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Road Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition will
lN be presented to the Commissioners oi
Monroe county, Ohio, at their regular session
in December, 1874. praying for the alteration
of q county road, commencing at q crossing
on the Forts Fork of Wills Creek on the
lands Of Benjamin Danford, and the nearest
and best route to intsrsect the present road
leading to Miltonsburg, at or near the black
smith shop, and to vacate the road from the
forks Of the road, commencing near the land
between Benjamin Danford and William Kent
and ending at or near the blacksmith shop
oc:27,74td. MANY PETITIONERS.
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The . SPIRIT l'lll W DEMOCRACY,
Fsessays Neyembcrl ~. 1874.
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;ana,,,a o"e :. o. '"'u ''os.Ha Hare 'esn'
.. % ea.'''ss.
a snate songle islnKe shas appeared
LOT tpmning oaii dresses.
Black silk suits are trimmed with wide
oands OF black velvet down the front
width and on the'waist U . = e
I,ish plaii costumes are worn with
stylish effect over underskirts of black
velvet or even velve,een.
Sashes are lot worn as long as they
were Much Of the material is used to
form huge bow or loop at the side. !,
The tight. fitting basoue whist with
coattaiis, Is most In favor for all indoor
dresses or every material lg'i..'s-il '
I.aee h.rhe. ara ~ uorn in tho b,;r,
again ss.was the race. y few wears moo.
when resIs lace was cheaner than now
w.;.,.u. .,,.,,e,
.;,ss @ - 49, go 'sn,sa.. . no" :. o. ~. ~.
ton, d;.o.raod ~. s.o W = So. "a. ~
ma sosh;on as ..r,"9s set" "osm .;s,. ~, '' ~
bTtsi "'
Necklaces OF both zeal and Imitation
j. 'e'ain .eelr ropaiarlty exceedingly
"en WIN DiaeK SILK dress 'hese
neok'ace' are pardc1larlY enecuve ana
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eloth suits trimmed with fur will be
!asnionaole next winter-neariy oil be-
cloth mutt to correepond will also be
IA syoo,tu,ss q lsis's''' 'sN''iAa ia '.s7srf.
r.,n. nj, .
nLe neck.les maue over hgh.-eolor'
sA * sa''n a,.,1 sle yely ,Iret'yI anu ;yery
,asniona9sss othey ale maze Y ,ne ola'
long cnds.
Scarlet i. ona 4 az .t6e - mos. fashio,nra. !,
hlc 81 this sesaon's colors. II Is shown
n tbs RAJ honnets and bsndsomelr
hl.nded In msnv ~ ,hs nav .nromenade
oes.umee -,
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BACON FOR SALE,

win pay the highest markepr'ce ior
Bacon. And TO those in town wanrg good
hams, shoulders or sid.s, will supiy, a. sne
lowest market rates. Call and ezrnine my
stock. -. -
AeeF1. WMLlAM e6FsfbL1'
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MILLINERY GOODS.

l have just received . nice stock Of
Hats,
BOnnefs,
Collars,
Ladies' Neckties,
Ribbons, Flowers, and other articles connect.
ed with Millinery Establishment.
Hats and Boanets Trimmed In The Latest
Styles.
Straw Goods bleached and made mp. am
determined to sell cheaper than any other
establishment In Woodsfeld, or in the coun-
ty.
Place Of business west Of the Court House
Call and examine my stock.
May 20, 1873. NARY A. egTERRfI
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Notice.

AuplfoR's 0ysIos, AoHRoR CouyrY, ONO. /
WooDsrlELD, October "a, 1874. I
An application has been fled In this ONCE
signed by forty citizens Of the Incorporated
Village OF Bsallsville, asking . survey oi
said town, on account Of the original plat
either being lost or burnt.
u. HoEFPLRR, And, u. Q. O.
sete7 ,'T4~7.
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ssTATIsTICs.

