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The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-08-30

GENUINE French Perfumes, Fine
Toilet Soaps, the best Combs, Brush
es, Hair Oils, and Cosmetics; the
finest Teas and pure Drugs, Medi-
cines and Druggists Sundries an al
ways be found at Nelson & Gates
Drugstore.
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SlIERIFF0S SALE.
Isaac Masters
Nancy WRIGHT ct q

Nancy Wright ct al
By virtue of a certain order of sale
issued from the Court of Common
Pleas of Ashland County, Ohio, and
to me directed, ] will offer for sale al
public auction, ct the south door of the
Court House, in Ashland, in said
county, on
Saturday, September Q, Il. ID. 1871,
at one o'clock p. M. Of said day, the
following Real Estate, situate in the
County of Ashland and State of Ohio,
to-wit Being part of the southwest
quarter of section thirty-four, Town
ship twenty five, Range seventeen, of
lands subject to be sold at Wooster, o.,
and bounded and described as follows:
commencing at a post on the. east
boundary line of said quarter, twenty
four chains and se~yenty-nine links
distant from the northeast III of
said quarter; thence south with the
east boundary line to the southeast
corner Of said quarter ; thence west
on the south boundary line to the
southwest corner of said quarter !;
thencd north along the west boundary
line of said quarter to a post twenty
four chains and seventy-nine links
distant from the northwest corner of
said quarter; thence east and parallel
with the north boundary line of said
quarter forty chains and thirty-fye
links to the place of beginning, con-
tanning 60 acres of land more or less.
Appraised at $500. Terms-cash ON
day of sale.
WIN. o. PORTER,
Sheriff of Ashland Co, O..
McCombs & Curtis, Atty for Pl1E:
August 8, l87I-5wno5.
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THE HoMIcIDE.-The unfortunate
rencounter between Benjamin N.
| Briggs and Isaac Jones resulting in
the death of the former is to be regret,
ell. A good deal of i'll feeling has ex-
listed between the parties for q long
time and finally eliminated in death.
Young Briggs is now dead and gone
TO his final account. Christian chart
ty requires that his foibles, errors
and revenges should be entombed with
his remains. That he was rash, i'm
pulsive and thoughtless is beyond dis
pute. What is Il present concern?
To guide the living-to soften and
control the fiery passions and revenses
that consume the peace of society.
How shall we do it? By speaking
kindly to the erring-by treating them
not as outlaws, bat as human beings
capable of moral Improvement. One
word of kindness will accomplish more
than a thousand blows to melt the
human heart. To understand the Sc
cret springs Of the human mind, and
to guide and goTern hayward wills re
quires deep study and reflection. We
regret TO see any human being thrust
from the world; but so long as society
is us it is, these occurrences will take
place. If encouraged, men will take
the law into their own hands, and
society will be scourged. 1t is safer
10 submit our griefs, if they cannot be
amieably adjusted, TO the courts.
Our sympathies are extended to his
grief stricken mother and other rela-
tives, and although a hayward and
sadly miSled boy, we cannot but think
if his kiudlier nature had been cultiva-
ted instead of aggravating his resent
ments, he would have beela useful
citizen.
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TIE CnoPs in Ashland county new
er looked better, OF promised a more
abundant yield, than at the present
tine. The prospect IS, indeed en-
couraging, and we may depend upon
vegetables Icing cheap the coming
winter-and within the reach of every
honest, Woodworking mechanic. The
corr has already commenced to turn a
golden hue, and before long will be
garnered up for winter use. The
wheat ana oats crops in this locality,
so tar as we can learn, are remarkably
good. The apple crop is not quite as
abundant as it has been in previous
years, though it is thought there will
be enough Tor home consumption
Therefore taking all in all, we are
blessed with a rich and bountiful har-
vest.
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BRIDGE NOTICE.

