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trees There was no underground. This
was the Maple Swamp" have not
been there for many years, and suppose
the naples have been made into char
coal, and the swamp drained and culti-
waited. l will go there some day and see
it again.
How was the Black Fork (and other
creeks) made in the beginning?
Standing upon the high hill northwest
of jefferson Furnace, you can see the
hills around you embracing several square
miles of territory. Near the tops of
these hills you can see the ore banks
stripped around the outerop, ali on an
exact level, except the slight dip to the
southeast If you see an ore bank on
one hill, you may be absolutely certain
that the same kind of an ore vein can be
found across the hollow, or across the
creek. on the next hill, although it may
be mile distant. Now what do | infer
| from this That in the beginning of the
action of water upon the surface in this
region, it was all leveled up to the tops
of the hills, perhaps much higher; that
the veins of iron ore, limestone, sand
rock, clay, ETC., were continuous strata
that water. in the shape of great rains,
came down upon the surface; the minia-
ture Black Fork traced its way upon the
surface, back and forth, seeking the low
est points; that for tens of thousands OF
years it. cut its circuitous and zig-zag
channel, down, down, hundreds of feet
through iron ore, limestone, slate, sand
rock, to its present channel. 1t has car
ried off millions of tons of iron ore
three-fourths of the entire amount. II
went down to main Symmes Creek, then
to the Ohio River, down the Mississippi
to the Gulf Is it lost? Nature never
loses any material. In the deep beds ot
the Atlantic are now forming strata oi
iron ore, limestone, sand rock, etc., com
posed in part of material taken from
Jefferson township by the waters of the
Black Fork In the future the ocean
bed will be raised, become dry land, and
our posterity, millions of years in the
future, will be making pig-iron, fire brick
etc., out of Jefferson township stock.
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The N. Y. Tribune says:

lie ~ L LTtOHHe
The Congress which reassembles next month
will be watched with unusual interest.
And the Cincinnati Commercial says:
What great work the Republican Congress,
That assemblies next month, could yet do for
the country and for the party.
Here are two papers that desire to be
regarded as able-infuential They think
they can tell Congress just what ought to
be done, and yet neither of them can con-
struct the most common sentence with
anything like common sense They
might just as well talk of the Congress
which assemblies last December as the
one which assemblies next December. Go
to school young men. Go to school, and
you may learn to write sentence cor
rectly, if you are not capable of learning
common sense. Go to school.
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The Straitsville Coal & Iron Company, which
Is sending coal to this market by rail, is deliver
ing a thousand tons TO the Water Works for
trial 1t is for the public interest that this coal
shall be found good for only by building up a
regular, large trade in coal by railroad can this
city be exempt from occasional coal famines,
nor even from almost constant high prices.
And when this business shall have grown to
its proper dimensions, it will furnish the stead
lest of all trades for railroads, and one which
alone will form pure and permanent railroad
basis. And as to quality, is it not about time TO
drop the imaginary standard of Youghiogheny
coal which is now but tradition PSCincinndfi
Gazette.
If you want an unlimited supply OF
coal, vastly superior to the celebrated
Youghiogheny, you had better push a
railroad direct from your city to the
Jackson county coal fields. Our coal has
recently been les,eo- in your city, and
found to contain about l3 per cent. more
heating power than the celebrated
Youghiogheny coal.
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The first thing for the Democratic House to
do will be to pass bill reducing the salary of
the Portsnaoatth Times
Now you are talking with some sense.
But we predict that nothing of the kind
will be done. 1.-The recent Democratic
victories give tflat party hopes of being
able to electk President in 1876, and
who ever heard of Democrats reducing
their own salaries2 More Democrats. in
proportion to the number of the two par
ties in Congress, voted for the increase
of salaries, than did Republicans.
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John ]. Thomas, of Oak Hill, last Sunday, ON
account of Judgment against him in court be-
came detected and down hearted, and half
crazy, wandered off to Akron Summit coun-
ty. Hard times and scarcity OF money are max
ing many sad and detected heart. Yet men
will grind the faces of the poor, and pursue
the n while there is possibility of squeezing a
dime from them.
