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The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-10

A drunken chsp with . box Of matches
10 his pocket lay down in . vacsu. Tot on
Locust street the other night to enjoy .
quiet snoose. While rolling over 10 his
sleep the matches took ere. AwsEeainS
be suuffed the air suspioiously, suels
the burning birthstone, and ejsculated,
Just as I expected. 10 hill (hic) BY
bokey,"
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-10

A remedy for stiugs Of wssp., bees
&c., that often proves 'dficctual, 10 simply
to hold . chest key or any hollow key
over the place stuug, press 1t hard into
tho flesh for . minute or 80, and when
taken of the poison will bs on he ssr.
face of the Acsh and do no harm, A
thimbls with tight top will do, bat nos
quite 80 we'll.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-10

The mystery Of physical life 10 90 vast
that the heavens slons yu6ee to c0ptsin
it, and yet i. 10 fcuud Wrapped in the
husk Of the Jiniest seed. a. 10 equally
problematical that lips spoE which The
silent angsr Of death has bsss laid are
the most eloquent of Hsaves.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-10

He who thinks better Of his aeighbors
than they deserve, cannot b bad man,
for the standard by which his dsemsus
10 formed 10 the goodness Of his own
heart l. is the base only Who believe
al men base, or, 10 other words, like
Themselves.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-10
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The Edgegof the Axe.

We begin now to have what our
clerical fiiends term "a realizing sense
of the Presidents meaning when he
officially proclaimed his determination
to exhaust the powers of the Govern
ment' in enforcing the Ku-Klux act.
We see it in Akerman carrying the
election III North Carolina by what
virtually amounted to a threat of out
lawry against those voting for the
constitutional convention. We sec
it in Louisiana, where, with marching
and counter-marching of regiments,
and glitter of bayOnets, and military
occupation. of Federal premises, the
Presidents own party is shorn in two
with a blade of sharpest discrimination,
and the Presidents creatures admitted
to the rewards and benefits of ortEo,
doxy, while the Presidents opponents
are thrust off into involuntary heresy
and schism. In the light of that New
Orleans Convention, and the short,
sharp, peremptory C~romwellism of lis
methods, there is no longer any room
for doubt in regard to the construction
General Grant has put upon the en-
forc2ment bill, nor in regard to the
use lie intends to make of it. He in.
terprets it as giving him the virtual
dictatorship of the South, and he in
tends to use that dictatorship in such
Il way as will secure to him the actual
dictatorship OF the whole country.
Democratic opposition he makes
light of, and Radical opposition he in
tends to coerce, and he has coerced it
in the case of Warmoth, with bayo-
nets and artillery, and locking out
This is his answer to Greeley's one
term programme, ahf this is his re
Spouse to the Democratic doctrine OF
the new departure which, as the
Hon. William Pinckney Whyte, in a
recent speech, happily showed, chiefly
and essentially means that Grant and
his following shall depart from the
y hite House in March, 1873. The
President truckles to politicians like
Boutwell,, whom he sunposes to have
favors to dispense; but when politi-
clans like Warmoth- threatens him, he
presents arms! Meanwhile, it is not
unworthy 10 note that, while the regi-
ments ere counter marching around
Custom-houses. in New Orleans, and
officiating at elections in Charleston,
the cry that comes so unanimously and
pitiluily from Montana for protection
from the dark and terrible menace OF
the impending outbreak of the Sioux
is met by the response: "No troops
to spare p ashington Patriot.
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The Earth.

The favorite theory of BIOLOGISTS,
that this globe on which we live is in
its interior a mass of motion rock COW
cred with a comparatively thin crust
of solid matter, has been seriously call
ed in question by some recent specu
~lations. The thickness Cor thinness)
heretofore assigned to the solid crust
has been estimated at fifty miles, the
computation being based upon the in
creasing temperature shown in mines
according to the depth they were sunk
below the surface, 1t being found,
for example. that at the depth Of one
mile the heat reaches a certain num-
Der ofdegrees, it has been concluded
that it would continue to increase to-
ward the centre, until, at a depth of
fifty miles, it would be sufficient to
melt rock. But it is now suggested
that a crust of but fifty miles thick
ness. however hard, would, consider
ing the immense diameter of the earth,
be as elastic as a soap bubble, while
the interior fluid mass would be snb-
ject to tides like the ocean. The
result would be that we should have
regular earthquakes twice a day all
over the earth without exception
This not being our experience, the
theory of the fifty-mile crust must be
given up as untenable, and some other
explanation of the origin of volcanoes
and earthquakes sought for.
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To Make Mischief.

