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briggs Va. briggs.

81 would say here that did not know
that the contract was closed when / pul
in my $500 bid, nor did. the Democrat
ever admit the fact, and when Mr. VIII
liams makes that statement he states s
falsehood knowing at the same time thai
he does"-J. B DRIGGs, in Monroe
Democrat, March l9, 1875. -''s Z,
"In the afternoon we had occasion to
go into the Auditors office and there as.
certained from friend that the Commits
sioners had agreed to give the contrac,
to West for S249. We Immediately
called Mr. Okey, Of the Board, aside and
asked him if such was the case, and he
said that the other two had agreed thai
Henry should have it but that as yet nc
formal vote had been taken. as the Law
requires. We then prepared a bid il
writing, in which we agreed to do tht
county printing for two hundred dollars
and presented 1t to the Commissioners
II. B. DRIGGs, in Monroe Democrat
March 5, 1875.
Er Pede Herculem.
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EE There is no abatement here of the
interest felt in the railroad to Bellaire On
the contrary, the more the suhj dis
'cussed, and the more generally informa.
ton in regard to tits ditfused, the deeper
and wider becomes the feeling inits ia
yor.
There were at first some apprehensions
that prejudice against the towns might
prevent a few persons from fully co-ope-
Grating in the enterprise, but these are
found to be groundless. Itis now appa
rent that the farmers are taking even
more interest in it than the villagers
From every neighborhood for miles or
either side of the proposed route comes
the hearty response. IL will do my full
share'
This is the spirit which accnmplishes
lis purposes which lays of its coat, ,takcs
vigorously hold Of an enterprise, ane
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Emigration to the black HIS.

'WAsHINGTeN, D. C.,March l5.-Those
who are engaged in organizing the
Black Hills expedition will soon hear
what the President proposes to do
That information will doubtless consist
of The declaration that the Sioux treaty
must be respected, and these unlawful
expeditions must be prevented fsom en-
tering the Black Hills country, if the
entire army Of the United States shall
be required for that purpose. The Sen
ate, this morning, passed "a, resolution
calling upon the President for ,infdrma
ton concerning the matter. Senator
Ingalls, stated that there is NO doubt,
unless something is done, that, by the
middle Of April, from fifteen to twenty
thousand men will be on the way for
that territory, influenced, by the passion
of the gold fever.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-03-23
A Cartoon that was Never Prin.
ted. 'e'

l fancy Mast is something Of phil
osopher from his last cartoon, where he
stands bowing at the door by which his
old friend. Andy enters the Senate. He
must have smiled grilnly to himself as
he drew it, recalling, perhaps, another
picture, finished, but never used, for the
vote went the other way and the i'm.
parchment failed. This cartoon, now
in the possession of gentleman of this
city, represented Columbia tipping Pres
ident johnson out Of his chair; and as
he slides down the steps of the White
House, his crown (emblem of tyranny
has fallen down over his nose, while he
tries to peep from under it in mos,
maudlin way. Ah, well, he laughs bes'
who laughs last.-Washington Cores
pondence. f aF te
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-03-23

Ey Representative LAMAR. of Missis.
sippi, in speech before the Marshfield
Club. of Boston. a few days since, stated
with an emphasis whicIproved that he
weigf ed his words well, that iii the Nor.
thern States would now propose separa
ton, the South would not and could moi
accept it-there were no men Of intluenct
in the South who now desired Southern
Con(ederaev."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-03-23
OF Such is the Am erican senate

