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Crops In Eastern Ohio.

During the past few days farmers ol
Eastern Ouio have had splendid time
to save the remnant OF their harvest,
and they seemed more than willing to
avail themselves Of the opportunity
All hands were mustered to the work,
and moderate harvest will be saved
Wheat is damaged to the extent proba-
bly, of one fifth or one-fourth of the
crop. Oats are much damaged by be-
ing beaten down by rains and wind, and
a great deal of the grain has rotted and
fallen from the stalk Very little Of the
oats can be cut with cradle. Scythes
and sickles are used, aud large portion
of the crop has been saved Nearly an
average crop will be gathered. Ut hay
there will be a good harvest as far as
quantity is concerned, but little of It
will be number one feed The corn
crop promises finely. All through Eas-
tern Ohio and Western Virginia better
prospect has seldom been seen. Along
the low bottoms at the mouths Of creeks,
emptying into the OHIO. much corn has
been spoiled by back water. 1t seems
70 be certain death to corn, when GOV.
cred with water for few sshours as high
as the ears. When the water subsidies
it withers, sours and soon falls to the
ground. Many acres have perished in
this way. The great wind storm ipjur-
ed it considerably, along its wide and
sweeping pathway. But making all al,
lowance for these calamities, if nothing
further befalls it in the future, we may
expect large yield of this great staple
The tobacco crop is but medium. From
present appearances probably not much
over half an average crop. Potatoes
in low marshy grounds are rotting con
siderablv, but ii the weather is favora.
BILE from this time forward a very large
crop will be gathered Taking the coun
try through, there seems at present nc
grounds to fear lack of an abundance
of the neccssaries Of life -Barnesvill
Enterprise.
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H%Tho oNoConno1oyil,aH Herald 40

H The McConnelsville Herald says
IsWe do not need more money SO badly
as we need something to buy money
and the GAINESVILLE Enterprise thinks
"There is something more than polili-
cal argument in the above-there is the
germ of a great truth"
There is in it not the germ only, bat the
full grown organism Of piece OF thread
bare clap-trap, which we had supposed
was long ago abandoned to political scav-
engers
Something to buy money" indeed
Scarcely any product of farm will to-
day sell for the cost of production Does
the farmer need more wool, which costs
him forty five cents, to sell at forty7 l.
that the road to af1luence which these
jpublic instructors would point out?
Iron will buy money. Does the man
ufacturer want more iron which costs him
sixty dollars ton to sell at fif.y2
| Labor will buy money. Andlyetthere
are to-day more men seeking in vain for
employment than this country has ever
before known.
What we want is money in such supply
that the price Of it shall not be relatively
far above the price Of other property--in
such supply that labor can be employed
and business transacted without the Ger,
tainty Of loss. In other words, supply
of currency "equal to the wants o
trade"
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OBITUARY.

