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James Ross Estate.

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber
IN was. on the 18th day of October, 1866,
appointed Administrator of the estatep of
James Ross, deceased esf 97a efr r.al
decI1 joHNJ. HURD.
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Road Notice.


NOTICE is hereby given that petition will
IN be presence to the county Commission
ers of Monroe County, Ohio, at their next
session praying for review, grading and
alteration Of the presen. read from BaTesyille
to. Wcodsfeld, commencing at Nesperley's
Bridge on 0possum Creek; thence up the
creek and up a run through lands of VIM.
Thompson; thence down Crane's Nest Creek,
to the mouth of Pratt's Run; thence up said
run and intersectipg the Sunish grade at the
most suitable place between Geo. GILES pies
and Carrick's shop to follow the old road as
near as practicable SO as to lag it upon the
easiest and lowest possible grade, and in no
case to exceed degrees; the object being to
make the easiest and best grade that can be
had along said route.
jan22, 2,1s67. Many PETITIONERS.
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Policies may be taken out for, one day O
for five years, or for any intermediate time
and are renewable at pleasure.
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Administrators Notice.

% Q Eas1t ,E-----s sas5t y - 2
"A 0TICE is hereby given that the under
IN signed was appointed Administrators Of
Sthe4estateof Elijah Uilon, Decd on the 18th
day of October, 1866. a9tasss al S esl
Jan2sw3. $50 JACOB N. -M7fcHELL.
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Has the largest sale of any Horse and Cattle Medicine
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1t carries off all gross humOrs, prevents borses from
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the skim and gives it smooth and glossy appearance
ceanses the water and strengthens every part ii the
body Il is also safe and certain roIRedy for coughs
and colds, which generate so many fatal Diseases
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STATEMENT OF FINANCES.
Authorized Capital, $1,OOO,OOO
Capital Subscribed,paid
and secured, $SOO.OOO
Cash Assets. May 4, 1866, $4,000
Secured Notes and COIlat-
erals Convertible into
Cash at wilt, $4,000
Total Assets, $sSO,OOO
By the laws of Ohio each stockholder is Ii
able for the indebtedness Of the corporation
in double the amount OF his subscribed stock,
therefore the ultimate liability of the stock
holders is
leo O.OO 90 o o.
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Read Notice.

NOTICES Lereby given that petition win
IN be presented to the county Commission,
ers of Monroe county, Ohio, at their next
session, praying for review, grading and al
teration of so much of the road leading from
Woedsfeld to Malaga, as follows: Comm enc
ing near the foot of Beeket's hill, where the
new grade intersects the old road; thence be-
tween the stable and house of Daniel Lud-
wig to intersect the new grade on the other
side of the hill; also so much of said road as
lies between the cross streets of Malaga and
the dwelling house of G, W. Bennett, COM
mencing at or beyond the steam saw mill at
the foot of the hill; thence east of the present
road the nearest and most practical route to
intersect the cross streets of Malaga
Jan29. MANY PETITIONER s.
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EIGHTYs ACRES OF. LAM

about forty of which is cleared, the balance
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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-02

