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RoadsNotice.

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THERE will be q petition presented to the
AZ their March session, 1878, prsyiaS for The
location Of D oorn'y road, torts ssss vide.
commencing At tlis south srd gOft the iron
bridge across Sundsh creek At Csmefen;thsnce
up arunthrsnsh the lands OF Stephen At
k,nson Blizsbsth Green, 3eorgs upfess Ufe
rich Lehman, John Suter assob Bondy, BEN
,min Mcaahon and Jane HaIa too interssct
the graded road leading from Wocdsheld 20
Oh near Jaus Haisy.shsrs.ss.
ian2tw6s e@4Afa Many YPkTlTleNKz3 3-zs,
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scincinna,l Live stock Markets,
aeoaEar wHsraRE STOCK rARpsss
MoHDAr RfrNtro, Janusry i3.

3 The receipts II these yards fera tht
week ending this date are as follows:
Cattle, $50 Sheep, 4gl Hogs, 37,ls6
CATTLE-Recss5ts good witta fair
demand, and al sold readily at the fol.
lowing rates: et,pmon 10 good 2x@ac,
good 70 extrs 4i@s:c.sl:ppcrs 5t95ac.
SHEEp-M Market better, with very
little change In prices. We quote the
range of prices ii sccordance With the
quality as foIlpvs: Cofnuon to extra
St@4lc, extra Sheep bringing IS 'higk
as 4ic e -
oGs-Msrse. fsir, sad We c,tse
eur report with atfe foliawine lplices
Gooi ia extra butchers 81 0504 IL. 3
f,.S Bringing as i1ipf, az 81 70 as7I u
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Fromsoa Exchanges We learn tha
the Revenue sneaks are spying around
again seeking whom they may take in
foravielstion Of the tebacco andtigal
stamp tax See that everything in this
respect is right, or unawares a u s.
Deputy NAV tap you on the shoulder
and give you tripto Cincinnati, or td
avoid it, you will be required to pay i
sunssarying from t,rcnty to . hundred
dollars-(hush money!
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~ Franklip Rni,insen had intense
.s1earnifig for some Of Alonzo Porter,
heIi's park Porteffield caught him in
the act Of hurglafiously enttriag his
smoke 1ouse Whereupon he laid hands
supor him and invited him to visit. one
Justice Neiswanger, who he'd him il
s2ee security to attend al next term o
Common Pleas Court, and IN default
therspf said Robinson found boasdins
snd lodging at the County jail Bet
mon. Chronicle, 1914 inst
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Emigration Turning!
Cheap Farms In Southwest Missouri

The Atlantic &. Pacific Railroad Com.
pany offers 1 ,a00e0p acres of land in
Central and Southwest Missouri, at from
50 to sle per acfe, IN seven wears time,
With free transportation fron ST. Louis to
all pafohasers. Climate; .s,i5 timber,
mineral wealths schools, Churches, and
laa-abisting society invite emigrants
from all points TO this land Of fruits aud
!flowers.g For particulars address A
TUCK. Land Commissioner, St Louis.
fMo. ,..5 janlAy.
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MARRIED -On the 18th inst,,. At the
residence Of tie brides parents, by the
Rev A L PErrr of Cambridge, Mr. W
s. TAYLoR. of Cincinnati. to. Miss N A
He,r,sTER - ,nsss. ss-as
The hridsl party star ed, ianeeiately
after he ceremohY. on tom, taking ID
Washington and etber cities, May
health, happiness and prosperity attend
them through life. We lesrn that toe
presents to the Bfiae Here both costly
srdhandsoms Cd e
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EE The First National Bank of
Barnesville elected the following Direc-
tors, for the ensuing year, on the l4th
inst JOHN BRADriELD, JoHs B. WARD,
j. R. Hunt, j T. MAcKALL, FRaEcIs
DAvis. n. COLLINS and VIZ HAR,
yAu
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Dissolution Notice.

