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We always read Bro. Wetmore's Notes
by the Way, in the Pike County Repu6-
lean. In his last paper he says:
Gen, James Moore informed us that he
was challenged, not long since, to bring
down a sparrow from the vane OF the old
Court House, and not liking to back
down, thought he would trust his old
rifle Just this once again, so drawing a
bead on the bird he put bullet through
it. This, for an old man in his eighty-fir
year, is good. He has fred at seven mar
tens years in succession. and brought. down
the first six, but missed the one he shot
at last spring. And this banter for him
to try his hand on the smaller bird which
he was successful in hitting, stands him
on his feet again as the champion shoot
ist of Pike county.
Our friend D. Mackley, who edits and
prints the Jackson STANDARD, is a curious
genius. He is man who has a mind of
his own, and speaks his mind without
let or hindrance-or, perhaps we might
say, prints his mind-has on several
occasions scolded General Moore as glib
ly as very shrew, fol his destruction of
the little martens. He called him some
very hard names. Now we never could,
in our / cart, approve of the general and
promiscuous destruction of birds. There
are scarcely any but what do more good
| to the farmer than harm. Even hawks
and owls, which sometimes come into
the poultry yard and take away a few
chickens, destroy vermin which do the
farmer very great harm. But such birds
as the robin, and several other species
which are found in this section of the
country, and indeed every section OF the
United States, do the farmer great serv-
ice in destroying insects, and ought not
to be destroyed, but encouraged to prop
agate their young in our gardens and
fields. Even the blackbirds and crows
do more real good than harm, yet almost
every man and boys hand and gun are
raised against their peace and comfort.
These things should not be. Yet while
we are merciful to the birds above men
toned, we would not have the little
marten Unfortunately slain. General
Moore says they destroy his bees, and he
is great bee raiser. Yet that is not the
reason why he knocks one off of the
Court House vane each year. The Gen-
eral is an octogenarian; he has been in
this county nearly if not quite sixty
years, and was distinguished in his
younger days as a capital shot-indeed.
he was a famous hunter. He is one OF
q very few of the old pioneers of Pike
county left among US, and he lives more
for the past than the future, He likes
to fight his battles o'er again; to dwell
on the pleasant remembrances of his
earlier life and it is not strange that he
hugs his old rifle which brings him in
memory back to the halcyon days of his
manhood, when he prided himself on
bringing down every piece of game which
he pointed his trusted rife at Neither
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POSTAGE.

Some time ago we told our subscribers
that the new postal law would not take
effect until the first of January, 1875.
We now learn that the part of the law
which permits newspapers to pass free in
the county where published, took effect
the first day of July, 1874, and there is
no postage on the STANDARD to subscribers
who reside in jackson county. Those of
our subscribers who have paid three or
can get their money back by calling on
their Postmaster -
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BLIND LEADERS OF THE BLIND

p The Cincinnati Gazette, in its zeal for
license to sell intoxicating drinks, be-
comes very low and abusive, and calls
those who differ with it, fools and liars,
and incapable of reasoning.
In one of its articles, headed blind
Leaders of the Blind" it says: But they
who write or speak for the public ought
to inform themselves" That is true;
but what must we think of the intelli-
gence of the Gazette, when in former
article it said:
Furthermore, we have to remark that
one of the worst features of the liquor
traffic. viz: the beer traffic, is not only
free, but it is legal. Our anti-license
friends dwell largely upon the fact that a
vote of the people, putting an anti-license
clause in the new Constitution, would
condemn the whole business as an evil,
.and would render disreputable those en-.
gagged in it. In reply it is to be said we
have at present Constitution that con-
tains an anti-license clause, and under it
several anti-liquor laws have been en-
acted, but there is no law declaring it to
be illegal to manufacture or sell in any
way, except to be drank on the premises
distilled liquors; nor is there any law
whatever against the wholesale or retail
traffic in vinous and malt liquors. The
traffic In these latter, under the Constitu.
