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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1894-03-08
To Dance Or Not To Dance

Athens Messen ger and Herald.
The NelsoDvllle Board of Educa-
tlon recently adopted rule forbid
ding any teacher in their employ
attending or participating in dances
on rain of dismissal. We have not
consulted the Board but suppose
the next move will compel the fair
birch wielders to discard bangs,
corsets, high heeled shoes, paints,
powders and sailor-hats; throw their
chewing gum to the dogs and disavow
the use of slang forevermore. Under
the new rules these daughters of
Eve will be required to he IN bed by
eight o'clock and to rise at six;
have breakfast promptly at seven;
eat nothing but bacon, Early Rose
potatoes, eggs and toast, well
Drowned; go to the school building
at eight accompanied by Praetor-
Ian guard who will accompany them
to and from meals and see that they
speak to no one on the street. Each
teacher will be allowed to entertain
her beau for one hour only once in
three weeks; this must be On the
first and fourth Sunday evening of
each month; her parents and one
member of the Board m1istsbe pre-
sent while the beafsis. z'Ehls rule
we'll be strictly enforced. Ne have
MT room to enumerate thexallcal
and sweeping changes which we
suppose this Board will now make.
Meanwhile the fair maids at whom |
the reform is directed, have put on
paint of a deeper crimson than or
are on the war-path and
swear by Jupiter and all the other
gods not to smoke the pipe of peace
till they have :aken the literal |
scalps of every me tn er's son of these
"horrld mem. who compose the
Board and who believe in educating !
the head instead of the heels "Tnere
is blood on the moon" within the |
precincts of the Queen City of the
Hooking Valley, Logan, and the /!
end is not vet.
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A Gymnasium And Reading Room.

No more pleasant quarters for the
gymnasium and reading room could
probably have been obtained than
those provided in the new Odd Fellows
Building. 1t is desired to have matters
so arranged that every man and boy in
town will feel that he has part in
| the enterprise.
What has so long been talked, and
been desired, has now been realized
and all, parents, citizens, and business
men, should try to make the gymnasium
and reading room great and lasting
success.
This can not be done simply on well
wishes, and hopes. There must be.
practical interest taken by giving of
our time, presence, and money. Some
thing after the style Of the Boys Bri-
gade will be arranged for the younger
boys, so that they too may have a
place Of meeting and some form of
manual training.
You are invited to call at the rooms
and inspect the arrangements, and any
member Of the Executive Chmmittee
as Mr.. B. X. Tritch or Mr.. Marshall
Harrington VIII be glad to ilnpart all
information as to expense etc.
To make the Reading Room sue.
cess, periodicals and books will be
needed; any one desiring to contribute
anything along that line will do us q
favor.
D. +. NJ.
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VIM. I. ACKER, ATTORNEY
AT LAW. 5F

On last Tuesday, Judge Acker
made his appearance in the cour'
room with case for trial. 1t wa.
pleasant to see the Judge, after an
absence of nearly a quarter of a cen
tury from the bar, appear again il
court, the associate of men who
were mere children at school, when
his election to Office withdrew him
from the practice.
Judge Ackes, 10 his early day
held his own with the ablest at
torneys at our court. He always
had liberal patronage and success
full practice. His long time service
in the Probate court has qualified
him especially for practice in this
particular line Of law, and we be-
speak for him in the active work of
lawyer now before him, the same
measure of success that has attended
his labor in every work of his life.
His professional card appears else
where i'll the SENTINEL.
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Highest of all in Leavenng Power-Late u S Govt Report
R>,:A!:'!;!!! q! BskiRs Bs%5ss2!
ABSOLUTELY PURE
The Hooking Is Worse.

