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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-06-11
"I. r."

Last week we hoisted the name Of
our old friend l, T. Monahan as copper
head candidate for Congress in this
District Since that time we have
noticed the following in the West Union
Defender:
awe understand that 1T. Monahan's
friends will present his name to the Con,
gressional Nominating Convention, as
Jackson county's candidate for that po-
sition. During the past week we have
received letters from two or three per
sons in different parts of the District
aspiring to the position asking "alittle
assistance in the matter TO all such
we say that we are not assisting in ma
king nominations, but will cheerfuly
and assiduously assist in electing the
candidate, whoever he may be-. We
want candidates who enter the Con-
vention to stand upon their own merits
and not upon the hollow merits manu-
featured by newspapers. We under
stand that every county in the District
will have candidate for the position,
as wo have already heard from every
county except Vinton. We hope that
the selection will be judicious as the
District MUST go Democratic, and WILL.
it we put the right foot forward at the
start With all due respect for the can
didates, and with an assurance that we
will do our duty after the nomination,
we ask to be let alone on this subject" :"
And this we find in the Ironton Reg
lister!
"WANTs TO DC SACRIFICED. The fol-
lowing letter, which we picked up on
the streets, shows that some infatuated
though obscure individual, up in jack
son county, wants to make a martyr of
himself, 1t will be seen that he tangles
himself up in the folds of Vie Consti-
ton;
Dear Sir; My friends in Jackson
will present my name to th0COnventiOn
to be held in Portsmouth, some time in
July, as a suitable candidate to repre-
sent the Democracy in the Eleventh
Congressional District. would be
pleased to have your influence in my
favor in selecting Delegates to the Con-
vention. If my friends give me the
nomination l can assure them every
means within my power, regardless of
expense, will be used TO secure my
election. | can also assure my friends
that the fundamental principles of the
Government established by the patr OTIS
of '76, and sustained by the true Dem
oOracy ever since, will be safe In my
hands,
Hoping to see you at the Convention,
am yours respectfully.
/. 4. MoNAHAN.'"
We showed the above to our friend
|, T., aud he says the Register must be
green TO think that he is an obscure in
dividual. And we think so, too. /. 4.
suffered martyrdom during the war, in
ono Of LincOlns Bdsteeis, for the Lost
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-06-11

Col, Bond, Of the Scloto Gazette. Is making a
paper that suits US to L"-Marietta Register.
We should think that person would
be hard to suit If such a paper as the
Gazette would not suit him.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-06-11

E7-The Jackson Standard came to hand last
week with new head. Now II the editor viii
get new head, filled with democratic brains,
The Standard will eventualb " become decent
paper, III for white men to read. WGgertg
lPdtchmda.
democratic brains!" Who ever
heard of Democrat having brainsl
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-06-11

DEFuNor. james Buchanan, x-PIesident Of
the United States, is dead. His epitaph should
be: "Here lies the man who had 1t in his
power to save the Republic from civil war, and
thereby the lives of million men, and vet dis
gracefully failed to perform his duty" We have
no eulogy TO pronounce upon this pusillanimous
of his life. The popular verdict concerning
Buchanan Is correct. Let II remain through ali
time-COlambus Journal.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-06-11

GTWuEN our old friend ]. N. was
here last week, he clipped the follow
ing from the Chillicothe Gazette, and
made us promise to publish it. With
a sly wink, he said he thought it was a
rich thing on Capt. Raper;
"Capt. j. T. Raper. of the Vinton Recorl--tbe
only paperpublshed in that county--aso dropped
In TO see U.S. The Captain Is frequent and ever
welcome visitor. II seems that he finds It diff
cult to wear himself from the old town. Rumor
has II that ------- CTO he continued
in another column, something after this fash
ion; At the -, on the -, by the -, Cap
tain - TO ---.) Hour readers think they can
draw an inference, they are at perfect liberty
to take pull at this.
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October Election.

