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BljaI, Indignant--A Sad Case.


detroit Free Press
who did that p asked Biiah, as a
woman with back eye came in and
sat down. 80.
"My husband-hit me with his fist"
she replied, tears coming to her eyes.
'He-did--eh y mused the old iani
tor, putting out his finger towards her
eye.
Eyes, he did,
"Well, continued Bijsb, growing red
in the face. tits mighty g,od for some
of these old grizzlies that I hain't wo-
man Do reu know, missus, that if
were d folhE wife ami mother, ard my
darling husband should come home
from his daily toll and black my eve
that d hit him with the whole wood
shed at once! Yes, l would, missus
About the time he struck me he'd think
a meeting house had tumbled over on
him! Yes, missus, it's, good thing for
these old wife-pounders that my father
wasn't woman!" And he walked up
and down, breathing hard and clench-
ing the broom handle with an awful
grip.
His Honor came in, growing about
the weather, and as soon as he got his
overcoat off he looked over the war.
rants like wagon running down hill
and called for the first man to put in an
appearance, The individual happened
to be John Beecher, a tangled haire1
thin WASTED young man of twenty
summers or so.
"You seem to be sad," remarked Hi:
Honor as he looked over the desk.
IL don't feel a bit WE'LL" replied
John.
Being drunk last night and lying or
the walk for three or four hours didn't
help your general health any, did it p
"Oh, sir! I'm sorry, and / want to &c
light home to Shiawassee County =
moaned the prisoner.
You got drunk-broke window
had fgEt-fell down-bit the officer
and if you think you can get out o
here without scratch you're as badly
deceived as the bear which hugged /
stone man."
I'll know / shan't live long if Tn
sent to jail" gasped John. "a
They keep lawyer up there to max,
wills, and they have one of the bes
sections in the West" answered Hi
Honor. "Justice cries for vengeance
and B jah shall chalk sssixty days" or
Your back. Here's an old jack-knif,
which the police took away from you
and in case of your death it will be duly
labelled and sent by express to you
| friends"
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A bill which is before the Tennessee
State Senate contains the following sec
tor: "That bachelorism is hereby de,
c.ared privilege, and every male inhab-
liant of this State, over thirty years of
age, being of sound mind and enjoying
good bodily health, remaining unmarried
after the 1st day of May, 1875, shall pay
fine Of $40 annually" In that State
single blessedness is evidently classed
among the luxuries, and as such ought to
be paid for.
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County Correspondence
written for The Spirit of Democracy
From FL ankiin Township.
PLEASANT VALLEY, ONO

PLEASANT VALLEY, ONO
March 80, 1875
EDUCATIONAL FRIENDS: The school
visited last week we found in good Or
der, and under a state of high, practical
progression. Number of pupils enroll
ed, 40; daily average attendance, 30; of
this number 19 were II years old and
upward. Twenty FIVE had made consid-
erahle advancement in arithmetic, eight
in geography and six in grammar. The
geography and grammar scholars inclu
ded in their number arithmetic, leaving
fifteen, whose average age was 7 years,
spending their time in spelling. reading
and writing. The whole number of pu
pills in the school not reading or having
states was 4, and no reading class in the
school below the third reader NV first
visit to the school, for the present term,
happened 10 be on examination or re-
view day, affording ample opportunity
of ascertaining correctly the per cent of
each class in the different branches of
study, which was given promptly and
with pleasure by the teacher, as follows
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In the case of A G Buell., charged
with libeling ex Senator Chandler, OF
Michigan, in the Detroit Free Press q
year ago, and which case was appealed by
the Government from the U S. District
to the U. S. Circuit Court of Missouri on
March 8, ult., Judge Dillon, of the latter
Court, rendered decision affirming that
of the Lower Court, and Mr.. Buell. was
discharged
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A Theological Question settled,

A man died recently at Suter Creek
who had never adhered to any particu-
lar belief in any specified system of re-
lieion, but who bore the reputation of
being a liberal, kind-hearted man and
a good citizen A minister was reques-
ted to conduct the funeral service, and
the good man during his discourse said
in effect that the deceased had not the
least chance of salvation, but had made
a bee line for the hot place. Those who
heard this were very indignant, and that
evening party of men went to the
minister's house, dragged him out OF
bed, put rope around his neck, declar-
ing they would hang him. He begged
hard for life, and finally retraeted the
aspersions he had cast upon the decess
ed, and promised to leave the place at
once. He was then released, and next
day he packed up his effects and left
Alta California
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NOTARY PUBLIC.

