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Some seven or eight Democrats, of the
Cincinnati Water-works, have been in
dicted for embezzlement Chief among
them is Thomas E. Snelbaker, who was
Secretary, and who is charged in the in.
dictment with having collected, and fe-
loniously embezzled, money to the
amount of six thousand dollars. A gen.
eral demurrer to the indictment was
filed. Lawyers we'll understand what a
general demurrer means. 1t admits the
truth of the pleading to which it refers,
but denies that such pleading makes a
case in law. This demurrer then admit.
ted that Snelbaker had feloniously en-
bezzled six thousand dollars of public
money, but it denied that the law made
such embezzlement punishable, and
Judge Cox held the demurrer well taken
and that there is no law in force to pun
ish such thieves. He stated that a case
might arise where all the public money
belonging to the city, amounting to three
million dollars, could then be stolen, and
no one could be punished therefor.
With Democratic Legislature to make
or to fail to make penal laws, and Demo
cratic city officials, public plunder will
soon become the rule among Democrats,
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Some persons seem to think that news

Some persons seem to think that news
paper gas and lying will construct rail-
roads 1t is true that influential, reliable
papers, have great influence in stirring
up the public mind and inducing people
to take stock in railroad companies. But
truth is always best.
Something over a year ago there was a
great deal of this newspaper lying and
brag about the Gallipolis and Macarthur
road, and one little scabby paper at Nc
Arthur asserted that the cars would be
running on said road before the first OF
March, 1875, and the item was widely
copied into the papers of the State AT
that time we predicted that the cars
would not run on that road from Gallipo
lis to Macarthur for twenty years. When
Judge Hebard of Gallipolis was here
holding Court last month, we made in
quiry of him about this road, and learn
ed from him that it is as dead as Julius
| Caesar ta1
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The Ironton Democrat gives several
cases of violence and outrage in and
about Ironton which shows that the free
use of intoxicating liquors is working its
legitimate results. First, a lot of young
men called for beer at Kessler's saloon,
and got into fight with the proprietor,
and man named Barker was fined and
sent to jail On the Sd there was a Ger
man picnic out of the city, at which all
the roughs from the surrounding ore
banks and furnaces congregated, and
there were about twenty fights. Some OF
the parties were badly cut and stabbed
but unfortunately for the public peace
none of them were dead at last accounts
On the 5th there was cock fight on Ice
Creek, and there were more fights, in
which one Jack Brough had his head
badly cut, and Lew Morgan, late Marshal
of Ironton, took part, but Morgan had
net at last accounts, got sober enough tc
have his trial.
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Bro. Ely of the Circleville Union is
misrepresenting the Lille of the Valley,
by stating that she objects to being called
Mrs She says she wouldn't object to
having her name changed. Darst could
be spelled in a very e-e-sy way by making
it Dearest at first. Then new name
entirely might be taken afterward.
The above is from the Chillicothe Ad-
vertiser, edited by that old bachelor
Arch Mayo. 1t is not the first time that
he has been fourishing around Miss
Darst, the editor of the Circleville Her
aid 1t will do no harm for Miss Darst
to keep an eye on Mayo. He needs
watching.
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An awful murder was committed last
Friday morning at Longpoint. thirty
miles from Terre Haute, Indiana. The
train stopped to take water, when two
men rushed up, uncoupled the train,
only leaving the express car attached to
the engine. Then they shot the engi-
neer through the heart, and ran the To-
comotive with the express car about two
miles, and attempted to break open the
car. The agent, named Burke, fastened
the door, and was armed with two revol-
vers. The robbers shot through the
door, and attempted with a sledge ham
mer to break it, but failed, and soon ran
to the woods The murdered mans
name was Milo Ames.
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The Democrats do not like Gen. Tom.
Young, our candidate for Lieut.. Cover
nor. They pretend that he is not moral
enough to suit them, and they point with
pride to his opponent, Gen. S. F. Cary,
their great temperance apostle, and make
comparisons. We freely admit that
Young was born in Ireland, and that he
has not the eloquence of the great cru
sader Cary, so that he can call whisky
and beer sellers thieves and murderers,
and their children drooling idiots. But
that is not the real objection to brave
Tom. Young. He went into the army
and fought bravely to put down Demo
cratic treason, while Sam. Cary was max
ing temperance speeches at home for pay.
And that's what's the matter with Tom.
Young.
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To the Editor of he Standard.

