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Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17

feet location and no mistake-a place
that had some defects until the river made
a 'cut off, at the 'Shlrt-tail bend,' and
that remied the evil, as it brought my
cabin on the edge of the rivera great
adva ,tage in wet weather, assure you, as
you can roll barrel of whisky into my
yard in high water as easy as falling of
log; lisa great improvement. as tOting
it by land in jug, as I used to do, evapO-
rated it TO fast, and it became expensive.
Just stop with me stranger, month or
two, or a year if you like, and you will ap-
preciate my place. can give you plen-
" TO eat, for beside hog and hOminy, you
can have bar ham. aud bar sausages and
a mattress of bar skins to sleep on, and a
wild cat skin. pulled of hull, stuffed with
corn shucks for a piIer. That bed would
put you to sleep if you had the rheuma-
tics in every joint in your body. ! call
that ar bed a quietus. Then look at my
land; the government arn't got such a
mother place TO dispose of. Such timber
and such bottom land, why you cant pre-
serve anything natural you plant in it, un
less you pick it young. things thar viii
; grow out ia shape so quick. once plan
ted IN those dlggins a few polaloes anc
beets, took fine start, aud after that an
OK team couldn't keep them from grow
: ing. About that time | went of to ole
Kantuck on business, and did not hea
J from them things in three months, when
s. accidentally stumbled on fellow VIII
u stopped at my place with an idea of buy
o ing me out. pretty wolf said he, th
n cabin is convenient, and the timber Ian
l. is good, but that bottom land is not wort
e the first red cent? 'WhyP said L.
o 'Cause,' said he. cause whats said
IS Cause it's full Of cedar stumps and Ind
II an mounds said he, and it can't be clear
T. ed Law said |, them ar cedar stump
a is beels, and them ar Indian mounds
70 tater hills
!" As | expected the crop was over grow
useless; the size is too rich, und planting
= a in Arkdasaw is dangerous. ] had goo
y. y sized SOW killed in that same bottom land
~ the old thief stole an ear of corn and too
70 " it down where she used to sleep at nigl
" to eat; we'll, she left grain or two u
ground, and lay down on them; befor
morning The corn shot up, and the pc
NJ cusson killed her dead. don't pla
be any more. Nalur intended Aarkaslw {
u hunting ground, and lgO according
nalur."
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Last Call through the Press.

nERSONS having unsettled accounts win me
are hereby notified to come ior"e[d ahoset-
tie them by payment or otherwise, as u ismy ue,
tetminato to close my books. Those INTERESTED
will favor themselves and me by an lmmeoia'e
compliance with this request. CONSIDER tn's
sufficient warning; and | shall feel Justnea IN
taking forcible measures for settlement II
not attended to by NY debtors in reasonable
time. "M' S"AA ~
Russslyille, June %, l84l.
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New Ferry.

HNHE undersigned has opened New Ferry
across the Ohio river at Higginsport, ana
is now prepared to attend promptly to all cai's
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Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17

A poice from the grare.-General Har-
rison in his speech at Dayton, Ohio, Sept.
10, 1910, gave his opinion of Banks IN
the following emphatic language:
81 am not a Bank man. Once in my
life was, and then they0FCHEATED
Me OUT OF EVERY DOLLAR |
PLACED IN THEIR HANDS,"
Yet the Federalists have the bare-faced-
ness to assert, that in voting for Harri'
son the issue was ''bank or no bank.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17
State of Ohio, Brown County,
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