Keep your eyes on your neighbors.
Take care of them. They may do
something wrong if you don't. To be
sure, YOU never knew them 10 do any
thing bad, but it may be on your ac-
CT uni they have not. Perhaps if it
had not been for your kind care they
might have disgraced themselves a
long time ago. Therefore do not de-
linquish any effort to keep them where
they ought to. be. Never mind your
own business-thst will take care OF
itself. There is a Ia passing along
he is looking over the fence-be sus-
picious of him perhaps he contem-
plates stealing some of these dark
nights; there is no knowing what queer
fancies he may have got into his head
If you find any symptoms of any
one passing out of the path of duty,
tell every one else that you see, and
be particular to see a great many. 1t
is a good way to circulate things,
though it may not benefit yourself or
any one else particularly. Do keep
something going-silence is dreadful,
though it is said that there was silence
in heaven for the space of half an hour,
do. not let any such thing occur on
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Spurious Money.

1t has been ascertained that coun.
~terfeit bills on the following banks are
being circulated: On the Merchants
National Bank of New York City,
$50 and So are easily disposed of. The
engraving is admirably executed upon
first class paper, and is looked upon
as being a very dangerous counterfeit
Ten dollar bills of the American Ma
tional Bank, Broadway, New York,
are freely circulated. They are well
executed, but can be detected by the
difference Of the shading Of the large
letters. There are two sets of coun-
tel feits issued on the Ninth National
Bank of New York: they are SO and
81 bills, are well executed, and print
ed on good paper, and very likely to
deceive. On the National Bank of
the State of New York there are $50
and 81 counterfeits. They are well
executed, but the shading under the
title of Bank is bad. These bills
should be received with great caution
to prevent imposition.
There are several counterfeit issues
of United States Treasury notes, the
most prominent being $50 bills OF
March 10, 1862. These are finely
executed, the printing and engraving
being above the ordinary class, but
the shading in the background OF the
vignette is coarse. A third fraudu.
lent plate for so United States Treas
ury notes has just come to light; 1t
does not come up to the second plate,
but the imitation is coed. Many i'm
PROJECTIONS of The second plate have
also been rectified in the plate
There are q number of SO United
States Treasury notes of the secono
issue so well executed that the bes
experts can hardly tell the difference
between the counterfeit and the genu
inc. They can only be detected il
the defective engraving OF the por
trait of Lincoln. A large number O
$50 Treasury notes, well executed, il
several instances have passed as genu
inc. Twenty dollar bills of the SAM
denomination, of March 3, 1868, ar
extensively circulated, the engraving
being f~irst-class and paper good
There are also a number of 81 and s
bills, but in these cases the ell g 'avinI
is coarse, and with a little attention
can be easily detected.
Counterfeits of United States legal
tender notes of $40 and 81 are quit
plentiful, bus as the engraving is yer,
coarse they are not readily accepted
The following is a list OF the coun
try notes which are also said to be free
ly circulated at every given opportuni
ty: Twenty-dollar bills on the Firs
National Bank of Boston, Mass.
these notes arc we'll executed an
printed on GOOD paper, but arc detee
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Ter; Treasurer, Col. Joseph D. Stubs;
Commissioner, George Fighinger I;
Infirmary. Director, Alexander F.
Smalley ; Coroner, S. G. Parker.
The name Of S. B. Coulter, as can-
didate for Representative, vas received
with much applause, as. he is a well
known, earnest and effective worker
in the Temperance cause.
The remarks made by S. B. Coul-
ter, T. H. Seton, r. Lockhart editor
of the Loudonville Independent, John
J. Ashenhurst, II. l.. Stearns and S
G. Parker, exhibited the spirit of the
Convention and showedi plainly that
the Prohibitionists of Ashland county
were in earnest in their desire to sec
our country freed from the distressing
thraldom of the dram shop.
The Convention appointed a Cen
trail Committee co2sisting..of r. Lock
hart of Hanover, Chairman; III. l.
.Stcarns, Green T.. H. Seton. Yer
million; Samuel Shively, Mif1in j
Z. DIcCarty, Jackson; John j. Ash.
enhurst, Montgomery; and Abner Fin.
ley of Lake.
1t was agreed to furnish an account
of the proceedings to each of the
County papers, and the Prohibition
Era, Tor publication.
9. o. Tannehill, Chm
John j. Ashenhurst, Sec'y
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Senatorial Convention.