ton, with its 'no-license' clause, and the
laws of Ohio, with all their anti-liquor
provisions, is as legal as any other branch
OF business; and as the people, in adopt
ing the anti-Hcense clause in 1851. did
not make this traffic disreputable. we do
not see how re-enactment of precisely
the same clause in 1874 could accomplish
that result"
When we wrote an article for the Ga
zette referring to the law against selling
ale, beer, wine and cider. it had only this
reply to make:
BEER AND WEE.--In q recent article
we stated that the laws of Ohio did not
prohibit the sale of beer and native wine
A correspondent, whose letter we print
In this paper, undertakes to dispute tbs
proposition, but by quotations from the
law and judicial decisions he proves thai
we were correct. He shows indeed. thai
the courts have decided ale to be intoxi
eating, and that intoxicating liquors O.
any kind may not be sold to minors Of
persons in the habit of becoming intoxi
Gated; but this does not disprove the
statement that under the anti-licenst
clause in the Constitution, and all the
anti-liquor laws in the statute books, the
sale of beer and wine is legal, excep
when sold to minors or habitual drunk
ards.
you can not, under the laws of Ohio
close single house in Cincinnati for sell
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A correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Commercial writing about the new Asy-
lum at Athens, among other things says:
The building was begun in 1868, and
the first appropriation for the work was
made April 16, 1867. The cost thus far
has been-for construction, 1921 600; for
furnishing, 100000; total, 1881, 900. AS
we said before, some necessary work re-
mains to be done in completing the fin.
ishing of the Asylum-in the basement
or cellar, in the grading of the grounds
and building of fences around the entire
premises.
The Board of Trustees intrusted with
the erection of the Asylum was composed
of VIM. E. Davis, Esq, of Cincinnati, E
Fl. Moore, Esq, of Athens, and Hon. H
S. Bundy, of Hamden, Jackson county
That the work has been done well anG
without any gouging by the contractors
is readily witnessed by any one familiar
with the character of the building, and
no extras were allowed, except such al
were contracted for according to law
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If the Republican politicians who were
in solemn consultation in Columbus on
Tuesday imagine that by ignoring the
temperance issue this year they will win
back to the support of their ticket the
large German vote of Hamilton county
lost to them at the last spring election
they are counting without their chick.
ems. They must make up their minds
to fight their fight this year, without any
audible report of the sweet German ac-
cent on their line of confict.-CI Cincinnati
Commercial.
So you see how it works. The Ger
mans have forsaken the Republican par.
ty because it is temperance party,
while the prohIbitionists have forsaken
it because it is a whisky party.
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Mackley says that ain less than one
year Grant will have Andy Johnsonized ;
in less than another year he will be the
Democratic nominee for President" You
can't saddle Grant on us in that flippant
way, young man.-Portsmouth Times.
You will see. If your masters, the
southern rebels, tell you that you must
swallow Grant, you will open your mouths
and swallow him, horses, bull pups, Long
Branch and all. You once thought that
no young man could saddle that old tenn
perance abolitionist, Horace GreeleN
upon you. But it was done.
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This is not free country, as some peo
pie think. Mackley, editor of the Jack
son STANDARD, was compelled to make a
speech on the Fourth against his will
and he made it.-MarysviHe Tribune
We had been put upon the programme
for speech in jackson, and went of
thirty miles to get relief. and there, in
Scioto county, we were pressed in the
service, while our good friend l. T. was
left clear out of the ring, the which he
said was an outrage upon his rights as an
American citizen. But then some men
are more willing than others to let their
light shine.
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The papers are at last aroused to the
danger of the Granger business. In an
editorial few days ago, the Cincinnati
Commercial said:
The Court added that "the right to
lower rates implies also the right to
raise them; and there may be serious
doubts whether this can be done" 1t is
here more than intimated that the
Court, all the Judges concurring, refused
to go the length which it was claimed in
some quarters that this decision covers.
it did not decide that the provision in
the Wisconsin Constitution, allowing the
Legislature to alter or repeal any rail-
way charter, gives the Legislature abso-
lutte power over the railroad and its fran
chises. This view of the case is blocked
by two paramount considerations. First,
it would nullify the Constitution of the
United States, which secures to Congress
the exclusive right of regulating COM
merce between the States and secondly,
it wouldzyiolate that other provision of
the Constitution which expressly pro
hibits the States from making any laws
impairing the obligation of contracts. If a
law which reduces or scales the dividends
or the earnings of railway companies so
as to take away all their power of paying
interest on their bonded debt, is not a
law impairing the obligation of contracts,
what is it?
