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avs. MARTIN,

4 1 I . Il n Z I 4 I 4 4 W,
Collector md Claim Agt.
Fire and Life insurance given at fair
and reasonable rates Real estate bought
and sold on q fair commission. OEce
on "a avenue, between Sth and 9th e; 10
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Notice.
p.5g~ THEGREAT CLOSING-OUT
SALE or SUMMER DRESS GOODS AT
LEVY BROTHERS
viii be continued Just four weeks longer,
They now OFFER

They now Offer
Background co!orrd -ilS-strpe grenadine at,
l6a,c.-- would be cheap at g5c. per yard; White
ground colorcd stripe grenadne at 12Ec. per
yard worth 90. black ground colorcd stripe
grenadne st I9tc. per yard wor'v zoe. plain
color japanese popiins at 12kc. worth 96c. str!-
pel japanese popnS, IN all colors, at 1876 worth
25c; poka-dot chinese grass cloth, fun yard
wide, at l5C. worth 2sc per yard; plain and
striped wash-popllns az i5c. per yard worth DC.
4 large assortment OF fast color lawns at l2H
and IL C. per yard worth lGe5 and %; scotch
glugham at 16a,c. worth 25c. per yard; huiT VIC
toria lawn ot 25c. worth size. per yard; colored
satin-StrpCj pcrcalcs at PC. worth Soc per ward
linen tussor something new this sea-
son--at % and SOC. worth 40 and SOC. per yari f;
colored linen lawns at 95c. per yard worth -
cents: white victoria lawn with satin band side
stripe Tor trimming at 2Sc. per yard worth SOC a;
piquCs at s. so, 35, 40, and SOC. per yard-al
much below regular prices; sa;u-striped victo-
ria lawn at :oc.-would 5e cheap az 40; black
silks from FL % = per yard c0lorcd silks a. much
below regular prices swiss, cambria. nainsooE,
null, and organd.e muslin; shifting cambria, az
cDC. per yard worth 25c; tucked cambria, full
yard wide, az i.25 ger yard; black alplcas and
hombizines mail qualities; australian crepe at
5Oc per gard, very cheap; black iron Grenadine !;
domestic giuphan, al excellent article, at y I-2c
per yard; leather belts in all qualities: trunks,
vaseS, satches, and lunch baskets cash ribbons
ia great variety, much below regular prices; fans
IN an STYLES and qualities; ladies ready-made
garments OF every description; ladies' travelling
suits ana re1irrojes; english cheviot shifting at
zoe. per ward, same As We sold last season at 95c.
per yard; bcd-.isk every quality, from 10 to SIC.
per yard; : general assortment OF goods sui;a--
ble for men aus boys wear: Utica la.4 bieacncd
sncctrg at zoe. per yard; fuH width Unaicached
shceung at 35c. per yard; lul width bleac6eG
shcetuga t g5r, per yard; bleached pi'l3w-case
cotton. yard and quarter wide. at a shilling
per ya-I; New YORK mIl, cotton q; soc per yard
wamsutt1 neacheJ cotton AZ lgc. per yard Dd--
vol mills h,goched cotton the fSyor.te brand OIL
'y ISc.: Anlrosrog1n, Auburn, aud Fruit Of tie
loom bleached cotton ata shilling per yard.
LEVY BROTHERS,
lCI7 and 1919 N1in street,
Richmond. Va.
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FoR REYT.-A neat two story
dwelling house on Ord. avenue-centrai-
ly located. O. 6, CHASE
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EXCHANGE HOTEL
AND
BALLARD HOUSE,
Richmond. Va.

The Undersigned has the pleasure Of
announcing TO his friends, and the travel
ing public that he is able to offer in
creased com forts and attractions TO the
patrons Of these two first. class hotels.
The two houses continue TO be connect
cd as heretofore, by covered bridge,
which makes them practically one hotel.
He would specially invite attention to
the large number of Parlors and Spacious
suites OF Rooms for families and
parties, which form conspicuous fea-
ture of this splendid frst-class establish
ment. In fact everything necess airy for
the comfort of guests, will be found on
an unsurpassed scale at the
EXCHANGE & BALLARD.
Being centrally located in the heart OF
the city, in close proximity to the capitol,
Pos. Office, Banks, principal business
houses, churches, places of amusement
and the principal railroad depots; il
presents advantages possessed oy but
few Hotels.
Pledging my undivided efforts to please
respectf lily solicit the patronage o:
my friends and the public generally.
J. l., DARLINGTON,
B.F. EAKLE, Clerk.
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THos. q. HAYsuP, Rec.
VIM. f. Duseaberry win please
come into Court and answer to the
above malfeasance.-Eo. INDEPENDENT
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Special Commissioner.
August 10Th, 1873.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26
The Credit MObilier In
fanny.