THE undersigned, having been appointed
i Notary Public, would inform his
friends, and the public generally, that he is
prepared to fill Pensioners Blanks, administer
Oaths, take DISPOSITIONS, acknowledge Deeds,
Mortgages, and other Instruments of writing.
aug4,T4tf. WM WORKMAN
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"Do You want to Kill the child ?" ex
claimed gentleman as he saw a Fifth
street boy tip the baby out of its car
riage on the walk. "No, not quite" re-
piled the boy; shut if l can get him to
bawling mother will take care of him
while / 60 and wade in the ditch with
Johnny Bracer !''-Detroit Free Press.
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The Bashful Irishman's Letter

The following is an exact copy Of q
letter addressed by needy Irishman to
nohleman, residing in the same town
My LORD: 1 am an Irishman in the
iirest distress. To say that / am an
Irishman is, know, passport to the
innermost recesses of your soul. ]
want something of about three hundred
pounds per annum; but will not re-
fuse four hundred At present, howev.
er, am destitute; and terribly out oil
sorts. You will have some idea of my
condition when l tell you that l have
not tasted food for six weeks, and thai
| am so disastrously off for clothing
that the elboacs Of my shirt arc hanging
out Of the knees Of my breeches
P S.-Don't mind the hole in the
bearers trousers; he is trustworthy.
To this missive the noble lord re
piled:
SIR: That you are an Irishman is :
sufficient passport TO my fireside-my
purse-my heart Come never miro
the shirt. With or without convention
al ornament GU will be equally receiv
ed by
Your devoted LYNDHURsT.
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NElGIaRORHOOD ITEMS.

Died March 80, in Caldwell, Mary
Semmens, rs years. Her husband
Thomas Semmens, aged 80 years still
survives and is. perhaps, the oldest man
in Noble couhty.-Noble County Press.
VIM. Love, died near Salem, in Wash
iugton county, on the 19sh ult, in the
eighty-sixth year of his age. Mr.. Love
moved from Belmont county to the vi
cinity Of Freedom, in 1886. and after
residing at that place about twenty
years, moved to the vicinity where he
died-Noble Co. Republican.
There are now on the civil docket Of
the Common Pleas Court for trial at the
next term, two hundred aud seven cases,
and by the opening of the term there
will be at least thirty more. There are
twenty-eieht cases on the criminal dock
ct. This makes, it is believed, the lar
gest docket that has ever been had in
this county. Court begins on the 4th
day of May.-Guernsey Jefersoaidn,
lst inst.
+. Mrs, Sarah Smith, widow of Robert
last Saturday morning A singular "a,
tally has attended this family which,
five months ago, consisted of three per.
sons At that time a son and only
child, aged % years, died of typhoid
fever, three months later and the father
fell victim to pneumonia and now con-
sumption calls the mother and last OF
the family to, hope, a. reunited fam
lily circle in the better land above
Guernsey Jefersonian, 1st inst.
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Hacks leave the Hotel every morning 10
Woodsfeld.
Carriages and drivers furnished travellers
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its reputation as a frst-class home for board
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The beds and rooms will be kept in con.
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in town, and horses will be we'll cared for.
solicit share of the public patronage,
oct6, '74m3. BLiAS DENOON.
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/ recently, and the Proprietor informs the
travelling public that he isprepared to afford
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comfortable; stabling in good order, and the
traveller is assured that his horses will receive
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All Fools Day came and went as
usual. Aside from a few comical cases
of frst-clsss slang whanging by the
boys, nothing occurred to mar the dig
nifty of even the most sensitive.
The rivers are in excellent boating
condition, and all the steamers are ma
KING rood time. j. E W.
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The two virSinias.