HARRIET j daughter Of JESSE and
JANE MIRACLE. died in Franklin town.
ship, Monroe County, Ohio, August 8,
1875.
Hers was short but beautiful life. A
clear, intelligent and balanced mind,
graceful and winning in manner and in
person and life; purified and exalted by
divine grace, of which she was profess
sor from early in life, from which time
she was the joy of her parents, the ligh,
Of her home, an ornament of the society
in which she moved, AMI of the NJ E.
Church with which she communed. One
of the gentlest of women, ever manifest
ing a sweet and contented spirit, which
caused her to be recognized as an exem-
plar of Christian virtue "a regular attend
ant upon the means of grace, an earnest
and unwearied servant of her Master
surrounded by large circle Of affection.
ate friends, and family connexion with
whom she was in the fullest sympathy,
often expressing her deep and tender re-
gret to part from them, yet rejoicing in
prospect Of better Inheritance; in the
bloom of youth, and with every reason
to desire to live; but in the midst of al
the unseen hand OF the dark messenger
knocked at the door of her earthly tab
eruacle,, calling her to the bosom OF Hin
who said:
"Let not your heart be troubled;
will come again and. receive you unto
myself, that where am there may ye b
also"
The last few months of her life sh,
was a great sufferer: her affection the
much dreaded disease, pulmonary con-
sumption, but not murmur of com
plant crossed her lips; ever patient, full
of hope, trusting with child-like conf
dence in her Savior At the age ol
twenty two she passed off the shore O
time, leaving fond parents and loving
friends with the assurance that our los
is ber eternal gain.
The funeral service on the 4h was at
tended by large concourse of people
which was conducted by Revs G. NJ
Wilson and D. Gordon. A very feeling
discourse was preached by the forme
from the text, Sand the ransomed o
the Lord shall return and come to Zio'
with songs and everlasting joy upol
their heads ;they shall obtain joy an
! gladness, and sorrow and sighing shal
fee away."-Isaiah xxxv, TO-.
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R Calling Senator MORTON into the
Ohio campaign has not filed the expecta
tions of the Republicans. He does not
draw well, and his speeches seem to carry
no power with them. Although he has
turned his coat, at the bidding of his
party, on the currency question, he has
sagacity enough to see that votes are not
to be made 10y persuading the people that
hard times will make them happy.
He is therefore forced to go back to
the old war issues and wave the bloody
shirt in the faces uf his small buss select
audiences; but the Northern heart stub
bornly refuses TO fire. OF the portion of
his speech devoted to this subject the N
7. Tribune says:
"This speech is blunder in its revival
Of threadhare appeals to the passions en-
gendered by the war, and its bringing
again into prominence the mistaken poll
cy which made last years elections so
disastrousto the Republicans; and it is
equally blunder in its timid and halting
treatment of almost the only issue involv-
ed which has national significance. 1t
has neither originality nor freshness and
it shows not less want of prescience
than a lack of comprehension of the
plainest lessons of experience. Indeed
We cannot but think that Senator Nor
tons appearance in the canvass at all is a
mistake"
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From Lee Tow ms hip,

Ed SPIRIT: After the food, and TAX
ing lookout at the surroundings. and
making rough estimate of the damage.
we. must say that it is considerable in the
way Of loss of fences, ,outbuildings, crops,
&c
The loss has been greater on the small
runs, such as Opossum, Narrows and
Patten s, in this section, than from the
river, which has done US no material
damage, except to overflow some of the
low bottoms, drowning the corn and in
some cases the wheat. But on the small
ler streams, above New Martinsville,
there is scarcely fence left,aud it wash
ed away all the crops planted in the
small bottoms on the run.
Our tobacco crop was not much in
jured from the fact that it is nearly all
planted on the hills or on bill sides, and
the only damage it sustained was from
being washed out by the continuous
rains.
Our farmers feel in better spirits for
the reason they have been in the last few
days threshing their wheat and find it,
a general thing, in better condition
than they looked for.
The prospect for crops now are fair
that is the fall crop OF corn, potatoes, to-
bacco, DC, and with continued fair
weather, which we have now, our antici-
pations will be realized, is the belief we
folks have
1t seems as though Lee township was
selected this season as the territory on
which all the murderous crimes were to
be committed have just learned some
of the particulars from the Coroner,
ESQ. Muhleman, of the crime of infanti-
eide, committed by young girl by the
name of Suter, living in this township
with Mr.. Fred Wtchey, the particulars
of which l suppose you will get through
the report Of the officers, in all proba
bility before you receive this.
The foundation for our school house
is about completed, and we think when
the house is finished it will reflect cred.
it on our village and our School Board,
under whose direction it is being built
and also on the contractor, Mr.. Hub
bard, Of Antioch this county. Respect
fully, JOHN.
SARDIs, ONO, August IA, 1875.
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~ Governor elect of Kentucky, Col.
McCreary,recently made speech at Gov.
ington, Kentucky. Having been an ar
dent ''rebel' his utterances may be read
with interest:
am-here tonight to say that I am in
favor of peace and reconciliation from
one endof Kentucky 10 the other that ]
am in favor Of peace and reconciliation
from one border of our Republic to the
other. Peace and reconciliation will bt
beneficial to the North, the South, the
East and the West. If you wantto built
up your prosperity again, if you want tc
restore the condition that existed before
the war, then you must no longer fan th,
|prendices and passions engendered' du
Iring the late civil strife. You must no
seek to tear open the scars of old wounds
to rekindle the embers of old fires;- bu
you must let bygones- be bygones, and lie
the dead past take care of itself. Let u
all endeavor together to build up thi
country, and restore the prosperity. tn
peace and the happiness that existed her
before the war;"
Wonder now if the bloody-shirt pres
won't make another "rebel outrage" ou
Of that ?
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County Correspondence.
Written for The Spirit Of Democracy.
From Seneca Township.
Wills CREEK, o, Aug. 3, Is

