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New-York tribune., 1874-09-10
THE OWEN CoUNTYTRoUBLEs sINKENTUCKY.

THE OWEN COUNTY TROUBLES INKENTUCKY
REPORT OF THE OFFICIAL INvEsTIGATIoN-HIsToRY
OF TIE DISTURBANCES FROM THEIR ORIGIN IN
1870.
Willis Russell, Deputy q. s. Marshal, has
made an extended report of the troubles in Owen
County Kentucky In submitting the report o. s. Mar
bba Ell II. Murray says an examination of the facts
aside from the report convince him that Russe state
ments are trustworthy and that he has done his duty
and no more As the Of the troubles Mr. Murray
adds Violations OF the law begin with. evasion
Of by those charged With crime before the Courts
aud systemazed resistance to the officers OF the law.
the cause Of these disturbances" The following
extracts from Mr.. Russelps report:
live at Monterey. owen County. KY, and was
born and reared near that place About the year 1870
bands OF armed men asgolsed ana MAJ a. kea began com
Guestve. two small villages the former being In owen
aud the latter immediately opposite IN Henry County
They were known Ku Klux aud were IN the habit OF
visiting houses of citizens disguised stated the
night tne aud infctlng summary punishment without
charge reason, or About the commencement of
these difficulties four men, George Hoover. John Robin
tod me that they belonged to the KuKlux and solicited
me 70 Join their party asked them what their object
purpose Of dfivaS the negroes from the state They
proposed 70 give me an ONCE II / would join them
army during the late war, would make good officer
ana they. therefore desired my services. They also
Mr. Wash. jones' who lived in same locality. They
ssld Their 95ssn1ston % was composed Of good reliable
negroes from Kentucky, but also all Radicals who
In favor Of negroes. told them that 1 did not
want 70 engage 10 anything unlawfal At this
time acting as clerk in country store In the
upper end OF Owen County. They requested
me not 10 say anything about their proposition TO me-
They would occasionally visit the store and purchase
material from me- telling that they getting the
goods for the purpose OF making gowns and masks. A
short time afterward the Ku-Kl1x made raid In the
pejghborbood above in Scott County. IL was made
the negroes who lived In and about the village Of
tse stamping Ground They ordered the negroes they
cav 10 leave the comfy Within ~ days, II not they
would kill them all and burn their houses They shot
ana killed an old negro man and wounded several
others Tue negroes at one place returned the nre,
killing OF their party, who was Left by them on the
road When the tnskk was removed from his lace
next morning. he was sscertaDed TO be 9 man named
Foree, q seboolteacher near Harper's Ferry, Henry
County .H l.'I -.t
Learning that Gov. Stevenson distributing arms
30 the militia for the purpose OF snppressing outlaws 10
Kentucky a the ukesflon Of reliable citizens
wrote Governor, asinR 70 raise com
pany ef militia. 70 be reacS "a case of an emergency
fhs answered pediately. and authorised
New-York tribune., 1874-09-10
DECIsiOSs-sEPT. ..

Suprems Court Chamb@s-By Judge Donohue.-
Sh.rre agL PoeyMoaOn granted Haveneyer ag- 'o'hAI-
Ouiniou
New-York tribune., 1874-09-10

sursrss corar-caAxsxss-w -wssrssoOx. J.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
4urtira1.
CO, FEEL WHAT I HAVE FELT.

