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1873-75
157
VOTE.
MAJ.
Lemuel Allen, rep 460
715
HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY.
VOTE. MAJ. SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
Lemuel Allen, rep 1249
134
W. A. K. Cowdrey, dem .... 1115
James K. Kellogg, rep ...
197
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
Thomas King, Jr., rep ....
845
William R. Kellogg, dem ... 1702
857
ELECTION NOV. 4, 1862.
CONGRESS.
John T. Stuart, dem.
1971
339
Leonard Swet, rep
1632
STATE SENATOR.
Colby Knapp, dem
1972
346
S. M. Cullom, rep ..
1626
REPRESENTATIVE.
Elias Wenger, dem
1975
348
David Kyes, rep
1627
SHERIFF.
James S. Hawkins, dem .....
1957
317
William Gaither, rep
1640
CORONER.
Henry Sage, dem.
1990
378
John Wildhack, rep.
1612
SPECIAL ELECTION JULY 30, 1863. COUNTY JUDGE.
William Don Mans, dem ... 1854
221
Joel W. Clark, rep ..
.1633
ELECTION NOV. 3, 1863.
COUNTY TREASURER.
Peter Weyhrich, dem ..
.. 1735
Geo. Tomm, rep
1503
227
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
John W. Moreland, dem .... 1688
137
Josiah Wood, rep.
1551
SURVEYOR.
Wm. D. Cleveland, dem ..... 1703
J. L. Hayward, rep ..
...
.. 1539
ELECTION NOV., 1864.
PRESIDENT.
Abraham Lincoln, rep ..
.2147
Geo. B. McClellan, dem
2307
160
CONGRESS.
S. M. Cullom, rep.
2162
John T. Stuart, dem.
2302
140
STATE SENATOR.
Geo. W. Minier, rep ..
.2166
John B. Cohrs, dem.
2302
136
STATES ATTORNEY.
Thomas A. Carter, rep.
.2145
C. A. Roberts, dem
.2324
179
VOTE.
REPRESENTATIVE.
John Wildhack, rep.
...
.2157
S. R. Saltonstall, dem.
.2287
130
CIRCUIT CLERK.
Geo. H. Harlow, rep
2159
H. P. Finigan, dem.
2308
149
SHERIFF.
William A. Ross, rep
.2176
James Hamson, dem
.2287
111
CORONER.
Henry Riblet, rep.
2139
William Divinney, dem.
....
2329
190
ELECTION NOV. 7, 1865.
COUNTY JUDGE.
W. Don Maus, dem.
1756
David Kyes, rep
1903
147
COUNTY CLERK.
John Gridley, dem.
1796
W. W. Clemens, rep
1878
82
COUNTY TREASURER.
Peter Weyhrich, dem
1817
Charles Turner, rep ...
...
.. 1842
25
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
John W. Moreland, dem .
.. 1793
S. K. Hatfield, rep
1875
82
SURVEYOR.
J. M. Miller, dem.
1760
Leander King, rep.
.1908
148
ELECTION NOV. 6, 1866. CONGRESS AT LARGE.
John A. Logan, rep
.2312
T. Lyle Dickey, dem
2399
87
CONGRESS.
Shelby M. Cullom, rep
2307
Edwin S. Fowler, dem.
.2406
99
REPRESENTATIVE.
William W. Sellers, rep.
.2335
S. R. Saltonstall, dem.
2361
26
SIIERIFF.
John Reardon, rep
.2295
J. H. Myers, dem.
.2395
100
CORONER.
Richard B. Howell, rep
.2302
William Divinney, dem
.. 2392
90
ELECTION NOV. 3, 1868.
PRESIDENT.
U. S. Grant, rep ...
2728
Horatio Seymour, dem.
2735
7
CONGRESS.
S. M. Cullom, rep ..
.2655
B. S. Edwards, dem
2759
104
MAJ.
164
716
HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY.
VOTE. MAJ. STATES ATTORNEY.
Charles Parker, rep
.2699
14
C. G. Whitney, dem. 2685
STATE SENATOR.
Nicholson, rep
2670
J. B. Cohrs, dem.
2746
76
REPRESENTATIVE.
J. Merriam, rep.
2683
S. R. Saltonstall, dem
2725
42
CIRCUIT CLERK.