A highly imflr ant decision has been re-
Gently rendered ia tine Supreme Court of APP
peals of Virginia in regard To the liability
Of the two states for the debt of the old
Commonwealth in which the following in
teresting points were decided: Under a GER
tain compact entered into between the state
of Virginia and Ire old James River Canal
Company, (succ 1ele1 by the James River
and Kanawha,l the state of Virginia is liable
forever To the stockholders of the latter
company for the annuity OF fifteen per cent.
per annum on til !r stock without dimunitiOn
or abatement The dismemberment OF the
state does Lot change its liability
a. between it-elf and creditors. The
state of West Virginia is also bOunl to
the creditors los the whole debt which
existed at the time of its dismember-
meni. AS beiweoH the two states, they
are bound ratabl ard if Virginia has to pay
the whole debt aI equity arises at once in
her favor for cor tTibution against West Vir-
ginia, which she can enforce in the United
States courts The principle as 10 the liability
of each state for the lC5ole debt to the creditor
is the same, whether the partition was ere
ated by consent or violence; the new state
cannot by her separate action or by the com
bined action Of the two states extinguish or
even divide the claim of the creditor, without
his consent So long as they can be identi-
fed, even though each may have assumed.
each il bound to the creditor for the whole
debt. Virginia i still n state, and has not
lost her identity by the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
the foriy-eight counties which constitute
West Virginia
The points above stated would seem 70 in
yOlye very seriously the bonds recently is
sued by the state of Virginia under her
funding bill. The old bonds were funded and
new ones were issuei for twO-thirIs their
amount, together with what was caIleI
'West Virginia certifica teS' for the remain
ing third of the state, thus boiling the new
state liable for one-thiri. The court. how
ever. states that it expresses no opinion A.
To the right of those creditors who have ac-
cepted the provisions of that bill This
would Indicate that those vino have oceeo,eI
must abide by their acceptance. The opin-
ion, which is an exceedingly interesting one
II printed in full in the Richmond Dis
patch Among other expressions contained
II one TO the effect that the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
of Virginia is mot exceeded in atrocjtv Inv
the partition Of Poland"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-07

The Information given in the card OF the
executive committee of the Columbian
University that the requisite sum ofone hun
dTed thousand dollars has been subscribed.
enabling the university to secure the
doha,ion OF $4,000, Offered by Mr.. Corco-
ran, will be received with satisfaction
by every citizen interested in the pros
pefity and renown of this city. We
congratulate all concerned in securing
this munificent endowment for the Univer-
sity- on their success The Columbian Uni
versity, under the admirable management of
President yelling. has already made great
strides towards a leading position among the
great educational institutions OF the country.
and now, strengthened by this permanent
fund, its brilliant and useful future is
aSSurDI.
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The Eerald'S LATEST

