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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1877
Page
2
The Democratic Executive Committee of Guernsey County will meet at the processers office on Thursday May 22 at one o'clock. Attendance is requested due to important business. A lengthy, politically charged text follows with notes on local offices, nominations, and upcoming conventions.
The Board fails to meet due to absence of three members, delaying action on a petition by colored citizens to revisit the decision to close the colored school. Claims include funds shortfall and disputed teacher tenure, with threats of admission to white schools and resistance from the school board. Also notes perceived reform and wakeup in the New York World editorial staff and calls for wider circulation.
In Coshacton region near Jess e TL Workman estate two acres adjoining the farm, part owned by Joseph Burns, deceased, were sold at Sheriff sale last Saturday for 6314, about 120 dollars per acre. Barnesville Hotel prize and a new 600 inch Circular Saw were noted as items in local trade. Treasurer Patterson of Guernsey county visited Mr. Win McCartney, reflecting on crossing the lines.
The article outlines spring stock law rules allowing only landowners to herd certain animals. Fines range from one to five dollars, with daily offenses. Townships and counties may grant permits, notices required before enforcement, and owner liability for roaming animals. A pound may be provided, and constables or marshals enforce the law.
John W. Kindley and Lowia Zone were elected Justices of the Peace in Wayne Township on April 2 by large majorities. C D Kyler contested grounds included notice timing, improper ballot handling, and combined poll-book use. A special jury hearing set aside the election as illegal, trustees to order a new vote.
Ohio bishops met in Cleveland for semisannual session while legislature adjourned after 176 days. Maple syrup shipments exceed two million gallons from Atwater station. Teachers association to meet July 4 and 5. Notable figures include sheriff Wm. P. Wallace and jail turnkey Dan McCarthy found guilty in Cincinnati federal court for aiding prisoners to escape. Sandusky premium offered for Lestehade trees. Ohio print activity totals 663 publications across daily, weekly, and monthly formats. Union of 18th and 76th regiments planned in Massillon on May 28. Editorial Association to convene in Toledo September 12. Silk production value reported at 26,593,103 dollars. Secretary of War orders discharge of 2,500 enlisted men. Nauvoo Legion drilling in Salt Lake amid tensions with U.S. authorities. Mine explosion at Woodsville, Pa., kills seven, injures six. Citizenship test suit for Geo. Q. Cannon in Salt Lake City. Baltimore and Ohio workshops at Mount Clare see worker discharges. Brigham Young warns rebels may face force. Adulterated flour case with a Russian commissary report. Quebec receives siege artillery. Mounte negrin campaign hampered by scurvy and typhus in Turkish camp. Polish politicians seek 80,000-man force to aid Turkey. Russians fail Danube crossing at Reni. Batoum battle confirms defeat of Luasiana. casualties and guns reported.
A lively temperance movement sweeps through, pledges signed by hundreds, leaders fending off debate. Sacred symbols and songs align to support the cause as a united, unopposed front forms against opposition. Public opinion grows powerful and cohesive.
Senator Binina presides as Maine GOP chair with State Convention set for August 9. Doorkeeper Cothath, brother of the late VP Wilson, is discharged. In St Paul School Inspector race over 620 women voted. in most precincts male and female majorities aligned. Blaine draws many visitors to his home, a busy day with over 200 callers and a busy colored servant at the door. Twelve states will hold elections before Congress meets in June, with Oregon, North Carolina, Alabama in August. Arkansas, California, Vermont, Maine in September. West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Connecticut in October. The Mrs Rutherford B Tayes Temperance Society organized in Washington, temperate in policy yet drinkers seek Dutch lager for etiquette. Governor Vance of North Carolina fosters a rival Republican party to oppose the President. Many Democrats, the party’s best, favor a new organization backing Hayes.
Reform advocates argue that newly reclaimed drinkers are best suited to lead temperance efforts. They urge churches ministers and the press to actively support the movement and submit to its direction. The urgency grows as the sense that action is overdue spreads among good people.
The document proposes amendments to Article IV of the state constitution, detailing sections twelve and fourteen and the general framework for submission to electors on the second Tuesday of October in the sixth year. It outlines the text to be added or altered and the process for ratification.
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