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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
DRIFTING.


The Democratic editor of the
Louisville Courier u ournal has been
drifting about in the clouds so long
that he spurns the idea of trying to
cross the Atlantic in balloon with
Prof. Wise. He knows what it is,
politically, to be up in a balloon, and
you don't catch him. "If," says he,
"Mont Blanc were q solid lump of
gold, and if in order to become the
owner oft we had nothing to do but
go over in Prof. Wise's balloon and
take possession of it, we would a
thousand times rather sit down on
the shore of Massachusetts, Bay and
starve to death. For we would then
have at least the stern satisfaction
of knowing where we were, and what
we were DOING r
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
FAST LINE.

A remarkable run has just been
made on the Baltimore q Ohio Rail
road between Baltimore and Wash.
ington. The distance is forty miles
On Friday,when the dispatch reach.
ed the Washington Fire Department
calling for steamers to go to Balti
more, train consisting of three fla1
cars for the engines, and one pass
enger coach for the firemen, was
hastily made up and run to Balti
more in thirty five minutes. that i:
less than a mile a minute. Eigh.
teen minutes alter the receipt o.
the dispatch the steamers were load
ed and they were at work on the
Baltimore fire in seventy minutes af
ter the alarm was sounded at Wash
ington. i',5aa- lasi
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY PRESS
ON THE COLUMBUS AFFAIR.

The Norwalk Experiment com
forts the Prohibitionists with the
assurance that the Brinkerhof What
|is-it-ticket will be worse beaten than
theirs. t'"
The Bucyrus Forum thinks the
gods the Democratic Liberal condi
ton is at an end, and it does not
know a Democrat or Liberal in
Crawford county who will give ''this
insane, fanatical, third party move
ment his countenance, advocacy, OIL
support. The Forum says the
"grand old Democratic party" looks
down with pity and quiet scorn on
the folly of "demented, ,discontented
Geo. E. Pugh, Cunningham the an
nual hybrid, and Brinkerhoff the
lightning calculator"
The Mansfield Shield and Banner
says the sorehead boilers from both
political parties having set up for
themselves under the name of the
Peoples Party,it remains to be seen
that it will pass away as did al 9TH
es mushroom third parties organized
and conducted by disappointed po-
litical adventures"
The Mount Vernon Banner is SO
busy tearing to bits and shreds the
editor of rival paper that it Las
had no time to say word or give a
thought to the Columbus affair.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
DRIFT.

The Ohio Liberal remarks sadly
that ''the drift of things just now is
in the direction of a dissolution of
partnership between Liberalism and
Bourbonism.D 1t also gives notice
that "Liberal Republicans of Ohio
do not purpose to play big dog un-
der tho Bourbon wagon" On the
other side the Cincinnati Enquirer
observes that $50 far as the Brinker
hoff wing is concerned it is known
to be q cut throat movement and
the Plaindealer regards the impu-
dcnce of Mr.. Brinkerhoff and his
faction of lobbyists" with indigna-
tion. On the whole, the state of
feeling in the opposition camp does
not seem to be one of mutual
admiration. 2"i
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
THE NEW TICKET.

The Liberal and New Departure
Convention formed an alliance at
Columbus, on the 30th, and nomina-
ted the following ticket:
, For Governor, j. C. Collins, OF
Hamilton county, Democratic; for
Lieutenant-G Governor, A Saunders
Piatt, of Logan county, Liberal; for
Attorney Genera, ,Seraphim Meyer,
of Stark county, Liberal; for Su
preme Judge, P. B. Ewing, of Fair
field county, Democrat; Board of
Public Works, James McBeth, of AL
len county, Democrat; Treasurer,
Jonathan Harshman, of Montgome
ry county, Democrat; Comptroller Of
Currency, C. P. L. Butler, of Frank
lin county, Liberal.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
APouTicAL PueH.RIsT.

