davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21

L. Metzgar has some choice prints at
10 cents per yard, TOO. 4w65O
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21

"rhen I discharge you--you amt
guilty." and tho acquitted young lady
took her departure.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21

A burly>looking female of unmistaka-
BILE Celtic origin was recently arrai gncd
before New Orleans magistrate for some
ordinary offence. While nature had mu-
niiicently endowed her with health and
physical strength, the question of good
looks had been neglected in the haste with
which she had been prepared for this
world.
"What are you up here for?' impaired
the magistrate. y sssA
my beauty, reckon"
"Your what?'
"My beauty"
s'Arc you certain of that?''
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21

Mr.. McGinty, the Northwestern tele-
graph operator of this city, a tip-top good
fellow, was struck in the ear by lightning,
the electricity first starting in London and
elsewhere this morning, and then repeated
in New York. The following is the result
of the shock -
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Will be SatisfaCt r Y.

Call at the Leyea, above Freight and Passenger
Depot. North McGregor, Tor any article OF wooden
material required in building
AT SEELY & SHAW.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-21

MAGNOLIA WATER. = Superior to tn
best imported German Cologne, and sol
at half the price. 630y
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"Arc You certain OF that?'.
ooh bedad, there's no mistake about
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The New York Mercantile Journal,

Is published Weekly Thursday morning,)
giving the MOST EXTENSIVE and AccURArE PRICE
LISTS EVER PUBLISHED IN THE U. S. 1t is strictly
neutral as regards politics, bat independent
in its criticisms upon all matters affecting the
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Prices are corrected Weekly up to the hour
of publication, making THE JOURNAL almost
Indispensable to all dealers in Stocks, Govern
ment Bonds, Dry Goods, Drugs, Chemicals,
Paints, Oils, Groceries, Fish, Salt, country pro-
duce, Hardware, Iron, Steel. Tin, Metals, Furs,
Skins, Woods, Domestic and Foreign Fruits,
Nuts, Hides, Leather, Tobaceos, &c.
.The New York Mercantile Journal enters
this week upon its sixth year, Its deserved
prosperity is exhibited in various improve
ments and in an enlargement from four to
eight pages,"-N. Y. World, Oct. a, 1865.
"The New York Mercantile Journal is now
one of the largest Weeklies in the world, well
filed aith tabular and other exhibits of the
Produce, Merchandise and Money Markets,
which are further elucidated by judicious and
temperate editorials, -. The Js urnal is
perity it has achieved"-N. Y. Tribune, Oct.
;, 1868. .pe7s9aitTs9
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giving tabular and other exhibits OF produce,
merchandise and money markets, The Jour
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Sheriff Sale.
Z. 3. Long, & Co.
vs.,
Joseph Wehr,

DY virtue of vendi. ex. to me directed
ID from the Court OF Common Pleas of
Monroe County, Ohio will offer for sale at
the font door of the Court House in the
town of Woodsfeld, in said county, on
Thursday, the 20th doy Of Nay, 1869
between the hours of 10 o'clock 4. N. and
i o'clock p. m. on said day the following
property situate in said county to wit: Being
the same sold and conveyed by Hager & Har
ris to Joseph Wehr by deed, dated April 5,
1854, recorded in vol. ii page 531, situate in
the southwest quarter of section II township
and range 7. and more particularly descfib-
ed as follows: Beginning for the same at a
stake marked with a cross situate eastward
and within three or four rods of the north
| east corner of lot No. 40 in the town of Calais;
! thence north nineteen and one-half degrees
east six rods and fourteen links, thence north
eeven and one half degrees east four rods;
thence south seventy and Cne-haif degfees
east one rod and fourteen LINKS; thence south
eleven and one-half degrees west fous rods;
thence south serenity y-six and one half degrees
east six rods and eight links; thence south
fifteen degrees east four and one-half rods;
thence westward to the place of beginning,
containing by estimation fifty two square rods.
Also the following premises in said county
being the same decided by Hager & Harris to
Joseph Wehr, April l, Is 4, recorded in vol.
IA. page 532 to wit: Being a part OF lot No.
80 in Calais, beginning for the same at stone
on the southern boundary line of said lot and
part Of lot No. As; thence south eighty -four
degrees east four rods; thence north seventy
and one-half degrees east four and eight
tenth rods; thence north one aud one-half
degrees west sixteen and fourteenth rods;
thence south eighty-four and one-half de-
grees west four rods; thence south fourteen
and three fourth degrees west seventeen and
sixteenth rods to the beginning, containing
by estimation one hundred and two rods,
more or less.
Taken in execution as the property of Jo-
seph Wehr at the suit of L. b. Long and
JOSEPH MYERS,
apr20w5, Sheriff N c. 0.
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Jos., Billings Savings.

