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THANKSGNING.
Thursday. November 27th, APP
pointed by the President.
WASHINGTON, d. C. October IA.

WASHINGTON, ID. c. October II.
By The President of the Uni.ed States of
Ameriea-A Proclamation.
The approaching close of another
year brings with ID the occasion for Ie-
Dewed thanksgiving and acknowledge
ment to the Almighty Ruler of the
universe for the unnumbered mercies
which He has bestowed upon u.s.
Abundant harvests have been among
the rewards of industry, and with To-
cal exceptions, have been among the
blessings'enjoyed; tranquility at home
and peace with other nations have pre-
vailed; frugal industry gaining its
wOnted recognition and its merited re-
wards; gradually, but under the prov
dence of God surely, as we trust, the
nation is recovering from the lingering
results Of dreadful civil strife. For
these and all the mercies veuchsafed it
becomes US as people to return heart
felt and grateful Acknowledgements,
and with our thanksgiving we may
unite prayers for the cessation of local
and temporary suffering.
l Therefore recommend that on Thurs
day, the 9th day of November next,
the people meet in their respective
places of worship, to make their ac-
knowle, ,lgments to Almighty God, for
his bountiea and his protection, and to
offer to him prayers for their cOntinu,
ance.
In witness whereof, L have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed. Done at
the city of Washington, this 14th day
of October, the year of our Lord 1873,
and of the Independence of the United
States the 97th.
U. s. GRANT. p
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Sec'y of State.
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DISTRICT COURT.
COMMON PLEAS

In Monroe County, Tuesday February I'd,
Tuesday MAY 18th, and Tuesday October 10th.
In Noble County. Monday February I'd, Nom
day June 1st, and Monday October 26th.
in Guernsey County. Tuesday January ldlh'
Tuesday April 21st, and Wednesday, October IA.
In Muskineum County, Tuesday February
18th. Tuesday April DIST, and Tuesday NoYem-
Der 11th.
In Morgan County. Monday March 2Sd, Mon
dav June 18th. and Wednesday November 1lfh
In Tuscarawas County. Monday February a3d
Monday May 18th, and Monday October 18th.
In Harrison County, Monday February 9th,
Mon,Iay Nav 4th and W ednesday October 18th.
InJe1lerson County Monday March 10th Mon
day June Sth, and Monday November 10Th.
In Belmont County, Monday February sd,
Mondav Nav aatil, and Monday November 9th.
And we further direct that certified copy
of this order be tran smtted, forthwith, by the
Clerk OF the Common Pleas OF Jefferson Coun-
ty 20 the Secretary Of State. and TO the CLERK OF
Common Pieas in each of said Counties; and
that il be published, according to law in each
of said Counties for four consecutive weeks
Given under our hands, at SteubenNllIe, this
I'd day of October, A. ID. 1873.
FREDERICK w. WOOD,
JOHN Il. MILLER,
WILLIAM II. FRAZIER,
ROBERT E. CHAMBERS.
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas,
For the Eighth Judicial District of Ohio.
|, OLIVER c. SMITH, Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in the County Of Jefferson, in the
State OF Ohio, hereby certify the foregoing Tran
script to be correctly copied, and truly taken,
from the journal OF said Court, as the same re-
mains in my Office. .s-. ~
( WITNESS my signature and the
Seal (seal of said Court at SteHbenvile,
this 9th day OF October. 4, ID, 1873.
OLIVER G. SMITH, Clerk.
STATE OF OHIo, BELMONT COUNTY, as:
II r. MITCHELL Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of said County, certify that the
foregoing is a correct copy of the ORDER OF sad
Judges. as furnished me by OLIVER {. SMITH,
Clerk of the Court Of ommon Pleas OF Jefferson
County. Ohio.
WITNESS. my signature. and the
Seq! }Sea of said Court. at 81. Clairsyilie.
This 10th day of October, a. ID 1873.
J. Il. MITCHELL Clerk.
October 10Th, 1SI3--iw
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The Kellogg Legislature.

