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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08

HENRY BUTLER went to Bradford
Pennsylvania, to see brother, whom
he had not seen for several years,
The brothers celebrated their meeting
by getting drunk. They had several
drunken quarrels, and finally got into
fight, during which Henry was shot
and killed by his brother Robert
Last week Robert had his trial, was
convicted of murder in the second
degree, and sentenced to solitary con-
finement in the penitentiary. at hard
labor for eight years. He broke down
and wept in the court room, and his
father, mother and two sisters were
present during the trial, and were
completely, overcome.
So much for getting drunk.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08
MANY persons in Jackson will re-

MANY persons in Jackson will re-
member Miss Hattie Richey, Of hang
ing Rock, who was visiting friends
here year or two ago. Many will
also remember a DIR. Manville, of
Portsmouth, who spenta week or two
here, curing consumption and other
incurable diseases. Well, these two
married last week, and as the DIR. was
about to be arrested by young wo-
man from Virginia, for seduction, he
skipped out, perhaps for California.
Whether he took his bride with him
or not the papers do not state.
Will young women never learn tc
beware of strangers? 1t seems not.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08
First Gnn for Blaine!

Last Saturday the Republicans of
Jefferson county held their convention
in Steubenville, to appoint delegates
to the State convention. It was the
first county convention held in the
State for this purpose. The contest
was sharp between the Blaine men
and the Sherman men, but the dele
gates reconstructed to supportiBlaine
in the State convention,
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08

The manner in which truly great
men toy with Presidential nomin-
ations is somewhat astonishing. The
friends of Edmunds have tried in vain
to induce him to allow his name to be
presented to the Chicago Convention,
and now Col. Swinton of New York,
has written a letter declining to be
the candidate of the Dennis Kearney
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08

The Sherman Club in Washington
have been sending out attacks upon
other Presidential candidates, but they
wanted it distinctly understood that
Sherman don't know it, and will never
find it out. 1t is another Tilden and
Pelton case.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08
Letter from Gen, Powell.

BELLEvILLE, ILL, March 2, 1880.
To the Editor of the Standard:
Presuming on our former friend
ship, and your continued fidelity to
our common restored Union, | shall
feel free to express myself to you not
only on the grounds of personal
friendship, but as one whom feel as
sured has lost none of his devotion to
the principles that cost US as a nation,
SO much blood and treasure, nor inter-
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08

JUDGE WRIGHT rather excentric
gentleman who assaulted Hon. Column
bus Delano, in washington City, was
fined $1,000, and ordered to Jail for
thirty days.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08
i refusal of the Democratic !

THE refusal of the Democratic man
ayers to oust Mr.. Washburn, of Mime
sofa, is said to be under the advice of
Mr.. Tilden. The Gramercy Park
reformer is opposed to all kinds of
political trickery. He believes in the
man who is elected being allowed his
seat. He has so believed ever since
the 4th of March, 1877.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08

The delegates to the Chicago con-
vention from Iowa and Kansas are for
Blaine, and so far as chosen in Illinois,
they are nearly all for Blaine.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08

THE Burgess Iron and Steel works
in Portsmouth was partially destroyed
by fire on Monday night. Loss about
$4,000.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08
Our Subscribers.

We have often remark ed that the
Standard has the hest subscr hers of
any paper IL Ohio. Two weeks ego
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08
OCTOBER ELECTION.

Three dollars. invariably in vance will be charg-
ed for announcing candidate for office.
SHERIFF,
W. Il. Cherlngton will be candidate for renomina-
tiOn the office of sheriff, subj the ison of
the the next Republican County Convention.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08

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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08
Proclamation.

Valuable Coal Privileges for Sale.
l have for sale the coal underlying 800 acres
of land, from a mile and. half to two miles
east of the town of Jackson. This coal has
been thoroughly tested and over four feet in
thick ness, and is the best quality of shaft coal.
1t is convenient to the railroad, and offers q
rare opportunity to any person or company
desiring TO go into the coal trade, now becom-
ing so profitable.
For particulars, inquire of the undersigned,
on the premises AMBROSE SCOTT,
Nov. l3, 1873.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08
COUNTY CONVENTION. =

The Republican voters of Jackson
county are requested to meet at the
Court House in Jackson, on
Saturday, April IL, 1880.
at 104 o'clock A. NJ, for the purpose
of selecting delegates to the Republi-
can convention. By order of
2t. CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-11-17
Life in Ancient Rome.