Moses A. Dow, q dozen ear ago q
compositor in the Traveller Office, work
ing for Sl8 per week, is now worth
500 w or $4,000. He has made this
snug competence by publishing the
frashiest paper in the United States, the
Wauerg Magazine, tO-wit Having
saved 800 and borrowed $500 more, he
started his paper about 1854 gathered
about him his editorial staff Of one
George W. Bungay-published pufis OF
certain business concerns, which took
five hundred copies Of the paper con-
tanning the eulogies, and this circulated
the Wugcrly. Letting 1t be understood
that all communications would be pub
lished, he soon had matter enough, as you
NAV imagine; all the incipient Byrons
in theland, scores designing and suffering
l.. i. LIS, school girls, chamber maids,
and all sanguine young persons who
thought they had a literary mission,
deluged the WauerLy with twaddle,
without hope Of reward, beyond
satisfaction Of seeing themselves
in print. Mr.. Dow never pays a
cent for contributions, but always has
overlooking copy boxes, and what is bet
ter, money bags, lif one keeps green
backs in bags. This paper has an i'm
mense circulation, and its lucky pro-
prietOr takes his ease and his $40, 0OQ per
year as a well-deserving ~journeyman
Trinter should. he is now building a
magnificent hotel in Charleston. Think
OF hat-a structure built Of the unripe
brains OF a callow youth-of the signs
and struggles with Obdurate rhymes, Of
tender young misses who eat slate PEN
ellis and dream Of EdgardO Egrement,
the daTk-eyed demOniac lover, who car
ried off the fair and fond Felicia Fol-
lansbee, while the livid lightning, etc,
dd Hb.-FrOm q Boston Letter.
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FROM NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, February mo imme'
date prospect of the reepeniDg OF navi-
CATION in Long Island sound. The ice is
still floating in North and East rivers
but offers no obstacles to steamers.
A Chilli correspondent says mediation
between the allied republics and Spain
was definitely rejected. A vigorous pro-
seeution of the wal was determined on.
Spain is making every preparation for
war. The Mendoza resolution has as
sumed alarming proportions.
Nothing has been heard from the
United States steamer Lancaster. She
is reported to have been foundered
off Cape Horn.
Weldon's block, Mansfield, Ohio, was
burned. Loss SIS, 1000; no insurance.
Fenian leaders advertise two thousand
muskets for sale.
The presidents plan Of ADJUST
ment based upon qualified suffrage and
amnesty is almost certain to be adopted
the administration.
The Tri6lale's special says the person
who wrote the letter concerning Mr..
Motley is an agent of Stewards and an
applicant for place. The other ministers
are not expected to remain silent under
implied rebuke Of Stewards letter.
The New Orleans riot committee closed
the investigation, and are now preparing
their report.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-02

The Mormon leaders are inclined to
exaggerate their numbers and set down
the population Of Salt Lake City at 25,-
0O0 but the Gentiles, pointing TO the
census OF 1860, which gave but 1925 in
All Utah. say there cannot be over 75,-
GOO now in the entire territory. A gem
tleman who has investigated the matter
somewhat fully this season, believes the
true population is about 100000 souls for
tbe territory and 1900 or 5000 for the
CITY. Yet, because al ordinary sized
hoiIse. which at the east would scarcely
be occupied by eightor ten people, is here
found to comprise within its four walls
from two TO twenty wives, each sur
rounded by a large, interesting and con-
SANITY increasing family, ii IS a matter
Of no small difficulty 70 estimate the
people by their dwellings. Children
fairly swarm. Stout, strongly-bnilt,
ruddy-faced, il must be confessed that.
so far as physical deterioration is con-
eerned, polygamy cannot yet be Justly
charged with degeneratiDg tie race.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-02
Changes in The Governmenl Of POLAND

Changes in the Government of Poland.
A st. Petersburg telegram of January
5th says
Three ukases concerning Poland, and
bearing date the 18th December, have
been issued to-day. The first introduces
the Russian system into the financial
administration OF Poland, and publishes
q provisional financial direction at War
saw, under the control Of the finance
ministry at St. Petersburg. The defin-
tive constitution of this office as a per-
manent finance direction is reserved.
The second Ukase regulates the postal
administration of Poland, and subOrdi-
mates il to the Russian ministry Of posts
and telegrsphs. The third decree simp-
lilies the general Polish administration.
It orders that from the 18th Of January
Poland shall be divided into five instead
Of ten provincial governments and
eighty-ive districts, and that officers for
the payment of the taxes shall be estab-
lished on that day in the governments
and districts, according to the new
division Of the new kingdom.
II also grants fuller powers 10 the gov
ernOrs, and orders the formation Of local
bodies Of guards.
The sentences passed upon the Polish
exiles who took part in the revolt in
Siberia, having been confirmed by the
emperor, have been carried into effect.
OF the seven condemned to death four
have been shot and the remainder sent
off to be kept at hard labor, together
with those who were sentenced to the
latter punishment. Corporal punish
ment has been RENTED in all cases.
The London Times says the imperial
DEGREES abolish all that remained Of
Poland as a separate kingdom. Russia
has had her will, and Polish nationality
ceases 10 exist.
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FASHIoNN.

