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At the fedhest Of number Of the members
ef,he Bar, JuDse ildhraaEf kindly furnished
the subst,nce Of the sentence passed upon
Das.tl Nc Kissoa, which We are enabled to
give 10 our readers.
David McKisson: - The Grand jury
of this County have returned Bill OF la
d!ctmeni against u, chng'ag you with
the crime nf Murder. To that Indictment
you have pleaded .aos gully, Counsel
ol YOUR thpire, able and learned IN the
Law, have been assigned. 10 advise and
aid yon, Ia meet the accusation and make
ynur defence. P'enaiy process. the re-
son ces of the State, lave been at your
command. 10. cnm.l the attendance oi
wine sses, ip order 10 manifest y'ur iDno-
cepee. a travgrse Jury. almost Of your
ON; se'ec ion, and against whom ynu hal
noy.,.ng Ia wge, have been einpanne'lsd,
to pass, nnder a solepn appeal heaven,
belweeo you aud the Siate. Beipie that
Ju,y you have inst your accp.ers and The
Witnesses againstyou STAGE ~ faces" you
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GsOSTCREPT.
MAINE ELECTION.

Just as our paper was going to press
we received the New Hampshire Con.
cord) Patriot. containing the following
statement OF the Maine election. We
should not again Inv, m,ulioned this vex-
ed question, had not the gentle man who is
permitted 10 keep his numo at the heaI o
the Ohio Star had the earoptery 10 deny
the previous statemsnt we had made in
relation to the subject. We presume,
however, that now the election is over
he will willingly acknowledge his error,
and all we ask of him is TO state what was
really the fact, that their firing at this
place was only to effect the elecilon here,
and not because they believed the report.
An officious Wing, said in this town,
since the election, that, the fracus Of the
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Ssy'HSeG.

A BOUT six IS since from the
IA farm Of Henry Chi.,snden Esq. in
M'ddlebu'y. lish, bay Mare Ave years
old, rather low in fssh, with bunch oc-
casioned By bruise on ihs lower joint Of
the right hind leg. Any persna Who
will return said Mare 10 ,ir. Chitsn nden
of ii lGllebury or give him information,
where she may be found, shall! be amply
rewarded by J. WHITNEY.
IS-lf
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LoRAIN--Ener w. Hubbard, Demo
cratic, is elected TO the Legislature by an
increased majority from last year.
CoLUMBIANA.-We earn that the De-.
mocraic ticket has carried by about GOO
majority.
STARK.-Thc Democratic Ticket has
succeeded in Stark.
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o. We have taken the above returns,
mainly, from the Age-corrccting mis-
takes in two or thre towns. where We as.
certained the vote was incorrectly given.
--and adding such other returns as we
were able TO obtain.
1t is ascrrtained that Is Democrats are
elected to the Senate, and 10 F"deraIists
the Senate being composed Of % mem
bers.
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IT,, su. ~ o, In Supreme Court
povr,,r cn,xrxss cation after Aug.
A. d. 1856.
Lettis Edwards)

VS. SPetittor for Divorce.
Rufus Edwards
TR'HE said Rufus Edwards will take notice
L that her said Letis Edwards, lis wife,
has filed her petition in the office Of the
Clerk of SAID G urt on the 26'h day of June
A. ID. I8I7, praying for divorce, and as
assigned f. r csus,, babitual drunkenness, to>
ttl neglect AID extreme cruelty.
Furlher proceedings viii b" had TT Term
"f said Court. TO be reid at Rlve;.na on he
fourth day Of September rezt, Or which time
sa d Kutu" Edwards a,ay appear d slow
cause, ifany he have, why the payer Of said
petition should not he granted.
GEO. kiHkUM, CLERK.
L V. MERcE, Solicitor.
June 26, 1887. 8-Gm.
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B AIKEN up by the subscriber at Deer6eId
on he lith day OF July last, II small red
'"an Marc, 80 posed to be about eight yeHrs
o.i dark name and tail, aud natural tru,ter;
onnd Ut her ieIteye. he owner 10 requested
take her away.
SETH C. MDONALD.
'e'ne'h Aug 70. 1897. *5t i6
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FETiLE WEAKNESS

