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Mr. Scott, in the fall of 1857, transferred his interest to Charles S. Glenn, and the paper was published by Greiner & Glenn. Since that time there have been various changes in the propri- etorship, but through them all Mr. Glenn has retained an in- terest in the establishment. The Gazette is now published by Charles S. Glenn and Charles Heide. Office on Pearl street, nearly opposite Odd Fellows' building.
THE WESTBOTE.
A German weekly and semi-weekly newspaper. Reinhard & Fieser, proprietors and publishers. Office in the Westbote build- ing, opposite the Opera House.
The Westbote was established in this city in 1843, by its pres- ent proprietors and publishers, Jacob Reinhard and Frederick Fieser. The former was at the time assistant civil engineer on the National Road, and the latter had, until then, been editor of the Cincinnati Volksblatt. Their object was to establish in Columbus a first-class weekly newspaper, devoted to the interests
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of the German people, at that time becoming quite numerous, not only in this city and state, but generally throughout the West. Mr. Reinhard, the senior partner, became the business manager of the new paper, and Mr. Fieser having had a varied experience in that line, took control of its columns as editor.
The Westbote was first published in a frame building on Friend, between High and Third streets. It stood on the site on which Isaac Eberly's fine residence is now located. Two years afterward the office was removed to Mechanics' Hall, south- east corner of High and Rich streets, now used by Mr. Schueller, in connection with his drug store. Here the Westbote was printed for two years and a half on a hand-press-the same now used at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum for printing the Mute.
The publication office was removed, in 1848, to the Statesman building on State street, now known as the Converse property, and remained there until 1855, when the building on Friend street, originally erected by George M. Swan as an office for the Columbus Elevator, was purchased by the proprietors of the Westbote, and used by them as an office for their paper and for their extensive book and job office. They have had for many years the contract for the state printing in German. In 1870, they erected the handsome structure known as the Westbote building, as a permanent location for their paper and printing office. The cost of the building was over $40,000.
The German population in the city having largely increased, Messrs. Reinhard & Fieser, in October, 1853, issued a semi- weekly edition of the Westbote, which has been continued ever since.
The relations of the proprietors of the Westbote to each other in the management and publication of the paper have remained unchanged, and are to-day the same as when the paper was first established in 1843. Mr. Reinhard became a member of the city council in 1853, and has remained in that position since, with the exception of two years. He was president of the city council four years. In 1857 and 1858, he was the Democratic candidate for secretary of state. Mr. Fieser is the president of the board of education of Columbus, of which he has been a member since 1864.
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THE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS.
The News commenced its existence as an independent news- paper in the month of December, 1867-Dr. William Trevitt, publisher and proprietor. In 1870 he sold the paper to John M. Webb and Charles Mathews. The new proprietors imme- diately enlarged the paper to seven columns per page. In the spring of 1871, John M. Webb transferred his interest in the paper to Charles Mathews, who then became sole proprietor, continuing its publication to June 6, the same year, when it was purchased by W. T. Wallace. The News, from its commence- ment up to this date, was edited by Willoughby W. Webb. On July 2, 1871, Mr. Wallace assumed the editorial and business management of the paper. In the spring of 1872, he enlarged the paper to its present dimensions. On December 15, 1872, Mr. Wallace sold the paper to E. G. Orebaugh and F. A. Brodbeck, so that he might devote himself exclusively to the practice of his profession, the " law."
Although the News has frequently changed hands, it is re- garded as one of the permanent institutions of the city.
Mr. Orebaugh is editor, and Mr. Brodbeck, business manager.
OHIO EDUCATIONAL MONTHLY.
. At the annual meeting of the State Teachers' Association of Ohio, held in Columbus, December 31, 1851, and January 1, 1852, it was voted to publish monthly an educational journal, in octavo form, each number to contain thirty-two pages, at one dollar a year. The new periodical was called The Ohio Journal of Education, and was issued under the immediate supervision of the executive committee, of which Lorin Andrews was the efficient chairman. The first four volumes were edited by Dr. A. D. Lord, of Columbus, assisted by a corps of associate editors, appointed annually by the State association. The fifth volume . was edited by Rev. Anson Smyth, who resigned the superin- tendency of the schools of Toledo to accept the position. The sixth volume was edited by John D. Caldwell, of Cincinnati, and the seventh and eighth volumes by W. T. Coggeshall, of Columbus.
