The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-09-02
LOCAL..
New Advertisement.

FREE OF CHARGE.
Tax Notice, WIN. READ.
ECleap, well washed wool is SELL
ing in Wheeling at 45 cents.
RThe track on the Fair Ground is
in first-rate condition.
EThe law firm of briggs & HoEF.
FLER has been dissolved.
@The Union school in this place
will open on Monday, the 18th inst.
WMr. john MORRIS has our thanks
for a basket of excellent apples.
EEA notice to teachers will be
foupdin this issue. IS b
EFThe Woodsfield Brass Band sere-
naded at the residence Of Mr.. w. T.
MORRIS, on Thursday evening last.
1TOur thanks are due Hon. j. O..
AMOS for the.frst, volume of the Geo.
logical Survey of Ohio.
ET The County Commissioners met
in regular session yesterday, the lst
inst. 's@ ~
RSenator THURMAN speaks in
Woodsfeld, on Thursday afternoon, the
11th day of September. Ig
w Judge CHARLES FoLLETT speaks
in Woodsield, on Thursday, the 11th
day of oftSeptember. f1o'a e
EgCome to the Fair on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, the 9th, 10th
and 11th days of September.
Mrs. Cook has had new paling
fence made in front of her lot on Main
street, in the North end of town.
EMr. W. T. MORRIS had paling
fence made along his lot, running East
from his residence, last week.
wA Durham calf in Morgan coun.
tysweighed $40 pounds when one year
old.
E Our first and fourth pages con-
tain variety of interesting reading
matter.
@The amount of school money
drawn from the County Treasury during
the past year, was S49,649 II.
DdEDl-on Friday, August 22d, 1878,
Mrs. ELIzAAETH FRANKLIN AMOS, wife of
JOHN NJ. Amos, of Caldwell, Ohio.
AEWe return thanks to A. G.. MIL.
LFR, R,aPresiGlent of the Agricultural So
ciety, for Complimentary tickets.
sEWe have added the names OF
over Six Hundred new subsCri-
bers 10 our list since the 9Th day
OF May.-E
HA telegraph line from Woodsfeld
to Barnesvilie is talked of. A number
of farmers have agreed to donate poles
and deliver them along the route.
EThe Dramatic Entertainments to
be given the first and second evenings
of the Fair, win richly repay those who
attend.
DIED-On the 26th ult, in this town.
ship, MINNIE, daughter of JOHN and
MARY E. sHENTHoRN, aged 2 months and
16 days.
wOn Monday of last week, a Mr..
EDGAR had his finger torn off by the
master wheel of threshiug machine,
at Mr.. VESTS, in Washington township.
EECHARLEY LAUENsTEIN has gone
to New York, where be will procure a
.skilful assistant to aid him in carrying
on his growing business. sS
EwThe posters for the exhibitions
of the Woodsfeld Amateurs, the first
and second evenings of the Fair, were
:printed at the SPIRIT cffiee,
EEDr. Foster has declined Che Mar.
shalship of our Fair. because profess
iional duties prevent him giving it his
E#A barrel of GILL's Ground Plas
ter will be on exhibitionsat our Fair. Il
is~feeommeHded as an excellent~fert
izer. KETTERER & MORRIS Agents.
EE Senator THURMAN and Judge
FoLLETT will address the people, at the
Fair Grounds, on Thursday, the. It'll
day of September, immediately after
the close Of the Fair. ~ -
@A man, named ELISHA, MAY, &
resident of Powhattan Point was strick
en- with Palsy, On the Dist ult., and dice
on the 23d, and was buried at Claring
ton on the 24lh ult. sz.easF@
E8lThe brick pavement ins front O
the conftlhoase has been torn up. j
will be replaced by a substantial stone
pavement. Mr.. T. D. LITTLE has ths
contract. Fsta kFrs os,e' ssfl
ns. ii Hr,.
CLARA HATCHER, of Malaga, star
about the 1st inst, to Wheeling to at
tend school at the Roman Catholic Sem
mary. ----n~-s
re- Our circulation is steadily in
creasing The energetic manner il
which our friends are canyassing, will
run our list up to 2OOO copies by th'
Ist day of January.
The posters for the meeting or
Thursday,the 18th, were printed at ths
SpIKIT Office. They have been distrib
uted over the county, and we hope
those to whom they have been sent, will
post them up: =
EFAn advertisement of Prof, MAR
TINS Select School at Antioch, will b.
found in this issue. This is one of tn,
best schools in the county :, and Prot
MARTIN ranks as one of the finest in
structors in this part Of Ohio, -,
TThe County Treasurer's tax no
tice appears in this issue Of the SPIRIT
The Treasurer did not authorize it pub
hshed in the SPIRIT, he being q stock
holder, and Treasurer of the other pa
per; but we shall publish it the time +,
quired by law, free of expense.
re One of the seundest Democrat
in Monroe, and a warm friend of tn
SPIRIT forwarded US subscribers las
week, and closed his letter in this wise
"The people will sustain the pape
that fearlessly exposes fraud and cor
ruption, wherever found"
EMr. T. A. LAMPING, of New Mat
amoras, has been nominated for tn
Office Of County Commissioner, by th
Democracy of Washington County.
Mr.. LAMPING was Commissioner il
Monroe for three years, and performe'
the duties satisfactorily. .s az
HE Attention is invitnd To the lax