WILLS CREEK, o. Aug. 3, 1875.
Mr. EDIroR: On July 10Th the stone
arch b'idge spanning Wills creek, on
The lands of Benz. Dantord, was com.
pleted, and excepted by the Commits
slonels on the same day. The arch is
40 feet long and II feet high and l6 feet
wide, all composed of solid masonry.
Mr. Merydith fulfilled his obligation ac-
cording to the spirit and letter of his
contract, and completed the bridge in
good style.
Heavy rains have prevailed in our vi
cinity for few days Last. Wills creek
has OVERT WED its banks tour times
sirce Friday night July 3Oth, each sue
ceeding rise being higher and more de.
structive than the proceeding one, caus-
ing g'eat destruction of property. The
water spread from hill to hill, and in its
onward flow carried away the wheat in
the shock, and the hay in the cock, COM
pletely sanding meadows, rendering
them entirely useless, flooding the to-
hacco, which is certain death to that
weed. Jonathan Watson lost 1000 doz-
en- of wheat, Sam. Carpenter 200 dozen
and 100 acres of meadow was destroy
ed on the Vernon lands. The rainy
weather has continued so long that al.
most all the wheat on the highlands has
spoiled and the people are hauling it out
and. feeding it to hogs. / cannot calcu-
late the loss but it will amount to thou.
sands of dollars. ste
Calais was completely flooded, the
water entered nearly all the houses in
the town, it was 26 inches deep in Chris.
Kronings dwelling hous,
Joseph Ro'lgi lost $500 worth OF
goods in his house and store.
To James E Jones Esq, son was
born during that dark and stormy night
of July 80 He will have no difficulty
in remembering It's birth day.
W. NJ D.
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~Near Clarinoton. Monroe conn

RN Near Darlington, Monroe county.
lives widow lady and her daughter
who is about twenty years Of age. They
own eighty acres of land, which they
farm themselves. The daughter breaks
up the ground, plants and tends the
crop, drives the moving machine and
horse rake, and with the mothers assis
tance, does the entire labor of the farm
The farm is in good condition, with {
large crop of corn growing and a goot
harvest secured. The daughter is sal
to be an intelligent and estimahle young
lady, and is highly esteemed in the com
munity. Such enterprise is eminently
praiseworthy.-B Barnesrille Enterprs.e.
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you see there is an rreparahe luss of no
less than thirteen thousand dollars in ore
litt!e,ransaciiogl What encouragement
is there to work for the Radical ticket,
hen mans little pickings realize but
eighty seven cents on the dollar?
This matter should receive more atten-
tion than it does. The Radical papers
should howl louder about it. An occa-
sional paragraph about deprecated cur.
rency would be highly relished by the
rings which run the party and do the
stealing.
Think of the conscquences,if if the plum
derets should become so disgusted with
deprecated currency that they would re-
fuse to steal it! They would have then
no tie to bind them to the Radical party,
would leave the party, and then what
would the remaining fragments of the
party amount to2
1t makes one melancholy to think of
these things.
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re- The Bellaire and Southwestern
Railroad enterprise is beginning to as
sumo tangible form. We publish else
where notice for an election Of direct
ors, to be held on the 18th of September,
after Which the organization will be per:
fected without delay.
Itisproposed as soon as harvest is
over, that is, in ten days or two weeks, to
hold school house meetings all along the
line, and it is confidently believed that by
the time of the election, sufficient
amount of stock will be subscribed to Sc
cure the completion of the road.
The work of canvassing is now going
on with reasonable success. From Bell
aire we learn that the amount required a
that point will be raised.at an early date
and our information from Armstrong,
Mills is to the same effect.
Before the election takes place it il
proposed to hold meetings of the.subscri
bers at different points to put candidates
in nomination. These candidates WILDE
voted for at a meeting to be held at Arm
strong,s Mills, aud voters may either at
tend in person, or send in their ballots by
proxy. This end of the line will proba
bly, be awarded two Of thedFectors.
It's of the fist importance that th'
amount of stock be sufficient to secure
the road by the time the election is held
and to do this .he Woodsfeld feectiol
should add fully twenty-five thousan'
dollars 10 the amount already subscribed
Men of Monroe, waken up to this en-
lterprise, and let us do our duty like men
| A railroad is easily within our reach 1
possible that we can hesitate what t,
do?
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ew"Rag money, rag money, rag mon
ey," is bawled allday long by the hard
times sdvocates and yetthere is not a
greedy.wrecker Of them all but expects
and desires, after bis schemes have been
fastened upon the country, to have at
least three dollars of this same 'rag mon
ey' so,eyery dollar OF gold in circulation.
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RIn answer to the question, "Does
Prohibition Prohibit p the GAINESVILLE
Enterprise quotes statistics which show
that .ffty thousand dollars in fines was
imposed and collected for the violation of
tie Ptohibitory law duFing the year." in
Maine:
.s0ur children tol6 it" said Sally Stig-
gins, @and our children never lie; Nam
has whipped them thousand times fol
lying"
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sH Senator MORTON boasts that no
other administration was ever so success
fil in hunting npand Furnishing. frauds as
GRANT's has been
Exactly so. In no other part of New
York was so many thieves and ruffians
hunted up and punished as at the Five
Points. Yetwe never heard that, be
cause OF this, honest men esteemed the
Five Points more than they did Madison
Square
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Bishop CummIns' Church.