Eli Heiple, rep.
2700
W. P. Allensworth, dem .... 2714
14
SHERIFF.
John Puterbaugh, rep.
2647
Edward Pratt, dem.
2763
116
CORONER.
A. Culver, rep ...
2704
46
W. A. Tinney, dem.
2658
ELECTION NOV. 5, 1872.
PRESIDENT.
U. S. Grant, rep .. 2360
268
Horace Greeley, dem
2092
Charles O. Connor, dem
..
221
GOVERNOR.
Richard J. Oglesby, rep ..... 2346
Gustavus Koerner, dem ..... 2178
Benjamin G. Wright, dem .. 247
CONGRESS.
John McNulta, rep.
2350
Clifton H. Moore, lib.
.2147
S. S. Seeds, dem.
285
STATE SENATOR.
Aaron B. Nicholson, rep.
.. 2365
212
Edmond Syrich, lib
2153
Ezra Davis, dem.
284
STATES ATTORNEY.
W. F. Henry, rep
2386
A. W. Rodecker, lib ..
.2140
Benj. F. Baker, dem.
233
REPRESENTATIVE.
Herman W. Snow, rep
3677
Peter J. Hames
.3315
Laban M. Stroud
3134
Jacob W. Noel
2782}
John N. Snedeker.
1236
CIRCUIT CLERK.
Simon R. Drake, rep
.2372
120
Samuel G. Puterbaugh, lib.2252
Wm. P. Latham, dem
217
SHERIFF.
T. C. Reeves, rep
2545
J. S. Briggs, lib
1941
Wm. Knott, dem
262
60-4
VOTE.
MAJ.
CORONER.
John M. Tinney, rep
2530
643
James Milner, lib
1887
Lyman Evans, dem
264
ELECTION NOV. 4, 1873.
COUNTY JUDGE.
David Kyes, dem
2055
991
J. W. Glassgow, rep ..
1064
COUNTY CLERK.
James Claton, dem
1276
R. D. Smith, rep
1799
520
COUNTY TREASURER.
205
Thomas Cooper, dem
1649
Thomas J. Brown, rep.
.1441
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
M. E. Pomfret, dem ...
1853
Miss Mary Fuller, rep.
1028
825
ELECTION NOV. 3, 1874.
CONGRESS.
John McNulta, rep ......
.. 1834
A. E. Stevenson, dem
.2210
376
STATE SENATOR.
James W. Robison, rep ..
1376
D. G. A. Railsback, dem ..
.. 1640
J. H. Anthony, ind.
.1008
264
REPRESENTATIVE.
H. L. Sill, dem.
4606号
Richard Holmes, rep
5986
G. W. Middlecoff, dem
10163
Thomas Windle, dem
4403
R. A. Talbot, rep.
29
SHERIFF.
Edward Pratt, dem ..
.2307
529
William Cobean, rep.
1778
CORONER.
Hiram Vandervoort, rep .... 1879
Henry Gulon, dem ..
. . .
.. 2261
382
ELECTION NOV. 2, 1875. TREASURER.
Thomas Cooper, dem.
1794
700
John F. Beezley, rep ..
1094
SURVEYOR.
Leander King, dem
1728
J. L. Hayward.
1101
627
ELECTION NOV. 7, 1876.
PRESIDENT.
R. B. Hayes, rep
.2850
S. J. Tilden, dem.
.....
.3174
316
CONGRESS.
412
Adlai E. Stevenson, dem ... 3247
Thomas F. Tipton, rep.
...
2835
168
203
246
717
HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY.
VOTE, MAJ,
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
John H. Anthony, rep 2896
W. Don Maus, dem.
3142
246
REPRESENTATIVE.
D. C. Smith, rep
84643
C. A. Moore, dem
95143
Thomas Wendle, dem
108
STATES ATTORNEY.
W. F. Henry, rep
2832
W. L. Prettyman, dem
.3215
383
CIRCUIT CLERK.
S. R. Drake, rep
2962
H. C. Sutton, dem
3091
129
SHERIFF.
Phillip, rep
.2774
Edward Pratt, dem
3289
515
CORONER.
Jacob Mueller, rep.
.2837
Henry Gulon, dem
.3219
382
ELECTION NOV. 6, 1877. COUNTY JUDGE.
