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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-02-01
Boss GrOSYenOr.

Republican politicians, and Repub-
lican editors, were invited to Colum-
bus'last week for consultation. Some
years ago we were green enough to
attend these caucuses. It was last
week as it was when we attended,
half dozen bosses were selected, and
told the party what it must do. As
is annually the custom, letter was
read from John Sherman. He, Noyes,
Grosvenor, Foster, and even General
Hurst, were in favor Of protecting
the accursed liquor traffic, by taxing,
and legalizing it. aGrosvenor, Of
course, made a long speech. He
thought by proper humiliation, and
cursing and kicking out the the Pro-
hibitionists, the Dutch can be got
back into the grand old party, and
then, Of course, all will be lovely.
Now if Gen. Grosvenor thinks that
all who are Prohibitionists are the
twelve to sixteen thousand who voted
that ticket last fall, let him look at
the number of voters who are now
asking the Legislature to submit a
prohibition amendment. It would be
nice thing for the party to get the
Dutch vote; but in buying that vote
by an abject submission to the Dutch
beer-jerkers, infdels and Sabbath des-
ecrators of Cincinnati, the Prohibition
vote will be at least one hundred thou
sand next fall.
Will it pay to do wrong?
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of brainless bloats whom the doggery-
keepers parade before the country as
statesmen" There is a secret to the
liberal minded qualities of these rep
resentatives of the doggery-keepers.
They-the doggery-keepers - know
that they can make this class of men
liberal minded at pleasure, as all the
principle" they possess lies in their
stomachs. What a jolly time there
would be, if everybody were liberal
minded; no noisy church-bells; no
school-houses; everybody drunk; a
general pandemonium of deviltry,
riotings and murders. We should be
grieved to think that the intelligent
American people could take much
stock in these liberal minded cattle.
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THERE was rather novel lawsuit
before Mayor Phillips, Of Coalton, one
day last week. Will. Longbon, Of
Jackson, is teaching a district school
in Washington Township. and the
Directors told him that if any chill
dren came to school with any conta-
gious disease, to send them home
The children of one family came who
had the itch, and the teacher sent
them home. The father of the chill
dren sued the teacher and one of the
Directors, the other two being absent
from the township. The case was de-
cided in favor of defendants.
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HO For Libel ty.

Wednesday, January "a, 1883, was
the twenty-frst anniversary, Of the
birth Of Mr. T. L., son of Evan and
Margaret Richards. Arrangements
had been made prior to that time, and
invitations sent to relatives, friends,
and acquaintance, for a supper at
five o'clock. Accordingly, by half
past four, perhaps thirty guests had
assembled, waiting the arrival Of the
guest, MI. T. L., from school. They
were soon gratified by his presence.
Rev. D. E. Evans then read a portion
Of the cxix psalm, and after invoking
the blessing Of the Invisible, made an
appropriate presentation speech. Re
marks were then made by Rev. J. B.
Gowdy, DIR. White, o. B. Randall, H.
K. White, and others. The recipients
reply was very suitable indeed. Space
will neither permit an enumeration of
the number Of gifts, nor the names of
the donors. Suffice it to say, the most
valuable was a fine young horse, sad
die and bride, presented by the father.
The next item Of interest was boun-
tiful supper, in which thirty-fve par
ticipated, but were unable to do JUS
tice on the occasion, since a sufficient
quantity was prepared for seventy
persons The style Of cookery indi-
Gated that no pains had been spared
on the part of the housewife. One
would infer after being at the supper
that the Revs. D. E. Evans and J.
B. Gowdy were in the habit Of eating
everything on the table when at home
for they moved away a powerful
load" of chicken and turkey, and 9TH
er things in proportion.
At any rate their equilibrium was
so much disturbed that they were un-
able to balance, let alone to navigate,
unless their hands were crossed behind
their backs. No doubt the Sen. Edi-
tor of the Standard would have been
distanced had he had the good fortune
to compete. The presence of Judge
Evans, Davis Mackley and wife,
Lloyd, Jones, and many others who
were invited would have added much
to the entertainment, yet we feel con-
fident in saying that when the partici-
pants took their leave at bedtime they
were all Of one opinion that "the party
was a success" S: f. WHITE.
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The McConnellsville Herald says
that a man named Wilson was con-
victed of perjury and sent to the PEN
itentiary for three years. He is over
sixty years Of age. He was tending
bar for liquor-seller, and testified
that he had set down bottles on the
counter for customers, but he did not
know what the bottles contained.
For swearing to this shallow lie he
will have to serve three years at hard
labor in the penitentiary.
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Inconsistent.

