The Summit County Beacon from Akron, Ohio • Page 3

1 I IIIK SUMMIT COUNTY BEACON, AKKOJN, OHIO, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 21, 1880. BniiiHiiii nil i. i WASHBURN WANTS OUT. APtOUXD AKROX. AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

PRESERVING THE TAST. 71ipv harbored the Fnntpr OHIO AT CHICAGO. POTTAWATOMIE. 3ii horribly out and mutilated, and tin old John Brown -nil his party had done it. This was the tirst news wo ad from my father and his company after they Jeftjus near Ottawa Creek.

he thought that it might be true, that my father and his company could do itch a thing whs terrible and nearly deprived me of my reason for the time. We moved on towards home and ainpedthat nightatOttawa.loiies's. I do not remember that Mr. Townsley was there, but remember that ot my brother resigning, and that 11. H.

Williams, of Osawatotnie, was elected Captain. I first met my father near my brother's cabin, (our cabins were emp ty, and our iaimlies had gone to Osa- watonne lor saiety wnne we were at Palmyra). I then asked him if he had mything to do with the killing ot the nro-slaverv men on the Pottawatomie. I think he said, (but cannot be certain, that he denied it). "1 did not do lt.but 1 approved ot it.

1 told him that whoever did it, I thought it was an uncalled for, wicked act. lie answered God is my judge; and the people of Kansas will yet justify my course." That was the last and only question I ever asked him about this and the last I ever heard him say about it. Per haps it I nad known then all the cir cumstances connected with it, as 1 heard them afterwards, I should not have condemned it. I will now men tion some of the causes, which I think led to such an act, whoever did it. in 1854, before we moved to Kansas, General Stringfellow, in a speech at St.

Joseph, Mo. said I tell von to mark everv scoundrel you who is the least tainted with abulUumisin, or ti-eesoiliKiu, and exterminate him. iNeiliier give nor lake quarter fiom Ihe rascals. To those who nave ottajms oi conscience as 10 vioiauiiK laws, State or National, say i he time 1ms come when such impositions must 1)0 disregarded, as your rights and property are in danger. 1 advise vou one and all to enter every election district in Kansas, in defiance of Roeder and Ins myrmidons, aud vote at the-point of Hie bowie kniie and re volver.

ieuner iaKe nor give noaner, as uie cause demands it. It is enough mat the slavc-holumg power wills it." That they followed such advice. there are plenty of living witnesses. On our way through Missouri to Kansas in 1855 we read such paragraphs as the above, and calls lor meetings to devise' ways to harass the emigrants from the tree states "the inhJeis and abolitionists," they called us and proposing to incite the Indians against. us.

Soon after we reached Kansas aud before we could build our cabins we began to hear their threats, and being' almost without arms, we wrote to father to get arms for us and if possible to come with them, and help us defend our lives and the lives of our neighbors. He did come, and brought a good lot of them and when he told us that the most of them were furnished by the good people of Akron, we could hardly help shouting our thanks. We never shall forget that time nor the givers. Soon after he came, he and two or three of my brothers attended a mixed political meeting of Free State and Free rhite State men. The Free hite State men in their speeches were very particular to let it be known, and to say: "I am not an Abolitionist." After hearing a good deal of this, my father sprang up and said "I ain an Abolitionist, dyed in the wool!" Old Martin White (who afterwards boasted ot killing my brother) was there and heard it.and as soon as it was known in Missouri that we and a good many of our neighbors were avowed Abolitionists, we were all marked for the "bowie knife and revolver." Old White told nuts shortly afterwards.

when 1 was a prisoner, ot what he had heard my father s'ay at that meeting. Repeating his words, lie said "When I heard your father say -that, it. was enough for me," intimating at the same time that we ere all on a certain list (death list) which they kept. Alter the Shannon compromise at Liiwreuce in December, 1855, a large force of Missourians and other Southerners ('-Territorial Militia" thev called themselves)who had determined to destroy Lawrence.marched away into Mis souri, swearing that as soon as the weather got warm enough, and the grass grew enough to feed their horses, uiey would drive out the Free State men from the Territory, and that they could not coax, whip, or drive the cow ardly Yankee-Abolitionists into a fight. They waited till about corn-plan ting time, so as to prevent any crops trom being raised, and then came iu compa nies, pretending to make settlenieno in different parts of the Territory.

One of these settlements (camps) of armed "Territorial Militia," was south of the Pottawatomie Creek and was called New Georgia. A little before we were called out help defend Lawrence, (about the 20th or 2lst ol May, lSo(i), we heard that company ot these settlers were cross ing the Osage a short distance below where we lived. My father was surveyor, and as nearly all the Govern- jment surveyors at tnat time were pro- slavery men, ne thought that he could run a line down amoiisr them and pet- haps learn someth ng of tlieirplaiis and he succeeded in getting among tuem without oeing suspected or bein unsound on the slavery question. He asked them where they were going settle. They said, across the Pottawa tomie, and that they were going clean out the Abolitionists in that neighborhood, and among them, are going to kill every one of the damned Browns.

Now if my father did kill any of those nve pro-slavery men he must have thought it justifiable as an act of self-detense, and the defense of others aud that the best way to light them at nrst was to give them a single example of their own mode of warfare. I shall not attempt now to describe any of the effects (upon us) of String leuow advice, or what i had seen with my own eyes, but will only men tion some of the acts of the Slavery Lxtenuonists betore andatter the Pot tawatomie tragedy The butchery of li. P. iirown, near Easfon the scalping anve ot nopps on tne Lawrence and Leavenworth road; the murder of Stewart, Jones, Dow, Barber and oth ers; the inhuman treatment of my orotner jonn, il.il, vviinauis, Win Partridge, Jacob Benjamin, August liandy, iviiibourne and myself, while prisoners; the murder of my brother Frederick and David Garrison, before the battle of Osawatomie; thomurde of wounded prisoners after the battle the massacre at trading post and oth ers, tor no other crime than trying to defend their own lives, or being oppos ed to slavery. If a correct history of one half these is ever written, it will show what the true Free State men of Kansas had to contend with in the real beginning of the war.which finally broke the chains ot the tour million slaves ot a continually boasting of its Christiani ty and freedom, and show the savage barbarism ot the spirit ot slavery in its own true light.

After the battle of Osawatomie my father stood looking at the smoke of the burning buildings rolling up, as they were fired one after another by tne Missourians. lie said: 'tjod sees ltl There will be no more real peace in this country till the slavery question is settled. I have no feelings ot revenge towards the peo ple of the South. I have but a little while to live, and but oue death to die, I will die fighting slavery." A SON BROWN. flie following poem written -for The Beacon by an Akron lady finds an appropriate place in this conuec tion THE POTTA WA TO if IB STOUT.

ANOTHER WAV TO Tbu, It. BY M. A. C. We went to Kansas as settlers We occupied seaUeriiiii farms.

Too far hum each other for succor hv'n it we had plenty otarins We had our families to' sunn irt. Our homes to build and earn. And over the line the Missouriiurs came. lo steal, aud plunder, and burn. Savage and drunken 'rulfians We were nt used to tlieni then.

And tons, who came from the quiet North, i tmy iidiuij avjt-iiico -line men. You, who have been iu the army, since, Have heard the "rebel yell?" We were at its first reliersal. And we learned to know it well. They stole our horses and cattle. hey shot our swine and sheep, hey frightened the women and children, hey called men upfront their sleep.

And warned tlieni to leave the country. Or be liuiig if they dared ro slay ion Know now uiey uuiiuoze, now, flown Well, that's just the same old way. There was no redress to he had, by law, From the ruling the State Why, they took the worst ring-leader of all, And made him a magistrate So we watched he hills, for their ruining all day, And hid in the cornfields at night. When vou heard a man too close, aud loinr. He is apt to turn and light.

