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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-02-24
NOTES ON JACKSON COUNTY.
BY d. MACKLEY.

Lot Davies informs me that Buckeye
Furnace was built in the year lS5l-be-
fore the building of the Scioto and Hook
ing Valley Railroad. That is true; but
the railroad had then been projected
and its construction assured.
In the year ls49 the Ohio Iron & Coal
Company laid out the town of Ironton,
in Lawrence county, and projected the
Iron Railroad. The company proposed
to run their road through the rich min
eral region of jackson county, and pro
cured the passage of an act by the Ohio
Legislature, authorizing the people Of
Jackson county to vote for or against the
county taking one hundred thousand
dollars stock in said road In the year
1850 the vote was taken, and resulted
just three to one in favor of the tax, and
the taking of the stock. The people OF
Portsmouth, in Scioto county, seeing the
vast Importance to their city of a road
from that place through this county,
changed the route of the Scioto and
Hooking Valley Railroad. and secured
the passage of an act by the Ohio Legis-
lature, authorizing the people of Jackson
county, by vote, to transfer their stock
from the Iron Railroad, to the Scioto
and Hooking Valley road. The vote was
taken on this proposition, and also re-
suited in the affirmative.
The Scioto and Hooking Valley road
I Nl. 4
was completed to Jackson in August,
1853. At this time there were only the
three furnaces in the county, to wit:
Jackson, Keystone and Buckeye. The
construction of the railroad through the
center of the county at once started the
iron business into life. At the begin
ming of the year 1858. the following new
furnaces were in operation: Jefferson,
Cambria and Monroe, in Jefferson town
ship; Madison, in Madison township;
Diamond and Young America, in Lick
township; Limestone in Bloomfield town j
ship, and Iron Valley and Latrobe, in
Milton township, making nine new fur
naces, the direct result of the construc-
tion of the railroad, and bringing into
active use over a million dollars of capi-
tai, to be added to the duplicate, and |
giving employment to thousands OF la
borers.
As long ago as | can remember, there /
had been an impression among the peo-
pie of the county that there were depos-
its of rich minerals, and old Davy Dick.
a kind of loafer, had persons digging for
lead ore all around the region OF Oak
Hill. 1t was known that there were coal
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4 very important franchise was OBJ
tanned by the delegates from this county
in favor Of the early completion Of the
Springfield, Jackson and Pom
eroy Railroad, at the recent
meeting Of the Stockholders Of the At
lantic aud Lake Erie Railway at Lancas-
ter, Ohio, namely. A twenty years lease
Of that portion Of the road-bed OF the At
lantic and Lake Erie Railway, lying be-
tween Pomeroy and Mud Fork. in Co
lumbia Township Of course this right
is subject to Joint use OF the same road
bed by the other company; but il secures
to the s., J. a p. Co, the use OF twelve
miles Of road.bed. costing between one
and two hundred thousand dollars. and
and that right where il IS wanted. Near.
ly all Of this twelve mile piece Of road
bed is now ready for the ties, and the
whole can be made 80 by midsummer.
Now, from Mud Fork to Jackson Is but
about twenty-five miles; aud IL Is only
necessary TO raise the means TO grade
and tie this small gap to secure 10 Pome.
roy railroad communication with the
outside world within the next twelve
months The Atlantic and Lake Erie
Railway will ultimately be built TO Pom.
eroy, but the chances are that two OF
1
work is fully completed. The Narrow
Gauge road being much less costly, and
the distance TO provide for being less, u
strikes US that il is the manifest inter
est Of our people to turn their immedi
ate attention to the Springfield, Jackson
and Pomeroy Railroad, and concentrate
all their energies TO the work OF raising
means to build this end of the road
From Springfield TO Jackson. the road j.