Salt Lake boasts 500 new houses this
3eaf. III
Thirty-fve thousand dogs are regis
.feredin Berlin.
II costs 100000 to transport Cleo
pstra's Needle from Egypt to Paris.
OnesMsssachusetts firm converts two
Cons Of paper into envelopes daily.
Four.afths Of the wheat arriving of
The British coast b American wheat
There are about 10000 gypsies in Eu
scpes Of whom $4,000 are English.
The total scholastic population Of
Tennessee amounts. this year to APO, 1884
There are over $4,000 idiots in this
country, wbQ are acknowledged as such
Wisconsin raised one bale Of cotton
shis yeahit being exhibited at the State
Fair.
Dur,ne.she past year the United States
i1dported 1864, ,oe0 pounds Of tea from
Japan
Colorado claims that one half OF its
population consists OF reconstructed In
vslids
Nearly SO tons Of books, newspapers,
snd pamphlets.are sent daily from New
York City.
Baltimore has woman resident 70
years old who made q balloon ascension
alone, in 1887
During The reign of Louis XIV. the
jaces necessary for a gcntleman's cos
time cost $4,000. y II
The total value of silk manufactures
imported at New York during Septem-
Der, was S3.19S,5l7.
910fl5a postrnistresses In Pennsylva.
nia, not one, it is said, has ever proved
adefaulter 10 the government.
There are As post -offices in the United
6tates BY the name OF Washington, and
yet people will tell lies.
There Is a New Hampshire woman,
Just century old, who can talk all day
~ishoss feeling the least fa,igued.
The estimated value of the rsw sponge
collected for the season on the Florida
reefs will foot up the snug sum Of $l65,
900. - @
Seven hundred and twenty thousand
hnshels of peanuts coming: Virginia
100000, Tennessee e5O,O0o, North Car.
olina 10000.
Nothing like taking a pride in ones
business. A Williamsport man boasts
that in the last 20 years he has made g.
s52 collins.
Iorcinc and bovine prosperity: Illi
nois values its hogs at s14,840, $3.50, and
i.s cattle at $50. .643, ,535 making a grand
total OF S45,5S4.l95.
Amoth. whose wings measured from
Zip to tip, ten inches, was on exhibition
st The fair of the Middlesex South Ag
ricnltural Society this fall.
The opera house burned OF Baltimore
last week, was the SSH theatre destroy
cd in this country, Baltimore had pre-
yious'i lost four.
There was SIS, 7O4,10l gold coined a
the mints last year, not speaking of 81,
613,635 silver, but, alas, none of it 60
into our pocket.
The scandal has had its effect OF
BROOKLYN real estate, A house and 10
there that brought $4,000 three year.
ago brought only $4,000 'ast week.
The Vermont Slate prison is not onl'
selfsupporting, hut yielded revenue
last year of sc, 600 to the State. O:tb'
S. conyicts 40 were born in Vermont.
There are 1877 islands off the coast o
Scotland, of which about lS6 are inhat
tied. Many OF them are very small
mere rocks rising out of the sea, with
out vegetation of any kind.
Laura Berry fell fainting in the schoo
room at Carson, Nevada, recently She
had within three weeks committed tc
memory 800 pages Of history and eoI
OF natural pbaesoply.
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Times d, Holding Court
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Eighth Judicial District Il oAl.,

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The State Of Ohio, Bslmoxt Csuatys ~
Pursuant to the statutes IN suah ease naas
and provided, We, the Judges Of the, ,Cosrt g
Common Pleas within and for tie Kirkth Jvl
dicial District in the State Of Ohio. .dc hsrskt
order and direct thai the Terms cf the Dls.
trict Court and the Court Of Comn 81 Neea
within the several eouutiss Of sasd iDiSfiaSa
shall begin at The. hour sf lnins ssslssk iiIthe
| forenoon on the days and date heloinaHae
named during the year l17S, 70 xik Z. -
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huskingum county, Msnday, January. n,
Monday, May II; Monday, Nsysnbcf. 1
Morgan county, Tuesday, March 1e: fusSdiy.
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STEAM { WATER Mill TOR SALE.

THE undersigned offer their steam and wa
l ter mill, four miles east Of Woodsfeld
on sunhsh Creek for sale. together with forty
acres of land. The mill has two of the
BEST FREN Blu r RS,
Is in thorough repair, and In good neigh
borhood; not another steam mill within ten
miles Of 1t. There is good accessible vein
Of coal on the premises.
Terms will bs moderate. We would tax,
a small farm In part pay.
F. s. N. KOEHLER.
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Farm for Sale.