The St. Louis Times is wicked
enough to pun on the name of Pugh
and to suggest that the Hon. George
E. is abort to contribute to the
pugh-rity OF the Democratic party
by Withdrawing from it.
Mr.. Pugh is truly unfortunate.
At that period in the war time when
Mr., Vallandigham was engaged in
contemplating the beauties ofNiaga-
ra Falls from the Canada shore. he,
Pugh, announced that he would
place himself at the head of 100000
citizens Of Ohio, and, marching to
the frontier, would call out three
times. '.Vallandigham, Vallandinham
Vallandigham." And ali the force
of this elegant promise was wasted
when an irreverent listener in the
crowd suggested the effect that
would be produced by Valiandigham
calling out, "Pugh! Pugh! Pugh"
1t is sinful to take advantage of a
mans misfortune in that way, but
Mr.. Pugh should change either his
name or his ways.-St.Louis Globe.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
NEW STATE.

The scheme to form a new State
out Of parts of Tennessee and Miss
issippi, has its origin among the dis
comfitted Democrats of that region,
who did not relish the fact that
Mississippi is Republican State
The part of Mississippi they pur-
pose to cut of is Democratic; and
and while the formation of the new
State would leave the old one more
intensely Republican than ever, the
new State you'd be democratic. and
that would open the way to satisfy
the ambition of the many statesmen
there who are now utterly neglected. !.
1t is, q very pretty scheme; but il
it will not work. da
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
A YOUNG LADY ATTACKED BY A
LARGE PANTHER.
Especial Correspondent Of the Pittsburg Com


Lock HAVEN, Pa, July 19 1874. i,
On Tuesday last( the 18th ia party
of young women went out from
Queens Run to the mountain just
back Of the settlement, gathering
huckleberries. One of them, Jeru-
sha Bryan, advanced a little farther
into the woods than the others, when
she was attacked by hugh panther
Her companions, hearing the brute
scream, sought safety in fight, but
Miss Bryan, finding escape impossi-
BILE, determined to stand her ground
and seizing huge pine-knot, gave
her enemy battle. The contest was
a close one, for a few minutes, but
human courage, judgment and cool
ness soon triumphed oyer brute
strength, and the heroic woman soon
had the satisfaction Of laying the
blood-thirsty monster dead at her
feet. Her garments were torn into
shreds, and her face and arms badly
scratched, but she walked home with
firm step and the light Of triumph
in her eye, and was able to give a
good account of herself. The dead
panther was soon afterward found
by the people of Queens Run, and
proved on measurement to be SLY
feet ten inches long. Miss Bryan
is the lion (or lioness) of the neigh
borhood, and she deserves to be
We doubt whether an instance cal
be found on record of more heroic
cool bravery and wise discretion de
veloped by any woman, even in the
historic and perlious days of Penn
sylvania.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
WASTE OF TIME.

The attempt to make "White
Mans State out Of fragments chip
ped off from Kentucky, Tennessee
and Mississippi is . fizzle-jusI
like the attempt TO build up q new
party with cribbings from the Re
publican and Democratic organiza
tion. % $50. a-'''" ''i Il.
A convention has been sitting on
the matter at jackson, Tennessee
but the main difficulty is that much
of the territory to be taken away
from the old States refuses to go,
and the old States will not part with
it, and there is no likelihood of con.
gressionsl consent to the scheme
So the holding of the Jackson Con
ventiOn was q waste of time.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
WOOSTER OHIO, AUG. ,4th 1878.