Whenever / go in and look down on
that assemblagea l think Of an old
preacher up in Maine who had con-
gregation that was pretty rough set.
His people stole shingles and pummelled
each other and got into all sorts OF
rows generally, until one day they "got
religion" and had grand revival, but
as soon as that was over they went back
to their old practices. At last some Of
the neighboring preachers thought it
was their duty to interfere, especially as
their brother who had these vagabonds
in charge seemed rather indifferent. So
they spoke to him about it, told him il
was scandal, &c. "Well, BRETHREN y
said the old gentleman, looking pretty
hard at them, "may be you think i: is,
and may be the folks round here don't
like it, but It seems to me that if the
Almighty aciU have church here, he's
got to be content with such as there be- "
Washington Correspondence.
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EpIn estimating the adyantages,o of q
railroad to any section Of country where
none before existed, there are several
considerations which should not be over
looked. The facilities and conyeniences
of railroad are of unquestionable i'm
portance, and SO also are the vastly in
creased freedom and frequency Of inter-
course which it affords with the world at
large. ~ @ aia
But just now we wish TO call attention
to some figures which bear upon the
question, Wilt pay? That is, if the
people interested build a railroad from
WoodsfeldIto Bellaire, will it pay them
not in conveniences, not in social advan-
tages but in hard dollars and cents. As
purely mercenary transaction, will il
pay2 az b.as a
Of course this question can be intelli
gently answered only byinforming our
1 3
selves as to what railroads have done
elsewhere, and then applying their results
to our resources. For this purpose WI
present some statistics, for which we have
Travelled no farther than the nearest rail
road to us.
Belmont County has sixteen town
ships OF these. six are crossed by rail
roads, and ten are without railroads. Th'
figures used below in comparing the 81,
with the ten, are taken from the Auditor
books of that county, and may be relie(
upon:
The six townships have 225s SO miles
Being difference in territory of 30 pc
cent in favor of the ten. In twenty years
from the construction of the Contra
Ohio Railroad the increase in value was,
In the six townships, S6,6sS,644
s' ten :" 2,79S. .29S
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sS- Now that Republican Committee has
reported that the Republicans, and not the Con.
servatives, did the intimidating business in
Louisiana-Spirit Of Democracy
The committee reported nothing of the
kind, but on the contrary right the re-
verse, as will be seen from The appended
extract from their official report TO Con
gress, which the Spirit editor never read
or which he else purposely falsifes.-
Athens Messenger.
We will exhibit degree Of faith in
the Messengers candor, which we sus-
pect it rarely witnesses. In other words,
We will assume that it will acknowledge
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-03-23

EF The folly of trying to reform the
administration of the government by
passing good laws, and getting bad mcr
to execute them, has been again exempli
fed. The Civil Service Reform, which
promised such beneficial results, has been
consigred TO its coffin. GRANT and his
pet Congressman were accustomed tc
brush away its rules like cobwebs,and the
Commissioners, ,one after another, resign
ed in disgust. And now its rooms have
been closed, its shutters put up,and Grape
hung upon its doors.
There will be no reform in the civi
service while there is aGR,STfor Presi
de4t.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-03-23

LONDON, March 15-Immense crowds
continue to attend the revival meetings
held by Revs Moody and Sankey. To-
night over 10000 people were present,
and thousands were turned away. The
streets in the vicinity Of the ball were
choked with people unableto obtain adj
mission.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-03-23

The original copy of the Declaration
of Independence, which has been in the
Patent Office at Washington for years,
has faded SD that the signatures are
scarcely visible, and skilled penman is
to 90 over the document with the aid
of strong microscope and retrace all
the signatures so as to make them dis
tnct and legible.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-03-23

~As result OF the Investigation
into the charges of bribery against mem
bers of our State Legislature, the people
will not be satisfied with a finding Of "no,
proved guilty;" neither will they be con.
tent with the adoption OF GRosyENoR'
plan to secure an acqnittal by suppress
ing the facts.
Ohio has heretofore been MS free from
corruption as any State in the,Union, ant
now that her fame is challenged, let there
be a full and searching investigation.
Maledictions upon the member who
would stifle one word Of the evidence be
cause 1t might bring censure upon any
man or any party.
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rThe Enterprise says it is highly
fmportant for GAINESVILLE to have an out
let to the North. #o
II the heinaications are reliable, before
two years Barnesville will be needing an
inlet from the South.
sheis looking entirely toe lofty to see
her interests.
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EF The Senate did not dare to admit
PIxcHBAcK for fear Of storm of pubic
Indignation they did not dare to reject
him for fear of a storm of exposures in
the Louisiana business. So they com
promised by postponing the case until
NEXT session. Strategy, my boy
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The New Hampshire Election.
FtnaI Returns.