especially what is caIled the Prolspsus Uteri.
very prevalent complaint and where there
Is Al! rr"gnlariy in the periodical evarua-
40" ARISING from debility, ,hey sr'l be found
a. 'nva.uAai" medic ne. They also remove
pa u IN the breast. weakness of the stomach,
and are gn"d in sIl Of those ailecti Us of The
oweis ARISING from debility and where they
are atendcd v III passive inflammation ori. o.e
ness. They strengthen and inyigorate tn.
Sho'e !; stem.
The shove medicine comes tightly recon-
mend by tie following Physicians.
Docts. Darlington and
Cie,cIard, Ashtabuls, o.
G kir r',atirk, Harlensburs, Pa.
Ii.nchet& s. Curtiss, M,dllebury, o.
Winter AMI
Brdscwat"r. Pa.
Ia searh Twinsbu Oh d.
M.SR, Fowler, Aur.ra ONO.
For Sale bv u s. BRISTOL.
R,vrnna OHIO, Sept 1927. l8
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CELEBRATED VEGETABLE PILLS
A sure and ell'ectual remedy for the
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DtAlIIs of
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q list Of GetlerS
y EMAiNtNG in the Post Office ~ Raven
SO ia, Portage County, Ohio, Sept. so
1857.
"A King Judge
Abbott John,2 l.
B Lee Sa, ali
Bnwen Mis-, Lydia Annl.es,er David
I'Eg, Richard Luccock Thomas
Hra'iure lanes Lowrie Thomas
Barney Lavina N
Brvn Ezra N nnrtl iona han
Boes Cyrus N'nkley I."cius
iiarstr George MAX ey Hannah
broden james Morgan Rees
Bradley Geo w. Nurrly George
Uarnum Julia Moresy thomas
Berce l. V.2 N
Is ,ussernan Jacob Nichols Nathan
Barton Lucy Nicholson Alien
G o
Collins A P2 O'Rryan Michael
E"le Richard Oymun y
N0ul,on Solomon P
Gunni CHAM Patrick Perlee
Cnresan ;aines Poe 'ihumsaL
Csin John Pen land Norris
ror Thomas Patterson John
Chase jonathan X
Clerk OF the Court Reading Christie her
CarpenterJ Rost'l samuel
ID Reed Loll,rop
Drake Enuch RIDER tsne
Duothonse AZ Roberts Eljah X
U.ty Ben Amin Rogers u
Il Roberts Eiwa d
Enters George
Ev,re,t Asa Smith FL jah2
r So kwcil William
Fcot David Esq Starr
Fii'ds Chenery Surrey William
French phiomela Scott Benz. ann
Fryer Peter Smith Samuel
Fanel Mrs spaIdlns RP
g StoddArd Nm
Gregory Ahnas
Giibe Jabr . Cd Tribou WINS 2
II Thsrntun ~ iilian
Humiston Lewis Thompson Nil" w
,iail Luke Taylor G.orse
Il milton VIM Thornton Nm
iiniburl Amanda
Veers Thomas
Johnson Robert VAUGHN Hiram
Iud'l Charles W
iackso Solomon William Willi'ms
Jones II inn h Wells rhomis
K Wilson David
Kinney John 9 Whre Asherry
Kelsey 2 WH'iHms James
K,llensath Jnhn Week Join
J.. q KING, 2. N. Al Revelna Ohio.
Sept. so, 1881
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Wings here, gained them 200 votes in
this county. 1t is possible that the asser-
ton is true, but VIC blush to acknowledge
the fact, Il at 200 independent Freemen
oI Portage county should be dece we'd, and
be induced to vote against their own coun.
try aud their rights by the premature re-
jocing Of the Wings.
MAINE ELECTION.
No choice Of Governor! The federal
lists fired their guns too soon--they hal.
lImd before they were out OF the woods.
Edward Kent is not elected Governor. 81
from all appearances never will he. The
following iYom the Portland Jcftcrsonian,
IS corroboratcd by the democratic papers
in the interior, and no doubt exhibits the
true result Of the election for Governor:
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EAlCE for sale at the G'oc ry Sore OF
So S. MASON L Co.
Rsyepua, 1sly q, 1897, IL
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Encourage sseNestIc
f3.A1 E!A. e ksk2S,

