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a Most ExsFaOs d:nary and Shock
ing Murder--Escape Of an Inten-
Ged Victim.


a Most ENsFaos binary and Shock
ing Murder--Escape of an Inten-
ded Victim.
The Cologne Gazette, to hand by the
European mail Of the 9th of January,
relates horrid story as enacted at
Schrimm, in the government of Posen :
A country girl living not far from that
place had received her inheritance of
300 thalers from the authorities there
On her return home she spent the night
in village; having no acquaintance
there she took Refuge at the house of the
village justice, to whom, in virtue of his
position, she gave her whole confidence
and informed him of the object of her
journey: He was ready to take her in
and advised her to 90 to bed with this
wife. When all lay in a deep sleep the
covetous host got up, went into the gar
den and dug q hole there Hetlen took
a sharp knife, went up to the bed where
the two were asleep and with a steady
hand cut the throat of the person lying
furthest from the wall, took up his vic
tim ard buried her in the garden. When
he came back he found the bed empty.
He had murdered his own wife in
stead of the stranger The wife lay
close to the wall during the evening, but
had afterwards moved to the outer side
of the bed. The girl had got out of bed
after the murder and hastened away with
her money.
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Notice in Partition.


lhA PHILIPS ,Wluiam fhiiips, BAYS Phil:
~ ips, vatharine SIMMONS, OF tnes0sasesoi
l,linois' 9osepn M. rninps, Nancy n. rmlips, !,
hi,Saoetn nen'nofn ana NANCY fniiips, WI !
take NOTICE tnat'onn a. pavenpofs niea IN
Ine court Oh common r'ess OF monroe counss''s
ONO, on tne l6tn oay OF January, 1917, ms :
petition ana the same is pendlng tnerein' IN
ana py wnicn ne oiaims 70 oe tne owner o. s.
.nlee unaisiaeu seYen.ns " .ae lo'iow'ns
soloeu o,; aea; ~ eo,a Tns - Svn.oe
-, u.o ~ W.. Ao 80 -. -. :.
az 90 a os.;an s ss sse 49, -. ~
y, V ,ounsh;n o ,hraa - ranrs svs, s,.o az
northeast M % auar.sr 81 The soothssst onartsr If
tba same section townsb;n and ranges also.
tbe son,bwss, corner Of tha sontbs.et orartar
of ,bs sonthsast IN artar ~ ths same ssc.;ons
tounsh;n and range. bac;nnin, "a. the sama
a. tho sontbuast cornar "a saii III. tbsncs
rorth ~ ths co,ntv ro.d. thsnos san,hs.s.
with the meanderinps Of The road TO the ssc.
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WCman's Courage.

The temerity with which women mar
ry, the hardihood and desperate daring
with which they will venture to take
husbands, have not been sufficiently in
sisted upon by the persons who maintain
the equality of woman. Man certainly
has no such courage. The last murder
has brought tolieh. a remarkable instance
Of this feminine boldness Mr.. Mills,
who has just stabbed his wife, killed a
former wife, and on his trial for that kill
ing the principal witness against him was
the woman who afterwards married him
and who is now lying in a precarious
condition from wound received at his
hands-N. Y. Herald.
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Protecting Home Industry.

MARX TWAIN says that on GREELEY S
model farm. at Chapaqua it costs eleven
dollars to raise bushel of turnips. A
moderate knowledge of mathematics
will show shat, with the market price of
turnips at thirty cents per bushel, it
would require some time for Mr.. GREE
LEY to make fortune by turnip cul-
ture.
Then what should Mr., GREELEY do ?
Turn his attention to something else
Not at all. The regular GREELEY reme-
dy is this: Tariff every other turnip
grower ten dollars and seventy-f five cents
a bushel for all the turnips he takes to
market. GREELEY can then gain profit
of five cents per bushel on his few
pecks.
For book full of just such doctrine
as this, see "GREELEY's Political Econo-
my"
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ES-The PEABODY obsequies brought
together cur monitor AIiantihomah and
the English iron clad Warrior: the latter
bearing to our shores, at the expense of
the British Government, the remains of
the world philanthropist.-
Amidst the august and solemn ceremo-
nies of the occasion Admiral PoRTER
could think of nothing more appropriate
to say than that in his opinion our YES
sci could smash the British vessel in a
fght. Whether he would have had the
remains of PEABODY removed before the
smashing commenced he did not say
and, we would infer, did not care much.
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White Men Shall Rule America.
Light and knowledge Alone are Re-
quired to Restore the aFarmer
Republic" of Our Fathers.