n fo9ieEishsreby given saas Chs seYasfnsr :
lS sh p heretofore existing bssxssa' Johs IS
Mallory md B. 4. Nallorya known as the ARA ]
Of 1otas sMasiory,G Co, is this day a:ssolred,
December Ii. 1872. u mrtral consent Thooe !
knowing tiiaraselyss intssbtsi q the FIRM viii
call ard settle on or before the fssaday ~
March, 1873. or ool lections win posisiycly - s
The husiaesa will hereAftss, be esrs
fied on il. the name Of B. II. Mallory who has
the aeltIe;nsa. Of tie Srn tafinssa. - = : :
g = g. JOHN MALLORY Is C6 -
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Dtkp 0nt the 2ssh ults JksEs WIZ
LAND ofWayne township. aged 7useafa
Mr WIsLAsD was onesos the eaily set
tiers Of this section and vas respected ~
his acqusintances asap hpnafable, up
rightcitizen
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The Great storm In the Nor,,,,.es,

MnwAHgEg, January 13.-Ssdy news
Of the great storm continue to be re.
ceired from Minnesota Whole herds
Of cattle were caught in the storm and
frozen to death. A man named Chris.
topher left Glyndon. Minnesota, for
home Tuesday night, AMI was found
lying under the snow frozen to death
A yong msn namrd Berry, in the
same n,igtborliood, shared the same
fate. 81 G 81
MlsaE ApotIs, January IA specia'
di patch 70 Che Tribune. from vati9
|parts of Minnesota. give further details
Of the terrible nature of the storm OF
Tuesday last From Furgus Fslls,eigh,
people are known TO be frozen Al
Morris, and scattered through the inter.
mediate country, seven or eight others
Two men were found near ST. Peter sit
ting upright in q slrigh, frozen stiff
wrapped in hufalo robes. At Wash,
ington two tearnsters have been found
dead. Near 81 ux City three Others
shared the same fate. The railroad
m n engaged in working in the snow
hanks are suffering ever, thing, many o'
them being frozen, although none fatal
iv. 1t IS by far the most terrible storm
which has visit d this section since it.
| first settlement.
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HThese pensioners who hays not
availed themselves Of the law Of last
June,increasing S25 pension, TO $3l 25,
e2e 70 S24 and sl5 to SIS. need only to
forward their present certificates to the
Commissioner sofE Pensions. sWashings
ton, D. G., who will indorse the increase
thereon and notify the Pen ion Agent of
the same. There are deuhtleSs nun
bef OF persons in Monroe County who
are entitled to this increase. .a4s,
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fwBro LoNoLEY. Auditor of Belmo, !,

kT Bro LoNaLEY, Auditor of Belmo, i,
coauty, and Proprietor of the Bellaire
Independent, published the Dsliuquen,
List in his paper. The Editors of the
Chronicle and Gazette have been trying
to make il appear that the publication
is not legal because of the List not ap
pearing twice previous to january 2lst;
or fourteen dals in all We suspec,
there are some 'sour grapes" mixed up
in the affair. !. s.ss..,sS s 81 .s.saa sssse
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WHAr NExr?--The January number
OF this sprightly Juvenile MAGAZINE is
crowded with excellent things that the
young folks will like, and parents will
approve. 80 cents year, with beau
tiful 81 chrom' to each subscriber. A
boy DR. girl is wanted in every neighhor-
hood TO raise z club. Specimen 8 cents
'JoHs B. ALbES, Pub Usher. Chicago, Ill
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E The Guernsey Times oi tue 10Th
inst, furnishes this picture of Cam.
bridge:
~Drdnk, af.aak, drunk, drunk Gihat
many times at least in town ast Satur-
day. So ~ e
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-01-21

HNr W 8 MOONEY arrived at
home last week TIE small pox in Bell
aire vas a little more than hs. conuacted
for. = =
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Cheapest Farm il the County
rC r = g.

