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CoURr RooM, JACKSON G. II. o.

. CoURr RooM, JACKSON G. H. o.
June Goth, 1868.
Jackson County Union Convention
met IL A. NJ, George w Johnson was
appointed Chairman, and r. II. Jones
Secretary, and J. w. Kicker Assistant t
Secretary. On motion Of A. B. Mona
han, a committee was appointed on Or
ganization, rules and regulations for
the general government Of the conven-
tion. On motion of james Tripp a
committee of three was appointed on
Credentials. On motion of lanes
Tripp a committee of eleven was ap-
pointed to select a Central Committee
and one from each Tp., as aux
iliary to Central Committee, Adjourn
ed 10 P. M. Reassembled at 1880
p. NJ, G. w. johnson in chair. Re-
port of committee on Credentials re-
ceived and adopted,ar The following is
the report:
/. BLOOMFIELD, John A. Evrns, Ri
ley Corn, John j Evans, James Lack
ey, Grimsley Poor, Handy Barton,
Williamson Scurlook.
2. LICK. G. w. Cavett, James Tripp,
John M. Martin, A. b. Monahan, A. j,
Dever, w. S. Martin, G. w. johnson,
G. Pugh, N. Sternberger, Samuel
McGhee. a Hi.
3. MIToN, H. f. Austin, Alex Mich
OILS, d, w. Delay, David johnson,
Gordon Pugh.
4. JEFFERSON, James Horton, Henry
Horton, w. 8. Tyrrell, David d. Will
liams, John Phillips, David j.. Jenkins,
David l.. Evans, ] ]. Jones, John d.
Davis, I'll Hughes, r. II. Jones.
s. MADISON, Edward A. Edwards,
Joseph Rule, Jas. Hunt, Daniel w,
Evans, James w. Rieker, T, j. Evans,
David A. Lloyd, VIM s. Marsh.
6. HAMILTON, Geo. Gilliland, Jackson
Gillilaud, Levi Mccoy. James Toland
Z. SCIoTo, James r. Hunter, John
Norris, ]. M. Perks. r'' sr
s. LIBERTY, Thomas J. Brook, Mar
tin Vandivort, Samuel White,
8. WAsuISaToN, p H. Garret, Caleb
Musgrove, A, Winfough.
10. FRANKLIN, Peter Bum, George
Barlow, VIM. Claar, VIM. Cherington,
Hugh Gilliland, Henry Stifler.
Ii, JACKSON, II. Il. Ewing, Dan.
Waller. ~ fna 'r8-t
Report on Organization, Rules and
Regulations received and adopted. The
following is the report'
For President, George w, johnson,
Z" Secretary, r. II, Jones.
I" Asst s'- J. w. Kicker.
Rules for the government of Town
ship candidates:
Zach TIP. shall be entitled to cast her
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AGOOd Thing.

They have had a horse race al Iron
ton They went over into Kentucky
to have the sport Some $4,000 to
$4,000 were bet, aud the money put in
to the hands Off man named McGee,
or MoKaay The stakeholder gave a
tap Of the drum for the horses to start,
when he started too. He mounted a
horse and put for the mountains, and
he has not been heard from since,
Two OF the roughs, named j. W.
Mcintyre and Jos. Fisher, got into a
fight, and shot and pounded each other
for time. Fisher shot Mcintyre in
tho abdomen, and the ball struck the
metallic portion ofhistruss, which saved
bis life. 1t isa pity all these roughs
did not kill each other,
The incest thing was the running OF
of tho stakeholder. He had just al
good a right to the money as any o
the gamblers. We hope they may
never fnd him.
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News ofthe Week.