The Portsmouth Times has the fol
lowing true statement of facts on the
Canal question.
Everything said concerning the
southern division of the Ohio Canal,
can be applied with tenfold force to the
blind ditch between Carol and Nelson
vile. 1t is not only shame to the State
but a financial fraud as we'll. The
Times says
"What reason can be given fur the
continuation of a system Of public works
that is costing 190,4S4.49 and from
which the state is getting only slQ9,
6O2.42? 1t is evident to any person
reasonably familiar with the public
works of the state that the revenue is
derived only from a portion of them.
For instance, take the southern division
of the Ohio canal, which costs the state
6,O51.13 annually, yet the revenues
are practually nothing. Why do not
the advocates Of the canal prove their
practical utility by publishing the sta
tistics showing the receits and expendi-
lures Of the canal from Portsmouth to
Waverly, or Circleville? The expendi-
lures are large, but the receits are no
thing. The canal is practically aband-
oned now in so far as the public is
concerned. The only persons specially
interested in its preservation are the
spoilsmen of the party III power and the
persons interested in preventing COM
peting line to the Norfolk and Western.
If you take the business portion of
Portsmouth you scarcely find a man
opposed to giving the entire canal if
necessary to secure railroad.
This is not necessary. With another
railroad on the bernie bank of the can
al the possibilities of the canal will be
as great as ever as a ship canal, but
under the management Of the state it is
doomed to decay. The argument put
forth upon the ground Of the millions
the public works have cost the state is
nothing but the silliest twaddle. What
would be thought of a stockholder in
one Of the many defunct furnaces of
Scioto county if he had urged such an
argument when the furnaces were sink
ing in money each year for the COM
pany? What does if its expenditures
are double its receits in opening it? Go
to the people having no AK to grind
and they all favor the railroad project"
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THE garden seeds grown by the
government in the experimental
gardens at Washington, and intend
ed for the, intelligent farmers dis
posed to make further tests as to
their value, are distributed by the
congressman. Mr.. Outhwaite sent
the allotment for this county to the
SENTINEL office, Mr.. Dungen, sent
to Weldy and Buerhaas, General
Grosvcnor, most likely will place
his with the. Republican Gazette.
The proper way for the farmer who
is enterprising and experimentally
disposed, Is to write to Gen. Gros:
venor at Washington, stating the
kinds of seeds he desires. The seeds
are not intended as gift, not a
commercial commodity. They are
for experimental purposes. The best
way for farmers and gardners to get
seeds is to go to home dealer and
buy the seeds known to be adapted
to his soil and climate.
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CANDIDATES FOR THE PEN.


On Saturday of last week, the sa-
loon of Hungarian of unspellable
name, at Brush Fork, was broken open
and lot of articles usual in saloons
taken. Frank Stevenson, Barney Pear
son, Jno. Loper j. Kusick were arrested,
tried before the Justice and bound over
to court in the sum of s25000 each. On
last Tuesday the bondsmen produced
the accused in court and asked to be-
relieved.
The release was granted by the court,
who fixed their bond at S250.OO and
turned them over to the custody of the
sheriff. They are in Jail awaiting the
action of the Grand Jury.
Stevenson will be remembered as the
person arrested at the time of the Big
Strike for stealing meat from Alex
Juniper.
Tie men are miners by occupation,
and have fair reputation among their
fellows. The crime it is claimed is the
outcome of drunken debauch.
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THERE is every reason to believe
that the saving made in the approria.
tions by the present session of Con-
gress over those made by the last
session will be between S50,000,00O
and S6O,0OO,000, This is the iudg-
ment of Chairman Sayers, of the Ap-
preparation Committee. He is cutting
the garment according to the cloth.
In three appropriation bills already
reported to the house there is a saving g
of S24,605. 759. Nor has this re-
trenchment been at the expense of
of the efficiency of the public service
Mr., Sayers says: "We confidently
believe we have made an adequate
allowance for a sound Democratic
administration of the government in
its every branch"
1t is not only the purpose of the
Democratic party to lessen the bur-
dens of taxation. but to cut down the
expenses of the government to rigid
economic basis.-Chillicothe Adver-
tiSnr
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Business Notice,

A new Subscription Book is opened.
All subscriptions except those paid in ad
vance, will be dated from January lst., 1894
Advance subscriptions will date from the
time TO which they were paid. The accounts
ofthose in arrears will be made out up TO that
date and payment respectfully solicited.
There are hundreds of Subscribers who have
not paid for five, ten and fifteen years l
nave not pressed or rdunned any bcdy. re-
alize how hard times have been, and ] felt
that the subscriber, when lie had q dollar or
80 tS spare, be would pay on his paper.
thougt it 10 use to ask a man for money
when most likely, he didn't have il to spare.
want the old accounts settled up some
way. If subscriber wont pay, L wish lie
would say so. II he feels he can't pay, l
will forgive the debt. do hope those who
can and viii, VIII dc SO now, or as soot 2s
they can.
Tie old Subscription books %iil remain ~
lie SENTINEL office.
FEB g 2Y'; hEN3o 'ff-i4hN
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DEATH OF A PIONEER.