We take the above from one of our
neighboring exchanges. We omit the
name of the paper, but we hope, in jus
tice to Mr.. Thomas, that it will make the
correction. Mr.. Thomas is farmer, liv-
ing a mile east of Oak Hill, and we think
there are few men in the county who
have less cause to be down-hearted on
account of business matters than has Mr..
Thomas
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A little boy five years ago, named jesse
Warren, grandson of the Sheriff of
Athens county, met with very serious
accident short time ago, near Warren's
Station, Athens county The little boy
and two other children had climbed into
an express wagon. The horses were
being unhitched, when they became
frightened and ran off The little boy
attempted to jump out, or fell out, his
head striking the ground, terribly injur-
ing the scalp, but it is thought the skull
is not broken.
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The editors in this part OF the American
Union seem to be busily engaged in receiving
donations of the ''finest potatoes we ever saw,
and writing ten dollar notices foT fifty cents
worth of "beautiful apples. Ctrcleuftle Demo-
cron.
And this reminds us of the very fine
potatoes brought us some time ago by j.
B. Watson, of the jamestown garden,
and the box of superior Northern Spy
apples brought by DR.. J. B. Johnson, of
Franklin township, last Saturday. DR..
johnson informed us that he had a
large quantity of winter apples, well Sc
lected, and for sale. His apples surely
deserve this notice, at least.
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During the next two weeks we will
send bills to some Of our subscribers who
reside in this county. If they do not
then pay, we will at once strike their
names from our list. At Sl50 per year,
we will carry no dead-heads. If you
want the STANDARD, you must pay for it
if you expect to get it. If you do not
want it, pay up, and then you can quit.
The above remarks apply to only about
one in twenty of our subscribers. The
vast body of them pay up honestly and
promDtlv
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James Butcher and Harriet Taylor
were married in Auglaize county, Ohio.
He was farmer, and they went to house
keeping. Five days after the marriage
he was out in the field husking corn.
His wife came to him. and appeared
despondent. He talked a while with
her, and proposed that they have an early
supper, and spend the evening at neigh
bor's house She went to the house, and
when he went to supper he found her
near the house, dead She had shot her
self with rife.
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The New York I1riB,ms-the paper es-
tablished by Horace Greeley. has cores
pondents travelling in the South, so it
claims, and writing of the condition of
affairs in that region. We believe these
letters are written in New York by reb-
els. At any rate, these writers are en-
deavoring to prepare the public mind for
the re-establishment of slavery. We take
the following from letter found in the
Tribune Nov. Eth:
PHYSICAL INFERIoRITY OF THE PRESENT
/ GENERATION OF BLACKS.-Suffrage has not
suited in any moral or social elevation of the
negro, or rather its eiyiIizine effeet has heen
more than counteracted by other influences.
Freedom and the ballot with the Opportunities
| for ed0cafion which tbev have br6nobt bav.s
elevated few negroes, but the vast majority
4 OF them in q worse condition to-day than
/ they Were when the Emancipation ProcIana-
/ ton struck of their chains. have often been
4 told that Southern white civilization was ting
ed with negro barbarism. 1 think it is a fact
which nobody will deny that the civilization
contact with the white people. Emancipation
has driven the races apart and caused the
ence has shown that The more Isolated theY are,
/ the more rapidly they lapse toward barbarism.
/ The proof OF this may be found in the annual
increase of cases which arise in the inferior
courts of the Cotton Belt, from the superstitions
| of the freedmen. ''Triclking" and 'cha rming"
are almost universally believed in by the coun-
| try negroes and by many in the cities, and it is
no uncommon thing for men and women to be
| held to answer by negro magistrates for offenseS
of this nature.
The sing generation of colored people are, I
am assured by eminent physicians of the State,
! physically inferior to the present or the past.