Both Houses of Congress passed
bill admitting the State Of Arkansas,
and johnson vetoed it. Both Honses
then passed1it over his head, and the
members from that State were sworn
in. Rss ~
Hon. Samuel Mckee, of Kentucky,
(RadicaD has been admitted to his seat
in Congress, from which Young (Reb-
ely had beenssome time ago rejected
IA woman named Sarah Victor, has
been convicted in Cleveland, for muv-
der in the first degree, for poisoning
her brother, named William Parquet.
He had his life insured in favor Of his
sister for SO 800, and to secure this mon
ey was the cause Of the murder.
Maj. Lawrence, United States
Marshal, was assassinated by a rebel
soldier at Russellville, Kentucky.
The Cincinnati Gazette gives an ac-
count of terrible murder committed
in Cincinnati, in doggery kept by a
woman named Ann Overlook. Sew
eral men were DRINK, and Richard
Duncan beat Michael Maley TO death.
The Cattlettsburg Tribune gives a
detailed account of the murder Of a man
on Big Sandy, by his wife and son.
lie was drunk and attempted to kill
some of his family, and after raging
around for some time he got down in
a drunken sleep, when his wife and lit
tie son got an ak and cut him terribly
about the head and neck, killing him
instantly, They were1arrested and had
an examination, and were acquitted.
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Chase as q Dam0crat.

Those Democrats who think they can
stand Chase as their candidate for Pres
ident, console themselves by saying
that he always was Democrat, save
on the negro question. There are two
things about this that ought not to be
consoling to the Democrats. In the
first place, take away the negro ques-
ton, and there is nothing left of the
Democracy. Then, Chase never was a
Democrat,
We take the following from the Gin
cinnati Chronicle, and can certify to its
correctness, from personal recollection:
MR. cHAsE's DEMOCRACY.
II Is claimed and to some extent believed, that
Mr.. Chase was, at some period Of his life, Dem
ocrat. The New York Herald of Friday last,
edltorially and otherwise, makes great effort
TO prove that Mr. Chase was, at heart, Demo-
crAt, The following record, however, shows the
stupidity OF such pretentions;
In 1885, Mr. Chase, (aged 28) supported VIM.
Henry Harrison, In opposition to Van Buren,.
In 1910 he supported Harrison, in opposition
10 Van Buren.
In 1874 he supported Jas. G, Blrney In oppo-
sltIon to Polk and Clay.
In 1913 he supported Van Buren, In opposition
10 Cass and Taylor,
In 1852 he supported John P. Hale, In oppos-
ton TO Pierce and Scott, .....
In 1855 he was elected Governor of Ohio by the
Republicans.
In 1855 he supported Fremont, in opposition
10 Buchanan and Fillmore.
In 1857 he was reelected Governor Of Ohio by
the Republicans.
In 1860 be supported Lincoln, In opposition to
Douglas, Breckenridge and Bell.
In 1854 he supported Lincoln, In opposition to
Mcclellan.
The fact Is, Mr. Chase never was Democrat
--as his record shows--and never acted NTH the
Democratic party, except In three notable insan-
ces. First, when In 1919 he and his little hand
full OF lreelsoilers traded with the Democrats and
made himself y. s. Senator. Second In 1861,
when he opposed coercion and favored letting the
South 90, until the whole Republican party and
the best of the Democratic party, had declared In
favor OF tho Government Third, In 1863 when,
as Chief Justice OF the United States, he solled
his judicial robes by log-rolling with Senators
against impeachment
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The Democratic Convention

We attended the Democratic Nomi-
mating convention on last Saturday.
The convention was a full one, and APP
peared earnest and sanguine.
The following ticket was, nominated.
Coroner, John Burt; Surveyor, John
Smart Commissioner, Green Thomp-
son; Auditor, Samuel H. Swift; Sher-
if, VIM, H. Palmer; Prosecuting At
torney,- Irvine DUNCAN.
Some of the candidates were badly
slaughtered. Trago only got five votes,
the highest, and two of them were
east by. his own father, who repre-
sented Jefferson township, Aleshire
only got two votes.
Like all Democratic conventions, il
was noisy and unruly.
|. We will speak of the nominees next
week.
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To the Republicans of Jackson
County.