Sheriff:
R. D. STEPHENSON Is a candidate for Sheriff
of jackson county, Ohio, subject to the decision
of the Union County Convention,
oblige MANY vorERs.
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Death Of james Buchanan,

On Monday, June /, 1868, James
Buchanan died at his residence at
Wheatland, Pa, aged about n years.
He was a man of education and ability,
and held Office from his early manhood
until the end of his term as President,
March 4, 1861, In private life he stood
fair, but he was never married, His
administration as President was the
weakest and most disgraceful ever
known in this Government. Under his
administration the great rebellion was
begun.
Mr.. Buchanan's name will be re-
membered in history chiefly as the last
Democratic President, with the excep-
tion of Jefferson Davis.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-06-11

eTTmE ChillicOthe Aduertiser has
been enlarged, and is now one Of the
ablest Democratic papers in the State,
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,allot resulted as Eollowsi

On motion of Judge searl the nomihation Of
Mr.. Wilson was declared unanimous
For Congressional Elector Mr.. Harper received
20 votes and Mr.. H. 8. Neal IL. 4'7' #E =
The delegates from Scioto, Lawrence, Vintop
and jackson indicated their preference for Judge
as fol lows: II. A. ffowne of Portsmouth, IS;
Q. g. Hawley of IrontOn, 3. .F''i
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-06-11

lNIIW NVTV IN WITVtIVIs :"
June 1st 1868
jackson @ IL
Marses Examenars
| am "a years ofage born In jackson Co state
Of Ohio wish to DO examend In orthography
Reading Geography Arithmetic Grammar.
~-T--~-.
OF the five app llcants for certificates not one was
successful.
The Court of Common Pleas Is In session here
now The following indictments were found by
intent to commit rape John Ryan, murder IN
tho second degree. The latter was acquitted
X. c. sines, charged with grand larceny, was
found guilty, and will receive his sentence at the
close Of the Court.
The wheat aud grass crops Of this county look
very promising. Corn is not all planted yet.
DIS.
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Hoping to see you at the Convention,
| am yours respectfully,
/. ". MoNAMAN.' y

We showed the above to our friend
|, T., aud he says the Register must be
green to think that he is an obscure in
dividual, And we think so, too. 1T.
suffered martyrdom during the war, in
ono Of Lincoln's Bdsteeis, for the Lost
Cause. "Obscure" indeed. We will
have none of that about our friend l. T
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-06-11

We see by the Marietta papers that
Loomis, Republican, has been elected
Judge, at the special election, over
Cartwright, Democrat, by some 1900
majority. The Register gives the ma
jorities for Loomis in the several coun-
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-06-11

GECongress has been fof me time
engaged upon the tax bill,
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-06-11

JACKSON, y, IL. ONO, June y,
jackson county lies In the great mineral dis
trlct of Southeastern Ohio. II abOunds In cOal
and iron, and has besides some very good farm
ing land. jackson, the county seat, has perhaps,
$500 Inhabitants. Its best building is the new
court house, which Is not quite completed The
court house and Jail viii cost the county about
100000. Two iron furnaces are located here,
aud the third will soon be In operation. There
are not less thnn dozen In the county The
only railroad that penetates this county, Is tho
Portsmouth branch of tho NJ. & O. This gives
TO Jackson both rail aud river communication
with Cincinnati, the former by way OF Hamdcn
and the latter by way of Portsmouth. This
place improved more last summer than Il had
for many years previously, aud the indications
are that there viii be no falling off this season.
Besides the new furnace, a number OF business
and dwelling houses are going up. Jackson has
two weekly newspapers. Tho Stmdard, pub
llshed by ID, Mackley, Esq, Is the Republican
organ, and Is one Of the livest country sheets In
the State. This county IA In the 1lth Congress-
ioual District. which holds It's convention to-day
at Portsmouth.
The Jackson county Teachers Association pro-
pose holding Teachers Institute this season.
There Ii need of II, one would infer, from the
following applications which were made to the
county examiners last Monday:
'Mr Examiners wish to be examine In com.
mon branches. | have taught two terms was
born In London Eug, | am tweenty two years
OF age"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-06-11

eyAn agent of the Cincinnati Gazette
passed through Cur town last week,
and stopped day or two in this place.
He wrote to the Gazette his impressions
of our town as follows:
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-11-05
PERSONAL.

The Hon.sW .lliam Staples, formerly
Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Su-
preme court, died st Pros dence last
week
Ben Cutler, Surveyor General Of
New Mexico, and formerly Adjutaat
General of California died at Santa Fe
last week.
Only one English peer is now living
who has succeeded to his title. in tie
last century, namely, Earl Delaawarr,
who has held his honors since 1895.
Mrs, Mary l. Hutchison the moth.
er OF the Hntchison Family Of sinr.s
died OF paralysis, at Milford, n. IL,
September -, aged 50.
Elias Truax Of Rchtord. aged o5 yrs
last 4th of July, sent a Wooden pal
OF decidedly good work, to the Frank
In county Fair He can read and
write without glasses. At 81 he ska.
ted across Franklin pond IN fifteen
minutes, ad,stance of one mile and
quarter. He challenges any man at
the age of s5 or upwards tor 80 mile
walk III single day, on wager oIsl,
DDA
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-11-05
Discovery Ct q New California In South
Africa Immense Gold Fields Found
by . German Mineralo Sist.

