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or alone in his room, and seemed
fixed to nothing but his subject,
though their might be disturb
ances enough to distract a man
less cool and self possessed. His
power of concentrating ideas was
most remarkable. AS a public
officer he was always efficient,
energetic and successful, and his
course met the approval of those
by whom he was appointed, and
the sober second thought of the
people. When he held the posi-
ton of president of the Senate,
the efficiency of his work was the
constant theme of those associ-
ated with him in those arduous
and perplexing duties. His de-
cisions were correct, his views on
all political matters we'll digest
ed, eminently practical, and his
course manly, able and impair
tial. For these reasons the peO-
pie learned to admire his ability,
to respect his judgment, and to
feel for him a friendship that has
never waned, but grown strong
er with the lapse of time. His
friends were perhaps as strongly
attached to him as to any public
man in the state, and, cOnse-
quently, he could rally them
whenever he needed their aid or
council for any enterprise in
which he was engaged. 1t is
source of consolation that Col.
E. B. Taylor died surrounded by
his family and friends, who ad-
ministered to him all the COM
forts that it was possible as he
went down into the valley of
death.
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very probably his temper often
got away with him, as it did when
he shot his rival. But an occa-
sional brain storm is not insanity
within the meaning of the law.
The three alienists have given
it as their opinion that Thaw was
insane at the time of the killing.
Their opinion is of little value in
our judgment. For the man was
not insane before that event, nor
is he insane now. He was insane
just at the killing of his rival,
and soon got over it; and has
been in his right mind ever since.
A peculiar sort of insanity, is it
not?
If the jury will acquit him on
such a plea, it will encourage
lawlessness in New York, and in
fact all over our country. There
are more murderous assaults in
this country than in any Chris
tian land on the globe, and if
wealthy men slayers are allowed
to go unpunished on flimsy pleas,
the evil will go on increasing.
No doubt Thaw's life is dear tC
him and to his relatives, but the
welfare of society is of greater
value than the life Of any man.
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A Humane Appeal.

A humane citizen of Richmond,
Ind, Mr.. U. D. Williams, 107
West Main St., says: Il appeal
to all persons with weak lungs
to take DR.. Kings New DiscOv-
cry, the only remedy that has
helped me and fully comes up to
the proprietor's recommends
ton" 1t saves more lives than
all other throat and lung RENE
dies put together. Used as a
cough and cold cure the world
over. Cures asthma, bronchitis,
Group, whooping cough, quinsy,
hoarseness, and phthisic, stops
hemorrhages of the lungs and
builds them up. Guaranteed at
VIM. Kipp's Sons drug store.
SOC. and $1.OO. Trial bottle free.
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Biography of Col. E. B.
Taylor.


/ 1t is surely pleasant duty
to the historian and biographer
to record the times and events
of our eminent and illustrious
dead, especially, when these men
have lived and acted a prominent
part in our country's history dur
ing it's most stirring and exciting
times. In the rush and excite
ment of today we are apt to for
get the men of yesterday, who
labored and sacrificed that our
lines might be cast in more pleas
ant places. Every community
has it's leaders, who mould and
direct thought and WELD a large
influence during critical periods.
Darke county has been favored
with a few men of this type, and
lat the request of the Greenville
Historical Society, l have made
a study of the record and SER
vices of one who probably did
more than any other to arouse
sentiment and direct it in right
channels during the decade just
preceding the Civil War. | re-
fer to E. B. Taylor, who was
born October 4, 1921, in Lewis
county, Kentucky, and was a
resident of Greenville from 1849
to 1861. We have reason to be-
lieve that his ancestors were of
Scotch-Irish descent and settled
in the Dominion of Virginia. His
parents removed from Lewis
county, Kentucky, to Piqua, Ohio,
when young Taylor was yet very
small, and if we are rightly in
formed, his father died not long
= after, leaving him a barefooted
t vagrant wandering over the
streets. He was without proper
care or attention until he was
y employed as an errand boy by
one of the newspapers for only &
few cents a day. It was soor
discovered that he was a boy o1
! tender feeling and quick appre
hension. It is probable that hi
spent but a few days at schoo
and aided by his duties at thu
X printing Office he soon learned tt
read. In time he learned tn,
e printers art, and educated him
o self while toiling with his hands
i At the age Of twentynine year
he had advanced to the position
m of editor and publisher of tn
Piqua Register. On March 25
= 1843, he married Jane B. Mcclure
They had a family of five chi
-, dren, two of whom are still liv
. ing-a son, Edward A., who no
no resides at Portland, Oregon, an
the oldest daughter Ella, WI
n married George Arnold. TT
latter is the mother of Mrs. Thon
in as J. Hughes of Greenville, al
of is employed in the State Indu
trial Schools for girls at Mite
ellville, Iowa. Mr.. Taylor so
ing out the Piqua Register and r
IN moved to Greenville in 1848
!" '49, having purchased the Gree
n.y. vile Journal, of which he to-
T. charge April 10, 1850. He &C
tinued to edit and publish IL
paper for the ten succeedil
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Lost and Found.

