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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-02-17
Our Cincinnati Correspondence.
Written for Tho Spirit of Democracy,]

~ rl1ten Ior Ihe spirit OF democracy
CINCINNATI, OHIo, Feb. 10, 1874.
Ed SPIRIT; When l sent you my last
communication expected to be able to
send you short note once in two weeks,
but have not heen able to do so.
The Constitutional Convention has
passed through the 4th Article, being
that regulating the Judicial Department
of the State, and have sent the article
back to the committee to fix the number
of Common Pleas and Circuit Judges,
and the districts. When that is reported
back some time will be necessary to set
tie the number and the districts. There
is disposition in some sections to have
more Judges than l think necessary
We have incorporated provision tha,
will do away with the long vacations in
Courts that we have had in Monroe
County. l cannot say what our district
will be, but when the report is made will
send you copy at once.
We now have under consideration the
Legislative article, and have about com.
pleted it. The only material change
made in that article is requiring .sepa
rate vote on various articles of appropri
alton, and giving the Governor partia
veto power The section gives the Gov
ernor of the State power to check hasty
legislation; but majority of the mem
bers may pass the Till over the Cover
nor's check. I am opposed TO the veto
power, but all the one adopted will mo-
do much harm.
We are staying here longer than | de
sire. The probability now is that ou
work will not be completed much befor,
the first of April, still we may be able tt
finish sooner
The General Assembly of the State il
manifesting a disposition to starve u,
out by refusing to make an appropria
tion for our pay We have received NJ
pay since we came here, ,and whilst mem
bcrs, as general thing, are out of mon
ey, they think they have credit enough
at home to get means to live on until th,
work is completed.
We have had some cold weather, bu
little snow.
There is general complaint here tina
money is tight and trade very dull.
W q
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cIThere are Indications tbat d