Director Delmsr, of the Bureau of
Statistics, is in receip: of a commun,-
cation from the United States Consul
at Cape Town, announcing the discov-
cry OF immense gold fields in South
Africa. There are two auriferous dis
tricts, called Southern and Northern
gold fields. The former lie about ,0sl
miles north of Port Elizabeth. Alpoa
Bay, or 1896 miles north-northeast of
Cape Town, and the latter some $50
miles further north. They are from
300 to 400 miles west of the eastern
coast OF Africa, the Southern gold
field lying on the Tati and the North
cru field near the Zambesi river.
The route from Cape town leads
northeast through the center of Cape
Colony, over whose border it passes
where the Vaal falls into the Orange
river; thence northeast skirtino the
western borders of the Boer, or Dutch
Republics, OF Orange and Transvaal-
until it strikes the northern forks ol
Iati river, an aff;uveRt of the Limpopo
river The Consul says, under date of
August | 4, 1868, that thousands are
now tlocking there in search Of new
California The British flag flies owe,
The misers' settlements, though Pre-
torious, the President of Transvaal
has annexed portion of the aurif
erous coun r. by proclamation.
The Cape Town A,yus, Of July %
1868, contains full accounts OF the dis
coveries, and indulges in the most ex
travagaut dreams of the future o.
South Africa The specimens re-
ceiyed at Cape Town are very rich
and the whole colony is in state OF
the widest eK,iten It costs e5l
to tio for transportation from Cape
Town to the diggings in bullock wag
ons, at the rate OF twenty mile- pei
day, but company is being formed
which will secure regular communica
tlon at reasonable rates between Por,
Elizabeth and the gold fields by means
ofmule wagon trains, to 90 through
in twenty TO twenty v-five days from Al.
goa bay. The discoveries were made
by Herr Carel Manch, a German min
eralogist, who first penetrated the coun
try in 1864.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-11-05
In Two No.a-ues.

One Of the most perfect illustrations
of sauce in its popular sense, with
which We are acquainted, is conveyed
in the reply once given by French
prizes, to his bishop. 1t is regulation
made by cano.ical law that priest
cannot keep a female servant to man
age a household unless she be of the
assigned age of at least forty years
1t once happened that bishop dincd
with a priest at whose house the pre-
late had arrived in the course Of a Wis
.ta,ion tour. On that occasion he found
that they were waited on 4, dinner by
two quiet pretty female attendants, OF
some twenty years each. When the
diocesan and subordinate We're once
more alone, the FORMER remarked on
the uncanonical condition OF his house.
aoii. and asked he priest il he were
not aware that by a rule OF the church
ne could but maintain one servant,
Who must have attained ut least forty
years II am quite aware of it. Mon
seigneur," said the rubicund father;
but you see, lprcfer having my house
keepers in two volumes
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-11-05
+ l. ECT NJ l s c L l. L \ n Y
Slang.