Out In the Pottawatomie district as a regular hive ne jfoyies, and and Wilkinson, he last Ihe worst of thollvo i On their witd iiuuudiii rounds. Aim HHiiujii oui j-ree laic victims. To the howling, Southern houndtf. Lawrence was sacked, by the Southerners. Along'houl the last of Aluy.

vve niarcneit todcieiid our brellinui. Rut came late, bv a day, So some of us rode towards home, and left i he oilier to watch them there. ror we knew they iulended to strike aimln. And vve didn't know just where. We soon found out; for Wilkinson's gang Had been al our houses that day.

Aud asked for us men. and promised, 111 lindini; we were away, To come in force in the morning, And, alter the plan, serve us, and ail our partv, And every Northern We held a council that evening, And took the matter in hand. We decided it wouldn't be prudent To wait for tiie test of their band, So, we went, that night, and took those men, And killed llieiu, every one. And 1 never have seen a moment, yet, When 1 wished the deed undone. AKitox, O-, January, lsxo.

Cleveland Notes. Last week, 58 deaths, against same week last year. There were 41 carriages at Leonard Case's funeral, but not a lady in tne procession. Rev. Dr.

Twitchell, of the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, has introduced the practice of giving his congregation a brief digest of the religious and benevolent news of the week just before commencing his sermon. The Leader announ es that E. Holden has recently purchased residence property of Mr. I'hilo Chaiii-berlin. at the southeast corner of Superior and Bond streets, for $50,000 and will build upon it a first-class business block.

The case in Justice Denham's Court, brought against II. D. Southern, late treasurer of Court Cad well, 1. 0. by the members of that Order, for the recovery of certain money held by the defendant, was postponed to next Monday.

Compromise is hoped for. Mr. Levi Kerr, of Painesville, was Monday appointed administrator of the estate of Mr. Leonard Case. Mr.

Kerr's bond was fixed at S.v,ooo, with Mr. Henry G. Abbev, Mrs. K. Axtell and Mr.

Keuben Hitchcock as sureties. The appraisers of the estate will be Hon. Jabez W. Fitch aid Messrs. Stoughton Bliss and Henry G.

Abbey. Matthew Lynch, arrested the other "ay for bigamy, had a singular stroke good luckCr1) Saturday. His third wife died, his first wife was discovered to be dead, and his second wife, who brought the action, finds herself without a case. She returned to Jersey City much disappointed. State and Neighborhood.

Ex-Mine Inspector Poston has failed to present a report to the liovernor. Stephen Leser, leader of Sandusky Light Guard Band, and manager Bit-miller's Opera House, died January of lung and typhoid fever, in his o-tth year. The rumor that an alarming staff of crookedness prevails at the Ohio He-form School, consisting of nc-nions-ness, immorality and misinanagemjnt, is denied. Petitions will be presented to the Legislature asking for an additional udge of the Court of Common Pleas iu the Ross, Highland itadFavettejlis- trict. Dayton and Indianapolis have been connected by telephone, and the transmission of messages is pronounced excellent.

Cincinnati is also to be connected with Dayton. Christmas evening Caroline, daughter of Churl es w.ijond, of the wi.ou-sale grocery firm of Kelebara Bond, was married to Will F. Dewey, one of the most promising young business men of Toledo. Jan. she died at New York, while on her bridal tour.

Youngstown News, The furnace owners of this euy and vicinity held a meeting at the Tod House last evening, to discuss the situation. It was the unanimous opinion of all that at present it would be impossible advance wages as requested. New State Board of Agriculture organized last week, at Columbus, by electing L. B. Wing, of Newark, president, D.

L. Pope, of Geauga, treasurer, J. W. Fleming, of Columbus, secretary. Cash on hand $0,000.

Two ghouls dug a hole at the head of the grave of Theodore Jones near West Liberty, smashing in the coffin, and drawing out the body by means ot a hook inserted in the jaw, dragging it a distance of over a mile. A reward of $700 has been offered for their capture. The report for 1870 of the Collector of Customs for the District of Cuyahoga shows the total valuation oi property cleared coastwise is 593, and entered coastwise, 200; total value of foreign sinports, exports, total arrivals at port of Cleveland during the year, 3,840. Pittsburgh, local banks andcapittl-ists Tuesday subscribed the enure $1,711,000 loan to Allegheny County for the payment of the railroad share of the riot losses. The bonds, which run in equal amount to A.

D. 1S00 and A. D. litoo, bear 5 per cent, interest, and were placed without payment of any commission. At Cincinnati about 4 A.

Jan. 5, Judge Moore, of the Common Pletis Court, heard a noise in his house. Procuring a revolver, he stepped to the head of the stairs, where he met a burglar, lie fired square at him, and the inan fell back down stairs, when accomplices succeeded in carrying him off. The Judge thinks he shot the man mortally. The oldest citizen of Martin's Ferry, Ebenezer Clark, died recently, aged 80 years.

He was the first white child oorn in what was then the "Northwestern Territory," now Ohio, and was a son of the famous Betty Zane, who carried the powder in her apron during the siege of Fort Henry at Weeling by the Indians, under the renegade. Si luon Girty, on the 27th day of September, 1777. James II. Vines, a colored boy 11 years old, filed a petition in the U. S.

Court at Cincinnati by his father under the civil rights law, claiming 000 damages from John Buntin, teacher, and the local trustees of school dis trict No. 2, of Washington township. Clermont county. for ejecting him from the school room and refusing to allow hi in to attend the school because he was colored. At Toledo, there is a ginning between the law portion of the community and the saloon keep ers, which promises to be interesting before it is decided.

An ordinance closing saloons from 11 P. m. until 5 A. m. went into effect Jan.

2, and was ob served by saloon keepers generally for three nights, but the Liquor Dealers' Protective League held a meeting and registered a determination to light the thing through to the bitter end, and retained the service of some of the ablest counsel in the city. The interior walls of the new Wavno Junty Court Room have been decorat- I with the portraits of all their Com mon Pleas Judges, together with other noted udges of higher courts, such as that of Peter Hitchcock, the father of Ohio Judiciary, Chief Justice of Ohio from 181!) to 1852; on the right will be placed the portraits ol John Marshall. Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 115; and in other positions will be placed tlnwe of Supreme Judges Edward Avery, 1817 to 1851: and Geortre Rex, 1874 to 1877. Professor Samuel Oardmer, formerly Government Electrician and a famous inventor, died at Buffalo yesterday, aged 03. He invented an ore crusher, now entirely used.

Subsequently he bought out a gold amalgamator, but his greatest triumph was achieved by per fection ot the process ot lighting gas by electricity. He also perfected an electric light and meter to control the How of electricity, but his lighting invention attracted his whole attention. and he dropped his electric light. He eaves a wire and three children. Prof, iardiner's apparatus is used in the 1st M.

E. Church of this city and he made many Akron acquaintances, when he came hero to introduce it. New Lisbon Buckeye State: From recent survey of the county line di viding Columbiana and Jefferson Conn ies, by J. B. Strawn, County Surveyor, was found that J.

II. Martin, who has for several years past been Asses sor for Yellow Creek township, mid at the last election was elected Laud Ap- iraiser for said township, lives in Jef-erson County. The case is one of lecttliar interest, and according to the aw providing for such contingencies. the Auditor, Treasurer and Recorder of Columbiana County will have to appoint some person to fill the vacancy this case. Another important teat- re in the case is that Columbiana County for several years past has btv.u paying 50 per year for the niaiute- ance ot said Martin wile, she being tisane.

HIS UliOUNDS FOR AN ArPEAL FOR Executive Clemency. The following letter, which has been handed The Beacon, will explain itself. Washburn will be remembered' as a life-prisoner for the murder, in uoston village, tuis couuty, about 1870, of one Peebles, whom he sus pected of undue intimacy with his wile: "SrAffK Pe.mtkxtiaev, Coi.fMr.rs, I "Jan. 18S0-. 'Hon.

II. Mc Kinney "Rkspkctki) Sin In our last interview, vou told uie that 1 would be pai'duned out of prison in live years then you modilied the statement and said, tliat you would almost warrant it iu ten years. 11 yon nail quae warranted It, I sliouiu now oe constrained call on you to make your warrant go-ju. it was intimated to me oy uen. oris that an exi eim-nt irom Hip srnte won 1 1 1 he agreeable to Summit County.

