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PHILADELPHIA.

July 19.-Wool in active demand at
an advance Of 1a2c. The improvement
was most marked on combing and fine
fleece. Ohio double extra aud above,
50a57c; Ohio extra SOC; Ohio ! blood
45c; Ohio medium 4Sc; Indiana tub 50a
54c; combing Ohio 52a63c; unmer
chantable Ohio, fine 42a47Ic; unwash-
cd Ohio 32c; unwashed Ohio, t blood,
33c.
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The Stealn Washer


CTEaM has long besn knnwn a. the most
y powerful agent in removing dirt. GREASE
and stains from clothing, and bleaching them
white. Paper-makers have for many years
used steam in cleaning and bleaching thsif
rags. and they succeed in making. by its
agency, the ilthest piokings frem the gutter
perfactly pure and white. Until the inven-
tion of
The Steam Washer, or Wumau's
Friend,
although often attempted, no method had
been discovered of applying steam directly
to the clothing, which could be used in
profitable manner for domestic purposes.-
The WOMAN'S FRIEND washes without la.
Dor. 1t will do the washing OF an ordinary
family in thirty minutes to an hour. The
STEAM WASHER is superior to all other d..
vices, for the following reasons:
1st. 1t does its own work, thereby saving
a large portion Of the time usually taken in
family.
2. It uses much less soap than is required
by any other method.
3. u requires no attention Whatever whils
the process of cleaning is going on. A lady
can do her washing while she Is eating her
breakfast and doing up the breakfast Dishes.
4. Clothing wears double the time, washed
| in this WASHER, that it will washed By q
machine or by hand labor, or q washboard.
.. Lace curtains and all fine fabrics. are
washed in a superior manna For flannels it
this Washer is most desirable, as 1t will mot
full them as machine OF haud-rubbing doesk
All fabrics, from the finest lace to bed
blanket, can be washed perfectly, and with
ease, without the rubbing board.
II Is traly Lttbor and tgoties-saoing Inceation.
could give thousands of certificates as 70
merits, but none Can be satisfied until they
see it in operation. 1t only needs to be seen
to be appreciated.
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MICHAEL STINE'S ESTATE.

NJ OTlCR is hereby given, that the subscri-
IN Der has been appointed Administrator
of the estate of Michael Slime late of Monroe
county, deceased,
july s, IS73-w3, BENJAMIN STINR.
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Delinquent Taxes tor 1872, Re-
turned by the County Treasurer
as Unpaid, at the August Settle
meni, 1878.

The following exhibits the amount Of
unpaid taxes, of 1S72,as returned to the
Auditor, by the County Treasurer, to
June 20, 1873:
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Advertising and Job Work.

All Advertising and Job Work will be
executed in a workmanlike manner, at
rates as low as the same can be done for
at any other country office.
TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Single copy l ear..................."s2 90
g months. ............. l 90
Postage paid By the Pujlisher-20 cents
per gear, from July l, 1873.
Single copy ] year."................Sl 81 30
d" 6 months. 70
Postage paid By the. subscriber--20 cents
per year from July l, 1873.
Clubs of 10. or more, each....... Isl so
JERE. WILLIAMS, EDITOR.
HENRY r. WEST, PUBLISHER.
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WILLIAM SIMMERAL'S ESTATE

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber
" has been appointed Administrator of the
estate of William Simmeral, late of Monroe
county, deceased. ii. B. HILL.
July %, lS73-w3.
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From J. W. S. Wayne township letter in the
SPIRIT of the 22d instl