Around the corner, on Dryades
street, when the legislature is in ses-
sion, you may see the law-making
body which is upheld by the executive
department of the United States
Around the doorway of the Mechanics
Institute one or two negro policemen,
armed with clubs and revGivers, are
standing; mounting IL staircase covered
with old ard tobaccO-stained mating,
you may enter a long hall carpeted
with dirtier mattine; and there, at
clumsy desks, sit the law-makers,-a
heterogeneous mass of negroes stand
ing outside the railings, and listening
with open mouths to. the eloquence of
their fellows, who have been dignified
with Office. Nearly all the honorable
representatives are black; and their op-
position is instant and determined to
anything which is likely to better the
present horrible condition of white So
ciety in Louisiana. IL the Senate
chamber the same scene is repeated; if
colored man is in the chair, he is con-
stantly falling into the profoundest er-
rors with regard to his rulings and
decisions" and finds it extremely diff
ficult to follow any bill the moment it
becomes the subject of dispute; and
there is always the black man who is
perpetually hopping up to say, "No,
sir; no, sir; object to that, sir" and
the lean white man, dressed in the ex-
iraordinarily new clothes, and with a
general mushroom aspect about him,
who smiles whitening smiles of con-
tempt on the striving negroes, as he
endeavors, from carpet-bag point OF
view, to show them where they are in
error. The scene would be ludicrous
were it not so saddening; had it not al
ready been enacted for five weary
years, while the State has meantime
gone nearer and nearer the verge of
ruin, deeper and deeper into the, abyss
of crushing taxation. Even the Gov
ernor, who has to do with this Legisla-
ture, must now and then wish that he
had better material to work WITH
| Edward King; sold and New Louisi-
ana;n Scribner's for November.
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The Science of History.
81 IAMss ANrnoNY rRovDE.

~ JAMES ANTioNY FRoypE.-
The following are the opening para
graphs Of Mr.. Frotde''s paper on the
Annals of an English Abbey" begin.
ming in Scrihner's Monthly for No
vember:
Human History, say the philoso.
pliers, is the evolution of events which
lie already in their causes, as the prop,
critics of geometrical figuers lie in the
scientific definition of those figures.
The powers which Euclid proves TO be-
long TO the circle, exist in the circle
eternally. There is no before ana nc
after, and the sense of sequence Is only
In the successive steps by which prop
osltl0n after proposition is made known
to the limited understanding of man.
In like man the unnunberCd multitude
OF living things, The animated throne
of beings which fill the air, and crowd
the water and the Garth, lie potentially
in the elemental germs out of which
they seem 10 be developed; and the
life of the individual man, the long
sequel of the acts and fortunes If his
race, and all that he has done and is to
do, till the type is exhausted aud gives
place to other combinations, is govern
ed ny laws as inherent and as necessary
as those through,which the mathema-
tician develops his inferences from the
equation of an eclipse. it5s
Werethe equation of man construct
ed out OF elements as few aud simple.
we should know all that,haS been, and
all that is to be, without moving from
our library chairs; but with the knowl-
edge we should lose the uncertainty
which gives lie its purpose and its
interest. The pleasure of existence de-
pend5 upea its anXieties, and if Mesare
indeed but the automata spiritualia
which Leibnitz defines us to be, tLen,
of all the gifts which God has bestowed
upon Us, the choicest of all is the trick
which he has played upon our under
standings-which makes the certain
appear as uncertain, which cheats us
with the belief that the future is in cur
hands. to mould either for good or i'll.
or the dynamic forces OF humanity the
most powerful is forever concealed
from us. The acorn has produced The
oak, and the oak the acorn, from the
time when oaks first began to be, and
ose oak, for practical purposes, is
identical with another. Man produces
man; but each individual brings into
the world a character aud capabilities
different from those of his fellows, and
inealculable till they have had room to
display themselves. An idea sener-
ated in single mind penetrates the
circle of mankind and shapes them
afresh after its likeness. We talk of a
science Of historN-Te dream that We
can trace laws of e:lusatiOn which gov
erncd the actions Of our fathers, and
from which we can forecast the tenden-
cies of generations TO come. The spon-
taneous force in tie soul Of man Of
genius will defeat our suotIest calcula-
tions;-;ind of all forecasts of the future
there is but one on which we can re-
pose with confidence, that nothing is
certain but the unforeseen" 49,.
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HB1an,, HB1eanr,y, ward Beecher IS for takilr

Har . .
Henry Ward Beecher is for; taking
measures to-limit the accumulation Of
I''monstrons fortunes" He needn't
trouble himself about the matter, ma
ture having provided that not aoove
one man in a thousand shall have, Q
fortune, ''inonstrous" or otherwise,
The difficulty is in getting anything
not in getting too much. -.
ri The journalistic department of Cor
neil University asserts itself in tive
wee!Slies, a. quarterly review, and a
monthly newspaper, to be printed hal
in England ard half in Portuguese
and conducted by the BRAZILIAN stu
! dents.
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Statistics.