Wilbur F. Henry, rep. 1400
Alfred W. Rodecker, dem ... 1961
David Kyes, ind
1050
COUNTY CLERK.
Flavel Shurtleff, dem
.. 2151
Simeon R. Drake, rep.
1953
Wellington King, greenb'k 301
VOTE. MAJ.
COUNTY TREASURER.
Thomas Cooper, dem.
.......
927
Wm. Moorhead, rep ..
.. 1550
.2477
Wm. P. Latham, greenb'k .. 374
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
B. C. Allensworth, dem
..... 2236
425
Josiah P. Wood, rep ..
.....
.. 1811
Daniel S. Elliott, greenb'k .. 373
ELECTION NOV. 5, 1878.
STATE SENATOR.
Abram Mayfield, dem.
2380
282
James W. Robison, rep.
.2098
George W. Minier.
503
REPRESENTATIVE.
Green P. Orendorff, dem ... 35333
Wm. R. Hall, dem
.38583
Josiah Snyder, rep.
.6185
Chas. C. Brackett
1409}
SHERIFF.
Andrew J. Kinsey, dem
2340
298
Wm. Cobean, rep
2042
N. F. Smith.
539
CORONER.
Albert R. Warren, dem
.. 2340
203
Robert D. Bradley.
2137
Chas. E. Hayward.
466
H. J. Puterbaugh
64
561
204
CHAPTER XV.
THE PRESS.
The printing-press is everywhere recognized as one of the most important factors in shaping and moulding the character and destiny of communities, and, perhaps, among the least appreciated by the people called upon to sustain it. Printing presses are continually at work in many towns of this county preparing the news and gen- eral information to be circulated in almost every home in the county, and then almost every train that crosses the borders of the county carries the newspapers fresh from the press. Contrast this state of affairs with that of half century ago when the pioneer came to found homes. They had no local weekly, no steam-engine to bring in foreign papers, yet damp from the press, but, in- stead, the mail boy at long intervals would bring a paper or two; some religious paper or Eastern journal, into the neighborhood. This supplied all the news for the entire settlement.
At the present there are nine regular publications in this county. During the year from the time the first paper was struck off till 1879, the newspaper enterprises have been numerous, and the number of editors counted by the score. Among the gentlemen who drove the quill for these publications, were some talented, graphie and cultured writers, some of whom wielded a salutary influ- ence in the county, while others won reputations not enviable. The editorial staff of the various papers represent pleasant, forcible and pointed writers and advocate their various theories, principles and political views with much ability and effect.
PEKIN TIMES.
The Times is one of the leading journals of Central Illinois, and, indeed, takes rank with the larger and more prosperous papers of the Northwest. It is uncompromisingly Democrat in politics. In its management is displayed considerable enterprise, taet, energy, and superior business ability. Its editorials are able, and its local columns are generally full, well arranged, and embrace all the hap- penings of the city, and, indeed, of the entire county. Its list of regular correspondents in various parts of the county contribute well-prepared articles of the news of their district each week. The
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EDITOR PEKIN TIMES
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HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY.
Times' office is furnished with the best material and presses, and for mechanical execution, the work turned from it will compare favor- ably with that of the largest printing establishments in the West. The foreman and men of this department are fine executors of the art. The general office is provided with a library, and the sanetum sanetorum, the place where ye editor sits in his easy chair, is not only finely fitted and furnished, but elegantly so, and for an equal we must go to some of the largest establishments in the State.