sTHE SPIRIT has a great many firm
friends down here. We admire the
course that you have adopted-that is
Of exposing frauds wherever and
whenever detected; and we are determ
ined to stand by you as long as you
continue to battle for our rights as you
have been doing in the past. We con-
slider The SPIRIT one Of the best pa
pers published in the State"
The past and present course of the
SPIRIT is heartily indorsed by nine
tenths of the Democracy Of Monroe
County, Neither threats nor blandish-
ments have had the effect of causing us
to swerve from our purpose to expose
corruption where-ever,and whenever,d dis
covered.
We thank our young Democratic
friend of Wayne for his outspoken
words of encouragement, and shall la
Dor to merit his continued approval, as
well as that of hundreds of our friend;
in every township in the county.
| UTitt6u lut0plIiI VI LSuOCioSy.l
Malaga Items. a.E
MALAGA, MONROE Co., OHIo.(
.aT July 25, 1873. I
ED. SPIRIT: On Wednesday, the 23C
inst, the proposals for making Mead
amized read from here to the Belmon
County line about seven .eighths of
mile,) were opened at Commissions
Armstrong's Office. = ~
The grading was awarded to W. G
Mann and St. Clair Mann for S490.
The furnishing and breaking the stone
was given to Thomas Fowler and John
Truax for $500.
Spreading stone and putting in cul
verts not let. The Southern terminus O
the pike is to be opposite the Bishop
House.
A band of Gipsys camped mill
south of here last week and part of this
They had s or 10 wagons and about 81
horses. The men dealt in horses ant
the women in telling fortunes The.
canvassed the neighborhood pretty thor
oughly, starting out in The morning ant
returning in the evening with wagol
load Of hay, oats, corn, aud provision
for the table, including pies, cooked
meats, &c. / am satisfied these womel
procured subsistence for themselves ant
horses, and money beside by telling foI
tunes. 1t is remarkable how much su
perstition exists in enlightened neigh
borhoods. H
They did not park their train in OIL
der, aud their policing was not suGicien
for permanent camp, or one Of seve
raj weeks occupancy The romance o
nomadic life was evidently secondar,
to business with them.
The grass crop in this immediat
neighborhood is larger than last year
A little clover was lost by reason of to
much wet weather.
The wheat is good in quality and {
fair yield.
The oats crop will be large.
! Tobacco, potatoes and corn promising
We suggest that if the Jennings boy
be found in Monroe County. they be nc
handed over to any Vigilance Commi
tee. Let this county veto mob law.
ITEMIZER.
from the Noble County Republican,
LARGE CALF-J. G. Warnecke, Esq
of Harrietsville, is the owner of thre
fourth blood Durham calf, six month
old that weighs over six hundre
4 pounds. Mr. Warnecke is q little prou
of this calf, and well he may be, for a
i though we have good stock in this couI
ty, we doubt whether there is anotht
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This is the Best Hotel in Baracsctllc

n UESTS will find the best accommodation
" a: this Hotel, and no pains will be spared
to make them comfortable.
Hacks leave the Hotel every morning 70
Wooisfeld.
Carriages and drivers furnished travellers
at all times. julyl,ls73-f,
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from the Noble County Republican.

From the Noble County Republican,.
LARGE CALF. G. Warnecke, Esq,
of Harrietsville, is the owner of a three
fourth blood Durham calf, six months
old that weighs over six hundred
pounds. Mr., Warnecke is a little proud
of this calf, and well he may be, for al.
though we have good stock in this coun
ty, we doubt whether there is another
calf, equal to this one.
Mr.. Ii. BoDE, of Bethel township
purchased the aforesaid calf, paying
therefor S22 II weighed 626 pounds
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New York.

july 23.-Wool in fair request and
steady: extra Michigan 46a474e; do
nestle combing 6Oc; Texas 2Sa3l1c;
pulled 40a45c.
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LOCAL.
Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad.
CENTRAL OHIO DIVISION.
Trains Leave Harnesy7iEe

GoINe EAsT-S.56 A. NJ; i20 P. NJ; 654 p. NJ
CONG .WEsT-922 a, NJ; 1858 P. NJ: 7.25 p NJ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-01-28
A New State.

Colorado knocks at the door right
sharply for admission as a State
The bill introduced in the House is
accompanied by report which states
that the proposed new State con-
tsins z 100000 acres of public land
subject TO cultivation, is unsurpassed
as a grazing country, and has i'm
mense deposits of iron ore, with q
water-power unequalled in the Union.
1t is larger than New Eugland and
the State of Ohio. 1t has five rail-
roads entering Denver, 400 miles Of
complete railroad, 200 in course of
construction, and 500 projected. The
census of 1870 shows population of
go 900, six colonies having been To-
Gated eince the census was taken.
The actual voting population is be-
ieved to be over 10000. Although
the present population is below the
ratio fixed by law, the report be-
lieves it will be quite suffic ent by
the time The State is admitted. The
Territory has no debt, and levied no
taxes last year,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-01-28
Geological Survey of Wisconsin.