THE subscriber offers for sale his farm, ait.
/ uate three miles east of Woods6eld, on
Death Fork Of sunnsh Creek. This 10 one
Of the best coal farms on sunash. Fer further
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These examinations will commence at 8
o'clock q. m. and close at p. m.
A fee OF so cents is required from each
applican: as condition Of examination, and
must be paid in advance.
By order of the Board.
sug25. .'74-td. A. J. PEARSON, Clark.
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Nollce to Teachers.

HyHE Board Of Examiners Of Monroe county
Il will hold meeting for the examination Of
Teachers, as follows:
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~Blank Deeds and Mort
gHgcs for sale at tair MfkE.
, 1874-09-12
CHIT Oh t..

There is something sarcastic and sig
nifcant in those feminine titles Wnlcn
have been bestowed on Woman by
Man-that gorgeous nomenclator. Ma
trimony, of course, is her perpetual tar
get, and if a lady does not hit it, she
continues till doomsday a Miss.
A Young lady being asked by an enthusias-
tic politician which party she was most in favor
Of, replied that she preferred a wedding party.
To Kill Ants-Hit your uncle's wife on the
head with a hammer.
, 1874-09-12

The home consumption in 1874 is put down
at $4,000 tons Sugar in 1878, it amounted to
69,4OO tons, and in 1872, 72,94O tons In
1865 it was 56,4S5 tons, increasing in 10 years
to 5000 tons.
The table also shows that in 1874 of the
total shipment of the Sugar crop including
Molasses, four.ffths (79.5S per cent? was
made to the United States, and the remaining
fifth (2o.42 per cent) to British and European
markets. In 1873 the proportion vas 71.35
per cent to q. S., and % 60 per cent to Eu-
rope. In 1879 the proportion was about
the same to U.s., 70.44 and 90. So to Eu.
rope; whilst in 1865 the proportion was to U.
81 1886 and to Europe 4 O.44, or nearly
three htths to two ffths showing that in the
10 years interval the shipments to the United
States had increased from three ffths to four
ffths of the total sugarorop of Cuba, and those
to British aud other ports diminished from two
fifths to one fifth.
, 1874-09-12
co

The "TVest Indian contains a statement
showing the sugar crops of Cuba for a
series of years the present year (l874(
up to 31st July showing 55i,O07 tons
sugar exported, and at same date stock in
hand 94,257 tons. The following table gives
an estimate Of the total quantities of Sugar and
Molasses shipped in 1874, and the actual guam
rites shipped in the preceding years to 1867.
Sugar, Molasses.
Tons Tons
, 1874-09-12

During the said period the State Treasu-
rv has however exonerated st. CrOix
from the expense of the men.of-war sta
toned there from 1888 to 1S64-65,
say a tleast $500 it has paid $7l3,35O
as compensation for emancipated slaves
and in capitals, but it has lost over
$1,000, 900, which amount exceeds the
calculated surplus by about $14O,35O.
3 The Islands of st. Thomas and St. John
have not yielded any surplus in the period
from 1915 to 1910. From lo4l to
1s64-65 the said Islands have, however,
given a net surplus calculatedat $4,000 to
S17,0 900 per annum. Hence the annual
surplus from 1915 to 1S64-65, or SO
years, can be calculated to have averaged
at most So to 5000, say a total for the
entire period of about S450,000.
The State Treasury has against this
exonerated st. Thomas from the expense
of the men-of war stationed here during
the wears 185S-59 to 1S64-65, say
at least S52, 900 it has paid $~233,550
as compensation for emancipated slaves,
aud 100000 for the Improvement of the
harbor. These amounts added to the
losses on capitals lent on the security OF
real property, especially landed estates
say about SI5l,O0O, amount in total to a
CAPITAL of $543,550 which exceeds the
calculated surplus by about $93,550.
The result of the facts here shown, is that
the three Danish West India Islands have,
during the said period Of SO years, caused the
Danish State Treasury a loss of mora than
$234,900 (of which about $l40,350 falls on
St. Croix and about $685. on st. Thomas)
over and above the purchase sum of
SI,791,55 which is not taken into account
here.
If we look to the period after the Colonial
Law came into force, we fluid that the cOntribu-
ton from the Colonial Treasury of St. Thomas
to the General State Expenses fixed by that
law, has been paid 5 times, viz in
1866, 66-67, GIGS, 69-70 and 70-7l.
But in the course of those years the State Trea-
sury, by the law of 25th March 1871, has as
sumed, from the 1st April that year, as a
perpetual obligation the expense of 1860
Rixdollars per annum of the Superior Colonial
Administration and Audit office in the Mother
Country, which had hitherto been incumbent
on the West India Colonial Treasures, under
the Colonial Law and if we consider more
over the capitals not taken into account IN the
foregoing to amount to about 100000, which
the State Treasury has outstanding in proper
ties in ST, Thomas and St. John, and of which
the greater part, say 0 $50, 900, must be
considered as doubtful claims, as it has for
many years yielded no interest, and the seouri-
ty is lost, it must be admitted, that the income
from the contribution of $4,000, will be more
than counterbalanced by the aforementioned
constantly recurring expense and by the loss
.es which thus seem unavoidable"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-15