Therefore, 1 have rmeii to lum ottering to 140 beyond the Koi-Ky Mountains, and nor. to return. will as sist me and if it will make any diiterence wttu vou. 1 inaKe vou tne same oner, on uie samei uu- if von will assist me. I would have writ ten lo you long ago, nau not leaiueu mat juu had changed your place of residence, which I thought would make it inconvenient for you to render that assistance which 1 wished and now for the same reason I only ask you to make out a statement ot my case with an the lmjHirlant particulars as it was presented to the jury, without any additional stories, either pro or which may have been circulated since.

Also state what your relation was to me at the trial, with a recommendation for my release, on such grounds as the merits of the case suggest. One tiling more write to Uen. voris and Mr. Kohler, and urge them to make such exertions iu my behalf as will be likely to result in mv liberation. "1 was informed by Uen.

Voris, shortly after my arrival here, that you were afraid of me. 1 think it is probable that the condition of my mind, harrassed as it was bv the peculiar train of thought incident to the circumstances which surrounded me at, and previous to, the time of our acquaintance, gave me a somewhat wild appearance Hut, however that may be. I know that I now hear no man any ill will, none whatever. Believe me, 1 wish no one evil, though I nave cause enough. I have been punished enough nine sintering years or imprisonment.

betraued bv mv wife, robbed of mv children crippled for life, an exilement from the Slate, if vou will so have it. Heavens! is it not enough? Mease to do what I have asked at your hands -without deiav. ion win send tne statement, with the recommendation, to me, and oblige yours in distress, 1. Wash burs To the above is appended the following from the Chaplain of the Peniten tiary: Washourn gets along very well, as a prisoner think has unproved, liespecttiuiy, tsuitN's, Chaplain, STATE MIXE INSPECTORSHIP. A Welshman's Views of Roy's and Owens' Fitness.

To the Editor of Thk Beacon Thomastown. Jan. 12. Being constan reader of your valuable paper, I noticed in your issue of the ttth a paragraph that reads as fol lows: Governor Foster and the Republican Sen ate reject Owens for State Mine Inspector, and put back Andrew Koy, it will lie a blunder." And also in your issue or tne (in you conclude a sentence by saying: "If tne Republicans are wise thev will confirm Owens and oe done vvuu it." Now, sir, I beg leave to differ. If the Republicans are true to them selves and their constituents, they will torever refuse to confirm the appointee of Governor R.

M. Bishop or the toady ot Antnony noweiis to ue tne state in spector of Mines. In the tirst place. what cuim nas this uavid uweus on the Republicans for any office '( The Ohio Senate has done a wise thing to refuse to contirm him State Inspector ot Mines without hrst consultinir Gov ernor Poster and if Governor Foster consults the wishes of those miners that worked and voted for him last Fall, he certainly will not want Owens continued to an ofhee that he don i rightly nor justly deserve. Mr.

David Owens, in the campaign ot 1879, put himself on record as a dyed-in-the wool Democrat. Anthony Howells (so the report saysj recommended mm to It. M. Hish op as a practical miner and a man every way calculated to fill the ollice with honor; and in order to stiil more blind the incoming Republican Admin ranked him politics as moderate Republican, l'es, so are old Wash McLean, of tbe Cincinnati Enquirer and Billy Armstrong of the Cleve land I'lam Dealer moderate iiepubli cans, just as much so as David Owens is, but to use a profane term, "Hell is chock lull of such Republicans." Alitnonv lloweiis, (lurinpr the cam paign ot is7f, found out to his sorrow that the elsh Republicans were not going to supportjhim at the polls, but were going to vote a body tor Hon est Joe Turney; and, in order to try and regain this vote lor 12,000 or 15,000 votes are worth trying for he issued a circular tor a campaign document ul- of eulogy about himself, and, of course, highly complimenting the Democrats for their virtues and loyalty to the Government. He started off with a lie when he said that the Republican State Convention at Cincinnati used unfair means to deleat the Hon.

D. Edwards, ot Trumbull County, for State Treasurer, and nominated Joseph Turney instead, and claimed that the Welsh vote was cast in almost a solid body for the Republ cans, and yet in return the Welsh never (jot an othce as a reward for their iidei lty to the party, while the Democrats had always rewarded them with an ollice when even a few voted its ticket. The whole circular was intended to make votes for the Democratic partv and to defeat the Republican ticket if possible at the election. Anthony was quite shrewd in his un dertaking. To make his case as strong as possiole, he tools his manuscript arounu irom nouse to nouse to eet signers to endorse what he had already saiu aoout tne xiepuoncan party and that the laboring class ought to vote the Democratic ticket.

Among the signers to substantiate what the Hon. Anthony Howell's had said ap pears the name of the same identical uavid Owens, the nominee ot Anthony noweiis ior state jviine inspector as a reward for his services during the last election. Now, Mr. Editor, you want the Re publican Senate ot Ohio to confirm such a man and be wise. Reward Democrat tor doing his level best to try and defeat the Republicans and for trying to perpetuate the imbecile and nefarious policy of the Democrats in Ohio? Sir, if you had known who first recommended him to Governor Bishop perhaps you would not be quite so last.

The old saying is, and it is ajtrue one: "Birds ot a leather Hock togeth er, wnere was a. lioweii on tne 25th and the morning of the 20th of this last December? And the same question can be asked of this David Owens. The report says that thev were uaviug a nign oio time in a cer tain place in Youngstown, where there is for sale that little thing that makes people so very tunny, and the reporter says that tne lion. u. owens was a jolly good fellow there that night.

man mat noios a responsible office would not (it he was a gentleman) spend the time in such a place, uut the man that is not a gentleman and cares less for the dignity of his official standing would and did go and was reported to be a jolly good boy there too. And, sir, for tne senate to coinirm a Democrat, when there are good Republicans and sober ones too that can fill that office with honor to themselves and can give satisfaction to the miners, is not rieht, That this David Owens cannot give satisfaction the respectable class of miners that know him say, moreover that he is not lit to fill the office. Neither is Andrew Rov entitled to an appointment at the hands of the Republicans, at least not as long as there are good Republicans and those practical miners that under stand the duties of the office. Those only are the ones that ought to be ap pointed. 1 hope that Governor Pos ter will and I dare say he will in quire into this matter and will ap point a Kepubucan.

and not a moder ate one either. Welshman. Card from Dr. Chamberlin. To the Editor of The Beacon You will please allow me to ask the Secretary of the Summit County Med ical soctery to explain tne nature of the charges made against me that caused my expulsion from that society.

For the Secretary to simply say "On account of unprofessional conduct." will not do. That leaves too much room for conjecture or inferences to be drawn. I want the public to know just exactly what the trouble is with the society and myself. I want the public to know that charges were preferred against me and that I have been expelled without receiving any notice whatever Irorn the society. I want the public to know that it is an act on the part of that society that certainlv speaks well for it, from the fact that it is the only just act it has ever done for me.

It has been my desire for several years to be free from that institution. I mav have occa sion to explain further in the future. What 1 most desire now is, the nature of the charges as above stated. An swer immediately or I will answer for you. I am, truly.

L. CHAMBERLIN. Kent Items. From The Bulletin. On Tuesday of last week Chas.

Kirk, while working at the lathe in the speed Recorder works, had his lett hand pierced through by a drill. D. Li. Rockwell, informs us that he contemplates the erection of a fine brick block on the corner of Main and Water streets next Spring. The struct ure will be three stories hiarh and cover the entire lot.

On Monday morning last a sad acci dent happened to Mr. George Dewey, Jr. He was engaged in splitting wood and in some way his axe cauerht in his clothing, and in descending went into his lert nauu, nearly severing the thumb from the hand. The interior of the M. E.

Church is now undergoing numerous improve ments. The seats will be re-arranged with aisle in the center and one on each side. The gallery will be converted into class rooms, the chimneys re built and the whole interior neatly kal- somined, painted and grained. The improvements will not be completed ior several weeKs. The first blow since the new order of things at the Kent Rock Glass Works was made on 1 uesday niarht, commenc ing at 9 and closing at 5 on Wed nesday morning.