To the Editor of the Standard:
On the evening of July Sd, 1 got on
board the cars for Washington and Gal
liza Station, thence across the country to
to Washington Furnace On arriving at
the latter place l found numerous ac-
quaintances and friends, who had made
preparation for large Sunday School
gathering on the 4th. Next morning
(4th) everybody was stirring early, and
by 81 o'clock the people began to gather
on the grounds At o'clock the S. S.
met at the School House, where singing
and prayer was had, after which pro-
cession of perhaps 800 persons was form
ed, (mostly children) and marched near
half a mile to the grounds
The number continued to increase un-
til lO3 clock, at which time l think
there were about one thousand persons
assembled.
The meeting was called to order, had
some singing and prayer, while the pro
vision was spread on a table 100 feet
long or rather two tables, one 100 feet
and one 80 feet long. The tables were
abundantly furnished with good things
to eat, and abundance of nuts, candies,
&c. Ice cold lemonade was furnished in
quantities sufficient to satisfy the taste,
and quench the thirst of all present, free
of cost. 1t was good place to be, and a
good time was realized by all present. 1t
was mixed crowd, made up of Germans
Welsh, Irish and Buckeyes, of different
occupations, languages, and religious
views. The following churches were
largely represented Presby yterian, Bap
tist, Brethren, Methodist, Catholic, Lu-
theran, and others.
All contributed in getting up the din
ner, and all enjoyed it together.
Friendship and sociability, with very
good order, prevailed during the entire
meeting The little people at one table
and the large ones at the other, where
all were waited upon until. the appetite
was fully satisfied, and after all were fec
much provision was taken from the table
and given to worthy friends that received
it with grateful hearts, after dinner hac
some singing and a short address, anC
adjourned, and returned to their houses
before the rain at o'clock P. NJ
| Washington Furnace people subscribed
about $3.50 in cash, beside some provision
and much time in preparation.
Those that are willing always give to
good cause, A. w. LONG.
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The Gallpolis Journal publishes what
we said in favor of John Q. Gibson for
State Senator, and then says:
Mr.. Gibson is graduate of the jour
nal Office, and in all his relations of boy
and man has ever been true, faithful and
reliable. He is worthy of the honor of
being Senator, aRd we hope he may get it.
We have been very Intimately acquaint-
ed with Mr.. Gibson for more than TWEEN
ty years. and we believe we never knew
more truthful, honest man than he is.
As a.business man he is competent, and
would make frst-rate law maker.
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One or two Republicans who were en-
gagged in the sale of beer and whisky dur
ing the crusade, went over to the Demo
cratic party because more Republicans
than Democrats were engaged in the cru
SADIE These men will be peculiarly hap
py now in voting for Sam. Cary for Lieut..
Governor This is what Cary says about
them:
The dealers in these poisons, and those
who kindle the fires of the distillery, not
only induce men to raise the suicidal
arm to put an end to their own existence,
but they let loose upon the earth mul-
titude to bathe their hands in the blood
of innocence. They sit in lurking pla-
ces of the villages; in secret places do
they murder the innocent. They lie in
wait secl city as lion in his den; they
lie in watt to catch the poor. They
crouch and humble themselves, that the
poor may fall by the strong ones. They
FIRE the brain, and nerve the arm of the
assassin They sharpen the weapons OF
death, and stand by and consent and
hold the garments, and receive the price
while the crimson current flows.
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tsTell red men in the western wild,
Whom solemn treaties have beguiled
That justice at no distant day
They'll surely find in native CLAW"