NEwBURG, N Y, August 11.-Twen-
ty-four families here have united to
form a Reformed Episcopal church.
Bishop Cummins attended the prelimin-
ary meeting, and said there were now
fifty ministers and forty congregations
of that church in the United States and
Canada.
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TIt is told that at the time when bills
OF the Wheeling bank were at discount
OF five per cent, an Irishman found ten,
onthe Merchants bank, lying in The road:
On making purchase with it, fifty cents
was deducted from the amount as dis
count. PATRICK. was dissatisfied. He
said the next time hefoEnd,one of those
bills in the road it might stay there. as be
was BALI sdella. out Of pocket by finding
this one.
A good many of the Radical officials
and hangers-on have the same jus
ground of complaint against the green
backs. orexample, one of them steals
ahundred thousand dollars in green
backs. HeIooks at the quotations, and
finds that compared with gold they are
worth but 81 cents on the dollarl Don't
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Legal Notice.


FLIJ All MCMAHON, who resides out of
II the State of Ohio. will take notice that On,
the 30th day of July. 1875, John N. Genin. ss
Executor of Thomas II. Genin, deceased, hled
petition in the Office of the clerk Of the court
of common pleas of Monroe county, Ohio. the
object and prayer of which is to revive judg--
ment rendered in said court at the May term
thereof for 1869 in favor Of said John N. GeAiu'
as such Executor, and against John Mcmahon
and Elijah Mcmahon. on which there is bali
ance due of $466 46 and interest at 10 per eeat
per annum from April II, 1870. 80 5-f
The said judgment has become dormant yol
are required to appear in said action on the S0tA
day of September, 1875, or in default thereof
plaintiff will ask for an order reviving said jude
ment at the term Of said court next after ssta
day. HOLLISTER & 0KEY,
aag3, 7ow6: Attys for plaintiff
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WThe Radical advocates OF hard
times have much to say about "rag ba
by" in connexion with greenbacks.
Who is the daddy Of that baby9 The
Republican party.
Who packed the Supreme Court iu or
der to have the "rag baby" declared lie
gitimate A Radical President.
Who endorsed the Radical President il
bringing this so called bastard into th'
family? Every Radical money-grabbe
who is now engaged in Safeguarding th'
Democrats because they won't aid il
strangling this Radical bantling.
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JOHN MUHLEMAN.

wWhy did the wool clip Of this
county go begging forpurchasers at pri
ces below the cost Of productionP Was
It because there is too much money in the
county,
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RIOTERS SHOT.

PANAMA, August 1.-President Con
zales, of Salvador, had about 90 Of those
engaged in the recent fanatical riot shot
in squads at the towns between San Mig
uel and the Capital. causing Padres, who
occasioned the outbreak, to witness the
executions. Many of these victims con-
fessed that they were assured by Padres
that they might rob the rich provided
they gave part to The church. Great sor-
row and Indignation have been expressed
throughout Central America at the events
in San Miguelin Which the respectable
clergy join
Inquiry into the late revolutionary
movement in Peru, shows that at Arequi-
pa the friends of the convent of sour
Lady of Mercy were actively concern
ed in the revolt. Some 40 conspirators
were captured in the monastery, and the
Bishop of the Diocese has been applied
to to close the rebellious institution.
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The tIiramOntane Outbreak In
Central America.