not only under contract, but II is in rap
id process Of construction. The amount
necessary to do the remaining portion oi
the work on this end Of the line is said
to be 500 600, nearly one-sixth OF which
is now available in one subscription in
this city. Il seems to Us that with such
a beginning as this. the whole amount
might be raised in time to put the work
under contract the coming spring
The above appeared in the Pomeroy
Telegraph last week. We can assure ouI
our Pomeroy neighbors that the people
OF this county will cooperate with them
in completing the road. We have pri
vate information that a portion OF the
the road east OF Jackson, reaching per
haps from six to ten miles, will Le put
under contract this spring. LIT the peo
pie all along the line wake up, and be
fore the next Presidential election the
cars will be running from Springfield tC
Pomeroy. Then, Bro. Chapman, w
hope to greet you on your own d We
mean Breezy Heights"
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For the past twenty,years it has seemed
a marvellous thing that the people OF this
State should attempt to hamper them
selves with laws attempting to regulate
interest on money. Such laws are with
out sense or reason, and are universally
disregarded, except in a very few in.
stances, by parties who wish to act the
rascal
The Coumbus Journal recently had the
following, which is right:
The General Assembly of 1869 passed
law legalizing eight per cent. interest
on contract. The legal rate before that
was six per cent, while the actual mar
ket rate was about the same that it is
now. The increase in the legal rate has
had no perceptible effect upon the mar
ket rate except. perhaps, that of reduc-
ing the expense Of effecting what are
called business loans The risk being
less on that class of loans the charge is
naturally less. Now it is proposed to
raise the rate to ten per cent, and the
same arguments will be used in favor of
this increase as Of the first one, and with
Just about as much force. The old ques-
tion, therefore, comes up, why people
cannot be allowed to make their own
contracts for money without legislative
interference, and why the law should
undertake to fix the price OF money any
more than the price of wheat? Money
is worth more in Cincinnati than it is in
Cadiz, none in Toledo than it is in Co
lumbus, and yet the General Assembly
undertakes to say the price shall be ex-
actly the same in all the cities, towns
and villages Of the State. lt might just
as well declare by law that apples shall
ripen in January, or that water shall run
up hill The laws Of trade fix the price
of money Just as effectually as the laws
of nature fix the season for seed time
and harvest, and any attempt to amend
or change these laws by statute Is simply
puerile and mischievous meddling. As
we'll try to make oranges grow on BRAN
BILE bush or figs on thistles.
The proper thing for the law to do i
to fix the rate in the absence OF any def
mite contract between the parties. and
there its province ends. There - nC
more consistency or reason in regulating
the price OF money by act Of Legislature
than in regulating the price Of turnips
IL people cannot DO trusted to make
their own bargains as to what they shal
pay for the use Of money, neither cal
they as to what they shall pay for the us'
of houses or lands. As to the effect o
the free trade policy, it is perhaps sutli
cient to say that in States where it ha
been adopted money can be borrowed a
lower rates than in Ohio. notwithstand
ing her penalties against usury.
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Gen. Comfy, editor of the Columbus
journal, has been in Washington City,
and writing letters to his paper. In one
of them he says;
This fellow Hambleton, late Mr. Nor
r.sons clerk of the Committee on Ways
and Means, seems to have been an assas-
sin at heart, with more than the usual
cowardice of his kind His principles
could not have been unknown to his par
ty friends and they are chargeable with
whatever of responsibility should proper
ly attach to the reward of such princi-
pies. Let US hope, in the interest of com
mon humanity that they were ignorant
of the facts OF his career. He is now
proven to have been u blackmailer of
Northern merchants before the war;
captive, spy and perjured outlaw dur
ing the war; a whining beggar and an
atrocious liar since the war. He denied
that he had named his son after the as
sassin Booth until confronted by unan-
swerable proofs, in the shape Of his own
obituary notice of the childs death, pub
lished in that high toned Democratic or
gan The Washington Patriot, now de
ceased. He is a fair type Of the assassin
element in the South, which is doing all
the real work of keeping alive sectional
strife. If the decent people of the South
wish to escape the contain ination Of aflil-
iation with such a man, they must show
plainly that he is no fit associate for
Southern gentlemen.