The late census reports give some in
teresting vital statistics:
The total population of the country
is about thirty-eight and Il quarter mil
lions.
The total number of deaths, in tho
current census year, 49,, 263, or about
1349 per diem
March, April and May form the
most fatal quarter, exceeding any other
three consecutive months by over
IL, ,OOe.- aJ sl.ii t.H'i ~ i'sirul.i-s
The birthsnunlber 100, ,475, orabout
1900 per diem. 49,, t...
The blind number about 10000.
The deaf and dumb about l6,000.
The idlotic, abont 24,o00.
O. The insane, about 81 900, nearly one
third of whom are foreign birth.
Persons over so years OF age number
about 10000.
Persons over 80 years of age number
about 1000.
Persons over 100 years OF age number
about 3,5l0. ...-....-....
OF those over so years, the females
Ioutnumber the males by about l2,G00,
OfthOse over 80 years, the females
are in excess about 1900. aft..
Ofthose over 100 years, the females
exceed the males about 1000.
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We hear of IN old Montana prOSpec-
tor who went to the States to consum-
mate a matrimonial engagement of
four or five years standing, and on ar-
riving al the house of the young lady
late in the evening, was invited to stay
all night, and shown into an elegantly
furnished bed chamber, up stairs. But
our bunch grass hero was not accus-
toned to close rooms, white sheets and
downy feathers, and could not sleep
So, discovering a scut;le-hole in the
ceiling, he mounted TO the roof, and
after Il very anxious search by the
young lady next morning was found
wrapt in the top bed quilt, and in
profound slumber on the shingles
When asked to explain his strange
Ieonduct, he informed his Charity Jane
that he "never could sleep in such a
nice, warm bed as that---he wasn't
used to it,' ire"
fn''rhen, you just git, "D'ye think
Pm goin' to climb up here with you
tevery night:" poutingly replied Char
tity Jane. e' i'@
s'Oh, well," replied the penitent,
''you Needn't git mad bout it--you can
just nail up the hole in the roof after
we git married."
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stlunut 90. 8nsinsss girtftaru
COUNTY OFFICERS.


r.aaeC. = w.. 'CARRoLI- once
Hss a. rubiie buildings. arst door 70 hfic Isln'
eSss~sE-WE. C. COCHRAN. oncs AZ PD''
saI,diass: arst nej r MrrcnkLL. omcsin pub
s s.iIs,ssss sdioinins the s Cczss aO..:sir, in
Is1si~.1; p. LoSs.r. LSsr.ne. At isfi door. =
puhlic suiIdine' dine'poErrarIELp. Once en- main
stress arss door v';. Of tas Ponce One. in public
1890 AT foor. seoond door on isn. ou..
si:sss ss:ss.siss Aae.cy1ws;o =; fEasD Hotel. ~
'sv doafs east NJ a Kinney. LaMira; 3. z
..s.ss.' 0.s.c;rass s.c;orass IN: William Arm'''0At
xrms.Fcng's H,lls. vssee
ns-sss.--E . - = 49, Il 81. Cairsyills on tns
ssss Tc"sssssi M.rch; J.as ssIss%Iii. Insu.iil.tion ION
Ssssmss.-ssd s.. = - S Nsy. in sach yeA-;
nsthisa ipsasste co1rt meets on The fss. tenn
,sv: * is.usry. M:.sa; ;.s,sinsi MnSi court snd !,
ssr ana Neysm ps.iress hours) for the trans
st,sc Of other busfness
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Total, 1900 Gifts, all Cash, amounting. M,
The distribution will be positive, whether All
the tickets are sold or NOT, and the l2,000 gifts
all paid q proportion 10 the tickets sol6.i
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole tickets, S50.Oe; Halves. $3.50; Tenihs, or
each coYpon, $500; Eleven Whole Tickets for
$500 90: zig Tickets for 81 10000; ll3 Whole Tick
els for S. 90; 227 Whole Tickets :or $1,000. go.
No discount on less than s500.00 worth CT Tick
cts at a time.
Tickets now ready for sale and all orders ac-
companied by the money promptly hlled.-
Liberal terms given to those who buy TO sell
again. --,,,
TfIOS. +. BRAMLETTE,
AeentPuhl. .Libr Ky. and Manager GiftConcert.
Public Library Building, Louisville, KY.
oc9lm ...
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administrators Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given, that in the Probate
IN Court of Belmont County, Ohio. the under
signed was appointed and qualified as Admin
istrators of the estate of John MoOberly, dec ii,
late of said County.
All persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested TO make immediate payment. and
those hav ing claims against aid estate are re-
quest cd to present them within one year from
tins date.
REIN MOBBERLY. Aim'r o.
octl63w* OF John Mobberly. decd.
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TIMES Of HOLDING COURTS
IN THE
EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT CT CHIC.

