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The Fair,

At a meeting of the officers of the
Monroe, County Agricultural Society,
Held On Saturday, the 18th inst, the time
for holding the Fair this year was fixed
for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
the 10Th, aOth and 2lst days of October
"a The ;Tl,Ih Premium List will appear in the
Sbirit the latterlpart of September
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DANIEL L. .SICKLES,

Our New Minister to Spain-Some Ac-
count of Hlm-His Career as Rowdy
Mail Ro5ber, Spy, Murder, Confidence
Man, "General," Satrap, Politician, ,&e
Example for Young Americans
Noble Instance of the Success OF a
Scoundrel in Politics. .R 'i''''.'.i'
The World makes its charges une
quivocally, and what is most damaging
to this pet of Jacobinism, produces th'
records to substantiste its assertions
The World has made clean case of it
and established the strongest kind o
claims on the part Of Sickles to Office
and honor under Grants administration
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RIprcuLous.-The Commissioners OF
Monroe County have recently built a
forty Thousand dollar court house and
blaced.thc representation of rooster on
the cupola. We dislike to find fault
with ANYTHING Monroe County does, but
we must say that rooster on a court
house is in extremely bad taste
Hot,ues Co. Farmer.
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osas -. PAINTS,
GROCERIES AND NOTIONS

,sss a,el..;s4.i at WALroN's,
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ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS TC

AND FROM WOODSFIELD.
RaruesYille, which now includes Beallsville
and Calais mails, arrive each evening at
p. NJ. Leave each morning at 9 AN.
Western Marietta arrives Tuesdays and
Fridays. Leave Wednesday and Saturday
at q. IN.
Sunfsh arrives every Tuesday evening.
Leaves Wednesday mornings at Z AN.
>, Southern Marietta arrives Tuesdays and
Fridays. Leaves Wednesday and Saturday
at I a. M.
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G7rThe nomination of Gen. Rose

GEThe nomination of Gen. Rose
Grams for Governor of Ohio, by the Dem
ocrats of that State, has thrown the Rad
icals into spasms. Some of them al
ready give up the fight in the Buckeye
State. The N. Y Sun says that at this
distance from the election it looks as
though RosecrMs will be elected. "Old
Rosy" is splendid campaigncr and will
pour hot shot into the TankSot his polit-
ical opponents. Ohio will return to the
Democratic fold as certain as the sun
will raise and set on the second Tuesday
of next OctObcr.-PatriOt.
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Goes Dyspepsia Cure,

WIN also bs found Invaluable II. sll cases Of
Diarrhea, Dysentery, Collie, SuthMer Com !
plants, Gripping, aud in tact svsty disordsret
condition Of the stomach. -,
Sold by Druggists ID city OF country sveif
where at 81 pet bottle, or by application to
G. G. CLARK g. co.,
! iY2llY Sole P,oprietors, New Haven, Ct,
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Suecial Session Of the Board Vi
county commissioners,

