Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18
For the Republican
September 18th, 1873.

Mr.. PRINTER: hope you will
publish my letter. see you have
printed a mistake. 1 believe you
was told this mistake by some living
fellow who is no good Democrat but
a Democrat like some Dutch in your
town, who will want all the offices
or they tell lies and make a fuss
about better men as ever come across
the sea. Mr.. James Butler is the
regular nominee; he is what l call
a first rate good man for Sheriff. 1t
is lie, as you will be proven, that
he was in the Jail in Mansfield. He
stays at home. Perhaps it was some
other Jim Butler that was meant.
The Jim Butler from Akron, l think
is the man, because he is an ugly,
rowdyish fellow and wouldn't care
to be in Jail. Please say in your
paper that it was James Butler who
lives in Akron. and you will please
many Republicans as well as many
Democrats. A DEMOCRAT,
From Killbuck Township.
Below is copy Of Buffers case
as it stands on the Mayors docket
in Mansfield
STATE OF OHIO, Richland Coz
City of Mansfield. ss
CRY OF MANSFIELD,
No. 571, III mayor
Against Jas. Butler. Court
Criminal Action.
September 4th, 1873.
This day came Il. W. Lemon,
City Marshal, with James Butler,
defendant. Said defendant, on the
Sd day of September, 1873, while
resisting an officer, was arrested by
ID. Berry, policeman, and lodged
in prison. Said defendant plead
guilty, and was ordered by me to
pay fine 10 the City of Mansfield
in the sum of Five Dollars and
Costs, taxed at Three Dollars and
Sixty Cents.
Paid, $500. T
JOHN B. NErscHER, Mayor.
We copy the following from the
Mansfield Ohio Liberal, of Septem-
Der 10th:
The Democratic (?) candidate for
Sheriff Of Holmes county was in our
town last week, attending the State
Fair, but unfortunately became "de
moralized" on rot-gut whisky. He
was beastly drunk. Lemon, the
gentlemanly proprietor of the ''cool-
err rendered him all the assistance
in his power to make him at home
and comfortable; but in after years
we have no doubt he will remember
the Mansfield "cooler," it's hard
tack, sow-belly, downy-beds and Of
ficers, with pride and pleasure. He
contributed some of the scrip which
he carried in his vest pocket for
electioneering purposes to our city
treasury. Can it be possible the
Democracy of Holmes county intend
to elect this man as Sheriff of their
county?
Since writing the above it seems
the news has already reached "little
Holiness" and has created consider
able stir, as our officers have been
telegraphed to, for a correct state
ment of the cause of Mr.. Buffers
arrest.
Our Democratic friend from Kill
buck township will discover on
reading what we have here append
ed to his communication, treating of
the same subject, that it acas not
James Butler, of Akron, but James
Butler of Holmes County, the Dem
ocratic candidate for Sheriff, who
was arrested in Mansfield. His ar
rest, under the circumstances, has
been pretty generally criticised by
the press of both parties in adjoin
ing counties, and they all concur in
saying that he ought to be laid on
the shelf. He is in the right hands
just now to accomplish this for him,
without any help from Mr.. Day or
his friends. The time has gone by,
eren IN Holmes County, when
man can get himself outside of a few
quarts of rot-gut whisky and dictate
to the voters who they shall vote
for and who they shall not. Ri