Lost, between 9:3O pm, yes
terday and noon today, bilious
attack, with nausea and sick
headache. This loss was occa-
stoned by finding at VIM. Kipp's
Sons drug store a box of DR..
Kings New Life Pills, the guar
anteed cure for biliousness, ma.
laria and jaundice. 25c.
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west Indian Tribes at Fort Lara
mie, Wyoming, a short time be-
fore his death, which occurred
May 21, 1872, at Omaha, Neb.,
in consequence of several strokes
of paralysis, which had left him
in a weak and broken condition
during the last few months of
his life.
The services over the remains
were performed by Rev. H. W.
Kuhns of the Lutheran church.
He paid a glowing tribute to the
character of the man as a citi-
zen, a pioneer, and leader in
all that had made the state what
it was. He referred to him as a
model man at home, where he al
ways exhibited the kindest and
tenderest feeling towards his
family, and always with his pres
ence brought sunshine. He was
eminently a socaa man with
strong affections, and united with
the tenderest ties to those he
loved. His wife had died sever
al years previous, and his friends
say that he had not been the same
as before that t> ~rible affiiction.
With such a record it need not
be repeated that Col. Taylor was
a man of decided ability. The
positions accorded to him by his
felloW-citizens and the results
obtained through those positions
| are too we'll known to doubt his
ability, and his commanding in
| fiuence with his felloW-men. His
most striking characteristic, we
should say, was a strong, clear,
fertile brain, that grasped sub
| iects with the strength of a giant,
and analysed them with the most
perfect clearness and precision.
To know anything with him was
to know all about it, and no sub
ject which attracted his atten-
ton was left until he had mas.
tered it, not only in a general
way, but in the minutest detail.
When he stated a fact he always
had a reason at his command,
and in times of excitementin in ma
tional or political affairs, his won
derful command of facts and sta
tistics rendered his opinion o1
very great value. He seemed
never to forget anything, and hi
memory was so tenacious that h
could refer to the minutest fact
and occurrences, although year
had interviewed since he had stud
led them, or had been an acto
in the scene. AS a writer he ha
few equals, his copy was the prid
and boast of the printer, bein
almost as plain as the print
was to appear in, and his point
were made with the creates
clearness and accuracy. He wer
l right forward with his subjet
/ like a commander with his mel
and when his editorial or impo
tant document was finished,
his resolution was drawn, thu
covered the ground completed
Il There was no loop-hole of esca]
1 for his adversary and nothil
wanting to make the whole me
ter he had in hand perfect
plain, reasonable and intelligib
He wrote with equal facilit
9. whether surrounded by a GRO
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FOR SALE-Four farms in Ger
man township; 40 and 120 acres, l mile
west of Baker Store, on Palestine pike;
l59 and 156 acres, II miles west of
Nashville, on Cable pike; all fine to-
bacco land, well tiled; good buildings,
fine timber. Inquire at Garst resid
ence, 2O5 North Broadway, Green
vile, o. Home phone 1856. 26-tf
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ry it again, if we all VOTE on
the 9th day of November. There
are fifteen thousand school dis
tricts in Ohio-and TWO Votes
lost in each, will lose us the
State, and decide the Presiden-
tial Election against us! Will
your district be one of the delin-
quents?