TIE circulation Of Democratic newspapers,
and especially of county papers in their sew
sral localities, is of the greatest importance.
TO encourage this enterprise. and to aid in
The dissemination of correct doctrines, We
have determined to reduce nur rates Of sub
scription to the lowest possible point consis-
tent with the Price Of paper to us.
Fifteen dollars viii procure ten copies Of
the sPrRrr for the full term Of one year. with
an extra cory to the person who sends rs that
number of names.
There ought not to be township where 1t
would be difficult to raise that small sum
among so many subscribers.
Il is conceded that the SPIRIT is one OF the
best representatives of Democratic principles
m Eastern Ohio, while at the same time 1t
gives 1 very large quantity Of family and
miscellaneous reading, together With The i'm
portant local news OF Monroe County. and
full reliable market reports win be given
each week.
We shall earnestly oppose the unjust sys.
tenn. inaugurated by the Radical party, o.
taxing the laDoring man to make the rich
man richer.
The laboring m n takes greenbacks for his
produce, while the bondholder spurns them
as srass,n and demands gold for his bonds.
This is unicst; II greenbacks are good
enough for poor men who pay taxes, they are
good enough for the bondholders who pay
no taxes, and they win be compelled to take
them Qand pay their Jnst proportion OF taxa
rion,) in exchange for their bonds;or nothing,
ust as they may elect.
In conclusion. we ask the old frie. DIS Of our
paper to make an effort to increase our cir
.eulation on the basis of these terms. There
10 no paper in the country whose terms are
more liberal than those which ne now offer
10 the patrons of ths SplRlr. The rates for
bingte copies, one year. 20 uv
Single copies. six months hs............. 90
Clubs Of ten, each, (if paid within the
year,) with extra copy to club agent. 90
Clubs Of ten and over, each, Tin ad-
vance. with extra copy to club agent
for every ten names es............... ! 5o
II. r. WEST,
PtJtisher Spirit.
WooDsrIEID, o.. Feb. 1880.
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g-The Suffrage seeking Ladies' at
Washington knowing that it is not in
moytals to command success, are deter
mined, like Cato, to deserve it. A dele
CATION of them, comprising their bright
est lights, advocated their cause before
the joint committee of Congress on the
District of Columbia, the,22d ult., and
so pertinently that even Sumner was NOV
ed to say that he had never heard cause
more ably advocated or more interest
evinced by a Congressional committee.
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The Union saved.

The '3essence Of all We fought for has
been attained.
Reconstruction is success.
The ssinfernal spirit Of caste" has
been exercised.
The erich blood of the dark races"
has been transfused into our political
system
In other words coal black Negro, and
carpct,bageer at that, has, by the gem
tie persuasion of AaEs' bayonots, been
elected, from Mississippi, to the United
States Senate.
eHappy, proud American
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Fz-Some of the Radical papers think
it would be delightful practical joke to
seat the Negro Senator from Mississippi
alongside of THURMAN.
: We venture to say they can't place
him along side of Senator who would
treat him more as gentleman should.
But if,as these papers seem to assume,
there is anything odious or odorous
about the person of the representative
of Aries sunny fountains SUMNER is
CERTAINLY entitled to the 'stinction of his
fellowship.
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Negro United states senator.

The Mississippi Legislature has elect
ed negro named w. H, REyELs to fill
the unexpired term, ene year, of Judge
SHARKEY, in the United States Senate.
That's the result of Radicalism. A
pretty picture: An ignorant Negro
elected to make laws fer the white pco-
pie of Ohio!
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Fh0t0grapher ana JeWeief. !"
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Wanted Agents (male or female) for the
PHI YSICAL LiIF Il OF
rr

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Medical College, Philadelphia. Just issued.
A BRAVE, PURE BOOK. Discusses topics Of vital
importance to every woman. The most sale
able book of the day. 10000 copies sold
already Recommended by Surgeon General
W. A. Hammond, Henry Ward Beecher and !
hosts of other eminent physicians and cler-
gymen- Terms most liberal. Send for cir
culars, testimonials, etc. Address 3. HAM
NAFoRD & CO., Publishers, 1T West Fourth
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P. P.S.--Also wanted Agents for the PEoPLR's.
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A Curious Criminal Contrast.

