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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-05-05
County Correspondence.
Written for The Spirit Of Democracy ]
From Malaga Township.
MALAGA, O., Nav is


ED. SPIRIr Since l last wrote YOU q
few lst of April changes have occurred
here. Dir. S. Hopper moved from Som
ertoa into the Maris property. He rents
it this year. Brock Harper rented part
Of the same property from Hopper and lie
living in it. Dir. Vim. Burcher rented the
blacksmith property and opened shop the
lstult. Madison Thornberry has opened
a boot and shoe making shop on Monroe
street. Rev. Cramlct traded his property
for some Of Mrs. Douglass |; he goes to
Deersville, Harrison County, Ohio, In
September.
Jesse Kane, near Boston. sold his farm
recently. He proposes to goto Ken,
lucky. .er ~.
Wheat looks we'll; aIittle frozen out.
1t is believed that fruits safe thus far ;
some peaches killed.
Work has been resumed on our pike.
Jas P. Mann took the contract 10 put Is
rods Of sandstone nit; price S5 SO per
rod. q. 49,.
W. S. Hardesty Republican, was elect
ed J. P. here this Spring. 1t is thought
he will makea good one, and his friends
expect him to use his official influence to
preserve peace and order in the village
Whooping cough prevailing yet. Ty-
.phoid fever has been in Mr. Curtis fami-
ly tor the last Is weeks ); 4cases down at
this time. No deaths. ilaov 1s s.l
Mercury 26o above freezing Wednes-
day morning at at"sun-up"e . s.,as,,4l T.
One of our farmers invested 1858 in
life insurance yesterday. ITEMIzEK.
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enough bu. then it is currently repor-
ted that many consistent temperance
men OF the State are in favor of we'll
regulated license. They will certainly
feel sad when they read this line in the
fourth self evident proposition Of their
brother, julius: The meaning Of Ii
ccnse, Is simply anti temperance" This
assertion will amaze many deludcd
wretch who cousoled himself with the
idea that he was advancing the cause Of
temperance and finds he is opposing it
bot enough. 1t is evident that many
Of Us do not understand the question
julius will instruct us The eager in.
quiry is. Will he do it With self evident
propositions? Rather let him devote
himself to solution OF tho queries
propoundcd by The Other Side ip your
last Issue. But let him do it mildly, for
the querist 10 undoubtedly timid man.
ID. ",
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THE WEST.

The sight OF houses on rollers bound
for Kansas can be seen almost daily at
st. Joe. s." y iel ;al1t f~s'4" is-ol
Nebraska contains 76, 900 square miles
of territory-nearly 59,0O0,ooo acres Of
land. 1..'. ~ ,sst.' -,
An expedition Of fifty men is to start
from Brainard, Minnesota, this month to
explore the Black Hills Of Dakota.
The stages of the Minnesota Stage
Company started on runners November
II and went back to wheels April 8, max
ing 144 days of sleighing. isa4
Hillsdale County. Michigan, claims
more thorough bred poultry and more
persons engaged in the business of poul.
try raising than any other county in
America.
The jaw.bone of mastadon has been
found near Hagerstown, Ind. 1t weighs
SO pounds, is in good preservation, and
holds four molars of monstrOus size.
Indiana has 1S distilleries, with an ag-
gregate daily capacity Of 1858 bushels
Of grain. Nineteen thousand eight bun
dred and thirty gallons ofspirits are pro-
duced daily. Hat -
Ex-senator Maclay, of California, has
purchased the San Fernando rancho in
Los Angeles County, containing $1,000
acres of land. tits to be cut up into small
tparcels and put in the market.
Kalamazoo, Michigan, has 65 miles OF
streets and 81 miles Of plank sidewalk
There are 16 bridges over the Arcadia, II
over the Portage and over the Kalama-
zoo Rivers within the village limits.
The Redman tract at Santa Clara, Cal,
has been secured by the Farmers Jute
Company. The factory is expected to be
| in running order by the close Of the year,
and will furnish employment for 400
men.
The carriage built in Paris fifty years
ago for Gen. Lewis Cass, and used by
him for many years in Washington and
Detroit, is now doing duty in Bay City,
Mich, as a baggage wagon, and bids fair
to last fifty years to come.
The Indians of Big Stone Lake, Wis,
last week drove in q herd Of elk, killing
four out Of ten. The remaining six fed,
and appeared soon after in Appleton,
where the citizens turned out, and sue.
ceeded in killing five of them.
The San Bernardido (Cal.) Guardian
says: 1--WE do not exaggcrate when We
say that our country is vast treasure
bed, only awaiting the sesame touch !, oi
capital and skill to yield up its inexhaust.
bic deposits of mineral wealth"
A wonderful discovery has been made
at Coralyille, Iowa In the lime pits, while
making drill hole for blast, the tool
struck something hard. 1t proved to bt
bronze shield, similar to those found ir
the Island of Jilt and Denmark. AL
though much corroded, marks of blows
can be seen on it, and some remains o
zigzag metal work.
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f5l' from the Cincinnati Enquirer
Six Hundred MILLIONS Of Money
Against the People.