MEssRs EDlToRs.-I do not pro
pose writing long communication,
only wish to cite few incidents
and occurrences since your last is
sue which may prove of some inter
est to some of your readers.
Among the first and foremost just
at the writing is murder commit
ted at West Salem, this county, the
murderer being a Mr.. Hawke 1 be-
lieve, saloon keeper, in whose sa-
loon the murder occurred. The par
ty above named and the one murder
ed had had some difficulties, and
Hawke had made threats to shoot
him. So the party killed, on the
morning he was killed, remarked be-
fore entering the saloon that he was
going to see if the old man would
shoot, and just as he entered the sa-
loon two shots met him, one cutting
the lower part of his heart, the man
walking to the rear door fell dead.
It is said Hawke made the remark
that he had bought that pistol to
kill him and he had done 80. You
may have heard a more complete &C.
count of it so will say no more on
this point c sEi.rraiE
One of the most pleasant as well
as interesting occurrences of last
week, took place at the residence of
Hon. Judge Martin Welker, on
Tues.ay evening the 29th ult. and
consisted in the marriage of Mr.. Ed
Belnap of our city and Miss Belle
Armor of your city, daugt ter OF
Judge Armor, ,and niece of Mr.. We'll
ker. The ceremony was witnessed
by large number of their young
and most intimate friends and Irela-
tions of this city, and six or
eight from Millersburg. Rev. S. w.
Miller pronounced the ceremony in.
his usual pleasant way, though we
thought he did it up in much better
style leaving no room for improve
ment. l will not attempt a desciip-
ton of the pleasures of the evening.
Frank, as we call him here, seemed
to be in his usual happy mood, that
smile of his being visible the whole
evening. The bride, so well known
to the Millersburg folks, was the
embodiment of loveliness. A sumpt-
uous supper followed after the usual
congratulations were gone through
with. And your correspondent says
"yea and amen"
The prospects for a very large at
tendance of students at the Univer-
sity, next session, ,are very flattering.
Our new President is live, ,energet-
ic and very successful financier, and
we have reason to congratulate our
selves upon securing such an able
successor to- DR.. Lord. ,..
Farmers have caught up with their
work and the prospects for an abun-
dence of everything never were more
fattering. Nothing unusual here.
Quite numl!er OF employees on
the p. f. w & c. r. r. have been ar.
rested on the charge of stealing
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
FINDING TREASURES IN A KEN
TUCkY CAVE.

We learn that a young man by
the name of Mullins, while out coon
hunting one night last week, chas-
ed the coon into q cave near Charles
Bivens' farm. Having some curios
ity to explore the cave, he went
back the next morning and entered.
The entrance to the cave was very
low, and for some distance he had
to crawl upon his hands and-knees
but as he advanced, the opening
gradually widened until he found
himself in a large room with sever
al passages leading from it. He
followed one them for several hun
dred yards, until his way was OBJ
structed by well: desiring to find
out the depth of the we'll, he threw
some pebbles down, learning in this
way that it was very shallow: he
went back to the opening of the
cave and cut pole some: 10 or Il
feet in length. and taking it to the
well he put one end of it down, and
in that way climbed to the bottom
of the well, when he was very much
surprised to see another opening.
He followed this for some fifteen or
twenty yards when his torch went
out. In cropping his way back to
the well by feeling along the wall
of the passage, his hand came in
contact with a metal box, placed
in a small groove in the wall; on
carrying this box to the light he
found it made of iron, very much
corroded with rust, and having no
fastening but a hasp. On opening it
he found fifty gold dollars and some
small silver pieces, none of them
of later dates than 1890. Very
mich elated with his good fortune
he obtained help and has been max
ing a thorough search of the cave
for more hidden treasures, but up
to this time has found nothing else.
Can some oae tell us who left
that box in the caye2--Greenr,lle
IAQeDc Rdcnt, -4f go .t.fffat.f-. q
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07

The New York World hopes the
"Libera.s" will run separate ticket
of their own this fall in every State
the motive for this hope being thus
expressed. As they pretended ste
transfer votes to us last year, Ba;
did not deliver them, we are curious
to know how many they really had
at their disposal. The Democratic
party was weaker after coalition than
it had been the preceding year, but
that was in consequence Of disguised
Democrats staying away from the
polls. If the Liberals" will this
year act as separate party. they will
at least be in no danger of having
their numbers reckoned as less than
nothing; and if they should get 9
few scattering votes in two or three
States it will be SO much clear ad-
dition to any strength which last
years election returns permit us to
assign them. iffha1fh.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
ANOTHER FIRE.