Within the limits which this judicial
decision marks out for itself-namely,
the refusal to interfere with State law
prescribing fares and freights within the
State boundaries alone,-what will the
Changers have gained? Suppose they
can force the railroads to fix ruinous or
losing rates for persons and property
carried from place to place within the
State; what follows? May not the com
panies thus hampered and deprived oi
ability to meet their expenses and obi
cations, raise their charges for all trans
portation beyond the limits of the Stated
Clearly they may, and the question which
addresses itself to their discretion and to
their pockets is, whether they must not
do this in self defense In this view OF
the case, it would soon happen that the
Wisconsin Grangers, instead of gaining
would have lost by their little game OF
dictation to the railroads. The bushel
of grain carried from the waving wheat
fields of Wisconsin to the foreign steam
er in New York harbor, would cost more
instead of less to transport than it does
at present.
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a young man named Snyder, clerk
IN q store at Portsmouth, desired to i'm
mortalize himself by cutting his name
high upon the rocks on the Kentucky
hills opposite Portsmouth. He fell from
the clifi, caught hold of rock where he
held on for an hour, Justify bawling for
heip, when persons heard him, let rope
down to him. which he fastened to him
self, and was lowered sixty feet, to solid
ground. Now he has not only got his
name engraved upon the cliff, but he has
got 1t into sundry newspapers, which is
far better for notoriety.
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There has for some time been an Or
ganization among printers, known as the
Printers Union. The Cincinnati Gazette
Company discharged some forty of these
printers few days ago. and employed
other men in their places. On Monday
nights number of the new printers were
poisoned. None of them had died at last
accounts. The printers had to be pro
tected by the police, from threatened at
tacks from the discharged printers.
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1t is now asserted that the Postal

1t is now asserted that the HoStal Dill
which passed both Houses and was sign
ed by the President, requires prepay
ment on newspapers after the 1st of jan
uary next at 2 cents per pound. 1t will
be found that the law will make those
who voted fer it as punishment to the
newspapers who have so boldly criticised
the acts of Congress, as unpopular with
the readers of newspapers as with pub
fishers. The newspapers will stick close
to their subscribers, and in turn the SUBJ
scribers will cling close to their papers.
We cut the above from one of our ex-
changes. 1t is sample of the foolish
ness now to be seen in most of the pa
pers. Postage is taken entirely off pa
pers in the counties where published,
and reduced more than one-half out OF
the county. How this can be considered
punishment of newspapers, we cannot
| understand
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The Democrats are exceedingly anx-
lous to have the Republicans take up
and carry the temperance question the
coming fall. They cannot come that
game. There is no occasion for it. The
temperance issue is how being fought,
on the new Constitution, and as neither
party will hold its convention until after
tne election on the new Constitution, no
party action will be taken. Every man
is free from party bias to vote as he
Pleases on this question. This question
Will always be important when members
OF the Legislature or Common Pleas
Judges are to be elected, either under
the present Constitution or the proposed
one. But none of those officers will be
elected the coming fall, unless the new
Constitution shall be adopted.
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The Logan Sentinel and Nelsonyile
Miner are Democratic papers. They are
furiously after Capt. John II. Putnam.
Secretary of Gov. Allen. Capt. Putnam
used the authority of the Executive of
the State of Ohio to prevent murder,
arson, assassination and riot at the mines
IN the Hooking Valley. The Sheriffs of
the counties of Athens and Perry were
either unable or unwilling to do their
duty and enforce the laws, and the Gov
ernor of the State all honor to him, per-
formed his sworn duty, and saw that the
laws for the protection of life and prop
erty were executed, and sent his secretary,
brave and prudent man, to see that the
laws were properly enforced.
Capt. Putnam will survive this attack.