The Pekin Times is the oldest paper in the county, and we labored quite assiduously for weeks to get its early history, and only par- tially succeeded. In 1850, the only newspaper published in the county was the Tazewell County Mirror. It was published by John Smith, who at present resides at Princeton, where he is pub- lishing a paper. It was Whig in politics. In the fall of 1850, a Democratie paper, the Pekin Weekly Reveille, was started by James Shoaf and E. S. Rogers. The former subsequently won great reputation as a newspaper man, at Decatur. He died some years ago. The latter was a lawyer, and at present lives at Omaha, Neb. They sold to J. C. Thompson in 1851. He was a young lawyer from Ohio, went to Kansas, in 1854, and died. He published the Reveille until the winter of 1853 and '54, when he sold to Merrill C. Young, who, also, in the fall of 1854, bought the Mirror, and consolidated them, and called it the Pekin Weekly Plaindealer. This paper was published by Young & Underwood. It was inde- pendent or neutral in politics, with Democratic tendencies. These gentlemen ran it till the fall of 1856, when Young was elected Cir- cuit Clerk and Underwood moved to Charleston, Ill., where he is own running a paper. During the winter of 1856 Young sold to Thos. J. Pickett. He had published the Palladium here in 1840, and in 1838 the first paper was started by Jesse Nason. Pickett turned the Plaindealer into the Register, a paper which enjoyed a long and varied run. It was independent with Republican tendencies. In the spring of 1858, about the time the Lincoln and Douglas Senatorial campaign began, John McDonald bought it and pub- lished it as a Democratic paper. He ran it till 1868, when Wm. T. Meads bought it and conducted it till 1872. B. C. Allensworth then went in partnership with him. Then John Mounts went in with Allensworth. He now publishes the Havana Democrat. They ran the Register a while, then Allensworth drew out and Mounts ran it until it failed, when it fell into the hands of Wm. P. Allensworth. It did not appear for a while in 1873, when a man named Wilkes got hold of it and ran it till Oct., '73. Then W. T. Dowdall and J. B. Irwin, of Peoria, became its possessors, when it was christened the Pekin Times. Irwin soon bought Dowdall out, and by untiring energy and rare business taet, built up a larger circulation than it ever enjoyed before. In July, 1877, Geo. E. Schaumleffle pur- chased a third interest of the paper, and the firm name is now J. B. Irwin & Co.
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722
HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY.
Joseph B. Irwin was born in Circleville, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1849. His parents, John E. and Catharine (Tobias) Irwin, were natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. Irwin passed his boyhood days in his native town and attended the common schools and Circleville Academy, where he received a good education. In January, 1872, he was united in marriage with Inez M. Fifee. They have had born to them two children, neither of whom are now living. Before leav- ing the Buckeye State Mr. Irwin held the position of City Clerk of Portsmouth for one year, and since residing in Pekin has been School Inspector for three years. He came from Portsmouth, O., to Peoria and engaged in the printing business on the Peoria Democrat. In 1873 he came to Pekin and in company with W. T. Dowdall, of Peoria, purchased the effects of the Pekin Register of W. P. Allens- worth and started the Pekin Times. When he first issued the Times there was no subscription list, the paper had changed hands often, its reputation was gone and everything was discouraging, but by much hard work, perseverance and both business and editorial ability he has placed the Times on a solid financial basis, and as a news and literary production ranks among the leading weeklies of the Northwest. We give his portrait in this volume.
George E. Schaumleffle, junior member of the firm of J. B. Irwin & Co., and the literary man of the' Times, was born in Pekin, Ill., March 1, 1854. His parents are P. and Lizzie (Volk) Shaumleffle, the former a native of Bavaria, the latter of Hess Darmstadt, Ger- many. George attended the public schools of Pekin and at six- teen entered the printing office, the best of all schools. July 28, 1877, he bought an interest of the Times and since has conducted its columns with marked ability. During the two years preceeding he was local editor of this paper. As a writer Mr. S. is forcible and pleasing. His editorials show him to have a thorough knowledge of the great questions of the day ; his local squibs arc full of life and often smack with a high order of humor. He is young, a hard worker and close student, and we predict for him a bright future should his editorial career continue until he reaches the prime of life.
A paper in the hands and under the control of men of such business ability, tact, foresight and able writers, as J. B. Irwin and George E. Schaumleffle, is sure to be a success.
THE TAZEWELL COUNTY REPUBLICAN.
The history of the Republican and its predecessors dates back to some time in the year 1836, but the destruction of the files, which contained a succinct compilation of its history, were destroyed by fire, May 9, 1875, therefore, all that can be given is what the biog- raphers have been able to secure through individual recollections up to the year 1863, to-wit: In the month of October, 1848, the Taze- well Mirror was purchased from John S. Lawrence by John Smith,
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HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY.
now of Princeton, Ill. In 1850 Smith sold to Bernard Bailey, but repurchased the Mirror in 1851 in company with Adam Henderson. Henderson remained a member of the firm but six months, when John Smith became sole publisher and proprietor. In 1855 Smith moved the material of the office to Toulon, Stark county. Thomas Pickett, after the removal of Smith, procured a complete outfit and revived the paper but called it the Tazewell County Mirror.