The Romans were keen, business-like
men, who never pretended to be above
trade, even though they were of supe-
rior rank or wealth. It did not cost
much to keep man in the early CEN
turies, the yearly allowance for slave
being thirty-seven dollars and a half,
while a free laborer lived for forty-fou
dollars year. Corn was the main stay,
fifteen million bushels being consumed
annually, and oil and honey were used
in large quantities. Among the rich,
epicures were more common and more
extravagant than in the modern world.
Fortunes were spent on single banquets.
Men were absurdly lavish. And yet
everything was very cheap even in this
extravagant city. The market reports
show wssthatsslamb and sheep were only six
cents per pound, beef four cents, fish
two cents, a pair of quail thirty cents,
eggs six cents per dozen, wheat sixteen
cents per peck, fotr pounds of large
grapes two cents; chickens, per pair,
thirty cents; five to ten heads of let
tuce two cents. The Romans were not
very fond of any meat save pork, and
this they consumed sparingly. Beef
was not popular, being used mostly fol
sacrifices. Game and fish were favorite
articles, and many choice imported fish
brought large prices. The common
people could not afford many luxuries,
as wages were low. The yearly pay OF
a joulneyman mechanic was from ninety.
| five dollars TO one hundred and twenty
five dollars and board. Food cost forty
dollars and clothing fifteen dollars pei
year. From the account of FOrbiger il
seems that goods were very low. A pail
of shoes cost thirty cents; one pair Of
woman's CATERS, thirty cents; one felt
hat, one dollar; one tunic, sixteen dol
lars to thirty-six dollars; one toga
twenty dollars to twenty-eight dollars
A man could get shave for two cents
The Romans spent large amounts oil
other luxuries beside those of the table
The imports of flowers, perfumes, oint
ments and dresses from India in one
year amounted TO two millions two hun
dred thousand dollars. In furniture
they had their decorative art crazes, tn,
citrus-wood tables being favorite arti
cles for squandering money upon. II
Cicero's time it was not unusual Il
spend fifty thousand dollars for one o
these tables, and Seneca, the stole, wht
prated of the virtues of abstinence anC
the vice of luxury, owned five hundred
of them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-11-17
Seeking a Sunken Treasure.

Work upon the wreck of the British
frigate Hussar, which now lies on the
bottom of the Harlem river, New York,
is being pushed with great vigor
Operations were begun last June, and
will be continued until floating ice
threatens to cut the divers air-pipes and
life-lines. What is left of the wrecked
man-of-war rests in from eighty to ninety
feet of water, and owing to the great
depth and the swiftness of the tide the
divers can make but slow progress. The
schooner Hudson is held in position over
the wreck by five anchors-two astern
and three forward. A steam engine on
her deck operates the air and hydraulic
pumps and other machinery. The
mound of rubbish at the bottom of the
river-all that remains of the frigate-
is mined with hydraulic drill. The
enterprise is in the hands of a new COM
pany holding a government license.
Mr.. G.. w. Thomas, the acting manager,
when asked what progress had been made
this season, said that he would prefer
not to say; that so many previous efforts
to recover the treasure having proved
abortive, the press and the public were
disposed to laughter whenever the sub
iect is mentioned. He. would say, how
ever, that the indications were such that
the gentlemen composing the company
were encouraged to persevere, and paid
their assessments with promptitude. 1t
is the opinion of many divers who have
worked upon the wreck that when the
Hussar was blown up by other divers,
over fifty years ago, that portion of the
vessel holding the treasure was cut off
and carried away some distance by the
tide.
The Hussar, while ON her way to Nor
wich, Conn, ON November %, 1880,
struck on Pot Rock, in He'll Gate. She
is said to have had on board, S4,S00,0O0,
which was intended for the land and
naval forces engaged in the war with the
colonies.
Interesting mementoes of the wreck
are daily brought to the surface by the
divers. A few days ago metal box,
holding a number of British copper
coins, was brought up.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-11-17
A Bright Stork.