BY young lady who was told that she
was mOnomaniac in her hatred of alcohol
ic liquors
Go, feel what have felt.
Go, bear what have borne;
Sink meath blow father dealt;
And the cold, proud worlds scorn.
Thus struggle on from year to year,
Thy sole relief the scalding tear
Go, weep as ! have wept
Der a loved fathers fall;
See every cherished promise swept
Youths sweetness turned to gall:
Hopes faded flowers strewed all the way
That led me up TO woman's day.
Co kneel as have knclt;
Implore, beseech and pray,
Strive the besOttcd heart to melt,
The downward course TO stay;
Be cast with bitter curse aside
Thy prayers burlesqued, thy tears defied.
Go, stand where have stood,
And see the strong man bow;
With gnashing teeth, lips hathed in
blood
And cold and livid brow;
Go, catch his wandering glance, and see
There mirrored his souls misery.
Go, hear what have heard,
The sObs of sad despair,
As memOry's feeling font hath stirred
And its revealing there
Have told him what he might have been
Had he the drunkard's fate fOreseen.
Go to my mothers side,
And her crushed spirit cheer;
Thine own deep anguish hide,
Wipe from her cheek the tear;
Mark her dimmed eye, her furrOwed brow,
The gray that streaks her dark hair now,
The tOil-wOrn frame, trembling limb,
And trace the ruin back to him
Whose plighted faith, in early youth,
Promised eternal love and truth,
But who fOresWOrn, hath yielded up
This promise TO the deadly cup,
And led her down from love and light,
From all that made her pathway bright,
And chained her there mid want and strife
That lOwly thing-a drunkard's wifel
And stamped on childhOOd's brow, so mild,
That whitening blight, drunkard's childl
Go hear, and see, and feel, and know
All that my soul hath felt and known,
Then look within the wine-cup's glow;
See if its brightness can atone
Think if its flavor you would try,
If all prOclaimed-'IIs drink and die.
Tell me hate the bowl
Hate is feeble word;
] lOathe, abhOr, my very soul
BY strong disgust is stirred
Wnene'er | see, or hear, or tell
of the DARK BEVERAGE OF HE'LL
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
THEY'VE QUIT SELLING LIQUOR
IN TOWN.

Here's news for yOu, mother, the old farmer
said,
As he paused where his good wife was
making her bread
I've been talking awhile with our good
neighbOr Brown,
And he says they've stopped selling liquor
in town.
/ Just took off nv hat and shouted huzza,
When he said men had TO live up TO the law; :;
And | knew it would make your heart happy
TO know,
They have dried up the fountain of madness
and woe.
Now the town will he quiet and peaceful
again,
And the streets won't he crowded with wild
drunken men,
And the boys won't be tempted to smoke
drink and fight,
To gamble all day and carOuse all the night.
There's Jane, bless her heart, she will dance
like a top,
For she can go back now and sew in the shop;
1t won't be unsafe for her now, am sure,
For though she is thoughtless, the child's
heart is pure.
You needn't buy things at the Corners no
more,
For I'll send Sam to town to the big dry
goods store,
He won't come home drunk with the buggy
broke down.
For tell you they've stopped selling liquor
in town.
There's Jim, he won't study and don't take
TO work,
We can let him 90 now and hire out for a
clerk,
1t will do the boy good, he'll find out it amt
play,
And there amt any grog shops to lead him
astray.
And there's little Peter, you know how he
learns,
And how he saves every penny he earns,
To buy new book, and the boys got plan
That he'll be a lawyer when he is a man.
So, if You are willing to venture, think
We will send him to town now, he won't
learn TO drink,
They've got good school, and he'll learn
very fast,
I'm glad they have stopped selling liquor at
last
lie paused, and the wife Of his youth made
reply.
While joy sent the tear-dropS like pearls
from hereye
Heaven bless the pure hearts that have put
this curse down;
Thank God they have quit selling liquor in
TOWN
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
AN ELOQUENT EXTRACT.

The great and gifted Thomas F. Mar
shall. of hentucky-hinSelf IA victim TO
strong drink-Once upon n time deliv-
cred temperance speech in the House
of Representatives in Washington, be
fore the Congressional Total Abstinence
Society Of which the following is one of
the most eloquent passages:
Sir. | would not exchange the plIysi-
cal sensations. the mere sense Of animal
being. that belongs 10 a man who total
ly refra:ns from all that can inJOXic;Fte
his brain or derange his nervous srruc-
ture-the elasticity with which he bounds
from his couch in the mOrning-the
sweet repOse it yields him at night the
feeling which he drinks in through his
clear eyes, the beauty and grandeur Of
surrounding nature; ] say sir, would
not exchange my conscious being a. a
strictly temperance man-the sense Of d
renovated yOuth-the glad play which my
pulses now beat in healthfui music-the
bounding yiyacity with which the blood
courses its exulting way through every
fibre of Inv frame-the communion on
high which my healthful ear and eye hold
with the gorgeous universe of God
the spIendOrs of morning. the sOftness of
the evening sky-the bloom, the YER
dure of the earth, the music of the air
and water-with all the grand assOcia-
tiOns of external nature reOpened to the
fine avenue of sense; no sir. though pOv-
erty dragged me through scorn and
pointed its slow fingers at me as passed
though want and destitution, and
every element of earthly misery, save
crime, met my waking eye from day 10
day; and not for the brightest and no
blest wreath ever encircled statesmen :
brow-t some angel commissioned by
heaven, or some demon sent from hell,
10 test the strength of the virtuOus res
olution, should tempt me back, with all
the honors which a world can bestowi :
not for all that earth can give would
east from Inc this pledge Of a liberated
mind. this talisInan against temptation,
and plunge again into the horrors which
cnce beset my path; 20 help NE heaven.
as would spurn beneath my very feet
all the gifts the universe could offer. and
live and die as | AIN, poor and So
her ="
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