Jehn Armitage Murphy was born
in Indiana county Pa. April goth,
1914, and died in Logan, Hooking
county, Chic, Feb, %, 1894, aged
70 years, 10 months and days.
In 1929 Mr.. Murphy became a
resident. of Pittsburgh and con-
tinued in that place for some years
and then made Cincinnati, o., his
home for six years.
| EearlY in the forties he became a
resident Of Athens, where, on Sept.
13, 1912, he was married to Miss
Sarah j. Cunningham of that place.
On this marital relation ten chill
dren were born, of whom eight sur
vive; one dying in infancy and one,
George W. laid his life on the altar
of his country during the war of the
Rebellion. Mr.. Murphy lived to
see all his children, one son and
seven daughters married and settled
for life as follows:--Mrs. DR..
Finney, of Logan; Mrs. T. E.James
of Franklin, Ind. Mrs r G Sanderson,
st. Augustine, Fla. Mrs. Chas. Rose
and Mrs. Frank Wheeler, Logan;
Dr.. John W., Cincinnati; Mrs. 7.
F. Mccarthy, Ashland, Wis; and
Mrs. B. F. Wolfe, Chicago, Ill.
The deceased came to Logan in
1855, and bought the tract of land
known as the Pence farm. Two
years later he laid out the greater
portion In town lots, wlieh is known
as Murphy's addition.
For several years he was associ-
ated with James Crooks and after
ward with Dr.D. Little in the Drug
business, and was one of the organ
izers of The Logan Manufacturing
Co. and was an able member of the
School Board Tor several years.
The last enterprise of his life was
the erection of the building famil- |
iary known as the Murphy Block,
and which stands rs memoria! of |
his energy and faith in the town in
which so many years of his life had
been spent.
He was faithful and consistent |
having been an active
member of the Nj. E. church for
sixty four years. =.
During the last three years of his
life he was in very feeble health, but
he found a pleasant home with his
daughter. Mrs. DR.. Flnney, who
together with her husband and
family soothed his last days by con-
-inued loving attentions.
His remains were deposited in
Oak Grove cemetery on Friday Mar.
End. full of honors and of years.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1894-03-08

PHILADpH1A Times: "There is big
money in matches with or without tariff
but the tariff profit is something snug
in its way as premium tax and builds
the dividends.
"Here is the Diamond Match COM
pany, of Chicago, the manipulators
of an infant industry bearing 20
per cent. protective duty to keep it
from failure, paying quarterly divid-
ends amounting to 1852, 800, and a
special dividend of $3.50, 900, max
ing the total dividends S1,612,5J0.
This all happened during the year
1893, when business depression laid
its mark everywhere and the calamity
howler claimed the counter.
''Yet this is the same Diamond COM
pany whose recent appeal fora 35
per cent. duty on ma tches were
made furious with charges that unless
the duty was increased they would
be compelled to reduce wages and
close their factories. 1t is this kind
of clatter that makes the country
tired when the truth turns on the fair
light of fact. Truth runs to figures
as the brooks run to music.
"The Is per cent, increase of duty
would have increased the
special dividend of S760,0OO to one
of 81, 100000, and the total invest.
ment return of S1,612.500 all clear
profit and all higly protected would
have aggregated about S2,S00,000,
Under this enormous subsidy the Dia-
nond company is really enabled to
pay girls in factories So to S. week
:or day of IL hours, and men can
make from S1.6O to 50 day. Reeds
compensatory wages balance has a
lard road to travel. The dividends
10 not"
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It's secretly whispered that a
noted female clairvoyant connected
with the government Secret Service
during the Harrison administration
has been in our city for the last few
days. There may be Treasure Trove
inquiry on foot. As every body has
been told, the government lays
claim to a certain per cent OF all
valuables discovered when the right
full owner cannot be found.
This per centage, this findage is
called Treasure Trove. Can it be
that Pursell in the buried Republi-
can Administration, is on the alert
to get his graft on the spoils of the
murdered Martinez, and the stricken
yellow fever victim, who checked
to death from the yarn in his throat.
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McKinly protection on apples would
bring this fruit down to a price that
we might have a chance to look at
them, possibley, might be able to buy
and eat one.
What protection has done for the
Flock Master, it might do for the
fruit grower, and apples would be
cheap.
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he Entered the Cage Of Death
Edwards Rec1fd