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The enterprise did not prove a financial success, under the management of the association, and at the annual meeting, held in Dayton, in July, 1859, the Executive Committee, E. E. White, chairman, was authorized to make such arrangements for the future publication of the periodical as might be deemed best. In December it was sold to F. W. Hurtt and Anson Smyth, who assumed the entire responsibility of its management. The title was changed to The Ohio Educational Monthly. Early in 1861 Mr. Hurtt's interest in the magazine was purchased by E. E. White, who, a few months later, bought Mr. Smyth's interest, and became editor and proprietor. Mr. "White has published the Monthly for twelve years, and, under his management, the circulation has increased from less than 800 to nearly 4,000 copies. The volume for 1872 contained over five hundred pages.
The increasing circulation of the Educational Monthly in other States suggested the publication of a national edition, con- taining less Ohio intelligence of local interest; and in October, 1870, Mr. White issued the first number of The National Teacher, which is already circulated in every State in the Union. It is generally conceded to be the best of all the educa- tional journals in the country.
THE ODD FELLOWS' COMPANION.
A monthly magazine for Odd Fellows and their families. M. C. Lilley & Co., publishers and proprietors. Henry Lin- denberg and H. P. Gravatt, editors. Office in Siebert's build- ing, 253 South High street.
This periodical was established in 1865. Such was its success that its publishers were induced the next year to issue it in the German as well as in the English language, calling the German edition Der Odd Fellow. It soon attained a circulation through- out the West and British America.
At the time this magazine was commenced there was no other publication as a representative organ of the order in the West, and but one in the United States, and that was published in New York city. The German edition was the first publication of a similar kind ever issued in that language in this country. The circulation of the Companion is, as it has been from the
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commencement, steadily on the increase. The combined circu- lation, in the two languages, is now twenty thousand copies monthly. At the beginning it had, like many other enterprises in magazine publishing, to encounter difficulties and drawbacks, and many prophesied that it would fail ; but perseverance and good management have overcome every obstacle, and have made the publication a complete and assured success.
The names of the individual proprietors and publishers are : M. C. Lilley, John Siebert, Henry Lindenberg, and C. H. Lin- denberg.
LUTHERISCHE KIRCHEN ZEITUNG.
Issued monthly, in German. Established in 1860. Edited and published by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
THE MUTES' CHRONICLE.
Issued every Saturday. Established in 1868. Published at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb.
THE OHIO CONVENTION REPORTER.
Established in 1870. Published by J. G. Adell, phonographic reporter. Devoted exclusively to reports of conventions, and de- signed to aid associations in their work by a general dissemina- tion of faithful reports of their proceedings at their annual meetings.
THE LUTHERAN STANDARD.
Issued semi-monthly. Established in 1841. Editor, Rev. M. Loy. Published by the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and adjoining States.
ALLGEMIENE VOLKSZEITUNG.
John H. Orff, as editor and proprietor, commenced July 22, 1872, the issue of an independent weekly paper in German, en- titled the Allgemeine Volkszeitung, or People's Gazette. The establishment is located in Kraus' building, Nos. 165 and 167 East Friend street.
COLUMBUS BULLETIN.
Established January 1, 1871, by J. A. Peasley. It is a monthly
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publication, and is issued as the organ of the Franklin Business Institute.
THE PAPERS OF THE PAST.
We propose now to mention briefly the papers and periodicals once published here, but no longer in existence, except as they may be said to live in their successors :
THE FREEMAN'S CHRONICLE .- This was the name of the second paper started in Franklin county, in the summer of 1812. It was published in Franklinton for two or three years, by James B. Gardner. Its motto was :
" Here shall the press the people's rights maintain, Unaw'd by influence, and unbrib'd by gain ;
Here patriot truth its glorious precepts draw,
Pledg'd to religion, liberty, and law."
It was printed on a small sheet, and contained the local news of the day, as well as items and advertisements relating to the business of the town and county. But the greater part of its space was taken up with army and war news, as it was pub- lished during the war with Great Britain. After Mr. Gardner discontinued the paper, the printing materials passed into the hands of John Kilbourne, who removed them to Columbus, where he published two numbers of a paper called the Columbus Ga- zette.
THE OHIO MONITOR .- The publication of this paper was begun in Columbus, in 1816, by David Smith and Edward Griswold, Jr. The latter, however, soon parted with his interest to Smith, who continued the paper as sole editor and proprietor. From 1831 to 1834, Judge Smith was State printer. In the summer of 1836, the Monitor was purchased by Jacob Medary, and merged in the Western Hemisphere.