This had especial reference to the
treaty effected with the Seminoles DUR
ing that same year But Jackson was
elected over Clay, and the fraudulent
treaty was enforced, or at least attempt
ed to be enforced, and near the close of
Jackson's second term, in the year 1885,
the first great war by the American Gov
ernment to strengthen human bondage
was begun. The historical authorities
differ widely as to the duration and cost
of this war. Some state that the war
lasted seven years, and cost the Govern
ment ten million dollars, while others
put it at ten years, thousands of lives,
and thirty millions. All admit that
there were but a few hundred warriors
at most, generally placing the number
from 240 to 300 1 am pretty sure, from
my own recollection, that it was claimed
at the time and never disputed, that the
Seminole war cost over forty million dol
lars. 1t did not end in 1912, as claimed
by some authorities, and the removal of
this handful of men from the Everglades
of Florida had to be effected by fraud
and treachery.
The great warrior, Osceola, in my opin-
ion, performed deeds of valor far surpass-
sing the renowned Scottish Chiefs Will
liam Wallace and Robert Bruce, in the
18th and l4th centuries. If this great
man had not been seized and confined
through treachery on the part of the
Democratic administration that would
disgrace the lowest savage tribes, the
Florida war would have lasted until the
final abolition of slavery As it was, this
unjust war, conceived in fraud, and pros
| ecuted by treachery, to strengthen and
perpetuate human bondage, continued
until the next Democratic war in the in
terest of slavery, to-wit: the Mexican
war, of 1S46-7-S
will close this week with the follow.
ing brief notice of Osceola, found in Zell's
Encyclopedias, volume 2, page 532:
''Osceola, chief of the Seminole In.
dians, born in Florida about 1913, was
the son of an Indian trader named Pow.
ell. In 1885, while on visit to Fort
King, his wife was claimed as a slave, as
being the daughter of fugitive slave
woman, and carried off as such. Osceola
resolved upon vengeance, and some
months afterwards, finding General
Thompson outside the fort, killed him
and six other whites in his company
Dec. 2S, 1885. Such was the beginning
of the second Seminole war; durin 3
which Osceola defeated the United States
troops in several engagements On Oc
tober %, 1887 while holding confer
ence under flag of truce with General
Jessup, near st. Augustine, he was trea
cherously seized and kept in confne
ment at Fort Moultrie till his DEATH in
1888"
was then young man, or rather q
boy, and reading of these acts of the
Democratic party as they occurred il
was one of the causes that fixed in my
mind that detestation of slavery and De
mocracy, which has governed my politi
cal action ever since.
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A German girl named Mary Koehl
hung herself at Reading, near Cincinnati
last week. She was in love with young
man named Lichtenberg He was Ro-
man Catholic, and would not marry her
because she was a Lutheran. She left a
letter, which was sad and pitiful fare
well to this world. She directed who
should carry her body to the grave, and
among them was Lichtenberg A local
in the Gazette says:
As Ben. Lichtenberg the lover, who
had found it hard but few hours ago tc
realize that she was really dead and be
yond recall, took his place at the head O
the coffin to remove it from the house tC
the hearse, he reeled and tainted in the
arms of by-stander. He afterward raj
lied, and, taking position at the side o
the hearse, as it moved slowly to the
cemetery, glance through the window
at the coffin overcame him again.
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,e Fourth of july this year

The Fourth of July this year coming
on Sunday, made it unusual for the
amount of drunkenness. rioting and muir
der. 1t is useless to attempt to record
the cases found in our exchanges. One
of the most terrible cases occurred at the
saloon of one Dennis Mahoney, in Colum-
bus. Two negroes were terribly cut, and
will both probably die. The murderer is
in Jail, but as no mob will do justice when
the murdered parties are negroes, the
criminal will not likely be punished, only
by short imprisonment
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JACKSON, O., June sth, 1875