A large and handsome whooping stOrk,
says the Council Bluffs Nonpareil, I"
can be seen daily strutting around the
yard at the residence of Professor Paige,
in this city. The elongated bird was
purchased by the professor during a
visit to Mexico some, months since, and
has become quite tame Among other
food that the stork relishes is nice fat
mouse. Mrs. Paige has a small wire
trap in the house, and whenever a
mouse happens to wander therein, he
becomes a sweet mOTsel for his stOrk-
ship. The other day Mrs. Paige noticed
the bird standing near the barn watch
ing intently at small hole leading be-
meath the building. The stork re-
mained in an attitude of watchfulness
for nearly half an hour, and Mrs. Paige,
becoming curious, concluded to watch
and see what followed. Finally she
saw mouse creep into sight from under
the barn, and the same instant the in
telligent stork pounced down on the
mouse and took him in," killing it
first and then eating it. After perform
ing this intelligent feat, the stork re-
sumed his vigilance at the mouse hole,
and, after watching sharply for over an
hour, seemed to grow weary of his work
or get out of patience, and, marching to
the house, entered the kitchen, and
picking up the mouse-trap, from which
he had so often been fed, he returned
to the barn and set the trap down neal
the hole, evidently approaching the use
Of the trap, and believing that it would
catch a mouse for him
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-11-17
"JACK.1N.THE-PULPITD STORIES
NEEDLES AND THREAD THAT GROW.

NEEDLES AND THREAD THAT GROW.
The natives of New Mexico and of
some parts of South America have no
trouble whatever about sewing tools I;
their needles grow, ready threaded, and
I'm told that anybody who wishes to use
needles and thread just walks up to the
plant and takes them. The needle is a
slender thorn that grows at the end of
the leaf of the maguey tree, and the
thread is o fiber which is attached to
the thorn. It is easy to pluck the thorn
and draw it out with its fiber, and the
two perfectly answer the purpose of
ordinary needles and thread, consider
ing the kinds of cloth and costume used
in the tropical countries where they are
found.
MONKEY ToRcH-BEARERs.
Your Jack has Just heard of some
monkeys who were educated, not to
beg pennies nor to make bows, but to
do something really useful. They lived
in the Jimma country, which lies south
of Abyssinia, and they held the torches
at grand suppers, seated in rows on
high benches around the banquet room.
There they silently waited, holding up
the light, until the feasters had finished;
and then the monkeys came in for a
share of the good things. Sometimes
one of them would become impatient
for his supper, and throw his flaming
light among the guests, as if to make
them hurry; but, as rule, these
monkey torch-bearers behaved we'll.
GRABBED IN LEAF.
It is not an insect nor bird that 1
mean, but human baby, Graded in
single leaf The leaf is big one, to
be sure, being five or six inches across,
and having rim three inches high all
around its edges. It is the leaf ,of the
Victoria Regia, gigantic water lily
found only in the warmest parts of
South America. Each plant has a num-
ber of these huge pads, which rests
upon the top of the water. A big bird
can stand on one of them without sink
ing, and, sometimes, when a mother is
gathering the seeds of the plant, which
are used for food, she will lay her baby
asleep on one of the leaves, where it is
perfectly safe until she is ready to take
it up. What nice cool cradles these
lily-pads must make, in that hot coun-
try!-[St Nicholas.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-11-17