The Waverly Watchaam says:
'The veteran mud smasher of abe
Jackson Standard still holds to the
idea that the people Of that county
can get along better with their mud
roads than the people Of this county
can with their free turnpikes. This
is strange idea for an intelligent
man to get into his head, but we reck-
on that is the result Of his raising. If
man is made Of mud and raised on
mud his tastes will naturally tend that
way"
If we wanted to retort in similar
blackguard style, we might say that if
man has been raised on still slops,
and has been wading around in mud
dy hog pens, he cannot raise his tastes
above the lowest liquor logic. But
we will not descend to that line of ar
gument.
In the same paper in which we find
the above extract, we find the follow
ing:
"The Portsmouth Times draws a
sorrowful picture Of the financial af-
fairs Of that county. 1t says that the
taxes are outrageously high, turnpikes
and bridges in fearfully dilapidated
condition, bonds repudiated and coun-
ty orders floating about promiscuous-
ly without. knowing that their re-
deemer liveth. In the. city Of Ports
mouth the taxes are three dollars and
thirteen cents on the hundred"
And in another article, about new
proposed turnpike, we find this:
"We would advise our public spirit
ed citizens to go slow in the matter Of
making public improvements and not
plunge our county head over Eeels in
debt like our neighboring county Of
Scioto is at the present tins. Let US
first pay for what improvements we
now have under way and then we will
be better able to undertake new ones"
That is just what we propose to do
in Jackson County. We have been
making some little improvements, and
our county is out Of debt. 1t is very
easy for persons who do not
pay any tax, to propose to expend
other peoples money. = IF any tax
payer Of Jackson County desires to
go into the turnpike business, let him
send us postal card, and we will
publish the AMOUNT Of tax he now
paws.
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MARY E. McCLELLAND is on trial
at Franklin, Pa, for the murder Of
her husband. A girl baby had just
arrived at the home of the McClel-
lands, and the father came home
drunk, and, because the baby was not
a boy, threatened to kill both mother
and child. The woman, knowing his
dangerous character while drunk, had
secreted revolver in her bed-as she
was still confined to her bed. The
husband and father advanced to carry
out. his horrible threat, when the
brave mother sent bullet through
the place where his brain out to be.
A monument ought to be erected to
the memory Of that noble woman.
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From Lebanon,
LEBANON, o., Jan. 26, 1883,

LEBANON, O., Jan. 26, 1883.
To the Editors Of the Standard:
The large number of your readers
who are interested in the National
Normal University will be panied to
learn that the beautiful chapel lately
erected at an expense of $4,000, was
entirely destroyed by fire Thursday
night, Jan. 25, 1888. Though ter
rible misfortune, the President, A.
Holbrook, is not in the least discon-
certed. With his characteristic pluck,
he made immediate arrangements for
every class, so that no exercise was in
terrupted. The whole school assem-
bled the next morning in the City
Opera House, and every provision was
made for the regular continuance of
every exercise. This hall is the only
one in the town capable of holding
the school. It will be used until the
University Hall is rebuilt A move
ment is On foot among the former and
present pupils and patrons of the
school, by general subscription, to re-
build the lost structure. If every
friend of the institution will contrib
ute dollar. the amount would be
raised at once. The fire will in no
way interfere with the increasing at
tendance upon the University. There
are now here ample and good accom-
modatiops for 1900 pupils, and doubt
not that this disaster will but intensity
the interest which the public has
always taken in the National Univer-
sity. The valuable library was en-
tirely saved. The total loss is about
$4,000. Insurance $4,000.
M. M. DUPRE.
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"OH, you can't say, through the
law, what man shall eat or drink?
says the doggery-keeper. Then we
must assume superior wisdom to the
Ruler Of the Universe. If we believe
anything in sacred history, we must
believe that God said unto the first
man "thou shalt not eat of the forbid
den fruit" We believe decent people
have seen pretty near enough of these
bloated and blistered beasts, waddling
around and spouting about a mans
inalienable right to make disgusting
exhibition of himself.
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Card.
OAK HILL, O.. Jan. 20. 1883

