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THE GUEST.
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BRANDRETEa,~ PILLS

Is ageneral family medicine, especially in coun-
try so subject to sudden changes of temperature
as this, their value is incalcuIabe BY having the
Brandreth pills always on hand, should sudden
attack OF sickness take place. they can he given at
once and will often have effected a cure before the
physcisn could have arrived.
In choc and inflammation of the bowels, these pills
will at once relieve and perseverance in their use
according to the directions, will surely do all that
medicine can do to restore the health of the patient
In all cases OF indigestion, worms, asthma, dis
eases of the heart, and all affections of thestomach
and bowels the Brnadreth pills will! be found new
er failing remedy.
To ensure the full benefit of the celebrated pills,
they should be kept in the house. so that upon the
first commencement of sickness, they may be at
once resorted to. One dose then is better than a
dozen after disease has become established in the
system. For sale at the store Of II. A. STlDeER.
Carrolton, February 6, 1876 --6m.
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MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP.

nership under the style OF George McCook Il Son.
They tender their services to the public, at the es-
tablished rates OF the country, with their assuran-
ces that they will spare no pains, by day or night,
to render satisfaction to their employers. They
will hold themselves in readiness to render gratu-
sous attention to all such as are poor, and have
claims upon their humanity. They will pay espe-
cia attention to diseases OF the eye, heart and lungs
They are furnished with the means tor performing
all modern surgical operations, and they would par
ticulary include cIuhicol and strahismus or squint
eye. GEORGE McCOOK, NJ. D.
GEORGE l.. McCOOK, NJ. \.
New Lisbon June c6, l846-37-4t.
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DENTAL SURGERY.
Dr. Parker Surgeon Dentist,

p ESPECTFULLY informs the citizens Of Carroll
=" ton and vicinity, that he is prepared to perform
all operations on the teeth, plugging, extracting, in
serng, &C., in manner that cannot fail to render
satisfaction. Provided, as he is, with the most i'm
proved instruments, and possessing the skill which
nothing but practice can furnish he feels confident
that those who need the dentist will find 1t to their
interest to call upon him.
lie avails himself OF the present opportunity to
return to the clizens Of Caroon his unfeigned
thanks for the liberal patronage hitherto received at
their hands. Office in his dwelling, adjoining his
store room, Main street, Carroton, Ohio.
MAY %, 1846-32-u
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Iron Foundry in the town Of LCeSburgh,

Carroll county, Ohio, where they intend to make
and keep constantly on hand, castings of all des.
criptions, to wit: Every variety OF mill gearngs,
threshing-machne gearing, stoves, and pIows OF
the most improved patterns now in use &c. &c.-
All orders for castings will be promptly attended TO-
and con be speedily filled, as they will at all times
have good pattern maker employed. Their cast
ngs will be OF the best quality as they intend using
entirely the Kentucky iron.
They have also connected with the foundry an
extensive machine and smith shop, where they will
make threshing machines, turning lahes, and
plows; and do all kinds OF forging, turning, &c to
order;-also repairing all kinds Of machinery on the
shortest notice.
They will receive in payment old metal at one
cent per pound, and all kinds of country produce
at market price, and will not refuse cash.
By pursuing course Of fair dealing, and honest
industry, they hope to merit and receive liberal
share of the public patronage.
The pows that we manufacture have Neen thor
oughy tried in our county, and proved to be the
best now in use. We refer those who wish to pur-
chase to the following gentlemen who have used
our plows: Levi Jenkins. DR.. 7. Cummings S. Jen-
kins Ohio Baker, and VIM. Pollock. We sell the
above pIow for five dollars and give two points.
We further inform the citizens of Carroll and the
adjoining counties, that We Manufacture the SCAR
roIlton plows," with right and left points; also,
points for Woods improved bull pows.
C. P. & A. M. FISHER l. Co.
Lsssburgh, March 81, i846-6m.
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The State of 0hOi Carroll county, S.
COURT az COMMON PLI.AS.