c8There are indications that the
crown-heads of Europe will not enter
very enthusiastically into our Centennial
Celebration.
Through their royal spectacles they
fina it difficult to see Just why they
should he called npon to rejoice In the
triumph OF Republicanism over Monar-
chy. If there is anything they are not
anxious to encourage just now it is the
first few lines Of the Declaration Of In.
dependence.
They may not he churlish enough to
refuse outright, bat they will very po
litely offer to aid our project, and just as
politely omit to do it.
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HWith THURMAN and Boutwell, OF
She Senate. and JEwErr and WILSON OF
the House, on the District Investigating
Committee. a thorough examination and
Affair." report is expected.
The people are beginning to assert
some rights which Congress ia bound to
respect.
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EB The Women's Temperance Move.
ment is assuming proportions that must
surprise even themselves From small
beginnings ia a few villages it has be-
come formidable enough to successfully
encounter the opposition in m any of the
larger towns and smaller cities. Prepa
rations are in progress to try its influ
ence in Columbus. Should it be success
fal there, it will scarcely be stayed until
it has swept over the entire State.
DR.. DIo LEWIS, who originated the
movement Is now in the State superin.
tending its operations. The newspapers
in the regions where 1t is progressing
and those to which it is spreading are
filled with the subject.
Dr. LEWIS publishes in the Commer.
cial what may be regarded as 9 kind Of
official proclamation. It's as Follows:
BURNET HOUSE, Feb. 16, 1874
To the Editor of the Commercial:
can not express my joy over the wide
spread, hearty interest which find here
in this "Women's Temperance Move
ment." On the way down from Ceve-
land, yesterday, I spoke to nearly twenty
persons, in the cars, about it. With one
exception, and he had not heard of it,all
were pleased, and majority we're more
than pleased. The good work has been
grandly inaugurated. May our Father
guide it. May He preserve these brave
women from mistakes
see by your issue of this morning
that they are moving in Toledo and Co
lumbas. I trust they will not move for
mally upon the enemy before their prep
aration is complete. 1t would be a mosl
unhappy blunder. The conditions o1
success, in my opinion, are:
First--That there shall be general in
terest in the movement, in the town, and
that the various churches shall heartily
participate.
Second--That there shall be com
mittee of at least seventy five ladies fol
each twenty-five dram shops, that the
committees shall not divide, and that
their movements shall be simultaneous.
Third-That large number of re
sponsible men shall pledge themselves tc
stand behind the ladies with their pock
et-books in hand.
There are other helpful conditions,bu
these are vital and they are not quick,
or easily secured in city as largo a
Columbus,
/ That by and by the cities will be inva
ded, and successfully, by those holy cru
saders, have no doubt.
| But am only one among thousand
interested in the good work, and ! iav
no authority but can not refrain fron
expressing these apprehensions. You
obedient servant, DIo LEWIS
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EE Harper's Bazaar says: "In the
present fancy for dressing the neck, the
veil is about to be made to do duty in
this wise: A new veil, introduced by a
leading modiste, is scarf of Spanish
net, three yards long and three eighths
Of yard wide. The middle of the
scarf covers the face like mask veil,
the sides are caught back, pinned by a
veil pin, and, without being crossed, are
brought forward under the chin, and
wrapped around the neck like mutner.
The net has large figures of three leaves
together, and, after finding the thin
place for the eyes, these figures are per
mitted to veil and almost conceal the
features" The effect is very pretty
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EF-lt is now becoming apparent why
BUTLER secured the passage, in the
House, of resolution by means Of
which Investigations can be retarded, ,and
in many instances suppressed. 1t ap'
pears that a number Of BES's friends
have very dirty hands.and he don't want
them exposed.
He is one Of those who believe that
his party can carry their load Of corrup'
ton through another campaign and still
win. In about four out of ererv five
resolutions OF inquiry offered, ( this be-
ing about the proportion of jobs in which
he and his tools are implicated, his bur
ly form rises, and his 81 object" dispo-
ses of the matter for the time.
Massachusetts gave Us the Adamses
and Hancock and Webster, and did big
things generally, but she kicked the
milk pail over when she inflicted Ben
BUTLER on the world
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wB BEN. BUTLER arose last week to 8
personal explanation. Somebody had
charged that BENJAMIN had let himself
for filthy lucre to work jobs through the
Ways and Means Committee. For some
unaccountahle reason BEN's impudencc
and arrogance forsonk him. He babbled
and houndercd and finally fzzlcd
The striking feature Of the shambline
discourse was, tina. it omitted any allu
sion to some Of the graver charge.
made. Are we TO conclude from thir
that he pleads guilty
What shock it would give the coun
try to learn that there might be a stain
or even very little spcsk, on the fai'
fame Of BlTLERi
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EvThe whisky rings know how to dc

ETThe whisky rings know how to dc
lit. They first buy up a choice selection
OF inspectors, supervisors, storekeepers
and guagers. These report the distille-
ries as running at half their capacity
when they are running their full capaci
Ity.
This is good enough as far as 1t goes
but is defective in leaving half of the
whisky to be taxed. A little difficulty o.
this kind is easily overcome. The whis
| ky is sent to New York to be exported
thus escaping the tax There it is steal
thily drawn from the barrels and sold
while the honest looking barrels are filled
/ with water, and started to Europe,
High revenue officials are Said to bt
participators in the profits ctssnis handy
little arrangement.
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EwThe Ypsilanti Commercial tells

EWThe Yp~ilanti Commercial tells
this story: "A few weeks since two OF
our prominent citizens swore off from
drinking. One OF them had occasion
10 visit Chicago. Meeting some friends
rhey urged him to drink He pleaded
his agreement with B in Ypsilanli. The
friends of A in Chicago were not sat-
isfied, and telegraphed to B in our city,
sayi sg; A. is getting awful dry =
Can't you let him off this once ?" The
noble Spartans reply telcgraphed back
was: No. If be mus. die, let him die
sober"
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WThe Captain G ,neral of Caba has
been clothed with extraordinary power,
and is determined to stamp ont the re-
bellion there with vigor and dispatch.
The sooner one side or the other gains
supremacy, the better for al. concerned
Heretofore their war has been little else
than gangs of depredators plundering
and cutting each others throats.
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NEWS ITEMS.