"ONE MORE FIRE, AND THE
DAY IS OURSw
VOTE Early, and see that your
Republican Neighbors VOTE!
By order of the Republican
Central Committee.
E. B. Taylor, Chairman.
In 1861 Col. Taylor was ap-
pointed by President Lincoln as
Register of the land Office at Om-
aha, Neb. Thus, after a resi-
dence of about thirteen years in
Greenville, where he had been
one of the leading spirits, he re-
moved to Omaha. A few of the
older citizens of Greenville and
vicinity remember him and speak
of him as a man of generosity,
high intellectual ability, and a.
bove all, patriotic and a lover of
his country firm and true.
In 1865 he was appointed Com
missioner of Indian Affairs for
the Northwest tribes. Previous
to this he purchased the Omaha
Republican and controlled it as
proprietor from 1861 to 1866, and
as editor-in-chief for several
years after. He was one of the
members of the National Repub-
lican Convention that assembled
in the city of Chicago in May,
1868. This convention nominat-
ed the hero of Appomatox, Gen.
U. S. Grant, for president, with
a strong and vigorous platform,
based on reconstruction princi-
pies, with honor and justice to
the soldier, seamen, and their
widows, and for reduction OF a
rate of interest on the national
debt, and for the strictest econ
omy in administering the affairs
of the government. He was a
member of the State Senate of
Nebraska during it's two first
terms, and during most of that
time was Speaker of that honor
able body. He served in the ca
pacity of Governor of the state
for short time as a substitute
to fill a vacancy caused by the
death Of the Governor-elect.
President Grant appointed him
Consul to Dresden, Germany, but
his Republican friends urged and
insisted that it would be impos-
sible for him to leave the state to
such an extent that he finally de-
clined the appointment.
The very fact that the new
State Capital was named after
Lincoln, the martyred president,
and the school system of the state
of Nebraska modelled after that
of Ohio, show the influence Of
this noted man in shaping the
destinies of the future state. The
school statistics of Nebraska now
show a smaller per cent of illit'
eracy than any other state in the
| Union.
He was appointed by President
Grant Chief Suttler of the North
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You will save money by buying
seeds at home. Almost everything in
garden and flower seeds, in bulk, at
Mace & Mansfeld's, Greenville, Ohio.
Their catalogue tells you all about it.
Send for it, it's free.
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Do you know tnat for $3.50 you can
get five good periodicals year. Look
up the advertisement on the opposite
page of this paper.
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Red Clover, Mammoth and Alsike
Clover, Alfalfa and grass seeds, the
best grades obtainable, at Mace &
Mansfeld's Seed Store, $40 Broadway,
Greenville, Ohio 31tf
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years, or until 1860. AS editor
he advocated Wing principles,
and the paper had for its motto,
Liberty and Union. At that
time the Wings were willing to
stand by the compromise slavery
measures, but to take no further
steps toward complete abolition
of the slaves.
At the organization of the Re-
publican party in 1856 the Jour-
nal became intensely Republican,
being fearless and Outspoken
during that trying period imme-
diately preceding the great Civil
War.
While a citizen of Greenville,
he engaged in a business enter
prise for which the people Of
Darke county owe him a debt of
gratitude. This was the build
ing of the Dayton & Miami rail-
road, now a part of the Big Four
system. At that time there were
no railroads or turnpikes in the
county, and the farmers had to
haul their grain over miserable
roads to Piqua or Dayton. Mer-
chants were compelled to obtain
and transport their goods to the
countyseat in the same way. A
company was organized for the
purpose of building the Dayton
& Miami railroad. Surveyors
were employed, who located and
surveyed the route. Farmers
donated work in building the
grade and also donated and de-
livered ties on the line. E. B.
Taylor was elected president of
the road and sent to New York
City, where he negotiated loan
of one hundred and fifty thous-
and dollars for rails and rolling
stock. The people of the county
by majority of six hundred and
thirtyseven had previously voted
a tax of fifty thousand dollars,
and the town council an addi-
tional ten thousand dollars to be
paid out of city funds. The rail
way was finished to the depot in
Greenville on May 25, 1851. Mr..
Taylor continued to be president
of this road from 1850 to 1859,
having had the pleasure of wit
Messing the first train as it
steamed and puffed within the
corporate limits of Greenville.
