood, live for others too
Then wished might go too. Bot God loved
me, 4-h
(Ie loves all His flowers whether rose or hu-
rnan-) 't 't
And night gave me dew. drops, siivery bright to
drink,
While in daytime, the sun, great, good old Fa.
ther Sun,
So watched me, kindly taught and Away nour.
is he'd me,
That |, nuthnklng, in my love and gratitude,
Burst my bud bounds, and threw out my tiny
leafet, hands,
To him in thanks and joy for blessings, light and
hope.
And so il was with light and sunshine, rain and
dews,
l lived as happy as flower might"
But 'tis true
No life can be all sunshine, there must be some
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LOCAL NOTICES.
Fairfield County Teachers In-
stitute.

Fairfield County Teachers In-
stitute.
After tho close of the Normal
School, now in session, The above
Institute will meet on Monday
morning, Aug. 18th, ate o'clock
A. NJ, in the North Grammar School
Room.
AS already noticed, Superintend. !.
ents Cowdcry, of Sandusky, and
Crosby, Of Cincinnati, have been
employed for the entire week; and
School Commissioner Norris, of Co.
Iumbus, will assist during part Of
the week. Lectures will be deliv.
cred. drill exercises conducted, and
methods discussed, on tho various
branches Of study; and the subject
OF School Government will receive
considerable attention.
Papers will also be prepared by
members of the Institute, and dis.
cussed; among which are the fol.
lowing:
l. How may Regularity and
Punctuality be secured in Country
Schools? By DAVID Cole.
2. What are the best Incentives
to study? BY JESSE Books.
3. The Aims of tho Teacher.
By Miss SARAH Scorr.
A.. The Secret of good Govern.
ment. By J. q. HARTzLER.
8. Physical TraiG;ng.
By Mrs L. NJ. THOMPSON.
G. Moral Training.
By THOMAS BowLEs.
z. Delincation of q Deficient
Teacher. By W. F. FILLER.
8. Will mere Acquisition Of
knowledge make a successful
Teacher? DAVID CLOVER.
Great effort has been made, and
considerable expense incurred, to
make this Institute Meeting an en-.
tire success. And we now look for
the largest meeting we have ever
had.
Teachers of Fairfield and ad.
joining counties, "Come one, come
all" and thus show your interest in
the good cause, and By this means
also prepare yourselves and others
for the more successful accomplish.
ment of the work committed 10
your hands.
On Saturday CT the Institute
week, Aug. 18th, the first exami.
!nation of tho season will be held
by the county Board of Examin.
ers.
Executive LEVI HARTzLER,
Committee Of JNo. L. THOMPSON,
Institute. j. f. REINMUND.
Lancaster, O., July 29, '67.
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BASE BALL-MAToH GAMES LAST
WEEx.--The match played in this
city on Friday last, between the
Junior Nine of the Capital B. B.
Club, Of Columbus and the Junior
B. B. Club Of Lancaster, resulted
in the defeat Of tho latter by a score
of 62 to 26.
A gamo played in the afternoon
of the same day, on an invitation
by the Nemeans of Lancaster tor a
trial Of skill between tho Capitals
and themselves, resulted also in IA
Nor Of the Capitals by a score OF 81
to 24--fve innings only being
played
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08

Adjutant Gen'l Cowcn publishes
q card, advising Ohio soldiers hav.
ing claims against the Government
not to submit to the extortion which
ex-Agent Wetmoro is endeavoring
to practice upon them. All claims
now on file will be collected by the
State officers, without exense to the
claimants.
The following Congressman have
promised to take part in the
political campaign in Ohio: Sena-
tors Wilson and Patterson, of New
Hampshire; representatives Orth,
Logan, Kelley, Paine. Cullom, Win
dom, Broomall and Schofeld.
1t is stated, on tho authority Of
dispatches received at Washington
by way of New Orleans, that the
remains of Macmillan have been
delivered on board an Austrian
vessel at Vera Cruz, for transport,
alton to Europe.
The Washington Star says it is
understood that General Grant not
only refuses to be party to the
removal Of Sheridan, but will $50
that whoever succeeds him follows
out the same line ofpolicy. Under
the law, it is the General of the
army, not tho President, who is to
supervise the conduct Of the dis
trict commanders.
The center of the United States
has been fixed for the present
lat Columbus, Nebraska, ninety.six
miles west of Omaha.
George William Curtis, editor Of
Harper's Weekly, comes out in the
New York State Constitutional
Convention in favor of female
suffrage. He is by all odds The
most brilliant and wise.headed
advocate that that reform has had.
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For the Lancaster Gazette.
T.4@