What is the moral Of this
mournfuI episode? Nothing
more than that which may be
pointed by the whole history oil
the corruptionists into whose
hands the control of the Re-
publican party has lately fall
en-. 1t is the nature of all fan
aticisms to commence in dupes
and end in rOugeS, Some who
once perhaps supposed them
selves to be serving "the Lords
cause" are now led on only by
Mammon, ''the least erected OF
the spirits that fell from Heav-
en-" And to day these mouth
ing hypocrites can only serve
as modern instances Of the wise
political saw pronounced by
DR.. Johnsohn when, as Boswell
tells us, he once surprised a
company by affirming thai" "pat-
riotism was the last refuge ola
scoundrel." And if the inyes-
legations now in progress shall
accomplish no other good they
will at least drive some "scoun-
drells" from the "la8t refuge"
in which they have been hiding
too many years.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26
The people Must Apply
The Remedy

The President has been
charged with high Offenses-
the Vice President is charged
with bribery and perjury
many leading members of Con
gress are proven to been bribed
Grave charges of corruption are
made upon many of the FEEDER
al Judges. The condition Of
things is terrible, indeed, and
calculated to alarm the fears Of
every one who feels any interest
in the government. There is
indeed ground for alarml Some
remedy must be applied, and
the disinterested people alone
can apply it. viii they do it?
Have they moral courage to
defend and right themselves?
We hope so-we trust 50.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26
Liberal Republicans.

Although defeated at the
poles, principally from want of
organization, and with a candi-
date formerly in direct antagon-
ism to the greater party by
whom he was adopted, among
whom were thousands who
could not lay aside their pref
udicies, together with many
more who, from misconception
of the issues presented, believed
che contest to be one for the
spoils of office, and were con-
sequently Indifferent, yet, a.
mong our Liberal Republicans,
there must be few indeed, in
the light of to day, who have
reason to regret their disconnec-
ton with the most corrupt pOlit-
ical organization in the history
ofthe country, proven to be so
by investigating committees too
which are very careful to keep
back all they dare.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26
Fossil Palm Tree in Colorodo.

1t is reported the largest
specimen Of vegetation ever
discovered has been found near
Denver, Colorado. 1t is in two
sections, measuring together
fifty feet in length, One sec
ton is thirty-nine feet long,
with a diameter at the largest
end of about twenty-five feet.
The other in length is twenty
one feet and in diameter nine
feet midway from the ends !;
the tree is now stone and is said
to be hard and flinty as porphry.
Some of it looks like agate,
finely yeined and delicately
tinted, while other portions are
as white as snow, showing a
polished surface like chalcedony
Portions of the trunks are
honey-combed and the cavities
filled with delicate. crystals,
when brought to light, sparkle
like diamonds. Specimens Of
the bark have been Clipped off
which display all the lines and
marks Of the original formation
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26

TIE shocking revelations ol
official corruption now being
made all over the country are
convincing the pnblic mind
that the necessity for electine
an honest man to any given
position is greater than the ne
cessity for electing either a
Democrat Or a Republican.
Republicans have a right to be-
lieye that Congress or a state
Legislature will be better for a
Republican majority, and Dem
ocrats have a right, on the 9TH
er hand, to strive for a Demo
cratic majority in the e bodies,
but the first importantsprerequi-
site is that the majority in eth
er Congress or a State legisla-
ture shall be composed Of un-
purchasable, ho nest men /;
whether they be Republicans
or Democrats.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26
smothering Production.

The Chicago Times has the
following article on "What is
weighing on production" Ev-
cry sentence is pregnant with
good sense and sound mathe.
mates;
In 1860 aggregate Of taxes
collected was only ii per cent.
of the aggregate wealth, while
the aggregate Of taxes in 1860
was nearly 80 per cent. of the
aggregate wealth. In s h ort,
taxation has increased Al fold
since 1860 on the basis of pop
and nearley three-fold
on the basis. Of, wealth. To
state, thescass4 4jn,- -anotbeE way,
tho amount Of taxes collected an
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26
The Meeting of the EmperOrs.