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The Republican Congressional Com
mittee have issued an address to the peo-
pie of the United States, which should
be read by every voter. The latter part
of it takes the correct view of the all-im-
portant question now at issue between
the Grangers and the great railroad inter
ests of the country. Next week we will
publish the greater portion of this ad-
mirable address,
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The Republican State Central Commit
tee met in Columbus last Thursday, and
fixed the time for the Stete Convention
on Wednesday, September I'd Several
prominent men not members of the Com
mittee were present in consultation, and
speeches were made by Senator Sherman,
General Grosvenor. Mr.. Bundy, Mr.. Law
renee and others
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John Hopley, editor of the Bucyrus
Journal, is postmaster at that place, and
has given some attention to postal laws.
His views come more nearly to what we
believe to be the correct theory OF this
subject, than any thing we have seen.
He says:
The Journal, therefore, is in earnest in
papers be paid at the time of mailing for
several reasons:
l. 1t is best for the public service.
2. 1t is best for the newspapers, as ii
will tend to keep up the price; also, be.
cause it will tend to require all to adopt
the only true plan of pay in advance. u
3. Nor is this all, the Journal advocates
what Mr.. Sherman does not, and that is
postage rate of cent pound on al
papers delivered in the county; of TIC,
cents pound on all papers delivered il
| the State and of four cents a pound or
papers delivered outside of the State
and that it be forbidden to Express Com
panies to carry papers, as they are for
hidden to carry letters, except the post
age be paid at the regular rates. Tn,
Journal advocates this because it think
the country papers need protection from
| the wealthy city press, and that protec
ton will be found in fair and just law
whereas the laws have all been strongl
in favor of the city press.
Finally. For the past year on all Jos1'
nails that have been paid in advance tn
writer has been paying the postage, at til
enormous rate Of t0enty cents gear for pa
lpers carried by himself to the postofic
and there handed to citizens through tn
window, while papers brought from NeV
York or Oregon have paid no more; no1
that the law has absolved him from thi
tax on onehalf of his circulation, an
the tax on the other half is reduced on,
half, it would be singular, indeed, if b
did not approve the law, although he di
not find the old one severe burthen.
1t is singular that no opposing pape
examines this, in reference to the publ
good, it is all purely personal howl owe
personal tax. The Journal proposes.
examine things as they effect the publ
good, and not as they benefit or othe
wise the individual interests of its edito
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The Beecher-Tilton investigation is in
progress. On Monday night Tilton read
his statement before the committee, but
it could not be procured by the reporters
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THURSDAY. July N. Iss4.

There was smother great fire in Chica-
20 last week The amount of property
destroyed is yariously estimated at from
three to Eve millions of dollars.
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The Ripley Bee has been purchased by
S. j. Housch, who will change its name
to the Independent The new editor pub
fishes salutatory Of more than column
in length. The old editor publishes the
following yaledictory:
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The following items are taken from
the Twentieth Annual Report of the
State Commissioner of Common Schools
of the State of Ohio, for the year ending
August 81, 1873:
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To the old friends of the Bee:
FAREWELL. T. F. SNIFFIN.
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in the very last stages of dilapidation,
like his mind and body, he poured it full
of beer dregs from keg selected from
the pile, and drank the nauseous stuff
until the last drop was drained. He then
reeled on his way, with no home before
him but the Work-House, no resting
place but pauper's grave"
The following is from the Cincinnati
Commercial:
= BLOODY TRAGEDY IN WARREN COUNTY
Since the 2lst of January last the temper
ance people of this town have been val
iantly lighting King Alcohol and every
saloon was closed but one, and that one
was selling only by the package when
at the spring election Mayor and new
members of the Town Council were
elected, whose work has resulted in OPEN
ing all the whisky shops in town and re-
leasing Monger from jail.
"This has eliminated in John Kaizer
killing his wife last night and then kill
ing himself For several years Kaizer
has abused his wife when under the in
f1uence of liquor, so that his wife has
repeatedly been to the saloon-keepers
and besought them not to sell her hus-
band liquor.
| within the past month, on the reopen
ing OF the saloons, she has been around
again, making the same request, and was
told by the proprietors that SO long as he
paid for his whisky they should sell it to
him.