Sarah Swan Administrators of the es-
tate OF Zephanah Swan deceased
IS. In Chanccry.
Edward Baret, Isaac Atkinson, and
Henr Tope
NOTICE is hereby given to Henry Tone, whose
place of residence is unknown that on the lst
daN Of Jul. A. d. 1886 Sarah Swan Administra-
trix OF the estate of Zephaniuh Swan deceased. fl
led in the clerks Office OF the court of common peas
Tor said count of Carroll her bill in chancer a.
gainst Edward Baret Isaac Atkinson and said Henri
Tope which said bill is now pending wherein said
complainant charges that she as Administrative of
the estate OF Zephaniah Swan, deceased, obtained
two judgments before John Gregg Esq n Justice of
the peace for PER- township in said count, for H.
bout the sum of sXt -four dollars against said Ed
ward Buret and Henry Topc, which said judgments
remain unpaid &c, aud that said Baret is not pos
sessed of any property whereon to levy to satisfy said
judgment &c, that said Baret has the equitable title
10 lot number two Of Isaac Atknson's addition or
extension of Lisbon street. in the town of Carroll
ton, that said Baret holds said lot by contract with
said Tope, and that said Tope held the same by vir-
tue OF a contract with Isaac Atkinson, in whom the
legal title 10 said lot is vested The bill prays that
said lot may be sold and the proceeds applied to the
payment of said judgments and costs: the sud deen-
dants are further notified that unless they appear and
plead answer or demur to said bill within sixty days
after the next term Of said court, the said complain
ant at the next term thereafter, will apply to said
court to take the matters Of the bill as true and con-
icssed and to decree thereon accordingly.
ECKLEY d DAVIS,
Solicitors for complainant
July 10 lSlG-30-GL Pr fee So.
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WASHINGTON HALL.
Market street, StCubenviIIr. OhiO

THE undersigned, proprietor of the Washington
Hall, takes this method of informing the public
that he has recently taken charge of the "HolI"
himself, and he is how fitting it up and furnishing
it in superior style. The location of the house is
an excellent one, which, with the Accommodations.
cannot fail to make it desirable resort for gentle
men on business to this city, or those on pleasure
excursion, as It commands fine view of the Ohio
river for two miles. The proprietor pledges him,
sell that every attention will be paid to those who
may paIronse his house, to render them comtorta-
ble and, to his best abilities, he will endeavor. at
oil times, to render due satisfaction. CHARGES mod
crate. An omnibus will be rum at all times. he-
tween his house and the river, for the accommoda.
ton OF his patrons, free of charge.
MATTHEW ROBERTS.
June 10, 1846-36-4t.
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SANDY AND BEAVER CANAL.

THE stockholders of the Sandy and Beaver Canal
Company are hereby notified, that they are re-
qured to pay an instaIment OF ten dollars on each
share of stock on or before the first day of July
next; and one of ten dollars on or before the first
day of August next, Charles D. Hostetter, Treas
urer Of said Company at the Canal Office in New
Lisbon, Ohio being the llth and l2th instaIments.
BY order of The Board.
CHARLES D. HOSTETTER,
Secretary ofthe Sandy and Bearer Canal Company.
Office Of the s. Il b. C. Co.. May 90, I846.
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The state OF Ohio, Carroll county, Sc
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

NAcntlahs
rl-,,,;r1. ps,4 ,,;a,v- sh..L.,. D - after Nav
Mar Reed Druzilla Reed and Joseph 1 SlI,, ,s - a.
Reed, minors. D'lo+o'
ORUZII.I.A REED, widow. Abraham Reed. Wssh
ingtoH Reed Mar Reed Duzilla Reed and 10.
seph Reed viii take notice that petition was fled
against them on the 9th day of Juy, A. d. 1876, in
the court Of common pleas in and for said county by
James Reed and is now pending wherein the sad
James Reed demands partition Of the following real
estate TO wit the southwest quarter Of the southeast
quarter OF section twent, six 26 of township sx-
teen, l6 Of range six g. containing forty-oue acres
and fit FIVE hundredths Of an acres also a certain
other tract situate in section twenty 20 Of township
and range Aforesaid. described as follows to wit be-
ginning at the centre post OF said section. thence
east nineteen chains and eghty-seven hundredths 10
post, thence south two chains and thirty-sx hun
dredths thence west nineteen chains and eighy-sey-
en- handredths to white oak, thence north to the be-
ginning containing four acres and siXt seven hum
redths OF an acre; also the north half Of the east
hall Of the southwest quarter of section TWENTY 20
OF township sixteen IS, and range six g. in said
land district; and also part Of the northeast quar-
ter Of section twenty 90, of township and range a.
ioFesald. containing about sevent seven acres being
the tract of land upon which the town Of Lodi was
laid of, bounded as follows to wit: on the west b
lands owned b. John Reed on the south b. lands
owned b. Robert Reed on the west b lands owned
bv Charles Close, and on the north bg Sand Creek
and lands owned b, the heirs Of v lillian HARDEST.
late Of said Carroll count deceased excepting in
the above last mentioned tract Of land all that is in
cluded In the lots streets and alleys Of the town of
Lodi as aforesaid; and that at the next term of said
court application will be made b, the said James
Reed for an order that partition be made Of said
premises, &c JAMES REED,
Z EcELEv & DAVIS his AttOrue S.
july 10. lSi6-34-Gt Pr fee 6 80.
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The State of Ohio, Carroll cOunyt, S.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
William Blacklcdge g. Thomas Denny,
Executors Of John Blackledge, decd.
Petition to
sell land.