There are seven insane asylums. with
5000 insane persons in Massachus etts.
New JERSEYS iron mines panned on
ore to the value of $1,000, 900 last year
Colorado makes the best showing yet.
No debt and $4,000 in the Treasury.
In % years Ireland has sent 2,250,0oO
emigrants to this country.
The estimated cost of the Ashantee
war is fl, 900, 600 sterling.
Seventy-eight theatres have been burnt
in this country in Is years.
Rogers celebrated cutlery works, ,Shef-
field, England, employs 1000 men and
boys.
A barque has just loaded at Boston
with $40, 900 worth Of Holsters for the
London market.
The direct shipment Of grain from
Chicago to Liverpool last year amounted
to over 100000 bushels.
The Colorado House of Representa-
tives has passed bill for removal of the
Capital from Denver to Pueblo
Emiglants from Missouri, New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan are ar
irving in Robertson County, Texas. !.
Philadelphians are still agitating
through the press of that city reduction
in the rates of street railway fares to five
cents.
Tue total wheat production of Califor-
mia in 1873, as reported by the county as
SCISSORS to the Surveyor General, was &c.
090,6 bushels.
A new weekly paper, called the Law
Reporter, has been started in Washing
ton, its purpose being to print the decis-
ions of general interest in the Supreme
Court, the District Courts. and in the diff
ferent departments.
~A correspondent of the Pittsburg
Gazette writes: "The death Of the Sia,
/ mese Twins has called forth, as might
have been expected, several physiolog
ical comments of more or less interest
You will allow me to contribute to the
general stock of human phenomena the
following well authenticated fact: In
= the year of our Lord 1928, in the will
; age of Poyntspass, county OF Armagh,
Ireland, Mrs O'Reilly, aged forty two
years and seven months, was safely de-
livered Of three sons, all conncc'ed by
a band or ligalure, in every particular
e resembling that which vitality bound the
Siamesa Twins. Sir Ashley Cooper and
2 DR.. Abernethy fastened over from Lon
t don, and, after a professional investiga.
: tigation of the extraordinary case, de.
< clarei their reluctance to attempt sur
a gical separation. These three Armagh
brothers (dot Roman or Albany lived
: until they reached the age of Ten years
J, Dean Carter, of Tandarageo, read tbt
, service of the English Church at thei
grave ! need hardly add that they
: died simultaneously
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ATIt would be sheer affac'ation in
ss to pretend that we are Indifferent to
the testimonials we receive Of the excel
lence Of onr paper They come from
1sftparts OF the county, and from abroad,
and we confess to lively sense of graf
inm6on.
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kyIn discussing the currency, it is a
good thing to begin with knowing what
currency is State Journal
And in order to know what currency
Il, it is good thing that it be not so
vcarce that one cannot see it without
seeking it in cabinet of curiosities.
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IWAs DR.. DIo LEWIS charges $50 a
right for lecturing on temperance. some
people think he would better go back to
Hoston, and let the women work without
him.
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Etna Insurance Company.
OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUr.