Regular Session The Commissioners of
Jackson County, Ohio, this day met IN regular
session pursuant to adjournment. Present
same as yesterday. Hon. Van B. Johnson in
the chair. Minutes of yesterday read and ap-
p-oved.
Trustees of Scioto township, the necessary.
expense of burial of John Hard, legal settle
ment unknown, STA 25.
Aten & MarShnan, to one bed and mattress
for County Jail, 50 so.
William Watson cleaning Court House privy
3 months, Sc so. -
A. B. Monahan, NJ. D., medical attendance to
prisoners confined il County Jail, $20 90.
d. w. Cherington, Treasurer, for redeeming
County orders, recording County Officers
Bonds, &c, for the year ending August 3lst,
1872, SI04 20.
| Peter Bum, Infirmary Director, for five days
services, 81 80 per day, So So.
Joseph Rule, Infirmary Director, for five days
services, g so per day, Sl2 so.
w. S. Schellenger, Infirmary Director, for
five days services 81 509per day, $l2 %.
Smith Townsley, printing $500 township as
seSsor'S blanks, $65 Co..
| On Motion, and on call of the yeas and nays,
the amount necessary to pay the foregoing
claims unanimously 1propriated. g.
On motion, adjourned to meet tomorrow
morning at o'clock A. NJ.
| VAN B. JOHNSON, President of Board.
j. R. BOOTH, County Auditor.
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Egner, the murderer of Schilling, con-
victed and sentenced to be hanged, has
obtained an order from the Supreme
Court for a. new trial. Perhaps his neck
may be saved by this delay, but it is
hoped not.
We cut the above from some one of
our exchanges, we forget which one 1t
is the escape of such murderers as Egner,
through the technicalities of the law.
that renders mob law absolutely essen
tial in many cases. for the safety of hu-
| man life.
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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

ssThe Democrats came into Office last JAN
uary after our political opponents had held
control of the State of Ohio for nearly 90
years, but we couldn't find, after the most
careful examination, a single case of Official
corruption. They had done some things
that were wrong, nothing that was corrupt
They spent more money than a heavily
taxed peo pie could well bear, but they didn't
steal any."-Speech of Governor Alien at Wash
fn0IOn O. H
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We find the following in the Paint
Valley Times, published at Bainbridge;
NOTHING MORE THAN AN IDEA"
The Gazette says that our road never
was anything more than an idea, after
all
just so And that idea is now about
the same that it has been from the first:
to build the Road. One of the best points
in our idea is 6Onifed subscription, OF
100000, with the work already com
mencedl
Sister Adams must look to the work
of her printers with little more care.
We should think that bonifed (what
ever that may mean) subscription OF
eight million dollars, and the work al
ready commenced would make the Mar
row Gauge fixed fact.
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MIRACULOUS CESSATION.

The last number of the Circleville
Democrat contains sketch of the life
and public services of Gov. Allen, which
starts out in this way:
Hon. William Allen, the present Gov
ernor of Ohio, was born in Edenton
Chowan county, North Carolina, in the
year 1907. He was, by the death of both
father and mother, left an orphan in his
infancy.
And the Circleville Union of the same
date, in speaking of Gov. Allen. says;
Tradition states, however, that his
father died in 1903
Now only think of thatl Four years
Was the like ever heard of? If Ifanybody
ever heard of such case, it is Dr. l. T.
Monahan. Come to the front DR.. Can
such things be? No wonder his mother
died in his infancy. We should think it
would kill any woman.
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FAITHFUL TO ITS TRUST. Never, in the
history of the world, has party been
more faithful in carrying out the will of
the people, than the Republican party.
1t has been true to every promise; it has
kept sacred every pledge; it has carried
the nation through period of great per-
IL it has been the recognized bulwark of
civil and religious liberty. Its past rec
ord is a true index of its future possibili-
ties. To this record, the only one that
can determine the merit of individuals
or parties the nation may well point
with pride. What the party has been, it
now is and will be in the future.-Repub-
lie
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Good papers like the STANDARD and
Cincinnati Commercial, which undertake
to defend truly good man when he is
assailed, have a heavy work on hand.
Here is one item we cut from one of
our wicked exchanges:
. "One thing should be attended to at
once by the Democrats before it is too
late Samuel Cary should be made to
explain what he did with that $2S, 900
which his company charge him of steal
ing in the silver mine transaction
And here is another of the same stripe,
from tho Steubenville Herald and News ;
CARY ON INTEGRITY.
Those Democrats who are so constantly
prating of purity and patriotism. and
charging corruption against the Republi-
can party, ought to turn their attention
to Cincinnati. In that city about half the
Democrats in Office have been indicted
for grand larceny So it is wherever
Democrats get control of public funds;
they will steal, although they are not ~
ways convicted Even Sam Cary himself
who last night was prating from fish
stand about the public integrity, is now
before tie Cincinnati Courts on charge OF
criminal frauds in connection with
mining company in Colorado of which he
is head, and also charged wi III having de-
frauded the Ter Spring Petroleum Conn
pany, of which he is President, out
of $30,000
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LEVY FOR THE YEAR 1875.