JoHh bIaCkleusc, et ais,
TO John Bnckledge and John l.. Orwick of Carroll
county, Ohio, David lIcndrckson and Hannah
Iiendrickson his wife, Jamcs Wallace and Sarah Ann
Wallace his wife, and Martha Blacklcdgc, of the
State Of Illinois, Ephraim Bowen; of the State of
Missouri, and Leonard Harsh of Carroll county, Ohio
You are hereby informed that, on the 20th day of
June, 1896 the petitioners filed their petition in this
court, the object and prayer Of which petition is to
obtain order at the next term Of said court for the
sale Of the following real estate of which John Black
ledge died seized to pay debts of said estaor to witt
oil of the southwest quarter OF section nine, in town
ship sixteen, OF range six excepting seven acres;
and also four acres aud one hundred and twenty per-
ches out OF the southeast quarterof said section hinc
in Brown township, Carroll county, Ohio; being the
farm upon which the said John BIackedge resided at
the time Of his death All the defendants are heirs,
iegatces, and devsees ofsad John BackIedrc, deed.
excepting said Ephram Bowen and Leonard Harsh,
who have liens upon said land. VAN BROWN,
Solicitor for Petitioners
July TO- lSI1-39-it. Pr, fee So 90.
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The State of Ohio, Carroll county, IS.
Kendall Jackson, Administrator of !
Henry llemmIng, deceased, |

Rehecca Ilcmmina. ot. nls.

by virtue Of order of sale, issued from the court
- Of common pleas in and for said county Of Car
roll aud TO me directed will offer at public sale at
the door Of the court house in Carrollton,
On Saturday the 18TH Of August next,
between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. aud o'clock.
T. NJ Of said day, subject to the dover estate Of the
said Rebecca llemming, the following real estate,
situate in said county Of Carroll. 10 wit Ont lots
number sixteen seventeen, aud eighteen in Buffers
addition OF out lots to the town of Carroon. ~ re-
turned and recorded in the Recorders Office. One
thIrd OF the purchase money will be required cash in
hand, one-thrd in year, aud the residue in two
years from the day yot sale. The deferred payments
secured by mortgage on the premises.
KENDALL JACKSON,
Administrator of Henry lIcmming deceased
BY ECMEY DAVIS his Attorneys.
July 10, l8I6--39-5t Pr. fee 50.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned has
been appointed and qualified Executor on the es-
tate of Moritz Wees, late of Carroll county, Ohio,
deceased. All persons indebted to said estate
quired to make immediate payment, and those having
claims, to present them, legally proven, for settle
ment, within one year from this date
ROBERT WALSER, Executor
July 10, lSA6-3o-3t
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SAVE YOUR MONEY.

OLD stoves pots, kettles, ovens lids, CRATES, CRATE
' bars, and every description of old pot metal will
be received at the CARROLLTON FOUNDRY, at
half cent per pound, in exchange for castings
A. l.. LITTELL.
June 26, 1846-37-6t
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MASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE.
The State Of Ohio, Carroll county, IS.
Simeon JennIngs