In CHANcERY.
Peter l.. Wilson,( Executors Of Robert Wright,
John H. Blair, deceased,
John Woods, William Woods, Samuel Jolly,
Archibald f. Knight and David McElroy.
Be il remembered, that on the 2lst day of No.
,ember, l840, the Complainants filed in said
Court their certain Bill in Chancery, setting forth
that at the October term of said Court, in the
year l84O, they recovered judgment against said
John Woods and William Woods for the sum of
one hundred and two dollars and thirty-seven and
a hall cents debt, and costs amounting to eight
dollars and six cents; that said John Woods and
William Woods have no personal or real estate
subject to levy on execution TO satisfy said JudgH
ment or any part thereof; but that the said
Knight and Jolly are indebted to the said John
| Woods, and the said McElroy has money in his
hands belonging to the said John Woods, and is
also indebted to the said John Woods. The pray
er the bill is that the defendants answer, and that
| the said money and claims due and coming to the
said John Woods as aforesaid be subjected by tho
decree of said Court to the payment and sadsfae-
ton of the said Judgment of the Complainants,
and for general relief, &c. And at the last April
term of said Court it being made to appear that
said John Woods is not resident Of the State Of
Ohio, it is ordered that notice of the pendency
and prayer of the bill be published in the Demo-
cratic Standard, newspaper printed and pub
ished in said county of Brown, and in general
circulation therein, for six weeks in succession
prior to the next term of this Court; to which
time this cause is continued, Said nonresident
defendant is therefore notified to appear at the
next term ofsaid Court and plead, answer or de-
mur to said bill, or the same will pc taken as COM
fessed. A. v STEWART, Olerk'
D. G. DEvoRE, Solicitor for Comp't.
! May "a, lS4l.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17
Brown County, Ohio.
LEROY JORDAN.
By his Agent,
ANTHONY EVANS, jr.
June "a, ls4l.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
John Hurst, Frederick Hurst, Jacob Fly,
John Huckberger and Maria Huckber-
ger his wife, Michael Zeigler, Henry
Biehn, George Peter Berry, Jacob Sni-
der, Frederick Nye, Philip Miller, ia
cob Bohrer, Lewis Friedly, Frederick
Handman, William Cappe, John A.
Gross, John George Kautz, Jacob Han
selman, Jacob Kautz, George Across,
Adam BObl, Frederick Gwinner, Fred
erick IIanches, George BOIL, Peter
Schartsman, Jacob Stephen, j John Lout,
Belteshazzar Yago, George Yochee,
Lewis Biehn, Jacob Gross, Jacob Arm
sen'r, John Jacob Stephen, Christopher
Miller, George Biehn sen'r, Henry
Christmau, Valentine Wagner, and
Elizabeth Bender,
WILL TAKE NOTICE,
That petition was filed against them
on the 2lst day Of June, lS4l, in the said
Court, by Christian Hurst, aud is now
pending, wherein the said Christian Hurst
demands partition Of a tract Of seventy
acres Of land lying on the waters Of
Straight creek in said county, bounded
as follows: Beginning at a gum and dog.
wood in the original line; thence ives,
754 poles to an elm, hickory and dogwood,
corner to James Erwin; thence south, 2
degrees west, "a poles and l3 links TO a
redoak, corner to Gabriel Pindle; thence
north, so degrees east 564 poles TO red
oak, hickory and sugartree; thence south,
33 degrees east, 40 As poles to white
oak in the line Of ROddy's survey; thence
south 35 poles to white-osk, hickory
and ash; thence east S5a poles to pop
lar, beech and maple, corner to Ihomas
McAlister; thence north 0S 6-lO poles
to a gum and two hickories in the orlgl'
nal line of the survey; thence west oos
poles to the beginning and that at me p,
next term Of said Ccurt application VIII
be made BY the said Christian Hurst for
an order that partition may be made OF
said premises. ,,
June 2lst, l64l.
D. 6. DEvoRE, Atty.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17
State of Ohio, Brown County,
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
David johnson
vs..

John Woods, Lucinda In CHANcERY.
Woods his wife, and
William Woods.
Be il remembered, that on the 18th day OF
March l64l, the complainant fled in said court
his certain Bill in cbancery, setting forth that
John Woods and William Woods becoming in
debted to the complainant OH the FIRST day OF Sep
tember 1910, executed TO the Complainant their
promissory note under seal for the sum OF two
thousand nine hundred and sixty six dollars, pay
able six months after date; that said John Woods
with Lucinda Woods his wife and said William
Woods, on the said day executed to the COM
plainant mortgage upon tract Of land lying in
said county, eOntaningSl49 acres roods and ~
poles, conditioned for the paymentOf said sumot
money: that said lands beng liable for Judg-
ment against the said John and William, the COM
plainant discharged the said judgment in order
to save said land and the money thereby secured
by virtue Of the mortgage aforesaid, and hoidS
said Judgment as a lien on said land in addi-
tion to his mortgage. The prayer Of the Bill IS.
that the defendants answer, and that the SAID
mortgage be foreclosed and said lands be sold or
otherwise subjected to the payment and satis-
faction Of the said claims of the complainant and
for general relief, Sc And at the last April
term of said Court, it being made to appear that
SAID John Woods and Lucinda his wife are not
residents Of the State of Ohio, il is ordered that
notice of the tendency and prayer Of the Bill %
published in the Democratic Standard, news
paper printed and published in said county %
Brown, and in general circulation therein' SIX
consecutive weeks prior to the next tefn oi .n's !
! Court. to which time cause continued. sald
| non-tesideut defendants are therefore herepy ho-
tilted toappear at the next term oi sa,d Sou,t' >
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17
Brown County Common Pleas.
William Moore