There seems to be four styles Of
mind:
lst, them who knows its so!
: Cd, them who knows it amt so!
Sd, them who split the difference, and
guess att!
4th, them who don't care darn which
Z way it's
There is but few mea who hez charac-
ter enuf to lead life of idleness
True love is spelt just the same in Choc.
taw as it is in English.
Those who retire from the world or
account of its sins and peskiness must
not forget that they have yet to keeE
company with a person who wants just as
much watchin as any body else.
A puppy plays with every pup he
meets, but old dogs have few associates
.Itcosts great deal 10 be wise, but il
don't cost any thing to be happy.
Necessity begot convenience, convent
ence begot pleasure, pleasure begot lux
ury, luxury begot riot and disease, riot
and disease, between them, begot pov
erty; poverty begot necessity again
and this is the revolution of man and is
about all he can brag on.
..Love lies bleeding "-this is proba
bly, one of the darndest lies that ever was
told.
When man loses his health, then he
just beginsto take care on it. This is
Judgment, this is.
.sAn individual to be fine gentleman
has either got 20 be born 50, or be brought
up so from infancy he can't learn it sud
den any more than he can learn how tc
talk injun correctly by practicen Oh to
mahawk
If man wants to get at his actual di
mensions, let him vista graveyard.
have often set down square on th'
ice by having my feet get out of place
but never could see any thing in it t.
laff at Especially if there was some wa
ter on the top of the ice,) but l notice
other folks can.
= Precepts are like cold buckwhea
slapiacks nobody feels like being sas
sy to them, and nobody wants to adop
them.
Ifany man wants to be an old bachclo
and get sick at a boarding tavern, ant
have back room III the fourth story, an'
have red hair chambcrmaid bring hi
&atergruel to him in a tin wash-basin,
have always said, and ana | stick to
yct, he has got right to do it.
1t is dreadful easy work to repent G
other folks s;ns-But not very profits
BILE.
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u n H e. I'd s n A Y e &
a N N U "A L
z a x r. s

OFFICE OF INTERNAL REvENUE,)
FIFTEENTH COLLECTION DISTRICT,
MARIETTA, o, April 80, 1869 J
NOTICE is hereby given tbat the Assessors
" annual List for 1869, embracing Take:
on Income of 1868, Carriages, Yachts, Billiard
Tables, Watches, and Plate. (and Specia
Taxes is now in my hands. and said Taxes
are now payable.
will attend in person, at my Office, in Ma
rietta, Washington county for the collection
Of Taxes in Washington and Athens coun
ties;
At the Office of II. c. Smith, Esq, il
Pomeroy. Meigs county, by Il. c. Smith, Dep
uty Collector,
At the Office Of W. w. McCarty, Esq
in McConnelsville, Morgan county, by W w
MsCarty, Deputy Collector;
At the Office of A. r. Sharp, Esq, il
Woodsfeld, Monroe county, by A. +. Sharp
Deputy Collector,
Until the l7th day of May, 1869,
To receive payment of the Taxes aforesaid
If not paid within that time, the penalties
prescribed by law will be enforced under dis
traint. w. p. RICHARDSON,
| Collector of the Fifteenth District of Ohio.
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A resident of Treasure City, in the
Wilt Pine mining region, recently died
and man was hired to dig his grave
When the funeral cortege arrived at the
spot they were informed by the grave
digger that he had struck splendid lead.
and had stal1ed off a claim; and he re-
fusedte allow the body to be buried in
the hole he had dug,
A Washington letter-writer reports
that recently an Ohio Congressman re-
ceiyed an petition, signed by three hun
dred persons, asking the appointment OF
awoman as postmaster, and three days
. later had received twenty five confden
tial letters from the signers, Informing
him that she wasnot fit fafthe place, and
that they had not the courage 10 refuse
80 sign her papers.
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Mr.. D VID l. T. e ,

who is perhaps the best Factoryman in Ohio,
he having had over TWENTY YEARS experience
in Eastern factories Under superior advanta-
ges for becoming thoroughly acqu2inted with
the business in all Its departments.
They are prepared to Spin, Weave and Man
ufacture for customers; and will also at all
times keep on hands to exchange Cor Wool, or
will furnish to order Rolls, Yarn, Blankets.
Jeans, Flannels, Cassmeres, Satinett and
Cloth.
They guarantee satisfaction in all cases
where the wool is PROPERLY CLEANsED And
all who want their work done CHEAP, WELL
and with DlsPAToH, viii not fail to give them
call. MARSH & Y0SPER.
apr2Om3.
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Probate Notice.