What lucky thing il is that we have tho
New York Herald on the watch-tOw,r of lib
erty' That paper now scents out the most
appalling of CsesariSh conspiracies. of which
the following is an outline: The citizens of
New Orleans are to be eggel on to . condition
oil popular Jury. resulting in "a collision with
the small force of United States troops; who
compelled To face whole population OF reso-
lutte and desperate spirits. viii be driven out.
and the people will take the city. Grant
will then take command i'm person He win
concentrate all the available force of the
government and endeavOr to seize the citv.
whereupon the whole OF the population OF
mississippi, Alabama, Georgia. Texas and
Arkansas. and the men who once marched
under the Confederate colOrs, will imna-
diateiy rally in support of the people OF New
Orleans to fight their battles over again.
We shall then be in the presence of n
new rebellion, "fomented by the Exc
cutive;" and the President will call ON
Congress for trOOps-and money. These
troops and this money Congress will
hasten to vote because lit still repre-
sents the principles and the party that the
country has repudiated at the polls. AMI i'm
the chance of new conflict and a revived
rebellion II would see the hope of a renewed
hold on the nation 1t will vote the President
the hundred thousand men he wants, and if
within year from this time Grant mas COM
mand OF one hundred thousand men, the next
election for the Presidency will be held az tn.
Greek kalends, or whenever else His Excel
lency may please" This, says the HeralJ
Is the frishtful conspiracy concocted "by the
military satrapy of the White House. which
has Grant in its hands" The success al
tanned by the Herd,ors canard about the es-
cape OF the wild animals in Central Park. i'm
soaring the mothers and nursery maids OF
New York, has doubtless inspired il 10 rig up
'his oO.y 10 brighten the capitalists of that
city Perhaps il will work, "a to-day's tele-
grams state that public meeting has been
called in that city 10 take into consideration
The alarming state of affairs in Louisiana.
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THE WAY 1T WoRKs.-GoveFnOr Ponder,
ia his message TO the Delaware legislatureon
Tuesday. says that if Congress by the pas
sage of the civil rights bill should interfere
with the educational interests of the state by
compelling mixed schools. the legislature
would. in his opinion, not only be justified,
but required by public sentiment in the state
% call i'm the investments set apart for COM
mon schools and apply the same 10 the pay
ment OF the public debt.
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The Bos1onians, in a proper spirit OF re-
buke of the undignified manner in which the
festive New York aldermen received King
kals<kaua, are treating that dignitary 10 a
Proiraeted round OF invitations 10 the gram
mar schools, reform schools, hospitals, asy-
lums, and other educational, corrective and
charitable institutions upon which the Hub
prides itself Prince David declares that il is
mighty instructive, but that il is rather
long between drinks.
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They are just commencing a trial O.
Beecher I'm Brooklyn. He has already been
tried by the public and found guilty mainly
on his own testimony.
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Niagara Flre Insurance Company Of New York
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Republic Fire Insurance Company of New Ycrk-
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

CONSERVATIVES, TAKE NoTIoE. Livery mo-
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less, and much depends on the judiciOus
choice of a remedy. The amount of testi-
mOny in favor Of DR.. Schenck's Pulmonic
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all that can be brought to support the preten-
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Gates of many persons of the highest respeeta-
bility, who have been restored to heath. after
being pronounced incurable by physicians Of
acknowledged ability. Sehenck's Pulmonic
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moted by the employment of two other reme-
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pose. These additional remedies are schenek' S
Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills. By the
timely use Of these medicines, according to
directions, DR.. Schenck certifes that most
any case Of consumption may be cured.
DR.. Schenck is professionally at his princi-
pal Office, corner Sixth and Arch streets,
Philadelphia, every Monday, whore all letters
for advice must be addressed.
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Parisian Balls.

la Paris, when the sun goes down and
honest people get to bed, queer things
take place. When the gas is lighted,
and the places of amusement open in
full blast, curious sights are to be seen.
A correspondent, who has evidently
been doing his duty couscientiously,
skirmishing around the dark corners Of
the city, has found some remarkable
dancing halls, where Terpsichore evi.
IDENTIFY delegates some of her distant
relations to preside over the festivities.
" One Of the most extraordinary of
these balls, he writes, " is that held in
a blind alley, and opposite the shed
where the guillotine is housed; the
hsbitues are mostly the grave diggers be.
longing to Pere st. Regnoul, Pere La
Chaise cemetery,th tombstone men, and
the undertakers assistants. The pro.
prietor of the place is Spaniard, and
his ability consists in initiating the
weeping OF mourners, and the orations
delivered at civil interments. There
is ball that charges no ad.
mission fee, but all who partici.
pate in contre dance have
to pay two sous each; the proprietor, on
the conclusion of the dance, encircles
the dancers with a cord, and who pay
the fee to be liberated, and which also
serves as a moose to drag out recalci-
trants. Polkas, waltzes and mazurkas are
gratis and short The Monsters also
have their balls in the Rue des Flandres;
it is here where infant prodigies and all
human phenomena meet; dancing is as
general as quarreling, and Jealousy Of
each Others imperfection is the badge of
all the tribe. The Skeleton Man in.
dulges in can can; a man with a
'cupola head wsltzes with woman
bearded ike the pard; in quadrille a
dwarf has for visa-vls the woman with
fish scales instead of skin; kind of
Milly-Christine united mulatressrs
browns or drown care in a polka, the
'Caoutchouc Man has the power of
developing q dromedary hump, as he
enjoys a mazurka with Newfoundland
dog. A Cyclop, with bis diamond eye,
acts as master of the ceremonies"