Prince Pierre Bonaparte and Prince
Murat are to be placed on trial at YER
sailles, France, the one for fatal shoot
ing and the other for assault and battery
on magistrate. When Napoleon Bona
parte the First and Joachim Murat swept
into Russia the latter was want to adj
dress the retreating Cossacks in the
words, get out my way, you yer
minp' The slower orders" of Paris
have been just now sin the way" both of
a Bonaparte and Murat.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-01
The Proposed Removal of the
Capital.

The scheme for the attempted reno
val of the capital was inaugurated yes
terday by General Loganin Congress-
Mr.. Washburn, who believes that the
site is better as it is, opposed the pro
ject. The citizens of the national capi-
tai, however, little more frightened
than There is any necessity for, waited
on President Grant yesterday and asked
him to use his influence with Congress
in Lehalf of letting well enough alone.
The President promised he would and
the conference ended.-N. Y. Herald,
23dnIt.
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AGENTS wanted every where for I 81
NILE LAND ss.s.stntF
"A D V 4 N T U r e S :

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EVAPORATION OF THE NILE TRIButARiEslorE
ABYsIYNIA," By Sir s. W. Baker, the celebrated
English Explorer, and discoverer of the Lake !,
Albert N'yanza, one Of the long unknown and
mysterious sources of the river Nile, Beau
tifully illustrated from sketches BY the great
explorer himself, ahd maps, partly in celors.
most fascinating book. Combines all the
excitement of romance with the absolute
truthfulness of history. Sells very fast. No
OTHER BOOK AT ALL LIKE IT. Terms most lib
eral Send for circulars, etc. Address 3:
HANNAF0RD & CO., Publishers lW West
Fourth street, Cincinnati P. S.-Also, wan
ted Agents for Greeleys AMERICAN CoSPLIcr
and two most popular and salable novelties
for agents to pay expenses with while cam
yassing. feb1w4.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-01

~A Russian officer, writing about
the Crimean war, says the difference pre-
sented by the captive English and French
soldiers was very marked. The former
were almost always shockingly wounded
before being taken prisoners; the latter
often quite sound, and only sometimes
bearing few insignificant scratches
And even if SO wounded, the English
soldier would not give up his animosity
to the Russians, while the Frenchman
Immediately fraternized with them.
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Cone.

The infueneeof Greeley over the rad
icals of Congress. They don't mind him
a bit,even in pleading the cause of sound
policy. 1t would thus appear that his
going bail for jeff Davis was as bad for
him among the loyal leaguers as if he
had assisted IN clearing Andy johnson.
N. 7 Herald.
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rEPmdcnt men shrink with aversion
from ..buying law suit but it seems
our adm,nls;rationhas done even worse
and bought war.
BaEs, from whom GRANT has pur-
chased San Domingo, is a nsurper of
three years standing. and alarge portion
Of his country is, and has been during
his whole administration, in open rcbel-
lion against him The Dominican rebels
have determined not t., be bound BY the
bargain .s.,s
SrwaRp bought an iceberg and . vol
ND GRANT las bought a war
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Attachment.

G. W. Franzheim & Co., plaintiffs. Before
vs. James
Joseph Kuntz, defendant, Arm
strong, ). p. of Malaga township, Monroe
county, Ohio. On the 18th day Of January,
1870, said Justice issued an order OF. attach.
ment at my request against the property and
effects OF Joseph Koontz,an absoonding debtor
for the sum of Slo4; set for hearing March
s, 1870, at 10 o'clock a. m.
80 G. W, FKANzHEIM B co.
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GE-GEoRGE d. PRENTICE, of Ken
lucky, and ex Senator GREEN, of Mis-
souri,, have both within few days gone
to their graves.
1t is source of profound sorrow that
these eminent men impaired their .iseful
ness and shortened their lives by iiiteln-
perate habits. PRENTICE was the fore
most wit, and one of the foremost poets
in America; and GREEN was the ablest
man his State ever produced next to Tow
BEAToN.
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Proposed Reform in Our Postal
Systems,

The postmasters of the leading cities
of the country, who were recently in
convention in Washington, have address
ed a letter to the Postmaster General,
setting forth number of reforms which
they propose in the postal system. They
propose reduction of the fee for reg
lstering letters and for money orders,
that an agent of the Dead Letter Office
be located in each. large city, that the
postage on unscaled circulars and au-
thors' manuscript be reduced, that the
franking privilege be abolished, and that
the carrier system be extended.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-01

Iy Prince ARTHUR, second son of
Queen Victoria, arrived in Washington
City ON the 22d ult.. Of course all the
pretty girls will be anxious to kiss a
pr;n,.c
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Another Revolution In Mexico.

