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County Correspondence.
Written for The Spirit of Democracy
On tie Ohio River Continued.
BY AN OLD SETTLER

We were proceedingon our way to Fish
ing Creek when our attention was direct
ed across the river, about opposite the
mound last spoken Otto the written rock
on the upper enc of the farm known as the
Frail place, now owned by A R. Bridge
man. Abouta mile below Baresville was
alarge flat rock upon which were num-
ber of footprints of beasts and animals,
birds and human feet and hands, suppos
ed to have been cut in the rock by Jndi-
ans The rock has since been used for
building purposes.
The lower part of Fishing Creek bot
tom was originally owned by Jol,nDoolin
and the upper part by Proctor their titles
date back to IT'S.
Doolin Creek and Proctor Creek are
named after these first settlers. The Doo-
lin family were all massacred oy the Indi-
ans, near where Martinsville now stands,
except one little girl who was carried off
by the Indians, hut afterwards rescued by
the whites
About mile below Fishing Creek we
come to the old Belmont and Washington
County line, between sections 21 and %
this was the boundary line between those
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Row They Settle Differences Be-
tween Gaentlemen In France.

New YORK, July 21.-Writing from
Paris, July 9th, correspondent says ::
Paul De Cassagnac has returned from
his campaign in the Luxembourg coun
try, not much the worse for his bout
with Ranc, for he was able to write a
sharp attack on the Legitimists in the
LIE Pays of this evening.
Cassagnac won the toss for arms with
an old louis which he carried next his
chaplet, but lost the toss for places, and
had the sun slightly in his eyes. The
two adversaries were placed eighteen
yards apart with leave to advance
Cassagnac advanced three parts OF the
distance ard then Rsnc stepped forward
and the pair crossed swords.
At the first bout Cassagnac was woun-
ded just above the glove, but it was
recognized the hurt was slight. Fight
ing was recommended, and good deal
of scientific fencing ensued. The sec
onds wished the combatants to rest, but
Cassagnac, fearing his wound might
stiffen, refused, and he contented him
self with emptying the blood out of his
sleeve. Twice the adversaries came to
close quarters, but it was only at the
fifth bout that Ranc was wounded deep.
ly iE the arm, which seems to have
stopped Cassagnac's weapon from doing
worse mischief Gambetta, who was
confident his friend would kill the I'm
perialist hero, spent Monday at Thion
vile, and went to see Ranc directly af
ter the duel
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A Neat Lille Game.

SIMON CAMERON has been visiting
GRANT at lsong Branch, and things are
about fixed up in a manner worthy oil
CAMERON.
GRANT wants third term but approx.
ing the salary grab appears to impede
bis designs. This difficulty, it is said.
is to be obviated in highly ingenious
manner, and in such way as not to in
terfere with the extra hundred thousand
dollars which he took by that little job
He is to lead off powerfully in favor
of the repeal Of the law, and thus rein
state himself with the plundered tax
payers. Then,as under the Constitution
the Presidents salary cannot be dimin.
ished during his term he will 90 on draw
ing his own extra pay as usual, while he
will enjoy the proud satisfaction of bam.
hoozling Congressman out of theirs.
1t would be pity if so skillful a con.
triyance should at last fail to work or
account Of being so thin that people car
see through it. ..,
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France.

VERSAILLES. July aI.-In the Assem-
bly, this afternoon Jules Favre attacked
the home policy of the Government
He wanted to know why Government,
which punished severely insulters Of
the Assembly. permitted journals to
insult ex President Thiers with impu-
nifty: He also exposed and denounced
the alliance between the Monarchists
and Bonapartists. After a scene OF
great disorder the vote of confidence in
Government was adopted by 400 ayes
to 270 noes. This large majority on
the eve of recess is regarded as signif-
can't, and is contrasted with the vote by
which the present Government was
called into being on the oath of May
when President Theirs was defeated by
only IA votes.
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Written for The Spirit of Democracy.1
Civil Divisions Of Monroe County.