The campaign in this county is now
fully opened. Our ticket is in the field.
Our opponents are confident of success
Our majorities have been going down
every year, for the past FIVE years To
arrest this, work must be done. | pro-
pose to do my share of this work. My
health is now good, and propose to
devote what powers and energies l may
possess, and all my time to the work,
If you will aid me.
From this date, propose to send the
Standard until after the Presidential
election, for fifty cents Now if one
halt of the Republicans in the county
will make an effort, great good can be
accomplished in this way. Get up
clubs at all the Postoflices, and at all
the furnaces. Send in single subscrib-
ers. Last summer the Democrats Or
ganized, and each man selected one Re-
publican, upon whom he worked spe-
Cially, furnishing him with papers, doc
uments &c, and he worked upon him
privately. That was the cause of the
strange result last fall. Can we not
profit by the example ofour opponents1
Iput the price of the paper SO low
that any publisher will tell you that
there is no profit in the operation.
| will devote all the paper, with the
exception Of the local department, to
the great questions at issue.
Win you go to work, or will you suf-
fer inglorious defeatl 1t is for you to
say. d, MAoKLEY,
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erThe election in Mississippi has ro-
sulted largely in favor Of the rebel De-
mocracy, the new constitution being
defeated. tits said that alarge num-
Der Of the negroes voted the rebel Dem
ocFatiolticket.
The Democrats eve ywhere are shout.
ing over this rebel triumph, as they
shouted when the Union forces were
defeated at Bull Run in July 1861.
They are particularly jubilant because
some of tho negroes have been forced
70 vote the rebel ticket. Let the ne
gfoes once show o disposition to vote thc
Democratic ticket, and the leaders 0
the Democracy will soon be in favor o
negro suffrage. era
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Candidates

On the county ticket can make no more
profitable investment than to give us
Ave or ten dollars, and order ten oil
twenty copies Of the campaign Standard
TO be sent to that number of voters in
the county. Remember, there is no
postage on thOpaper in this county, aud
no other paper can have tho same in.
huenco in favor Of your election.
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Neighbo1,hood News.
The following is from the. POmero,

i u6 lOlIuWluS 10 tiiOuA tuO VhCtOJ
Telegraph: s,osg. ag- ii r,,sgo
"TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE.
We are panied to learn that Q porta-
BILE steam saw mill, located upon 4 the
farm of Jasper Forest, about q. mile
and a halt south of the village of Har-
risonvile, in this county, exploded
about six o'clock this "wednesday
mornings entirely demolishing the mill,
and killing or wounding seven men who
were engaged in running it Mr2J
M. Brice, the owner of the mill, was
instantly killed, Samuel Soldiers, the
sawyer, had the, top Of his head entire
ly blown away, James Woods, fire.
man, was blown over one hupdFed
yards, up a steep hill, and Of course
instantly. killed. The top Of his. head
was blown off and his brains scattered
about Rollin Winget had leg blown
off, at the knee joint, SO, that it hung
only by few cords He also received
a severe cut on the forehead and was
otherwise badly injured. His injuries
are supposed to berGatal. George Car
penter had leg broken and was other
wise badly injured, but It is thought %
will recover, Joshua Farley was scald-
ed on leg and arm. gqs RsasG
The mill had been in use about two
years! it is now atotal wreck, nothing
but the saw remaining standing. The
~ =. "a, - :. . - i
cause Of the explosion is unknown"
q The Waverlya WatchmGp says that
two young girls, daughters Of Mr. A.
Heibel, were drowned in the canal at 4
lock near the distillery.- - -
The Fayette Co, Herald says that
a man named Henry Draisei was killed
by1ightning, while in a blacksmith
shop, a few miles east of Washington,
in that county. 'ai q 7''''s s' s.
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sxThe mania for committing suicide

sEThe mania for committing suicide
continues as prevalent as ever. 1t is
not confined to the poor and ignorant.
Recently teacher in one Of the Col
umbus public schools killed himself, and
later still, a DR. Thornton of Cincin-
natl, after two unsuccessful attempts,
at the third trial, succeeded in taking
his own life. This DR.. Thornton had
been unsuccessful in love affair, and
took to hard drinking, which resulted
as above stated. r
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Random Thoughts--.NO. 81.
BY THE EDITOR.