THE STATE OF OHIO.l
JEFFERSON COUNTY, ss: Pursuant TO the
Statutes in such case made and provided
WE. the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
within and for the Eighth Judicial District. IN
the State of Ohio. do hereby order and direct
that the Terms of the District Court ana the
Court of Common Pleas within the several coun.
ties OF said District, shall begin at the hour OF
Nine O'Clock in the morning. on the days and
dates hereinafter named, during the year 1871;
Wit
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Manhood: How Lost, How

lust published, new edition OF DR., CuI-
.J verwelps Celebrated Essay on the rad
icdL cure without medIcine) Spermatorrncea or
Seminal Weakness, Involuntary seminal
capacity. Iinpediinents TO Marriage, etc; also,
Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, induced by
self-induIgence or sexual extravaganza
Es- Price in q sealed envelope only six cents.
The celebrated author, in this admlTaoie
essay clearly demonstrates from thirty
years successful practice, that the alarming
consequences OF self-abuse may be radically
cured without the dangerous use OF internal
medicine or the application OF the knife; poln-
ting out a mode of cure at once simple, certain
and effectual, by means OF which every suffer-
err no matt er what his condition may he, may
cure himself cheaply, privately an Trdicdtty.
ssrThis lecture should be in tne hands OF
every youth and every man in the land.
Sent under seal, in plain envelope. to amy
address post paid on receipt OF six cents, or two
postage stamps. :,
Also, DR.. CULvERwELLs Marriage Guide. y
price 80 cents. - + 2 rs
| Address the Publishers, : -
CHAS. ]. C, KLINE eco,
l27Bowery. New York, Post Oihce Box, 4,ooe.
Jams 73ly.
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Minneapolis claims more and better
houses to the number of Inhabitants
than any other city in the Union. t-e
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.r.soNIC DIRECTORY, 1873

nrk A. u. meets ey;
n.amous Lodge; Eo. :. y, or presiding the full
.ry wednesday nisns % D. BAILEY. W. h.
n RyAr, Secy. Wa II Royal Arch
q, z SSa:inviils Ch.ssS;fai sS1;a.T nigh. on or after
sssa~s. sesss eSs'' c. d. ARIck n. r
:sasa. nI.cs,HIslx; No. Royal sslss: s..ond and
sMys. hsss,sisstess ,nst Il sv.yy month, rLa.M.
~ RsAr. Ese; 80. % of Knight. ;. Temp, emp
H"es Co. ~ Ire second Monday niEEn Nm = com
isn:sn' Ross J. ALEAAND' mariE72iy
nTss A RYAN. Rec.
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ATTENTION.! :!

ATTENTION!
u HE undersigned would give notice that ne
Il is prepared TO furnish all kinds OF
CABINET WORK
and do all manner of REPA1RiNGt 10 Iur rnA'uie
chairs &C.. on the shortest notice: r,-DEp-
Particular attention given 10 the UCDEE CDtEias
T4KING BUSINESS. All kinds OF Conns
furnished at reasonable prices. Ai"orh s""'
Ware rooms opposite DIR John AleXap9edTTs. 5.
st. lsirsville, o.. Dec. g, 1852
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-10-30

ga Universal Tea Drinking" is pro-
posed for the 10th of December, as that
day will complete a century since the
throwing overheard of the British East
India Company's tea in Boston .harbor.
1t would be n magnificent brewage
were all the forty millions to "take tea''
on that day, in honor of the men who
poured tea into the water, instead OF
J pouring water upon tea.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-10-30

THIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ST.CLAlRS-
4 VILE. CAPITAL slu0,OOO. n,s-
~Bank open from A. M until r. y. Dts, LA
connt days Tuesdays, at 10 atN. Money received
on deposit. Collections made and yroeeeds Ie re-
mitted promptly; Exchange bought ana RrSSnn SS,n'
Dfrectors-RnssJ J. Alexander. DAVID bro"h'
rooanb Woodmansee George Brown.
D. d. T. COWEN, President.
II. C, WELDAY, Cashier.
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MISCELL ANEObS.
HoGE, SHEETS g CO.,
n A N x Z r 3,

