The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-11-01

When the civ OF lr"DIon was laid out.
some twenty seven years ago. We brliev'.
there was a provision in all the deeds.
that any person who sold intoxicating
liquors on any lot purchased, fortified
his title. Now lronton Is only second to
Chilicothe for drunkenness aud deviltiy
generally.
The last number OF the Register con
tanned this:
TARRED.-A woman appearance on the
wharf 10 day, arrayed in a disgusting coat
of tar The ugly deed was done on the
kentucky side just below Cailettsburg.
md she was then taken acruss to this
side, when she walked down 10 the
point She said her name was Stevens
md that she used TO live in Ports.
mouth. Her story was that three men
lad the tarring and she didn know
them. Her hair was a mass of tar, and
there We're thick daubs of il over her
ace and body The sight bordered on
the awful. She crossed the ferry here,
,ni Ssid she would 20 to Greenup.
And this:
| Man KILLED-A MYSTERIOUS Case
| Last saturday afternoon. five men from
| ashland crossed the river in kiH and
vent To "a saloon below Petersburg, when
hey drank until they were pretty iull
| Toward evening, they went back tn their
| kIff and on their way were very bois
fsrous. In crossing Brn Oviatts land
hey broke some glass in his hot bed, and
we're otherwise very noisy. They were
William Monigan. John Hsney. NJ chsel
DonsvaD. John McClinksey aud Joseph
Layman. Upon getting to their skiff,
hey were unable to unlock IL. aud got
nto irrociou- fight among themselves,
| striking aud throwing stones in the most
vigorous manner. Getting through with
heir melee, they started up the river To
ind another skiff, and soon came upon
me near the ferry. While trying TO un.
lock that. John Sloan and John Peters
ir. and Misses Kate Murdock and l. Lzzie
sloan were coming down the bank "a
take a ride on the river, in the skiff
which the drunken fellows were trying
tn uuloose. Sloan had borrowed that
+kiff of the frrrym4n aud 30 told the iel.
lows One of the men bad got in it aud
Sloan led him out, st the same time q
light quarrel was brewing. for the Ash
land chaps were very drunk.
During the controversy. some one
called nut TO Sloan TO look. he's going Il
shoot, aud Sloan turning. beheld Lay
nan with pistol directed square at him
sloan held au oar aud gave L4yman
,tinging blow with the paddle end of the
~. knocking him down. This thing
W. repeated aud Lay man didu't get uE
LIe second time, but this was not singu
tr for he was almost TOO drunk To stand
md one of hs companions was lying
town, too much under the influence o
squor tn move. sloan aud hi, compsn
.,,ns then took their TX Il ride and re-
urned in about twenty minutes, and
ouDd the two men lying there still
Then be put them both in a s-iff and
transported them To the other sid..
where he reused them from their stupor
nj started them home. Laynian himself
s.-ttIng up and walking TO his home.
The next morning LsymAn died In
the back OF his head was hole through
the skull IL was quite round aud lit
IL over an iuch ia diameter. and that
.va- the cause OF hrs death Whether
sloan inf. .ctrd the wound with the pad
lie end of the oar or not is "A question
IL Is highly probable the wound was re
,pivrd in the fracas which took place al
their Own skiff. for stones were thrown
there and the wound was most likely in.
| hicted thus than with AN oar.
Sloan was arrested and brought bei0f Z
Mayor Corns who. after hearing the trs-
timouy, dlsmissed the prisoner, on the
ground thst it was "a case Of selfdefence
even IL the wound was inflicted 10y Sloan.
Layman was about IL years old and a
uaIl feeder at Ashland.