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fTHE sassefitsr offers fsr sais hss farm ,situ.
i ARiberesr sowpship. attaining 3
TWO HUNDREDAnDFORTY ACRES.
The improvements sse good dWe.iirg u us~,
8 lsrss earn sud stessr, s.ahles Tor 200 shsep;s
'5ss! eshsf cc.6uiid 81, "a good nrchasl% :
we'll ,iubsrsa and val watersd, ana sleD,y
of good stpns coal 90 tia fxr,n. kbers c.a
ne adrsd AID aisy acres cleared aud alr,est all
Of it seeded dowH in s.mothy and sss.r.
J. T'ESyy 81 500 daTn. ard x460osir ise
equa! rsT Taaesaa nfs $40 = ysz Il with iusers
Ct sis per esnl snnCsiys .srcarrd zsbys iapst- 8
gage .Assdrsss i JAMES BUCHANAN,
I jspisaa., a..,lfsnss, uosses ca. 0hio.
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kEThe Monroe County Bank is
doing a socd business Nearly all our
County meRhaats and business men
transact their bssiness through this iH
'stitution. aiSilt z 3 fs
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Stark Couaty, this State, has one
hundred aad fortv iron bridges. which
cost from 500 TO 81 600
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TEe New Senator From Missouri

|, JFrrErsoN CRY, Jan. 15-Both bran
cirs OF the L. gis aturr met in joint
session, io-day,and 'lected Col L. Bogy
# st. Louis United States Senator
Cd Bigy, heiag present, was cnf ducl. d
to the Speakers desk, aud made a
speech, promising to favor revenue
sufficient only fera strictly economical
9vvernn1 nc ahs payment Of Tie. pabi ic
aeht; to advocate the restoration of
State rights and the placing Of the
southern States ON q proper footing,
with amnesty to all; and iodefand Wes-
tern Interests against the eneroachtnents
of Eastern mnnnpolisrs.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-01-21

k2The cost OF vaccination is trifing
The smallpox is spreading over the
country Give your ply -ician q call.
EEThe Sit. Venom Banner and
Zanesyille Times print the nance Of their
delinquent subscribers g4se an
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-01-21

kEThe Court OF Common Pleas con-
venes -dsy Weshall pablish the pro-
ceedin 5 sfter adjournment
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0uR ScHooEs - Tie third communi-
ton on this Important subject appears
this week It's full of valuable sugges-
tons, Are aIlof ou: teachers in Monroe
County as wide awake in relation to the
weIfareof our schools. ~ JED2 II so.
let US hear from them they no doub,
have something 10 say on this mostim.
rortant subject. asass go
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EDAvID OKEr, Clerk Of the Courts
and Il. r WEsr received, ON Friday last
by express, two full-blooded setter dogs
from Marietta Asm4Fu ii
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-01-21

xy There are three kinds of men in
Shis aoaad-ztkeg.WNas, the Won is and
the Cants.' The fUfaef pftct every
thing. the Others oppose everything, and
the latter fail III everything AI
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GS The Bagnesyille Enterprise says
Of the ladies Of Canhri,l5e: I'VE have
heard several visitors express the opin-
ion that Cambrilige,. 0hio,, has more
homely women than any place of the
same population in the Uaited States,
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AsRsvAb Axb nEpAaTuRn Of MAILS

AND FROM WooDsFIELp.
Barnesville, which Tow Includes Beallsviile
and Calais mails. arrive each evening at-a
r.n.. Leave each morning as ssA.M
s, Western Marietta arrives Tuesdays and
fridays Leave Wednesday and Saturday
MT an
SunHsh arrives every Tuesday evening,
Leaves wednesday mornings 1t 4. 4.
ssuthsf1 Marietta arrives Tuesdsys snd
Fridays. Isssss wednesday, and saturday
at Z .. n
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w Ifs mrofteai that Mrs! STEVENS,
wife of Rev. STEVENS, formerly Pastor
of the NJ f Church Il this place, now
stationed at FaifSfew, Guernsey coiiny,
is sick with lhe ANAL spex = ssI,Iysi
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w. P..KNoWL4oNS S ESTATE

