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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26
Berlin & PomeroY RAILROAD.
CINCINNATI, June 10, 1878.

CINCINNATI, June 10, 1878.
j. N, Watts:
4 DEAR SIR: Since my return home |
have carefully examined the estimates
made on that part of the. road between
Berlin and the junction of the Gallipolis
road and find that with a donation OF
$4,000 per mills on this 9 miles we will
be able to go forward at once with the
work. This amount towards grading the
road is very much less than | had any
idea we could get along with, and am
very glad indeed that we will not have
to ask the people to aid us to a larger
amount. With this donation of $4,000
and the right of way granted, we can
complete that part of the work in
few months We do not ask that a dol
lar of the money shall be paid until the
road is graded ready for the iron, and
then only one-half of the amount and
the other half we do not ask them to
pay until the iron is laid down, all to ap-
ply to that part of the line between Ber-
lin and the Gallipolis junction. From
what | have seen and know, 1 don't think
| you will have any trouble whatever in
securing this amount and much more if
necessary to secure the completion of
this road. This is not asking the people
to take any risk, and shows to them that
others are taking the risk with their own
money first. | am now having subscrip-
ton books prepared, which l will send to
! you in short time, and hope that before
the close of the present month we will
have a sufficient amount TO enable US to
go forward at once with the work
Yours truly, S L. CAMPBELL
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No attention should be paid to the ex-
tracts from the Chillicothe Register and
Portsmouth Tribune in the AEackley-Wil-
son controversy, as the editors Of these
papers have personal pique at Father
Mackley, and take Wilson's side of the
controversy through malevolence and re-
Venge. The editor Of the Chillicothe Re, :
lister stands charged with misdemeanor
more damaging and disreputable than
any that have yet appeared against Mack
ley. A man may be a pretty decent kind
of an individual even with the crime of
charging a candidate $500 resting upon
his shoulders, but for wretch who is
accused Of one-half that the Mayor of
Chillicothe charged F. T. Armstrong and
his paper of being guilty Of there is no
salvation. Mr. Mackley has demonstra-
ted pretty clearly that the "blaclmailing"
job was a legitimate and proper transac-
ton, and has in this part of the country
where Mr.. Wilson is known succeeded in
making his case to the entire satisfaction
of the honest Republican clement West
Union Defender.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

The first amendment adopted by the
Constitutional Convention of Ohio is in
the right direction. 1t permits women
to be appointed to Office, We hear that
there is one man in the convention who
has sense and courage enough to move
that the word male be stricken out
when the qualifications of electors are to
be defined. We have little hopes that a
majority of the members will pass this
salutary amendment. If they reject it,
we hope the. people will vote the whole
thing down, no matter what else it may
contain
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

Joseph Burns, a brakeman on the
freight train, was killed at Webster on
last Saturday morning. The train was
switching cars, when Burns attempted to
jump from one car to another, and miss
ing his step, fell under the moving car
and was horribly crushed, and instantly
killed. Burns lived in Portsmouth with
his mother. He formerly resided in Ham
den. Some two years ago he had broth
er killed by the cars at Portland.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

The Portsmouth Republican, after all
its denials about any paper in the dis
trict taking Wilson's money, dare not de
ny that it got check on j. & j. Slevin
& Sons, from Mr.. Wilson. The Repubk
can sticks to Wilson tighter than a bun
to stray Sleeps tail. That is right
When he sent that check he thought he
was placing his money where it would dc
the most good. Do not go back on him
Stick to him. Earn your money.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

The Portsmouth Times is publishing
sketches of the pioneers of Scioto coun-
ty. Last week it had a sketch of the
life of Joseph Riggs. 1t speaks OF. his
son James Riggs, as having been killed
by the cars in the year 1857. Mr.. Riggs
was killed late in the fall of 1856, near
Keystone Station, in this county, We
were well acquainted with him, having
travelled on the train every day when he
was conductor. James Riggs was wor-
thy man
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