STATE CT OHIo. INsUsAscE DSpARrxISr. :
CoLuMBts, January 20, 1874.
Whereas, the Etna Insurance Company.
located at Hartford, IN the State of Csnnsot.
icuthas fled in this Office sworn Statement.
BY the proper officers thereof, showing Its
condition and business, and has complied in
all respects with the laws Of this State. rsia-
ting to Fire Insurance Companies, ,iricorpors-
ted BY other States of the United States.
Now. therefore in pursuance of Law, I,
William 2. Church. Superintendent OF Iusu.
rance OF the State Of Ohio, do hereby certify
that said Company is authorized to trans
act its appro ,riate business of Fire Insurance
In this state, in accordance with Law, during
the current year. The condition and business
OF said Company at the date Of such state
ment (December 81, 1879 is shown u sfpi-
lows. Z
Amount of actual paid up Cap :,
ital, ss.ooo,oeo 90
Aggregate amount of available
Assets, 5.s45.804 03
Aggregate amount Of Liabilities,
| (except oapital,) including t-s
Fsinsur.nes, sas4.elt So
Amount Of Income for the pre-. ! Il q Z
osdins year in cash, 4,.5o,Ss7 Is
Amount of Expenditures for the
preceding year in cash 4,sls S33 TSz
In testimony whereof, have here
unto subscribed my nams, and
| [sEAL1 caused the seal OF my ofHcs to BE-
Affixed, the day and year above
written. W. + CHURCH,
febl7,74vl. Superintendent.
N. BAKsh, Agent at Woodsisid, Ohio. Z
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Pepsin In Oyster.

The London Medical Record says
sit appears from some experiments
made by Mr. E. H. Haskins Boston
Medical and Surgical Journal) that raw
oysters contain pepsin enough to digest
themselves No wonder oysters agree
with most dyspeptics.
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WooDsFIELD
SELECT SCHOOL.
TNHE first session of this School will com.
mence on Monday. April 27. 1874.

THE first session of this School will COM
i mence on Monday, April 27, 1874,
and continue ten weeks
None but competent and experienced teach
ers will be employed and no efforts will be
spared to make this School equal to the best
ever taught in the county. Therefore we very
respectfully solicit the patronage Of all those
who desire Thorough. practical education, and
especially those who wish to qualify themselves
for teaching, as this school affords superior adi
vantages to that class of students.
TUITION.
Common branches, $5 90
Higher Z" 100
Tuition required in advance.
Good boarding and rooms can be obtained At
! reasonable rates.
For further particulars address
T. E. TILFORD, Principal,
Feb10,'74m3. Woodsfeld, Ohio.
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ETWould it not be well tor some
public spirited citizen to Introduce the
smallpox into Columbus and Cincin-
natis Such an enterprise might expedite
the business Of the Legislature and the
Constitutional Convention.
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Administrators Sale.

TN pursuance Of an order of the Probate
L Court of Monroe county, Ohio. will offer
for sale at public auction on
Saturday. the 2lst day.of March. 1874 !
at o'clock p. M. upon the premises. the fol.
lowing described real estate. situate in the
county and State aforesaid, to wit: Lot number
thirty-two, and the east half of lot number
thirty-one, and also . part of the north part Of
lot number thirty-seFsn. in Tipton's addition to
the town of Jerusalem, being section thirty,
township five of range FIVE.
Appraised at $780,
TERMS OF SALE.-Ons.third cash in hand.
one-third in six months, aud one-thira in one
year from day of sale, with interest the pay
ments to be secured by mortgage upon the
promises sold. GEO W EATON,
Admir- of Dade Douglass, decd.
feb17,'7
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kF Private DALzELL and Col. BARNES
still assert that there is not dramshop
10 Noble County.
Neither BARNES or DALzELL was the
chap that cut the cherry tree with his lit
ye hatches.
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spanish Proverbs,

"He who has nothing to do, let him
buv ship or marry WIFE," 'From
many children and little bread. good
Lord deliver u.s. "a fool is never o
great one unless he knows Latin"
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Notice to Township & District
TREAsURERS. >

TREASURERS are requested to draw funds
i due their respective Townships and Dis
tricts on December collection, 1878, Febru0.
~ 10. 70 and n. Treasurers must produce
certificates of election, and that they have giyen
bond according to law. before funds can BE-
drawn: Funds must be drawn on the days
specfied above. n, HOEFFLER,
TsAl0, 'Hws Guaits, II GS
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zBoss surpHsnD thinks it is piece