OAK HILL, O., Jan. 29, 1883.
To the Editors of the Standard:
Allow me through your paper to
return my most sincere thanks to the
citizens of this place for their untir-
ing and effective assistance rendered
IN saving my property at the destruct-
i've fire at our place last Saturday
morning, especially those that stood at
their post with heroic and unhinching
determination until their flesh was
scorched, and thus saved valuable
property for myself and many others.
The ladies Of this place also deserve
special mention in this connection for
the effective aid and assistance rendered
in carrying water to the fire, and they
have my heartfelt thanks.
J. EDWARD ZONES
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COLUMBUS, January 25, 1883.

To the Editors of the Standard:
request the use of your columns
to inform all whom it may concern y
that on the 10Th inst. ISreceived a
copy of minutes of the proceedings of
a meeting of the citizens Of Coalton
and vicinity, held on the 18th inst,
together with a copy Of resolutions
adopted at said meeting, requesting
the establishment, by act Of the Leg
islature, of new township in Jack
son County, to be composed of the
following portions of Lick and Wash
ington townships, viz: Sections 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 10, II and -, being
the northern tier of sections, Of Lick
Township, and Sections 30, 30, 81, 80,
SO, "a, 35 and SO, being the southern
tier and the two western sections of
the second southern tier Of sections,
of Washington Township. Said res
olution was supported by an accom-
panying petition containing 495 sig
natures, asking favorable action
thereon.
Feeling this expression of so nu-
body Of citizens residing within the
territory proposed to be erected into a
new township, a sufficient justification
for my action, l introduced bill for
the purpose, copy of which l here
with send you.
My desire in this matter will be to
subserve the best interests of all those
to be affected by the proposed forma-
ton of new township, and to con-
slider favorably the wishes of the ma
jority (for or against) when they will
not materially affect the substantial
rights and interests Of the majority.
This is a question of recent origin,
local interest to a neighborhood II or
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WE are under obligations to Will.
S. Merrill, Of Washington City, for
merly Of Ironton, for portions of the
Congressional Record. We find a bill
reported, which will probably pass,
making appropriations for Morgan
Raid Claims, and among them the
following Jackson County claims:
Rufus ]. Backus, $50; Peter Bum,
S11O; James Barlow, $1OO; Samuel
M. Pollock, administrator of Abraham
Corn, $92; A. S. Combs, S115; Isaac
}. Evans, $40; Gabriel Evans, S12O;
3. B. Greene & Co., $50; John S.
Grifiths, $5O9.1O; Samuel L. Hull,
S85; Mary A. Hale, widow of George
W. Hale, S78.12; Gideon Harvey,
500; Joseph Aten, administrator of
Philip S. johnson, $135; B. Kahn &
Co., $500; William Overly, $50; Jack
son FL. Umpleby, executor Of Thomas
Umpleby, 5000; Stephen N. Vaughn,
800
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Drummer, one Of the most active
Democratic members of the Ohio Leg
islature, was formerly parson-so
the story goes. Brunner says he
preached Hell-fre." But, like the
mule-driver who joined Church, he
found the tMo situations incompatible.
He either had to quit preaching He'll
fire." or get out Of the Democratic
party, and, as his Democracy was
stronger than his religion, he quit
preaching.
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NEWT. SMITH, late of Morgantown,
Indiana, is convinced by this time,
that mans personal liberty" can be
restrained. Newt. asked permission
Of Mr.. White, of that place, to sleep
in his-White's- stable, as Newt. was
drunk. Permission was given, and
he succeeded in burning up the stable,
several horses, and-best Of all-him-
self. MIR. White lost all this proper
ty because he had no right to say
what any man should eat or drink.
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20 miles distant from my own, and