BELLAIRE, OHIO.
nEALIS EXCHANGE, and bny Coin, Coup
IL ops ard Government Bonds
. Deposits in money received interest," pAiuo on
DraVers OF foreign bills OF exchange. 80
no a general banking business JyoIi
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-10-30

Tie Wheat crop of Minnesota for
1872 was 1855, ,1S3 bushels-174 bush
els to the acre. The ass Sessors report
an increase of 3S,i43 acres in wheat,
which ut the same rate per acre, the
ST. Paul Press says, would make The
crop or 1873, "a, ,55l ,39l bushels.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-10-30

For a long time in the South, and
now particularly, railroad tickets have
been and are used as currency. Two
hundred thousand dollars worth of
these are'in circulation in Georgia.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-10-30

Nhethcr roaring Bill ALLEN will ac.
cepts that situation as fox horn on the
Rhode Island ceast is now some What
doubtful. --.,-+..r .....fs.r5
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-01-03

CHEsTER.-The second thirty.degree.
below-cay of the season came off Mon.
day last.
The Firsman's Ball, Notwithstanding
the night was intensely cold, was fine
success, about fifty couple being present.
II. P. Spencer's little son, Louis, is
dangerously i'll.
The little daughter of Oscar George,
who was so seriously burned by falling
with kerosene lamp in her hands, re-
Gently, will recover.
The fortnightly assemblies held at
Coles Hall are most enjoyable occasions.
The next will take place on the evening
of Jan. Sd.
The Chester Building Association will.
in the spring or summer, erect suitable
structure for manufacturing purposes.
The plan and dimensions of which are
already reported and accepted. I am
not as yet informed as to the figures.
Is it not about time to hear from the
Grafton, North Western Fur Co? Seal
d. Walrus are still running their botes
to Alaska on time.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-01-03

The Brattleboro Rec,
ord tells how that place escaped fire
on Sunday 22d ult, the burning out of 9
chimney in one of the houses on CLARK
street, caused a picture hanging over an
unused pipe-hole to catch FIRE and drop
to the floor, communicating the flames
to the mop-board. A timely discovery
of this state of affairs prevented serious
results.
The death of three sisters in Brattle.
boro, has occurred during the past month
They had long lived together and were
highly respected. The first death was
Mrs. S. A. Smiley, which occurred on
the Dist day of November This lady
was the youngest Of the trio, being sc
years old. Her disease was Inflammation
of the bowels. On Tuesday, Dec. II
Mrs. A. N. Smith, the Oldest, aged 50
died of lung fever, and ere her remain:
had scarcely been deposited in the
churchyard, the third and only remain
ing one of the sisters, Miss Ellen S
Ranger, aged 50, died on the 20 inst,
of typhoid fever.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-01-03

CHRISTMAS GATHERING AT WEsTNIIN-
sTER.-The young ladies of Westmin-
ster planned and carried out leap year
party at Seminary Hall, on Wednesday
eve the 25th, inst, which called out the
young people generally. The ladies in
vited the gents, escorting them to and
from the hall, treating them with the ut
most courtesy, not even sighting little
attentions, nor in any case leaving their
partners on the chips. The hall was
made a fine reception room after the
persevering efforts of the fairer sex were
| crowned with success, in trimming so
lastly the walls and placing in a conspic-
uous place the motto " leap year," togeth-
er with the tables loaded down with
the best varieties to refresh the inner
man. All this only made it more invit-
ing to proceed with the initiatory exer-
cises. The ladies found no difficulty in
giving entertainments during the even
ing, which consisted of games, charades.
promenades and instrumental music.
The ride home was delightful and the
numbers in one sleigh, of which we we're
one were twenty-five. The success at
tending the efforts fthe movers of this new
era is the best of praise. The gentlemen
now propose returning the compliment by
giving a New Years sleigh-ride to
Charlestown, n. III. And although we
may not be able to accompany them, we
wish them Happy New Year." and
only regret that it will not be a "lear
year" d.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-01-03

THE NEwFANE HERM1T.-The Brat
tleboro Phenix has sketch of David
Brown, who died in Newfane October,
18th, at the age of 60 years, who was
something of local celebrity as hermit.
He met with q love disappointment in
early life which nearly unsettled his rea-
son and he developed an extraordinary
passion for books of travel. When forty
four years of age he married and lived
happily for four or FIVE years, when his
wife died, leaving an infant daughter.
After this came his hermit life, he living
in house alone and buying and read
ing books and writing poetry. In his
earlier days he wrote and published 500
copies of small book called Florence
Mangrove. 1t is said that at the time
of his death he had the largest collection
of books and papers in Vermont.