SBoss SHEPHERD thinks it is piece
Of vulgar impudence to investigate or
intimate friend Of the President, who
gives the hest dinners to the best socie
sy in Washington. II gentleman CAM
turn an honest penny without being in
vcstigated, how is gentleman to pa,
for his sumptuous suprers, and live as
gentleman ought to live? The Invesli
eating Committee should think of this.
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The Daily Plain D aler, of Cleveland,
Ohio, has changed hands, Mr.. Green re.
firing The proprietorship and sole man.
agement is vested in W. W. Armstrong
OF the late firm.
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ters of an hour, after society adjourned
and we were going home Carpenter came
up and said that Duvall had been talking
about him without cause, and he was go.
ing to settle with him. The witness mar
rated the same circumstances about the
affray as the other witnesses. Witness
traded pistols with Carpelter, traded him
a five-shooter revolver, Carpenter was
pouring out powder in his hand to load
the pistol at the time of the trade, revol-
yer would shoot out of three of the cham
bers, the Others would sometimes snap.
Cross-examination elected nothing fur
ther.
THEODORE DEARTH-Was present at
society on the evening OF the Oath Of De-
cemher last, saw Carpenter in the school
iouseawhile after the society had COM
menced, afterwards saw Carpenter on the
outside Of the school house, Carpenter
commenced quarreling with Duvall and
called for his revolver. Tue affray was
described by the witness with the same
details as the others.
On cross-eXamiuation, witness stated
that he saw no knife or revolver in pos
session of Carpenter
S A. TAYLoR-Saw Carpenter on the
road between school house and Ozark for
the first time, he was standing near Du-
vail, Carpenter said something about cut.
ting out Duvars heart and frying it, saw
something in the hands of Carpenter
took it to be pointed instrument two OF
three inches long, saw no fighting. The
cross examination developed nothing
new in the case.
PETER ARNoLD-This witness was al
the school house. saw Carpenter go foI
his revolver, saw Duvall pull of his coat,
said he might as well die there as any
place else, didn't see any fighting.
The cross-examination was about the
same as that of former witnesses.
WILLIAM NORRIS, JR-The testimony
of this witness was about the same as
that of Mr. Belt.
The State rested.
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This case came on for trial on Thurs
day, the 18th inst on an indictment for
san assault upon JOHN DUvALL with in
| tent to murder"
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Nep advertisements,
7. p. sPRIHGs.

j. r. SPRIGGs,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Aud Licensed Claim Agent, =
WOODSFIELD, OHIO.
CFFros-Up stairs in the old Bloomes
Housc.
Feb. II. 1874.
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wsedsaeld Feb. II. 1874.

"A union Of hearts, union Of hands,
A union that none may sever;
4 union Of lakes, a union of lands,
The AMERICAN UxIoX FOREVER"
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TIt is about time for some one tc
asitate the question Of adjournment in
our State Legislature.
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JOHN MILLER, sR's, ESTATE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber
llN has been appointed Administrators of the
estate of John Miller, Sr, late of Monroe county,
deceased.-feb17,'7 '74wS. ADAM ARNOLD.
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~ Address aii letters:
"TaE SPtRIr or DEMooKAcr,"
Wsodaheld,
Monroe County,
Ohio.
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ATTORNEYS.

State-A. J. PEARSON, Prosecuting
Attorney, and w. +. HUNTER, Jr.
Defcose-J o. AMOS N. HoLL1sTER
and C. p. DoRR, Esqrs.
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THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY
HENRY &. WEST, Proprietor.

.JERE. WILLIAMS, s.: Editor.
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THE JURY.

The following were empaneled and
sworn as jurors:
A. G BEAzELLE, ISAAC TRUAx,
WILLIAM ENGLISH, JOHN B NoLL.
GEORGE LEMLEY, FRED'K KoEHLER.
SAMUEL HUNTER, JAMES r SMITH,
ROBERT JOHNSTON, GEORGE KETTERER,
ANON MOOSE, WESLEY BISHOP.
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PLEA.
THE EVIDENCE.

A plea Of s'not guilty" was entered in
the case. and witnesses for the State were
called.