Mr.. Chittenden, the head of the New
York deputatien of moneyed capitalists
who waitedon President Grant to ex-
plain to him why he ought to veto the
Currency Bill, said "he appeared as the
representative of six hundred millions
of dollars" Therein was displayed, iu
the most impudent manner, the arro-
gance Of the National Bank and bond
holding aristocracy. They did not as
sumo to represent the people. They
openly declared that they were the rep.
reseutatives of, the Wall street money
bags. They threw their $500, 1000, 900
Of money into Grants financial scale,
on one side thereof. The interests of
forty millions of people were on the
other side, but To-! and behold the peo
pie went up and the gold went down
Grant gauges everything by the stand
ard of gold, and, compared to that, what
the people want is oflittle consequence
The whole amount of the expansion of
the currency was but little over sixty
millions of dollars beyond the green
hack reserve already issued. There ara
three New Workers, VIM. B. Astor, Cor
nelius Vanderbilt and A. T. Stewart,
who are computed to be worth on an
average $4,000, 600 each Thus this
terrible expansion, which was in the
opinion of some going TO have such an
evil effect upon the country, was but
little more than sufficient to purchase
the property OF q single individual in
New York. Yes, that was it. 1t was
to be distributed all over the Union. II
was to GO into the pockets of forty
millions OF people, and help to perform
the monetary Office for many thousand
millions Of pecuniary transactions. YET
it was only one-eighth of the money
which the New York Committee repre-
.sentel. Let Us weep!
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j Boston wool MARKET

April 29.A Manufactures continue 10
purchase as quoted, and there, Is = fair
demand for desirable lines OF wool at
steady prices. Sales Of choice extra
and double extra Ohio and Pennsylve-
MIA, 55@57c. Michigan and Wisconsin,
50@524c; combing and delaine feeces,
57@624e;; superfine and extra paiied,
45@ 57e; very RoodR and choice super
fine, including Eastern ana Maine, SOC
57c q = IT
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Thatis significant statement of the
New York Herald to the effect that the
Comptroller's Office Of New York City,
under the reform" management, cost
last year 875 900 more than in 1868 nn.
der the Tammany ring! This is some
thing to make Tweed smile.
The three.foot narrow-gaugc railroad
system is rapidly becoming popular in
this country, and but few people ore aware
of the fact that since it came in vogue, du:
ring the last three or four years, no less
than l, ,445a miles Of narrow-gauge rail.
way have been built in this country and
in Canada, which roads, when completed,
will havea mileage of 4,562A miles, while
there are | 1891 miles under construction
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Written for The Spiri. Of Democracy
The License Question,

