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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
Sale of Real Estate by order OF the Pro-
bate Court,

ON the 10th day of March, A. d. 1850, at one
~ o'clock Z. NJ. ofsaid day, at the premises in
Vinton Township, Vinton County, Ohio, will be
sold to the highest bidder tho following real es-
tate as the property of Abraham Darst deceased,
to-wit; Commencing at the southeast corner of
Section Nnmbor. Eleven, Township Number
Nine, of Range Number Sixteen, Ohio Company
purchase, in said County of Vinton and State Of
Ohio; thence west to James Kites line; thence
north to within one rod of James Reeds fence;
thence an easterly course one rod past tie field ;
thence north COURSE until opposite the spring on
the line; thence east TO the fence on tho east side
of Reeds barn; thence a southeast course with
the fence to the section line thence south to the
place of beginning, containing l40 acres more
less, exeept2 acres in the northwest corner sold
to II. W. Stoddard, subject to the incumbrance.
Appraised at $3.50 G,and must sell for two thirds
of that sum. Ono third in hand and the balance
in two equal annual paymcnts,with interest from
the day Of sale. s. G. EAKIN, Admir-
Of the estate Of Abraham Darst.
February 0, lsG0.-26Aw.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
Q&b advertisements.
Sale of Real Estate by Order ofProbate

Sale of Real Estate by Order ofProbate
Court.
IN the 18th day of March, 1860, at o'clock p.
~ NJ. of said day, at the premises in Prattsville,
Finton County, will be sold to the highest bidder
the following real estate IA the property If Asa
NJ. Brewer, deceased, to-wit In Lots numbers
three and four. Nos 9 and 4, Yin the said Town
OF Prattsville, VintOn County, and State of Ohio,
free from the incumbrance ofdowor. Appraised
as follows, to-wi;: Lot No. 8, at SID, 90 and Lot
No. 4, at $500, and must sell for two thirds
that sum. Terms, one.third in hand, one third
in six and the balance in twelve months, with in
terest on tho deferred payments.
SARAH ANN BREWER,
Administrators ofthe estate of Asa NJ. Brewer.
By YAPLE & MAcKEY, her Att'ys.
February 80, lSG0.--2S4w.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
Sale of Real Estate by Order of the Pro-
bate Court of YintOn COUNTY. ohm.

IN Saturday, the 1T day of March, A. D.
" 1860. |, D.J. Carney, Administrator of the
estate ofJared Bobo, deceased Will offer for sale
at the premises the following real estate, to- wit:
situate and being in the township of fKnox, ,Coun-
ty OF Vinton and State of Ohio, by virtue of au
order of the Court of Probate within and for said
County of Vinton, in the case of D.. j. Canney,
Administrator, &C., VS.. Lovina Bobo ct al, to-
w.t. The southeast quarter of the south h-west
quarter Of ofSection Number Thirty four, (No.S4, J
township Number Ten, No TO-, Range Num-
of which said land Bobo died seized. Appraised
at $500; and that / will sell the Same upon the
following terms of credit, to-wit: One-third Of
the purchase money cash in hand. and the resi-
due in two equal payments of six and twelve
months, with interest on deferred payments, to
pc secured by mortgage on the premises.
D. j. CANNEY, Administrator.
BY YAPLE e. MAoKEY, Att'ys.
February l6, lS60.-27'4w.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
UNITED STATES MARSHiHS SALE.
FLA

Sidney Shepard
vs.. FiFG,
Hawk 4 Brown
By virtue ofan execution to me directed from
the United States Circuit Court Southern District
of Ohio. will offer for sale Oh the farm of Iva
Hixon, in Elk Township, yinton County, Ohio, on
Saturday the 18th day ofFebruary, 1860, between
the hours of 10 o'clock A. NJ. and o'clock Z. 81.
of sfid day, the following, property, tto-wit--
and one sorrel mare; taken as the property of
John Z. P. Brown to satisfy a Judgment in favor
ofSidney Shepard,
Terms Of sale, cash in hand.
LEWIS W ISlFFORD, U. S. Marsha;
Feb. 9th CIV. ByJAMEs MALONE, Dep'ty
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
Settlement by Guardian.

NOTICE is hereby given that VIM. Brown.
IN Guardian of Jane Dixon, has ied, in the
Probate Court of ViDton Co., Ohio, his accounts
and vouchers for inspection and final settlement,
and that the same will he passed upon by said
Court on tho oath day Of March. A. D. 1850.
February ., 1seo.-es'Sy,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
The Fire nj Rrnnifnrd.

BRASTroRD, @. w., Feb. 2O.-The
total loss by the fire on Saturday is
S95, 900, insurance $50, 900, mostly
in English companies. In conse.
quence Of this calamity, business here
is at a complete stand sill.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
Road Notice.