The undersigned will offer to the
lowest bidder, the building of an oak
bridge near George Palmer's, in the
southwest part of Perry township,
across the Jeromeville Fork of the
Mobican, on Tuesday, September IL,
1871, at p o'clock P. M. of said day.
J. p. Smalley
Jas. Dunlap Com'rs.
VIM. Cowan, }
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Huntsberger & Winbigler hare the
best stock of Sugars, Coffees, Teas,
Syrups, Molasses, Crockery, Queens
ware and Fruit Jars of all descriptions
which they are selling at very low fig
ures. Give them a call. They pay
the highest pr &c for Butter d Eggs.
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WE publish, this week, as an item
of news, the proceedings of the Tenn
perance Convention held at Perrys
vile, in this county, on Saturday last.
The candidates nominated are given
in the proceedings.
.S1- 48t.--
L.. Scotia Son, in the Commercial
Block, are we'll supplied with the
freshest and best groceries of all sol is,
together with fruits and vegetables of
all kinds, which they will sell at the
lowest living rates for cash. Give
their establishment a call and you will
find them up to the times.
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SEWING

Persons about to purchase a reliable
Sewing Machine will find it greatly to
their interest to examine the "Weed
Family Favorite" On exhibition at
Beers Hardware.
ALFRED NJ. SHEETS,
Travelling Agent.
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THE TRUTH-oF THE MATTER Is,
that Louis Leon, the Merchant Tail
or, is nov receiving a large supply of
clothing fresh from the East, which
he is selling remarkably lcw..
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FOR SALE.

A dwelling house in neat condition,
with a productive lot, ON Main street
Ashland. Is Convenient to the bust
ness part of town. and can be purchas-
ed at a reasonable rate. For partictt-
lars. inquire of A. NJ. Knisely. in the
Commercial Block. Aug, l4tf.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-08-30

CHappcd hands, face, rough skin.
pimples, ~ringworm. s~alt-rheum, and
their cutaneous affections, cured, and
the skin made soft and smooth, BY
using the Juniper Tar Soap made by
CAswELL, HAZARD & Co., New
York Sold by all Druggists.
notify
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Pittsburgh Market.

Wheat 81, 20-winter red 1888
winter white 1856. Corn, shelled 59c.
Oats e0c. Rye 805 Barley S5c.
Flour-white wheat $500 Red
wheatin bbls. 1926. Ohio -four 100.
Apples 400 per Dbl. Butter, ohoicey
lie. Beans 2,25. Cheese, Ohio lie.
Eggs 16c. Lard 13c. - /"
Pork, mess $500. Shoulders 10:
Hams sugar cured Lex.
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f. w. WAILACK,

Manufacturer and Dealer in BOOTS
and SHOES. Leather andSh find
ings, furnished to the trade at the low
est cash rates. Store in Citizens Bank
Building
Jan. 26, '7O-AL
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CLEVELAND MARKET.

Flour, white per brl. 1915. AM
Der, 7,50-Red 6,75.-Country white
900. Buckwheat -four, $50 to 6, 90.
Rye -four, 525 to $3.50. Wheat dull.
81, 20. Oats, 46c. Rye, 65e.
Pork.-Mess Sc. Lard, in legs
lie. Hams, smoked I5c-shoulders
Sc. Butter, 17c.:sLEggs, 1Sc.
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BIooDED PIGs.-Wm. McNulty,
of Ashland, o., has a large number
of thorough bred Magic pigs which
he has bred and raised for the improve
ment of stock. Will ship to any
point desired, per Express, &C. Q. D.(
Address, VIM, McNgLr{,
Ashland, Ohio.
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THE LADY's FRIEND FOR Soften
Der, 1S71.-The steel plate in thi,
number is the Haunted House, a very
fine moonlight picture, exquisitely cut,
aud a story accompanies it. The col
ored Fashion plate is remarkably
handsome. The music is the saddest
of all sad songs-'The long, long wea.
ry Day. the words in English and In
German; and, illustrating the senti-
ment OF the music will He Return
to Her?' leads of the literary depart
ment. There is a rich variety of sto.
rics and poems; no magazine is quite
equal to the Lady's Friend in this
point. The serial by Amanda Doug
las-A Little Money is in the best
sly lie of that popular writer; and Miss
Muzzey's continued story, Jealousy
grows intensely interesting. Wood
cuts of desirable and seasonable pat
terms must be acceptable to the ladies';
as also the designs for fancy work,
and the general interest and informa-
ton of the editorial department
Price $3.50 a year. -Four copies,
S. Five copies (and N gratis). So.
The Lady's Friend" and the 'Satur-
day Evening Post 81. Published by
Deacon & Peterson, Philadelphia
Single copies for sale by all News
Dealers. and by the publishers, price
% cents.
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SMOKERS LOOK HERE.-Nelson
q Gates have the finest lot of Smc-
king Tobaceos, and the best Cigars in
Ashland-Go and see
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WOOSTER HACK LINE