i, ~ County COintnissionos'
The Board met on the 10th inst ; pres
;eut William Workman and Isaac Bern
f's'JW. Yost was allowed $26 20 ior
painting court house cornlee. m ee o;,.
! Allowed Geo. Hoot 81 bo for repair
ing hobbies. la, W. Pond
to make drain from the court house
for Sl75. %. .,
= The contract for building abutments
for a bridge near Cameron was awarGeC ,I,
to Geo. Suppes at 81 81 per perch. ih'
work TO be completed to the sat''lacIiol
of the Commissioners on or before sep
tember I, 1870. ,o e.
M. Schaub was allowed 500 Az 10
rent of Treasurer's Office.
Adjourned.
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EgCommodore Mutt, and Minnie
Warren were married on Thursday, June
18th, at the residence of 'Tom Thumbs
mothers Mrs, Stratton), at West Ha
nan, Conn. Tom Thumb and his pret
ty little wife, once Miss Lavinia War
rem, the sister of the bride, acted as
groomsman and brides maid.
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STAMP 1.-THE Hartford Courant
says: awe are requested by the collec
tor of internal rovenue to give notice to
the public that he has been instructed
by the commissioner to say that a two
cent revenue stamp is required upon all
letters acknowledging the receipt OF
checks, drafts, notes, &c, exceeding
twenty dollars in amount
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Es-The World Eof the 3Oth ult. con-
tains the most scathing-and not less
truthful than severe-expose ola villain,
high in the Confidence of the admins
tration, that we have ever seen in print.
1t devotes over page to the following
subject.
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July ID.
MONEY-Stcady and abundant al. Z
per cent currency. ~.
STERLING-iirm at l09isa)lOI.
GOLD-Lower; opened at 1863; clos
ing at 1851. ,,
at a decline ut She close stronger. Close
ing prices: Coupons Of 81, l2O5; &c
'62, 1881 do '64. 1919 do '65. l2l3; dt
nsw. 12os; do 81, 1907; do 'os,. l2os
10. 4Oa, 1lOs. N---- -.-
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AS Grant was entering the Coliseum,
at Boston, some wicked musician sang
out at the top ofhis voice:
ooh, say! WON'T you buy little dog,
with three little feet and a little short
tail p ~ ...s. ~
There was IN immense laugh then and
there, while the Presidential procession
moved ON. q r rfl - IA q
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Napoleon III, in frankly admitting
that he had made a political mistake when
he placed himself in antasonism with the
Chambers, shows that he does not mean
to initiate the Bourbons, 'who never
forgot any thing or learned any thing
1t is safer and better to retreat from {
false position than to hold on to it.
Nearly one thiId of the Republican
papers i'll the country have already he
come disguised with Grant. His depth
wisdom, and semieternal profoundly il
too much for them. Alas, poor presi-
dent! He went in with little opposi
ton he will 90 out with none at all
Wade Hampton has been buying
Thousand mules mi Illinois for use.on hi
Southern plantation
A baby with vail over its face wa
born in London, Madison County, las
week.
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EyIt is poor rule that WON'T work

EyIt is poor rule that WON'T work
both ways Grant is forcing negro jour
ncymcn and negro apprentices into the
Government workshops, and forcing
white men to associate with them, or rc-
sign their situations. Why don't he put
a negro or two into the Cabinet, and
thus associate with them himself, and en-
force his doctrines by his example? Ii
can not be possible, after all the Radical
homeilies that we have had OIL the ex
cellence of the negro character, that ono
can not be found fit to go into Radical
Cabinet. Where are Fred Douglass and
John M. Langston. s..itit .fst'l 't
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Sheriff Sale.
g. II. Davenport
VS..
Cephas Hart.

DY virtue Of an order of sale TO me directed
ID from the court of common pleas OF Mon
roe county, Ohio, will offer for sale at the
front deor of the Court House, in the town
of woodsGeld. between the hours of 10
o'clock a. M. and o'clock P. m,on
Saturday, the 10Th day of August, 1863
the following described real estate situate in
Monroe county, oh o, to witt The east half q
the southeast quarter, and the southeas,
quarter Of the northeast quarter, and the cas-
part Of the northwest quarter OF the soutt
cast quarter of section six township ioui o
range five.
Appraised at $4,000.
jyl3w5. JoShfH M ihA'' oneiin'
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Eg7An article published in this issue
from the Columbus (0) Crisis COM
pletely riddles BoUrwELL's Debt State
.ments for June and July.
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EyThc Directors of the Agricultural
Society have fixed the time for holclng
the Fair entirely too late in the season
That's almost the universal opinion.
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EY-The London Times, in an article
upon the great advantages of modern
wars, says that "the late American con-
test terminated in the freedom of the
negroes" Yes but how did it termin
ate in regard to the whites? There arc
almost dozen whites to one negro, and
these whites are now subject to a Gov
crnment despotical, pro1igate and cor.
rupt, whose sway before the war would
not have been endured for month.
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Negroes In the Virginia Legisla.

The Virginia Legislature according to
the returns received, and the best csti-
mates that can be made of the few re
naming counties to be heard from, viii
stand Us follows:
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Two letters written by General
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Ne0 9obertisen'ents,
; Sale of Real Estate.

IN Saturday, August 81, 1869, at 1 o'clock Z
u NJ, Oh the premises, will be sold to the high
est bidder, the following real estate in Monroe
county, Ohio, as the property of Elias Craig
decd. to wit: The northwest quarter cf Tho
northeast quarter of section twenty-six town
ship faur range five; codtaining forty acres more
or less. s.N N.Et
Appraised at $500.
TERMS OF SALE-Two-third i'll hand, one
third in one year; deferred payment to bear IN
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to the satisfaction of the undersigned.
WILLIAM A. FEREElL,
Guardian of minor heirs of said dccedent .
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vi vs. ..rt.
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Guardians Notice.