Delta has not said that Beecher's
Norwood" is dragging readers
through the "slime and filth of NOR
al delinquency; he said the fictitious
literature of the age is doing SO
But to be understood, he now says
that Norwood" is a harmless med.
ley of chit chat that will harm nc
one. A we'll educated school miss
with moderate experience, could
write as well. But school girls
name would not sell ten thousand
Ledgers. Rev. Beecher's will
That's what Delta meant.
Tho most of the fiction of the
day is, to the mind, what bad
whiskey is to the stomach and
brain. But a wise merchant offers
good wares, reputedly, that he may
sell his worthless, or hurtful ones
And to accomplish any kind of an
enterprise, men must have the
sanction of popular names. II
Beecher's novel is worth $4,000,
let it bo published alone, or at
least in good company. Has lota
Sut Delta 8 idea2 DELTA.
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Fatal SHOOTING Atfair.


Within o few week past there
have been a number Of cases Of
wool-thieylng in the north eastern
portion Of this county. Among
other loscrs from this cause was
Mr.. WS. OHEERY, Of Walnut town.
ship, from whose barn somo 1sO
leeces were stolen about q month
since. The property was traced
to Columbus, and last week it was
pretty clearly ascertained that it
had been sold at Comstock's ware.
house in that city by ono Eli Wat
son. Watson was arrested and
taken to Walnut township for ex-
animation. He confessed his guilt,
and implicated other parties, ono
of whom, A. b. Fry, is now in Jail,
having been placed undcr $500
bonds to answer at Court. While
in the custody of deputy constable
Geo. Fix, tho prisoner Watson
slammed sickness during Mon
day afternoon last, and late in eve.
ming pretended to have occasion TO
so out. He went, accompanied
by the officer, who, suspecting his
intention to make an attempt to
escape, warned him that he should
be obliged to shoot him.if be did.
Having arrived at sort of pen ad
joining the stable on the premises,
Watson got into it, and while Off.
Ger Fix was in the act of getting
over tho fence into the enclosure,
the prisoner made q bolt, and was
climbing the fence on the opposite
side (Which seemed to have been
an unexpected obstacle to his pro-
gress,) when Fix fred. Watson
made no stop, but ran along the
adjoining alley, Fix calling on him
to halt, to which he paid no atten.
tion. The officer then fred q sec.
ond shot, ard Watson continued
his fight, leaping another fence,
also ditch Is feet wide. and run
ming several steps further before
he fell. When reached, he was
found to be badly wounded, and
on examination, his wound proved
to be a shot through the body. 1t
had entered his back above the
hip, passed through the lungs in
an upward direction, and lodged
inside the breast bone. Watson
was taken into a house near by,
and breathed his last within twcn-
ty minutes.
For these particulars we are in
debted to Jno. G. Reeves, Esq. City
Solicitor. We have net learned
what legal action has been tax.
en- in reference to the shooting.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08