A good comfortable hack Line for the
accommodation of passengers will leave
Ashland fol Wooster, tri-weskly, leaving
Ashland Mondays, Wednesdays s. Friday,
al 8 o'clock in the morning, via Rowsbnrg
Pittsturg, Reedsburg and Jefferson
Through fare, $500
Hack also tri Weekly from Ashland to
Orange and Jack the same day. Leaving
Ashlan d Tuesdays Thursdaysand Satur-
days, F~are50cts.+
n n. WENTWORTH,
ProprietOrr.
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A man i'm Davenport, iowa, offers
fifty dollars to any man who will elope
with his wife. ~ ,ni;.e II ~
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Knott and Shot fought aduel. The
result was that they changed coudi-.
tions. Knott was shot, and Shot was
not. 1t was better to be Shot than
Knott.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-08-30

A LIVE JoURNAL-A NOTABLE
CHANGE,-Last October, Hearth and
Home passed into the hands of Messrs
Orange Judd & Co of 245 Broadway,
New York, the well known publishers
of the american 4grieadttstst-a Jour-
nal long without a rival III sterling
value and circulation. The marked
improvements then expected to APP
pear in Hearth and Home have been
fully realized. and it is now one of the
choicest illustrated journals anywhere
issued for the family circle-adapted
to both juvenile and adult people, and
meeting the special wants of the house
keeper. Besides supplying very useful
chapters for the garden and farm, and
an important news sheet, giving a val
liable resume of the news of the week,
up to the moment of issue. From
$500 to $500 worth of very fine en-
cravings beautify each weekly num-
Der. We notice now a still further
mark of enterprise on the part OF the
publishers; they have secured the ex-
elusive editorial services of Edward
Eggleston, so widely and favorably
known by his writings in Scribner's
Monthly, and many other magazines
and journals, and especially as chief
experimenting Editor of the New
York Independent for some time past.
With this notable addition to the pre-
%viously large and strong editorial force,
Hearth and Home can not fail to mer-
it and command a prominent place in
every household, in city, village end
country. Terms only So a year. Sin
gle numbers 8 cente. Hearth and
Home and the American A~gricultur-
ist together, 81 a year Better add
one or both of them to your supply of
reading; they are each worth much
more than the small cost.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-08-30

a delicate female partook Of twen-
eight different dishes at a Chicago hot
dinner.
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Ashland County Medical Society

The next meeting of this Society,
will he held at Loudonville, Ohio,
Sept. 5, 1871, at . clock P. NJ.
B. Myers, Sec'y G. Oesteslin, Pres
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. The prices of improved farms in
California are lower than they were
three years ago.
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DIR. J. NJ DILLER, cures every
case of Thick Neck or Goitre hat he
undertakes, without Inconvenience to
the patient or causing any soreness of
the skin. 4w6
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DEATH OF B. N. BRrGGs On the
afternoon of Friday, August 25th,
about ) o'clock, a pistol was fred in
tn, rear of the Grocery and Provision
store of E. L Stringer, on the corner
Of Centre and Main Streets, Ashland
Ii a few moments Benjamin n. Briggs
passed through the saloon of Charles
Merling, and staggered up Main St.
a few PAGES and fell. Several persons
Immediately repaired the spot, and
found him in a dying condition. On
examination, it was ascertained that
he had been shot in the left breast. In
a brief time life was extinct. His
body was carried into the harness shop
of G. W. Tiger, where a post norton
examination was held by J. d. Jones,
Justice of the Peace, and the follow
ing Jury j. w. Mcdowell, j. w
Springer, Charles ", Tiger, Z. Camp
bell, r. NJ. Campbell and Il. d. Clug-
sion. r
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DUN BARS .
WONDERFUL DISCOVERY
Bethesda Mineral Spring Water,
OF WAUKESHA, WIS.

