The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-05-05
STATE NEWS.


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Sandusky County wheat has been suf.
fering from drouth.
The fruit and wheat crops, Of, Athens
County promise splendidly dly4s-agma.f,i -
Union County awheat has beerhgreatly
damaged by freezing and thawing. 5a, Il.
Martins Ferry has cooperative ksg
factory, which turns out 5000 nail kegs
per week. 3adfi7aGzs 9dt sab .niesA
A Morgan County Farmer raisel last
year 1879 pounds of tobacco on four
acres OF ground. .."2 '.'.''h q i,t'i
A Eve foot vein OF coal has becn struck
at Lagrange shaft, Jefferson County, ata
depth Of 256 feet. -. - D ,;.9,,,,a
A Toledo man, who stepped upoa a,
nail last summer, has receptlye had his
foot amputated in consequence. 5sa
The total debt of Cleveland is now S5,-
527,762. The expenditures exceeded
the revenues last year S236, 3O2. iio...,'7'!
A barge load of ice, all the way from
Lake Pepin, on the upper Mississippi,
reached Gallipolis recently: -. - (.
The new Jefferson County court house
and jail are nearly completed, anl are
pronounced magnificent. s
The projected Lake Erie, Alliance and
Wheeling railroad, which is to terminate
at Farport, has been so far organized
that its early constructions now looked
| for. GfI9a ,iHE1iii ei" ga;i{f 4
tits stated as positive fact that some
of the weal.hier farmers of Jefferson
County propose leaving that county ex
clusively on account of the badness 9ol
the roads ,stp77 q 71fsnr 20 saaiffl
The ,Bellaire Council passed the Nc
Connelsvilie ordinance, on the 9th ult
amid the ringing, Of bells and general
rejoicing ef the people. !. -" = Z s. :,
One million, dollars viii be put tp
work the coming season, in, the deyel
/ opment Of the coal fields of Noble Noble
/ County. 1oi.iiafrt,g
A little daughter of Mr.. Jones resi-
ding on Gravel Hill. Bellaire, while
standing too near the CRATE, on Satur
day, evening, was severely, burned by
ner clothing catching fire; her clothe:
were entirely burned from her body!
Mr.. Anon Meswords. a prominenn,
land well-known resident Of the vicinity
Of Martins Ferry, died at his residence
on the 18th ,tilt., in the sixtY-secone
year Of his age The funeral took place
On Sunday 'L ,..,., Us. .s,, 80. -
h. Two boys belonging to the Belmon
county Infirmary fell into the .reseryoi
at that place last T thursday, and one Q
them was drowned. The = other lwa
rescued. h The, one drowned was from
near Centeryille, Smith township, p,6jros
! In Newberry township, Miami County
COW hasigiven birth 70, a monster hav
|inga head ibearinga faint oressDb lanc
! to human being hips and tailqlike thos
tof "a sheep, and ahoofs, forelegs ant
, shoulders like those of "a ealEqo 9dl ri
u The Columbus Dispatch says tina
4 George Shatlcross, of Belmont County
u convicted Of rape and sent to the peni
|tentiary for Eve years, has been psrdon
, ed at the end of two years. Four thou
: sand people Of the county signed a pet
: ltiof to that effect tits believed that h
was sent there on al1sput up job''t
shield the character Of another! eed
A young man Of RichGeld, SUNNI
County. subject to occasional fIs Of in
sanity, attempted to commit suicide o
the a3d, by jumping down q steep ban
100 feet high. lie was not seriously il
:, jured by the fail, snd Immediately thre
; himself into the river, and was rescne
by young man who Witnessed the a
: flair. /, He subsequently jumped from
8 second story window of building
= Akron, without serious injury. ~. -