The county was laid off into Town
ships July 19, 1915, as follows:
Jackson township commenced on the
river at the north east corner of section
81, township l, range 3; thence west to
the southwest corner OF section Is,
township 4. range 6, now in Washing
ton township; thence south TO the coun-
ty line; thence east to the river. This
embraced what is now part of Lee,
Perry, Benton, Washington and Jack
son townships.
Salem township included the territory
east and north of the following line:
Beginning at the north-west corner OF
section l8, township 4, range 4; thence
south to the southwest corner of sec
ton l6, township 2, range 4; thence
east to the river and embraced what is
now Ohio, Switzerland, Salem and parts
of Lee, Green and Adams townships.
Seneca township embraced all the
territory west Of the following line:
Beginning at the northeast corner of
section "a, township 6, range 6; thence
south to the county line, and embraced
what is now Bethel, Franklin, Seneca
and part of Malaga. Summit, Wayne
aud Washington, and all that part of
the county cut off to Noble county
Center township included all the ter
ritory west of Salem, north of Jackson
and east of Seneca, and now composing
Sunsbury, Center, and parts of Adams,
Green. Lee, Jackson, Perry, Washing
ton, Wayne, Summit aud Malaga town
ships. Thus in 1915 there were but
four townships in the county; after
wards the townships were organized in
the following order and dates:
| Ohio mnc fnrmnd Octnhnr 20 1918
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The Turf.