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Hon. Robert TO0mbs and the Negro Vote

To the Editor Of the Ohio state Journal:
Thanks to Toombs, for telling us how
the Southern Conservatives carry the
/ colored vote. SAYS he I'VE got n good
many honest fellows into the first Lcgs.
lature, but / will tell you how we got
them there. ] will tell you the truth.
The newspapers won't tell il 10 you. We
got them there by carrying the black
vote by intimidation and bribery, and I
helped to do il. ] would have scorned
the people had they not done t. And ]
will buy them as long as they put beasts
to go TO the ballotbox. No man should
be given the elective franchise who has
not the intelligence to use IL properly.
The negro should not have IL. for govern
ment is made TO punish him; the fool
should not have il, for Government is
made to take care Of him Now these
miserable wretches-thc Yankees-have
| injected FIVE millions OF savages into the
stomach Of our body polite, and the man
who says he accepts negro suffrage | say
accursed be he" Such are tho senti-
ments OF Robert Toombs on the elective
franchise. and such, doubtless, are the
sentiments Of all who are known as Con
servatives in the South. The Conserva-
tives get colored votes by intimidating
and bribing colored voters. lntimida.
ton and bribery Strong arguments.
certainly. Hold money in one hand 10
n needy man and point a pistol al him
with the other. saying-"Here. take this
money and buy clothes and yictnals and
vote for my candidate; or refuse this
money and vote for his opponent and Ill
blow your brains out, and the chances
are that nine out Of ten men, who are
solely at your mercy, will take your
money and vote for your candidate All
that n man has will he give for his life.
Robert Toombs. OF Georgia! II memory
serves me. this is the gentleman who in
suited the free North by the declaration
that he would yet call the roll of his
slaves in the shadow Of Bunker Hill.
The honorable gentleman finds an argu
ment for the negros unfitness as a voter,
in his inability 10 perpetuate his power
in countries where he has power. / sup
pose he refers TO Mississippi and Louisi-
ana, where the negro element prcdomi-
mates, and yet the Conservatives control !
the States. COerce a man by bribery /
and intimidation 10 do so mean thing I
as vote Tor a Conservative and then make /
that act protest Tor DISTINGUISHING him 4
Chivalrous Southerner .
This Is almost as mean as rObOing the .
slaves Of their wages for two hundred .
aud hity years and shutting the door OF
knowledge against them and then de
them n beasts. Mr. Toombs
ielicitates himself on being the only Se-
;essionists in Georgia-claims peerago
with his Chief, Jefferson Davis contests
with Jefferson Davis the honor OF being
.Eby constitutional provision,
the right T. serve his people IN public
! have changed my mind since
reading Toombs speech, and object 10
he importance to Davis which eksmp-
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REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION

The next Republican State Convention
will be held in the City of Columbus, on
Wednesday, the 29th day of March, 1875.
The Convention will nominate candidates
for
Secretary OF State.
Judge of the Supreme Court,
Comptroller of the Treasury,
Member of the Board of Public Works,
And Two Electors of President and
Vice President of the United States.
1t will also designate four Delegates
and four Alternates to represent the
State in the Republican National Con-
vention to be held in the City of Cincin-
natl on the l4th of June. The Delega-
tion from each Congressional District
will also come prepared to announce or
select two Delegates and two Alternates
to that Convention.
We recommend that the meetings in
the several counties for the selection of
Delegates to the State Convention be
held on Saturday, March 18th. 1876, and
that efforts be made to secure a large at
tendance at these meetings. so that the
people shall be fairly represented in the
State Convention.
The basis of representation in the Con-
vention will be one delegate for every
four hundred votes cast for General r.
B. Hayes for Governor in 1875, and one
additional delegate for any fraction oi
two hundred votes and upwards in each
county.
All voters, without regard to past party
affiliations, who desire the success of the
principles Of the Republican organization
are cordially invited to join in electing
Delegates TO this Convention.
(Here follows a list of delegates to
which each county is entitled, Jackson
county being entitled to g. The entire
convention will consist Of $50 delegates.
By Order Of the Committee,
A. I. WIKOFF,
Chairman Republican Central Committee
j. G.. DONALDSON, Sec'y
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tion from amnesty would imply. Mr..