w no cOulu Itlluh aoout al yCHlHS Dut
conventions these days? There have
been two first-class conventions in this
place since the last issue of the Standard,
and on Saturday next the great Demo
cratic pow WOW wiltcome off
On last Friday night the Democratic
candidates and their friends began to
come in from the country, and on Sat
urday morning our town soon filed up
with delegates to the convention.
There was much caucusing, and other
cussing. My old and influential friend
Vint. Powers, now county Commits
sioner, and one of the best of fellows,
outside of politics, was on hand. He
had big work..to do, His sor-in-law,
Mclaughlin, was candidate forAuditor,
Isaac Buckley, his brother-in-law, was a
candidate for Sheriff, and so was T. P.
Mcclure, his old deputy, when Vint.
was Sheriff. 1t was supposed that he
could get one, if not two Of these nom
mated, as they were all good men,
But the clique in town were too many
for him, and he went up higher than
a kite When the delegates from the
country saw how the thing was cut and
dried, they nominated Palmer for
Sheriff out of pure sarcasm.
But l must hasten to the other con-
vention.
On Monday the town was alive with
the delegates to the Republican con-
vention. This was a beautiful contrast,
when compared to the other conven-
ton.
The Republicans have been holding
first-class conventions in this county
for two or three years. Here was a
convention ahead of all others. Here
were the bone, sinew and brain Of
Jackson county. Look at the names
of the delegates, in the proceedings Of
the convention. Let any one who has
seen the Ohio Legislature, compare
this convention with it, l ask pardon
of the convention,
And its work was we'll done, as might
have been expected of such a body.
Isaac J. White, of Liberty township,
was nominated for Coroner without
opposition He is a good man, and
held the Office before, from 1864 to
1866.
Everybody knows Beverly Keenan,
When | was little boy l saw him sur
veying for my father. He is good
man, and will make his opponent smart
before the contest is over.
John L, Jones, candidate for Pros
ecuting Attorney, is young Welsh
man, brought up in Madison township.
He is a live young man, and full of
youthful vigor and aspirations. He
has had but little practice, but he is
fresh from his books, and will make a
good officer,
Ephraim Plummer is live Rcpub-
lican, and bis location renders his nom
ination very proper, as Scioto town
ship has never had a Commissioner.
/ spoke of Johnson Wade last week,
He is an excellent man in every re-
spect
Everybody knows father Baker He
is an honest man. lie filled the Office
one term, and the people thought that
be should have it another term. They
had nothing whatever against Mr.. At
kinson. Either would have done the
business right, as each has done it
hereto fore. D. M,
II V,v,, Ina. In TooboOv Nountv No Q
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N After the candidates were nomi-
mated in the Democratic convention on
last Saturday, Central Committee
was appointed, and also delegates to the
Congressional convention. We had
not time to remain, but one Of the mem
bers of the convention told us that a
resolution recommending l. T. Mona
han as a candidate for congress was
passed. There we're 72 delegates, and
of these only four or five voted for the
resolution, and none against it. This
was heavy Endorsement OF our friend
l. Z. 1t was a nice way to get out of
scrape. If all the p delegates had
been compelled to vote, at least so OF
them would have voted against |. T.
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Farming in Jackson COunty-NO. s,
BY THE EDITOR.


The wheat was generally threshed
upon the ground, made level by digging
off the surface, and then sweeping it
with hickory split broom.
After the country had somewhat ad-
vanced, the fail was laid aside, and the
wheat was tramped out with horses
A large threshing floor was prepared
upon the ground, very similar to the
circus ring, with which every boy is
familiar The wheat was laid around
this ring, like shingles on a roof, the
heads of the wheat being up. Two,
three, and sometimes as many as six
horses were put upon it, and rode
round and around upon the wheat, I'M
til the straw was tramped up fine, and
the wheat al out Riding the horses
upon the threshing floor was good sport
for the boys, but it would make per-
son giddy headed, and sometimes would
cause sickness at the stomach. 1t was
a species of sea- sickness. When per-
son would become too "light-headed," {"
the direction of the horses was reversed f,
and this tended to remedy the unpleas-
ant sensations.
ANer some years, tanning mills were
introduced This was great improve
ment over the old plan OF the sheet and
riddle There was much cheating in
the sale of these tanning mills. They
were generally sold on one or two years
time, and for about three times the
amount they were worth.
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SELast week we mentioned the fact
that DR.. 0. @. Miller had gone to see
his father, in Nebraska, and we referred
to the failing condition of the Doctors
health. We learn that Mr.. II. G. Mil
Ter has received letter stating that DR..
J. II. @. Miller recently fell down stairs
SO badly injuring his neck and head
that his physicians say he cannot recov-
err Verify misfortunes never come
singly.
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eTThe Democracy in the county by
this time ought to understand that the
town clique or ring, feel fully compe-
tent to furnish all the candidates from
this town All that were nominated
on last Saturday live in town except
Green Thompson, and he lives in Lick
township.
The candidates from the country
stood about as much chance as a stump
tailed bull in fly time, as Maj, Jack
Downing used to say.
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The Township Democratic Election,
and the County Democratic Conven-
ton, have given forth some proceed
ings strangely at variance with the fun
damental principles of true democracy,
and most palpably in violation of the
criminal law of Ohio, which provides
that "any person who shall, by bribery,
attempt to influence any elector Of this
State in giving his vote or ballot" "
"shall on CONVICTION thereof" be pun
ished by such fine and imprisonment as
is prescribed by law,
At the primary election held at Jack
son on the 26th ultimo, to elect dele
gates to the County Democratic Con-
vention, to be held at the same place,
the next day, p. DuHadway made a
motion, that no person should be en-
titled to vote for delegates, hnless he
first pledged himself to vote for the
nominees of the Convention, to be held
the next day, at the same place. The
motion received the necessary second,
according to my best impressionl, by
a young man who thinks the fate Of
worlds and the destiny Of empires de-
pend, exclusively, on his will. The
motion was adopted by the meeting (;
though it was disregarded throughout
the proceedings. Although general in
its terms, it was designed to apply to
only "one or two dissatisfied, professed
Democrats" who went there to look
on, and not for the purpose of taking
any part in the meeting. .9N
The next day, at the County Con-
yentiou, the Committee on Rules and
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''Johnny Mackley, the Cleveland
prize ring trainer, has been arrested on
a charge Of burglary, and search of
his saloon resulted in the finding of a
large amount OF silver ware, with the
private marks, partially erased all Of
which was identified as that stolen from
the premises ofMr J. II Wade, =
POmsroy Telegraph. ~
Take out thatl, His name is Mack
sy, not MackleY.
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Furnacemen

