marching directly to the head of the open space between the lines of spectators, took their position, when an officer, detailed for the purpose, advanced and handed each man his rifle, and stepping aside, another officer stepped to the front and to the east, with rod in hand, and raised it up, at which the executioners raised their rifles to take aim; the officer dropped his rod, and the six rifles were fired simultaneously-not a word was spoken. Upon the report of the rifles the prisoner instantly fell forward and to the right, and did not make a single motion or utter a sound. Dr. Mason, a physician at the agency, stepped forward, and after a short examination pro nounced him dead. The body was now put into the coffin and the lid nailed on, and the whole was lowered into the grave and covered. Thus ended the last Indian execution among the Wyandots at Upper Sandusky. This tribe left their reservation about three years thereafter, and settled in the then Territory of Kansas. Intemperance was the great curse of the Indians, and one often reads the expression of tying up an Indian" when wild and dangerous from intoxication. This means tying his elbows together behind his back and his ankles together, and then laying him on the ground until he becomes sober. CHARLES DICKENS AT UPPER SANDUSKY. In 1842, four years before my own visit to Upper Sandusky, Charles Dickens passed through the place, tarrying over night at a log-tavern. He had come in a stage coach from Columbus, and was en route to Sandusky City, where he took a steamer for Buffalo. In his "American Notes," after describing the roughness of the travelling by stage coach, the painful experience of jolting over corduroy roads, and through forests, bogs and swamps, the team forcing its way cork-screw fashion, he says: At length, between ten and eleven o'clock at night, a few feeble lights appeared in the distance, and Upper Sandusky, an Indian village, where we were to stay till morning, lay before us. They were gone to bed at the log-inn, which was the only house of entertainment in the place, but soon answered our knocking, and got some tea for us in a sort of kitchen or common room, tapestried with old newspapers pasted against the wall. The bedchamber to which my wife and I were shown was a large, low, ghostly room, with a quantity of withered branches on the hearth, and two doors without any fastening, opposite to each other, both opening on the black night and wild country, and so contrived that one of them always blew the other open; a novelty in domestic architecture which I do not remember to have seen before, and which I was somewhat disconcerted to have forced on my attention after getting into bed, as I had a considerable sum in gold for our travelling expenses in my dressing-case. Some of the luggage, however, piled against the panels soon settled this difficulty, and my sleep would not have been very much affected that night, I believe, though it had failed to do so. My Boston friend climbed up to bed somewhere in the roof, where another guest was already snoring hugely. But being bitten beyond his power of endurance he turned out again, and fled for shelter to the coach, which was airing itself in front of the house. This was not a very politic step as it turned out, for the pigs scenting him, and looking upon the coach as a kind of pie with some manner of meat inside, grunted round it so hideously that he was afraid to come out again, and lay there shivering till morning. Nor was it possible to warm him, when he did come out, by means of a glass of brandy; for in Indian villages the legislature, with a very good and wise intention, forbids the sale of spirits by tavern-keepers. The precaution, however, is quite inefficacious, for the Indian never fails to procure liquor of a worse kind at a dearer price from travelling peddlers. It is a settlement of Wyandot Indians who inhabit this place. Among the company was a mild old gentleman (Col. John Johnston), who had been for many years employed by the United States government in conducting negotiations with the Indians, and who had just concluded a treaty with these people by which they bound themselves, in consideration of a certain annual sum, to remove next year to some land provided for them west of the Mississippi and a little way beyond St. Louis. He gave me a moving account of their strong attachment to the familiar scenes of their infancy, and in particular to the burial places. of their kindred, and of their great reluctance to leave them. He had witnessed many such removals, and always with pain, though he knew that they departed for their own good. The question whether this tribe should go or stay had been discussed among them a day or two before in a hut erected for the purpose, the logs of which still lay upon the ground before the inn. When the speaking was done the ayes and noes were ranged on opposite sides, and every male adult voted in his turn. The moment the result was known the minority (a large one) cheerfully yielded to the rest, and withdrew all kind of opposition. We met some of these poor Indians afterward riding on shaggy ponies. They were so like the meaner sort of gypsies that if I could have seen any of