Toombs does we'll in associating himself
with Davis. lie tells US be ran away and
went 10 Paris to avoid the consequences
Of treason, and jefferson Davis tried 10
escape in a woman's pettieoat. Let them
free. Confederatcs in cowardice as in
treason, they'll strike at nobody but the
poor negro. who j. powerless to strike
back What can such n man a. Toombs
mean when he talks about "a ioeman
worthy Of his steelT'
This frank confession Of Mr. Toombs
that the Conservatives Of the South carry
the black vote by intimidation and brib-
cry, relieves the colored people Of the
South who have heretofore been found
at the polls with the Conservatives from
the odium Of the folly and crime Of vot
/ ing for their own and their country
enemy, as against those with whom they
fought in defense Of the old Gag. and
through whose efforts they have theii
freedom and the franchises Of oitizenf@ Up
J. POINDEXTER.
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We find the following in the Cincin

We find the following in the Cincin-
natl Gazette:
The Tribune l. to be commended and
congratulated for its persistent and sue
cessipl ,iiorts TO expose the infamous
character Of the man Hambleton, who
had been appointed TO the highly re-
sponsible position Of secretary Of the
House Committee Of Ways and Means by
Mr. Morrison. it, chairman The ohense
laid az the door Of this notorious person
was that hc had named his son John
Wilkes Booth. TO show his approval OF
| the assassination Of President Lincoln.
and proving that he had the malice OF
/ the assassin without the courage He
stoutly denied the accusation; but the
/ Tribune produced the announcement OF
| the boys death in which his full name Of
John w. b llambleton was given, aud
| thereupon the offer Of his resignation was
accepted by Mr. Morrison Aud then u
was discovered that he had been appoint.
cd at tho urgent solicitation Of Mr. Beck
Of XIV. Speaker Kerr. and the whole del
cgation from Georgia, except Mr. Hill. "a
whom his personal character must have
been well known. lie is, IL seems, ths
same disrcptuable person who, just bciors
the outbreak OF the Rebellion. published
in Atalanta a paper called tho Southern
lConfcderacy in which he printed a black
list Of New York merchants who wer'
suspected OF being unfavorable TO slavery
for the purpose OF compelling Southeri
merchants to avoid them. IL was a reg
ular black mail bdsiness, and In some IN
stances he succeeded in levyinF contri
buttons from weak backed iobbcrs. VIII
were afraid OF having their names pub
lished lie attacked Mr. Greeley will
great bitterness. and IL Is only q just n
tribution that the Tribune should no'
DO instrumental in driving him from tn
position which he disFraced by his pres
ence lie was arrested during the Re
belliou a. a spy and confined in Fort Ia
fayettc. but was released on taking d
oath or allcgiencc TO the Government
aud was afterward rcarrcsted on a chars
OF attempting TO smurgle goods into th
Rebel camp. IIo had been forgotte
since the restoration OF peace; but b
Rebel friends had a grateful remeu
brance Of his services Ia their cause. an
gave him one Of the most honorable p
. sitions at their disposal It was onl
. another OF their strange mistakes,
which will be sufficient TO convince th
people Of what the Democratic part
might b. guilty 10 fully restored to p
litical power
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When a man has taken the News for
from five to ten years without paying for
it, the easiest way for him to do is to re-
turn a paper marked Refused" That
wipes out the debt in the estimation Of
scoundrels. We have received several
notices of this sort within the last few
months. We. turn their cases over to
their proper master, the D-L
We find the above in the Brown Coun-
ty News, which reminds us of two cases
last week, both from Liberty township.
man who formerly lived in town and
took the STANDARD, and always paid for
it, has been taking it ever since he went
to Liberty. Last spring he paid for the
previous year, and told US to send it on
for another year. Last week we found
his paper put back into our box at the
Postoffice, and there was written on it
Refused" Now this man owes US for
the paper for thirteen months. We at
once sent him bill, giving him notice
that unless he paid 81 60 at once, we
would send the account to justice Of
the peace.