NOTlCEi Is hereby given that there will be It
~ petition presented to the Commissioners o.
Vinton County at theirnext regular session. ask.
ing for the establishment Of n Comfy road fl
said County as follows, wit: Commencing in
the Macarthur and jackson road, near jeremiah
Redfearn's new house; thence running north
wardly the nearest and best way to the Aliens
vile and Wilkesyille road at the school house in
school district No. 8, in Rchland Township.
MANY PETITIONERS.
February Q, ,1s6O.-254w.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23

BARBADoEs. The little island Of
Barbacoes, it may not be generally
known, is the most densely populated
country in the world. Within an area
of of 166 square miles, it contains
125,S6i inhabitants
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
Road Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that there will be O
1N petition presented to the Commissioners OF
Vinton County at their next regular session,
askingfOr an alteration in the County road lead
ing from. Macarthur to jackson, said alteration
commencing neM the forks of the run ON James
Cox's land in Section SO, Richlahd Township -;
thence in westerly .drection.and north Of fJere-
miah Redfeafn's Improvement. to the Skinner
road at the northeast corner of Elias Davis land
and there to end MANY PETITIONERS.
February 2, 360.-254w,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
Road Notice,

NOTICE is hereby given that there will be O
~ petition presented to the Commissioners OF
Vlnton County at their next regular session ask
ing for review and re location of the County
road leading from Prattsviile to Zaleski, in
Madison Township, commencing at Zaieski:
thence running the nearest and best way to the
corner Of lands between David Pinny and d. NJ.
Collins at the State road; thence to extend said
County road southwark the nearest and best way
to intersect the County road leading from Vim
ton Furnace to Eakin's Mill; thence to the low
gap on the road to said mill) where the Big
Sand Switch road leaves the old road, in Vinton
Township. MANY PETITIONERS.
January 26, 1s60.-2l4w.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
LEGAL NOTICE.
Mathew Mckinney, Plaintiff,

Mathew Mckinney, Plaintiff, Tho State Of
against Ohio, Vinton
John Hanan and Joseph Hanen, County, S S.
partners doing business under the Court of Com
firm, name and style of. & j.. mon Pleas.
Hanen, defendants.
THE said John Hanen and Joseph Hanen of the
l. State of Pennsylvania, will take notice that
the said Matthew Mckinney, of .yinton County,
Ohio, did, on the 18th, day of January, a. d.
1860, file his petition in the said Court Of Com
mon Pleas, within aud for said Vinton County,
against the said John Hanen and Joseph Hanen,
partners doing business under the name and firm
of j. IL j. Hanen, defendants, setting for tn that
said defendants, on the 10th day of September,
A. D. 1858, sold to said plaintiff sixteen head of
sheep, at and for the consideration of the sum of
one hundred and fifty dollars, to be therefor paid
by said plaintiff to said defendants, falsely and
fTauduently representing that said sheep were
healthy and free from all disease that they were
young, and that they were of the Saxony breed,
producing from six to eight pounds of fine wool
per head annually; that in truth and in fact said
sheep were not young sheep, nor were they Of the
SaXony breed, nor was the wool taken from said
sheep of very fine quality nor would said sheep
produce more than from three to four pounds of
wool Per head annually, nor were said sheep, at
the time of such purchase, healthy and free from
disease, but on the contrary had, at the time Of
sucn SHE, nlgnIy contagious ana lncuraDle dis
ease, commonly Called foot rot,"-a all of which
the said DEFENDANTS at the time of said sale, well
knew, but wholly concealed the same from said
plaintiff that said disease was without the fault
of plaintiff, communicated from said diseased
sheep to twenty-five other healthy hcep of
plaintiff and t" the increase of all of fsaid Sheep
that several of the said sheep have died from said
disease; that plaintiff has been at great loss in at
tending and endeavoring to cure said sheep of
said disease, and that the same are of no value
whatever; and that plaintiff has otherwise sus-
tanned damage; and praying for judgment
against said defendants o f four hundred dollars
as the damages OF the plaintiff in the premises;
that said plaintiff has caused to be issued out of
said Court an order of attachment, by virtue of
which a nunber of sheep have been attached as
the property of said defendants and the said de-
PENDANTS are notified that they are required to ap-
pear and apswersaid peti ton on or before the
third Saturday after the Gthday Of March, A. ID.
1860.
BINGHAM & HAMILTON,
February 0, lS6O.-2''6w. Att'ys for Pl'f.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
THE GREAT REMEDY


THIS CELEBRATED PREPARATION has
i no near equal in all diseases requiring an
External application, such as Rheumatism, Neu-
ralgia, Sprains, Burns, Old Sores, and all other
aches no matter what their name or nature
This Liniment is the result of years of active
practice and careful research. by the celebrated
Physician, DIR. WM. CLARKE, of Brooklyn, N.
Y, whose reputation as Il man of science is CO.
extensive with the country. For r.many years it
has enjoyed an enyiabe reputation, not only in
private practice, But at large, as the.
Greatest Remedy in Use.
Let oil who are afflicted TRY 1T, as it is war
ranted to effect speedy and sure cures.
~ For SALE By DEALERS EVERYWHERE. 81.
Prepared solely by
N. U. WALKER, Proprietor,
Pittsburgh, Pa,
To whom all orders must be addressed.
February g 60.-25'ly.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
Read This |!