IN consequences of the burning of The entire
| records and papers of the probate ofice,on
the 18th of June last, it becomes necessary for
Executors, Administrators and Guardians, who
have not made final settlement with the
Court, to renew their bonds. Thoseknowing
themselves interested in the matter, will
please give il their immediate attention with
out further notice. w. T. SINCLAIR,
aug20tf Probate Judge.
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Q O N y T II 7 O II


To the }Lon. Judge Of tie Probate CouW miHtia
oad jar tie Comfy # -Iouroc and STATE g.
Ohio:
The undersigned, Accountant, by you ap
pointed, oil the Goth day of April, 1860, in
pursuance of the lst section of the Act of the
General Assembly of the State Of Ohio, ell
titled "A1 Act to amend an act entitled an
act to establish tie Independent Treasury OF
the state OF Ohio" passed March rs, l5fOt
proceeded to examine the Treasury of said
county; and having performed the duty re-
qulled Of me by said appointment, report as
follows:
After receiving said app ointment, / pro-
ceeted without delay, ani without previous
roti;e TO the Treasurer, to inspect the hooks
and papers, and count the money in the safe
Of said county, in the efice CT said Treas
urer.
| find, Oh such examination, il said safe
T., 1nnnav Sl 400 ~
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Legal Notice.

ELIZABETH KERBkR and Theophilus Xer.
L her, her husband, and Barbara Dongal
and Christopher Donegal her husband, of the
State of West Virginia, will take notice, that
on the Cd day of February, 1859, Jacob Ingold
and Jacob Lehman, as Administrators of ia
cob Ingold, deceased, filed their petition in
the court of common pleas of Monroe county,
Ohio, against them and others, the object and
prayer of which is to subject the moneys re-
manning in the hands of the Sheriff of said
county, arising from the sale of the real
estate of said decedent in partition. TO the
3ayment of the debts of said decedent, and
Or other relief.
NORRIS & MEcHEMS,
mchl6w6. att'ys for petitioners.
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Notice.

JAMES CoNGER, William Conger, Morris
81 Conger and Elias d. Conger, who are not
residents OF the State OF Ohio, will take notice
that on the 10th of April, 1869, john Willison,
filed III the court of common pleas of Monroe
county, Ohio, his petition against them and
Others, the object of which is to establish the
contents of the will of Stephen Conger, decd;
said viii and the record thereof having been
destroyed; and that said case will be for hearing
at the May Term Of said Court, 1869. ay
JOHN WILLISOS.
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sNotice.

DISTRICT COURT of the United States,
Southern District of Ohio-In Bankrupt
cy-In the matter of Harvey Anderson, before
Gilbert D. iunson, Register: Notice is hereby
given that have been appointed Ass gnee
of the estate of tho said Harvey Anderson, of
Clarington, Monroe county; Ohio, who. upon
his own petition, has been adjudged bank
lupt by said court.
JOHN W. JACKSON,
Assignee Of the estate Of Harvey Anderson.
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Legal Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Last Will
IN and Testament OF Evander Buch late of
Monroe county, Ohio, deceased, together with
the record thereof, was destroyed by fire on the
18th day of June, 1867, and thata duly certi-
fed copy thereof, was admitted to Record in
the Office of the Probate Court, on the 1st day
OF May, 1869, and recorded therein
w. T. SINCLAIR,
ma4w3 Probate Judge, II. c. 0.
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REGULAR
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Leaves Mattamoras for Cincinnati every
Thursday at y o'clock M.
Leaves Marietta for Cincinnati every Thurs
day at o'clock P. NJ.
Leaves Parkersburg for Cincinnati every Fri
day at II o'clock NJ.
Leaves Cincinnati for Marietta every Monday
at o'clock P. VI.
Freight or Passengers receipted through
by Rail or River, to any point where car
or boat runs.
THROUGH TICKETS will be given by the
edinburgh" CHEAPER than by any other
Line, Boat or Railroad.
Accommodations and Fare not excelled
by any packet boat on the river.
Reg Special attention gircn to Families
m0CiHg-They will be conveyed from the Edin-
burgh to Road or Boat on which she reships
without any additional charge, and their
goods and baggage carefully marked. checked
and shipped, all going through by the same
boat or train, and bills of lading and checks
given to the owners, thus avoiding to those
unaccustomed to travelling the risk of being
imposed upon.
Steamers BAYARD, EXPRESS and CARRIE
BROOKS connect with the Edinburgh at Par.
kersburg every Friday morning.
All the above splendid packets drop along
side and transfers ssare made without the
freight or passengers going on shore. Mu
tual reductions will be made by the Edin-
burgh and any of the above named pack
cts from local rates.
Bayard leaves Pittsburgh for Parkersburs
every Thursday at II O'clock NJ.
Bayard leaves Wheeling for Parkersburs
every Thursday at o'clock p. M.
Express leaves Wheeling for Parkersbure
every Thursday at l o'clock A NJ.
Carrie Brooks leaves GAINESVILLE for Parkers-
burg every Thursday morning.
Agents, HALL & BEST,
Marietta, Ohio.
ROBINSON & MOSSETT
Cincinnati, Ohio.
NS For further information address g. W
Thompson, care of any of the above named
Agents, mch2Sm3,
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Tico Niles South Of Stafford,