Paris correspondence London Queen.l
Brocaded dresses are very generally
worn at the Italiens and at the opera, the
favorite mixture being brOcaded gold
silk, on a white ground. At caRdielight
these dresses are highly effective, and
harmonic well with the amber orna-
ments which are all the rage at the pres
ent moment in Paris. 1t is the milky
amber which is so fashionable, and not
the yellow cut amber which was in vogue
several years ago. The favOrite patterns
ia brOcaded dresses are garlands, stripes
and spots, all on rather a large scale.
Long links Of beads are also produced in
brocsde; these descend in straight lines
the front Of the skirt, and then form fes-
tOons above the hem. BrOcaded dresses
are usually cut in the princess form, and
are fastened the entire length Of the front
with either large Jet or gimp buttons.
They are made with longer trains than
any other material, and are rarely rna
msnted with any trimming whatever.
When these brOcades are made into Ow
dresses, a berthe, measuring barely two
inches ia depth, is added round the shoul-
ders. and is finished off round the edge
either with white bugle fringe or narrow
white lace. The newest opera clOaks are
cut in the form Of loose short paletOts,
and are made either Of white cashmere,
satin or velvet, and trimmed with fur.
! saw one Of this style made Of empress
blue velvet and bordered with grObe
another made of white cashmere and
trimmed with swans-down, and a third
of pale blue satin, edged with ermine.
Instead Of the cid fashioned hood, ladies
on leaving the opera now wear a small
arrangement Of white lace on their heads,
which is rather a head dress than q hood.
The lace is gathered in below the CHG
non,a ndin front describes a point on the
forehead. 1t proves most becoming to
the wearer, but is not of the slightest use
IN keeping the cold winds from the face
aud head; consequently, from the door
Of the opera house TO that OF the carriage,
those who are susceptible TO sudden
changes Of atmosphere are compelled to
have recourse 20 the more comfortable, if
not so jauuty, hood. But %coquettish
French women appear no longer to care
to walk down the well lighted, handsome
staircase OF the opera house with their
heads enveloped in the %ungraceful warm
coverings called hoods; so ever since the
more tasteful headgear, made either Of
rich pointed diAngleterre or Of vapOrous
tulle has come into fashion, wooden hoods
have been put aside.
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Chsguous

Ladies who wear chignOns will be clad
TO know that it is rot true that the hair
FOR them is procured from the corpses OF
people who die in hospitals and other
public Institutions. When death eusues
the hair becomes brittle and eannot he
curied and twisted into form. Conse.
quently these extra capillary attractions
must he taken from living scalps. Mar.
settles is the great entrepOt for the trade
in human hair, more than forty thousand
pounds weight Of this commodity being
imported there annually, chiefly from
Italy, and more particularly from Sicily.
Naples, and the states Of the church.
while a moderate quantity comes from
Spain and certain departments Of France.
The French provinces which Weld he
largest supply are Brittany and An
vergne, and buyens 20 round on market
davs. when the young demojselle Wiz
svishes 10 dispose Of her locks mounts a
vine eask, and, unlOosening her head
Sress showers down her hair. An activa
Ifdding follows. As the weight OF hair
81 ordinary chignOn does not exceed
49, ouocesand a half the annual quap-
L iaonorfed into Marseilles alone wo1ld
ny ,airient for upwards Of one hundred
80 ajgbty thousand head-dresses.
49,
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III EkRrHaUAKE AT ALGIERs

