The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-03-20
TWENTY YEARS AGO.


The oldest files of the STANDARD pre-
served in the offceis Vol. 7th, commen-
cling March 81, 1853 The paper was
then published by Laird & Mathews, at
$L00 per year If paid in advance, if not
paid with four weeks, $3.50. Office in
Hofman's Hall. This is one of the
rooms up stairs in the Gibson House.
Two columns on the first page. all the sew
en- columns on the second page, and
nearly column on the third page, are
filed with IAN act to provide for the re
organization, supervision and mainte-
nance OF Common Schools. Passed
March IA. A. D. 1858" This act was
signed by James c. johnson, Speaker of
the House of Representatives, George
Rex. Speaker ofthe Senate pro tenn, and
certified by William Trevitt. Secretary of
State and John Stephenson, Auditor of
jackson county. Laws were then pub
lished in the newspapers, and small
sum paid therefor by the county very
excellent arrangement, as the people
could then know what laws were being
enacted
Early as this was in the year, the polit-
ical parties seem to have been in the field,
as this paper contains the Wing ticket,
as follows: For Governor, Nelson Bar
rere Lieutenant Governor, Isaac ]. Allen;
Treasurer of State, Henry Brachmar
Secretary of State, Nelson Il. Van
Worries; Attorney General. William 81.
Gibson; Judge Of Supreme Court. Frank
lin t. Backus; Board of Public Works,
John Waddle In looking further along
in that year we find that for county Of
fcers the Wings ran VIM. J. Evans for
Representative, Treasurer, Jared Ste
phenson, Commissioner, Joseph Radcliff.
Recorder, B. F. Smith, Surveyor, Thorn
son Leach, and Member of Board of
Equalization Joseph Riggs, of Scioto
county. The returns, published in the
paper for October Goth, show this result:
Barrere 806, Medill $40, Lewis So Coun-
ty ticket Evans, Whig. 790, Stevenson,
Democrat, $50, Perry, Temperance, 21,
urer T. B. Dickson then Democrat.
had 899, Jared Stephenson. Whig, had
TAT. Recorder, Frank Smith, Whig, had
733, James Farrar. Democrat, ell. Com
missioner, Radclif, Wing, had S14, Peter
Pickrel, Democrat. S39. Surveyor, Leach
Whig, 744, Col Jos. Hanna, Democrat,
$50. vinton county was connected with
jackson in the election of Representa-
tive, and gave the following vote: Evans
49S, Stevenson 692, Owens 81, Perry l38
Evans was elected in the two counties by
60 majority. 1t will be seen that the
vote of jackson county has more than
doubled in twenty years.
The then editor of the STANDARD took
the defeat of the Whig ticket in the fol-
lowing philosophical manner:
'The Election-HoI for Salt River.
BY the returns received we find that we
are bound for Salt River Seeing that
we have to go, it is of no use to grumble
about it, but bundle up our traps and
start. The road is easily found, and the
head-waters little more come-atable, as
there is line of railroad running the
full route, so that we will not be COM
PEELED to be slowed away in that old
canal boat, and eaten up by the mosqui-
toes.
Come on Wings, Jerry was our Captain
before, and will be our Conductor now.
But remember Locos. we will pick our
fiints and try it again, for we never knew
good Whig to finch from duty, in our
lives, and we do not intend to be the first
one to show the example" !"
But to go back to the paper for March
3lst. We find the following prices in
the jackson market report: Flour $4.
per barrel, Wheat 65, Corn so, Oats 33,
Dried Apples 81 SO, White Beans 81 25 q
81. so, Potatoes IS, Butter Is. Eggs 81
Glover Seed $500, Green Apples rs
Among the home advertisers j. II. c.
Miller advertised his Drug Store largely,
j. R. Day, Tin, Sheet Iron and Hollow
Ware j. Crawford, Tailor. A. French
B. Brown, c. M. Martin. ]. NJ Martin, as
the firm of French, Brown & Martins
want 500 men to work on railroad con
tract, ON section one to seven, north -east
of the town of Jackson. Price & Taylor
= advertise their store. So does D. P. Leach
Saylor advertises Watches Jewelry. &c
VIM. Flowers advertises the jackson
4 House, C. E. Brooks, Fresh Groceries
/, R. Harding, Book Store. H. w. White
Gunsmith, a large advertisement. F
Shower adVertises the Franklin House
D. A Hoffman, Physician, has a card
J, and I. r. Stanley, w. C. Roberts, H. S
Bundy and R. c. Hoffman law cards. Th'
Portsmouth merchants advertise largely
e and so do the patent medicine men.
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