This is easily accounted for. In the days of
| Slavery the the value of the negroes was so
great that their health was guarded with more
jealous care than that of the white people. A
| negro child was worth from $50 to 500 the day
| it was born, and annually increased in cash
value, while white child was good for nothing
| in commercial sense except to spend money
| physicians were employed, and no precaution
! was ever spared TO keep them physically in the
best condition. Now they are not only ignorant
| of many of the commonest laws of health, but
show the most utter disregard for those they do
know. The effect of this is seen not only i'll
the advent of a generation weaker than their
fathers, but also in the increased mortality
! among them.
One great cause of the deterioration of
the colored race is, that it is not quite so
much mixed up with the superior race"
as it was in the good old days of slavery,
The master indeed valued the new born
negro babe at from $50 to 500, especially
when he knew the babe was his own in
more than property sense. Now the
Democratic party, backed by the Tribune
wants its States Rights privileges restor
ed And 1t has fair prospect of success.
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They are having a negro equality sem
sation over at Piketon. The Waverly
Watchman says negro has been visiting
a beautiful white woman. the wife of q
be the case in these strong Democratic
counties. The Democrats for years have
let the country know that their only
hope of avoiding "nigger equality is the
enactment of stringent laws to prevent
such a catastrophe
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DOAD NOTICE.-There will be a peti ion
HI presented to the Commissioners of jackson
county at their next regular session, on the
establishment OF county road, as follows
Commencing at point at o walnut tree ON the
northwest side of Sugar Camp Creek, in Scioto
township, where said creek crosses the public
highway, known as the California road /; from
thence, south to the line between the lands OF
Sampson Nye and Lewis Nye; thence south
along said limo to the corner of the field, the
lands of David w Pierce thence, along by
road running between the house and stable of
said Pierce; thence. along said by-way to the
creek; thence, the nearest and best way to a
certain hickory tree in southerly direction,
on the lands of William Reigel; THENCE, south
on the outside of said Relgel's Held, along the
fence to the public highway, on the side oppo-
site the stable of said Reigel.
Oct. 20, lS74-4w, PETITIONERS.
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umped out, and now feels better.

We take pleasure in directing the at
tention of our readers to the advertise
ment of the Cincinnati Gazette, which
appears in another column. 1t offers
unusually strong inducements to sub
scribers. The Gazette is too well known
to need any introduction for 1875. 1t
is Republican in principle, but exposes
wrong in all parties. without fear or fa-
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Cough no more! How much JOY there is in
every household to know that they can at least
procure a remedy for any case of coughs, severe
colds settled the breast, consumption n, or
any disease of the throat and lungs that is cer-
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person is safe from the dangers of those dis
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Capt. Putnam, editor of the Columbus
Dispatch, and Secretary of Gov. Allen,
feeling unwell last week, took drink
from vial, supposing the contents to be
paregoric, but it was Fowler's Solution of
Arsenic. deadly poison when taken in
SO large quantities. He had his stomach
pumped out, and now feels better.
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They are having more fun in Arkan-
sas. They are running two State Gov
ernments. Garland is running the Dem
ocratic pert of the machine, while Smith
attends to the Republican branch. The
President will take action this week.
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The negroes became terror stricken,
and the Selma (Alabama) Republican
gives the result as follows:

The programme of the Democracy is too pat
ent now to be denied. That poor Ivey was shot
| by the Ku-klux no one seems to deny, and the
| Selma Times adds, in speaking of this murder,
| that Immediately after the facts became known
| at York Station, where his remains were after
| ward carried, 'And while 1t awaited the coro-
| ner's jury, some fifty more negroes organized
a Democratic club, which is daily increasing in
| hmm 1llaf
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We heard man predict that there
would be mary failures and much fnan-
cial distress, during the next eighteen
months. We think that may be SO. a
vast majority of people cannot endure
prosperity. The prosperous times en-
joyed under Republican administration
should have enabled the people to lay
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-11-19

A little girl named Laura Collins was
instantly killed near Clifton. Green
county, by being struck in the stomach
by ball, as some boys were playing,
: while at school
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1t is thought that Charlie Ross, the
little boy tnat was stolen in Philadel-
phia some months ago, has been found
near Barboursville, West Virginia, with
a family named Peyton.