'Tis twenty years to-day, sweet wife,
Since YOU and were wed;
How swiftly run the sands of life,
How fast the years have Spedi
Ii seems no more than yesterday,
Since, by the altar's side.
ClaSped, hand in hand, we kneli 10 pray,
And you were made my bride.
You were gentle maiden then,
With hair and eyes like night;
And boy 'mOng older men,
Untried in life's great fight;
But, all, those curls are scanned with gray,
Those eyes, not lustrous now,
For Time hath writ, with iron zen,
Deep burrows on your brow,
We see the tombstone by the church,
Bear record of the dead;
We've seen the aged-the beautiful
Beneath the cold earth laid;
But all those years To us, sweet wife,
Have e'er been years of JOY,
For God has given us jewels rare
A gentle girl and boy.
We care not for the bustling world,
And all its stores of gold:
For we've a mine of wealth and love
Whose value is untold;
Then, while the rich go Haunting by;
And time crecps on apace-
On them we'll cast no envying eye
Meet age with cheerful face.
The roses from our cheeks may fade,
Our locks grow thin and gray;
But hearts that love can ne'er grow old,
And true love nc'er decay.
Then draw your chair beside the hearth,
And lay your hand in mine;
And will pledge anew my love
And you will pledge me thine!
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
THE LAST LETTER.

THIS hand tonight will surely pen
The fatal word that rends
The chords so cherished once; hut then
We both were better friends.
Twill scarcely give us pain at last
To break the silken bond
That bound us to the tender past,
Fair, promising, and fond
And let it 90, without a sigh.
At least with slight regret
For better days are doomed to die,
And we can both forget.
4 friendship, which was that in name
But was il more-Or less.
That brought sweetness into life
And left bitterness.
| can send back each souvenir
And calmly, heaven knows;
Nor wish to keep one loving line,
Nor hide one withered rOsei
No wild pulse thrills my bosom now,
Nor bids my fingers stay;
Our idol has been dead 80 long
Wen bury it to-day.
Beneath the careless mOrrow's smile,
As though the tears that blot
The story of all else that's lost,
In this had been forgot;
And let it be nameleSs grave
A hidden hermitage
But one TO which our sated hearts
Shall make no pilgrimage.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
lFrom the Petersburg Val News. April a.
RELIGIOUS FRENZY.

y singular mania has broken out among
the colOred people of this city. Religious
revivals of the most exciting character
have been going on in the churches for
some time past, and the colOred people
generally have become so ''enthused"
that in many cases their condition actu-
ally approaches that of positive Iunacy.
The same disorder broke out in Kentucky
a few years ago. and was called by the
medical men the Kentucky Jerks" That
it Is a disease is very sure.
Yesterday morning, the streets in the
upper portion of the city were resonant
with shouts, grOans- and mumbled pray-
ers. About midday, in front of the
Harrison street eolOred school. a scene
took place which deties description. Per
haps 100 children, from eight to fifteen
years of age, We're mingled in a mass of
bowling, dancing humanity-aH repeat
ing the same formula, all making the
same wild gestures, all using the same
tone of voice. Bedlam was holding a
high carnival of maniacs, and discipline
was lost in chaotic frenzy. The giddy
mass surged hither and yon, while teach
ers vainly entreated and commanded,
and implOred the enthused children to
NSAAA' W NiASiA NtNtAitSf Dll liltsN Hll4flI as
well have talked TO the wild waves of
the sea when the storm king held his
court Higher and higher rose the tu-
multi, till physical exhaustion brought
relief alike to the perpIexed teacher and
wearisome child.
We feel real anxiety concerning the
result of this extraordinary hallueination
in our city. Without doubt many will
become raving maniacs, while the men
tai power of hundreds VIII be injured
for life. ExpOstulatiOn is thrown away,
and there seems to be no remedy but to
wait until the storm exbausts itself
In many respects the disease resembles
the terrible visitation which came over
from Naples in the seventeenth century,
when st. Nitus or st. Johns dance took
the form of an epidemic and spread over
the entire city
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22

nENTALSURGEON Particular attention
IL given 20 the treatment OF natural teeth
Teeth ii led with gOld-fOl, tin-fOil and silver.
Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. once
over Welsh's shoe Store, Main street Flndlay
Ohio. Oct. 1870.
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every. fOrm-needed improvements are
blocked, and unnecessary ones are forced
thrOugh-in short. everything is done
that ought not to be done. and every
thing is left undone that ought to be
done, and for the doing, and the not
doing, the taxpayer foots the bill. Then
again tendency has been to over-do and
the present condition of things is the
necessary reaction Owners of real es-
tate Over-built, and while the flush times
were on run their rents up TO an uncon-
seIonable figure. which men submitted
10 while they were making money. But
when the pinch came and profits dropped
and things began TO look blue the ten
ants found that thousands of stores were
standing empty and they refused to nav
exOrbitant rents. In brief. they said to
their landlords, I've don't care what
you paid for your ground or what your
building cost yOu-our trade will not
permit us TO pay these rents-come down
or We will move to cheaper grounds and
cheaper buildings" Z nd the landlords
came down, not because they wanted to.
but because they were compelled to.
And it is TO be hoped they will stay down.
THE WEATHER
5 fearfully hot and it is the more un-
because it came upon US 50
but we shall get used to it.
PIETRo.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
n. q. REARDSEEE,
rTORNEY AT LAW and Clai
VIII practice law in state and L
4 attend promptly t. business tnl
E.,.-s-s,... ~ ia. ~
HAMLIN d BALEAKI
zlardwRrF.

A -, 80,
IIice i'm Patterson's Block, FiHdiay, Ohio.
OJan. 9. 78-f
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22

IURGEON DENTIST, having pIacticsd TWEEN
- ty-tVe years i'm Findiay and vicinity, viii
insert teeth in all the different styles. DiSeas-
ed Teeth and Cams treated in a Sclcntin man
ner. Teeth extracted without PAIN. Oince In
HenderSon's Block over Hancock Bank
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22

PINE APPLES.-The history Of the
pine apple dates back for three or four
centuries Columbus found il Oh the
island Of Guadalupe in 1892 The Japan
e. cultivated il a. early as 1899, and it
il supposed that it was first brought TO
Europe from Java IL appears that this
fruit wa transplanted from South Amer
lea to Asia and Africa. for in 1892 it was
carried To Bengal and China from that
country. II thTives in Brazil. and, ar
cOrding 10 Humboldt, grows wild IN the
forests Of the OrinOco. They spoil very
easily. and sometimes during the voyage
here the whole cargo Of vessel Is
spoiled. II i considered good tI1p II
three-duarters Of the cargo l. in good
condition when the vessel arrives This
depends not only upon the length OF the
voyage. but also on the bad weather eX-
rerienced. thunder showers being par
t,cuIarlv destructive 10 them It Is estl-
mated that 4. 200 900 pine apples are
brought into this port annually. 1hls
brf.iuess Of canning this fruit Il beeom-
;ro, ouite extensive aud likewise profita-
HE in this city. and several firms are en-
0aoed in this preparation, and they put
no at least million pine apples in cans
every year.-NelC York EoenfR9 Post,
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
8roefrirs.
D.Cs.sxE a sons,

NY RoLESALr AND RETAIL DEALERS
w In GroccreiS, Flour, Fish and General
variety ia the Grocery and Provision line
Good prices pad iOr Batter. Eggs, aud Coun-
try Produce generally. East side OF Main St,
first door north OF Coli House Block. Findlay,
Ohfc. April 10. '7O-tfl
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
Children Often Look Pale and
Sick.

from no other cause than having worms In
t.e stomach.
BROWNS VERMIFUGE COMFITS
will destroy Worms without injury 10 the
child being perfectly WHITE. and free from
all cOloring or other injurious ingredieE ts
usually used in worm preparations.
CURTIS x BROWN. PrOprietors.
No. 2l5 Fulton Street. New York.
Sold by Druggists and Chemists, and dealers IN
nieii, ines at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS Box J'y
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
T. BALLARD. CIV. GALLOWAY
BALLARD A GALLOWAY,
DHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.