The above announcement is expected
to produce about as much astonishment
as a statement that the sun arose in the
East this morning; but this last revolu-
tion [ or at any rate it was the last up to
half-past nine. o'clock last mighty is so
much more important than usual that it
is deemed worthy to be telegraphed as a
news item.
JOHN PnGyIx, in his lecture on as
tronomy, stated that the earth perform
ed one revolution every twenty-four
hours, except in Mexico-there they
had at least three revolutions every day.
How long does the outside world pro
pose to let these marauders continue to
pillage and cutthroats under pretense Of
freeing their country.
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81 subsidies are Coed Things Give
liS IlOc4 of 'SleiN

us More of Them.
The Congressional Committee appoin-
ted to inquire into the cause of tie dc-
cline of American shipping have prepar
ed their report; but instead of stating
the cause Of the decline, which they could
have done in the six letters which spell
,'tarifl,,' they propose quack remedy.
Certain men named III the committees
bill,arc torm eight first class iron steam
ers, semi monthly. from certain ports in
this country to certain ports in Europe.
If the vessels be built in this country,
the lucky men named by the committee
are to receive six hundred thousand dol
lars, per aunum, ont of the public treas
ury; if the vessels be built in foreign
country, these men are to receive five
hundred thousand dollars, per annum,
out of the public treasury.
We are impatient to see the reasoning
hy which the. committee justify this
princcly donation of the peoples money.
The western people are inpressing need
of the facts and figures and Legitimate
differences which warrant the collection
of taxes for such schemes. 1t is high
time the farmers of the West should
4
have grab at the plumber fund, and it
will save both time and labor to have the
reasons justifying it prepared for them
by this liberal and enlightened commit
| tee
We will not be far wrong in stating
their arguments thus: Profits ON build
| ing and running iron steamers are not
among the blessings conferred by high
protective tariff; but iron steamers ought
to be built and run, and the builders and
owners should have profit On their bu,
siness therefore the builders and owners
of iron steamers sheuld receive six hun
lred thousand dollars of the peoples
money.
Now let us see how this argument will
answer the farmers purpose: Profits on
wheat raising are not among the bles-
sings conferred by high protective
tariff; No. wheat being now worth but
S5 cents per bushel in Chicago the great
grain emporium of the West. But wheat
ought to be and the wheat grower
ought to have aproft on his business
therefore the wheat grower should have
a subsidy of forty cents bushel, out OF
the peoples money. @Shbsidy,p we
may remark, being the proper financial
name for this species of larceny.
We strenuously insist that when the
committee's bill comes before the House
some Western member shall move to
amend by adding a subsidy like this:
On each bushel of wheat raised 10 cts.
s g corn 20 cts.
!" g oats % cts.
/" potatoes /" 90 cts.
/" pound of tobacco 9 3 cts.
I" !" cotton g 6 cts.
and SO on through the whole list of ag-
ricultural productions. This would give
the farmers their first haul of the money
lavished by Congress in protective tar
| ifs and subsidies.
We respectfully request any of our
Radical contemporaries to suggest rea-
son for subsidizing vessel owners which
does not apply with equal force to sub
=. 1: :..:.... IL, a.. ....,,...,.e.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the under
IN signed was, on the l6th, day Of Novem-
Der, 1863. appointed as Administrator of the
estate of John w, Barackman, decd.
feblwo. w, J. ADAMS0N.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-01

EyThe wool clip in Ohio in 1868
was 22,940,479 pounds, decrease of L.
90s,145 pounds, as compared with the
clip of 1867.
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A New County Project.