Portland has again been devastated
by fire, only this time it is the
Northwestern Portland instead OF
the Northeastern-the leading city
of Oregon instead of the leading city
of Maine. The dispatches indicate
the destruction of the greater part
os the place, with its hotels, facto-
ries, hundred stores, and two hun
dred and fifty dwellings. The open
handed people Of the Pacific slope
will be,prompt with aid to the strick
en- city, but the whole country will
doubtless respond to the call for
help.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
EXTENSIVE GANG OF RAILROAD
ROBBERS ARRESTED.

The P. F. W. &C. r. z. have dur
ing the past year or more lost large
amounts of valuable goods while in
transit over the road, and although
it was evident that the property was
stolen by persons intimately con-
nected with the road,yet the thieves
covered up .their. track So Keu that
it was impossible 70 detect them,
A few days ago some suspicious
circumstances led to the arrest of
the engineer of freight train at
Alliance, who upon being closely
questioned and upon certain condi-
tions, finally confessed his own
guilt and developed the startling
fact that systematic plundering OF
trains had been going on for q year
or more, and that the employees of
the road. He gave the names OF
about fifty, comprising conductors,
engineers, firemen and biakemen,
who were implicated. Manager
Laying, assisted by living, attorney
for the company, took immediate
measures to ferret out the guilty
ones, and the result was the arrest
on Wednesday and Thursday OF
more than fifty persons, among
whom were two or three conductors,
Three engineers and the balance
iremen, trakemen and other en-
ployees. The officers found in the
house of one of the brakemen, by
the name of George Smith at Cres-
line, a large quantity ofstolen goods
consisting of silks, Brussels carpet
silver ware, cigars, DC. There seems
to have been an organized plan for
robbing the cars all along the line
OF the road, and men were arrested
for completely at Cresline, (where
twelve were found at one boarding
place Loudonville, Canton and Al
lance, the latter place was apparent
| ly the center of operations. Sever
al Of the men arrested had been in
the employ of the Company for
twelve or fifteen years, some as con-
ductors and engineers. Manager
Layng estimates the loss of the COM
pany during the past year at up
wards of 100000. A considerable
quantity ofstolen goods have been
recovered. The guilty parties will
prosecuted and punished to the full
extent of the law. One of the arres-
ted men told Marshal Lemon of
Mansfield, that the Company had not
got all yet, and that there were 9th
ers guilty as himself who would go
to the Penitentiary. No doubt
many of the men commenced their
career of crime by pilfering small
articles such as oranges, Fruits &c,
until emboldened by apparent sue
cess, they finally resorted to acts
which will consign many of them to
a felon's cell. The breaking up of
this gang and their punishment will
have salutary effect on all railroads
in the country. -l4'.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
SENATORIAL CoNvEN.
TON,

The friends of Prohibition in the
Senatorial District, composed OF
Wayne, Holmes, Knox and Morrow
Counties, State of Ohio are hereby
informed that Senatorial Conven
tion will be held in Mt. Vernon, Knox
county, on the second Tuesday in
August for the purpose Of put.
ting in nomination candidate to re.
present said district, in the Senate
Of Ohio. A full attendance is re.
quested.
A. X. EARL.
Chairman Ex. Com. Morrow Co.
G. W. TOWNSEND,
Chairman Ex. Com, Knox Co.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07

Tie seventeenth wife of Brigham
Young has applied for divorce,
But the question naturally arises,
What can she be divorced from2 II
Young has sixteen women he calls
wives ahead of this one, it strikes
ms there are at least fifteen reasons
why she can get no divorce. She
is no wife, and surely there is nc
necessity for divorce where there is
mo legal marriage.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
'sCK.

The Liberal Republican party OF
New York must be sick, or it would
hardly resort to Saratoga Springs for
the benefit of its health. Thatho
ever, is where it met lately with its
Democratic coadjutors, and there
the plans were laid for the coming
fall campain in that State. 1t will
take something stronger than Sara
toga water, we incline to believe, to
save those parties from defeat.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
What They Think.