John Brandeberry, Louiza Brande- In Chancery.
bury, JACOB Sterling, AdmnlSra-
tor OF Jacob Sterling, deceased.
RY virtue Of an alias order OF sale issued out OF
the court of common pleas nsaid county in this
cause, g. 10 me directed will offer for sale at pub
lie vendue, at the door of the court house in Car
roon, IN soid county,
On the i7th day OF August, A. d. 1916,
between The hours OF 10 O'clock, A M. aud 4 o.
clock. 7. M. OF said day, the following described
real estate, situate in said county OF Carroll, and
State oi Ohio, to wlt the northeast quarter OF sec
ton thTtysx, township fifteen, aud range five, con-
tanning Que hundred and four acres and thrty-eight
hundredIhs oil an acre. be the same more or less
ROBERT McCLAVE,
Master Commissioner IN Chancery
July 10, l046--39-5t. Pr. fee 60 so
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THE subscriber, for the purpose OF keeping his
friends advised of his location, &C., would res
pectiully inform the public that he still continues
carrying on the above business at his old stand on
Lisbon street. CarroIIton, few doors north of the
WESTERN EXCHANGE Hotel, where he can be found
at all times, by those who desire to preserve health
bykeeping dry feet. He, therefore, would recon-
mend the people who need
Boots and Shoes
TO give him a call, and he assures them that they
will go away well Shod. He is sdetermined to work
nothing but the best material that can be purchas-
ed and his work shall be done in the most fashiona-
be style, as well as in the most substantial manner
Thankful Tor the patronage heretofore received
he sdetermined to render himself worthy OF con.
tinuance OF that support, which all industrious and
attentive mechanics should receive at the hands of
liberal public.
His shop is on the EAST side of Lisbon street, one
door north OF Crumrne's blacksmith shop.
HENRY HELFRICH.
Carroton, February 27, l846-6m.
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IN PARTITION BEFORE AUGUST TERM, 1916
John Sawvel and Catharine his wifel
! In chanrerv
Elizabeth Burrer and others.
ELIZABETH BURRIER, Philip Burrier Eli Bar.
rler, John Dougherty and Mary his wife, Samu-
e Burrler, the heirs of Jacob Burrier George Bur.
rief, Henry Christopher and Barbara his wife, Mi
chael Rhodes and Sarah his wife, John SINH and
tlesther Anne his wife, John Riggle and Margaret
his wife, George Burrier and Susanna his wife Sam.
ueI Stult and Elizabeth his wife, will take notice
that petition was flied against them on the 3Olh
day OF June, A. d, 1876, in the court OF common
pleas Tor said county, by the said John SawveI and
Catharlne his vile, and is now pending, wherein
the said SawVe and wife demand partition of the
following described real estate, situate in Carroll
county, Ohio, to witt the southwest quarter of sec
ton number twenty-eght (28) township number
eleven, 1D OF range number four, t4l in Steubcn-
vile district, containing 154 acres, more or less
and that at the next term OF said court application
will be made ty said John Sawvel and wife for an
order that partition may be made of said premises,
JOHN SAWVEL, e. ais.
BY R. McCLAvE, his Attorney.
July s. 1G46-38-6t.
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ON the 3Oth day of July, Is46,
SIIEIsIFF,S SALE.

RY virtue Of a writ of venditoni exponas issued
- out oI the court OF common pleas for Carroll
county, Ohio, and TO me directed, | will offer for
sale at the door of the court house in CarroIton.
On Thursday the 3Otb of July, Is46,
between the hours OF 10 O'clock, A. M. aud 4 o.
clock, P. M, the following described real estate to
wit partot the southwest quarter oil section twen-
y-nine, (29) township fourteen, (14) and range four,
(4) being and lying on the south 81 de of the town
OF NonistOwn, in said county of Carroll, bounded
as follows, to wit beginning ten feet south of the
southeast corner OF lot number twenty-eight, (28)
in said town, and running south chains and Is
links TO post, thence west chains and 70 links 10
. post thence nor.h chains and | / links to post,
thence east chain and 70 links to post thence
south chains and sc links to post, thence east :
chains to the place OF lightning, containing so a.
cres and $40 of an acre; together with all the
privileges ando aPpurtenances thereto belonging.
excepting the privilege oil the water running thro'
said lot, in the mill race now thereon constructed,
and reserving likewise the privilege OF repairing
said race when necessary.
ALSO.-LOt number twenty-eight t28) in said
town oil NOrisown, in said county OF Carroll
Taken IN execution and will be sold by
Z. MCGUIRE, Sheriff.
June 26, 1876 37-5t Pr. fee So.
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TO VAGON-MAKERS.

WISH to employ journeyman wagon-maker to
whom will give good wages in CASH. Apply at
he Carrollton foundry. A. L. LITTELL,
June &c, Is45-37-tf