LoEG BRANCH, July 2l-George West
and Victor Hugo were tile only horses
in the steeple chase. The former won.
The August stake for two year olds,
one mile, was won by Saxon. Time,
1:4Sa.
The third race was for the Robins
stakes, value $1,000, added to sweep
stakes of $50 each for colts aud fillies,
foals of 1870, two miles; five started.
The race was won by Tom Bowling in
8 :42, beating Stewards ch. t. second,
one of Weather's entries third and Liz
zle Lucas and another Of Wether's en-
tries. The excitement was intense, as
just before starting Tom Bowling slip
pied his bride, threw his rider and
started to run away, but he was caught
by negro groom within three hundred
yards.
The directors have decided to hold {
three days meeting, commencing Au
gust first.
Tom Bowling is enthusiastically prais
ed in all the hotels tonight.
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counties until 1915, wheh Monroe Coun-
ty was formed by taking a strip od of
each of those Counties.
suSt below this Yankee Scott (as he
was called, used to live Scott and John.
son were the first purchasers of township
l range &, except perhaps few small
tracts along the river. Its claimed that
they started the first store in the pres ent
bohtds of our county. Mr. Scott was
drowned III attempting to cross the river
in the ice near this place, and is buried on
the Haserly farm on the bottom, which
was in early days called "McBride's Bot
tom"
Above where Sardis now stands Nc
Bride had an Improvement prior to 1902.
On this bottom lived a man by the name
of Barnhart who shot the last elk
known in this part of the country; its
horns measured Z feet from tip to tip, he
shot it on the waters Of Witten Fork Of
Muskingum, near the Dye settlement.
Some % years ago the writer saw and
conversed with Mr. Barnhart who was
then very old man, living in Meigs
County, Ohio, and heard him relate the
circumstance. The horns were sold to
oil man Bare, who confirmed the state
ment.. Ihave forgotten the dates. 1t
was after 1905 and probably before 1872.
The horns were afterwards sold to the
Captain Of steamboat and carried on
the top Of tue Pilot house, as an orna
ment,for years.
The next we comet to is Wittens bot
tom. Here old Father Williams made a
narrow escape from the Indians.
Mr.. w. and companion were coming
up the river in their canoe; they stopped
on the beach for the night, kindled fire
preparatory for supper, when they were
surprised by party of Indians They
gained their canoe under heavy fire and
made their escape amid volley Of bull
lets. They reached the fort at Fishing
Creek in safety, although closely pursued
by the Indians who frequently fired at
them.
An anecdote is told of Father VIII
liams which we will here relate. After
the Indian hostilities had ceased Mr. Viii
liams settled down on his farm opposite
where Baresville now is. Mr. w. was a
very strict observer of the Sabbath day,
and always felt provoked to see others
desecrate the Sabbath. One Sabbath day
two travellers on horseback halted in
front of his house and called the old gen.
tleman to the door, telling him they had
observed some horses in wheat field just
below and, supposing it to be his field,
they had stopped to let him know. Mr..
W., somewhat vexed to see them travel
on the Sabbath, replied:
"Those are my horses and they are eat
ing my own wheat, and it is none of your
business" and shut the door and left
them.
We next come to the Wells bottom in
West Va. Here the Wells settled in
about 1856. Sistersville is on the upper
end of this bottom Three sisters were
the proprietors of the town, hence its
name. The town was commenced about
the year 1901. The Bells, Russells and
McCoys were among the first settlers
here many Of their descendants are still
living; they still retain that genuine
friendship and hospitality of the old Vir-
ginians.
TO RE CONTINUED.
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Road Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition viii
IN be presented to the Commissioners Of Mon.
roe county, Ohio, at their September session,
praying for an alteration of the River Road at
Narrows Run, one mile above Baresyille, in
Ohio township Said alteration commences at
or near a Buckeye tree, inside Of field on the
lands of Jane Lucas, thence along the fence Of
said Jane Lucas to stake thence in a straight
line to stake near the West end of Railroad
culvert thence on straight line until it
strikes the public road For which we ever
pray. MANY PETITIONERS
July Is, 1S73-3w. ,e,..,..
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LOUISVILLE, Ky, July al. H.
Keith, of Kingston, Mass, who drew
the 100000 in the late drawing in the
Louisville Library, put in an appear
apce to-day and drew the money, with
which he purchased exchange on New
York and Boston in small quantities.
He also held tickets which drew small
prizes, with the proceeds of which he
gave dinner to the managers Of the
Library. He is young man. and was
accompanied by his father. They left
for home to night.
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"a EFGRANT has set his officials to in.
trfguine In Ohio for the purpose Of se-
curing to DELASo Mr.. TnuKMAN's seat
In the Senate. ..t -.
Would It not be progress from Thur.
MAN to DELANo, and from SUMNER to
BufLER? 1880 'a asl
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;f ~Anadministration organ at WASH
fngton says that the warfare against q
third term for GRANT Is like to arouse a
strong feeling among his friends for his
denomination. ail sh
The "feeling among his friends" is,too
much OF it, among the money-bags.
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ELet your neighbor look over this
number of the SPIRIT; the subscription
price per year is ONE DOLLAR AND
FIFTY CENTS; elk months SEVEN
TY FIVE cents.
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I'd ayA Berlin correspondent of the
World has interviewed BISMARCK and
represents him as proclaiming himself
an atheist. According to this writer the
Prince further states that his intention is
to break down Christianity, setting up
J the State as the only object of worship
and With this design in view be has be-
gun war on the Catholic Church, deem
ing it the most formidable stronghold Of
religion. ~
The accuracy of the report is cues
toned.
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A $4,000 Question of Endurance.

PHILADELPHIA, July 81 Joseph c,
Cloud started hence this evening to row
to New Orleans, for wager of $4,000,
the conditions being that he will not
sleep on shore till he reaches the latter
place. The boat will be carried over
the mountains and put into the Ohio
river. The boat weighs sixty pounds.
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sHSPRAeUB on the keeping or return
ing Of bis salary steal is like donkey
between two loads Of hay. Not q scrub,
hy, worthless donkey-we would not
compare him with thst kind--hut a sleek,
well behaved donkey that won't depre.
date unless be is Uery hungry.
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Tflegraphif.