THE WESTERN STATESMAN .- This was the name of a paper started in the city, in 1825, by Zachariah Mills and Martin Lewis. The next year, Elijah Glover took the place of Mills, and after- ward the latter was succeeded by Freedom Sever. In 1828, the paper was merged in the Journal and Gazette.
THE OHIO STATE BULLETIN .- This paper was first published in July, 1829, by John A. Bryan and John A. Lazell. After about three years, the paper passed into the hands of George Kesling
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and John H. Wood, who called it the Columbus Sentinel. In 1835, it was merged in the State Journal.
THE OHIO REGISTER AND ANTI-MASONIC REVIEW .- This paper came here, in 1830, from Milan, Huron county, and was pub- lished about three years by Warren Jenkins and Elijah Glover. The paper was discontinued in 1833, the Masonic lodges having, at least apparently, generally disbanded, and the anti-masonic storm having blown over.
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE .- The publication of a Democratic paper with this title was commenced about 1832, by Gilbert & Melcher. In the winter of 1833-34, they issued the Daily Adver- tiser, the first daily paper ever published in Columbus. It was a small sheet, and was continued for a few months only. The in- terest of Melcher in the Western Hemisphere was purchased by Russell C. Bryan, and Gilbert & Bryan transferred the paper to Jacob Medary and George W. Manypenny, who transferred it to Sacket Reynolds, and he, in his turn, passed it over, in a short time, to Samuel and Jacob Medary-Samuel Medary having been elected State printer. The title was then changed to that of the Ohio Statesman.
THE PEOPLE'S PRESS .- This paper was published for six months, in 1836, by James B. Gardiner. It supported General Harrison, the Whig candidate for president, and Robert Lucas, the Democratic candidate for governor.
THE OHIO CONFEDERATE .- This paper was commenced in 1838, by John G. Miller, as a State-rights journal. In 1840, it supported General Harrison for president. In the spring of 1841, upon Mr. Miller's appointment as postmaster at Columbus, he transferred the paper to Drs. L. J. Moeller and N. M. Miller, by whom the title was changed to that of Old School Republican. It supported the administration of John Tyler, and was con- tinued for about two years.
THE CROSS AND JOURNAL .- This was a weekly religious paper in the interest of the Baptist denomination. It was started in Cincinnati in 1831, and removed to Columbus in 1838. For nine years afterward, it was edited and published here by George "Cole. By him it was sold to Revs. D. A. Randall and J. L. Batch- elder, who published it for about a year. Mr. Batchelder then
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became its sole publisher for a short time. In 1849, it was taken back to Cincinnati.
THE OHIO PRESS .- This was the title of a Democratic paper commenced by Eli T. Tappan, in 1847. It was published weekly, semi-weekly, and part of the time daily. > It was discontinued in a year or two.
THE OHIO CULTIVATOR .- This was a semi-monthly agricultu- ral paper, started by M. B. Bateham in 1845, and published by him for about eleven years, when Colonel S. D. Harris purchased the establishment. Colonel Harris continued to publish the paper for some time in Columbus, but finally removed it to Cleveland.
THE WESTERN AGRICULTURIST .- This was a, monthly paper, published by J. H. Riley & Co., and edited by W. W. Mather, corresponding secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. The first number was issued in January, 1851.
THE OHIO STANDARD .- This was the name of a Free-soil paper, commenced in the fall of 1848, by E. S. Hamlin and Israel Gar- rard. It was discontinued in February following. During a part of its time, it was issued as a daily paper as well as a weekly. In November, 1849, Franklin Gale and Thomas Cleveland began the publication of another weekly Free-soil paper, under the same name, and continued it until September, 1850. It was then bought by O. Glover, who discontinued its publication in the spring of the next year.
THIE COLUMBIAN .- A Free-soil weekly paper with this name was started in January, 1853, by an association of citizens of Columbus organized for that purpose. Its principal editor was L. L. Rice, the present supervisor of state printing. After various changes in ownership, it came, in 1855, into the control of A. M. Gangewer, by whom it was the next year merged in the Ohio State Journal.