1t is Officially announced that
the Emperor Of Germany will
soon pay a'yisit to the Empe-
ror of Russia, and enjoy for a
brief season the hospitalities of
tle Muscovite capital. There
are some, perhaps, who may i'm
agine that imperial WILLIAM
goes to st. Petersburg because
imperial ALEXANDER has lately
been at Berlin; but crowned
heads do not usually waste
time in exchanging fashionable
visits. Their interviews gener-
ally mean business, and that,
too, Of the most important char
acter. Nor are we prepared to
credit the report industriously
circulated in German court cir
cles, that the principal object
Of this visit is merely to obtain
for WILLIAM the assistance of
the Gar in keeping in check
the southern provinces which
are inclined to resist Prussian
assimilation" This may pos
sibly be a side tissue, but GER
tainly not the main one.
If we may Judge from the
Berlin press, which is co'siderod
to echo the views of the govern
ment, the sympathies of Ger
many are strongly enlisted on
the side Of Russia in the Khiva
affair. The English portion of
the question is treated with i'll
concealed contempt, and Russia
has the benefit of whatever
moral support these organs of
the administration can furnish.
1t is therefore extremely prob
able, to say the least, that the
German emperor intends to as
sure his imperial brother not
only Of his distinguished con-
sideration at all times and un-
der all circumstances, but Of
his particulaT appreciation of
the policy of Russia in regard to
Asia. lie will promise to do
what he can in a quiet way to
assist that policy; at any rate
not to interfere against it-and
in certain contingencies to re-
sist the attempts Of England to
strike her adversary near home.
In exchange for these pledges,
it is likely the Gar viii agree
to second all reasonable plans
for German aggrandizement, by
holding n rod over Austria and
threatening those provinces
which refuse to "assimilate."
The results of the meeting
between the two most powerful
Europen monarchs may not be
at once apparent, but sooner
or later those results are sure
" be both seen and felt
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26
T. FEBRUARY 90. 1873.

nually, local and national,is 794
millions greater than it was in
1860. This amount exceeds the
now net earnings Of the whole
people in 1860, and is sufficient
to construct eightrailroads from
the Mississippi river to the Pa
cilic ocean every year. Is this
a mere trihe? Is il something
to be let wholly out of account
in determining what the some
thing is that is weighing on the
production Of the nation ?"
The farmer has to sell cheap
and buy dear. He is compell-
ed to pay twenty bushels Of
oats for a pair of coarse boots
for a boy ten years old, and two
hundred bushels of corn for a
cooking stove, and SO on.
Has the enormous increase in
the taxation nothing to do with
this? /? Nothing whatever" says
the Chicago defender of the tar
iff robbery. The great cost Of
transportation is the milestone
that is weighing the farmers
down"
A thousand millions oftaxes,
of which one third is levied by
the government for the benefit
of monOpolists, is no burden.
Five hundred millions collec-
ted by the railroad for service
performed a most grievOus bur-
den, Therefore collect three or
four hundred millions m ore
taxes to expend on internal i'm
provements SO that ten to fifty
millions may be taken off from
the railroad burden. Load iron
with an enormous tax, so as to
compel the companies to pay
two prices for their rails and
machinery, pile up the taxes
on clothing and nearly all the
comforts and necessaries so as
to compel the companies to pay
high wages and then, when
they attempt to meet their ar
officially increased eXpences by
establishing high freight tariffs,
remedy the evil by heaping on
more taxes. This is the way
the protectionists propose to re-
lieye production of the some
thing that is weighing on it.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26
Mr.. BOutwell's Anxiety.

1t is gratifying to know that
the national debt-that inesti-
mable boon to the American
people-loses nothing of Mr.
Boutwell's tender care during
the present crisis. Something
was said during the late cam
paign about the rate at which
Mr.. Boutwell, was paying it off
and the impression which
got abroad that President
Grant was paying it out of his
own pocket filed patriotic mind
with solicitude lest the Presi-
dent should impoverish himself
Anxiety on that score is at an
end. Since the election the fall
ing off in it has ceased, and
there is now some prospect that
his is one ofthe two or three
things that will he left unim-
pared to posterity.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26
[LoMMuYIoATED.
Hush You Villains,

EDITOR ENQUIRER;--I discover in
the shameful scandal between the
editor of the Vinton Record and
other parties, that some malicious
persons have used the name Of
CoUGHENoUR as assistant editor on
the editorial staff of the Recoyd, l
am informed by good authority
that Mr.. CoUGHENoUR makes the
following disclaimer, and threatens
redress at the earliest possible mo-
ment. He is willing to confess all
the misdeeds which have SC
strangely .checlered his life, but
the allegation that he was ever as-
sociated with John L. RAPER in
running a (wind-mill,) is more
than his humiliation is willing tc
accept, step in the road to ruin he
never contemplated, charge TN.
founded in fact, and uncharitable
abuse Of an unfortunate man. His
enemies in Macarthur being Void oI
manly generosity, not willing tC
give the devil his due, have made
this ignominious thrust at pros
trate and helpless being, He de
nounces the charge as copper
head lie of the most malignant tpye
and when he returns from his soil
tude, the scoundrels who perpetrat
ed the falsehood shall suffer the ex
treme penalty of the law.
SHUTr.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26