Many of our readers are acquainted
with Rev. J. r.. Prose-, of Patriot, Gallia
county The Portsmouth Times says that
on the 4th of February his wife eloped
with an imposter named David c. Daily,
who pretended to be preacher They
have been living in Kentucky, and Daily
has been arrested in Portsmouth. The
Times says it is rumored that Mrs. Prose
is repentant, and wants to go home, and
her husband is disposed to forgive her
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

The cholera prevails all along the
Mississippi and Ohio rivers. 1t has been
the most fatal in Nashville, the deaths
ranging from so to 10 per day, a large
proportion being colored persons. The
deaths reported in Cincinnati have not
yet reached over 6 to per day.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

The vote in Raccoon township, Gallia
county, a'short time ago, resulted in the
release of John d. Lloyd late Treasurer
of the township, from the payment of the
township funds which were burned at
the great fire in CentreVille.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

The Manchester Gazette speaks of "a
moddle saw mill. - Columbus Journal
And why not2 The Gazette is mod
de paper. Perhaps you are making a
fling at the way Holderness spells model.
But that is about-the best specimen of
his orthography that we have seen.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

Susan B. Anthony has been found
guilty in the United States Court in New
York, of the crime of voting, and has
been fined one hundred dollars. The
Court went through the farce of submit
ting the case to a jury, but the Judge
told the jury that she was guilty, and
they must convict her. 1t seems strange
now to think that less than twenty years
ago woman across. the Ohio River, in
the State of Kentucky, was sent to the
Penitentiary for teaching children to
read the Bible, and not professed Chris
tian church in the land raised its voice
against the outrage 1t may not be
twenty years in the future when it will
sound equally strange to read that in the
year of our Lord 1873 woman was fined
one hundred dollars by United States
Court fOR the crime Of voting.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

s. B. Drouillard of Portsmouth shot
and killed himself at Gallipolis on last
Thursday in the old. old way, by blowing
into his gun to see if it was loaded. Mr.
Drouillard was most worthy and esti-
mable man He served nine years as
Clerk of the Court of Scioto county.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

Little Johnny Raper. of the Vinton
Record, when he found we had the proof
on him, backs out from his virtuous de-
malls, and admits like little man, that
he did get money from John T. Wilson.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

Arch Meyo, Prosecuting Attorney of
Ross county, and one Gilmore, lawyer.
got into fight in the Court House at
Chillicothe last week, during trial, and
were fined ten dollars each for contempt
OF Court, and report has it they were also
sent to jail for short time Whisky
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26
L,ARM FoR SALE IN Pike COUNTY.

Wishing TO dispose of real estate, L offer n
farm in Jackson township, Pike county, Ohio,
@ @Gontihg - acres more or less, al OF which is
which Is a dwelling house containing rooms,
an excellent barn and other out buildings, a
large orchard of good fruit &c The farm is
well watered: For further particulars Inquire
OF the subscriber on the premises, or address by
letter, at Omega, Pike county, Ohio.
Sunel9-9w GEORGE w, CROCKER,
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Mrs. Willard of Ironton died last week.
She was a sister of Boudinot .Seely of
Buckhorn Furnace, and sister of Par
thenia J. Keith, wife of Col. F. N. Keith,
formerly of jackson. Mrs. Willard was
about 60 wears of age.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

The Lancaster Eagle is Democratic
paper. 1t severely condemned Van
Trump, who, like our beloved Wilson,
voted against the steal, but took the
plunder- Van, like our beloved, pitches
into the Eagle, and calls naughty names.
Van says he was poor-owed Senator
Thurman $1,000 borrowed money for
some years, and after waiting two months
to see how many of~his fellows would
take the stolen money, he took his. and
with part of it paid off the old Thurman
note. Van being poor. and not having
money on deposit in Cincinnati upon
which he could check, finds the pa
pers all down on him. Unfortunate Van
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

A man named Martin Kuebler was
killed on last Friday at the Burgess
Steel Works in Portsmouth by the fall
ing of o derrick
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

A woman in Wheeling named Frieze.
attacked her husband with poker, and
when he took that from her she attacked
him with shovel. When he took that
from her she shot Linn four times one of
the balls entering his breast, making a
dangerous wound.
Chillicothe wants an Illuminated dial
for the court house cloek.--Hdgzefh2 Reg
lister.
Why not have the Chillicothe editors
take turns at rOosting in the cupola
| Those fiery red noses would do the thing
up neatly-try it CaIan,b,s Journal
That is not necessary Put Armstrong
there and keep him there. 1t will keep
him out OF those other places, of which
Mayor Waddle spoke.
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Ice Cream and Soda Water Saloon,
l. LEcAL
CHERIFF,s SALE OF REAL ESTATE,
John A. Sheppard, }
US. I'd Order of Sale.
Albert Farmer and Wife.