r- . ID. H-E.erH 80 @. 4" aH .--Etr 2 .-
This water is the acknowledged euro
of the intractable and incara5le diseas
es known as Bright's Disease and Di
abetes. sJ - 90
Bright's Disease is fatal to the kid
ney, the body wastes away, destroys
life by starvation of the blood.
Diabetes commences with frequent
desire to pass water, great thirst, con.
stipation, loss of strength and flesh.
Astonishing cures of dropsy hare
been effected-brick, dust deposit, III
hamation of the neck of the bladder,
alkali, and gouty swellings. For the
liver it is unsurpassed. It will aflay
all inflammation of the kidney and uri-
nary organs in twenty-four hours, Civ
ing immediate relief; also, in scarlet
fever it prevents the kidneys from con
costing, and removes all traces of al
bumeneria. 1t will give relief in al!
cases of high fever.
General Agent, EDWARD P.
DUNBAR, Esq, at the Springs,
Waukesha, Wis.
Reader, ifyou are afflicted with any
of the foregoing diseases write TO the
undersigned his advice will cost you
nothing. He can, by chemical analy-
sis, possess himselfof a clear knowl-
edge of any individual case, no mat
ter of how long standing. His won
derful ACKNOWLEDGMENT MINER
AL WATER is a positive remedy for
the foregoing ailments. 1t has never
failed to do what he claims for it,
wherever used. This water has the
same good effect at the remotest pant
of the country that it has at the Springs;
1t never loses a particle of its medicin.
al qualities by package or transporta-
ton. Directions how to use the Wa
ter. Particulars will accompany each
package ordered. Address
RICHARD, DUNBAR,
335 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Washington, D. c.,
Or EDWARD p. DUNBAR, General
Manager at the Springs, Waukesha,
Wisconsin.
Ras~ Agents wanted everywhere:
June IA, 1S71-3mno49.
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Icons Cutter always gives salts
faction.
A Chippewa chief, who visited Chit
cage lately, pronounced the weather
"big hot" T. ssat -o
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SUCCESS ENTRAORe
rs DlNARY .a.
= ..tcH
The Highest Hopes
Realized.
Louis Leon

In beginning thesscond year ofhis business
in Ashland, and desires to express his thanks
for the liberal patronage bestowed
upon him during the past year. Through
honorable dealing, low prices, and excel
lent qualities of Goods sold, he has succeed
ed in building up a Trade in one year,
which generally takes years of labor to OBJ
tain.
AS in the past, he will continue to me,lt
the appreciation and patronage ofthe people
of Ashland County, and for that purpose he
has now realized one of the largest Stocks of
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II TESTIMONY.

THE TESTIMONY
The following is the testimony OF
the Witnesses examined before John
d. Jones which was reduced to wri-
ting:
DR.. j. p. Cowan stated that he was
Il physician and resided in Ashland.
Had examined the wound upon the
body of Benjamin n. Briggs, now
deceased, and found that the cause OF
his death was a ball shot from a pis-
toll or gun. The ball entered the left
breast between the third and fourth
ribs, and passed. a little downward
through the left lung. lie saw him
before he was dead after he received
the wound, and saw him die.
DIR. Il. C. Kinnaman stated that
h. was a physician and a resi- lent OF
Ashland. Heard a pistol shot about
5 o'clock, and Immediately after saw
Benjamin n. Briggs at the corner OF
Main and Centre streets, and found
that he was wounded in the left breast
by a ball passing between the third
and fourth ribs, and in his opinion, q
little downward aud through lie left
lung He died inside of ten minutes
after 1 heard the pistol shot. l think
his death resulted from the wound.
rlG-0esierlir stated that he wa,
4 physician and resided in Ashland.
Had examined the wound OH the body
OF Benjamin n. Briggs, and found
that nc had been shot by pistol OIL
gun-the bail entering between the
third and fourth ribs, passing through
the left lung ana touching the heart,
which wound no doubt caused his
death.
William Ralston stated that he
resided in Ashland, and was Mayor
of the village. That about ) O'Clock
this afternoon, Isaac jones came to
my place of business, called me by
name and said, Il have shot Jim
Briggs, l give myself up and there is
the pistol 1 done it with 5" and hand.
ed me the pistol which l now have
He also told me hat he went into G.
Merling's grocery and drank a glass
of beer, and Briggs commenced calling
him names. After he drank he re-
tired from the grocery through the
back door and Briggs pursued him
into the yard repeating the offensive
names, Jones still retreating from the
door and Briggs following him. He
said he shot Briggs in self defence
Benjamin N. Briggs, the deceased,
has generally went by the name of
Jim" Briggs.
THE VERDICT.
The Jury found that Benjamin N,
Briggs, whose body was found on the
corner of Main and Centre streets in
the village of Ashland, on the 25th
day Of August, A. D., 1871, came to
bis death from a wound in the left
breast between the third aDd fourth
ribs, caused by a ball shot from q
pistol by one Isaac Jones, which caus-
ed the immediate death of the said
Benjamin n. Briggs
EXAMINATION OF JONES.
On the 26th, a preliminary exam
ination was held before Robert Nc
Murray, Justice of the Peace, when,
upon a full hearing of the testimony,
the Justice decided that the shooting
was in self defence, and discharged the
defendant from further custody.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-08-30