ED. SPIRIT: "Thc Other Side" makes
his debut with a formidable array Of
adroitly framed questions, some Of which
are calculated to mislead the public mind
with reference to the main point at issue.
A discussion Of the practicability or OK.
pediency Of total prohibition, does not,
at the present time, come within the le.
gitimate bounds OF this controversy.
The question is, Should the liquor
traffic be licensed in the State of Ohio2
A license law protects the rumscller in
his destructive calling, and furnishes the
drinking classes with the facilities for
gratifying their appelites. Liquor men
recognize this fact and cry aloud for Ii,
censc. nT1E f g5ss.a- .1sl
The tendency of license law is to in.
crease the evils of intemperance. For
several years prior to, and including the
year 1887, the State Of Massachusetts
granted no license to traffic in intoxica-
ting liquors. On the 23d Of April, 1858,
license law went into operation in that
State. In his inaugural address in Jan
uary, 1859, Gov. Clafflin said:
"a moral and Christian people cannot
remain inactive when they see such re-
suits as are following, and sure to FOL
low, the sale Of intoxicating drinks to
the extent that now prevails in our hith,
erto quiet and orderly State.
"The increase Of drunkenness and
crime during the last six months,as com,
pared with the same period in 1867, is
very marked and decisive as to the ope
ration Of the law. The State prison
jails, and houses Of correction are being
rapidly filed, and will soon require en-.
larged accommodations if the commit
ments continue to increase as they have
since the present law went into force =
The increase of commitments for the
eight months previous to the first Of Oc-
tober, 1868, over the same time in 1867
is remarkable, and demands the careful
attention of the community. In the eigh,
months alluded to, in 1867, sixty-fvt
persons were committed to the State
prison; in the same period in 1868. there
were one hundred aud thirty six commit
ments-more than double the number o
the previous year."
The Chief Constable Of the Common
wealth reported 20 the Legislature, Jan
uary, 1859:
"This law has opened and legalized, ii
the various cities and towns, about two
thousand Eve hundred open bars, anc
over one Thousand other places wher'
liquors are presumed not to be sold BY
the glass. Drunkenness is on the in
crease to melancholy extent" A
II such are the results of q licens'
law in Massachusetts,, will not the same
effects be produced BY licensing the traf
fc in Ohio2 NJ.
May l, 1874.
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First Collision OF the Belligerents,


LITTLE Rock, April 3o.-General King
White, who has charge of the Baxter
forces at Pine Bluff, hearing that party
Of Brooksites were assembled at New
Gascony, in Jefferson county, commit
ting deprcdalions, moved q column OF
two hundred men down to that point
to day for the purpose Of dispensing
them, A dispatch late tonight to Gen
eral Newton, from Pine Bluff, says
White sent forward flag of truce to
order the men to disperse, but they
fred upon the party and regular bat
tie ensued, in which nihe of the Brooks
party were killed and twenty wounded
The remainder we're taken prisoners,
disarmed and sent home Gen. White
reports seven men of his own command
wounded, and three horses killed. .
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The French, lndemnity.-lOyv II
was Distributed by Germany,

Prince Bismarck recently caused q
paper to be distributed among the mem
bers Of the German Reichstag showing
the manner inswbich the French indem
nifty, amounting to 739, ,000, 900 thalera,
has been distributed among the Various
States. According to this official state.
ment the, North German Confederation
has received $50, ,116, ,053 thalers; Baya.
ria, 90,200.4ll thalers; Wurtemburg
%, 300, 500 thalers; Baden, 90, f33, ,1S1
thalers; Hess, 9,333,474 thalcrs. Be
sides this ll4,7l5,Sl0 thalers werc en-
ployed for the repayment Of outlays in
Cured during the war. The German
thaler is equivalent 10 about seventy
fiye cents in American coin. - s7s
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written for The Spirit of Democracy
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
WELronD DEpor, ,srARrAsBURe Co S.

WELFoRD DEpor, ,SrARrANBURa Co sc.
sa April Is, 1874.
ED. SPIRIT: Notwithstanding the trem.
bling Ct Bald Mountain, the anticipated
volcano, and the wild confusion pervad-
ing the western part OF North Carolina
and tile northern part of South Carroll.
ma, the world still continues to move for
ward, and as if In defiance ofvolcanoes,
earthquakes or anything of the kind,tae
cars came laundering over the Air Line
Railroad last Friday bringing me the
ever welcome SPIRIT. . T
l am always glad to receive it. 1t has
news which l could hardly dispense
with. 1t gives the news OF the county
andihas many other items of interest. ]
am glad to see 60 many letters written
from all parts of the county. My Pre-.
siding Eldder, Rev. w +. Parker,a man
OF high repute here, also Of much intel
ligence and varied information, pronoun
ces The Spirit the best county paper that
has come under his observation for some
time. He calls for it as soon as / have
done reading it. u5
One of the leading themes Of discus
sion'in the principle papers, both North
and South,is the "Woman's Crusade"
am right glad to hear that the la6ies oi
Ohio are waking up to sense of the
duties devolving upon them, and that
F"grog shops" are being compelled "a
close up before their onward march,
Many individuals are opposed to the wo
men doing anything in the matter but
say, God bless them! May Heaven'i
smiles attend them; may they continue
TO pray and plead with the venders unit
there shall not be one left to advocate
the cause, the desperately wicked traffic
o. that breeze, fresh from Ohio, nigh
wait at least a little Of the same spiri
that the ladies of Ohio possess to stimn
late the ladies Of South Carolina t Z
duty aF j. eCa y
We greatly need that something b.
done here. Many drink the accursed
stuff; We often see them reeling under it
influence; they are-rapidly hastening OF
to meet their certain eternal DOOM
While it can be had they will have it, re
gardless of cost. What care they foI
Orphans tears or widows groans7 Wha
think they of heaven or hell while theil
sensibilities are thus benumed by the
vile, soul.damning fuid2 s-
Until, through some agency, they arr
compelled to be sober, at least for {
while, the minister Of Christ cannot maxi
much impression upon their minds. L
men will not take the work in hand anl
put down the traffic, let tho women scr!
aloud and spare not" until every vende
of liquors in the land closes up an(
signs the pledge. 1t has been sold from
time immemorial and men have never
been able to quench it. II women car
do 30, by any means whatsoever, as mel
let US assist them, ,snd not try to discour
age and drive them from the field.
| d'f n b.ia as w. II. PEARSON.
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Fifth Trial Of Mrs. Ciem..A NOlle
Entered by the PrOseCuting At
(Orney. .- f g. ss.sftTser Z