Attempted Assassination Of Mar
Shal SerranO,
BrARRlTz, July 2l.-An attempt was
made here yesterday to assassinate Mar
shal Serrano while walking in the
grounds of his villa. The assassin has
been arrested.
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five c;trons 300
half peck kidney Beans. ns.................boc
best and greatest variety of cereals,
fruits, vegetables and other farm
products, not less than 20 articles...5o
Com mittee-John Moore, E @ Blatt-
ler, T j Griffith.
CLASS 18th Department-Fara Pro-
ducts.
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EErMr. SPRAGUE was prompt to an.
swer,iu regard to the postal law. but is
he not perceptibly tardy on the salary
grab?
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In 1851 Noble county was formed
which took from Monroe part of Seneca,
Franklin, and Bethel and all Of Elk,
Enoch, Stock, and Union townships :;
and twenty. six sections adjoining Mon
roe were taken from Washington coun-
ty and attached to Monroe.
These changes in the county lines
made it necessary to change the town
ship lines, hence nearly all the town
ships were changed at the time Btnton
township was formed. Benton and
Snnsbnry are perhaps the only town
ships that retain their original bounda-
rfds. n.
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pEEOn the 10th of August Prof. WISE
is to start across the Atlantic in a bal
loon.
On the 2lst will be an appropriate
time to publish his obituary.
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EWThey have the cholera in the
Ohio Peditentiary. This is bad news
for Belmont County.
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BANNER STORn

To buy their Goods' The question Is easy Of
solution,
1st. Because they are favofabiy situated
on the Ohio River, thereby saving heavy ex.
pense Of transportation. sT.s
I'd. They buy their goods of manufactu-
rers or importers; which enables them to sell
their goods as cheap IS many, others buy.
8. They buy for cash, saving from, two TO
six per cent direct on their purchases.
4sh. They keep the largest stock Of goods
in the county, consisting in par! Of
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b EFTbe salary grab shows that we
needed little change among our Con-
gressmen.e4
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TO BE AWARDED BY THE
Msnrse County Agricultural Society,
At THEIR
Twenty-Second Annual Fair,
TO BE HELD AT
WOODS FIELD;
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
the 9th, 10th and 11th Days
OF September, 1873.

w We<lneSUsty ana lnurSUay,
the 9th, 10th and 11th Days
OF September, 1873.
CLASS A-1st Department-Stallions
for aupu,poses.
Best stallisn of any age with two or more
Oi MS cotts. ->....'......@iU
best stallion ever d years old........... 8
over 8 and under ( yrs. ..... 4
over and under 3 yrs..... 4
over l and under yrs ..... 4
Committee-Jas Witten, John B Drum, H
c Ketzebue,
CLASS B-1st Departmental Geldings
for all purposes.
Best gelding over 4 years old .......... SIS
!. over 3 and under yrs. $500. q
over and under yrs. ..... 4
over and under yrs. ...... 8
Committee--same as class A,
CLASS C-lst Department-Aares TOR
all purposes.
Best mare over years old ..............S5
over years old ...s..,.,..,..,..,., go. =
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Pioneer erlchan t

Of Clarington, dating back farther than any
other, period of % years--during which
time he has seen the rise and fall of many
and examined infinitely into the cause there
OF.
Thanking the citizens Of Monroe county
for their liberal patronage in times past, we
would ask continuance of the same, as We
are now able 20 offer greater inducements than
heretofore.
W. H. MALLORY &, SIMS.
Clarington, Monroe County, Ohio,
July l, 1S73-Y.
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EFGoId closed in N. Y. City the
evening Of the 25th inst, at 81 15a@1
l5a Tj# ~ an
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ABNER CARLETON'S ESTATE.

1lHE first partial settleme nt account of Thorn.
as Carleton, Execator Of the estate of Alb
ner Carleton, deceased, will be for hearing
August 6, 1878.
JAS. R. M0RRIS
- Probate Judge N. c, o. :
i,Ivco s52v3
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EJ' Might not the Cincinnati CONNER
cial better permit, some friend of the
family to attend to the obsequies of the
Democratic party? 1t looks little OBJ.
trusive for the murderer (which the
Commercial modestly deems itse,f,) to
preach the funeral sermon and admins
ter on the estate.
Besides the party may not be quite
dead yet Indeed, we remember several
former occasions when the same sad ser
vices were performed for the party, and
it afterwards appeared that they were a
little premature.
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~The Republican papers are very
fond Of producing a paragraph stating
that no Southern member Of Congress
has returned his back pay to the Treas
+, pry. s,..,is
! It used to be common saving of
Southern officials, that with all their
faults they would not steal. But the
Sonth has been reconstructed on Radi
cal principles since that, and now it
would appear that in all Congress not an
honest one can be found.
sp Is this proper subject for Radical
selfglortication?
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OFFICERS.