In the meantime he took a
great interest in politics and dur
ing the presidential campaign of
1860 acted as chairman of the
Darke County Central Commit
tee. On the eve of the great po-
| litical contest between those two
intellectual giants, Abraham Lin
coin and Stephen A. Douglas, he
penned the famous circular, a
copy of which has been loaned
by the writer to the Greenville
Historical Society, and is now ir
the museum in the basement OF
the Carnegie Library. No doubt
the ringing tones of this circular
stirred the heartbeats in many
son of old Darke, and helped tt
pave the way for the great con
fiict to preserve the union o.
states, that cost thousands o.
lives and millions of money. Thi'
circular reads as follows:
Republican Central Committee Rooms
Greenville, o., Nov. 1, 1860.
Dear SIR
TUESDAY, NOV. SIXTH.
, Is the day of the Presidential E
q lection! We enclose you this Cir
cular, containing a Genuine Re
publican Ticket, for the purpos
of reminding you that we are O
the eve of the Great Contest, an
:, at the same time guarding ag
i ainst the possibility of Fraud.
~ has been announced that our OF
% ponents are circulating Spuriou
= Tickets throughout the State,
y containing the names of Lincol
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VOL. 75-E stabIishedlS32.
The Testimony of the
Experts.
BY LEO.

nave given LIlelI CcSClIIlOliy III l"
vor of insanity in the prisoner at
the time of the shooting of Stan
ford White, and the reading pub
lie, as we'll as the jury, will have
an opinion as to the value of it.
Belt remembered that the three
alienists were in the pay OF the
wealthy Thaw family, and nat
urally enough, did all they could
to secure a verdict of acquittal
by the jury. Their opinion, there
fore, must be taken cum grano.
1t cannot be regarded as impair
tial testimony any more than the
opinion of the learned lawyers,
who are hired to defend, and if
possible, to convince the jury
that Harry Thaw ought to be
held guiltless of the murder OF
White.
What was the substance of
their testimony? Simply that
Thaw was in condition of men,
tai misunderstanding a Sc
we're brain storm" at the time OF
the killing. Thaw, they said,
knew what he was doing at the
time, but it was an insane
knowledge" ."
It seems to us frivolous and
flimsy. For if the prisoner knew
what he was doing and went a.
bout it deliberately, as he did,
there was no real insanity within
the meaning of the law. No
doubt his brain was somewhat
stormy, but if every man in a
stormy state of mind is to be re-
garded as an insane person, the
insane are very numerous all ov-
- er the land. We knew a man, a
few years ago, an excellent work
man, and generally as placid as
any man, who when angry was
stormy and reckless. There was
a terrible cyclone in his cranium
when provoked to anger. he
was never thought to be insane
He was not.
Another man of our acqualnt
ance said, when I get angry
lose control of myself and in thai
moment would kill a man. Was
he insane? Certainly not. III
is still among the sane, following
an honorable profession.
In fact, there are many instan
ces of men of an ill-temper, hav
ing brain storm in their crani
UNI, who are dangerous onl!
when provoked to anger. ltWll
be remembered how the immOr
tai Washington would at time
have a brain storm. At the bat
tie of Monmouth when a certal
general disobeyed the comman
of the chief, the soul of Wash
ington was terrible within hin
There was mighty cyclone
the Uranium Of the general-lr
chief. and the outburst OF n
mighty wrath made the guilt
general quail before him. VIZ
Washington insane?
Another outburstl of might
wrath took place when the new
reached the Father Of his cou1
try that General St. Clair had 9
lowed his army to be ambush'
and destroyed by the willy Inc
ans in what is now the gre
state of Ohio. Would any o.
think that such brain storms ma
the great Washington insane?
In fact, it often happens tn
even men of great character
times get into a high conditi
of er-into a tempest OF p'
sion-but still are sane.
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~ Raad OUT clubbing offers.
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ssa Try ont OF our ClGbLin. OssE
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The following paper was prepared by
Calvin Young and read by him at meet
ing of the Greenville Historical Society
last Friday evening)
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KeeO the bowels open with one OF
Ayers pills at bedtlmes Just one.