Have aided us much'in procuring sub,
scribers. We take credit at any of the
furnaces. We have all our sympathies
with the laboring men, being one our,
self Hence we always like to talk to
the labOring men at the furnaces. Aid
us friends, and thus aid tho cause that
is 10 your own interest.
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eEThree drunk men recently got in
to a skiff near Catlettsburg, on the Ohio
river, and ran the skiff under barge,
attached to steam tow boat that was
coming down the river. They came
up at the other end of the barge, and as
drunk men can stand what would prove
fatal to sober men, they were not
drowned,
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POstmasters

Have been uniformly accommodating in
distributing the paper, and in obtaining
subscribers. We send each Postmaster
in the coupty copy ofthis issue, and
requestthat be show it to those calling
at the Office, and get us all the subscrb-
ers he can, and forward the names and
monav.
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egThe Illinois Herald last week con-
tanned fine picture ofone ofits editors;
but whether it was intended to repre-
sent gizzard head or mullet head, this
deponent saith not.
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eTWe said last week that Mr.. Ben
jamin Trago would not be nominated
for sheriff, We told him so on the
morning of the convention, but he did
not believe it. And yet he only got
five votes in the convention, We have
the means of finding out the workings
of the ring in this town when most of
the Democrats themselves are ignorant
of them. Ben's sin was like that Of
Aleshire. He fought the rebels, and
then he is a man Of some standing and
competency Such men have no bust
ness among the present copperhead
party, They are like a jewelin Swine's
snout. u.
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gwe are ow regularly receiving
the Western Home Journal, Published
1t Ottaua, Kansas. It's publisher is
the Law partner Of Dan. w. Hoffman,
formerly Of our town. The paper is
now temporarily edited by Mt. Hof-
man.
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For President,
( Ulysses 8. Grant.
For Vice, President,
Schuyler ColfaX.
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soar Flag is stHI There"
UNION REPUBLICAN TICKET.

JULY 2, 1865.
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presidential Electors.

For State Odlcers;
& Secretary of State--ISAACR R. SHERWOOD.
Supreme Judge -WILLLAM WHITE.
Mem Board of Public Works-JA MES MOORE.
School Con,missioner A. NORRIS.
Clerk Of Supreme Ctwt-R0DNEY zoos.
For Congress,
(11h Districf) )-Hoa. J0HN 7. WILSON.
For Common Pleas Judge,
Ga SE6-DiV., al IN. Dist. )-HENRY A. T0WNE.
Congressional EIectOr,
(1lh Distrie0--J0HN j. HARPER of SciotO.