The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-01-27
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1t is stated that three years age
Postmaster General Randall was
bankrupt, and ,thatihe now is WORT
$500 1000. Itfs remarkable how rap
idly Radical office holders accumulat,
large fortunes.
The United States troops are being
called out il Georgia to prevent III
negroes from numbering the whites
The whites are leaving the country
and moving into the city of Savannah
for safety. "Let rs have peace
Col. Samuel Pike has taken leave
of the Akron City Times as its writ
ing editor. We hope 500 to be able
to chronicle his resumption of editor
al labors, He is o good an editor to
remain out of service.
The phrase "not worth a continen-
tai dam" originated in the TACT that
counterfeit notes OF Continental cur
rency were marked dam, which were
a mere abreviation of the Latin word
damnatus, condemned. So says Grant
White.
Col. Forney writes that "there is
no longer any doubt that the South
ern people have made up their minds
to accept the situation" They accep-
ted the situation three years ago or
Gen. Grant lied.
Thomas 81. Key died at Cincinnati,
last Friday, of pulmonary consump-
ton Houros T,l oo,
the staff of General Mcclellan: during
the war, and was an able lawyer. He
the Democrtic candidate for .Su-
preme Judge in 1865 and 1867. His
death will be deeply lamented by his
many thousand friends in this and
other States.
A Sw1sDLE.-The subscription list
of the Farmers Chronicle, an agricul-
tural paper, has been transferred to
the Ohio State Journal, q bitter RSdic-
al sheet.-Those who subscribed for
the Chronicle did so for the purpose
an agricultural paper, and
they cannot be excepted to feel over
ly good at being sold out in such style.
JOHN BUTLER.-This old, we'll
known and respected citizen of Kill
buck township, died Saturday last.
was born in Monongahela county,
Virginia, on the 18th day of Novem-
Der, 1898. He immigrated to Ohio
So. years ago, and has been a resident
of Holmes county SIS years.-He was
a man of sterling integrity, and WAS
universally respected he has always
been a good Democrat; served six
years in the Office Of County Commits.
On Tuesday the following q. 9
were elected for six years
from the 18th of March next:
Hannibal HamIin, Rep, of Maine;
John Scott, Rep, of Pennsylvania
Reuben Fenton, Rep, ofNew York;
J. A Bayard, Rep, of Delaware;
Karl Schurz. Rep, of Missouri;
J.P. Stockton, Dem, of New Jer-
sey
Elections also took place in Min
nesota, Indiana, Nevada and West
Virginia, which resulted in favor of
the Radical candidates.
Observation-Disclosures is getting very
here, especially the danning
business receipts falling far below
demandi AS everybody Hcnts- mon
ey, and nobody seems to haue any, We
are Involuntary led to exclaim, in
the language of our illustrious Presi-
dent elect, Let US have peace
Gazette.
This. is the cry, everywhere. Radio
tilancieripg is bringing forth BIZ
ter fruits = "Farmer."
Money! The very mention of it
our hair stand on emil.
A Red Hot One Tho Bucyrus
(O.) Forum has a correspondent who
himself Thomas Phoebe: In a
ate number of that paper he says: 81
ike Nasty. AL the Phoole family
ike Nasty. II l see a man on the
,yars readin' Nasty, I never ask an
Introduction, but just march right up
him and say, Chow do you do,
.r. Phoole. l never yet failed to find
ne of my first cuzzins, who votes as
lie shot a revolver, six times"
The paliudrome is a line that reads
like backward and forward. One of
he best is Adams first observation
Eve: Madam, Pm Adam" An
ther is the story that Napoleon, when
t st. Helena, being asked by an
Inglishman if he could have sacked
london. replied cable was I ere I
aw Elba"-the best palindrome,
robably, in the language. !
Income Tax.-Gentlemen, your in ,
ome tax for the year 1868 is wanted.
lake out your return. If, after hav: !
ig paid State tax, county tax, town
lip tax, special tax, direct tax, indi: !
sct tax, tax on your clothes, tax on
our food, tax on everything you
ave and eat and wear, you have any r
1T of your years earnings ever one
lousand dollars, prepare to hand in r
our tax on that. What blessed t
lings taxes, national debt, bond-hold- g
rs and radical rule are to be sure. F
A Witty Highwayman.-Severa 3
ears ago, .a,noted highwaymaa vas !.
rested in the youth Of Ireland, and j
lriosity dew numbers to the Jail to T
e tie mar loaded with irons who h
ad long been a terror to the country. Il
mong others was a banker, whose n
otes at that time were not held In v
le highest estimation, who assured \
prisoner that he WA very glad to Fl