The blow was a per tect success, considering the inconveniences incident to starting a factory of this kind after a year's idleness. The new men, in numoer. are evi dently masters ot their profession, and give great promise ot turning out a very excellent quality of trlass when matters are arranged in proper work ing oruer. now goes on regularly. Hudson Happenings.

From The Enterprise. O. P. Nichols, of Twinsburgh, last week shot a pure white owl, measuring six reet irom tip to tip ot wings. The family of Zeno Parmelee met at the residence of Mrs.

Parmelee, in Twinsburgh, on Christmas Day. TMr. Parmeleee died in a resident of Hudson. Their children eight in number, with their wives and husbands. were an present except the wife ot Henry and husband of Imogene.

Twen ty-three of the family were present, and 10 invited guests. The gilts were numerous. i The annual election of officers, and reorganization of the Twinsburgh Con gregational Sunday School, transpired last Sabbath. From the very able and exhaustive report ot the Secretary, Mr, Luther Nichols, we. learn the average attendance tor the year was about 150, while the maximum was about 208.

In the election, Mr. C. B. Lane succeads Mr. E.

C. Herrick as Superintendent, who retires with the affection of the whole school. Mayor Judd has been busy during the past week taking depositions of witnesses resident here in the case of Carlisle Birge vs. the Village of Kent, This is an action brought by Birge to recover damages on account of falling into an excavation in the roadway in Kent, some time since, whereby he claims to have been seriously injured As the attendance ot witnesses non resident of the county where the trial is held cannot be made compulsory, in a civil action, the depositions of wit nesses in the case living in this vicin ity are taken here. Twinsburg correspondence: The McKinney-Maxam slander suit has at last reached a quietus.

The court an swered the application for a new trial in this general manner. Granted un less the parties will compromise on $500. The object of the suit, viz, the complete vindication of the plaintiff's character, has been attained and the heavy damages at first found, falling upon a really innocent person, the court held that $500 would be a more equitable settlement. This may be considered the ultimatum, and parties interested in this suit would do well to commit to memory Andrew Jackson's 11th commandment, viz, "mind your own business." Cuyahoga Falls and Vicinity, From The Report er. Forty employes are now kept busy at the wire works.

A series of sociables will probably be given by Howard Lodge, 1. U. J. i during the VV inter. The Buckeye Sieve Works is crowded with business, being now about 500 dozen behind its orders.

The annual meeting of the Tall madge Congregational Society was held last week. The' financial report showed a balance of about $90 in the treasury. The Catholic services, which were to be held at L'Hommedieu Hall on Sunday next, are postponed to Sunday following, January ISth. From lot 71, in Northampton, over an acre of rich meadow land has sunk into the Cuyahoga river and been washed away by the late flood. Virgil Thompson, the Stow farmer, heard suspicious sounds at the door step New Year's eve.

He found a bun die which he supposed contained an in laut. lie gave chase alter the in truders and caught a neighbor's boy. Explanatious followed. The turkey was intended as a New Year's gift. The 12 hours walking match in Kent's hall, Kent, on New Years day was won by Mr.

Clark Bradley, an employe of Mr. Reed Deeds, the tile roofer, and related to the Bradieys ot this place and Hudson. It is reported that Mr. Alvin Ran dall, of Bettes Corners, has leased land of R. W.

Harrington for a brickyard. and that he will there manufacture the brick for Kittelberger's new tan nery. In 1835, or thereabouts, a large brickyard existed on the Harrison farm, "west of the cemetery. Rowland Clapp, Asahel Clapp, II. B.

Gavlord, and Gaylord McClelland are among the relatives of the late Cleve land millionaire, Leonard Case, who reside in this vicinity. Gaylord Mc Clelland and II. B. Gaylord attended the funeral in Cleveland. Mr.

M. Haldridge, of Stow, who has recently been granted letters patent for the excellent cultivator invented by him, is increasing his facilities for their manufacture. One of the handsomest samples of the superior work turned out by Allen Co. is the express wagon recently made ior Charles i aiK, the Akron iiv ery man. it will be used tor the transportation of baggage between the deprt and the hotels, and in de sign and finish is a credit to the builders.

Theodore M. Folsom, only son of Orange F. Folsom, of Cuyahogo Falls, died at tne home or nis lather-in-law, Mr. C. F.

Weston, in Sheridan, Illinois, last week. The childhood and youth ot tne deceased were passed in the vil lages of Cuyahoga Falls and Hudson in the latter he acquired a knowlege ot telegraphy, and afterward followed that avocation. It is understood that there is a pe tition in circulation, askiug the ap pointment to a position as an othcer in the Penitentiary, of Mr. St. Clair Steele, of Stow.

It is being generally signed by a majority of the leading citizens oi Hudson, cuyanoga Jeans, Stow and Akron. Mr. Steele would certainly make an excellent officer. AN Independent A. G.

W. Outlet to the Sea. Springfield Republic, Jan. 13. There is more in the change in the management of the A.

G. W. Rail road than was at first supposed. It is quite likely that it will give us a new through route to New York city. It has already been stated treq uentlv in the newspapers that the President of the Philadelphia Reading Road went to Europe in June last.

and while there arranged for connection with a New Jersey line caned tne uounu xsrooK route. This gave him a continuous line from Williamsport, to New York city. A line is contemplated from Williams- port northwest to a point within 20 miles of Salamanca. Now it is stated that the new managers of the A. G.

which is to be called, henceforth. the New Xork, Pennsylvania Ohio road, propose to complete the connec tion between Salamanca and the West ern terminus of the Reading road, and to form a connection and combination with that road, which would give all cities on the line of the N. Pa. road Springfield among them a new New 1 ork through route.through West Salem, Akron and Warren. Ohio; Mealville aud Union, Salamanca, N.

Y. and Port Alleghany, Williams-port and Reading, Pa. Columbus Hocking Valley Railroad declares a dividend of 4 per cent, on the six months earning. Inauguration and SIP. Oos- Correspondence of Thk ISeacox.

Colvmbxjs, Dec. 1.,. Well, Inaugura tion has come and gone and with it the usual congratulations and farewells. The day about the State House has been one of presentations and greetings or the newly elected ana appointed or- hoers in the dilterent departments. Yesterday was one of the stormiest days of the season; to-day, the skies have been brighter, einDiem-atical of the bright dawn of the new administration.

We were this morn ing presented to Governor Foster; have not had the pleasure of meeting "Our Andy" Hickenlooper. To-morrow, General James A.Garfield, Ohio's favorite son, will be made Senator. You will have noticed that Capt. A. P.

Winslow was not made Trustee of the Northern Ohio Insane Asylum. We made a dash on the House the other day and found both of Summit's hnnnrfid Representatives workinsr like beavers trying to hold a chair down, and from close observation the heavv member from Norton succeeded most admirably. "Strick" has leave of ab sence and has gone home until ed-nesday. G-akcelon. AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.

Shall We Have Better Roads in Sum jut County? To the Editor of Thk Beacon Portage Jan. 12. In The. Weekly Beacon of the 7th we find an article charging the present condition of our country roads, as the cause ot dullness the produce mar ket of our city, and using this as an argument for their improvement. We are pleased, that The Beacon has in troduced tins matter to tne puoiic, auu hope we may hear from many or our citizens, that tne subject be agitated until finally some action may be taken that we may not hear the everlasting cry of mud, mud, mud Let every citizen of Summit County remember that any public improve ment directly increases the value of real estate in our midst, and this is es pecially true in the improvement ot our public highways.

We can judge with some assurance the character of the inhabitants of a country by the condition of their roads. A stranger seeking a home in an old settled coun try, finding them mud-bound, streams unbrif "jd, here a wash-out, and there a fewpoles thrown in a ravine upon which to cross, will naturally turn elsewhere. Happily our Commissioners have overcome much of the above statement, so that we now have good substantial structures in the way of bridges and culverts; but what shall be done to overcome the remaining de tects Our present system of road making is little else than an annual routine of patch work, just sufficient to render them almost impassable in wet weath er. What we want is simply to in troduce permanency in work in the place oi patch work. Our roads should be graded and macadamized as the only sure way of permanency, and un til we go to work and so construct them, our citizens will continue to grumble half the-year about mud, and trade will suffer in consequence.

