The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-09-03

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play of nerve, establishes for him a
train of admirers, at once. While
this is commendable when clothed
with a right tendency, it is cores
pondingly' deplorahle when growing
out of evil influences or surroundings.
| Add to this the fact of the practice of
the barest deception on the part of the
so-called heroes, and admiration takes
l-or at least ought to take-the
form Of contempt.
A great excitement prevailed at
Cincinnati on last Saturday. An
nouncements had been made broad
cast over the country that John l..
Sullivan of Boston would have a
"glove fight" with a gentleman by the
name Of Dominick McCaffrey, of
Pittsburgh. The business of Cincin-
natl was to get big crowd into the
CRY. The business Of the brutes was
to get the crowd to come and see the
fight. So great was the excitement
that men staid all Friday night in the
vicinity of the park where the fight
was to take place., on the snext day.
Sullivan brought some eight hundred
followers and friends with him, but
the law and order men of the wicked
city resolved that prize fight should
not take place. A constable was de-
spatched to arrest Sullivan, which he
did Sullivan gave one thousand dol
lars bond that he would not fight a
prize fight" adding that he was 60
ing to engage in glove contest, or
"sparring match" Thus the fight
was permitted to 60 on. More than
fifteen thousan ddollars was received
at the gate. When the time came for
the fight, the great brutes appeared
on the platform and hustled, and
punched, and hugged each other for
six rounds - when, Sullivan haying
failed to ''knock Dominick OUT the
fight stopped. 1t was described as
Sullivan's hardest battle" The
whole thing was doubtless gotten up
by friends Of the two men as specu-
lation, and the only subject Of Won
derment is how the two could keep
from laughing outright at the folly Of
the people who were staring at their
wonderful battle 1t is sad day
for Cincinnati, sad day for the State
Of Ohio, when such an exhibition can
take place, under the eyes, and with
the endorsement, Of the officers of the
law.
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One after another the old-fashioned,
cranky theories are being exploded,
and much-abused quantities are being
vindicated. Perhaps nothing has been
made the butt of more jokes than
boarding-houses, and the meals that
are furnished at such places. But
now comes Boston correspondent Of
a Cincinnati paper, in defense Of
clearinghouse meals. He claims to
have eaten his meals ~at boarding
houses for twenty years, and was new
er troubled with dyspepsia, and asserts
a belief that no man living in like
circumstances will be dyspeptic, the
reason assigned is the regularity Of the
meals at a boarding house. This
knocks in the head all the fiat news
paper jokes about flies in the hash,
hairs in the butter, and the like. The
boarding-house is vindicated.
**
The Por tsmouth Times has the au-
dacity to say;
'"The Salvation Army has got nerve.
1t is thinking about attacking
Jackson"
This remark is Of course inspired
by jealousy. AS the Salvation Army
do not claim to possess the power of
awakening the dead, of course they
pass by Portsmouth. There is moth
ing down there but hub factory and
"Little Mac" the old brass cannon,
while up here we have colored camp
meeting, Mormon revival, and have
just had a Democratic Convention
composed of two dozen delegates.
These signs of life and activity strike,
with jarring effect, the heart of the
Portsmouth man.
The Republican voters in Jackson
County should watch one thing very
carefully: The Democrats have no
hope Of electing their ticket, but they
do hope by Republican help to re-elect
Mr.. Reiniger Treasurer. To accom-
plish this wholesale system of trad
ing will be attempted, and if necessary
all the other candidates will be traded
for votes for Reiniger All that will
be necessary for Republicans to do, is
to vote the unscratched Republican
ticket, and every man upon the ticket
will have good majority. We have
plenty of votes. There will be no
occasion for any trading. Watch this.
*,*
Those who may have read Joaquin
Miller's description Of the meeting
between himself and Bret Harte at
the grave Of Dickens, have perhaps
been moved to tears over the apparent
grief of the two poets over the depart
ed. But even the sadness attending
the loss of the great Dickens hath its
corresponding joy. We may grieve at
the taking off Of Dickens, but we
must reflect that, on the other hand,
Dickens died before the appearance of