John Woods, William Woods, David Nc
Elroy, Archibald F. Knight, Samuel
jolly, David Johnson, John Maklem,
Henry Martin, John Tweed, Samuel
Horn, John d. Lilly and Polly his wife,
Joshua Hodkins and Katharine his wife.
The Complainant states in his bill that he
holds a Judgment against the defendants
John Woods and William Woods, obtain
ed in the Court of Common Pleas of Brown
county, Ohio, at the October term, 1910, which
is unpaid, and that they have no property sub
iect to execution; that they have equitable in
terests in a tract of land situate in said county
containing one hundred and fifty acres, on the
waters of Straight creek, and particularly de-
scribed by metes and bounds in said bill; thai
David johnson, Samuel Horn, Henry Martin
and John Tweed profess to have liens on saic
land; that said Knight, Jolly and McElroy are
indebted to John and William Woods, and the
bill prays that all the defendants may answer
and that the Court may decree a sale of the in
,erests ofsaid John and William Woods in tht
land aforesaid to satisfy his claim, and for gen
eral relief; and at the April term of said Court
| Il being made 10 appear that said John Wood
ia not resident of tho State of Ohio, it is there
upon ordered, adjudged and decreed, that tn
pending of this suit be published in the " Demo
cratic Standard" n newspaper in general circu
laton in said Brown county, for six weeks PRO
to the next term Of said Court; until which tim
this cause stands continued. Said non-reslden
defendant is therefore hereby notified 10 appea
before tho next Court of Common Pleas of sal
county Of Brown, at Georgetown in said county
and plead, answer or demur to said bill, or tn
same will be taken as confessed
A. c. STEWART, Clerk.
TIL. l.. HAMER, for Complt.
Nav Is, lS4l.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17
Notice..

A Ill persons are hereby forewarned from buy
~ ing from Mr.. David H. Thompson attor-
new, or from any other person or agent, an undl
yided interest claimed by Anderson Thompson's
heirs, in entry No. l2,926 for 1866 acres Of
land and entries 1877 ,95, 1858 for l4OO acres,
entered and surveyed in the name Of Leroy Jor-
dan and the said Anderson Thompson, upon the
waters of Whteoak creek in the Virginia Militia
nv District of Ohio. Should the said David H..
Thompson have already sold said interest, or any
M II thereof then and in that case, the purchas-
er or purchasers are respectfully hereby forewarn-
ed from paving to the said David II. Thompson,
or any other person, any remaining balance of
said purchase money, that maS be unpaid. And
all pc sons who may think proper to disregard
this notice, shall see it pLpad IN bar against them
And dc moreover notify the public, that the
heirs of said Anderson Thompson do not now,
nor did the said Anderson Thompson in his life
time, ever possess one particle OF title to said
land, nor to any part of it.
am now prepared to show in the clearest and
most unequivOca point ofview, that this pretend
ed Thompson interest ia these entries is the real,
bona fds right, title, interest and claim OF Charles
Whitaly. late of the county of Bedford and state
of Virginia, who, to defraud his just creditors
and in order to swindle me out of upwards O
three thousand dollars, substituted said Thomp
sons name for his (said Whitely's) own name
contrary TO my knowledge, and in direct violation
of the said Whitely's contract with me as part
ner in nv land speculation. further notify the
pentlemen tnxholders, who now reside npon thest
| entries, that my lawsuit against ThOmpson'
heirs and the said Whitley is not intended to in
terfere with any friendly arragement tnat thel
| nay hereto have intended 10 enter into, at tht
proper time, for their several tracts ant improve
ments, and between whom and myself, l nov
pledge my word, there shall be no difficulty, 50
FAR as and my Agert, Anthony Evans jr., art
concerned.
LEROY JORDAN.
By his Agent,
ANTHONY EVANS, jr.
i lime ID lS4l
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17