enquirer
Columbus, Ohio, February IS
The penitentiary anex has now two
inmates. Isaac l.. Edwards, the
Hooking County murderer, today
Joined Edward Jones in the death
cage.
Edwards has been sentenced to
hang May 25, for the murder of Mrs
Sallie Sellers, a respectable married
woman, at Murray City, of whom
he had been infatuated. He killed
her because he could not induce her
to leave her husband, the crime
occurring July 5th, last.
Edwards turned very pale and
gave the usual evidence of fright
when locked in the anex. He was
introduced to Jones, the other con-
demed murderer, and the meeting
was mutually cordial. Jones was
specially glad to have companion
in misery,as he longed for company
in his solitary wait for death.
Deputy Warden Playford thinks
he recognizes Edwards as an old
time criminal. lie believes that Ed
wards is none other than Joseph
Davis, alias J. NJ. Dunn, Federal
convict, who escaped from the pen
itentiary hospital July %, 1889,
with franklin County man named
John Hill. The latter was recaptur
ed, but DAVIS remained at large.
Edwards denies that he is Davis
alias Dunn, but his record will be
looked up by the prison authoritses,
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PENSION payment is near at hand
and the old veterans can feel assured
that their just claims to the bounty
of the government will not be neg
lected. 1t is fact which republican
papers fail to state, that since Cleve-
land has been president there have
been more pensions granted and
more increases allowed than during
any period of twice the length of
time in Harrisons administration.
Some notorious frauds have been dis
covered and the rascals properly pun
ished. Some mistakes made, have
been corrected. In every case jus
tice has been done and the deserving
soldiers know it.
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Two Corner Lots At
Ash Cave.
FREE TRANSPORTATION IN
PRESIDENTS PRIVATE
CAR,
A Big Boom For the Metropolis
OF Benton.

The proud proprietors of Asl
Cave, a city of rocks and trees ant
magnificent corner lots, has the RI Il
of donating a lot to the mother o
twins, and corner lot to the moth
er of triplcts. This is the plan tt
populate the city.
The proprietors of the Ash Cave
stand in with the president of tho
Lancaster and IL r. r. The
President Gen. John &. Reeves i
also emigr alton agent and furnishe.
his private car or cart to the settlers.
A case is before the city authori-
ties and the Emigration Bureau
that impels double donation and two
corner lots are allotted. The proud
and patriotic father is appointed
Mayer pro tenn.
KITrAINNG, Pa. Feb. 27.- Last
night the wife of David Rosenber-
ger, living near Blanket Hill, gave
birth to five children, three boys
and two girls, all of whom are alive
and healthy. Rosenberger is farm
er, 45 years old. Several children
had been born previous to last
nights quintuple feat.
On CITY, Pa, Feb. 27.- A most
interesting and unusual event oc-
Cured at the home of Joseph Rich
ert, of north Seneca street, at mid
night, Monday, when Mrs. Richert,
presented her husband with three
daughters. The little ladies are
lively and healthy. The mother is
doing we'll.
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FAILS TOWNSHIP PRIMARY,

L " " l..
The Falls Township Democratic
Primary will be held on
Saturday, March 10, 1894.
Polls will open at 1000 AN. anG
close at 600 PM. standard time
SAID Primary to be held at the Courr
house, and two Judges and ont
Clerk shall preside.
Each and every candidate shall
announce his name in both Demo
CRATIC organs of the county.
CaHaidates for the following Of
fees Will be nominated:
One Clerk.
One Trustee.
One Assessor, Falls Pre-.
One Assessor, Gore Pre-.
The voters of Gore Precinct gilI
hqld their Primary on same day;
j. r. SHAW,
!. II. MYERS,
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Senator Brice speaks
out.