BASE BALL Tho match game
yesterday between Circlevillo and
Lancaster was beautiful and ex-
citing contest. -Circleville led off
handsomely and with confidence
Lancaster rather depressed, and, at
the end Of throe innings, decidedly
behind. From this time Lancaster
gradually crawled up, till the close
of tho 8Lh innings found the Ne.
means but two behind. On the 9th,
Circleville experienced q white
wash, and went to the field in q de.
moralizcd condition, Lancaster
then took the bat, and finished the
game with the handsome score of
14-winning by IL. Score: Nome.
ans AZ, Circleville 35.
The Umpire-a Mr.. CARSON. Of
Chillicothe-rulcd rigidly ard fair.
ly. The play OF Circlevillo is good
and stylish, but Lancaster seemed
to display the most endurance, i'm
proving to the last.
We understand that return
match is to be played.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08

HARfER's MONTHLY for August
contains the eighth of Porto Gray
on's very readable and copiously
illustrated RecolIections of the
War; an illustrated paper on the
Turks, Greeks, and Sclavonians
the Dodge Club, also illustrated
A Pine Tree, (poetry); five or six
excellent stories; a Sketch Of Tom
Marshall; extracts from Daniel
Webster's correspondence a
thoughtful article on the Effects Of
Opium Eating, and the usual varie-
~ Of editorial matter,
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08

Several freedmen who emigrated
from Charleston to Liberia last
year, have just returned, bringing
very discouraging accounts. Let
ters from those who remained arc
to tho same purport. They advise
Southern freedmen against emigra-
ton.
The Central Pacific Railroad is
just completing the grading Of
twenty-five miles east Of Summi'
Mountains, and is now hauling iron
to lay the track. Summit tunnel
will be done in two months,
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08

"RoAsTINa EARS. The Gazette
Office acknowledges the receipt Of
fine lot of green corn from Capt,
Emil. GlEsY, also bountiful mess
from Mrs. JAMES MILLER, the last
being of the Mammoth Sweet va
riety, and superior to any thing of
the kind which has como under
our observation this season.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08

THE LITTLE CoRPoRAL lor August
contains: Chapter 2 of "Camp
Bruce" a splendid story, by Mrs
Miller, the Associate Editor No,
OF "The Chicken Little Stories, u
by Edward Eggleston; "Science
for Children" by Prof. Hooker,
of Yale College Music, by the
famous Geo. +. Root and a large
number of other articles by the
best entirely original.
Tho price ofThe Little Corporal
is $1.OO ayear. Sample copies, 10
cents.
Great inducements are offered ia
those who wish to raise clubs.
Address, ALFRED l. SEwELL
Publisher, CHICAGO, ILL
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08
Resolutions of the Dexter B. B,
Club.

Eds Lancaster Gazette Please
publish the following resolutions:
At a meeting of the Dexter B. B
Club the following resolutions were
adopted: r
Resolved, That we, the members
of the Dexter B, B. Club, do here
by tender our hearty thanks to the
Junior B. B. Club of Lancaster, for
their kind attention to US during
our sojourn with them.
Resolved, That copy Of this be
sent to the Junior Club, also to be
published in the Lancaster Gd:ette
By order of THE CLUB.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08
Try and See

Try and See
IT Homeopathy will not cure Diar-
rhea, Dysentery, Cholera Morbus,
and all other Summer Complaints,
with more certain and speedy ef-
feet than any other treatment. 1t
is triumphant in Typhoid Dysen
terry, and has cured more cases OF
Cholera than any other medical
system throughout the world.
CHARLES w. BABCOCK, NJ. ID.
HOMEOPATHIC Physician,
Will be found at all hours of the
day or night. (oxcept when absent
on visits at his Office in Tallmadge
Block, first floor up stairs, Lam
caster, Ohio.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08
Cholera MOrbms.

And all disorders of the stomach
and bowels, are speedily cured by
the use of Goes Dyspepsia Cure
whilst indigestion or constipation
are equally well governed by its
use, for it is perfect regulator ol
the stomach and bowels. Dyspep.
sia, the most horrible of all disea-
ses, yields at oncerto its curative
powers. 1t is a neutrality-suspicious.,
very popular: and should be kept
on hand In every household.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08

Gen. SickIes has removed the
police Of the town Of Sumter, 8. G.,
for alleged maltrcatmOnt Of blacks
and inenieiency. Hehas appointed
two cOIored men among the white
policemen, To succeed the latc in
cumbents.
Gen. Pillow estimates the corn
crop on his plantations near Helena,
Ark, at 100000 bushels.
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Exclusive.