CONCORD, March 6-The full vote
of the State is now in, and foots up as
follows :r'G Cover lnor-Cheney, 1925 /:
Roberts, SO 1853 White, 744; total vote,
70 202; Cheney over Roberts,122 Con
eressmen, First District Whitehouse,
Republican, 1853; Jones, Democrat,
l4,0o5; scattering, 1926; Jones plurality
1856 Second Distlict--Pike, Republi
can, 1896; Bell, Democrat, 1908
scattering, 202; Bells plurslity, 147 =
Third Distriet-Blair, Republican, 12,-
1888; Kent, Democrat, 12,1Sl ). scatter
ing, I63 Blair's plurality, 2O7.
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The editor Of the Woodsfeld Spirit
With true Democratic instinct, enters the
lists in advocacy of cheap whisky
ltAens Messenger.
As an intellectual effort the above is sc
ereditable to the Messenger that we ex
send its circulation To fully appreciate
dts merit, it must be borne in mind tha
the editor was compelled to invent thu
fact on whichIto base his wit.
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H-llis o pleasing thing to see people
happy. The Republican papers are hap
py-happy as a;small boy wLo finds 8
cent. The gain of few score of votes
from the Prohibitionists in New Hamp
shire, has thawed out their good nature
They lose a Congressman, and failed te
elect their Governor on a popular vote
but there is comfort, and compensation
and much joy in the gain Of that littl
handful of votes. We are not churlish
We tender them our cordial congratula
tions.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-03-23

EW Monroe County will march to The
border Of Belmont, and shaking hun
dred thousand dollars toward Bellaire
will call out in her most winning tone
"Now, gentlemen, come on with youl
railroad" Is @
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E Judging by the number Of candi
dates talked of for the various Offices in
this county, it is safe to say that no gene.
raj apprehension is felt here that the Leg.
islature will Cut down salaries below 8
living rate -" +
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her younger sister counties long since
cpjoyedlhem Why should Woodsfield,i
that will compare 50 iavorably with other
towns in, churches, schools,legal lore and,
financial ability,be SO long content to be
shut out in the mud from commercial
world? GLENCo
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The Brooklyn Argus gives the follow
ing description of a woman's way of
signing her name in book :r"She de-
posted her gloves directly on the page
where sheintended to write her name
Then she turned over the leaf, and left
her muf on the. next page, Not find
ing place for signature, she turned q
leaf in the other direction, and left her
veil as book mark ~. i, -
Recently, during the pantomime at
one of the Dublin theaters, clown en-
tered and said, II feel rather Moody"
The pantaloon rejoined, sand l feel
rather Sankey-monious," at which the
gallery hissed furiously, and some one
struck up "Hold the fort, for / am COM
ing" one of the revivalist hymns, and
the whole assemblage in the higher
story Joined in the chorus heartily. The
curtain fell until the hymn was conclu-
ded
A while ago man swallowed fork
in Paris. This incident has inspired
one DR.. Mignon with the idea of col
lecting records of similar cases, and al
so of making out.a catalogue of the-ar-
ticles swallowed by lunatics or idiots
or people who may well be regarded as
such. One hundred and sixty three
cases are on record of individuals who
have swallowed such very indigestible
and uncomfortable articles as scissors
pins, gold medals, oe-buckles, domin
oes, knives, pipes, glass vials, whet
stones, ETC. 1t is remarkable that o
these 1853 individuals only ten dice
from thus indulging their appetitcs.
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g lTTflegraphif.

ROME, March ID The Consistory was
held at the Vatican to-day. Archhishops
Manning, of Westminster ;Ledochowski,
of Posen and Guiasen; McClosky, Of
New York; Deschamps, Of Molines and
Monsigners Giapelli ani Bartolini were
created Cardinals
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-03-23

RWe would like to have our State
Legislators achicvegrea fame as investi-
gators, cut we have our doubts. They
have four orfiye jobs in that line on
hande, but us far as they have gone the
people are notlikely to be proud of them.
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EThey have already adopted Con
gressional manners in the Ohio Legisla
,ture. Asmember denounced the C.nein
natl Enqtdrer's correspondent as a thief
liar and q scoundrel."
II the rumors in regard to the passage
OF the bill to remove the county seat o.
Wood County, be true, the members are
also acquiring Congressional morals.
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wMr WATSON, black ball that Tole-
dobil'. The Democratic party cannot
affold to sacrifice its good name in order
to make soft places for squad OF politi.
cal bummers. ar re7 II
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FT Tue Legislature will probably beat
the BEEcHER trial, after all. 1t proposes
to close its session about the last Of thi,
month.
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EFThe boss. wire.palIers OF the Re

fFT The boss wire-pullers OF the Re,
publican party are still worrying at Ben
WADE to be candidate for Governor.
You are wasting your energy. gentle.
men. The people OF this great and good
State of Ohio have decided that Old BILL
ALLEN has been to them frst,rate Coy.
ernor, and they haYefully made up their
minds "to give the old man another
chance"
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Notice..