We believe that Wisconsin is des-
tined to be the greatest mineral pro-
ducing state of the Northwest. IL
contains iron, lead, zinc and copper,
and what is needed is capital to raise
and smelt these ores.
But how shall we induce men OF
capital to use il here IN hunting for
minerals unless we have geological
surveys made? II man visits OF her
states to seek minerals, he finds
maps of the state and specimens of
it's mineral resources, so he can go to
work inte!Iigently.
Wisconsin ought not to be behind in
this matter. The time has come for
a thorough geological survey of Wis.
consin. There is no Investment rha'
would pay better dividend, for it
would bring to light ore deposits
which would draw taxable wealth
and population about them. Manu-
featuring villages and cities would
furnish markets for agricultural pro-
ductiOns, and we should save the i'm.
mense expense now incurred in pay
ing transportation on what we sell
aud what we buy.
Appropriations for this survey
should be liberal. An attempt to
make cheap survey is waste of
money. IL should be done thorough
" or not at all State Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-01-28
Surveyor General Dewey.

The Yankton papers note the ar
rival of Hon. w. P. Dewey, the now
Surveyor General Of Dakota. The
Press says:
Hon. w. P. Dewey, who succeeds General
Beadle as Surveyor General of Dakota, ar
rived in Yankton on Saturday evening last,
and on Monday took possession and entered
upon the duties OF his office. He has fnrmed
a very favorable opinion OF Dakota, notwiih-
standing the occasional severity of our winter
storms, and as soon as he can close up hts
business matters IN Wisconsin, which will BE-
early in spring. will remove his family here,
and make his permanent home among us.
We are pleased 10 learn that he has met a
cordial welcome from our citizens, and with
the rest we give him our kindest wishes.
The Union has the following:
This gentleman arrived in our city Satur-
day evening, Jan. 70, having been detained
several days in Iowa by the recent severe
storm. On Monday the office Of Surveyor
General was delivered 10 him by Gen. Bea-
die, and Mr.. Dewey entered upon the dis
charge OF its duties. tie makes a favorable
Impression upon all as gentleman Of ability.
courtesy and business capacity, and will
doubtless I'LL the office accepabIy, improving
# possible upon the fine efficiency which has
marked the office under his predecessor. lie
expresses himsef delighted with our country,
is enthusiastic over the beauty of our city
ana lands and preiicts great prosperity for
US in the imme late future. We welcome
Mr.. Dewey and sholl be happy 10 we come
The many good people who are to follow his
example IN thus transferring their fortunes 10
our attractive region.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-01-28
Money Matters.

Are we to have better times 10 the
future? The question is thus
answered by the EUening Wisconsin,
The indications are hourly grow
ing stronger that the severe none
tary stringency of 1872 il passing
way, and will be followed by gre, /
ease il 1873 The Bank of England
which may be considers the com
mercial thermometer of the monetary
condition of the world, has reduce,
It's rate of interest to per cent. A
one time in the Autumn of ~ tn
bank directors raised the rate TO
per cent, which il extraordinary il
terest in England.
A large portion of the monetal
strIngency Of '72 was undoubtedl
caused by the paymen of the emo,
nous sums Of gold TO Germany b
France as the war ind unity Tha
clearly created serious disturbance H.
London, the financial center of the
world. through which m, at of the ex
changes for the payment of the in
demnlty were to be effected But a.
the greater portion Of the French in.
demnlty is paid, there can be no dis
turbance from that source during the
current year From July TO January
the foreign markets were in a grea
measure closed to the negotiations Of
American Railway bonds, because
foreign capitalists regarded the
French loan of 6 per cent, which
could be oetained at 95. IA more desl.
rable. Bot capital il again accum-
ulating in London, and the reduction
TO 4 per cent, shows that il is diff
cult to obtain good securities at i
higher rate ofinterest. The inereas.
ing ease in London. has produced d
similar effect in New York and
gradually the same Influence is being
felt thr' ughout all the commercial
cities in the United States.
M0Dev continues exceptionally
close in Chicago. because the rebuild
ing OF gr' at city has necessarily
caused an unprecedented demand for
capital. SILL, even there the rates
have fallen from two per cent, to one
per cent per month.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-01-28
Judge Villas Juror Bill.