The st. Louis Republican fayors
and the Times opposes the new par
ty movement in Ohio. The Spring
field Mass. Republican is not fa-
vorably impressed with itand so far
not a single paper supports it that
did not support Greeley last year,
while many that did support Gree
ley give it the cold shoulder. Not
over a dozen newspapers in all, in
and outside of the State, give it any
countenance or encouragement.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
THE NEW DEPARTURE.
The Pittsburg Commercial SD

The Pittsburg Commercial speak
ing of the 'New Departure. says:
The dictum of Ohio "new Departure"
that because the Repub-
lican and Democratic parties have
outlived the issues in which they
the formation of new
parties is therefore required, has
slight flush Of plausibility- about 1t
yetis ridiculous in the extreme.
All parties soon outlive the issues
in which they originate, but as new
Uses arise, they takesidesupon them
andthey always, thus, are abreast with
the times. The Democratic party is
just as able to meet the issues to day
as the aPeople's" party is, and has,
besides, the aids of organization, old
associations, ,and practicalexperience
in the management Of campaigns on
its side. Where, then, is the neces
sity for abandoning it? The attach
ments of a lifetime cling around
these old organizations, then why
attempt to uproot them?
1t is, philosophically, logically and
politically, an error to suppose that
every new issue needs new party
to meet it. Naturally, the voters in
a free government crystalize around
two opposing centers, and range
themselves, according to their PEE
ferences and convictions, for and
against the various measures that
come up for approval. AS one
issue is settled and passes away, an
other succeeds it, to be in its turn
succeeded by others. Parties may
die out through their own blunders
and follies; but their dissolution IS
by no means the necessary result of
the settlement of the original issues
ON which they came into existence.
The Democratic party has outlived q
dozen exciting issues; and any one
of them was immensely superior to
all of the pretended issues on which
the "new departure" is based.
The men who further this move
ment must put it on other grounds
than this. Why not be frank about
it, and say, as Gen. Ewing said, that
it is resorted to solely because no re-
cruits for it can be gathered under
the old name9 No amount of clap
trap will induce a Republican to
vote ticket known as the Demo
cratic" but some may be bambooz-
led into it by the adoption of a new
name. That is the sole justification
for the new unconventional the only
necessity that exists for new party
is the necessity which the "outs'feel
to get "i1." H
The attempt to form a new party
is, in fact,a confession that there are
really no vital issues on which the
Democratic party can go to the peo-
pie. The Democratic leaders feel
this in the very marrow Of their
bones. and they resort to a new
movement solely with view of
opening a new road to office. If
there we're any live, practical ques-
tions to be settled, not one of the
Democratic old-liners would think
of abandoning the old party. They
would gladly welcome new, funda-
mental issue; and -allying around
the old flag, would summon the
faithful with the bugle blasts that
have so often stirred their blood.
But no such opportunity now offers,
and the only alternative left is to
play the demeg ague, and try to de
ceive the people with the childish
idea that old things can be regener
ated by giving them new names.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07

The New York Herald calls the
Columbus affair of Brinkerhoff and
Cunningham "the Cocktail Conven.
tion," and says the mixture of sours
and sweets is so decidedly unpala.
table that everybody turns from7i,
with dissatisfaction. M
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
Allen County Movement.

The leaders in the Allen county
movement where all renegade Re
publicans, who's Johnsonized''in 1866
The Cincinnati Enquirer says,in ad-
ditioE, that the Democrats who took
part in the Columbus Convention
were all originally either Republi-
cans or Wings. These men all felt
uneasy in a Simonpure Democratic
organization, and hence their eager
ness for q new deal. 4 l1
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07

If this fight between the Liberals
and the Democrats goes much fur
ther we shall have another "bloody
chasm," and the shaking of angry
fists over it instead of open hands.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
AFTERNOON SESSION.

After lengthy debate the resolu.
ton to adjourn from August the
8th to meet at Cincinnati December
I'd was adopted-yeas Al, nays 40
The remainder of the session was
spent by the committee ofthe whole
on the judicial article. Without
reaching . vote the COMMITTEES
rose and the convention adjourn
ed.
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