one about which I have heard no dis
cussion pro or con, and hence one
about which | can have no personal
knowledge or individual opinion; 4
shall therefore be governed in my fu-
ture action on the bill by the will and
wishes of the people to be affected, as
expressed by petitions or remonstran-
ces, or by any persons or delegation
coming here to be heard on the mat
ter; and any person or delegation
wishing to be heard for or against the
proposed establishment Of the new
township can be heard before the pro-
per committee at any time they desire,
by informing me of the time they can
come or wish to be heard. I hope
therefore that all who feel themselves
interested or in any way to be affected
in this matter, will take such action and
course pending the consideration of
the bill by the proper committee, as
will enable the committee and myself
to act intelligently and justly in the
premises. I have written similar
letter to each Of the other county pa
pers. Respectfully Yours,
r. Fl. JONES.
The following is the bill referred
to: ..
H. B. NO. 659.-BY MIR. JONES, OF JACK
SON.
A BILL TO CREATE A NEW TOWNSHIP
IN JACKSON COUNTY, OHIO.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly Of the State of
Ohio, That so much of the township
Of Lick, in the county Of Jackson (be-
ing township number seven Of range
number eighteen as constitutes and
lies within sections one, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
eleven and twelve of said township,
and so much Of the township of
Washington in the county of Jack
son. (being township number eight,
of range number eighteen as consti-
tutes and lies within sections twenty
nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two,
thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-fve
and thirty-six Of said last township,
be and the same is hereby erected and
established as a separate township Of
said county Of Jackson, to be known
as Coal township, and said township
hereby established shall have the same
rights, powers and privileges as other
townships of this State.
Sec. 2. The first election Of town
ship officers Of said new township
shall be held on the first Monday Of
April, 1883, and the trustees of said
original townships Of Lick and Wash
ington. shall, at least ten days prior
to said first Monday of April, jointly
give notice for said first election in
said new township, which notice shall
designate some central place in said
new township where such first elec-
ton shall be held.
SEC. 8. Said new township shall
be entitled to receive from the county
treasury and from the treasures Of
the townships of Lick and Washing
ton, respectively, such proportion Of
funds now in said treasures, or to
come therein from any levy heretofore
made, as was, or will be collected from
the territory hereby established into a
new township.
SEC. 4. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pas
sage.
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Notice to Contractors and Builders.

Sealed proposals will be received at the Office
of the Clerk of the Board of Education of the
Village District of Coalton, Jackson County,
Ohio, until twelve o'clock noon on Saturday the
10th day of February, 1888, for furnishing all
materials and labor, or any part thereof, neces-
sary and required in the execution and COM
pletion of q new school house in said District,
and proposals to be for frame school house,
according to the plans and specifications on file
in said Office. Said plans and specifications can
be seen at said Office at any time.
Each bid must contain the name of every
person interested in the same, and be accom-
panied with a sufficient guarantee that ifthe
bid be accepted, q contract will be entered into
and performance of it properly secured: and no
bid or bids will be considered unless such bond
accompanies the same. The said Board of Ed
ucation reserve the right to reject any or all
bids.
BY ore |er of said Board of Education.
D. B. VARIAN, Clerk.
Dated January 18th, lSS3-4w -
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No Increase.