Judge Villas has introduced in our
State Legislature bill 10 provide
hat jurors shall no. be excluded
from the trial Of causes for possess
ing ordinary intelligence, and to pre-.
serve the purity of the jury box"
The title contains good hit at the
Old fogy practice which now prevails
The bill is as follows:
Section l; Any person who shall
seek the position Of a juror, or shall
ask any altorn Y or other officer OF
he cour, or other person, to secure
his selection as juryman, shall be
deemed gull y Of contempt of court
and may be fined not exceeding
twenty dollars, aud shall be disquali-
fed from serving as juror for lha,
term and such fact shall be stuff
cient grour ds of challenge.
Sec. 2 Any attorney or party t.
suit pending for trial at such term
who shall request or solicit the pIac-
log OF any person upon jury, shall
DO deemed guilty of contempt OF
court, and may be fined not exceed
ing one hundred dollars and the
person so sought to be put upon the
jury, shall be di-qnaIii ID to rerge as
Il juror at that term of court
Sec. 3 Nojuror shall be render
ed incompetent nor shall II be cause
of challenge, becau'e he has formed
an opinion in criminal case, found-
ed on runner of newspaper reports
provided he can answer the follow
ing iuLerrogations in the Affirmative
which shall be propounded by or OIL
der the direction Of the court, to- vii:
/. Could you, notwithstanding the opinion
you have formed, decide this case according
10 the evidence AMI the law as il NAV be
given to you BY the court, and render an i'm
partial verdic; between the people and the
accused ?
?. Could you, from what you have heard
or read about thus case (if asked the question:,
consclenlIouSlY say whether the accused IS
guilty or not. before hearing the evidence
B. Would what you have heard or read
about this case affect your mind one way OF
tie other, in deciding il, after you shall have
heard the evidence?
4. Have you now any prejudice in your
mind, from what you have heard or read,
against the accused
>. Could GU decide this case as fairly
and imparilaIly, under the evidence, as if YOU
had hot heard or had not reao anything about
Il?
Section 4. This act shall be in force from
and alter lie passage aud publical ion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-01-28

CREDIT MoBILIER.-A resolution
has passed the House of Representa-
lives which provides for conducting
no Credit Nobllier investigation
with open doors. The committee
having this investigation in charge
have hitherto conducted their pro-
ceediugs ia secret. In this connect
ion another resolution was PASSED,
rec,ting the fact that the Union Pa.
oidc Railroad Company is deiaulter
TO the Government in the sum of So,
337 1876 for interest paid on its bonds,
and that the inability of the compa-
ny TO pay such interest has been &C.
oasoned mainly by emo rmous sums
paid illegally aud frauduIently to the
Credit Mobilier Company, and there.
fore directing the suit to DO bro ught
against the lsttor company and its
individual stockholders to recover
such interest due the Government.
Aud third resolution was passed
for another secret committee of five
70 inquire whether any stockholde RS
Of the Credit MobiIier hold bonds of
the Union Pacific Railroad Compa-
ny, and whether they obtained them
for valuable confederation, eto.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-01-28
Estate of Tenant.

SNTArE or WISCONSIN,, - Probate once
Grant County. So Lancaster jan IS ISL.
In the matter OF tie Pr Of and Probat. of he las
viii and testament OF VIM. Tenant, deceased lat
Of the county Of Grani
Whereas instrument in writing purporfing 20 b
the last viii and testament ofw iliar Tenant d..
ceased late ofthe county OF Grant has been Fl ed ii
this Office and whereas application has beeu made b.
Nancy T~nnant praying that the same b. D. oven aut
admitted probate according the laws ofthi4 State
Therefore, Il is ordered that said application b,
heard before the Probate Office IN the village
Lancaster ia said County, Wednes ay the 18th da,
Of Febrasry. A. D ls73 at O'Clock VI
And II Is further ordered that notice shall be giver
10 persons crested in said Will o: he time aud
place Of said hearing, by publication IN the a.e-.
Herald, newspaper printed in said county for three
successive weeks each week prior TO the time o.
such hearing.
BY the Court IS VS. WM McGONlGAL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-01-28
Senator Timothy o. Howe.