In 1860, at the commencement of the famous Lincoln and Douglas campaign for the Presidency, the Republican party had no organ in Pekin. The leaders here foresaw a fierce contest would be made between the two great political parties of the nation and desired the principles of their party to be set forth to this people. Accord- ingly, John Smith, the same gentleman who published the Mirror, came back to Pekin, bought out the Mirror and started the Republi- can. A paper which has wielded influence and power for its party principles that has been felt throughout Central Illinois. Some of the ablest writers known to the State have conducted its columns. Smith ran the Republican till 1862. Shortly before this Hezekiah Naylor and O. White started the Patriot, which had a short unsue- cessful run, when it failed, and in 1862 Hart Montgomery went in with Naylor and bought the Republican from Smith. They pub- lished it until Wm. W. Sellers got a hold ot it, in 1863 or '64. He made it a red-hot Republican organ and one of the best papers published in the Northwest. He was a shrewd able writer and could turn the English language into a two-edged sword when in a wordy conflict with an opponent. He conducted it until his death, which occurred Dec. 15, 1872. It was then conducted by his administrators for a short time, when Jacob R. Riblett and Wm. H. Bates purchased it. They conducted it jointly for three months when Bates withdrew. In 1874, D. W. Lusk bought Rib- lett out and remained its proprietor until Nov. 3, 1876, when Bates again became its owner. He remained at the helm until Feb. 14, 1879, when Joseph B. Bates, of the Lincoln, III., Republican, pur- chased it, and is its present editor and proprietor. Mr. Bates is a man of more than ordinary ability, and thoroughly understands the management of a paper, to make it a real family journal. His locals are fresh, short, and to the point; his editorials prove him to be thoroughly versed in the civil, political and domestic economy of our times and country. As a party advocate, he is temperate, yet forcible and convincing, and will wield an influence in the county . that will be felt and recognized.
W. A. Wildhack, city editor, is a son of one of the early pioneers and prominent men of this county, John Wildhack. He is a wide- awake, able young man, a just and graphic writer, and the columns under his management are full, interesting and gives credit to both himself and the paper.
724
HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY.
THE WASHINGTON HERALD.
The Washington Herald was established in July, 1868, by Thomas Handsaker, its present editor and proprietor, and is one of the best local and family newspapers in Central Illinois. In addi- tion to the newspaper department, it has a most excellent book and job printing department. At one time in Mr. H's career he could have bought every article of printing material in the county for the small sum of $500. To-day he is the publisher of one of the fore- most of the nine newspapers published in the county. Washington had a newspaper as far back as 1853. Mr. A. A. Couch, in connec- tion with Albert Parker, both gentlemen from Peoria, started the Washington Investigator, which, after a life of two years, suc- cumbed, like thousands of others, to the inevitable. For ten years the town was without a paper, when an adventurer came in with type and press, and issued a paper, the name of which is now for- gotten, canvassed the country thoroughly, received many advance subscriptions, after which, like the Turk, " he silently folded his tent and quietly stole away" in the night, leaving a huge obstacle in the way of any one who might come after him to surmount. Not- withstanding the above facts, and being almost a stranger to the business community of Washington, Mr. H. came on with his printing material, and went to work, asking no aid of any one, and no pay for work until it was finished, and that, too, satisfactorily, and by constant and indefatigable labor, he has established The Herald Printing House on a firm, paying basis, and has the confi- dence of the business men of the city, and the farmers of the entire surrounding country. Mr. H. is progressive in his nature, and is adding to his establishment the new and latest styles of type for the convenience of his numerous customers as his means will permit, or the business justify, and on July 1st, 1879, the commencement of the twelfth volume of the Herald, if life and health are spared to him, his paper will appear in an entire new dress. The Herald has always been noted and has become popular from the simple reason that its chief aim has been to protect and build up the business of the town, and although its columns are open to advertisers from all sections, it never solicits advertising away from home, knowing that the business men of Washington can do as well by their patrons as those of other places, and much preferring that they should do the business of this section. This fact alone, should induce the business portion of Washington to give all their advertising and printing to the Herald, which has always stood manfully by them in the past and expects to in the future.