Among the absurdities developed by
the county-seat excitement in Belmont
isA project for new county, with the
county-seat at Barnesville 1t is pro-
posed to make this new county out of
portions of Belmont, Guernsey, Noble
and Monroe.
Lest this scheme should become COM
plicated with the county-scat mania
which afflcts our Belmont nelghbors it
had better be strangled in its infancy.
The Constitution of Chic, Art. II, sec.
80, says:
mo new county shallcontain less than
four hundred square miles of territory,
nor shall any county be reduced below
that amount; and all laws creating new
counties, changing county lincser reno,
Wing county seats, shall, before taking
effect, be submitted to the electors OF
the several counties to be affected there
by, at the next general election after the
passage thereof,and be adopted by ma
iority of all the electors voting at such
election, in each of said counties"
Death and taxation are not more Ger.
tain than the fact that this wild project
cannot obtain majority of the votes in
any of the counties effected. Barnes.
vile might sell ont to Bellair her votes
on the codnty-seat question in conside
ration of Bellair's vote ON the new
county question; but even this intrigue
would not gain for it one fourth of the
votes of Belmont.
But the want of adequate territory
utterly annihilates the last shadow of {
shade of ghost of a hope for the
scheme. According to the Auditor,o ,o
States Report for 1S6S
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EE- The editor of the Marietta Rcg,s-
ter is requested to curb his anger. Be
caust the SPIRIT receives ten subscribers
where the Register receives one, is no
reason why the sub, in the. absence of
SrIMsoN, should rage and write silly ar
ticles.
AS for legal advertising, the Register
and Times charge higher rates per line
than the Spirit. A legal notice was
sent to Marietta in 1867, by one Of our
attorneys. The charge was S15. The
SPIRIT charged for the same work Sl2 80.
How is that, Mr.. Register, for sup in
charges to legal advertising?" That in
quotations is. an elegant sentence; deci.
dcdly elegant. Try again.
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Belmont County kten,s.

from the Darnesvillc Enterprise, 9th ult
Belmont County raised 200, ,S02 bushels
of wheat from 1855 acres in 1868, or
an average of 1852 bushel more than
the average throughout the State.
Belmont Is one of the fifteen counties
of OHIO producing the greatest number
of bushels of oats in 1868. The pro
dnction of this County is 353,9S7 bush
els from II, ,116 acres, or an average of
25 bushels per acre. Belmont is also
the fifth County in barley, the crop of
1868 numbering 1882 bushels.
IMrRovEMEYT.-A few days of SUM-
shine last week created quite stir
among mechanics and builders Henry
kerstine is erecting two-story store
room ON part of the Mills lot, opposite
the Post-ollice. j. n Hunt is putting
up two story Drug store room on his
lot west of Burroughs lot. Several 9th
er buildings are in course of erection
and will be completed by the first Of
April next.
BURaLARY-On Tuesday evening last
the house of John Ii. Buchanan, two
miles mort Of this place was entered du-
ring the absence of the family, by a par
ty of men, who stole several articles of
value. Fifty four dollars, the hard earn
ed savings Of Mrs. Buchanan, were ia
ken from bureau drawer and a fur-cape
belonging to her sister was also carried
away. A large quantity of beef and
some canned fruit shared the same fate.
The thieves did not seem to have any
fear Of interruption,as they helped them
selves from the cupboard. The parties
who perpetrated this outrage are of
course unknown, although there is clue
which, if judiciously handled, may lead
/ to their detection. One of them left q
greasy comforter which will probably be
recognized. Mr.. Buchanan offers re
ward for the apprehension ofthe thieves.
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EgThe products of sorghum for the
last seven years have been as follows:

ES-JoHN A. BINGHAM has asked
leave to introduce, in Congress, bill
making it punishable by fine ana impris-
onment for member of any State Leg
islattre to offer resolution to rescind
the ratification of constitutional amend
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-01

EEThe championship business has
reached the climax of absurdity. Two
British ruflians, JIM MACE and Tow Al
LEN, have come over to this country to
maui each other for the championship of
America! When they have settled this
important question we suppose the same
parties will go back to England and
smash each others smellers for the cham
pionship of that country
& We believe that none Eut English
speaking nations can boast Of such an
emblem of advanced civilization as a
champions belt
1t is, therefore, probablya satisfaction
to those aspirants for fistic fame to know
that to be champion of the world one
of them will not oc required to beat the
other senseless in every country on the
earth.