There are now upwards of thirty
thousand postoffices in active opera
ton sthroughout the -Dnited States,
the exact number being 30,O45. This
is an increase in the last sdecade oil
nearly two thousand. mostly all credi-
ted to the Western States. aE
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A railroad conductor being asked
why they locked the stove. replied
that it was to prerent the fire from
going out lie would he a first-elass
man for a New York murder jury.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-08-30

DO you know who / anig said a
p~oliceAoficer TO a fellow whom he
> had seized by the throat. Not X
actly, sir, but I reckon you are the
malignant collarer.'
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g We call attention of our readers to
the advertisement # Louis Leon III
another column lie sells good cheap;
deals honestly with his customers, and
advertises freely Give him a call
and our word for it, you will get bar
gains. EE I
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We give below, a copy of a letter
received a few days since, by a firm
in this place. 1t is a touchin' epistle.
AUGUST the 81
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A typo made US last night use the
expression, 'bIttered thunder That
Is a sort of thunder of which, up to
last night we had not heard. The
word should have been .niuttered :
London Advertiser. -
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u A boy bawling in the street was
asked the cause of his trouble. and
replied: Il want my ANN I; that's
what's the matter. l told the darned
thing she'd lose me-" -H
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1Are the jury agreedF asked the
Judge of a coGrt attache, whom he met
ON the stairs with a bucket IN hand
1.Yes, rep,ied Patrick, They have
agreed to send out for half a gallon
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1wneS
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'''ia7' "a couple of Belgian giants said a
Yankee contemporary, ARE now IN
the city for the purpose of exhibition
they arc 50 long that it takes two
DAYS to exhibit them.'ag
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49, The War Department has ordered
two batteries Of artillery from Mary
land to Raleigh, North Carolina. j.
this because a Republican Convention
is about to be held in that Slate, from
which il is deemed necessary TO ex-
clude all anti-G rant Republicans?
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ASHLAND PRICE CURRENT
CORRECTED WEEKLY By
SJ6FER g. G

Pest End0f Mar Street, Ashland, 6
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3 ..i: &u ~
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prisoner has a very smooth
-countenahce." eyes, he was ironed
just before he was brought in"
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BREVlTIEs.

Grapes are plenty in market
! No fair in Ashland this fall.
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Dress.

l know of thousands of parents
who have received from God a child,
and then they turn the young i'm
mortal into dressmaker's doll! AS
if God had not made the little Gre
ature beautiful enough, they must
overload it with upholsterings of
silk and laces, and then torture its
graceful freedoms into the tongs
and screws of arbitrary fashion.
On certain Sabbath these parents
brought their children to church,
and formally devoted them to the
Lord in baptism. But all the rest
of the time they are cOnsecrating
their offspring to that other trinity
fashion, finery and folly! l tell you
that this overdressing of the body
strikes through into the heart. 1t
poisons the mind with affectations
and most unchildlike greed of adj
miration and vain-glory. How can
a stop be ever put to the crop of
fops and fashionists, if children are
to be trained into foppery and cox
combery from their cradles? How
can our children be taught self-de-
nial, frugality, humility and spirit
ual-mindedness while their graceful
forms are smothered under the ar
tificial trappings of pride and eN-
travagance?-Iheo. L. CayZer.