Our laws are now favoring this method of constructing roads and in many por tions ot our State advantage has been taken of its features and turnpike roads are being the order. Why are we here "up in old Summit, behind i We learn (through gossip) that a company are talking of planking the Medina road iroui Montrose to Akron a distance of seven miles. For the truth of the statement we catinot vouch, but surely such an event, would, in our estimation, be a calamity, rather than a blessing. The history ot all plank roads, has been, that in a few years, the action of the weather and wear, render them unlit for travel equal even to Akron's Nicholson. What we want is a stone road bed sufficiently thick to prevent cutting up, and broken so as to become smooth by wear ot travel.

On the road above suggested an abundance of sand stone can be easily obtained, so dis tributed that none need be drawn to exceed two miles, while a large por tion need be drawn but a tew rods, to explain A large ledge of sand rock at McAllister's, lies upon the above road, another at John Goble's, two miles west, another at J. F. Moore's, one mile further west, and another just west of Montrose, all easy of access and unlimited in amount ot material What is said of this road is but an ex ample of many roads in the county, when we come to consider the manner of building roads. Now, kind Beacon, our article is already too long, but we have written and suggested, hoping to draw others out on this subject. May we hear from different localities through The Beacon and not let this matter drop, until we see every road in the county so improved that as citizens we all may feel a pride in them.

A. TEErLE, The Weatiier and the Roads. Hudson Enterprise. What about the roads? Well they're pretty good, but "oncommon hard to Und. They're solid, but it's a long ways down to them, ou want two wagons, one to reach down to the road and the other to ride in.

When "Wil liam" ventures off the stone road with a load of trunks you can see the trunks and the top ot his hat, and he remarks I don want no mo dese yere roads on my plate, boss Not a mou'f ul, sahr Navigation is mostly suspend ed, except by the selt-denying men who furnish our milk, coal, groceries, mail and trunks. The mer chant delivery wagons are turned to wheel-barrows. Pleasure riding is abandoned, save by those who "pleas ure t) ride irom a sense oi duty a very strong one and, with close-cover ed carriage and "safe horse, "seek their health on the road. Tney ii nnd it it it's there stuck in the mud; it can't set away if it tries. As for their catch ing cold, they can't drive fast enough now to catch anything.

is still lively, though it has "changed its base." For instance The OviattManufacturingCo. have stopped making sleds, wagons, and are turning their attention to "boats." The beliet in a JN oahchian Deluge is re viving. The above firm have changed their name to I lie Hudson lioat guild ers Association. "Orders solicited from neighboring ports." Mr. Editor, did you ever see so much weather in so short a time? Aren't you in a "sitiwation" to enter into the oldlady's feelings who said she "s'posed we ought to be thankful tor any weath er at all this time year i icii.

What We Are Coming To. From Tuesday's Daily Beiicou. Scene near the Akron depot this morning: Heavily laden coal wagon straining team; excited driver; mud too deep no go Mt. C. switch engine near by; accommodating engineer; team unhitched; engine back ed up strong chain attached to wagon a puff and a start: wagon yields: uraggeo to pianca nrma iron steed exchanged for regular team; driver goes on his way rejoicing.

Akron Not Alone in the Mud. wooster liepuuucan: it is emi nently proper for all public-spirited citizens to agitate the question of pur chasing a steam mud-scow to navigate on our moerty street river. Canton Repository: Coal haulers say that the roads leading to the city were never in such an almost impassible condition as they are at present, not to their knowledge at least, and declare that it would be easier to run a boat over them than it is to run a wagon, and we are afraid if the roads remain in their present con dition long, the price ot coal will rise. Three Brothers Meet Years. after 35 The following item, from the Syra cuse, N.

1 Journal, has a certain lo cal interest, as udge R. P. Marvin has a son and a daughter, and her family, residing here, and himself often visits AKron, where he has many warm mends A singular coincidence at the open ing of the general term of the Supreme Court in this city was the meeting in the court room, for the first time in 35 years, all together, of three brothers, lawyers, and two or tnem nave worn the ermine, all living in different sec tions of the State, brought hither in the exercise of their profession. They are uage n. r.

Marvin, or Jamestown, JN juoge wiiiiam Marvin, or Skane- ateles, and Mr. G. W. Marvin, of Nor- wicn, jn. ine coincidence is a note worthy one, and the meetinz no less en- joyaDie in tnat it was a complete sur prise all around." Annttai.

Meeting of tiie hlstoricai. society. Thursday's Daily Beacon. The annual meeting of the Tall-madge Historical society occurred last even inc. T).

A. Unson was elected President: i-- v. Bierce, Secretary James Chamberlin, Treasurer, ana U. IJ. lironson, iiiston- an.

'I in I annual reDOns were made. Thellistorian reported 17 deaths in TallmadcRdnrinff the past year, and 48 neonle over 70 vears of age living tnere. Mr. uronson aisa reau uuaua- ries of deceased and gave some pioneer reminiscences. A letter was read from tne venerame Rev.

Dr. Leonard Bacon, or ewiia-ven offerin? to deed to the Con irrpcrational Society the small niece oi I ii ground on which stands the house (the second built in Tallmadge), in which the tirst church in that place was oreanized also proposing the fol lowing inscription for a monument to' be erected in com memoration thereof: "Here the first church in Tallmadge gathered in the house of Rev. David Bacon. June 22 1809. June.

18S0." Arrangements were made for a grand basket picnic next June, when the monument is to be dedicated. Ad journed. CHAUTAUQUA MANAGERS. Meeting at Cleveland Plans for niE Assembly of 1880. From Thursday's Daily Beacon.

This morning's Cleveland Leader says the Hoard of Trustees oi the Chautauq ua Sunday School Assembly, met in annual session in the parlors of the Forest City House, yesterday af ter noon and evening. At the roll call the following gentlemen responded to their names President Mr. Lewis Miller, of At ron. Vice Presidents Messrs. F.

II. Root, of Buffalo F. D. Kinnear, of Franklin, and S. Stewart, of Ashville.

JN. I Superintendent of Instruction J. H. Vincent. D.

also President C. L. S. (i of Plainfield. N.

.7. Treasurer Mr. C. A. Skinner, of Weat.fielri.

N. Y. Secretary Mr. A. K.

Warren, of Mavville. N. Y. Rev. E.

J. L. Baker, of Forestville, N. Y. Rev.

H. II. Moore, Northeast, Pa. Messrs. II.

A. Pratt, of Chautau nna. N. Y. J.

C. Gifford of Westtield, X. Y. Win. Thomas, of Meadville, Pa.

Horace Wilkins and H. A. Massey, ot Cleveland; Jacob Miller, of Canton; I feman Janes, ot Erie, Pa. C. L.

Jet- fords, of Jamestown, N. Mr. Milton Bailey, of Jamestown, N. publisher ot the Assembly Herald. Two vacancies have occurred in the Board of Trustees during the past year.

me place ot Mr. w. VV.IjOW ot Indi anapolis, was filled by electing Mr, Marcus Hulings, of Oil City, and the other vacancy was left to be failed at a subsequent meeting. President Miller reported that ar rangements had been consummated for the meeting or the JN ational Teachers Association, to be held at Chautauqua commencing July 13, and to continue three days. A paper was read from Prof.

Rochester University, who visited Chautauqua last September af ter the meeting of the Assembly had closed, and examined the sanitary con dition ot the grounds, in which he ex- pressed great pleasure at what he saw, tully endorsing the policy ot the man agement. BUSINESS MATTERS. Valley Road Notes. From Thursday's Daily Beacon. The turn-table at Canton is complet ed.

Engine No. 4 and crew Valley Road, are uitcuing at Cleveland. Paymaster Porter, of the Valley Rail road, gave the boy'a a monthly call this morning. Bank Elections. The following directors were elected at the First National Bank Tuesday: T.