I'd Order of Sale,
Albert Farmer and Wife. J
The State Of Ohio, Jackson County, Ss.:' -
Court of Common Pleas.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of
an order of sale issued out OF said Court ON the
30th day Of April, AID 1873, and to me directed
as Sheriff and Special Master Commissioner in
said cause, will offer for sale at the door of the
Court House, in Jackson, in said county, on
Saturday, June 2 list, A. ID. 1873, ~
at one O'Clock p. M. of said day, the following
described real estate situated in the county of
Jackson, and State of Ohio, to-wit: ..
Lot Number Sixteen (I6), in the town of Ellis
worth, in said county of jackson. Appraised
at fQHr hundred dollars 800. --
TERMS or SALE-Cash on day of sale.
TO be sold as the property of Albert Farmer
and wife, to satisfy a judgment and decree in
ia Vor of John A. Sheppard.
Given under my hand this l9th day of May
A. ID. 1873 r X. w. HUBBARD,
Sheriff aud Special Master Commissioner
May %, lS73-5w
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

There were several disastrous fires dur
ing the past week, in different parts of
the country, and much property was de
SfPova6
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UNDE ERGROUND u
Life Below The Surface!
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THURsDAY.---JUNE 96, 1879.

A drunken man named Joseph Steg-
maier killed himself at Ironton last week
by blowing his brains (2) out with pis-
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GHERIFF's SALE.
On Execution.

CtHERIFF's SALE.
~
NJ. sterhberger & Co. .,
vs.. .. On Execution.
Ezra Walters.
State If Ohio, Jackson County,
Court of Common Pleas
Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned
Sheriff of the county OF Jackson will, by Virtue
of an execution issued by the Court OF Common
Pleas of said county, in favor of NJ. stern berger
4 Co, aHd against Ezra Walters Mt O'Clock P.
NJ, on ##.a ..
Tuesday, July 8, 1873,
at the house of Ezra Walters, In Lick township
in said county, offer for sale at public auction,
the following goods and chattelS, tO-wit
one ba d-face sorrel horse, one bay hOIse, one
set OF wagon harness, one twO-hOrse wagon.
Taken on said execution as the property OF
said Ezra walters. y
Terms of sale, cash on day of sale
Given under my hand this 24th day of June,
A. d. 1873 r. w. HUBBARD,
sheriff Jackson county.
June 26-2w
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-26

We have just received petition TO the
Constitutional Convention in favor Of
Woman Suffrage. 1t will be circulated
at once
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-17
How Drinking Causes ApopIexr.

It is the essential nature of all wines
and spirits TO send an increased amount
of blood to the brain. The first effect
of taking glass of wine or stronger
form of alcohol, is TO send the blood
there faster than common; hence, the
circulation that gives the red face. IL
increases the activity of the brain, and
it works faster, and so on does the
tongue. But as the blood goes TO tho
brain faster than common, il returns
faster, and no special permanent harm
res ults. But suppose n man keeps on
drinking; the blood is sent to the brain
so fast, in large quantities, that in order
to make room for il the arteries have TO
enlarge themselves; they increase in
size, aud in doing 80 they press against
the more yielding haccid veins which
carry the blood out of the brain, and
thus diminish their size, being pores,
the result being that the blood is not
only carried to the arteries of the brain
faster than is natural or healthful, but
it is prevented from leaving it as fast as
usual; hence, a double set of causes are
set in operation. Hence, a man may
drink enough of brandy or other spirits
in a few hours, or even minutes, to
bring on a fatal attack of apoplexy.
This is literally being dead drunk.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-17
How Plants Purify the Air.