A Ill persons knowing themselves indebted
N to the undersigned, by either note or book
account, are hereby notified to call and settle
on or before the lst Day of April, 1875,
as there will be change in the firm at that
time. ask all those indebted to me to give
this theiI immediate attention, so that can
settle up the old business.
g. H. DANKWERTH.
febs3, fow6 Darlington, Monroe Co Ohio.
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wSiir up that four-dollars a,day bill,
Mr.. WATSON. We want to see those re.
trenchment pretensions tested
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1874
Iota
By couns proportion State eoumon school fund s7sso
Interest section IS due county January, 1875 1888 M
7'i;s:': fs;s ";.:: ' Columbus. ,s.s' Ahs
eoontys proportion
interest section collected by treasurer ... sai
township Collected duplicate l
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ................-s sss4 IS
7ss'aaS TsTahp school DO DO DO Observation-Disclosures OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Is IS
Total. Total @..:: saaa t.s 3
Balance in Tresury. 500 81
zssss; ; :: :5:: S;a;::
ress sl a: ia, ''"s n' costs - 1.s.sn
...sxsss
~ isriamAa1 FUND " DR.
s'
deposited Auditor December.
n.ss. 5s's
s,s ssSis@' .sD ::e. -s.
By order. ssasa
Total FUND, s @ i t''l %
ss'a: s2'''sa s7sIs, {: II 1,, = '.,s
By orders redeemed deposited
7o,. d. as W. A'A M i.srs
amount collected DapHsa's ssD,
By anaas me-.
..s... . p.a ss sp.u, ass settlement sis 1874 @ = ..,
4nsss' 1ss.5ssss'i ss's assas
balance Treasury sspsns.s psaaR.ss settlement SHsD 1874 81 =
Total Jos 81
By deposited ...
1si.
s4ss s.
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wGold went up to 1l6i last week
Is not this little lisrespectful to the act
To restore specie payments?
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EF The air about the Stale House


EF The air about the State House in
Columbus,is slightly tainted with rumors
of bribery in connexion with the passage
of the Wood county-seat bill, and Com
niitee of Investigation has been APP
pointed.
These charges may he mere exhibitions
of spleen by the defeated party, but they
have been so boldly and so publicly
mlde, that a full and fair investigation is
imperatively demanded.
tits perhaps needless to remark that
our member is notone of the suspected
parties.
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Terrific Explosion at Austin Pow.
der Mills.

CLEVELAND, March 16 The Austin
Powder Company'a mills, located near
the canal, about five miles south Of -tris
city, blew up this afternoon with Sc
ries of terrific explosions The works,
which were composed of ten or twelve
buildings, were completely demolished,
large fragments of timber and heavy
machinery being thrown a considerable
distance. There were eight or ten men
at work in and about the mills at the
time of the explosion, three of whom
were killed, the rest escaping with few
slight bruises. The names of the killed
are Fred. Putnam aged thirty three,
leaves wife and two children; David
Lamson, aged forty, leaves wife and
four children; August Ratcliff, aged
forty-five, unmarried. The two maga
zines, in which are stored a large guam
tity Of powder, and situated about forty
and sixty rods from the nearest exploded
mill, did not explode, although the root
and wall Of the nearest were badly torn
by the conclusion
The loss to the Powder Company can
not now be estimated, but will be heavy
The buildings, with the exception of the
engine house, were of little value The
extent of the damage to the machinery
is not known. The cause Of the explo-
sion will probably never be known, as
the man at the coming mill, where the
first explosion occurred, was killed In
the immediate neighborhood of the ex-
plosion, houses were badly damaged,
windows being broken and plasterine
torn off IA 2aiaa 81 II 5soi'#
In the city theswadest excitement'pre-
vailed, many thinking the detonations
were caused by an earthquakes Houses
rocked and shook, people rushed into
the streets, horses became frightened
adding. to the alarm. by their lplunging
Much damage TO windews was done, the
large plate glass fronts in Ryder's pho
tograph rooms, Baldwin's dry goods
store,i new City Hall, Cushing's Block
Standard Block, and several other pla
oes, being shattered, The damage, in
the city is estimated at from, S25, 900 to
$4,000. ''''-''.
An explosion occurred at these pow,
der mills three years ago But little
damage was done to property, except
that owned by the powder company.
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JOHN uLRICH aoTH's ESTATE.