W. Cornell, M. W. Henry, E. N.

Sill, J. A. Means, and E.Oviatt. r. W.

Cor nell was chosen President and M. Henry Vice President. At the Second National Bank G. D. Bates, J.

II. Pendleton, W. W. Hinman, I. E.

Carter, and S. H. Coburn were elected directors, and G. D. Bates Pres ident and J.

H. Pendleton ice Presi dent. Sewer Pipe Advanced. From Thursday's Daily Beacon. The Western Sewer Pipe Manufac turers Association was in annual session at the Forest City House, Cleveland, yesterday, with Mr.

N. U. Walker, of Wellsville, in the chair, and Mr. Theodore Rhoades of Columbus, as Secretary. jN early every large hrm and company engaged in the sewer pipe trade in the united states was represented, including Ak ron Cuyahoga Falls, Monmouth, Jackson, Louis ville, Ky.

Cannelton, Columbus, Kochester, Uultalo, ualumet, O. Sloan Station, New Cumberland, W. and Wellsville. Election of Trustees resulted: Messrs. -N.

U.Walker, Wells ville J. A. Baldwin, Akron Ira L. Otis, Kochester; Aitred Lyth, Buffalo; W. II.

Oarlick, Calumet, O. C. II. Har ris, Jackson, andTheo. Rhoads, Columbus.

O. The prices of all grades of pipes were raised. Only business appertaining to the trade was transact ed. Mr. Buchtel's New Enterprise.

The Columbus correspondence of yesterday's Cincinnati Commercial says: Mr. K. Buchtel, President ot the Akron Iron Company, to-day made the purchase of the large blast furnace in this city, known as 'The South End from Mr. Isaac Eberly, Presi dent or the a urnace Company in this city. Mr.

Buchtel represents a number ot capitalists who will put the furnace in blast early in the spring, or as soon as the necessary re pairs can De mane and material secur ed. The opening up of this large fur nace win give employment to a consid erable number of men. The establish ment was built just previous to the panic, and operated but a short time when the depression of the iron trade brought about its suspension. It is understood that S40.000 was paid bv the Akron Company, the original cost Deing i20.ooo. We congratulate the citizens of Co lumbus on the above transfer, and know that, with the energy that will De'exerted in tne enterprise bv our lei low citizen, jonn it.

Buchtel. and nis associates, this lurnace. which has long stood silent, a monument of the panic of 1873, will soon be in active and successiui operation, un inquiry, we learn this is a private enterprise of Mr. Akron Iron Company he me in no wav interested, the eentle- men associated with him being all resi aents oi the city oi uommuus. Tiie Miners at Massillon.

Massiiion American: There are no new developments in the mining troubles in the Massillon district. The miners and operators are virtually agreed as to prices to be paid for min ing coal. The miners agree to go to work at 75 cents per ton, unscreened coal, and the operators are willing to pay 85 cents per ton, if the miners screen the coal and the coal is to be weighed before and after screening, and if there is more than the difference in the weight of the coal, (75c before and 35c after screening) the operators pay the miners the difference. The miners are certain of getting pay at the lace oi ioc per ton, unscreened coai.and that is what they demand, but the operators will receive nothing but coal winch has passed over the screen. The trouble has narrowed down to screens or no screens.

No meetings have been held during the week, and the situation remains virtually as it did a week ago. If there is any change, both parties are more determined than ever to carry their point. In the Akron district the miners have voted to extend relief to the sultering miners in the Massillon district. Many of the diggers are leav ing mis vicinity in searcn ot work else wtere. At present there is nothing to indicate that the strike will be speedi ly nu peaceiuny terminated.

Election of Officers. The Sunday School of Calvary Evan gelical cnurcn elected otneers for the ensumg'year as follows: Superinten- deit, Elias Moore; Assistant Superin tendent, m. snutt secretary, m. Crimer; Assistant Secretary, Edgar rtotnrocK; a. aior: cnonster, w.

s. ourz; librarian, J. Shaffer Assistant J. Foster Postmaster, J. Reeser.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE NA- TI0NAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. The Anti-Sherman Strength in Ohio. Saturday's Cincinnati Enquirer has a readable Columbus letter -from its correspondent "Caliban" in which occurs this passage of lecal interest "Now they want to make it out that it rGai'field's election! was a boom for Sherman as Ohio's choice for the Presi dency. As soon as the National Re publican Committee had decided to nold the Convention Chairman Robin son, of the State Executive Committee, telegraphed to the proprietor ot the Grand Pacific Hotel at Chicago to save 50 rooms for the Ohio delegation. This was a bluff for Sherman.

Robinson is devoted to Sherman, and desires to turn all the influence of his committee to help John get a solid delegation from Ohio. But the power that creates the State Lxecutive Committee is the state Central Committee, made up of one mem ber irom each Congressional district. Its Chairman, Hon. A. L.

Conger, of Stark County, has since engaged CO rooms at the Sherman House, Chicago, for another Ohio delegation. Conger's delegation will be for Grant, and will be made up tor the lieserve and Eastern Ohio, where they don't love John Sherman particularly. They claim al ready that Grant will have 18 of the 44 delegates Ohio is entitled to. If this be the case John Sherman may as well give up. "New York and Pennsylvania and Maine and Hlinois and Iowa and other Stalwart States will raise their hands and say, 'Hullo, what kind of an Ohio man is this who can hold his own State Something must have broken loose down "With 500 Ohio men howling for Grant at one hotel and 500 others cheering for Sherman at another, there is a much better chance for them to the 1 with Shermau's chances than any thing else.

Enquirer's Editorial Comment. It isn't likely that John Sherman will have a walk over in securing the Ohio delegation to tne Chicago convention. John has never been a popular man in his party that Garfield is. Whatever he has got in times past he has had to work for, and it isn't likely tnat his iuck win cnange so late in nte. It is pretty well known that Conger.the Chairman of the Ohio Republican Central Committee, is opposed to John ambition, lie nas taken rooms at the Sherman House, at Chica go, for the Convention week, and the occupants of these quarters will make it quite lively for Robinson's men, who win be quartered at the Grand Pacihc Between the two, John is liable to have the stuffing knocked out of him the Presidential stuffing, we mean.

From Monday's Daily Beacrn. As Captain Conger is an Akron man The Beacon naturally sought to know whether these things were so. A con versation with him this afternoon snowed tnat tne races ot tne case are about thus: Arriving in Cleveland from a business tour in Canada, the morning after the Republican National Committee decided to hold the Pres idential Convention at Chicago, and learning tnat iact, captain con ger forthwith telegraphed fo rooms for t50 Ohio people to the Sherman House, which is gener ally the headquarters for Buckeyes in Chicago, and convenient to the Exposi tion Building, where the convention is to be held. I he Sherman House peo pie wired back that Gen. Robinson had secured rooms tor Ohio headquarters at the Grand Pacific, but Mr.

Conger teiegrapnea in answer "noid tne rooms any way." His idea was that the Grand Pacihc would probably be the Sherman headquarters and thought it wonid be unpleasant to the Sherman men and all others to be quartered together. Meanwhile, his correspondence with different parts of tne state nas con tinned nis impression tnat there is a strong and growing sen timent in Ohio against risking Sherman as the Presidential nominee.main- ly on the ground that his election would be very doubtful, even if nominated. In fitct, the anti-Sherman element from Ohio in the convention, will be numerous enough to require headquarters or their own which will ne at the Sherman House. urant and uiaine nave too many strong irienas ana uevoted supporter everywhere in the State, for Sherman to secure a solid Ohio delegation, much, if any, more than a third of it. if it is at all to represent the feelings of the people, and the undercurrent of sentiment that washburne or som oarK norse may oe tne coming man grows stronger daily.