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500 Reward. 500.

me readers Of this paper will be pleased
10 learn that there is ut least one dreaded
ulseaSe that science has been able to cure
- ~ Us stages. and that is Catnrrh
cure row known to the medical fratcr-
MY Catarrh being n constitutional dis
case. requires constitutional treatment
HAIRS Catarrh Cure is taken intornally
acting directly upon the blood and mn
cous surfaces Of the system. thereby de-
Stroying the foundation of the disease
and giving the patient strength by build
ing up the constitution and assisting ma
turc in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in it's curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case. that 1t fails to cure Send
for list OF testimonials
Address: F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold bv druggists, Hc.
Take Halls Family Pills for const,pa-
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Hearing Ordered on the
Postal Co.'s Petition.
Solicitor Goddard Advises the
Widening Of Street Lines.
Fire Chief, Assistant and Drivers
Get a Raise In Salaries.

The Augusta City Government held
an interesting and profitable session
last evening. and q large number of
important matters were disposed Of.
Two ordinances were passed. giving
additional pay to the chief and assist
ant engineer Of the fire department,
g The superintendent of schools was
given a room in the city building.
An order came up from the lower
board to the effect that the present SER
vice Of the New England Telephone "
Telegraph CO. is very unsatisfactory.
The order, which was concurrcd in by
the aldermen, provided for the appoint
mcnt Of a joint special committee to
confer With an Independent telephone
company.
The petition of the Postal Telegraph
& Gable Go. for permission to change
til" location Of 10 poles on the Bangor
road, brought out q lengthy discussion
in which the opinion of the city solicitor
was asked for. The whole question Of
poles ard pole rights was threshed out.
and tine fact developed that Mayor
Tlaistcd had caught employees of the
Postal 10. in the act of resctting poles
without authority from the municipal
government. The city solicitor suggest
ed immediate arrest as the proper pun
shment of lincmen who are apprehend-
ed in 50 doing, and said that the mayor
in his capacity Of sheriff Of Kcnncbec
county had authority to 50 act. An or
der for hearing on the petition was
drawn and passed, the date Of the hear
ing being fixed for Sept. 10.
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A sign that is on about every speci-
men III the fish and game department
IS Hands off" 1t is surprising in the
course Of day how many people will
become possessed with q dssire to poke
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manner as to obstruct or incommode
public travel therein. This answered the
inquiry 50 far as concerned sidewalks
within the legal limits of the public
street as laid out and accepted by the
city. The solicitor had been informed
by the city engineer that according to
the records Il large portion of the side
walk for considerable distance along
the east side of Water street lies to the
cast and outside of the limits Of the
street as laid out and accepted. This re-
suits in claims by the tenants of Certain
ahutting stores to the rights to occupy
with their wares that portion of the
sidewalk which lies outside the record
limits If Water street. much to the an
noyai,cc Gf the officers whose duty it is
to keep the streets free from Obstruc-
ton, and to the Inconvenience of public
travel.
Water street as laid out and con-
structed, maintained and used. are two
very different propositions The city
constructed the east sidewalk 40 years
ago. and has since maintained it at
public expense for the use of public
travel. and during all that time, this
sidewalk has been so used by the pub
lie. IF by dedication and acceptance. OF
by prescriptions. the public has acquired
q right of travel. as over public
street in this sidewalk, then it is law
fully a part Of Water street: as much
50 as any part within the recorded lin
its of the street rs laid out nv the city
Tho solicitor reported that as the
G;att,r stands the question is not WOrtl
thr litigation necessary to decide ii
I'll" solicitor said that Water street q!
laid out according to record is obvi
ottSlv Ia" borrow tor the needs Of pub
liz travel. Public travel must be per
thittcd and assured. unobstructcd an(
free for the full width Of tho street II!
constructed, Including al of both siGr
walks It was the opinion If the solici
ter that the city should take the ncccs
sary action to include both sidewalk.
within the limits Of the street, and thu!
settle the question.
on motion of Alderman Andrews tho
report was accepted and referred to thu
committee on highways and sewers Will
power to act.
The ;oint standing committee on ac
counts reported the following roll Of &C
counts, amounting to s7543.99.