LcNDoN August 10--A letter from
Panama, published in the Star and Her.
aid, says Of the massacre; After the bar,
racks had been taken, nothing was heard
but the savage yell of the assailants, dis.
persing in all directions, breaking open
doors and windows of The houses of mer
chants and others, robbing, piI!aging and
assassinaling in their fiendish occnpa
ton, and applying The torch to houses
and whatever else their whim suggested
Amid all this, the cDntil uous cry of
Death to the foreigner! Death to the
heretcs!" was cons antlY heard The
town remained for three days at the mer-
cy of the assailants, and du ing that time
all classes of crimes had been committed,
and even those who took refuge in the
church were threatened with assassina-
ton by AL infuriated mob. The losses on
the propertv will! not fall short of. $780,
600 The President of the Republic has
done what he could t, hrirg the offend
ers to punishment, but so numerous are
they, they cannot he dealt with The for
eigners in the place have addressed their
respective Governments forthe purpose
Of making the G. )vernment responsible
for the losses so incurred.
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CLASS Dist Department.

Best pair draught horses or mares..5 30
Committee-same as class A.
CLASS Est Department-Horses for
Light Harness
Best pair matched horses for harness,
owned by one person or fem. .....6 4
Best pair matched mares for harness,
owned by one pe'son or firm. .......S 4
COmmlttse-same as class A.
CLASS Fist Department-Horses for
Single Harness and Saddle.
Best gelding for single harness ....5 2 SO
best mare for single harness .......5 SO
best saddle gelding or mare 800. IS 2 80
Committee-same as class A,
CLASS G-1st Department.
FIRST DAY.
Fastest trotting horse mare or gslding,
in harness or under saddle, under 5
years old, best in 8, ROUNDS to
the neat is 10
Fastest racking or pacing horse, mare
or gslding, in harness or under sad.
die, under years old, best 2 in 8,
8 rounds to the heat. Is 10
Committee-J. Holtsclaw, VIM. Diehl, Alex.
Griffith, C. Cronin David Bonar.
CLASS Hist Department.
SECOND DAY.
FASTEST stallion of any age.to go as they
please ................... ....1V
Fastest trotting horse, mare or gelding,
under 4 years old, best 2 in 3, 8
rounds to the heat 10 S
Fastest racking or pacing horse, mare
or gelding, under years old, best
in 8, 3 rounds to the heat, 10
Fastest pacing or racking horse, mare or
gelding, to go as they please, best 3
in 5, rounds to the heat. 80 Is
Committes-Jas. P. Mann, A. C. Danford
VIM. Smith, Jr., C. g. Oblinger, DR.. g. W
Steward.
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RULES and REGULATIONS
Monroe Go. Agricultural Society

OR THE-
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SWEEPSTAKES.
Best bull Of any age or breed, owned in
| the county. $40
CLASS CID Department-Oren.
Best yoke oxen over years oh....5 2 SO
yoke oxen under 4 and over 3 years.t 2 SO
Z" 2 5 2 SO
/. "A
l year old ........2 l
best fat bullock. .......... .....5 z so
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.a CLASS Doth Department.

each of other canned fruits, 500
best peck of dried apples, SOC
peaches. Soc
gallon 1" corn, SOC
gallon each of other dried fruits, 500
best display in this department. ......... 81
Committee--David Okey, Mrs. NJ. C. West,
Miss Sus Nesbitt, Mrs, Christina Weber, Miss
Lizzie Morrow.
CLASS E-6th Department-Domestic
Manufactures.
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OFFICERS:
WM. G. MANN, President.
JESSE A. KEYsoR, Vice President.
GEORGE P, DoRR, Secretary.
W. I. MORRIS, Treasurer.
JAMES WATSON, Chief Marshal.
Directors SIMON WOODS NO. DoUGE
ERTY, ADAM ARNOLD, JONATHAN LIEU.
ELLEN, A. B. COVERT, HENRY SMITH
JAMES ARMSTRONG, JOHN RUBY.
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PLANNING MILLS

WILLIAM DALEY, Psss. ssa.s lli7g
R. 7. RICHARDSON, sao. /.