"Ye Have Always With The report of the Dorcas Societv for uecemoer snows tne ioiiowmg contn butions made for the poor: me number ot vards ot material given are as follows, calico, 50 yards muslin, 40 yards; cotton flannel. 12 yards 7 pairs shoes one comfortable. ana several bundles ot half worn clothes and new garments. Money, $21, Soldiers Organizing for Pensions, Trumbull Countv soldiers at Warren Saturday, organized, passed resolu tions against the Commissioner Pensions "Sixty District bill" as de signed to discourage even honest ap plications ter pensions, and provided ror tne circulation or a petition askin Congress to pass a bill providing for tne payment oi the soldiers the bal itnee due them made bv the difference in value in the currency In which they were paid and gold which they were promised, together with 6 per cent, in terest irom tne time tney enlisted up to tne present time. Regarding Suspensions.

The Beacon's attention has been called to the following section in the Codified Statutes of Ohio relative to suspensions and expulsions of nuoils from the common schools. Herewith we print the benefit of all concerned Sec. 4014 No pupil shall be suspended from school by the superintendent or teacher ex cent for such time as mav be necessary to eimveim the board of education of the district or the direct. ra of the sub-districts, and no pupil shall be expelled except by a vote of two-thirds of such board of directors, and not until the nai enl. or gu-irdian of the offending pupil has been notitied of the proposed expulsion, and permitted to be heard the same and no scholar shall be suspenueu or expeueu irom any school beyond liic iiiiciiL mini Luereoi.

iu v. sell, nt jou. iat. vol. page 1007.1 HOW AKRON FORESTERS CAME IT Over Their Past Chief Ranger.

From Wednesday's Daily Beacon. At an early hour on Saturday even ing last about 20 of the members of Court pride ot Akron (accompanied by their wives and other lady relatives) assemoied at tne residence ot their P. C. H. H.

Kugg, to tender him their congratulations ot the season. Not find ing him at home.the party amused them selves lor a short time when the head of the household entered, aud a more astonished individual it was hard to imagine. He accepted the situation at once, and bade all welcome. For an hour or two they amused themselves with games, eatables, dec, after which Bro. Rugg was called to the center of the room, by Bro.

G. G. Welton. who in a neat little speech, presented him with an elegant Forester badge, as a token of regard and friendship from his asso ciates in the Court over which he has so ably presided for the past six montns. ins response was short but to the point, and everyone present teit tnat tne gut would oe appreciated by the recipiant.

The oadge is in the form of a shield over the face of which are the words "Presented to II. II. ugg, P. C. R.

of Court Pride of Akron, No. 50. The shield is supported bv a pair or orester axes irom the handles ot which is suspended a scroll enscribed with the motto of the order- Liberty, Benevolence and Concord." A very finely engraved heau of a moose adorns the centre of the shield. The entire badge is of solid gold, and was gotten up by Geo. J.

Nieberg of this city. At a late hour the party separated for their several homes well satisfied with the manner in which the evening had been spent. A. G. W.

Matters. London, Jan. 12. It is understood that Sir Henry Tyler and Sir Charles Young have consented to act as trustees of the Atlantic Great Western Rail road Company's leased lines, rental trust of 1873, in place ofuBlake and Herring, retired. SOME LEAVES OF HERETOFORE UNPUBLISHED HISTORY.

VENTS LEADING TO THE MOUS MASSACRE. FA- HOW DEATH WAS DECLARED UPON ALL KANSAS ABOLITIONISTS. TIIE FIRST ARMS FOR THEIR PROTECTION SENT BY AKRON PEOPLE. MAY NO TIIE KILLING OF PRO- LAVERY MEN HAVE BEEN IN SELF-DEFENSE? FULLER AND MORE EXPLICIT STATEMENT BY JASON, SECOND SON OF JOHN BROWN. rin The Beacon of December last, appeared a synopsis of astateinent by James Townsley in the Lawrence (Kan.) Journal, charging upon "old John Brown" participation in the fa mous Pottawatomie massacre in Kansas in 185G.

together with a brief state ment to a Beacon representative by Mr. Jason Brown, of Akron, second son of John Brown and for the past six vears second engineer lor Mr. 1' Schumacher in his German Mills. As the talk was necessarily hut ried, 3dr. Brown was requested to pre pare for The Beacon a lull written statement of his connection with one of the most thrilling chapters in American historv.

the first shedding of blood in behalf of the liberation of the slave, and particularly as to his per sonal recollection of events leading to the Pottawatomie massacre. He has kindly done so, not from notes for he kept no written account of those terri ble times but from a remarkably re tentive memory, as our readers will perceive. As a contribution to history his statement is well worth preserving Ed. Beacon. To the Editor of The Beacon Twenty years have gone since my father died on a Virginia scaffold (tor an armed attack upon American slavery) and passed bevond the hatred and vengeance of enemies, and the sympathy and help of friends on earth What 1 'know or can say about hit acts, will be of little consequence.

Yet 1 shall reply in my own way, and shall not fear to speak the truth herever it may fall. 1 have never known, aud never could believe that my father and brothers did it. It was so contrary to all nis tea'chiuas and las whole charac ter from my earliest recollections of him. I never knew him to show any signs of fear of anything, save that he might do a dishonest act or wrong his fellow man. His rule of life was the golden rule: "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto vou.

do ve even so to them. On the Sundav evening befor his attack ou Harper's Ferry, he said. "And now, gentlemen, let me press this one thing on your minds vou all know how dear life is to you, and how dear your lives are to your friends; and in remembering that, con sider that the lives of others are as dear to them as yours are to you. Do not, therefore, take the life of any one if you can possibly avoid it, but if it is necessary to take life to save your own, then make sure work of it." I cannot dispute any of Mr. Towns-ley's statements except some unimportant (and I have no doubt) unintentional mistakes oil his part.

All that he said of us up to the time they left our camp near Ottawa Creek, is true, every word of it, according to the best of my remembrance. After that I have no personal knowledge of what was done by them, till they reached our camp at Ottawa Jones's. I was not much, if any, acquainted with Mr. Townsley, but remtmberof hearing his name called at our camp. His statement of the killing of those men, sounds like the first report we, (my brother John and his company) had of it the next day near Palmyra, about 12 miles south of Lawrence, but not so much exaggerated.

After my father's company left us, (as stated by Mr. Townsley) our twi companies. Captain Dayton's and my brother's, moved on towards Lawrence and camped at Palmyra. I have for gotten just how long we staid there but think it was the reinainder of the same day, through the night, and a few hours of the next day. The night we staid there, my brother John and a few others of his company and perhaps of both (I do not remember for I was tired and sick with ague, at the time went to the house of a proslavery man named Jones, not far from there and took his slaves, a boy and girl, and brought them to camp, and told them that they belonged to no human mas ter, or mistress but themselves, aud that they were free.

This raised a good deal of commotion and division among us. It was objected to bv "Free White State" men as they called themselves, who wanted Kansas to be free only for whites, when it should be admitted into the Union as a State, leaving out the broken and dis heartened remnants of 11 or 12 tribes of "red men around us, for another removal and the black man to be sent into a still more hopeless bondage. These tribes were the Wyandotts, Shawnees, Miamis Weas, Dela- wares, Satis and oxes, Ottawas, Chip pewas, Potawattomies, Peorias and Kaskaskias, and a few others. While we were in Kansas I did not know, or hear ot a single act oi unkindness bv any of these Indians to the white settlers. My grandfather and father were always true and Iriendly to the Indians.

As long ago as 1 can remember about the year 1820, the Indians from Western New lurk. used to come nearly every Winter, for several years and camp on a branch ot French CreeK, east or jueaavuie, to hunt, and often came to our house for fuoo and hay for their ponies. Some of the iree wnite maie uii.iz.eiis ot tnat time did not like this, and came on Sundav witn their guns to get mv father and his hired men to help drive them oft. He answered them by say ing, "I will have nothing to do with so mean an act. I would sooner take my gun and help drive you out ot the country." I mention this because it was one ot the nrst things that 1 re member of that very much enraged him ami shows something of his char acter.

The Jfree White State men our camp at Palmyra considered the act of liberating that boy and girl a great mistake arid a terrible outrage upon humanity. They claimed Unit it would bring down the vengeance of Missouri upon us, and that the slaves ought to be given uo to their master again. I noticed that the boy and girl appeared to be very much frightened (thev were about 15 and 18 years old respectively), and I asked them if they wanted to be tree, tiey said, es. asked them if they were atraid. The boy said "As shore's yer born I feel powerful skeerd like." It was finally decided by a majority vote of Free White State men to deliv er them up.