to bear all the burdens of the war
which they assumed-Of the abolition,
OF slavery which we at one time guar
well as of the debt we contracted ours
selves to suppress the rebellion? Can
there be any genuine reconstruction
that makes it the object of the South
ern leaders to aim to destroy by repu-
diation the Union they failed to de-
strOy 10y secession?
These are grave questions. To the
minds of some of our readers they may
no doubt be novel, and it may be said
that we take a gloomy or fantastic
view of the situation in the South
But there certainly in all evil in the
South that we have not reached. We
are rapidly drifting upon chaos, disor-
der, war of races, reputation. We
have made our brothers of Yesterday
our enemies, and not only our enemies
but we surrender to their mercy credit
of the nation and the happiness of the
four million of Slaves we emancipated.
More than all, we have given them no
motive for reconstruction but, OH the
contrary, we have left them every
temptation to war upon the Union
These are living questions. It's not
for US to decide them but we do not
see how there can be- reconstruction
until they are decided. Would it not
be the wisest craftsmanship, therefore,
10 call together a national convention
to consider the war, its causes, conse-
quences and results. and how best the
Union can adjust itself to the new and
strange conditions it has left to US -
Let as hare q national convention of
peace and reconstruction.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-15
LOOK TO YOUR LIGHTNING
RODS.

AS the people of Bristol have
special reasons for security against
Lightning, we feel it our duty to
publish for their benefit the follow
ing article from the SCIENTIFIC
AMERICAN, which is unqucstionably
the best authority on that and kin
dred subjects. 1t will be seen that
very few persons pay sufficient at
tention to the or mnd connections
of their rods, and ALL are wrong in
permitting the use of glass insula-
tors. BY all means the Tin roof
and the guttcring should be cons
ne ;ted with the rods. Very few
persons are informed on such sub,
iects, and this article is worthy the
careful attention of every reader Of
the Bristol News:
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-15
THE VOTE Ar MARION.

AS matter of curious interest we
append the first three ballots of the
Marion Convention. Afterward the
balloting was merely an attempt to
detach the vote from Terry and Camp
bell and center it on some third candi-
date, and the attempt was unaccom-
panied 10y any success.
1st Ballot.
Montgomery, II Giles
Pulaski, : j; Smyth l ; total 20.
CAMPBELL.-Lee. 15; Wise, O5
Scott, 81 Russell, > a., Washington, Is;
total Al.
BowEN.-Buchanan, ); Tuzewell,
II Pulaski, /; Russell. / Roanoke
,; Bland, l Smyth. |; Washington,
/ Scott, 6! total, 383.
TERRY.-GiIes. 5 ; Craig, ; Russell,
); Roanoke, Z Bland, 4 J. Wythe, IA
Smyth, 10 total, 80.
End Ballot
CAMPBELL,-Bee, 10; Scott, g
Wise, .; Russell, =; Smyth, l Wash
ington, 10 f.; total, All.
BowEN.-Scott, 6! Russell, 4
Buchanan, ); Tazewell, II Giles, 3;
Pulaski, 6; Bland, l 4; Smyth, l
Washington, 4 total, f34.
TERkY.-Russell, 3 Giles, 5; Roam
oke, 10 Pulaski, /, Bland, 4; Wythe
a. Smyth, 10; Craig, 5 A; Washing
ton, total; 66.
3rd Ballot.
SHErFEY.-Buchanan, 5: Tazewell,
Is; Giles, 2; Pulaski, Z; Scott. l:
Shtyth, 2; Washington, 5 ) total, 80.
CAMPBELL.-Lee, l5j Wise, 5;
Scott Is; Russell. 4; Tazewell, l !;
Washington, Is total, "a.
TERRY.-Russell, 6 ; Giles, 5 Craig,
); Roanoke. 10, Montgomery, IL;
-, 4; Wythe, II Smyth, TO- to-
taI IN
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-15
1 NEWSPAPER SCANDAL.