A Madison ponden Of the
Milwaukee Sentinel, gives an inter
esting sketch of the life of Senator
Senator Howe, and closes with the
following personal illusions:
perhaps it will be interesting and
not inappropriate to close this short
and imperfect sketch of Senator
Howe. by brief allusion to some of
the prominent politicians of the stat e
who were his friends his colleagues
and his opponents In touching up
on this subject my pen naturally
writes the name of one who did
more to place Howe where be il to-
day than any other person-Hon
Horace Rublee now our Minister to
Swi zsrand While editor of the
State Journal fer sixteen years, be
was from first to last mis- firm and
steadfast friend and ally, in which
course he was ably seconded by bis
experienced associate and senior.
General Atwood. Especially was
this true during the intense excite,
ment that followed the Glover rescue
trial, and the State rights argument
by Byron Paine and the legal opin o.
i'm Of Judge A. D. Smith. The
Journal was the only paper in the
State of decided anti-slavery procliv-
tiles and Independence of character
that was not tainted with the heresy
of State rights, but it stood by Howe
all through the heated and acrimon-
Gus discussion, until be was elected
and the other side was furnished
with light enough to from the lurid
glare of the rebellion TO enable it TO
see deeper into the Constitution of
the country than it had ever done
before. Rublee stood to Howe in
the same relation that Thurlow
Weed bore TO William Ii Seward
B tn bad good men 10 handle both
could get the public ear through
their Journals, and both men were
made great and useful by the power.
ful agency of their editorial friends
OF the others, exc 1vernor- Bars.
tow, Randall. and Harvey, Judges
Wilton and Byroa PANE and A d
Smith and Jonathan E .Arnold are
dead. She' man NJ Booth, who was
the ablest journalist and the best
platform orator of the day, has left
the state. Judge Noggle is dispense
ing justice, If not correct orthogra-
ply, "a Chief Justice of the far-away
territory of Idaho. Matt. II. Car
penter, who defended Barstow, and
was against Howe in that celebrated
case, has turned from the error IT.
political ways and has entered upon
a career in the Srnate and the Unit
ed States Supreme Court too brill
liant and recent to need biographer
in me. HIS star has not yet reached
The zenith of its power and glory,
Dooiittle, alas, has fallen out OF the
way, and the great army in which
he was once a hOnored captain goes
marching proudly on without him
la remembrance of the good be has
done let the mantle of charity be ex-
tended TO cover his mistakes RYAN
is still bale aud hearty, and as able |
and pugnacious as of yore. Holt1n |
has "put away ambition" and Pot |
ter, the MODEST Roman OF them all.is
on his farm, in the vigor of mature |
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-01-28
The Days Of Creation.
Rye HusHRY.

As there are still few fossil re .
Iigionists in the world who lack for
the education sufficient TO ena-
bic them to read and comprehend
the simplest statements of facts, pr D
fess TO believe and publicly teach
that the days" of creation were
such as are at present indicated by a
revolution of the earth on it's axis. a
few SIMPLE statements may not be
out of place.
10 the first place, the scrip;uI es
say ain the beginning God created
the heavens and the EARTH" but in
no way indicate the time of said be.
ginning which, for aught we know.
may have been millions of years ago,
which was probably the case. Chro.
nology computes six thousand years
since the creation OF man, but care
not presume to even estimate the age
of the world on which he lives.
Then Moses tells US that in the be.
ginning "the earth was witbont
form &c." therefore in a nebuIous
state, tas all solids have form) and
would require a long period to crys-
taltze into solid globe, and scrint-
ure evidence is rwhelmingly in
favor of such transfer m alton, so that
both the Bible and science disprove
the twenty four hour hypothesis.
BE II also remembered that the sun
was not created until the fourth ddv
and consequeI tly there could be 20
such evening and morning as now
succeed each other it the primal dav
began at sunset, as | have heard
some very knowing people affirm
what about the beginning of the
three days before the sun either rose
or set
1t il perfectly plain to even ty-
no in Biblical study that the term
day is frequently used in scripture 0
represent an indefnite period Of du.
ration.--instance the following ex
amples I'm the day thou eatest
thereof thou shalt surely die; bnt
Adam survived his transgression al,
least nine hundred years. therefore
either death is not the extinction of
conscious being, Or day NAV EN-
brace period of nine centuries; no
amount Of prattlc or sophistry can
barmoniZe the two. The reader may
take either horn of the dilemma, but
# he is a ltertlist he other will
surely pierce him through.
Again the good B Jok reads "In six
days God created the heavens and
the earth" then again in Gen. III (
it says I'm the day that the Lord
God made the earth and the heavens"
here we see that "six days" and "the
day" are used interchangeable; what
becomes of the twenty -four hour
theory? Are six times twenty. four
Synonymous with once that number?
or Is the term day used in scripture
as 10 common parance with som,
degree of latitude?
But what seems most singular Is
the fact shat the greatest stickler-
t. r the heory we have cOntroverted
interpret day in the prophetic. of
Daniel and the Revelations of John
70 mean whole year. By what par
ity OF reasoning must the term day
have always specific meaning in
one part of the Bible while in anoth.
er it may represent twelve months
or "a thousand years
Finally the Lord "ended his work
and rested on the seventh day."
Now if be "ended his work." he has
heen resting ever since, therefore the
seventh day is an indefinite period
whatever the others may have been