My brother said he had done his part towards giving them their liberty, and that he and a few others of us would have nothing to do with sending them back into slavery again. A man volunteered to take them and follow up tneir master who was on his way to the line of Missouri. He soon overtook them and gave up the slaves. The mistress was so over joyed to get them back, that she presented the deliverer with a line side saddle. Of course, we had no share in the reward.

The next morning we moved about two miles to the southwest (if I re member rightly) and near a long mound-shaped hill with a spring of water near the- north end. Here we halted for a short time. My brother proposed that we should name it Lib erty Hill, which was agreed to. Here we were overtaken by a company of United States dragoons, and ordered to lisband, and go home, on our way, hortly after this, a man rode up to us rom the south, saying that five pro- slavery men had been killed in the ght on the Pottawatomie creen and r.r. is Denver, 1 eland Herald.

i Exchange i three times aa i 1 as." i ni A. rt'i I. IS rmau iiama, now 01 uu- fui-'l to AKron to-aay oy uj bt-r ana I leu a s. Dunlan. formerly roes tiiB United states Express Los Angeles xe.

tielle Dempsey a.s teacner schools, during cue latier hone subscribers will regret to 1 1 1 1 at Mr. Allan Walker has-re ns position as night operator in iitrai Exchange oihee. hree eases in the City Museum ir. -for that department out torthe Library, the purchase of addttion- iKs requiring more sneit room. i ihnasant weather is havinar an Ji'itt eilect in opening up country grain is coming 111 soine- than or late.

jiri ngiield Republic: Now that Gov. das quit, it is likely that The so-; Beacon will be enabled to uifc up' with bis pardons, in time. Hove. 128 South Main tr, met with a accident atternoon. fulling down the stairs and dislocating her -t.

ndor. o-Slngfield Republic: Col. Carson kh. one ot ex-Governor Bishops I mry heroes, is to be the city editor uifc Columbus Democrat Cswuea" th eland Herald: The son of the Wm. II.

Upson, of Akron, who is Berlin, is giving much promise of 7 ojess in his profession as a lawyer in luture. There -were 13 admissions to the niversalist Church last Sunday and ivtr 200 persons communed double he number that have ever before re- jvuned for communion. rise friends of Miss Lilla V. Scott, Mrs. J.

J. Musser, were de- filled at her return from Canada, evening, bhe was accompanied by cousin, Mr. John Cullver, of Vit- Out. Cincinnati Star in the West: Rev i Rexford, of Buchtel College, preach- i in itroit last Sunday. There is a i port that have been sub-nbed towards the erection of a 'arch editice in that city.

There is said to be a man employed a leading manufacturing establish ment in Akron who has never bad a of hair on his head or face since ha was born. Cleveland Herald. Your credulity is not deticient, at any rate. John E. Buchtel, of Akron, purchas ed yesterday at Columbus, the-South i.

td furnace of the Jb'ranklin Iron uying for it This is probably i 'the interest of the Hocking Valley r-at and iron combination of which jvlr. Buchtel is President. Youngstown News: "Our business Jt should take hold of the matter at nc3 and have the main line of the At- iu.ic Griit Western Railroad, now itie Xew York, Pennsylvania Ohio Railroad brought through this city. A very little xertion can produce the desired result." A Pertinent Question. To tli Editor oi The Beacon Coventry, Jan.

10. Can any reader The Beacon tell me what is the law for driving horses or wagons on the sidewalk ih Coventry, and whose business it is tostop it? Is the sidewalk tor jiersons or for horses 'i One of Youit Readers. A Coventry Rat Story. I Correspondenee ot The Beacon. Dick Taylor, whose habitation is with Mr.

James near New Portage, came forward and aflirms that he has caught during the Fall and Wmter ooo musk rats. Let all believe this statement that it may need no further as the item is iiiieady rather rat-ty. M. Temperance Appointments. By invitation and arrangement of the temperance workers of Northern Summit, Messrs.

Hougland and Robin son, will speak on temperance this week at the following places: Hudson, this evening; Jrriday evemnsr at dy wine; Saturday evening at Macedo nia. On Sunday, meetings will be held at the following times and places: Bos ton, a. 31. Peninsula, 2:30 p. jr.

Johnuy Cake Lock, 7 o'clock p. m. A Pleasant Surprise. Tuesday Mrs. Alvin Randall, of Bettes's Corners, spent the day out among some friends and on her return last tenicg found that about 90 of her lriends fipv gathered to celebrate the 44th a in'1 li'i'sary of her birth, and had ro fi i) itl-uiii rtt splendid supper but of very tine presents.

happiest kind of an evening wa3 3PentaM all lingered till a late hour and wished that such meetings would occur nVre often. Installation. Daily Beacon. No. 61, I.

O. O. iv ouicers ior tne present year were 3istlljI last night by D. G. M.

Aaron i4- I ,..1 i syci. cuuiiuiij xjuuko went over Sixth Ward in a body. A verv isant time was The following ((Rt'officers. asisisted-in the ceremo- of Grand Marshal, ss-iltVaiden, Levi Kry- Baldwin -oa. XF.

Scott Guardian. -4rafTSShelist of officers installed v. as N. G. W.Smith; V.

llery Hart Recording Secretary, T-. 0. lidd-; -Permanent secretary, J. W. KhigiejMCraitee, Geo.

Viall; Vardestephe'li-j Welsh; Conductor, is. Hysel It. tb N. W. R.

S. Lapin L.tj. Harvey Baldwin Itx. to V. Jas.

Chapman; L. S. to Yjr. Martin Kling; O.S L. Force W.C.

Finney Jacob naple; L. S. uvuaulingCounty Officers' Accounts. Aarren, since ex-Auditor George Ktvdy was found guilty of ob-x funds under false pre lid was sentenced two years to tue Phitehliary, an Investigating -i. V.rrvmil-.e has been looking into the the various Trumbull County it-claims that the books of ex-.

C. Hart show 'excessive ara for services. Hart re- jiies ijijhe Chronicle at three columns many case's in which the booi wll show charges much below the adored fees, and claims that similar eiiaies can be shown by the books, which, )ii the aggregate, have saved the couny from S.j.OOO to 86,000. Mr. IIart is an attorney, standing high in me coioxkumty and wherever known, b-ivs tie commercials re- 7oriT- The says that Hart "seen.s to nave done business on the priiuiple that they all do it.

The fount Commissioners are informed tUey are holding illegal sessions, Prospering Out West. many friends in Akron will be ph'itjed to learn from the Daily Ogden jui.i'mn (Utah) mat Mr. Mills a proprietor of the Union lViM'iHotel there, is prospering finely, as wnl be seen by the following statement He" has accommodations for 40 ludz'-is, and can seat 105 persons in the dtmngrooni; has 45 regular boarders and ii large and constant run of railroad Vutn i ige by reason ot its proximity uid ouvenience to trains. The house has recently been repapered and refurnished. Twenty persons are employed The tullowing items of consumption uurin-r Die year, illustrate the extent busi.iess: 42,000 lbs butchers meat, kx i porK, own raising, 12,000 lbs cm td meat, 12.S00 dozen eggs, 6,500 lbs bitter, 4,000 chickens bought alive, 'K ciressea poultry, 2,000 wild i grouse, lf deer, 2 elk, 2 bears, ii-t trout ana saimon, 1,000 lbs JZXK) lbs Hour, 2,000 lbs corn uvt al, bu.

potatoes, Ooo bu. other gt tai apples. 100 bu. peach es ana apricots, quarts strawberries, quarts raspberries, blackber ries and currants, 300 gallons maple svrup, 31,000 lbs sugar, 8,000 lbs lard, 4 ,) Km toffee, 1,000 lbs tea, 5,000 gal-iu'is mi is, 4iM) cases canned goods, 140 130 tons ice, paid to ovees. j- 1.