tOGueys .1 --is ~ r
INDIANAPOLIS, April 25.- The fifth
trial of Mrs. Nancy E Clem upon the
charge of murder, for the Killing of ia,
cob and Nancy Young, at Cold Springs,
on the 18th of August. 1868, was set
for to-day in the Boone Circuit Court.
before Judge Palmer, on change of
venue from Judge Dawson. Yesterday
the Prosecuting Attorney, Waits, went
into court and moved to nolle prosequi
the indictment against Nancy E Clem
for the murder OF Jacob Young. The
motion was based, first on the indispo-
sition of Marion county and the State
to assist the prosecution; second, the
inability of the State to get witnesses
without great expense; and third, Oh
the ground that Boone county i, under
no obligations Whatever to prosecute
Marion county criminals without said
county guarantees expenses of the trial.
The prosecutor and the people in Leba-
non want the case prosecuted, but the
former asserts that the unwillingness OF
Marion county and the State to assist
left him nothing to do but withdraw
Mrs. Clem did not know anything about
the motion till it had been made.
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UThe Legislature adjourned 10 meet
in December instead of January. This
departure from all the precedents is said
to have been a'iopted at the request OF
i the "grangers,p psby which term we pre-
msis meant such members rs are far
ners, - =. -,
We doubt the wisdom Of tho change.
1t may suit the half a hundred farmers
who are in the Legislature, but il will
hardly he advantageous 10 the hundred
thousand farmers who are not In the
Legislature.
O. The session will necessarily include
e the holidays. during which it is "all pay
and no work." and il is hardly exagge
rating to say the same thing Of the three
weeks whic', prcce.le the holidays.
Furthermore, the sessions have hereto
, fore been materially shortened because
the farmer members were anxious to ge
home to engage in their Spring work
This project gives them another montf
before Spring work begins to become
r5re important than Eve dollars day
:. It may be claimed that In case . new
Constitution be adopted, an unusually
long session will be. necessary. We dt
not admit It. More work may be re
auired, hut not more than can be don'
10 hundred dsys without damaging
anybody's health.
The smount of work done. or tea'
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Chicago Cattle Market.

y a = c = Il : April 90.
CATTLE-Receipts, 3,700 head -
Market fairly active, and prices steady,
With sales at SOS Is for fair to good:
5 60@6 55 for choice to extra shipping
steers, and AGA so for stockers. Ship
.ments, 2,575 head.
HOGs-Recsipts, 1893 head. Mar.
ket fairly active and shade higher for
good, but dull and weak for common,
with large number Of the latter class
unsold in pens Inferior and common
sod in the small way at 1 1905; fair
to good, 25@5 90; choice to extra,
5 60@6. Shipments, 1l,51l heads
SHEEP-Receipts, 39S head. a iail
local demand at 25@7 80 toteommoz
to extra.
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gflegr.aphif.