] lN0TIGEis is hereby given that the undersien.
| IN ed has been appointed Executor ON tho q.
tate Of John Ulrich Roth, late Of Monroe SCUM.
! ty, deceased. JOHN Drummer.
mch2. .'tSwS
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Notice to Township Assessors

,NOWsHIe ASSESSORS are hereby notified
to'mest at the Auditors Office, in Woods
field, April l3. 1875, to receive their instruc'
tions, blanks, &c.
Zach Assessor is requested to attend, as
matters of importance will be transacted.
N. HOBFFLER, Auditor.
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A $ IA + 3 M e N +

Of the condition of the various Funds for State County and
Township purposes the Treasury of Monroe County Ohio
on the lst day of March, 1873
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-09-09

DRAMATIC SUICIDE AT a CLAM
BAKE.-Ncc York, Sept. At a
clam-lake gwen at Conev Island yes
tcrdav by Congressman Odell, at
which several other Congressman
and prominent persons were present,
a Young Italian named Nianai, SAID
to belong L, the suite OF Count Corti,
the Italian Minister, AMI To belong
a prominent family in Rome, COM
mitted suicide under very singular
circumstances DR.. DorrcmuS, one
of the guests. announced that Mr..
Nianni, who possessed very remarka-
bic dramatic talents, would favor the
company with an Italian recitation
in imitation Of Rachel. The young
Roman then took his position in the
.ccntr of the Group, and began his
RECITATION. His voice clear and well
controlled; his geSticulation highly
dramatic; his Ii rs seemed to culver
with passion, while the expression of
his face was startling. Once he in
,erruptcd himself, and turning to
Senator John \. King, he said,
you understand Italian He then
resumed and finished with the ex-
clamation in Italian, God who
Judges all, viii Judge dis" He then
took a pistol from the outer pocket
of his coat and placing it to his tenn
pie fired, He fell patly on his face
and perfectly motionlc,s. The spec
tators exclaimed, Wonderful" and
applause commenced, when Dorre-
mus rushed forward eyclaiming,
"Grcat God, gentlemen, he is killed.
Many at first thought this IA part OF
the entertainment, but on lifting the
body the NJ il l. truth became man
ifest. DR.. Ellis at once probed the
wound and pronounced the ease
hopeless. He lived half an hour,
but never spoke No cause assigned
ior the terrible act.
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,vEprICEMENTs
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
COMMISSIONERS SALE
OF
REAL ESTATE.

In accordance with the provisions a
decree rendered in the Circuit Court
Lincoln county Of the March term -
Thereof IN a cause renaing in sad Csr
wherein =. \. Sperry aud pthers are pa
tiff. and c. l.. Bowden, ad,a'r Of IIer
Adkins. decd and Others are the deie l.
ants, will on
Ihc an Day Of SEPTEMBER, ls.j
Mt tina front door # the, C,urthou.e
Lincoln county, proceed o. - re land
tie y aint;h's liill aud cShih.;s meli.n'.
atpubl;c auction Ia the highest h.dlff f
curing one urtiI Of tie purchase ar'
ev cash in hand, and the balance IN { ~
equal ihsiallment~, upon a credit "'i
nine and twelve months, taking from 2
purchaser bonds with good secnFty l-s'
lng interest from datc uf -aie.aud reia
the legal title As additional and iUr.
security.
The said land consists of six tracts 70
If 90 acres, also one other Il go acre. %
Of 80 acres, one If 1862 acres one II ~ a''
aud one tract Of 30 acres, all Of said ir.'
Of land are situate on the Guyand
river and Little Hart Greek a ir.bn.r
thereof. in Hart Creek District 81 3
Lincoln county Given uadcr NY ID!
this tie 2d day Of August, l752.
J.E. STOLLlNGS,
SPECIAL COM
Ang. 5-tds.
The above SAFE il postponed ill t1,n
day Of November, 1879.
J. f. STOLLINGS,
Spcc'l Commissioner
Sept. 9th, tbs.