We have before lis very curiN
Gus editorial of the Salem REGIS
TER which alledges as the reason
that the Marion PATRIOT 81 HER
AID supports Gov. McMullin is
that the Governor has a claim of
S4O9 against the Editors, which
he agreed to cancel if they would
support him for Congress. 1t also
says that Gov. McMullin told the
editor of the REGISTER that he had
a deed of trust on the office of the
PATRIOT & HERALD, and that he
could shut it up at any moment.
These allegations arc personal
audit is neither our duty nor pur-
pose to deal with them farther than
to use them as a news item, but
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-15

the RE9isTER goes on to say that
before it would yield to such pres.
sure it would let wife and children
starve, and adjures the editors of
the Z. & II. to let the Gov. 90 by
the board, assuring them that
if they will support Gen. Terry it
can find plenty of friends who will
Iclieve them of the said $500 mort
gage.
The point we wish to cali atten>
ton to is simply this: that the
REGISTER proposes TO do the very
thing it abuses Gov. McMullln for,
viz: to raise that mortgage in order
to get their support for its friends.
Thai is just what Nc. is allcdged
by the Register to have done-to
agree to raise that mortgage as the
inducement for the editors to snip
port him.
The REGISTER denounces
Gov. McMullin, whom it pronoun-
ccs zone Of the greatest old dema-
gogucs in the land" AS the Gov
ernor is not noted for meekly
turning the other cheek to the adj
versary who has smitten him on
one, we shall expect to hear from
him as well as the editors of the
Z. & II.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-15
The New Gold Fields.

In Private conversation, Gen.
Custar admits that in his report OF
his remarkable Expedition to the
Black Hills, he has understated
the gold indications. The widest
excitement prevails at Bismark, Da-
kotah, the point whence the Expe-
diticns started, and the present
head quarters Of the Custar's COM
mand. 1t is distant $50 miles
from the new gold fields, and al
though the Territory has been ce-
ded to the Sioux Indians. there j.
popular demand that the treaty
should be annulled- Expeditions
arc being fitted out inspitc the Or
ders Of the government to prevent
them. The adventures are used
to Indian warfare and to gold
m mining, and they mean to defy
both the government and the Indi-
ans.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-15

THE rapid disintcgration Of the
radical party in the South is indi-
Gated in many WAYS. The attempt
TO pass the Civil Rights Ei!l is like
the dying hiss of the adder, and
the call for convention of the
party in the reconstructed States
TO meet at Atlanta is intended TO
'sow the South afresh with dragon s
teeth. In New Orleans and in
Richmond and Knoxville they have
gone to gnawing each other like
hostile alligators, and we are war
ranied in the belief that their de-
struction is foretold by their mad
ness. The expectoratihg Houk
says "Wm. Rule and Jesse Martin
are black~hearted scoundrels." >
Again 81 want TO show you how
mean Bill Rule Is"
Alas then it comes to this that
the editor OF the CHRONICLE has
been hugging to his bosom a vase
Of flowers in which this little adder
lay coiled. Like Cleopatra he
knew the reptile was thdre, but,
unlike tie Egyptian Queen he did
not think it would thrust IFS veni-
nous teeth into his flesh. All this
is both very good and very curious
and we deduct this moral /; that
adders are but serpents at last and
the best thing the sons of Eve, edi>
tors of course included, can do is
to put their heels upon them
wherever found.