TorEKA, KAs, April 27.-The old
man arrested at Salt Lake and supposed
to be Bender, has been brought to this
city, and has been viewed BY hundreds
Of curious people. There Is no dorbt
but that he is the true Bender. He is
being held here until persons from the
scene Of the butcheries can Come here
to identify him.
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'epntsourgfs csssie aarte.!a

o7GNM n -tssA agis ig 500 Il fsAPtH ASs1
CATTLE--There is % firmer feeling
in consequences Of material falling of
in receipts, but prices are not quotably
higher; prime to extra shipping steers
Is 5000 S7;;' medium to good e96 %.
HOGS-The market is dull and pri.
ces lower, quotable at from 8 371@8
25 gross. as to quality.
SHEEP-In light supply and higher,
selling at 5@6 50fof clipped, and ia
s so for wooled.
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Written for The Spirit Of Damocracy,J
Sad Accidental Man Drowned

S80 ACCIO6utssA Mdu DEOWUeOs
Ed. Spirit: I will give you the partic-
ulars as they were related by the boy that
was with Mr.. Hopton when he was
drowned, and those who were first there.
On the 2Sth ult., az Mr. Jacob Hopton
was returning home from Woodsfield,
with his huckster wagon, in company
with boy by the name of Wilkerson,
they came to Sunish Creek at Koehler's
mill, the stream being very much swollen
from that days lain. The boy tried to
prevail on Mr.. Hopton mott attemptto
cross, as it was dangerously high; but
Mr.. Hopton persisting in making the at
tempt, the boy, declining to drive in, got
off the horse and Mr.. Hopton got on and
took the check lines, wrapped them over
one shoulder and under the other arm,
and took the lead line of the third horse
in his hand and started in. the boy having
got in the wagon As soon as the horses
entered the stream. instead Of bearing up
stream. they turned down into deep
hole, the wagon upset and away went all
together, the boy, as the wagon turned.
still climbing it for several turns, when he
leaped as far as he could toward the
shore and succeeded in getting out, he
hardly knew how, and says that the wag-
on and horses with Mr.. Hopton still on
them were floating down. Geo. Coates
and Joel Taylor, being at Richner's mill,
some four hundred yards from the scene
of disaster, seeing the boy running down
the shore and hearing him hollow, started
as fast as they could run. The boy said
at this time the horses were still on their
feet, and all had stopped on a gravel bar
near the mouth of the tail race Of Koehl,
er's mill, Hopton still on the horse and
the lines still on his neck, he trying to get
them loose The boy waded in towards
him to assist in getting him loose, but
just then the off horse fell and waYthey
all went again, whilling over and oyer fol
perhaps fifty yards, where they lodged on
the gravel. By this time Mr.. Coates and
Mr.. Taylor were there, and they say the
horses were down and Mr.. Hopton was
between them with his head up between
the horse and trace, with his back to one
horse and his feet fast under the other
They succeeded in getting him outand
rolled the water out OF him, but he could
not be restored to life. They also saved
the horses and wagon, but the produce
was all lost. fi
Mr.. Hopton was an affectionate husl
band, kind father and good citizen, leav'
| ing wife and nine children, some o.
whom are married, ami numerous friends
to mourn his loss. He was, about A
years of age. 50 aisa .sB.
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East Liberty Cattle Market.
z EAST IhBsRrY, Pa, April 80.

CATTLE--Arrivals. q 5S, ears; best
64@6t; medium 54@6c; common 4A@
Sc, bulls 3t@4. - ''ss v
HOGS-Arrivals 213 cars; Workers
5 30@5 80 Philadelphias 6 20@6 35.
.SHEEP-Arrivals 8 cars; best s. 30
@5 90; medium 5 50@5 IS; common
4 5O@s ooa az YigRg0g
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Baltimore Live stock Markes

.ofsct = 1A9s, = oeocA - - n
April 30.
. CATTLE-More active and / shade
higher very best on sale 6s@74c, first
quality 5s@6sc; middling Or good to
fair quality 55@5sc; receipts LII
head sales 9S7 head.
q, HoGS-la g moderate N demand #. $40
SHEEP-Qaiet; sheared 4a@6ac;
wool 6@Sc; receipts ], 1929. 9s9M
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j ~The Investigators say that Bur.
Lss1is hsTd'to catch. They tarn sharp
corners on him, but it'is Just In tima to
sse his coat tail disappearing in some ne
dark alley. e.Il.ss.,.. ~ ssd r. Ia.
.Evsnthe foxes must sleep" and they
hope 70 drop a little salt On those coat
taiis yet. . sa 'ie4 e'} ass
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N..a.asid may Is 5. ls7a.
Il ~ Making money the harder to get
won't make our taxes any the less, Mr..
GhAst We are not blind to that met.

They are sorry set Of bunglers
vhoscan't get up good name for q bad
measure. The capitalists call their hard
times policy "msintaining the credit OF
tie country" I oslia'S .aiii2s ;.