The Republicans of this District
held a Convention in Ashland on Tues
day August 22d, for the purpose OF
nominating a candidate for the Senate.
The District is composed of Richland,
Ashland, Medina and Lorain counties
The first three counties had each a
candidate, Richland county present
Andrew Burns Jr., Ashland county
Albert L. Curtis, and Medina county
James A. Bell. The Convention or
ganized and proceeded to ballot for
candidates. This amusement contin-
ued for about thirty-fve ballots, when,
by a lucky turn of the wheel, Mr.. Bell
was nominated. Considerable bitter
ness existed between the Richland and
Ashland delegates because neither
would yield their man, and the cheese
mougers of Lorain and Medina carried
off TIE prize. Who is Mr.. Bell He
is the brother in law of the notorious
II. G. Blake, aud n shriveled, quiet.
good n atured, but ~conceity, higher
plare old codger who expects TO turn
the grindstone for my Lord John
Sherman and Harrison G.. Blake.
We have been requested by several
Republicans to PROFOUND the following
questions, to which a candid response
is requested /:
l.. If elected to the State Senate,
will you vote for the reelection of
John Sherman to the United States
Senate ?
2 Will You vote for a joint resolu-
ton instructing our Senators and re
qucsting our Representatives in Con
gress, to use their influence, and vote
for universal amnesty?
8. Will you vote for n resolution
instructing our Senators, and request
ing orr Representatives in Congress,
to vote against and oppose all further
schemes for appropriating any more OF
the public lands for the benefit of cor
porate monopolies of every kind?
4. Will you vote to tax United
States Bonds the same as the real and
personal property of the people of Ohio
are taxed upon the Duplicates of the
various counties in the State?
5. Are you opposed to the San
Domingo job?
6. Are you in favor of the repeal
or modification of the present Liquor
Laws of this State?
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1wnoS
TO PHYSICIANS
NEW YORK. Anrnst 18th. 1859.

New YORK, August 18th, 1863.
Allow ne to call your attention 10 my
PREPARATION OF COMPOUND EXTRACT
BUCHU. The component paris are, BUCaU,
LONG LEAF; CUBEBS, JUNIfEit BERRIES.
MODE OF PREPARiTfoN.-Duch:, Ill Vac1o,
Juniper Berries, by distliiatioa, to form q fEc
gin. Cubebs extracted By displacement with
sugar is ssed, md a. small proportion of spirit. 1t
is more pa.atibi. than any now III Use.
Bucl,u as prepared by Druggists, Is OF q dark
color. II is u plant that emlts It's fr2i;rnlicc tEo
cctioa of 4 flainc destroys this OTIS active prin-
ciplc) leaving a Clark AMI Ciutiuous dccoetion-
Nine is the color of Ingredients. The Blchll
in my preparation prGG1iainaics; the smallest
quantity ~ The other ingredients are added, TO
prevent icrInc. .tatioI: upon Inspection II VIII &c
1UaIid ECt TO he Il liIctGrr, as made i'll PharEaa-
copGGl, Lor is it a SyrGp-aad lhcreiort can be
Used Ill Cases where fever or Inflammation exists.
III this, you have the knowledge q tie inSre-
Gieuts and the mode of preparation.
Looping that yIu VIII iarpr II win a trial, AMI
that upon inspection il vii EIcct with yoar aI-
prObatiOil,
With u feeling OF profound confidence,
li.El, Very Respectfully,
II. +. uELMPoLD,
Chemist and Drag. ist OF ID years experience.
(crom the largest Manufacturing Checklists il tho
Murld.)
November 4, 1S4.
II am acquainted with Nj. IL. r. Holmbold;
dence- and was successful in conducting the bust
ness where others had not tsrrn equally so before
him. l have bccu favorn5ly i.nIrcssta with his
Character and enterprise"
WILLIAHT NETGTTTMAN.
Firm of Powers and VIC ": .rnnn. Manufacturing
Chemists, N.nt.l aId GrVmu Streets, Phi
ndeilEiI.
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Aug 18th, 1871.