1NO 1HUG5 EUNlW y OtUVUIU,
to manufacture from $4,000 to $4,000
pounds of Wool annually.
Their machinery is ALL NEW, and of the
latest and most improved kinds, being unex-
celled, if equaled by any in the West. They
have also employed as Boss and Manager Of
the whole concern, the well known
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Settlement Accounts.

Settlement Accounts.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ settlement accounts will be for hearing
Thursday. Hay 20, 1869:
james Obey, Executor of Joseph Ellis; par
tial.
Robert Jackson Executor of Isaac Jackson;
partial.
A. w. Carter Executor of Stilwell Truck
final.
5 McHlgh Executor of S. McHugh final.
II. B. Hill Administrator of Michael Hess;
final.
R. Johnston Administrator of Daniel Kayler;
final.
Joel R. Evans Administrator of John Evans;
Lartial.
Job Stackhouse Guardian of the minor heirs
of Jacob Hall; partial.
Wm. Johnston Guardian of G.. W. South;
final
Daniel Harper Guardian of the minor heirs
Of John Yocun; final.
W. 4. SINCLAIR,
may4w3. Probate Judge.
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Proposals for a Wood Bridge.

TNHE Commissioners will attend at David Ed
l. dy's mill, on Tuesday, the 4th of May, 1869,
at 10 o'clock 4. NJ. to contract for building
bridge across the Muskinguln Greek, according
toplan fixed upon at the time Of letting. By
order of Commissioners
SAM'L GRIMSHAW,
aprGtd. Aud. NJ. CO
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Legal Notice.

A RRILLA WRIGHT and Sarah Wright of
II Allegheny county, Maryland, will take no.
tice that Sarah A. Black and Charles B. Black,
her husband, OF Monroe county, State of Ohio.
did on the 24th day of March, A. ID. 1o6J, file
their petition in the Court OF Common Pleas of
Monroe county, Ohio, against them and " i'll
IAN Wright, Olivia Wright, Willard L. Wright
and Sarah Pogue, widow Of Thomas Wright,
deceased asking a construction OF a deed OF
trust from William and Susan Wright to said
Sarah Wright, trustee. dated April II, 1851,
and for partition Of the following real estate, to
wit: A part of the north east quarter of section
ten, township five, range five, the same being
off the east side of said quarter, separated by
Il straight line running north and south so as to
contain fifty acres; also, part OF the southeast
quarter OF section eleven, township hive, range
five beginning for the same at thepost establish
ed at the south east corner of the aforesaid quar-
ter; thence with the line running between sec
tons ten and eleven, distance one hundred and
sixty perches to q post; thence with the line
running between the south east and south west
quarters of section eleven aforesaid distance
eighty-four nineteenth perches, to post; thence
east, distance forty-two perches to apost; thence
NORTH distance three perches, to u post; thence
north, eighty-nine degrees and forty minutes
to post on the north and south line bounding
said section on the east; thence with said line
eighty-eight and iour-tenth perches to place OF
beginning, containing eighty-seyen acres and
eighteen perches of land, more or less; also, a
tract Of land being part OF the south west
quarter of sec 8, tp. ., range ., beginning at
south east corner OF the Aforesaid quarter sec
ton; thence north seventy-two perches to a
stone; thence west one hundred and sixty-two
soventy-tive one-hundredths perches to stone
on section line; thence south with section line
to south west corner of said section: thence east
with the south boundary line of said section to
place OF beginning, containing seventy-two and
one-half acres, more or less; all being in Suns
bury township, Monroe county, Ohio.
You are required to appear and answer said
petition on or before the third Saturday after the
eleventh day of May, 1869
SARAH A. BLACK,
and CHARLES 3. BLACK,
By Hunter & Hunter, their Attys.
moh30Wti
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