g1V He SUBSCRIBERS. recently
Il EOh the best Manufactures of
NJ" r"a'd New Jersey, reing rrsc ic4l
op r.t"rs, have c''npleteIy rG;trd The
FRANKLIN WINDOW GLASS WORKS
which ,l,y have lew ia 'cc.s,fu! op ppera,ion
and Il .lter themselves ,ifat they produce q
srp, RIO article If y IndUw- Glass 10 ANY III ,ie
w's Of the Mountains. Having Ia ei, flied
til elegant Episco Al Chur b 1T OHIO CITY,
they would refer the pn5hc TO examine for
themselves or ~nquir Of Mr.. Eidr,dse. the
MASTER builder. Hlo ha- been al fiIe Factory.
Or glsss " III be assorted into three qualities
and sold at different irices according to the
Guaity Sustain us and We vii supply the
con'mun't, with superior arr Gle a, far RS
ces, without :" rish OF breakage by bring
tnS from abroad and CONSUME 'he surplus
produces. as irov sinnsof all kinds, rot and
T. sr ashes Score ed Sal :. &r. We intend
keeping on hand /" large supply. Orders for
ali, sze. irGm by to sheet Glass, aGd cut
10 pat'-'n Tor G. mrch ard Oval windows,
VIA be forwsr I'd with u delay. Yhe Nier.
chants through the country are particularly
invited 10 call AMI cxamn,' for theiGse yes.
T. MATTERS. & co.
franklin, Portage Co, ,Ohio, Aug. 1887. 18
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EkavelsIaa .4CaGscsaay.

Ills Insti uton will be re opened or Nom
day, September 25th. The wiu'tr term
VII cOntinnr y weeks. Mr. Nm II Shell
DoN. graduate Of Vale Gil &c aud an expe
r'-hced teacher has bee" engaged As Pri ci-
p,. No ~Horts will be spar d tn in,pa',
thorough e sys'emofi education. Prpls will
re rec"'r'l al any tine during The term and
charged from heir entrance.
TERMS OF TUITION, PER o. ,RTER.
Common Eng ish Brsnc' es, $500
Higher do. do. S4 90
Languages i ha'hemric., H5.nQ
- sasll rhnrge w'ii he male f,r fuel,
during c"id wra her. Board may be ohlain-d
Oh re.,s0na lie terms a few can re .rcuGninn.
dhtd with boar in the family with the Prin-
ciplI
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CO"Sartnership.

Z UCius V DiERCE. and JOHN Y. IN
HA GrRSOLL havr turmt d a acu.par,ne rsi, d
III the prAcuce Of the Law. One r oo.h, when
hot absent on professlnnA business, may at al
Gums be found At tner office IN itavenn..
LUCIUS V. BlERCE
JOHN V. INGERSOLL.
Ra'enna, July a, 1857. l2tf
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Rayenna. Feb /, 1857
Y Il il NJ S.

This paper will be printed s'mi-monihiy,
on g. o type ani fine paper, in suitable orm
for binding, with title page aud index to each
,oum-, A. the clos- Of the year. for one 6oiiar
per snnum, in odvrnee, payable on delivery
IF the frat uumber.)
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III Liak nf L1KFera