The Editor of the Times flies into n
rage and INDUCES in The verbiage of Il
fsherwoman over the alleged Demo
cratic defaulters whom he claims An
drew johnson appointed to Office.
We asked him and Sherman to name
the defaulters who they allege compose
the seven alluded to. He mention
ed certain citizens ofthis County /; and
when put to the wall, declares he did
not say they were defaul:ers, but sim
ply Democrats! This is a non sequi-
ter. We did not say Andy johnson
had appointed no Democrats to office;
but we did say thathe had not appoint
ed a Democrat to Office who subse-
quently became adefaulter to the gov,
eminent. The Editor of the Times
did say that seven of the three hum
dred were defaulting Democrats APP
pointed to office by Andy johnson.
We denied it and demanded the proof.
TX louis " SIHO II. L AS ulu HOG III
tend to respond to III question, why
did he drag citizens of Ashland county
into the controversy? What had
they to do with d~efalcations alluded to ?
We had known the gentlemen men
toned, to be men of integrity and
honor, and hence repealed the silly in
Aendo made by dishonesty garbling n
sentence of u inquiry. Now sir,
name the defaulters or admit you can
not. Swearing and calling hard names
will do no good. If you can't keep
cool, put a little ice in your hat, and
remember the denouement of the fool
ish bragger of Rhodes.
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to a man who has faithfully acquitted
himself as Judge. How long will the
Republicans of this County consent
to eat dirt to,gratify the greed of the
party leaders in Richland county :?
From present indications we are inclin-
ed tothink they have backbone enough
to refuse any longer to be made the
supple tools of the Mansfield rats
After the Ashland county delegates
retired, the name of MI. Class was
withdrawn, and that of Darius Dir
lam of Mansfield, substituted. Rich
land county having a majority of dele
gates, nominated Mr.. ,Dirlam, and
now requests Ashland and Morrow to
acquiesce in his nomination! Will
they do it? We think it very uncer-
tain whether the Republicans of this
County will continue to ''eat the hum
BILE bread" prepared for them by the
sharks and shysters of Mansfield
In our opinion, political Judges are a
nuisance anyhow. When a man is
placed upon the Bench he should be
Invested of political prejudices and
give his whole attention to the care
full and conscientious discharge of his
duties. He should be honest, discreet
| capable and fearless in the discharge
of lis official duties. A political buck
ster and windy mountebank should
never be placed upon the Bench for
the reason that such a man is incapable
of adjoining it.
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tive on examination with the genuine;
twenty dollars on the Fourth National
Bank of Philadelphia the engraving
in this case is very coarse, and can
soon be detected by any one accus-
toned to handling paper money tw en-
ty dollars on the First National Bank
of indianapolis these notes are we'll
calculated to deceive, and are well
printed +; the plate used a be easily
altered to any of the national currency
bank notes 1; five dollars on the Peo-
pies National Bank Michigan these
are pc ,rly got up; ten dollars on the
Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Poughkeepsie; these bills are well ex-
ccuted and printed upon good paper,
and will prove a dangerous counter
felt.
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Proceedings OF the Prohibition
County Convention.

The Prohibition Convention of Ash
land County, was held in Coulter's
Hall, at Perrysville, Ohio, on Saturday
August 26, 1871. The Convention
was called to order at 2 o'clock P. NJ,
and organized by appointing C. O..
Tannehill, Chairman, and John j.
Ashenhurst, Secretary.
After the object of the meeting had
been stated by the Chairman, the fol-
lowing resolutions, introduced by Jno,
J. Ashenhurst. we're unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, The traffic in intoxica-
ting drinks-as a beverages a dis
honor to christian civilization, a po-
litical wrong of unequallcd enormity,
and not capable Ct being regulated or
restrained by any system of license,
whatever; but imperatively demand
ing for its suppression, effective legal
Prohibition ; therefore
LEeoOSCSIy 4hdI III view vi ILLS, anu
in as much as the existing political
parties, either oppose or ignore this
great and paramount question, we arc
driven by an imperative sense of duty
to sever our connection with these pc
iitical parties and give support tc
the Prohibition party, which promise
to give us protection from the inferna
system of Dram Shops in our land.
Resolped, That we declare our adj
herence to, and firmly believe in tn
business of the principles adopted b.
the National Prohibition Convention
which met in Chicago, September 2nc
1869, and invite all true friends of tn
Temperance to the support O
the tickets placed in the field by Stat
and County conventions.
On motion a committee of tire
was appointed to select a ticket-T
III. Seton, Fl. L.. Stearns and Jno. j
Ashenhurst. The following Tickle
was presented and approved of by tn
Convention
For Representative, Samuel B. Coul
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PROBATE NOTICES.