A IL persons indebted to me by book account
u or otherwise, are respectfully, but urgently.
invited to call and .payup Immediately. An ac-
counts unsettled by the 25th of January will be
placed in the hands of the proper officers for col
lection. N...
Boots, Shoes and Leather ...
having become CASH ARTICLES, it is out of
the question for me to conduct my business as
have done heretofore, and while am willing and
ready to accommodate customers with ANYTHING
in any line, 1 will be compelled hereafter to de-
mand cash, or its equivalent.
December 90, 1s59.-2Otfo.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
Legal Notice.

William luekett, Plaintiff, cOurt Of Com
Bartlett Johnston and Jacob Vinton County
Tedrow defendants. Ohio.
u ARTLETT Johnston of the State
~ Of Missouri, will take notice that VIM. Luck
cit, of the County of Athens and State of Ohio
did, on the 10th day of January, A. d. 1860, file
his petition in the Court of Common Pleas with
in and fer the County of Vinton, in said State OF
ONO, against the said Bartlett Johnston and ia
cob Tedrow, defendants setting forth that the
said Bartlett Johnaton gave u mortgage to the
said VIM. Luckett on the following premises sit
uate in the County of Vinton and State of Ohio.
and in Knox Township, bounded and described
as follows, -wit-Ninety- five acres off from one
hundred and thirty-fv acres lying ard being In
the southeast quarter Of Section number four,
lNo. A. in Township number ton, (No. 10, I
Range sixteen, (No l6,) which was decided to
Bartlett Johnston by VIM. Luckett of even date
with said mortgage, said ninety five acres beIro
the balanee Of said land conveyed to Ephraim
Howet by James Hudson, after sale and con Vey-
ancG of forty acres Of said land by Ephraim Hew
ct, made to Curry Knapp. h!!s6, Two and half
acres Of land in said Knox township, to said
Johnston conveyed by VIM. Luekett by deed Of
even date with said mortgage. Also one other
tract OF land bounded and described as follows:-
Beginning at the southwest corner of the south
east quarter Of Section four, "a, Yin Township ten
(lO,l Range sixteen, (l6,l ofthe Ohio Company's
purchase; thence north to the road leading from
Athens TO Macarthur; thence in an easterly direc-
tion With said road to Raccoon creek; thence
down said creek to the south line Of said section
thence west to the place of beginning, supposed
to contain forty acres, be tho san more or less,
being the same tract ofland that was conveyed to
said Johnston by said Luckett by deed of even
date with said mortgage. And that said mort
gage, was given to seepre the payment of eight
hundred dollars according to certain notes reerr-
ed to in said mortgage, and that since the
giving of said mortgage, the other defendant
claims some interest in said lands under the said
Bartlett Johnston, and praying that said Bartlett
Johnston may pay the sum now claimed to be due.
with interest amounting to two hundred and
ninety two dollars,at this date or that said prem
jses may be cold to pay tho same; and the said
Bartlett Johnston is. notified that he is required
to appear and answer said petition on or before
the third Saturday after the lst day of March
next. VIM LJT CKFTT
By john D. HovEY, his Atty.
Jannary 49, lS6O.-26'6w.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
Caleb Sharn,s Estnte.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigno-
~ has been duly appointed and qualified Ad
minlstratrix Of the estate of Caleb Sharp, late o
the County of VintOn, deceased.
-,.,., MALlNDA SHARP.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
B0&RDERS WANTED,

A FEW boardors can be accommodated by ap,
"A plying to the subscriber.
Feb. %, lS60.-4w. RUTH C. BRATTON.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23
i95 Broadway, '''''.'''.'' ....AeW foFks
II Town Street, t,''"'.'' ''Y.. ColnmbNs.
-4gencits IN al the PraoipsI TssH1 sas eitss
So tAs LAi.a Siatss. =
Testimonials,

"IIaving had one of Grover q Bakers Ma
chimes In my family FOR nearly ayear and half,
| take pleasure in commencing it as every way
reliable for the purpose for which II il designed
Family sewing."-Mrs. Joshua Ltdritt, rijs q.
Rer. Dr.. Lsaritt, editor of Nep Xrk Indtp.ads,.t.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23

~ confess myself delighted with your Sewing
Machine which has been in my family for np-
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requiring no adjustment, and is easily adsptsa.
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wys cf Rec, Dr.. Strickland, editr y
n. 7, ChristidR AdrocGts
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NASHVILLE. TENN. MONDAY. APRIL %, 1861
misfellaneons. ~
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u -AND- ~ .IL
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Home Testimonials.

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Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-04-23
Prof. of Chemistry in the KY, school Of iedicln
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Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-04-23
NASHVILLE, Dec. 1879.


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Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-04-23
Kentucky Testimonials.

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Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-04-23
TESTIMONIALS.

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Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-04-23
c. S. NOREHEAD,
THOS. >. PAGE.


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