Ordered that the Auditor levy OH all the tax
able property of Jackson County ON the Grand
Duplicate for the year 1875, as follows viz:
For current county expense fund and { 10
mills on the dollar.
For poor lund, / and CLIO mills on the dollar
For r. r., to pay principal and interest, on
Jackson County Railroad Bonds, and S-IO
mills on the dollar.
For building fund, mill on the dollar.
For relief fund, 2-l0 of a mill on the dollar.
j. w. Laird, Mayor of the Incorporated Viii
lage of Jackson, his fees in the case Ohio VS.
Anna Cassidy, 81 %.
Thomas Easterling, Marshal of the Incorpor-
ated Village of Jackson, his fees in the CO @
Ohio VS.. Anna Cassidy, y %.
j. w. Laird, Mayor of Jackson, his fees in the
case OHIO VS.. John Hughes 50 %.
Thomas Easterlin5, Marshal, his fees in the.
case state af Ohio VS., John Hughes, SO S5
j. w. Laird, Mayor, his fees in the case State
of Ohio VS., Andrew DeLong, IS %.
Thomas Easterling Marshall his fees In the
case state of Ohio vs. Andrew DeLonC, 81 80.
ID, b. Herrell, making approach to bridge in
Franklin township, SIS Cd.
Ordered by the Board that the Auditor ascer-
tain on what terms five Jackson County Rail-
road Bonds, due July, 1876, can be had, and II
said bonds can be obtained on the same terms
as last five, then the Auditor be and he is here
by authorized to send draft for the redemption
of five of said bonds at the time the next semi
annual payment of in crest becomes due in
July l, 1875.
On motion the amount necessary to pay the
foregoing claims unanimously appropriated.
On motion, the Board adjourned to meet on
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DRoBATE NOTICES.

The accounts of Jacob A. Sell, guardian of
Catharine v. Wellman a minor, Evan ID. EV-
ans guardian of Ann Morgan a lunatic, H. q.
Lasley guardian of Charles Wellman minor,
Eli Tope and j. Sheridan executors of Andrew
Sheridan deceased, Samuel Hull guardian Of
Della Burris and Hester Burris minors, Will
lam Powell administrator of Thomas NJ. Jones
deceased, William ]. Leonard guardian of Luz
cretia j. Leonard minor, William H. Hunter
guardian of Henry Armstrong minor, Randall
4. Russell guardian of Olive Cross minor, Da-
vid z. Nor an administrator of Peter Morgan
deceased, /. oseph +. Jacobs administrator of
samuel Turner deceased, Sarah Mercer guar
dian of Mary Mercer minor, Rufus Hunsing-
er guardian of James Lake minor and J. T.
Ramsey Guardian of Sarah j. Mccormick a
mino have been filed in the Probate Court Of
jackson County, Ohio, for settlement, and the
same are Sc for examination and hearing on
the Slst day of July, A. ID. 1875, at 10 O'Clock A
NJ. of said day. JOHN !. G. EVANS,
july l5-Sw Probate Judge
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There has never been an honest Re-
publican administration. in the South
CsrcleUiHe Democrat F
1t will be all right when the Democrat
ic party gets into power in the national
Government. Then you can send such
men down there as Tweed of the New
York Penitentiary, John G. Breslin, last
Democratic State Treasurer of Ohio. Smell
baker, the indicted embezzler of Cincin
natl, or some of those Democratic mem
bers of the late Ohio Legislature whom
other Democrats charged with having
sold their votes for 800 each. 30
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Gen. Francis Preston Blair, of Missou-
ri, died on last Friday. Gen. Blair was
at one time leading anti-slavery man,
but he turned to be a pro-slavery Demo
crat, and his notorious letter in 1868 did
much toward the defeat of the Democra.
cy. Gen. Blair lived ten years toe. long
for his own good name 4s
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That patent sham, the Waverly Watch
man, is now happy. 1t has succeeded in
defeating the objects of that "thieving
corporation" the Springfield, Jackson
and Pomeroy railroad company. 1t has
no more to say about bona tfde subscrip-
ton of 100000, and the purchase OF
cross ties by Mr.. Emmitt. We never did
believe that the Watchman was in favor
of the road