One Of the most signal services of
Senator Calvin S, Brice's public
career was rendered by him Monday
when in the conference of the Demo
cratic members of the Senate, he re-
| affirmed his published statements
| regarding the manner in which the
tart # bill was bein g
handled in Senate committee.
He had said that the influences of the
South had been dominant in the
creation Of the Wilson bill, that ne
fair opportunity had been given for
the expression of universal Democs
RATIO sentiment and that, when the
bill was sent to the Senate, it had
been given into the charge of 3 ex-
Confederate Brigadiers. This ruffied
the temper of Senator Vest, one of
the three, and caused him to ask for
an explanation. Senatrr Brice's re
ply was to the point. He asked for
the facts and justified his expression
out of the mouth of his accuser- He
then spoke at some length and. with
much force, showing how the great
interests Of New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and other States of the North
had been ignored absolutely in the
preparation of the tariff measure and
in its progress up to this point,
One of the significant facts in con-
nection with the incident is that Mr..
Brice was in a measure sustained IN
his position by some of the Senators
from the South,a circumstance which
may be explained by the fact that the
Brigadiers do not represent all of the
South of today, Senator Brice is to
be congratulated on his courageous
stand for his constituents and for his
country generally.
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COMMUNICATED.
Roads in Hooking Must be Improv
ed.

WHORTELBERRY RIDGE Mar 7. 1884
Mr.. EDITOR;
Ihave read with much satisfaction
the article in your last issue on the
improvement of county roads, and
have only to say that you do not &c
far enough.
If you would make the bonds paw.
able in from 20 to 60 years it would
be better and they would sell bet.
ter.
This would enable us during the
next twenty years to make good
roads everywhere in the county
where they are needed, and all
could be completed before any of the
bonds fall due.
l have farm of sixty acres of good
hill land which is worth $500 but if
the roads were properly made 1 could
get a thousand or 81, 200 for it just
as easy as l can now get six hundred.
l would Like to see some move in the
matter and l believe we farmers are
standing in the way of our own pros
perity when we do not force this mat
ter to favorable consideration.
flour county commissioners would
stop building bridges and give atten-
tion to making roads to get to the
bridges already built it would help
some. 1t seems to me that the idea
of bridging thundergust streams
should be stopped and the money
thus wasted be applied to road i'm
prov ement. Xxx
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1894-03-08

| MIR. Miller who s.Talks'romor-
row evening in the Opera house on
the escape of John Morgan, and
other matters contested with the
Pen, is painting number Of scenes
for the stage. The drop curtain
Representing Paradise Bay, Lake
George, will be first shown tompr-
row evening. The painting is very
handsome, and Nill largely add, by
| its peaceful quiet and beauty to the
entertainment of the evening in
which pictures of a different hue.
not painted, Will be presented.
Billy Miser, formerly porter at the
Rempel House, and well known to all
our citizens, died suddenly on last Mon
day at Dresden, where he and his
brother have been conducting tin
shop His sudden death was from heart
desease His remains were inferred in
Oak Grove Cemetery on Tuesday, FIR.
Sullivan of Junction City, in the absence
of Fr. Mahoney, conducting the reliS-
ious eXcerises.
Land Seekers excursion to Vir-
ginia, Carolina, Arkansas, Texas,
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi,
New Orleans and points south of
Louisville and Lexington in Ken
lucky. Half fare, good for 20 days
April 9, and May sth. Before start
ing, call on G. W. Schwenke agent,
for full information
Judge Huffman held court ON
Tuesday, and made some orders, deli
vered some decisions and closed the
business of the term. The matters In
court were of no general interest, con-
corning only the disposition of cases in
which the attorneys and litagints were
interested.
On last Monday afternoon miner
named Nicholas Sommens at mine no.
80, Murry City was instantly killed by
the premature explosion of blast.
Coroner Knser was called and returns
finding in accordance with the facts
as stated.
"a s-Franl, Rochester has received
from Gen. Grosvenor for distribution, q
lot of tobacco seeds grown in the gov
ernment experimental gardens in
Washington. Those desiring seeds will
call on Mr. Rochester, or write to him.
Mr.. Fostler, of Red Cloud Neb-
raska, treasurer of his county, and one
of the few democrats in that republican
stronghold who can get elected, is
visitor in our city this week the guest
of his brother-in-law, Dr. Mansfield.
COL Ike Kontner, Supt. of public
works, was up the canal on Tuesday
bnt as usual he went by railroad. Why
don't he have floating palace built and
patronize his own line. One boat ON the
ditch would be better than none,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1894-03-08

HERE is the way. the Mt. Vernon
Republican sizes up the General
Assembly that is now trying to pass
more bad laws in one session than the
worst preceding one ever did in
two;
''lf the present Ohio Legislature
leaves the state anything by the
time it adjourns, to say nothing of
the Republican party, we may be
truly thankful. Its fingers are long
er than the tentacles of the Octopus
and it's desires more voracious than
those of the late Captain William
Kidd