The following letter to the London
Times gives an interesting account Of the
earthquake which recently occurred at
AIgiers, on the night between the I'd and
Sd Of January
This morning, or rather yesterday
morning, las il IS now nearly the dawn
Of the next dayl, / wss awOke toward
eight Of the morning, / think, by a very
strong shock Of earthquake, particularly
awful, not only from its sharpness, but
by its singular mOtion-quite different
from the trembling motion one generally
feels and hears described, and which re-
minds most people Z" Of q heavy wagon
passing by," as n often reads in &C
counts but this VI felt like being in
something's box, for instance-which
was being showed along by several angry
pushers e rough ground, but always
in one direction.
The movement came distinctly from
the sea and went inland, and the moment
it lasted, the houses seemed hopping
from north to south, and proceeding on
ward that way. 1t was indescribably
terrific. I sprang up from the bed and
was ierked forward. I called all the
Deopie, and we went down into the Il
and sat there about an hour and a half,
Notwithstanding the rain which fell for
the first time since Tvs months. Then
thinking il was over, we again went up
to our apartments, but soon after a slight
shock of the usual trembling kind was
felt. and some minutes after another
stronger one, Of a swinging motion, but
without the displacing sensation OF the
first. Since that we have had no other.
Z hear in the town the conservation Is
great. Some houses have fallen IN, all
The people are sitting in the rain 10 the
omen places, and al the Jews have fled
into the fields, shutting their shops, etc.
A telegram from Blidah announces the
fall Of forty houses in that town, u the
town of Medah has also much suffered.
one Of the walls o four house is cracked,
and the garden walls are rent from top
to bottom. it is true they are old, but
still il is awful 10 see. Another shock Is
announced, I do not know why, and so
none Of US sleep this Bight; a man Is
placed near the great door, TO open il di-
rectly be feels anything, and l am sit
ling an in my bed, whence / am writing.
Other circumstances make the night
most dismal. Ny rooms are leaky, and
ihe rain patterIng in the tin basins put
60 receive il, makes a most melancholy
sound the whole day has been most
dreary, 81 when it rains a tomb-like chill
rervades the house, which no IRE can
dispel, and the little, old-fashiOned Moor
ssh windows let in hardly any light.
Altogether L am very much impressed
aud the fear, cold, wet and waking, make
feel very uncomfortable.
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The Amcricaa Game of EIn,,-as

hhe american Ganne of billiards.
A correspondent asks US which ma
tional game Of billiards we think Ia he
the best, the American, the French or
English. Our answer briefly is, that We
do not think American billiards 10 he
any game at all. The English practice
Is but little better, while the French
mode OF play, upon French made tables.
is the only n entitled TO be called a
game. The American table, in the first
place, Is too high for an easy swinging
action Of the arm and elbow, and in these
faults the English people is as bad or
worse. The English table also shares
with the American table the folly of
being pierced for six pockets, to render
counting easy, and thus reducing the
efforts OF the player to succeed. The
English game, however, is superior N
the American in employing but th-ee
balls, and in having those balls, dke
those Of the French, Of a size whicf, can
carry the twist or "life" impai ted 10
them by the cue through three or
four circuits of the table. The Amer
lean players, on the other hand, use balls
Of such gross size that the life of their
execution is soOn absorbed in their own
dead weight, and thus, after making ner-
haps two circuits of the table, thew are
left capable only Of the plainest laws Of
motion. To make up for this disability
an additional ball has been put upop i
American table, and this has resulted in
a puerile and childish practice, which
enables experts, like McDevitt, Dion and
Foster, to run two and three. and even
four hundred, whenever they can get n
good opportunity to tumble the halls 70
gether. This is mere baby play, and Mt
terly unworthy Of the name of billiards
and as long as it is maintained as a mari
Of our game, AID four big balls are fent
upon the table, so long will the biIliard
players Of America be behind the NAV
ers Of England and France. Heaven
rewards efforts 10 overcome d-ificuitiss
by proficiency; and every one knoyys
that a man cannot learn to iumn a 6va-
barred gate by hopping over 4 canon
stool. The French table, of a size and
hight that gives perfect freedom 10 the
arm, with three medium sized balls M
pockets, and a method that scores one |
point At a time, is the only game worthy
Of a people advanced in the billiard art.
on the other hand, a game that is nlavad
with four big balls, six pockets. which
(even the pockets do not eontribnfe ~ /
the score) will enable the player 10 frso
quently run from two TO four hundrsd
merely by tipping them together. is sim.
ply beneath eontemptN WsJkes' Spirit.
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ID. f. g Cd YEAR
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DRUGS, MEDICINES,

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