gUSHE sna settlement account Of Richard
Scott, Administrator OF the estate Of Wm.
P, Knowlton. deceased, will be for hearing Feb
ruary 10. 1871. JAS, X. NORRIS,
ian2l, ,'73w3. . O Probate Judge ". G. o
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GE Oar sabsenatipnl hist Is inereas-
ing at a gratifying rate Three fourths
of the additions during the past month
are residents of the county, They want
theiE home news mld knox they can oh
tala.lt 81 p il slRiirs .s - ..sge,s, :
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GE Mr. and Mrs. I. q. PARKEs. of
BarnesviIle, celebtated the twenty:ffth.
anniversary Of their wedding on the
18th inst, "a Sgs8
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EsOCAI..

HHome without the news is Ger.
tainly dull place nzarr..-..,
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~ Rev w. " MiLLIaAN, of Cam
bridge, Ohio, has 1abored as Pastor Of
the Presbyterian. Church in that place
nineteen years. fnaseq elder
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NapOleOn's Overthrow.

The sultienness and cempleteaesszef
the late Enperor's ovel throw is explain
ed " f.w details of the Franco Ger.
man conflict War was formally de-
clared between the two powers on Jaaf
10, 1870, aud telminatedA OH 'Febtaafi
Is, 1871, lasti ~ 2l0 days, but practic
ally l80 DAYS, in consequence of the
first and last periods being free from
enga gements. In one week the German
troops were "mobiiizet'," or prepared
to march, aud in two weeks were dis
pa ched to the west. and were arranged
on the line from Treves to Landau -
The troops sent to the frontier num-
bered 600.0 900, and $4,000 men. with
horses, sgans, carriages, atd ammntii-
ton. were convsAed every day, Oh Eve
lines OF railway, two If which, however,
were little used Fnur PrussiaH corps
d'armce haitJ to traverse from 460 to
600 miles to reach the French frontier,
and ia tFbe fed Oh the way During
the l80 days of active service, there
were fought l56 engagements and II
great natsles; rs fortresses 2ere taken,
II $50 officers aud $4,000 men of the
rank aud FL wer, made prisoners, and
6 700 gun and l20 eagies were capiur-
ell. The late Empernr surrendered at
sedan on September 4--4S DAYS after
the j.iecisra.i.m df &ar; and otiiy SO
days after actual ho,tilllies began.
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Hfs COVERT, near BafhesvITt
has in twelve years become the mother
of ten chldFeu-four paifs af tsins19
the last two pairs in sixteen months
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MINoS PEpPER'sESTAIE.

s --- s&HssAA te ~ ~
fuyEE ami settlement account OF George
W. Pepper, Administrator of Mines Pep
per, will be for hsaring February s. 1873.
: JAS R. MORRIS,
Probate Judge Mopros Co, o.
janlA,s2wo SIS sst,24ass sA
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I On the a5tl, Of sNoyeru,,er. sl7s3. the

OH tlIe AJtlI Vt NUNFluUef, Itoo, tHe
British forces evacuated the city of
New York, and ON the 25tll Of Novem
hersls72, the last of the. British force 3
evacuated the Island of San Juan, ssas,
Linc6ln, Nett, IS the Youngest city ibl
the world high ed by gas 3
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zaBahtes are are undnuhtedlxa aaljr. nir.