her with questions and wonderment
and merTiment, until the last dish wa
set away, and she started to the villag,
for letters Instead of going to tn,
village, however, she stole along tn,
hedge, climbed the wall, ran to tn,
other end of the orchard, where she
flung herself on the ground and cried a'
If her heart would break. She perhaps
had cried half an hour when a ster
crushing the dry grass at her side
reused her, and the very voice she most
| dreaded to hear, said:
Give come to return your ring, Miss
Bessie"
Poor little Bessie sat up hastily and
took the unfortunate ring with falter-
ing "Thank you," then Immediately
hid her face again.
:" You needn't thank me, / should
have brought it before, but / couldn't
find you. hope you're not troubled
about those ridiculous jokes?" he added.
NO." responded Bessie, miserably,
between her sobs. CT thought you'd
think / did it on purpose"
"How could L have thought so? 1t
was mere accident my getting that
particular biscuit. I'm very solry
you've been so annoyed in this way. I'm
going away tomorrow, Miss Bessie"
The sobs partially ceased and Miss
Bessie said, surprisingly, care you?"
"Won't you bid me good-bye?''
eyes" Bessie said, unsteadily, but did
not raise her head.
you'll shake hands, won't you, Miss
Bessie?" No answer. "I can't go away
while you are offended with me. Won't
you at least tell me why you are cry
ing?"
because II lost my grandmas
ring" sobbed Bessie, making great
effort for composure.
Mr.. Vane laughed in spite of himself.
"Why it's safe on your finger and not
whit the worse for its baking. Is there
really no other reason?"
"N-no."
"But there is. 1 shall never have
another happy hour if I've offended
you," said Mr.. Vane, tragically. "I
was brute to treat you as l did this
afternoon; but I'm going away and 1
shan't annoy you again. Won't you
forgive me now and shake hands?" An
other long silence. Mr.. Vane turned
away in despair but was detained by
faltering voice.
"I-Pu forgive you if"
"Well!' was the breathless inter
position.
"You-won't-go-away?"
The more observant boarders noticed
at breakfast the next morning that
Maurice Vane wore the ring that he
found in the biscuit on the little finger
of the left hand, and Bessie wore a
heavily chased gold circle il the place
of her lost ornament.
To use the words of one of the before
named boarders, "That tells the whole
story y."-[Westminister { Md Advo-
cate.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-11-17
Ehenl Fugaces I
AFTER cALvERLEY

She stood beside the waters edge
Upon iutting rocky ledge,
The wild winds whistled through the sedgo
And opr the sky
The murlxy clouds we're driven fast;
A fitting scenc TO be the last
For one, o'erweighted by the past,
Who wished to diel
The Daylight waned unmarked by her,
Strange things began TO move and stir,
And from the clumps ol beech snd DIR
Strange noises came;
Then rose the moon, and wild and weird
The forms OF many tree appeared,
That round about the waters reared
Iis branohing frame.
But nouRht ,f lear was ia her eye,
It's gaze was fixed in vacancy,
And from her broke no tren5Ad cry
Nor any moan,
But, as an owl screamed, near at hand,
Without one look upon the land,
There was leap-a plunge, and-and
That irog was gone!
Arthur Hostage.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-11-17
A CODper Mine.

One of the curiosities of Arizona is an
ancient copper mine on the east side of
the Verde. By whom it was worked
it would be hard TO determine. Pos
sibly by the Aztecs; more likely by the
Apaches. This is more reasonable, as
the mine has not been worked for the
metal in the ore, but for the paint.
There are now on the dump rich and
easily worked carbonates, while every
spot where high-colored, soft material
showed itself has been worked out
Several rock tools which have been
found, with battered edges, and stains oi
ore on them, prove that implements Of
stone were used. They ran tunnel into
the ledge nine feet high and from six tC
eight feet wide. 1t is about twenty feet
long. In places there are walls bull
and the waste matter thrown behind
hem.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-11-17
The ingenious Druggist.