Plants gain their nourishment by the
absorption through their roots of GER
tain substances from the soil, and by the
| decomposition, through their green
portions, of a particular gas contained
in the atm osphere-carbonic-a gas.
They decompose this gas into carbon,
which they assimilate, and oxygen,
which they reject. Now, this phenom-
enon, can only be accomplished with
the assistance of solar light.
Charles Bonnet, of Geneva, who be-
gan his career by experimenting on
plants, and left this attractive subject,
to devote himself to philosophy, only
in consequence of a serious affection of
the sight, was the first to detect this
joint work, about the middle of the
eighteenth century. He remarked that
vegetables grew vertically, and tend to-
ward the sun, in whatever position the
seed may have been planted in the
earth. He proved the generality of the
fact that, in dark places, plants always
toward the point whence light comes.
He discovered, too, that plants i'm
mersed in water, release bubbles of gas
under the influence of sunlight. In
1861, Priestly, in England, tried an
other experiment. He let a candle
burn in confined space till the light
went out, that is, until the contained
air became unfit for combustion. Then
he placed the green parts of a fresh
plant in the enclosure, and at the end
of ten days the air had become suffi-
ciently purified to permit the relighting
of the candle. Thus he proved that
plants replace gas made impure by COM
bustion with a combustible gas but he
also observed that at certain times the
reverse phenomenon seems to result.
Ten years later, the Dutch Physician,
Ingenhouzs, succeeded in explaining
this apparent contradiction. 81 had
but Just begun these experiments,
says that skillful naturalist, "when a
most interesting scene revealed itself to
my eyes l observed that not only do
plants have the power of clearing inn
pure air in six days or longer, as Priest
ley's experience seem to point ont, but
that they discharge this important duty
in few hours, and in the most thorough
way; that this singular operation is not
due at all to vegetation, but to the eff
feet of sunlight; that it does not begin
until the sun has been some time above
the horizon; that it ceases entirely
during the darkness of night; that
plants shaded by high buildings or by
other plants do not complete this func-
ton, that is, they do not purify the air,
but that, on the contrary, they inhale
the injurious atmosphere, and really
shed poison into the afr about us that
the production of pure air begins to
diminish with the decline of day, and
ceases completely at sunset; that all
plants corrupt the surrounding air dur
ing the night, and that not all portions
of the plant take part in the purifca-
ton of the air, but only the leaves and
green branches"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-17
WhY JenkS Never Married.

81 think a woman is tremendous be-
ing," said jerks. "When she's right
she's the RICHEST thing that floats. Wher
she's wrong she's the biggest nuisance
that plows the sea, even if she's little
and don't draw two feet of water. Per
haps it isn't just the thing to say to &
boy like you, but you'll never speak OF
it, if I should tell you little something
Oh, never ?" assured him.
well I s'pOse / might have been g
married man." and jerks avoided my
eyes by pretending to discover a horse
shoe in the road.
You don't say so y [ exclaimed In
undisguised astonishment, for it had
never occurred to me that such a man as
jerks could marry.
eyes. 1 waited on a girl once,
"Was she beautiful % 1 inquired.
"Well [ should say fair to middling,
responded jerks, pursing his lips as
if determined to render candid judg-
ment. "Fair to middiling, barring 8
few freckles."
"But you didn't leave her for the
freckIes ?'' I said.
"No, didn't leave her for the freck-
les. She was good girl, and ! waited
on her. 1t don't seem possible now that
L ever ra'aly waited on a girl, but [ did.
"And why didn't you marry her p
I inquired finally.
:" 1t wasn't her fault, ;" said jerks ?"
insisted.
Well, there was another fellow got
to hanging round, and-you know how
such things go. | was busy, and-didn't
tend up very we'll, 'pose-and- she
got tired of waiting for me-or some
thing the other fellow married her,
but I've never blamed her. She's been
sorry enough, 1 guess"
jerks gave a sigh of mingled regret
and pity, and the subject was dropped.
DR.. Holland.