Another man in the same township let
his paper run over four months, and last
week it was put INTO our box marked
Refused" We have sent his bill, and
if he shall fail to respond, he will hear
further about that half dollar.
ANY man has right to stop his paper,
when he has paid for it. Not until then.
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CASTORIA.

Df. samuel Pitcher. of Hyhnnia. Mas. sHpe.
rimcutcd IA hts private pfacficr fur twenty
vcara % produce rumhluatlnu that Wuuld
have tha properties uf Castor uil wtthuut lta
unpleasant taste and EfipluE euect.
HIS preparation Waa seut fufs u0af and far,
tlli nunlly hc gave u the name % Caatnfins and
put up fuf sale. 10 u NsFv wonderful In iia
effects. rarticulafly uifh tha diaurderrd siom-
arha aud bowels of chlidrNms IL aaalmilatna the
food. cures aour stomach and wiud collie. fNgu.
lied upon In cFmups
A. q PLEASANT effcctivs. and prffcefiy uAfa ca-
dtaia. and Hyrupa. u does not cuutain nicho-
hui. and u adhptrd % any age.
ny regulating The stomach and bowels %
eros and alckiv children they become Eood.na.
tured and healthy. They can enjoy aiwrp aud
ths Laboratory q ,. y. Ross A Co. a ns, -.
New York.
frhf1-Im
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-02-24

Our readers will remember that We
mentioned a short time ago the murder
in Scioto county Of man named John
Martin, by a man named James Hughes,
in drunken row. Hughes has been
tried and found guilty, aud will 90 to
the Penitentiary.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Royse had a war
rant for the arrest Of the man who sold
the liquor which caused the murder.
The fellow started to run, when the Off.
Ger shot him, and it i thought he will
die. What does the Portsmouth Times
think OF Personal Liberty now2
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We find the following curious story in

We find the following curious story in
the West Virginia Monitor.
We learn from a private letter 10 q
citizen Of this place, from Mr.. James
Meadows. Of Boone county. West Va,
that a child was born in that county a
short time since, with two faces. One IL
in its natural place and perfect in every
respect while the other Is not in quite
so natural place, Il being situated al.
rectly on the small Of the back Il also.
being perfect in form. IL gets it, breath
as readily through tho nose on it, back.
as it does through the one in It's proper
place
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Hero is a dispatch which appeared in
the Cincinnati Commercial last Saturday,
which Democratic papers are requested
10 publish
SAxDUsEY. o.. February ls-The Audi.
tor Of State. being suspicious for some
time that Treasurer Magee. Of Ottawa
county was using the public funds for
private purposes. appointed an examiner
while Magee was az Columbus settling
with the State. Magee returned Last
night. took posfc to the Treasury, burst
open the door Of the room, aud foroibly
elected the examiner. There is intense
excitement over tho affair. MAgee is q
Democrat
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THIS INVENTION

may bu applied tu many odd iuaar siatra. rcn.
9.unH thgtn comfortable aud arm tn place.
snN - - ai-etal interest % thusu haNluE ven
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htlih!en oi ficTfoet AAftFfartluu.
hfs htrzssa has purrilasfsi tlu rnrie esiVr FiEllf
90 tllE ssuuutifa ~ Jackson. Nlmtun aud flhrs
~ ~ one else having anV fiHnt o. 49, tAtia tuNHns
1on Ntthiu TIE Nfuita 20 thusc thrus cuuuties.
ani.s4 specially lcUusssi ~ him. sfN islrtagrra
AtA - gFrpafraffus AsEt mu one hlssuade Nuu
rom tfyluE this nrw invuutian. Hemeulhcr
nat IL laltffss has siakasi uia reputation ON
~ hefitA atid warrants u ~ ~ even thlna sfn-
essteA ~ ttn lufEFuluE claims ~ asa N9all
haNs Four Auuh entnsrtfd uithout palns and
81 nVw aet NJ Treth wlth tbs iateut hlsk.
Dr. =. u. ifogo tlzs. Resident nsntist,
an u Ts-u Jackson &. IL. ohlo.