NOTICE Is hereby given that the underslgn
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pD""Curscs like chickens, como home
to roostw Brownlow, taught negroes
how. to abuse white men, and registrars
how to cheat, is now being both abused
and cheated by this own former instru-
ments. And Wells, the carpct-nag
Governor of Virginia, who caused the
removal of hundreds of civil officers in
that Stale by the military, is now, since
his isoverwhclming defeat for reelection,
being threatened with removal hy Gen
cral Candy. The SINS of the Radicals S
arc coming back fast enough to plague
them!
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WhOOping Cough.

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this terrible disease during the last ten years
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EyRotcson's idea of the value OF the
navy may be learned from the fact that
he tclcgraphs for sloop-of war {" be
sent home from her station i'll Cuban
waters, in order that she may serve the
purposes Of pleasure party of high
officials" That's Jersey idea, truly.
Some of the Dent family want 10 90 on a
little sea VOYAGE for the benefit OF their
hnpcrial hcalths.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-01-22

ENORMOUS RESOURCES. see by the re-
port of the Secretary of the Treasury that
within a period of three years and seven
months the receipts of the Government from
all sources of revenue reached the enormous
sum of $l,562, 496, O62. 20. and that $780,
All, 1875 80 were paid on debts which were
actually due at the close of the war and for
bounties, which, like the pay of the army,
were a part of the expenses oil the war;
Adding the amount thus paid to the debt as
exhibited by the books of the Treasury on
the first day of April, 1865, it appears that
the debt of the United States at that time
was So, s97, 1856, 2O3. "a, and that the actual
reduction has been $40, 256. $50. AZ; and but
for the advances to the Pacific roads, and
the amount paid for Alaska, would have been
$5l9, $50, $50 "a.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-01-22

ToBACoo-By A SMALL. BoY Tobacco
grows something like cabbages, but
never saw none Of boiled, although /
have eaten boiled cabbage and vinegar
on it, and have heard men say that
the cigars that was given them on cleo
ton day tor nothing, was cabbage leaves.
Tobacco stores are mostly kept by wooden
lnjuns, who stand at the door to fool little
boys by offering them a bunch of cigars,
which is glued TO the Injun's hands, and
is made of wood also. Hogs do not
like tobacco, neither do [. tried to
smoke cigar once, and it made me feel
like Epson salts. Tobacco was inven.
ted by a man named Walter Raleigh -
When the people saw him smoking they
thought he was a steamboat, and as they
had never seen steamboat, they was
frightened. My sister Nancy is girl
don't know whether she likes tobacco
or not. There is a young man named
Leroy. He was standing on the steps
one night, and he had cigar in his
mouth, and he said he didn't know as
she would like it, and she said, "Leroy,
the prefume is agreeable" But the next
morning, when my big brother Tom
lighted his pipe, Nancy said: $50 out
of the house, you horrid creature; the
smell of tobacco makes me sick.' Snuff
is Injun meal, made out of tobacco. /
took little snuff once and then !
sneeZed
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the preceding year, the increase in average
attendance is 20, 796, in length of school
term, q days, in salaries of male teachers
81. rs. To ten years, the number of male
teachers has diminished ], ,256, their average
salaries increased $13. ID; and of female
teachers, the number has increased by 1892,
and their average salaries Increased by gil. :
54 The tax levied for school purposes was
nearly twice as much, the amount expended
for building purposes tiearly three times as
much, the cost of instruction twice as much,
and cost of contingencies almost four times
as much last year, as two years ago. ..
The report of the Adjutant General, d. B.
McCreary, shows that in 1866, there was
only 8 military companies in the State; in
January, 1868, there were 38, and on the 1st
of December last, there were II, of which
number, 81 were in Philadelphia. In SO
counties of the State, there are no military
organizations whatever
The report Of Attorney General, B. H.
Brewster, sets forth, that during 1868, nearly
$55, 900 of old claims, and over $lOO, 900 of
new claims were collected. From appeal
cases and suits of different characters, over
$152, 900 have been collected. There were
l22 suits brought during the year.
The reports Of the Auditor General, j. F.
Hartranft, and OF the Treasurer, w. w. Ir
win, show that the public debt was on the
lst of December last, little over S33, ,000,.
900, a decrease of over 81, 900, 600 since last
year. In round numbers, for the year ending
November 80, 1868, the ordinary expense.
of the State Government were $3.50, 900, ant
the balance in the treasury at the end of the
year 81 1000, 900.