ONO is taxed for State and To-
cal purp Oses $4,000, 1000
That pays every thing-protec-
ton to life, liberty and property
Nay, more, it pays the educa-
ton of our children and the
expense of repairing our roads,
streets and highways. The Uni
ted States Government does
nothing. We may be killed,
or our property stolen, or our
character damaged. No Uni
ted States officer stirs; it is
none of his business, Yet
what is our tax paid to the
General Government? Tt is
one twelfth ofthe S400,000,000
a year that it costs to rpn the
Washington machine. That is,
more than S33,OOO,OOO. This
is what hurts. We can willing
ly pay S23,O00,O00 in Ohio for
the protection of our life, liber-
ty and property, for the edu-
cation of our children and for
int ernal improvements, but
what do we get for the $4,000,
900 paid into the Federal res
ervoirs? If there is anything
unnecessary it is the latter
We defy any one to tell us what
earthly or possible good the
Washington Administra ito II
does to cause us to pay the
above tax to its support. If it
was destroyed to morrow and
was not renewed for ten or fif-
ty years, we would not know
the difference.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.

Steel was first made in
Pittsburgh in 1929,
Scientific men are making
great preparations to observe
the transit of Venus in 1874.
Now York received So
100000 pounds of butter and
69,013,S20 pounds of cheese
last year.
One of the largest cutlery
establishments at Beaver Falls,
Pa. employ $50 Cinnamon,
School teachers in Ply
mouth, Mass, are allowed 50
per week for board, and paupers
S2.35.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26

An Atlanta, Ga, editor is let
ting his beard grow in conse-
quence of a fortune-teller's pre-
diction that he would cut his
throat before long.
The Brownsville States is Of
the opinion that the sale of kiss
es at fifty cents apiece, to raise
funds for gospel purposes,
should be sternly discounte
nanced.
The number Of whalers now
cruising is the same as it was
a yearago, 156, and the number
from New Bedford is Ill; only
two more than a year ago.
A cheerful giver put the fol-
lowing note in a pair Of panta-
looms sent to the Michigan sulf-
erers; "There, take 'em; last
pair I've got. Don't get burned
out again"
japanese newspapers are
springing up all over the coun-
try and preparing the natives Of
the interior for the various
changes which the present
government is now introducing,
The greatest surprise at a
surprise party in New Haven,
Conn; recently occasioned By
the discovery that thief had
stolen the refreshments out OF
the back kitchen.
A North Carolina man is hay-
ing copies of twenty old wills
dated 1649 reproduced for the
purpose claiming a large a.
mount Of property in Prince
George, county, Nd.
There is a slight conflict
between the civil and military
authorities at st. Louis, and
General Grierson, commandant
at the Arsenal, has been cited
to appear for contempt.
Stewart, the contumacious
Credit Mobillier witness, is
confined in the room in the
basement Of the Capitol, former
ly occupied as. a studio by
Winnie Ream and by recusant
witnesses generally.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26
The Truth.

The country is now having
a practical illustration of the
truth of the maXiom "when
rogues fall out" &c. The news
from Washington is, that the
Radical Congressional thieves.
who have for several years been
robbing the people, now that
they have been detected and
exposed, are fighting among
themselves like the famous
igrmalkins of Kilkenny. Let
them fight.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26
Gallia papers please copy.
lCOAIMuNICAI

lCoMMuNIc ATED.
Mr.. EDIToR:-We are sorry to re-
late another accident by the ravages
of fire in our community not long
since. JAMES L. HoNNoLD's house
caught fire and burned to the
ground, with all its contents; and
now, like Chicago and Boston, Siv-
erly has met with q similar fate,
not quite so large in magnitude
and wealth, but fully as sad and
deplorable, according to her popu-
lation and situation. But so it goes,
we live in an age of accidents and
wonders.
On last Monday night the saw
mill and grist mill of j. NJ. REED
and 0. 0. McVEY, caught fire
about II o'clock, and burned to
the water. A lot Of fine popular
lumber, corn meal, carpenters tools,
etc, were destroyed. The mill had
been running until about 10 o'clock.
A little fire had been left in a bad
fire place, which caught the floor,
and soon the fire spread all over the
building Loss about $1,000, be-
sides the loss and inconvenience to
the city of Siverly.
So we go! The property of no
person is safe.
N. w.
Siyerly, o., Feb, %, 1873.
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The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-26

The Republican State Central
Committee, at their meeting in
Columbus on the 18th fixed the
time for holding their State
Convention on the 2lst day Of
May.
Governor MOVES made a
speech at this meeting, in which
he stated that Judge Thurman
was an upright man and a man
of great abilities, and was there
fore able to do the greater in
jury. The Governor would, no
doubt, prefer to see Judge THUR
MANS place filed with an ig-
nOrant and unscrupulous car
pet-bagger.