THE DAILY OHIO STATE DEMOCRAT -This paper was started December 12, 1853. It was published by Knapp, Osgood & Blake, and edited by Horace S. Knapp and Charles B. Flood. The next spring an association, called the Franklin Printing Company, was formed, composed of the publishers of the Dem- ocrat and W. H. Derby, of Cincinnati. This company, having
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become the proprietors of both the Democrat and Statesman es- tablishments, merged the two papers into one, calling the con- solidated paper the Ohio Statesman and Democrat. The editors of the Democrat became the editors of the new paper.
THE DAILY CAPITAL CITY FACT .- The first number of this paper was issued October 1, 1851, by a company of journeymen printers. It purported to be published by H. N. Jennings & Co., and edited by E. Burke Fisher. The company consisted of E. B. Fisher, M. L. Betts, J. A. Kissinger, H. N. Jennings, and M. H. Allardt. The paper was continued. under the same firm for about a year, when John Geary & Co. were announced as the publishers, Mr. Fisher still remaining editor, who retired from the paper October 26, 1852. On the 21st of September, 1854, John Geary's name appeared as editor, and so continued until about the close of 1863, when the paper passed into the hands of W. H. Foster, who merged it in the Daily Evening Express, a paper issued from the State Journal office by Mr. Foster and having but a brief existence.
FORMER GERMAN PAPERS.
The first German paper issued in Columbus was the Emmigrant, in 1833, edited by Henry Roeder. It only existed a single year.
The second German paper was the Ohio Staats Zeitung issued in 1840, Mr. Weistling, editor and proprietor. It was about as short-lived as the first.
The Ohio Adler started by Valentine Kastner, editor and pro- prietor, in 1841, was continued about two years.
Next came the Forewertz, a weekly paper, issued by Robert Clemen, and lived about a year.
The Volks Tribune, issued in 1856, was published by the Volks Tribune Printing Company for about two years, and afterward continued by George Hessenaur, George Brandt, and John Haisch.
The Republicanische Presse was established about 1858, as a . campaign paper, by an association of Republicans. It afterward passed into the hands of Messrs. Siebert & Lindenberg, who continued it about a year.
The Druidenhain, a monthly magazine, was issued about 1860, by Robert Clemen, editor and publisher. It did not long exist.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
The National Enquirer, edited by Harvey D. Little, was pub- lished by Horton Howard, in 1828 and 1829.
Mr. Howard also published the Eclectic, edited by William Hance.
The Thompsonian Recorder was first published by Jarvis Pike & Co., in 1832, and continued by different proprietors until it was removed to Cincinnati, in 1842, by Dr. A. Curtis.
The Independent Press was published by Hugh M. Espy & Co., for a brief period, in 1832 or 1833.
The same publishers also issued for a short time a Budget of Fun.
Allen, Sage & Beverage issued, in 1840, the Straight-out Harrisonian.
In 1840, R. P. Sage published the Tornado, and T. W. H. Mosely, the Auger.
Captain John Duffy, in 1842 and 1843, issued the Ohio Free- man, and afterward the Columbus Herald.
The Daily Enterprise was commenced in the summer of 1855 by John M. Kinney & Co., and published about six months.
The Western Home Visitor, E. A. Higgins, proprietor, was removed from Mt. Vernon to Columbus, in 1854, and published here a short time.
Common Sense against the Maine Law, published for a short time by Zirchel & Johnson, was first issued August 1, 1853.
The Reveille was published about 1860 for a brief period.
The Daily Bulletin was published by an association of printers during the political campaign of 1860.
The Medical and Surgical Journal was under the control and supervision of Dr. John Dawson, Profesor of Anatomy in Star- ling Medical College, from 1853 until the publication was sus- pended, a short time before the doctor's death, which took place September 3, 1866. During the existence of the Journal, Dr. Dawson contributed many able articles to its pages.
The Daily Columbus Sentinel was commenced about the 1st of September, 1872, and issued from the Westbote office, edited
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by J. Q. Howard. It supported Horace Greeley for president, and was discontinued soon after the close of the campaign.
Capital Events, a weekly paper published by Samuel L. Leff- ingwell, editor and proprietor, was commenced in the summer of 1872, and discontinued in November following.
The Columbus Review, a monthly medical journal, edited by Dr. W. L. McMillen, appeared for a short time in 1860.
The Ark, a monthly journal, devoted to the interests of Odd Fellowship, edited and published by Alexander E. Glenn, was commenced in 1853, and continued for about fifteen years. It was very popular with the order, and had a large circulation.