them in England I should have concluded, as a matter of course, that they belonged to that wandering and restless people. CAREY is ten miles northwest of Upper Sandusky, on the I. B. & W., C. H. V. & T. and C. & W. Railroads. It was founded in 1844 by McDonald Carev and D. Strow, who are yet heavy real estate owners. City Officers, 1888: J. H. Rhodes, mayor; E. G. Laughlin, clerk; J. B. Conrad, treasurer; Charles Buckland, marshal; Albert Hart, street commissioner. Newspapers: Wyandot County Times, Independent, W. N. Fisher, editor and publisher. Churches: 1 Catholic, 1 United Brethren, 1 Methodist, 1 Lutheran, and 1 Evangelical. Bank: People's, D. Straw, president; D. H. Straw, cashier. Population, in 1890, 1,605. School census, 1888, 436; R. H. Morrison, school superintendent. Capital invested in manufacturing establishments, $83,500. Value of annual product, $270,500.-Ohio Labor Statistics, 1888. Carey is a flourishing little town, is lighted and warmed by gas. It is in a rich agricultural country in a gas and oil producing region. NEVADA is eight miles east of Upper Sandusky, on the P. Ft. W. & C. R. R. Newspaper: Enterprise, Independent, Wilcox & Holmes, editors and publishers. Bank: Nevada Deposit, William L. Blair, president; J. A. Williams, assistant cashier. Population in 1880, 1,036. School census, 1888, 279; George Rossiter, school superintendent. School census, SYCAMORE is eleven miles northeast of Upper Sandusky, on the O. C. R. R. Newspaper: Observer, Republican, F. Ladd, editor and publisher. 1888, 205; H. P. Tracey, school superintendent. MARSEILLES is twelve miles southwest of Upper Sandusky. 1880, 273. Population in KIRBY is eight miles west of Upper Sandusky, on the P. Ft. W. & C. R. R. Population in 1880, 294. WHARTON is eight miles northwest of Upper Sandusky, on the I. B. & W. R. School census, 1888, 176. END OF THIRD VOLUME. JAMES, EDWIN CAMPBELL was born in Middletown, Butler county, Ohio, July 7, 1843. His father was of Scotch extraction and his mother of English. His Pilgrim ancestors settled in Plymouth colony soon after its formation. Dur GOV. JAMES E. CAMPBELL. ing the Revolutionary war several of his ancestors took a distinguished part, and both of his grandfathers were soldiers in the war of 1812. James E. Campbell was educated in the public schools, began the study of law, and for a time taught school. In 1863 he entered his country's service as a master's mate on a gunboat. He served on the gunboats Elk and Naiad, of the Mississippi and Red River flotillas, and took part in a number of engagements, but at the expiration of a year's service his health was so impaired by the miasma of the river-bottoms that he was discharged, and returned home a mere semblance of the vigorous young man that a year before had entered the service. As soon as his health would permit he resumed his law studies in the office of Doty & Gunckel, of Middletown, and in 1865 was admitted to the bar. He did not commence the practice of his profession until 1867. In the interim he was bookkeeper of the First National Bank of Middletown, and was also a Deputy in the Internal Revenue service at Hamilton. In January, 1870, he was married to Miss Libbie Owens, daughter of Job E. Owens and Mary A. Price. In 1875 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Butler county, and re-elected at the expiration of his term. In 1879 he was defeated for the State Senate by only twelve votes. Until the Greeley campaign he was a Republican, but since that time has acted with the Democrats. In 1885 he was elected to Congress, and re-elected in 1887. In 1889 he was elected Governor of Ohio by a plurality of 10,872 votes over ex-Gov. J. B. Foraker. Gov. Campbell's administration of the State's affairs has been able and vigorous. As a lawyer he is well informed on all points, and has held many important receiverships and other trusts. He is a clear, forcible speaker, and impresses his hearers with his earnestness of purpose. He is somewhat above the average height, with a fine presence, suave and courteous in manner. (ii) STATE OFFICERS. 1890-1891. Governor-JAMES E. CAMPBELL (D), of Hamilton. Judges of the Supreme Court-MARSHALL J. WILLIAMS (R), Chief Justice, of Wash ington C. H. FRANKLIN J. DICKMAN (R), of Cleveland. JOSEPH P. BRADBURY (R), of Pomeroy. THADDEUS A. MINSHALL (R), of Chilicothe. Clerk of the Supreme Court-URBAN H. HESTER (R), of Van Wert. WM. M. HAHN (R), of Mansfield. FRANK J. MCCOLLOCH (R), of Bellefontaine. Adjutant General-MORTON L. HAWKINS (D), of Cincinnati. *Commissioner of Labor Statistics-JOHN MCBRIDE (D), of Massillon. **Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs-JAMES A. NORTON (D), of Tiffin. Law Librarian-FRANK N. BEEBE (R), of Columbus. Inspector of Mines-R. M. HASELTINE (R), of Youngstown. Inspector of Oils-JOS. H. DOWLING (D), of Dayton. Inspector of Workshops-WILLIAM Z. McDONALD (R), of Akron. Supervisor of Public Printing-L. HIRSCH (R). of Columbus. Dairy and Food Commissioner-EDWARD BETHEL (D), Zeno. State Agent for the Collection of Ohio War Claims-WILLIAM O. TOLFORD. *Term expires Feb. 15, 1891. **Term expires March 7, 1891. †Term expires April 18, 1891. Term expires April 14, 1891. Term expires Feb., 1891. |