The following Administrators. Elk
ecutors and Guardians, have filed in
the Probate Court Of Ashland county,
Ohio, their Partial and Final accounts
for settlement, VIZ:
Partial account of William Gill, Guar
dian of Leora Hosler. -.
Final acct of Robert Nelson, decd, as
Guardian OF John G. Nelson, filled by
Anna L.. Nelson, Executrix.
Final acct of E. Fritzinger and John Girl
ner, Executors of Elizabeth Griner, decd.
Partial acct of Henry L. Bishop, Guard
ian of Melinda J. Devor.
Final acct of Alexander Atkins, Guard
ian of Sidney c. Atkins. decd.
Partial acct ofC. H. Tangeman and Fred.
Schwan, Admr's and Commissioners of
John Scheidt, decd.
And the same will be for hearing
on the 4th day Of Sept. a. d. 1871,
at 10 o'clock A NJ.
D. ". WmITMoRE,
nos 3w Probate Judge.
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COUNTY TICKET.
tut OVI UItcI,
DANIEL AMBROSE

The following gentlemen will please act
as our agents in the formation of Clubs and
to whom the subscription can De paid:
John Smith and q. w. Bowerize, Troy.
A. s. Reed and r. McAdoo. Sullivan.
r. Weston and ", ". McCray, and Jas.
Grinold, Ruggles.
J-McCutchin and G. Hunter, Clearcreek.
ii. d. Ruth and John Doty, Mffflin.
Paul Oliver and Miss E. Rice, Green.
W. Garrett, W. Wolf, George Honey
barger, and John Younker, Hanover.
W. Wycof and Geo. Limerick, Lake.
W. A. Gardner, J. Metcalf, c. K. Boil
man, and ]. S. Weatherbee u. Paullins, and
John Wilson, Mohican-
John Van Nest, n. Weaver, James Scott,
]. p. Smalley, David Wygandt, and Jacob
Sheets, Perry.
]. E Chase, W. Buchanan, J c. Bolls,
and g.. Mcconnell, Jackson.
NJ. C. Davis, w. Armentrout, D. Fox,
Geo. Buchanan, and o. H. Scott, Vermil-
lion.
J. Alberson, s. Markell J.. Russell. A.
Miller. and w. Peters, Orange.
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itIwould be too much for this

earth, itIwould be too much for this
mundane sphere.
If, after all your watchful care, you
a see any thing outofthe way in any
one, you may be SUR it is not because
they have not. done any thing bad /;
perhaps, in an unguarded moment,
you lost sight of them-throw out
hints that they are no better than
they should be-that you should not
wonder if the people found out what
they were after awhile; that then they
may not carry their heads so high
Keep it going, and some one may take
the hint and begin to help you along
after a while-then there will be mu-
sic, and every thing will work to a
charm.
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Republican Judicial Convention.

The Republicans, for this Sub Divis
ion, held a Convention in Mansfield
On Friday last to put in nomination a
candidate for Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas. The candidates nam.
ed prior to the meeting ofthc Conven-
2 ton were, William Osborn, of Ashland
and Isaac Class, of Mansfield. Judge
Osborn having had the position one
term it was presumed he would be
conceded a re-nomination. When the
convention organized and proceeded
to ballot for candidates, Morrow coun
ty brought forward the name of Mr..
Gurley, as her favorite. This chang
cd the programme. The contest now
began in earnest, and was continued
without a definite result for some eigh-
ty ballots, when the delegates from
Ashland withdrew from the conven-
ton disgustedsswith the whole proceed
ing. The politicians of Mansfield ever
true to their own selfish interests re-
fused to concede anything TO Ashland
and Morrow counties, but claimed all
for modest old Richlapd. The Ash
land county delegates refused to be
regarded any longer as a mere append
age to Mansfield, and walked SBf,-
That the Republicans of Ashland eoun.
9ty were entitled to the nominee seems
to US quite clear. That they presented
o candidate of excellent character, OF
good legal attainments, and a sound
Republican, is equally certain. Why
then was he not nominated? The
reason is obvious-Mansfield is the
District? In her selfish demands, hel
politicians thrust aside the usages Of
all parties, and refuse a second term
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Judicial Convention.

The Delegates elected to the Dem
cratic Judicial Convention, for the
District composed of the counties OF
Morrow, Riehland and Ashland, are
hereby notified to meet at Mansfield.
on Thursday, the 31st of August,
1871, to nominate a Democratic can
didate for Judge of the Court of COM
mon Pleas for said District.
JOEL MYERS,
H. S. PROPHET,
GEO, w. URIE.
Aug. 18th, 1871.
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DIED.

Mary Jane, wife of WI Edwards
of Typhoid Fever August %, 1871,
aged % years. She was buried in the
Ashland cemetery on the 26th of Au-
gust. Mrs. Edwards was an amiable
and exemplary lady, and will be long
remembered for her virtues among.
her friends.