E9 EMAiNiNG IN tnr Pos, Office arsRos,s.
a's' town. $cpi so. 1887.
Bassett Hubbard &cu mao R,ncihr
BAldwn Gf Lenis J"bn q
bos'wlck AnireW otbsitai Wan 8
Case Are' O'Neili Henry
Case Mary Ann Seag-r lie rr
Doiy liurac- > eRinner II ,vtha
trazisr Joseph Smith ! ncu,
ilfs,er Jpr"b Tutinli Bostwick
iisnes cfr''''an
J. WRIGHT, p. NJ.
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: SSliE Subscriber, believing that the Farm,
u. ing interest of the We tern Reserve is
sufficiently great to sustain an Agricutu al Pa.
per. proposes publishing, a; R,venns, Portage
county, \ paper devoted exclusively to that
subject.
Ine act is now clearly dem nstrated, that
Agricultural Papers are of great advantage TO
the + rm'n: Interests of IA country In New
England aud IN New York, where the art nf
Agriculture is Car led nearer to pc fection than
10 a"y of the other States Of the Uninu, there
are several papers devoted to that subject
mhirh have vide circulation.
ThOugh the population of the Reserve cons
ssts ciIehy OF Farmers, yet there is not pas
per designed entirely for their Interests, wh,'e
there a'e no less than fcsmty. y.eigh political
and religious papers.
The AGalcuLru Isr will be strictly neutral
in pulltcs and r ireion-it will contain cors
rect etatenrnt ut tha MAJ krts, and give that
information most useful to the interest Of
.rmeiS.
Isr great improvements which are now oc-
cupyirs ihe attention OF the Farming Public
,l,,. many new inventions in the in mp'ement.
o. i,usbAntlry which are continually appearing,
render !, highly me- essary that all who are Cat.
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should be possessed q: The earliest intnrma.
ton on the subject. Now. when the culture
of Sis, nd the growth of the Beet fer the
manufacture OF Sugar IS be coming he engross-
,ng ,op,c Of the aye. it is mport.nt ;ha, the
Farmers of the Reserve should be made aca
o.a,ntc with all the information to b. lad IN
tue subject. and we shall give our attention
ON he procuring aud Ating knowledge
IN these interesting objects.
The tirsr number VIII be issued some time
in April. if u sufficient number Of subscribers
shall be obtained to warrant it,
EDWIN K. SEL3Y,
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NQ5X'KCE.

Ii. pers rs srt hereby notified no'tos
"a 'I"St nns4nnsh ! iiey Oh my account, II.
am d'-'rrfn'neh % pay no deb s. OF her c,u
tracing att.r hi. date.
AMOS FILLEY.
Il Randolph, sept 4, 1857. .3wl3
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TIE RESULT.

The following is the result Of the elec-
tion in this County:
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BEAUTIFUL ExTRAcT.-A thousand years
hence (for must indulge afew thoughts) per-
haps in less, America may be what Europe is
now The innocence Of her character that
won the hearts Of all nations in her favor may
sound like romance, and her inimitable
virtue as if il had never been. The ruins of
that liberty for which thousands bled, may
Just furnish materials for village tale Or
extort sigh from rustic sensibility. while
the fashionables Of that day enveloped in dis
sipation, shall deride the principle and deny
the fact
When we contemplate the fall Of empires,
and the extinction Of the nations Of the an
cient world, we see but little more to excite
our regret than Wondering ruins Of pompous
palaces, magnificent monuments, lofty pyra-
mids and walls, and towers Of the most costly
workmanship; but when the empire of
America shall fall, the subject for contcmpla-
tive sorrow will be infinitely greater than
crumbling marble or brass can inspire. 1t
will not then be said here rose Babel of
immense height, or there a palace Of sump-
tuous extravaganza but here! O! painful
thought! the noblest work Of human wisdom
the grandest scene Of human glory-the
fair cause Of Freedom rose and fell.
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From ne 81. Louis Republican.

We learn by gentleman just from the
Indian country, that the negotiation with the
Sac and Fox tribe Of Indians to 60 TO Florida,
has entirely failed. Our informant states,
that when the proposition was made, chief
rose and replied -" Tell our Great Father at
Washington, we are sorry to hear that he is
warning with the Red men Of the south. Tell
him we, too, are engaged in o war Of our own
with the Sioux. They are killing our warriors
and braves, and leaving our children helpless
and defenceless; our lodges are unsafe, and
our hunting grounds are filed with the coward
ly dogs. If our Great Father at Washing
ton will send us one hundred men, and help
us to drive the Sioux from our hunting grounds,
and to pursue them until they beg for their
lives like women, we will pay our Father for
his men as much as they deserve and as
soon as the Sioux are conquered, we will 60
and help our Father in his war with the Red
men Of the South. If our Father cannot
help us to do this, we cannot help him." The
officer in charge of this service, not having
the authority to enter into a treaty offensive
and defensive, was, from the terms, compelled
to forego any further negotiation. +