"On appealing to the authorities some
three weeks since for protection, assuring
them that she was afraid of her life, when
her husband was in liquor, she was told
to 60 home and all would be we'll, but on
returning to her home she was attacked
by her husband, and in his abuse he
broke three of her ribs. Within three
days she has made the Same appeal to
the same party and this time was told to
go home and make peace with her hus-
"Kaizer has always been good me-
| chanic, and has in the past made good
, 1874-02-26
NuLWAUKEE.
ROmuu Catholic burial In C0nsc-
crntcd Ground-.The Sa1oon"Nccp.

N0muu Catholic Burial in C0nsc-
cfntcd Ground-.The Sa100n"Accp.
cFG.
Special D3spateh to Tha Chicago Tribune.
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 25.-Some excitement is
likoly to be provoked here by charge that has
been circulated, to the effect. TINT Joseph Por-
thior, an old settler. has been refused burial by
tho Roman Catholic Church for no othor reason
assiguod than that tho Diseased lived in q dig
trict OF Bay View in Which thero Is no burial-
place, and that the authorities Of the Church in
milwaukee, refused to allow him to be buried
elsewhere. Aa Porthier WAS one OF tho oldest
sottlors, being trapper for the Juneaus sixty
yosra ago in tho woods whore the city
now stands, and was woll known, tho
statement il calculated to create u.feollng.
Your correspondent interviewed tho bishop on
the subject and had long conversation on tl,o
practice OF tho Church as to the burial Of chill
tron, both inside aud outside the palo. and aa to
puy application had over boon made Us alleged, or
that s1iY difficulty had been interpreted BY the
Church authorities. ue asserted that
l' oyon II anything had transpired to in
duco any priest to rofuso burial in
consecratod ground,--as for membership OF q
socrat society, for diasoluto conduct, etc., etc,-
still tho 1oconsel could ilna purlal~placo olBe-
where, aud scandal would 10 avoided.
loaaloon-keopors metto-day mud discussed tue
RHO in boot. They passed resolutions pledGng {
all present to discontinue to Holl boer that oosta
moro than 80 per barre! after Mnrch ], aud aud
that the President coneult lending lawyers to sce
whether the saloop-koopers cannot recover short.
ages for the past two yoars in the bro"ero'
, 1874-02-26

Obituary Notice .- Jealous Nnpttst
Women Eiadoavor to Lend n Unitn-
xsnu Clergyman from the Path OF
Error.
Spee1a. Di.patch to 1he Chicago Tribune.
RooKFonD, Ill.,, Feb. 25.-Our citizens were
pained to learn to-day Of the death OF City
Attorney ". T.. Hyde, who dlod yesterday at
Mason City, Ia. Mr. Hyde was promising
Young man Of fine talent. He Ind been in full
ing healtn Tor Bome time, and startod fow days
eiuco to try the climate Of Colorado, stopping
for short timo with friends in Iowa.
4 number Of well.moaning but oyor-zealoua
ladiea few days since called on tho Roy: Dr.
Kerr, pastor Of tho Church OF tho Chrastian
Union, in thia city, and asked him to desist from
further preaohing, on tho ground TINT no vas
loading souls astray. For several ySals "; T.
Kerr was pastor OF tho First Baptat Church III
this city, but finally tol into tue belief tlat tue
FREQ religion of the Unitarian, or Roposs
Collier and Starr King Aiud. was Dot
ter for humanity than tho closo com
muniou BAPTIST sort, severed Lis cohnect1oh
with that Bocloty, aud for three yeara has beon
proachiug to all immense audience ehcn sanoay
In public hall. TloHa zoalous women called
on lin to persuade him to dosist from this. ns
tloy profcsaod to boltoyo he was teachtng lii
alol doctrines, aud loading hia congregation
down 70 death. Tho visitors wore courtoously re-
coiyod aud kindly troRtod, but tho Doctor declined
to accodo to their request. Tho Church ot the
Chriatinu Union numbers among It's meulbors
many OF our best citizonB aud leading businoBs