OFFICE-In Ewing's Block, over Ruth.
rauffs Hardware store, West side OF Main
Street, Findlay, Ohio.
August rs lS72-tf
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22

OPERATIVE AND MECHANICAL DEN
" tist over Green, ID avis, & Co.'S. All opera
tions pertaining TO the profession. carefully
and skiIlfully performed. Residence, No %,
West Hardin Street.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
IAAC DAVIS
VI 49, n ~ =
DAVtS a GREES.


NrTHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS
w and Commission Merchants and Dealers
In Flour salt, Fish, Wooden and Willow Ware
6e &C Corner of Main and Sandusky Streets
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
phusiriars ana Surgeons.


Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon
III Office and Residence over kimmel : Jew
eITv store. vain Street, Findlay. Ohio.
Feb. g. "a If.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
8RuErnlEnt.

FindIaY Council, Eo- SO x. 4 s. w.
Regular COnVOcalIDn s-cJhd 1oLnaJ ~
ftcn month. NJ. 4 Patterson, 4. j. .. NJ ana
ID. B. Bctrosley, Recorder.
Findlay Chapter, No. SD, R. a. NJ.
regular CouvOcaliOB on Tie nrsl Monday
IN each mouth. ID. B. BeaIdsley, h. J.. and
ID. l.. Grab c, Secretary.
FindIay Lodge, no. 227. T. & a. NJ:
Ksyutsr CONTAMINATION inst and THIRD
"Wednesday = inie each mOLth. J. NJ. Huber
W. NJ. and ID. l.. Grabie, Secretary.
Golden Rule Encampnent, No. 90,
QO,F r. stated meetings Oh the second
and fourth Fridays OF each month. u.
Joy, &. T.. and ID. L. Winders, Scribe.
Hancock Lodge, No. %, 10. o. +.
stated meetings every Tuesday evening
f. s. KimDer \. G.and William Klamroth
Secretary.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
Thirty Years Mxperience of an
Old Nurse.

Mrs. WinsIOw's Soothing syrup IL the
prescription of one of the hest female
Physicians and Nurses in the United States.
and has been used for thirty years with never
falling safety and success by millions of moth
erS aud children. from the feeble infant of one
week old to the adult. 1t cOrrects acidity of
the stomach. relieves wind collie, regulates the
bowels, and gives rest. health and comfort TO
mother and child, We believe IL TO be the
Best and Surest Remedy in the World in all
eases of DYSENTERN and DIARRHQA IN
CHILDREN, whether IL arises rom Teething
or from any other cause. Full directions for
using Will accompany each bottle. None
Genuine unless the facsimile OF CURTIS &
PERKINS is on the outside wrapper. Sold
by all Medicine Dealers. July 25-ly
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
1ruaaiats.
;. a ). M. HUBER a co.,

n. a j. h. HI HEX q Sb-s
nEALERS IN DRUGS, Stationery, School
i Books etc. Prsscri ptions accurately COM
pounded at all hOuns-day or night Perfectly
pure Drugs-guaTanteed. Corner Main and
aF
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HOMEOPATHIC Physician and Surgeon
III main 81 Two Doors North of Huber's
Drue Store. Eindlay, Ohio.
Once HOurs-from TO ~ A. NJ, IL A. N. to
PM, to sP- NJ. May Is '73-tf
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
JOHN RyTIIRAUFF.

nEALER in Agricultural implements, IrOn
IL Nails, Glass. sash, Putty, Bent Work, Cut
isry, Rubber aud Leather, Belting and u full
stock OF Shelf Goods. No. to Ewing's Block,
Main Street.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22

DaYSICIAN and Surgeon. Office over Pat
II terSOn & Winders' store: entrance on
West Sandusky Street, third door.
September -. '7S-tt
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-05-22
WI DAVIS. J. w. DAVIS IL L. DErwILEI
DAVIS BROS. q CO.,

NITHOLESALE AND RETAIL GRoCERS
w and dealers in Flour, Provisions, Wooden
willow and stone Ware, Confectionery, Fruits
Notions and general variety. Goods at Whole
sale at Cleveland aad Toledo prices Nos. q
and %, Main Street