AcS DaoieS are uHuOuNCeQly nice
thing in our homes; but NAV not a fond
mother have father tno much Of one p
There is a laatrd5hnl i'll Harris ,nv.lle. N
H., whose c.i rul, Billy Fisher ov name,
weighed one hundred pounds when he
was only one var old, and = nice little
plaything he musi have been for a weak
ish woman to dandle William is now
five years old, aud weighs 130 pounds !;
is three feet seven inches in hight, meas
ures Al inches in glrth, and % inches
around the thigh What q pairof wings
that lovely child will require, should he
be translated into clierub!
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.WAsnINaToN. ,JaaaS --In accordar c.,
with thercsniutfih adnrted by he House
of Represents at'ves last Monday request
ing the President OF the Uni Ell States t..
employ two attorneys 5. leari,ei in the law.
to begin snit against said Credit Mobil-
icr and its stockho!ders, corparalely and
individually, in the proper Court ,or
Courts, N orderto recover what ma, b.
come due - The said Union Pacific Raj
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FLORA BtAIR's Estate.

THE hnal settlement accounts Of 3. O.
il Blattler, Guardian OF Flora Blair. will be
for hearing February IS. 1873. -,
-, - e JAS. R. NORRIS,
jan2ln3..sa i Probate Judge III. Z.
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WATERPROOF BooTs.-Take three oun
ces ri >spermacetl and melt It in pipkin,
or. other eartnen vessel over q SOW ire,
add thereto six Il acilms OF india-rubber,
Cut INTO slices, and these will presenly
dissolve Then .add,in the following or
der: tallow, eight ounces; hog lard,
two ounces; amber varnish. four ounces
Nix, and il will be iit for use Immediate
ly. rne, boots or other materials to be
treated are to receive Two or three coals
with common blacking.nru,b, and fine
polish is the result. ~
! 10 REAovE STAINS will
wash out stains of oil, wax, resin aud
pltehy substances 50 will spirits OF tur.
pentlne, aud generally without injury to
cOlors. The iurpen inc nia, afterwafd
be remoyeJ WITH acuaol, as il is liabie
to leave hight stain Common barring
huIi, which is NIX life 81 ale ,hoi ant,
lurpentlDe Tor campneng,) is an excel
ient ,lvent 81 il, aax, al, resin; cit
and 1t suoD drie, off otter use
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fhs Oldest ahi most rsliabfs F1stitnkienafur
obsainsns5a Meroansile Educatic sii.s sssz
Es Practical business men for instrnotorssa z
For infprmaiun, writs for circal Ar to
DUFF q SONS Pittebu rgh, Pa. cc.lm3sosn
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sI0nl esieads.

& rae fyllosias JIM resolution passed
the House by vote o; elgh.y y tnree to
ava, and will 'ieun lessrpass tie Senate !:
Res,tred By the General Assembly OF
the State.tgs Ohio. TiEat, in the opsnton
tIt tin Genalal Assembly, che pi,. recen-
by passed ny the House OF Representa-
atiyrs vi tn. Umted States, granting
hotnestead in government lands to nsnl
.residea, Uaioii sotiie,s a d sailors, shall
be pasted ny lie Seha.e and become a
law, with su.'h juiicipu, amendments,
however. and not otiier wise, as will Sc
cure 10 all the persons ten led to be
bt nsfted thereby, such hornesiea,ls ai,-
solutelr, withod, daiige, 81 the saute ia .
ling into the hands and enuring to the
benefit of land specuiators, j,b,iera and
agents se ease eais q
Aud that the Senators AMI Represeh-
tatiyes in Congress from this State, if in
aa ordance with their c ,lsictions at iu
ty. be requested to act in reference to
said bill AS herein inticated.
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cFKehtneky rrodnced Hast year
lo3.50os0o0s pounds of tobacco. The
9nqmbef of a.a.es planted was 246,955
The average yield per acre, 724 pounds
average price per pcund, less than s
cents Whole value Of cron. ST 969..
500, or an average of $50 so per acre
The entire crop ofthe United States
for last year was 563. .l96 100 ponnds
a,versspe-third OF which was raised in
Kentucky.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-01
Aumuruas department.