A. G. MILLER, President
THOMAS A. WAY. Vice President.
W. T. MORRIS, Treasurer.
DAVID OKEY, Secretary.
Dtrectors-ALEX. PIcKENs, H. T.
MITCHELL, WooDMAN OKEY, VALENTINE
GATES, JACOB c. YoHo. WILLIAM Work
MAN. WILLIAM FoREAKER, HENRY
SMITH. Chief Marshal-Dr. w. FOSTER.
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DRY 60 obs
CR0cKRIKS.a
Hardware, ox

Toys and Fancy Goods,
SToNEwARE, FARM BELLS,
CHURCH AND SoHooL HOUSE, BELLS,
OIrs, PAINTS, FLOUR. SALT,
FISH, NAILS, 30, DO
all of which we can and VIII sell shade
lower than any store in the county, q "
AND WHY?
Because we pay no tents, do our own work,
keep no drones about US, and attend to our
own business. (li Il IIiI
AND WHY?
We contract no bad debts, go into no fancy
speculations, live economical and obey the
Golden Rule.
AND WHY?
Because w. b. MALLORY is the
a.ts fft-s
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best and most flour made from 100 lbs of
wheat. q
Committee, Henry Bender, A Sshwob, {
aelbling.
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RULES and REGULATIONS
Monroe Co. Agricultural Society.

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LIST OF PREMIUMS
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gressnnen.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-01-23
Some Curious Facts with Re
gard to the Jewish Race.

There are very many curious facts
related with regard TO the jewish
race, many no donbt, are true, and
some equally certainly have no other
foundation than fancy. Professor
Stowe, in his remarkably Interesting
course of lectures on the subject, de-
livered some years ago. gave as care
ful summary of the truth with re-
gard to this peculiar people as has ev-
er been made, and a statistician iii
London has recently published some
quite remarkable statements about
their physical condition, based, upon
carefully collected records. From
these it appears that j ewish blood con-
tains little or no scrofula. The aver
age life of the Jew in London is forty
nine years, while of the Christian it is
only thirty years. OF a given
number of Christians, only one-quar-
ter will, as general rule, live to be
sixty years, while amoug Jews one
quarter lived to be at least seventy
one. Among children, fourteen per
cent. of the Christian population die
between one year and five years OF
age, while only ten per cent. of the
Jewish children. Finally, i'll Prussia
it requires ffty-one years for the
Christian population to double itself,
and only forty-one years for the jew
ish. If we are not mistaken, Profes-
sor Stowe declared that the Jews had
remained ofabout the same total mum
ber ever since they became historic.
THE proof of their greaier relative in
crease would seem to furnish material
for contradiction.
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Eorreast,s Fayorite story.

/ Forrest was an excellent story-tell-
er, and liked nothing better than to
tell the following anecdote in the
green-room, if he found all the ladies
of the company assembled:
In his hotelin st. Louis there was a
colored barber who always shaved
Mr.. Forrest; and was an intense adj
mirer ofthe great tragedian. While
performing his functions one morning
the following conversation ensued:
"We's going to play Othello to-
night, Massa Forrest"
"We? Who do you mean ?"
ssMe, sar, and de oder colored gem
men. 1 wish you'd come and see US,
sar."
"Well, perhaps 1 would if l had
time. Where do yoa play 2" v
"Down in de servants hall, sar.
We's got good company"
z ssOh! indeed. Good company, eh ?
Are your actresses good Z" a
sWell, Massa Forrest, that's just
whar de trouble is. We amt got no
actresses"
'sNo actresses ?"
ssWell, sar, we CAM get no colored
ladies to play on top of de STAGE
"Why not?" 19-tef
"Well, sar, they won't do It; they
thinks it so degrading, sar."
Mr.. Forrest always told this with
immense point and thoroughly enjoy
ed the indignation with which the ac-
tresses Invariably received it. 81 i1h