Congress has been largely petitioned
to increase the pensions of soldiers
who were disabled by the loss of a
hand. foot, leg or arm, to forty dollars
per month. The Senate Committee
have reported adversely upon the pro-
posed measure. The majority report
states that the proposed measure
YOU'D Immediately increase the an
nual pension account not less than
S5,187,564.
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The Grand Jury of Scioto County
indicted between thirty and forty
liquor sellers at the present term of
the Court. whereupon the Portsmouth
Times just howls itself hoarse about
the persecution Of the good, innocent
Germans, who are required to conduct
their damnable business within the
limits of the law.
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They are not having quite so lively
a time in Macarthur now as they had
in former years. At court week be-
fore last M. J. Robertson was fined
$25 and costs for getting drunk while
serving on the Grand Jury, and Hen
ry Geer was fined 800 and costs, and
sent to jail for 20 days, for keeping a
room where intoxicating liquors are
sold in violation of law.
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If the Commercial Gazette does not
let up on the practice Of publishing
wood-cut pictures Of great artists, it
will not be long until they will give
Cincinnati wide berth. But maybe
the Commercial Gazette is working in
the interest Of the Society for the
Suppression of Music.
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The Grand Jury in St. Louis were
instructed by the Court to investigate
as to the crime caused by the city
dram-shops. The Jury reported that
after having Investigated the matter
thoroughly, they were satisfied that
eighty per cent of all the crime and
pauperism in the city came directly
from the saloons.
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A DEPUTY MARSHAL at Indepen-
dence, Mo-, took the robber, Frank
: james, out of jail, and went with him
to theater, securing private box.
This was all very nice for Frank, but
the Court promptly removed the Dep
uty from Office.
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HENRY EDGERToN, of New York,
ate, on a wager of ten dollars one day
last week, thirty seven hard boiled
eggs, two mince pies, and drank two
quarts of ale, in an hour and half.
We are glad that on that night we
slept as far away from Henry Edger-
ton as from here to New York.
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A BOHEMIAN woman in Milwaukee,
Catholic, read the Bible and other
religious books until she became era
zy, and murdered her three children,
cutting off their arms and legs, and
otherwise horribly mutilating them.
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The small stockholder in a new
Railroad is a good deal like spear Of
chaff that attempts to do battle with a
whirlwind. He never knows what is
to become of himself.
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A MAN never knows what he may
accomplish, until he tries. Do not be
like the young man who committed
suicide because his girl would not
marry him-when he had never asked
her to do SO
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Big Fire at Oak Hill.

About one o'clock on last Friday
night tire was discovered in what is
known as Temperance Hall, in Oak
Hill (Portland), and six houses were
burned, including all the buildings
between the store Of Parry, Warren &
Co., and the Phillips House. We do
not know the estimate of the entire
loss. Warren & Sons lost in drugs
about $1,000, and the loss in buildings
is large. R. W. Jones, who owned
the best of the buildings, is said to
have $4,000 insurance.
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DR.. YARNELL may be consulted at
Isham, House, Jackson, O., Wednes-
day, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday, February Z, 8, 9, 10, and II.
American House, Hamden Junction,
O, Monday, Tuesday. and Wednesday,
February 12, 13, and IA.
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The Republican State Central Com
mittee metsin Columbus last week and
fixed the time and place for the State
Convention. It will be held in Co.
lumbus, June 5th and 9Th.
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The U. S. Senators have gone to
making fun of each other for talking
so much. This is an indication of
genuine Reform.
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Total for the. week.
DR.. PA(1[N

Will be at Coalton on Sunday and Mon
day, February 18th and 10th, and at Jack
son, at the Gibson House, on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, February 20, 21, %, % and "a.
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Road Notice.

There will be petition presented to the Com
missioners of Jackson County Ohio, at their
next regular session, on the first Monday in
March, 1855 asking for an alteration of a piece
of road in Franklin township, Jackson County,
Ohio, and that alteration Is commencing at
James q. Webbs residence, putting the road
below his corn crib and coal house, and other
outbuildings, thence to the Twins Station
Road. B. j. CARTER AND OTHERS,
Jar. %, 1SS35w Petitioners.
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JOHN SMITH was pardoned out OF
the Ohio Penitentiary by Gov. Foster
on last Thursday This time John
halls from Cuyahoga County.