Thomas Handsaker .- The founder and at present the editor and publisher of the Washington Herald, and the oldest resident printer in Tazewell Co., was born in the city of Derby, England, Feb. 2, 1837, and emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1844,
725
HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY.
arriving in Alton, Ill., in June of that year. In the fall of 1846 he entered as an apprentice on the Alton Daily Telegraph, then edited and published by the late Judge Bailache, in which office he worked a little over two years, but the labor proving too heavy for his phys- ical ability, he was given an honorable discharge and a new position secured him by his employers upon a paper about to be started in Carlinville, Ill. At the age of 12 years he went to Carlinville, un- packed and laid the type in the cases and set up the Washington hand-press and had it in readiness for work one week before the foreman, N. J. Howe, of Lockport, New York, but then engaged upon the St. Louis Republican, arrived to take charge of the office. Hon. Jeff L. Dugger was the editor and proprietor of the paper, which, by the way, was called the Macoupin Statesman, and upon the arrival of the foreman, he found the first number of the paper set up, proved and corrected, all ready to go to press, and all this mechanical work had been done by Handsaker, who was known by the cognomen of the " Boy Printer, " and to this day he feels a just pride in the fact that he laid the first office and set the first type that was ever set in " the State of Macoupin, " and refers to ex-Gov- ernor Jno. M. Palmer, then a leading lawyer in Carlinville, for the correctness of this assertion. Serving out his time upon the States- man, he went to Springfield, where he worked one winter upon the State printing, and from there found himself next in Chicago, where he worked for Long John Wentworth, on blank work; Langdon & Rounds, book and job printers ; and was for a time, in the Demo- cratic Press job room. In September, 1852, he arrived in Pekin, Tazewell county, Illinois, on his way to New Orleans, but be- ing prevailed upon by N. J. Howe, his former foreman and chum in Carlinville, whom he found foreman of the Pekin Weekly Plaindealer, Merill C. Young, editor and publisher, he went to work, and remained until the winter, when he went to Peoria, and during the Crimean war was an attache of the Peoria Morn- ing News, and for several months he occupied the position of fore- man. He again went to Chicago, where he was engaged in the Democratic Press job rooms when the Press and Chicago Tribune were consolidated, and being thrown out of a job, he took himself to Cincinnati, where he got cases on the Cincinnati Gazette before he had been in the city an hour. Giving up working on a morning paper, he secured a permanent position in the book office of Moon, Wildstack, Keys & Overend, the largest book publishing house in the West at that time, which position he held for several months. In all his wanderings he did not forget the " Prairie State, " and which, no doubt, contained more than one object of attraction of more than ordinary magnetic power, so he found himself, in August, 1855, foreman of the Atlanta (Logan county, Illinois) Forum, edited and published by Samuel B. Dugger, Esq. While engaged in this office he married Miss Amanda A. Clifton, in Pekin, October 4, 1855, and remained on the Forum until the spring of 1856, when
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HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY.
he returned again to Pekin. In the fall of 1856, he again took cases in Peoria, where he remained until the late John McDonald started the Tazewell Register, in Pekin, when he accompanied him, and occupied the position of foreman for eight years. In July, 1868, Mr. H., came to Washington and built up the Washington Herald upon the ashes of two defunct predecessors, and nothwithstanding the head-shaking and croakings about being able to make a paper pay, he still lives, and has as good a lease of life and prospect of an honorable and glorious future as many of his younger cotemporaries Mr. H., can truthfully be said to be a self-made man, having secur- ed the limited education which he possesses while making the nec- essaries of life. His preceptors in the "Art Preservative" have all passed away, while the larger part of his companions and fellow- workmen of his youth have succumbed to the ravages of time, or are scattered and lost-but not forgotten. The limited space allot- ted to this sketch must necessarilly cut out some reminiscences that might be interesting to the general reader, but we must close with one, which is nothing more nor less than that during Mr. H's., ca- reer as a printer, Tazewell county has seen the day when he could have been the possessor of every bit of printing material and the publisher of the only paper if he had only possessed shekels enough to figure $500. What a change twenty years has made in the print- ing business in this county, which has now within its borders nine weekly newspapers, which cost at least $25,000 to establish.
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