"How's Tricks ?-There is a doctor in
this city who has a speaking tube leading
from the main entrance of his building to his
Office, which is up just few flights For
several days past smart young wag named
Swartz has amused himself by calling for the
doctor through the pipe, and then profanely
ordering him to set out on an excursion to
Tartarus. For some time this fun was taken
in good part until the fine humor of the joke
no longer became apparent. Accordingly
one afternoon, the disciple of Esculapius pro-
vided himself with tea-kettle of water,
heated to about 2l0 degrees Fahrenheit, and
waited alongside the pipe. Pretty soon the
old, familiar sound came up through the pipe,
"Say, Doc, how's Tricks?'
tricks is better now-I guess he'll get
well," responded the doctor, rushing out after
the tea-kettle.
Whats been the matter with him?'
"He got burnt"
"Howf
"I'll tell you in minute"
"Ohl you 60 to"
The doctor had finished his last sentence
and then let quart of scalding water down
the pipe. Swartz had his mouth over it, and
when the water struck it he was somewhat
surprised. Water was apt to surprise him,
but hot water was an unexpected novelty.
The man above poured in the hot water
for about minute and then looked out Of
the window. The smart young man was get
ting along on the sidewalk at pretty lively
gait, having evidently just got up from sit.
ting posture. He was trying to yell "police,"
but couldn't articulate with much success.
About half an hour afteward he found HIM
self able to speak, and enquired: "Did that
boiler explosion hurt anybody"
TSan Francisco Chronicle
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-01

THE SPEED OF RAILROAD TRAINs-The
Hartford Courant has published some esti.
mates of the speed Of American railroad
trains, derived from the statements of various
engineers. The conclusion is that no engine
can run over sixty miles an hour. The sto,
ries about engines making eighty and ninety
miles an hour are absurd. Some of the fast
est runs have been twenty-six miles in thirty
minutes, from Springfield to Hartford eigh'
teen miles in twenty minutes, from Meriden to
New Haven; 6fty-four miles in ffty-eght
minutes, on the Boston and Albany road
One of these trips was made solely against
time. This, then, may be taken as fair test
of American railway speed at its best. The
average time on most of the roads may be put
at about from twenty to twenty-five miles
an hour. The average on the nine largest
roads in England is about forty-three miles
an hour. The speed of the trains on the Great
Western road is the greatest of any in the
kingdom, and is ffty-one miles an hour. One
road-the London and Northwestern-runs
its mail trains eighty.6ve miles without stop
ping-the longest run without ,stoppages on
record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-01
MlisteIlaueu>1s &eading.

FIRE FROM WATER.-The man who set the
Thames on fire has made his appearance in
England. His name is Ruck. He has, it is
claimed, perfected an invention for economi-
cally utilizing the hydrogen in water for pur-
poses of light and heat, result long sought
by scientific spectators, but hitherto unat-
tained. His process, as described, is simple.
The water, being first reduced to steam, is
passed through red-hot tube in heating
furnace, where it is superheated till the oxy-
gen and hydrogen are ready to dissolve their
alliance. 1t is then passed into retort filled
with incandescent oak and iron fragments.
The oxygen is taken up by the iron, and the
hydrogen passing through the retort, becomes
heating gas, the cost of which is but seven
pence per 1000 cubic feet. This heating gas,
by further process, can be carbonized for H.
Eliminating purposes, and in this condition can
be produced of a quality equal to sixteen
candle coal gas, at price less than fifty cents
per 1000 cubic feet. The invention is spoken
of as meritorious and practicable by the SCI
entifc journal entitled Nature. If it really
accomplishes what is claimed for it, the i'm
portance of the discovery can hardly be over
estimated. The scarcity Of coal in England
appears to have stimulated men of inventive
genius to unusual activity in the effort to pro.
vide substitutes for that description of fuel.
A Mr.. Wright, of Sheffield, has just patented
a new invention for giving heat and light.
Air is the material used by Mr.. Wright. The
air is carbonized, and thus combustible gas is
produced, which, it is said, burns brighter
than coal gas, and when mixed with atmos-
pheric air, gives heating power sufficient to
melt copper wire.