There is nothing more irresistible
han slang phrase n this county
Give it start, and it will spread over
the land like contagion. A new lash
on Will not make way more rapid!y,
,r more inevitably. You can not tell
whence II comes, nor how 1t originated;
mos, generally 1t is a bastard wa,cn
nobody owns. But, Tor All hat, Il
.na>es its way in the world more sdy-
;es,tully than the legitimate sernacn-
lar. With an eifrontery, which notn-
ns can abash, it obtrudes Itself iato
society that ought to be above 1t, and
in>idiously steals into the conversation
of those who despise it. Slang is low,
vulgar speech, and, like everything
se low aud Vulgar, possesses coarse
lsc.nation that is the secret OF his pow
.r. is an outlaw to the language,
ecognzing no rules nor proprletles-
4 shame to pure speech and All offence
to cult waited m.nis. And yet there
a'e p-rsoas who speak in slang almost
* ,tus,- y. and who, if debarre' tfon
We use Of it, would hardly be ..b,e 10
express Their ideas. With suSh per
~o,s, ,,ilat's so and you bel" ase lie
gems of the language, which they nev
II weary OF using or admlring. Il t
were no. for our women there would
b, danger of having our English smoth
cred in slang. They seldom use it
a well.bred woman neveruses it. Slang
lows in low channels remote 'front.' {
,.ealms of prorriety i'll which women
dwell. II they hear it, it is strange to
them and their innate delicacy at once
shrinks from familiar acquaintance
with it. This is why. in all enli2hten-
ed countries. women, scarcely less than
scholars. are the conservators OF the
purity AMI beauty OF their language,
IS ,ey are also the conservators OF re
ligion and morals \ great deal OF the
article called Il b raj education" in
this day, is the merest tinsel--the
pinchbeck surface gliding that hides
coarscness and ignorance. A test OF
moderate severity-say an hours ami |
mated conversation on various topics
IS generally sufficient 20 reveal the |
The imagined educated
man. in the extravaganza OF his excite
ment, exhausts his stock OF thorough.
bred standard works, and is forced t.
resort to the pat ynlgarisms Of tn
street to keep his tongue going. A
m IN of taste instinctively avoids these
Even slight acquain
tance with the pure and simple word,
and expressions Of our majestic Ian
z lag, used by great authors, is sufli-
c.eni to create reference tor sucl
words, and engend.r a disgust Tor tn
lille climate phrases that are coined IN
s able yards aud gamblers rooms.--St
LOUIS Home JoWNsl
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-11-05
Bow a Farmer Loses Money.

BY not taking good home paper.
Keeping no account OF home opera
tions.
Paying no attention to the MAXIM
"A stitch in time saves nine" in re-
gard to sowing OF grain and planting
of seed at the proper season.
Leaving reaper, plow, cultivators
etc, uncovered from the rain and heat
OF the sun.
More money is lost in this way than
most persons are willing to be ieve.
Permitting broken implements to be
scattered over the farm until they are
lrrepairable. BY repairing broken i'm
plements at the proper time many dol
lars can be saved, proof of the asser-
ton that time is money
Attending the auction sales, and pur-
chasing all kinds Of trumpery, because
in the words of the yender the arti-
cles are ''ver., cheap
Allowing fences to remain unrepair.
ed until strange cattle are found graz
ing in the meadow, grain fields, OF
biuising the fruit trees.
Disbelieving the principle of rota
ton of crops before making single
experiment.
Planting fruit trees with the expec
tation OF having fruit, without givins
the trees halt the attention required tt
make them profitable.
Practlcing economy by deprivins
stock of prooer shelter during the win
ter, and giving them unsound food
such as half rotten and mouldy hay ant
fodder
Keeping an innumerable tribe Of rat
on the premises, and two or three laz,
dog that eat up more in m month thai
they are worth in a whole life time.
And lastly he loses by not readn!
the advertisement of those vino patron
ize the printer. they have been inva
rlably the most enterprising and liber
al houses to deal with, when he goe
! to town.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-11-05
GEN EK.AE. NEWS

Maine sent LII Smiths, ~
Browns, and 3s5 Joneses into the war.
\ box of Boston letters rec, n.ly % t
i'll mail, has turael up in New
/ ork, nothing being lost except the
interest on 100000, containd in it,
while lying idle.
4 novel relic has been exhumea in
West Springfield, in the shape OF a
privateers commission, bearing date
sept. Is, 17s2, and signed By John
Hancock, Governor OF Massachusetts,.
tanned.
There are -, 800 rumsellers in Penn
sylvan 4, and l6,s79 school teachers.
Cost OF supporting schools, SIS, i65,759;
vniue or liquor consumed s33liS7000
A bridge is projected across the
Delaware, at Philadelphia, to be 5000
feet long and i'll the centre 900 teet
above high water mark The cost of
the structure wien completed is esti-
mated at S2,ooo,aoU.
During August the New York Post
Office sent 1860 letters and reciev.
ed 100000, besides a monv-or,ier
business Of 100000.
Near New Bedford, Mass is a
property of ESQ acres owned and oc-
cupied by Charles r. Tucker, and
which has been held by the same tam
ily since its settlement by Henry Tue
ker in 1860.
Farms in Arkansas sell at from
three to five cents an acle. A local
paper says that dirt is so cheap vou
have to look sharp or they will Snug
gle an extra forty or so on you in ma
king out the deed.
Three hundred hooks iave been
written about the Amegsan rebellion,
and 1900 about the short Prussian
war in 1866
The Prussiar Government is very
seriously considering the propriety of
sboiishiny The death penalty
In Elgland, an office for the man
ula.sure and sale of fscrmons has been
t .ablished. None but he genuine or
thodox article re produced. They
a warranted to tit.
Swearing on the bible was first in
troduced into judicial proceedings by
the Saxons about A. ID. 600 1t was
called corporeal oath, because the
witness touched with his hand part
zen e at the Hell S,r.rue.
The Archbishop OF Pra sua opposes
the new constitution ol Austria, de-
;lares the law regarding civil mar
riages null and void, and threatens to
all who dare deny tie
character OF le union of
nan and wife
The French Atlantic cable is now
being manufactured in Eng and. The
Great Eastern will take Il 10 he SUB.
merged next July, between Brest, on
hid northeast coast OF France, and the
United States, rta ST Pierre, Gull OF St
Lawrence,
An exchange says, 2 posts splitfrom
.he same log We're set Tor sat- posss,
,ne top end % tAe ground tn cth0.
butt c5pl m tat4 aeoaEC l4y frst ,ast h,l
seN Nens> e. u.s. ...c other ten elts
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-11-05