1 guarantee to those who call or
mo as frequently as is necessary
that every one of their teeth car
be saved through life. ! use only
purest gold and staniel foils, My
attention is not divided. ! give
certificates ofguarantee.
Broadway, 100 yards south O.
Market-house, eastside.
15-tf. H. SCOTT.
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City Official Directory.

Havor--Tail Slough. t-r
lOW MarshaI-Mlehael Stock.
CYiv Uerk-Wm. L. King.
Citv Solicitor John g. Reeves.
Cifv Trcasurer-James McManamy.
(itv Fnginser--E. 8. Eannum.
- Members CItv COuncit-First Ward, Theodore
Mithof. John s. Brasee; second ward, Il. Il. slo
cum, 8. J, Wright; third ward, Hugh Cannon,
d. jackson; fourth ward, Jacob Hite, William
, Prss}ient ciiy Conneil--Jacob Hite.
Market Master-Michael Steck.
Weiqh Master ~. W. Towson.
Sup't. Public Cloek-W Blninger:
City Watch-M. Steck, (Chiei,) PAT. fowers
Wm.- Bodenheimer.
,ipervisors-Thomas Casey, O. Plinke.
Chief Of Fire Dep'f.-Wm. Vorys.
srAsbrso COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL.
Fsuanes-schopp, Mithoff, Brasee.
Streets and AHoys--Cannon, Mithoff, Slocum'
0as-M,thoff, Cannon, Wright.
Public Safetv-wright. Jackson, Mthof
Market tHouse-Mithoff, Slocum, Jackson.
Railroads-Brasee, Cannon, Schopp.
Grapevdrds-SlOeum. Jackson. Cannon.
Drdinage-Brasee, Cannon, Wright.
BOARD or HEALTH.
list. Ward--Dr NJ. Effinger, Joseph Reinmnnd
al, I" Or. Swander, W. L. Rigby.
Sd. +" DIR. o. Z. Davis. M. Steck.
4th. I" DR.. II. o. Edwards, John Searls.
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n@-On esterday tho Gazette
office was regaled by one Of our
subcribers Mr.. David Swartz, with
a lot Of fine eating apples, for wdich
he has the thanks of all hands.
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AUCTIONEERING,

The public are hereby informed. that the
partnership heretofore existing between
the undersigned and o. =. Weakly in the
business OF Auctioneering was dissolved on
the LIST OF May last, by mutual consent. The
Undersigned has taken out an individual H.
cense for the prosecution Of the business, and
now offers his services to all who NAV need
anything in the way Of CRYING SALES,
&c, which ne feels justified in saying will I've
done in a manner and on such terms that will
give satiAfacton.
can be fosnd or communicated with at my
residence near Carroll, Ohio.
GEO. GRAHAM.
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Rhymes for the People.


The old conrt iIossc Is torn down, and the nsw
oneis on the top offhe hill
But the subscriber intends to rensln atsnAwK's
CoaNgE stlll;
where 70 his friends and the public with thanks
he would say.
That his goods and hisWork lie will sell very
chesp for ready pay.
And those who are owing him for six months
Ormore,
Can be fully accommodated by paying up the
old score;
His motto--now Teady--call in, everybody, you
know;
And this he will soy, without making fuss or
blOw,)
No matter what bargains you're told that you
elsewhere can get;
He will vie with the best and warrant you al a
good fit.
July II, lsG7---G JACOB HITE.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08

A New Sensation Of the most pleasurablc
character is experienced by The afflicted upo \
beng restored to perfect health by DR.. ]. W
Poiands White Pine Compound. Coughs, Colds
Throat affections and all pulmonary complaint,
yield to its magic power. Read the advertise
ment. Sold everywhere.