The Christian Witness, a weekly paper, was started about the 1st of November, 1863, by Rev. J. F. Given, editor and proprietor. Some time after Mr. Given's decease, August 31, 1867, Rev. A. D. Biddeson took charge of the paper as its editor.
The Columbus Review, a small daily, commenced in 1870, was published for a short time by Ezekiel Mettles.
OHIO AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE.
The Congress of the United States, by an act passed July 2, 1862, granted to each State public lands, or scrip, equal in amount to 30,000 acres for each senator and representative then in Con- gress, for the endowment of one or more colleges, " where the lead- ing object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classi- cal studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the in- dustrial classes in the general pursuits and professions of life."
The State of Ohio accepted the grant of Congress, and taking possession of the land scrip, sold it through her agents; and the proceeds, amounting to about $435,000, were placed in the State treasury, ready to be applied to the uses of the contemplated in- stitution.
At the session in 1870 the State legislature, in conformity with the grant of Congress, passed an act incorporating " the Agri- cultural and Mechanical College of Ohio." A board of trustees was nominated by the governor and elected by the Senate.
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This board met in Columbus, May 13, 1870, and completed its organization by the election of officers, and became a corporate and legal body.
This board of trustees was required by law to locate the col- lege by the 15th of October, 1870, " regarding the best interests of the college in the receipt of moneys, lands, or other property donated to said college by any county, town, or individual, in consideration of the location of said college at a given place." And it was further provided "that said college shall not be lo- cated until there are secured thereto, for such location, donations in money, or unincumbered lands at their cash valuation, whereon the college is to be located, or in both money and such lands, a sum equal to at least one hundred thousand dollars."
The legislature also, on April 18, 1870, passed "an act to authorize the several counties of the State to raise money to se- vure the location of the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical Col- lege." By this latter act, the commissioners of any county desiring to secure the location of the college were authorized to submit, on thirty days' notice to the electors of the county, the question of making a donation by tax, the aggregate tax not to exceed ten mills on the dollar, upon the taxable property of the county, and not to exceed two mills in any one year. In case of a majority vote in favor of the proposed donation and its ac - ceptance by the college trustees, the commissioners were author- ized, in order to raise the money, to issue bonds running for ten years, at eight per cent. interest. Our commissioners, after a full consultation with many citizens and the county agricultural board, submitted to the voters of the county, at a special election held August 13, 1870, the proposition to donate three hundred thousand dollars to the college, on the condition that it should be located in this county. The vote was in its favor.
OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES .- V. B. Horton, chairman ; Joseph Sullivant, secretary ; Wm. B. McClung, superintendent ; Henry. S. Babbitt, treasurer ; Aaron F. Perry, Joseph F. Wright, Cyrus Falconer, Henry S. Conklin, Wm. Sawyer, James M. Trimble, Thomas C. Jones, Warren P. Noble, James W. Ross, Ralph Leete, Daniel Keller, Marvin M. Munson, Norton S. Townshend, John
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C. Jamison, Cornelius Aultman, John R. Buchtel, and Henry B. Perkins.
FACULTY .- The board of trustees have determined to establish ten professorships as follows :
1. Agriculture-Norton S. Townshend; 2. Physics and Me- chanics-T. C. Mendenhall; 2. Mathematics and Civil Engineer- ing-vacant; 4. Chemistry-Sidney S. Norton; 5. Geology- vacant ; 6. Veterinary Science-vacant ; 7. Botany-vacant ; 8. English and Modern Languages-Joseph F. Millikin ; 9. An- cient Languages-Williams; 10. Political Economy-vacant. The chair of geology was offered to Edward Orton, president of the Antioch College. He has not yet accepted. Other appointments will be made before the opening of the college in September next.
STARLING MEDICAL COLLEGE.
In 1846, Willoughby Medical College, located at Willoughby, Lake county, Ohio, was removed to Columbus, with a reorgani- zation of its board of trustees. Under that organization one course of lectures was delivered in this city, and then the in- stitution abandoned. During this term Lyne Starling, one of the original proprietors of the site of Columbus, executed a deed of trust, December 18, 1847, to trustees, of thirty thousand dollars, to be paid in installments for the purchase of a lot and the erec- tion of suitable buildings thereon for a medical college, and the establishment of a hospital in connection therewith. 'T'he trus- tees named in this bequest were William S. Sullivant, John W. Andrews, Robert W. McCoy, Joseph R. Swan, Francis Carter, Samuel M. Smith, and John Butterfield.
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