The Boston Comaierc,ei Rs.Jsir ~
lates the following
Rather a good story has bern yrla..
ed to MS 10y an oil Statc s. rect ri.,l ~
regard to the author al the tic o ls.
nous New England advocate. p
the author aforesaid, was ratis,r rse
DANTE individual, and fond 81 sktns
questions in regard to ancient his ory.
with the view OF airing his own knowl
edge on the subject After postsn,
himself well in Rolin. he came Iowa
to the breakfast table OF the litGa
states Hotel, one morning, and seeing
John Holmes-who, having ordered
ms breakfast, was sitting in that calm
state OF mind which .precedes The morn
ing mea!-hc accosted hiE' pompoasiy
with:
"Ah Holmes, you are Just the man
TO answer the question taat has come
up in my mind this morning. Gan vou
tell me in what year Of his reign the
second Ptolemy died =
Holmes leaned back in his chair and
looking at P, with we'll counterfeit
ed amazement, said in yoice audible
the length Of the dining room.
is Ptolefny dead, poor old cuss
havn't looked at i newspaper these
three days"
P had no more historical aues.
tions to ask while Holmes boarded al
the United States.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-11-05

A I-oSG WAY While trutle-
ing along one day all alone, solder
met a Methodist circutridrr, and at
once recognized him as such, but af-
iected ignorance Of it.
Preacher-What command do YOU
belong to-
Soldier belong to the tn Tex.
as Regiment, Van Dorm army What
army do You belong to =
Preacher, very solemnly-"I belong
to the army of the Lord
Soldier-"Ny friend, you've got a
very long way from head quarters y
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-11-05

THE NAME IowA.-It is SAID that the
Indians. who made the W ord and alon,
lnew its definition, pronounce Iowa as
t spelled Wah--putting heavy
stress on the ending syllable AMI they
ly it does not mean "beautiiul land
IS has been generally and poetically
Imagined, but has meaning equally
: poetical an.t tar more substantial ::
An .always Home" That is, home
,retty much forever-or as long as
tou desire it. We accept the amend
nent, and pass it over to tie public
or third reading.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-11-05


MoNEy-Preeious metals are older
than history Two thousand years be-
fore Christ, Abraham, the Chaldean
shepherd, whose children have never
st their faith, nor his thrift, through
a hundred and fourteen generations.
returned from Egypt, very rich in
cattle, in silver and goid." \ forwards,
says the Biblical record, he bought Il !
cave of Machphelah-where his bones
We're to rest beside those OF Sarah, the
wife Of his youth-tor four hundred
shekels OF silver, current money xith
the merchant" The Catholic version
has It common current money" Her
odotus asserts that coinage originated
with the Lyd;ans. The worlds CONS
since have been like leaves of autumn.
Most are extinct, but the British AIu.
scum preserves more than one hundred
and twenty thousand varieties. The
Paris collection is still greater. and is
increased by two or three thousand
every year. The cabinet Of the Phil.
adelvhia Mint contains mauy antique
specimens. Here are the self same
coins which pious ancients placed be-
tween the cold lips OF their dead tr
pay old Charon the ierriagc over ne
Styx. Here are ia es OF rulers an cap
ta:ns, down to our own day, fom AL
exandria OF Macedon, and tie might
est Julius who bestrode the narrow
world like Colossus.