The druggists apprentice during his
masters absence became again voluble
TO the customer. Said the apprentice,
half in soliloquy and half in narrative;
"The drug business is terrific. These
porous 'plasters The old man has a
national reputation for them. He
makes em out of old sun bonnets, and
glue-cuts up the sun bonnets and
smears on the glue-and when you get
one of his plasters on your back it is
there for life There's a man comes in
here most every day to-swear at the old
man because he put on one of our plas-
ters for lame back in l84S, time of the
Mexican war, and as he couldn't get it
of, the skin grew over it like the bark
of tree, you know. That plaster has
worked further and further in, until
now its gone to his lungs, and it pulls at
his left lung in a way to set him crazy.
He is a very remarkable chemist-the
old man. / do believe he could make
paregoric out of umbrellas, and boil
down an illustrated weekly paper into
ottar of roses. He has the blamedest
ingenuity. You wouldn't believe"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-11-17

The announcement is made that
the bonded debt of Illinois, which in
1868 amounted to $12, $50, 900, will in a
few months be paid to the last dollar.
The Illinois Central railroad has, as re-
quired by law, contributed several hun.
dred thousand dollars year to the pay,
ment of the debt,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-11-17

Comets are wearing as long trains
this season as usual.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-11-17

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices, gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements co,-
lected quarterly. Temporary ADVERTISE
ments must be paid for in advance.
Job work. Cash on Delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-11-17

Only Great Britain and France now
possess a greater gold circulation than
the United States.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-02-05
Tbe folloring interesting reminis

The following interesting reminis-
cence is given by the Middleport Re-
publican:
It is related as a reminiscence OF
pioneer church history, that the first
calico dress worn in Rutland town
ship, Meigs county, Ohio, was bought
for a spinster on the shady side OF
thirty. 1t was double blue young
readers can inquire Of their grand
mothers what that means. She was
tall and masculine; ls-took siz yards
to make her dress; it cost seventy
five cents a yard at Marietta; it was
gored to the smallest possible dimen,
sions, and made In the plainest style.
The family we're aristocratic, End she
wore it to church on the Sunday
after it's completion, with evident
pride and satisfaction. Judge of her
surprise on Monday morning when
she was presented with notice from
the church dignitaries, to appear be-
fore the church on Friday, and an
swer to the charge of vanity, extrav-
agance, and setting vicious exam
pie before the yoang and giddy.
The trial was formal and solemnly
conducted by the deacons and elders;
the aged mothers in Israel present
ling the charges mingled with tears
and sighs. She was found guilty,
and compelled to make public con-
fession on next Sabbath before the
congregation! In after life this fe-
male became a religious monomaniac,
and believed herself an endless cast
away. ~
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-02-05
n Office.

r EWIS BOWCOTT, Anne Bowcott,
IL his wife, Isaac F. Poston and John
&c. Livezey, of the State of West Vir-
ginia, will take notice that John Davis,
of the county of Gallia, in the State of
Ohio, did, on the 2lst day of January,
A. ID. 1880, file his petition In the Court
of Common Pleas within and for the
County of Gallia, in said State of Ohio,
against the said Lewis Bowcott, Anne
B0wcOtt, his wife, Jacob N. Carter,
John Russell, Isaac F. Poston and John G..
Livezey, defendants, setting forth that
the said Lewis Bowcott and Anne Bow
colt, his wife, gave mortgage to the
said John DAVIS on the following prem
ises, situate IN the county of Gallia, in
the State of Ohio, and in the Ohio Com
pany's Purchase, and described rs fol-
lows The south half Of the southwest
quarter of Section thirty-six 1867, Town
ship four a., of Range fifteen (l5) to
secure the payment of 800. 90 according
to certain notes referred TO In said MORT
gage, snd that since and prior to the
giving of said mortgage the other de-
iendants claim some Interest In and lien
and claims against said lands, and pray
ing that the said Lewis Bowcott NAV nav
the sum now claimed to be due upon sald
notes, ,to-wit:-s350 90, together with in
terest at eight per cent. ,or that said prem
ses may be sold TO pay the same, and for
Ill proper and equitable relief; and the
'aid Lewis Bowcott, Anne Bowcott, his
wife, Isaac F. Poston John C. Livezey
Ire notified that they are required
20 appear and answer said petition, on
,r before the third Saturday after the
Ith day Of March next. l2ff 81
JOHN DAVIS.
By White & Holcomb, Att'ys.
Jan. 20. lSS0-Gw