TUST received and for sale, choice lot OF
o WALDRoS's CRADLR and MowiSo ScSTHEs,
Cart's Spriug Steel FOKKs, SIoKLEs, RAKEs and
TRAcE CHAINS.
Also, 80 kegs Tar All Of which we VIII sell
low. NOWLAND u oNEDiiAN'
Russelville, iune %.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17
NEW STORE.
Heinsheimer 4 Newhouse

A RE now opering general assortment oil
~ GOODS in the building formerly owned by
Mr.. David Ammen, on the east side of the Pub
lie Square in Georgetown. They invite the pub
lie to cal aud examine their stock of Goods and
the prices, before purchasing elsewhere, as they
will give better Bargains than have ever been had
in this placs. Country produce taken in pay
ment, at the market price.
Georgetown. May "a, lS4l.
P. S. A good assortment Of READY MADH
CLOTHING always on hand.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17

gaulzed conspiracy, from Bayou Sara, to
Matches, on both sides Of the river, (abOut
$50 miles.)
When the steamboat left, they were
still continuing to arrest and imprisOn.
1t bohooves US to be on our guard now.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17
. Road Tax for 1871.

HNHE Comfy Commissioners of BrownCounty,
at their annual session on the first Monday
Of June, levied a tax for Road purposes oil fifteen
cents on each hundred dollars of valuation Of all
the taxable property on the grand levy; which
may be discharged by labor on the roads, under
the direction of the Supervisors of the several
districts, at the rate Of seveny-fve cents per
day.
JAMESJ. SMITH,
Auditor B. @, 0.
Georgetown, June l2, ls4l.
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Executrix's Notice.

A LII those indebted TO the estate of William
~ Brown, deceased, late Of Byrd township,
Brown county, are hereby notified to make inn
mediate payment Those having claims against
said estate are required tn present them, legally
proven, within one year from the date hereof.
ELIZABETH BROWN, Exscutrix.
May 18th, le4l.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17
Brown County Common Pleas.
IN CHANCERY.
Edward Thompson


John Woods, William Woods, David Nc
Elroy, Archibald F. Knight, Samuel
Jolly, David Johnson, John Maklem,
Henry Martin, John Tweed, Samuel
Horn, John ID. Lilly and Polly his wife,
Joshua Hodkins and Katharine his wife.
The Complainant states in his bill that ne
holds judgment against the defendants John
Woods and William Woods, obtained IN th'
Curt of Common Pleas Of Brown county, ONO,
al the October term, 1910, which is unpaid. and
that they have no property subject to execution /;
that they have equitable interests in tract oil
land situate in said county, containing one hum
dred and fifty acres, on the waters OF Straight
Creek, and particularly described by mctes and
bounds ia said bill; that David johnson, Samuel
Horn, Henry Martin and John Tweed profess TO
have liens on said land; that said Knight, Jolly
aud McElroy are indebted to said John M.
Woods ;--and the bill prays shat all the defend
ants may answer, and that the Court may de-
cree sale Of the interests of the said John and
William Woods in the land aforesaid to satisfy
his claim for general relief; and at the April
term of said Court, il being made 10 appear tina
said John Woods is not resident of the State o
Ohio, it is thereupon ordered, adjudged and de-
creed, that the pendency of this suit be publish
ed in the s Democratic Standar6,"a newspaper
in general circulation in said Brown county, fo
six weeks prior to the next term Of said Court
until which time this cause stands continued
Said nonresident defendant is therefore hereby
notified to appear before the next Court of Com
mon Pleas Of said county of Brown, at George
town, in said county, and plead, answer OF de-
mur to said bill, or the same will be taken as con
! fessed. A u. STEWART, Clerk'
TIL L. HAMER, for Complainant.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17
Notice.

The claims belonging to the lats firm OF
T. Myers g. B. G. Baker areleft with me for col
lection. Those who wish to save costs, will call
Immediately and discharge them.
d. G. DEV0RE.
July I7th l84l.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Office on the east side Of the Public Square
Georgetown, Ohio.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17
Executors Notice.

IL those indebted to the estate Of Robert
q Wright, deceased, late of Pleasant town
sbip. Brown county, are hereby notified to make
Immediate payment. Those having claims
against said estate are required to present them
10 the undersigned proven according to law.
P. l.. WILSON,
JOHN II. BLAIR,
Executors of Robert Wright, decd.
May l7th, lS4l.