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The advertisement of Randall Acade-
my appears again this week. Mr.. Peden
informs us that the institution is still
progressing. We will speak more at
length of this school next week.
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On Saturday morning of last week Mr.. o. G.
Crookham, a brother-in-law of Captain w. A.
Walden, of this city, and living near Eureka,
Kansas, was shot with fatal result by Alex.
Herman, with whom he had had lawsuit con-
cerning the price of some work, which was de-
eided adversely to Herman. On the day refer
red to Herman came to the field where Mr..
Crookham with several Others was working,
and commenced talking about the suit Mr..
Crookham told him that it had been settled
when, without saying anything more Herman
drew forth pistol which he had concealed un-
der his overcoat and shot his victim in the
neck, who was taken home and expired in
about forty-one hours. From all thai we can
learn on the subject it was malicious and cold
blooded murder. The Eureka Herald speaks OF
Mr.. Crooxham a gentleman of high standing
in the community, and most excellent neigh
Dor. Mr.. Walden will probably go to the West
shortly to assist his sister in settling up the
affairs of her late husband.
Mr. Crookham was q native of this
township, and was son of the late
George Crookham. one of the pioneers of
this county
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In drunken row at Urbana last Sat
urday night, one Ike Zomero shot
George Beathel in the breast, fatally
wounding him.
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THURSDAY, nov. ls. 1874.

A call has been issued for State Tenn
perance Convention, to meet in Colum-
bus December 9Th
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We find the following in

We find the following in the Gin
cinnati Gazette
CINCINNATI, Nov. Ill wish you would call
Geo. Rufer the murderers attention to that
seventy-five cents he owes me for beer, and ask
the Court If they are going to settle his debts.
am poor woman, and do not want to loose
any more than 1 can help. MRS. VONHESS.
Of course the public should be taxed
to pay you for your beer. 1t caused Rufer
to beat and abuse his wife, and then to
commit the horrid murder for which he
is now in prison. Your beer caused
Rulers wife to become insane, and at
tempt to kill her child She is also in
prison, and will have to be kept in an
insane asylum. 1t will cost several thou
sand dollars to try, convict and han g
Rufer, and maintain and take care of his
insane widow, and helpless orphan, and
all caused by your beer, Mrs. Vonhess.
The people utterly refuse to check your
beer business. They think it is good
thing. And now to go back on you for
the paltry sum of seventy-five cents is too
mean. We wish to be considered sub
scriber to your petition. You must not
loose" your seventy-fve cents. If the
court are not "agoing to pay" you for
your beer, call on Gov. Allen and the
Democratic Legislature to make the nee
essary appropriation. The beer business
must not loose its seventy-five cents.
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1t is said that large numbers of negroes
in the South voted the Democratic ticket
at the recent election. No doubt of it.
The New York Tribune rejoices in this,
as just the thing needed in the rebel
States. That any negro of his own free
will voted the Democratic ticket, no sane
man will for moment believe. They
must either vote the Democratic ticket,
not vote at all, or be murdered.
The Meridian (Mississippi) Mercury
says:
Yesterday afternoon, as the Alabama and
Chat tanooga train was coming this way, about
three miles beyond York and six tbs way from
Livin gston, man stood upon the track and
tagged the train down with his hat. Charlie
Briggs was the engineer, and stopped mis- l. Iain:
Immediately as the train stopped, some three
were fired at Thomas L. Ivey, the colored mail
agent. He is said TO have uttered single ex-
clamation of pain, and, from the terrible char
acter of the wounds. was, doubtless, killed in
stantly after. The train brought the BODY on
to this city. 1t is supposed that 1vey came to
the door of the to observe what the train
was stopping for and gave his Slayers the
fair opportunity they wan ted. 1t is said there
were assistants on both sides of the train. Their
work was quick and decisive, and they disap
peared in the brush, and no one of all the people
about the train recognized any one.
The negroes became terror stricken,
and the Selma (Alabama) Republican
gives the result as follows: