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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22
The. Red Cloud Indian Frauds

IA Washington correspondent Of the
Baltimore S,sa; under date OF the 18th
inst, statesitliat the report of Messrs,
Fletcher. Harris, Faulkner and Ather.
ton, appointed to investigate the char
yes OF mismanag,sment aud fraud at the
Red Cloud Indian agency, madeby Pro.
fessor Marsh, has been received ut the
Interior Department. We cen give our
readers only few extracts:
The charges of official ircornpetency
against j. j. Saville, Indian agent AT
Red Cloud agency, are sustained and his
removal recommended, bat he il cxone.
rated from imputatiens OF dishonesty.
The system of Keeping accounts Mt the
agency was exceedingly loose and de.
iectire, and for this reason the Indian
Office is justly censurable.
The total cost TO the government of
beof for one year was S700,S5i. and the
net profits To the contractor StI7.5lO.
The superior character of the cattle
was established, notwithstanding the
complaints OF Red Cloud fragrant
frauds were found in the pork contract.
Of which j. w. l.. Slhvens, the 'contrac.
tor was found guilty. The committee
recommend the removal of inspector +.
K. Thrcckeld for passing six hundred
barrels OF Slaven's inferior pork and the
exclusion of Slavens from all future con.
tracts in any department of the govern
ncnt.
The commission cannot acGuit Com.
missioner Smith from neglect Of respou.
sibility liz allowing clerical error in
the contract to pass the Indian Office,
which rendered Che frauli.possible. The
commission also find that inferior flour,
which Major Long was directed 10 in.
spoct, slipped through uninspected in an
unexplained manner. An attempt at
fraud by ID. j. McCann, who put eighty
eight pounds Of flour in one Hundred
pound sacks, is also referred to, and they
recommend the exclusion of Martin and
McCann from government contracts in
tho failure.
Heavy frauds Ill transportation we're
q Covered and they recommend legal
proceedings against ID. j. Mccain, n
freight contractor, for overcharges. In
recommending the removal of agencies
to more accessible places and referring
to the fact that transportation often
costs rs fluch rs the goods transported.
tue commission say that the time has
come when the government should cease
to purchase peace from the Indians.
The commission believe in the policy
OF having no more treaties with the In
dams; that the Indians should be treat.
ed as individual inhabitants of the re.
| public aEh that absurd fiction Of tribal
sovereignty abolished. They criticise
existing treaty stipulations excluding
white people from the reservations. thus
preventing contacs with c.v.liziny infiu-
ences. and recommend holder policy
with the Indians iii future. With all
Our munificence in their behalf. OK end
ing to SS.0O0,000 per annum, no senti-
ment of gratitude ever touches their
hearts.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22

IVA Detroit man, anxious to protect
himself from the frequent and annoy.
ing visits oftraveling agents aud patent
right men, has put FIRE Insurance plate
over the door Of his house, n sewing ma.
chine in the window, q patent washing
machine on the porch, a patent hat rack
extension in the hall and a lightning
rod on the roof.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22

IV Matthew Walpolc, prominent
citizen Of Croton. Ncw York. was fatal.
" poisoned by lis wife on Thursday
week. who through mistake administer.
cd q dose Of oxalic acid instead Of a dose
Of salts. His intcstincs and stomach
were literally eaten up. the dose admin.
isteyed being sufficient in quantity tOl,ill
q hundred men.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22
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is hereby given 20 said parties aud al others con.
-ssrned, That ON The 20,h day OF November, 1878,
a, NY Office in Romney, will proceed 10 the ex
ecatiun OF said decree, when and where, said
parties aud all the creditors vf s"d john Royce,
deed will atiend with Tie necessary evidences.
proofs, vouchers, &c, necessary for To exc
cute said decree, aad make report TO Court
a. l.. WHITE, COatr.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22
NOTICE

il hereby given 10 said parties and all persons
interested that on The 22n1 day OF November,
1915, at my Office in HoTnney, will proceed 10
the execution Of said decree, whea aui s. here ali
such persons will attend with the rsplrs, voucb-
ere, evidences, proofs, &C. Necessary Tor ne 80
execute the requirements Of said decree and make
rap,tt tp tl.e ~
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22

IVA fire occurred in the Lecture
Room Of Or. Iloges church, Richmond,
ON Thursday morning owing 20 n defcc.
tive llue, and but for is carly discovery
and prompt work the Gnc church edifice
would have been destroyed. Damage
only couple oc hundred dollars. with
an insurance Of $4,000.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22

DrtTu or Gro. W, WILLfAMs--Mr.
Geo. w. Williams, an old and respected
citizen Of Grafton, died at his home in
this place, on Tuesday morning last. az.
ter 4 very painful illness Of several
months. Mr. Williams was in the fifty.
first year of his age had been q citizen
OF Grafton since 1887. and IN the en-
ploy OF The y. & O. Railroad Company
during that time as Assistant Master.
Machini5t. until six months ago, when
be was compelled, on account OF i'll
health, to resign. lie was one of our
best citizens. or q consistent. moral
and Christian character. he was loved
and respected by I'll who had the priv
lcgc Of his acquaintance. and his death
IS mourucd 10y au unusually large circle
Of friends GrufJOa Sentinel.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22
NOTICE
COMMISSIONERS Notice.

William III. Powell, Sheriff of Hampshire
County, and as such Committee Adj.
ministrator OF John Royce, decd,
Plaintiff.
Against
Jesse Johnson and Mary j. his wife
3ilisabeth Sibolc, John Alde,ton and
Sarah his wife. John Is. Sherrard, anc.
VIM. III. Royce, Daniel 5. Royce. and
VIM. Ii. Royce, infant son of John
Royce, Jr., & Win. J.'Poling Guardian
al lituin of said infant. Defendants.
10y decree pronounced In the above cause
ID 10y the County Court of Hampshire county
at its October term, 1875. the undersigned, ~
CoGinissoner OK ssid Court was directed to
s.-s,eys-ttsc and adjust the accounts OF Tie plain
fill ms the Administrator Of John Roy ce. deed i,
TO ascertain and report what zeal estate said
Johc Royce died seized and possessed ot, its to-
tai and its annual value Also NIL the debts and
liens againis the estate Of said John Roy ce nd
their prio,ilies.
Now, I!lele,,,fc
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22

Clarke Edmondson, tho negro that
was charged with outraging a white wo.
man in Fayette county. Georgia. was Ia.
ken ont ofiail by some two or three hun.
dred people, early Sunday morning, and
hung on tho gallows that his brother wa.
hung on a week before.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22
MANHOOD.
HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED

Just Published new ,diiiou of pn. CJr
SrtE<, VERW ELLIS Celebrated Essay % ~
f.-s5SS rg6icDi cure without mtiicinti Of SF,,
L.. matorrhOt or Seminal Weakaess, ln'oi
uuiury Seminal Losses, lmpottncy Neovl aia
Physical lncapscity lDpediments 10 Nrrsg'
etc also, Consumptioo. Epilepsy and Fis' pa
dcced by sel:iuduigeace Or sexual oHA'"
gtnce. &C.
.5s0~ Price, IN n sealed envelope, only E1 cen@
The celebrated author, in ibis sdmirahs ~
say. clearly Demonstrates, from = ihifv yFl's
succrssfu practice. that the alarming cgn"fI
ccs Of self-abu nag be radically cufed "''n,-,
The dangerous use 81 iDternsi medicine ~
application OF the knife pointing out ~ ~ 4.
~ cpre - once simple, certain, and ehfci''ii,
meats Of which every sufferer, NJ mhusI
hi3 condition may be, may cure himself cue'F''
rrlvaieiy and radically
EC- This Lecture should he 10 ne h'O''
every youth and every man IN The land.
sent, under seal 10 pain envelope
address postpaid, on receipt Of SIX cen3 o. W.
post siamps.
Address 'he Publishers, -
CINS. J. &. KLINE < ~.
al Bowery. Mes York Post Office B5H' i'''
oct. l5, IS15.-3fn.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22

ENTEATAGANCE - HARD T-MEs.-
The Christian hfeIigenccr, of New York,
we'll remarks that the people of this
country are now paying capital and com.
pound interest for their lavish expendi.
lure in the flush times OF the war aud the
fe" years succeeding it. Sho1dy put
on i,s rlumcs and Haunted itself in silks
and yelycts andGold; sobcHmn1ed PEG.
pie caught the plague everybody and
everything glittcrcd. Now the tinscl
has worn OF. Financial reaction has
made hard times.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22

WHY NOT SMoKEAs WELL As 4 Man?
A Pottstcwn letter says: a gentle
man and lady. elegantly dressed, enter
cd tic smoking car Of the afternoon OK
press train down at Reading recently.
The conductor. Mr.. Samuel Frescoin,
who is proverbial for his courtesy and
politeness. informed the man OF bis mis-
take and was answered in this wise -
"Wcll. sir, whose business is it; don't
! smoke, don't my wife smoke. and amt
this smoking carr" The physiognomy
of the usually bland punchcr of paste.
boards underwent visible change rs lac
uttcfed the reply oc "All right. my dear
sir" a moment later the man handed
cigar case 20 his wife. who with her
delicate fingers. selected n dark .colored
Havana. aud tho next both were pun.
ing away, seemingly rs contcntcd as
wood.choppers. The couple were spirit
ual mediums.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22

Sugar 4 Country cured Hams. Shout
der & side Bacon. self-sealing Jars, &C.
on hand aud for sale by
GILKFSON. PUGU & NANtt~
Romncyi July 80. 1879.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22

RAurolb ACtIrENr-On Friday @.
vcniug last n locomotive drawing n
freight train on tho Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad ut Paw Paw station. collided
with q four.mule team belonging to j. u.
Iioyt & Company, tanners. Two orthe
mules were killed and the locomotive
thrown off the track. delaying the run
ming Of Tho trains several hours.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22
Am ! u soldier Uf the cross,
A follower Of tie Lamb ?"

a gentleman who was present says
that III his whole life, extended over 20
years. he never witnessed anything so
touching. When the last notes died n
way amid the oaks Of Monticello there
was not n dry eye in the vast assemblage.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22

~ The Conservatives Of Richmond
city who will not supper. Bradley r.
Johnson and Mr.. Tanner for the senate.
have brought ont ". G. knight and T..
". Storkc as Independent candidates.
The Ring candidates will be badly
beaten.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22

jVThc Boston Daily Adrcr'jscr says /:
The Charter Oak Grocery ard Proyis.
ion Corporation, the establishment of
Hartford Changers. is reported 20 have
failed, with liabilities variously cstimat-
ed at from $4,000 90 100000.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22

- ar w NJ. Clarke, OF Halifax. q
student at The University, OF Virginia.
attempted % ret ON tic cars sunday Of
last week Al Charlottesyiilcto 60 TO kes.
wick Go instruct q Sunday School. lie
fell, breaking his leg 30 badly that IL
had 70 ho amputatcd and fracturine bis
skull lie is in avery critical condition.
iV'lhc Board of Trustees or the Pea
body Educational Fund was ia session
in New York last week. The c5atribu.
tion % the Public School or Wo-f Nir.
ginia, this year is $500. The Board
states that the fund did not hold out
sufficiently last year TO give orr State
its due share. II therefore receives
moro the present year
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-25
a veterau Pilot,

Mr.. Geo. G. Nickols, of Davenport, is
one of the old-time pilots of the Mississip-
pi river. He is still smart and active pi-
lot, and on a recent visit to relatives in
Burlington, Iowa, a reporter for the
Hauk- Eye interviewed him, and says:
He began running in the packet trade
in 1886, in the pilot house Of the Argo, run
ming from Dubuque to St. Peters. There
was no St. Paul then. After three years
of service in this line, the larger boats.for-
ty- FIVE foot beam 250 feet long, began to
make their appearance on the. river.
Nichols is veteran. for he has been pi-
loting the best boats on the upper river
ever since. The cabin in which he lived
in 1885, is still partly standing, over on IL
linois shore not many miles from here.
He considers himself the gilt edged pilot
on the upper river, and takes the greatest
pleasure in recounting his feat of taking
the Grey Eagle, Captain Smith Harris,,ur
through Coon Slough, seventeen miles be
low Lacrosse, in the night, without ever
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-25
DIR. Schenck's Standard Remedies.

The standard remedies for all diseases of the
lungs are SCHENcK's PULMoN1c SYRUP, ScHENck's
SEA WEED Tonic and .SCHENcK's MANDRAKE PILLS,
and, If taken before the lungs are destroyed, a
speedy cure is effected.
TO these three medicines Dr. j. SCHENcK, OF
Philad, lphia, owes his unrivalled SUCCESS In the
treatment of Pulmonary diseases.
The Pulmonic Syrup ripens the morbid matter
in the lungs; nature thro it off by an easy ex-
pectoration, for when the phlegm or matter Is
ripe slight cough will throw it off, the patient
has rest and the lungs begin 10 heal.
To enable the PuimoniC Syrup to do this, Schen-
ck's Mandrake Pills and Schencks Sea Weed Tonic
must be freely used to CLEANSE the stomach and
liver. Schenck's Mandrake Pills act on the liver
removing all ohstruc ions. relax the gall bladder
the bile freely and the liver is soon reliev
ed.
Schenck's Sea Weed Ton:cis gentle stimulan
and altera i've tue alkah of which it Is composed
mixes with the food and prevents souri,, e, l
assists the digestion by toning up the stom ,ch to
healthy con, ,ition, that the food and the Pull
| monte yrup will make good blood; then the lung
heal and the patent will surely get well If care i
taken To prevent fresh cold. 49,
| IL who wish to consult DR.. Schenck, either Del
sonaly or by eiter can do AT his principle office
! corner of SIXTH and ARCH Sis. Philadelphia, eH
| cry Monday
| thruu ghout the country.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-25
Examine the Record.

There are men and women in this city,
in Moline, and in other towns In this coun-
ty who pretend not to believe that Mrs.
Charles T. Edwards, Mrs Hubbard. Mrs.
C. C. Starr, and other Moline crusaders,
drew witness fees from the peoples treas
ury for their voluntary and uncalled-for
prosecution of the business men of shat
CITY! They affect to believe lit is only
newspaper story" Such people would
not believe though one rose from the dead.
| The figures published in this paper OF
the amounts drawn,by the persons PANIED,
from the hard earned tax-money of the
whole people of this county are exactly as
they will be found upon the public records
of the circuit court-a record that these
women can meyer efface. That crusade
movement has cost the honest tax-payinl
people of this county thousands of dollars
What has been gained by it? Is Their
any less drinking? Has anybody beef
reformed? Have the women engaged Il
, it gained in public esteem or influence, o
even self,respect, by their course?
1t seems strange, under all the circun
n stances, they or their advisers, could be S
short-sighted as to take one cent from tn
q peoples money They had made grea
show of patriotic and religious sincerity
They had subscribed thousands of dollars
carry on their silly crusade. They had pr
- tended to work in the interest of reform
II They had manifested willingness to sa
- rafice personal ease and all mercena1
=. motives, and to be willing to give the
of time and their money for the cause
a. which they were engaged. And what
10 the result? A mercenary raid by the
20 on the peoples cash box 1t seems to
that they could not afford to invite t
of odium they have drawn upon themselve
oo that they could not afford to show to t
~ world the hollowness Of their pretensioI
in But they have done it. Let the doubt
10 man or woman go to the circuit clerks
-, flee and examine the record. The cler
Ia there will show the books Ii there be
:, man or woman who doubts the facts
,;s published in this paper last week, let b
nd or her 60 to the circuit clerks office
a+s examine the public records and learn Il
he the newspapers do not publish such ia
without the documents to substantl
them.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-25
.R.suurka Haley IN Trouble Again

The police, for few days past, have
had an eve out for Rev" Ike Haley.
They wanted him, On Monday last Ike
was anxious to.help countryman, named
Holmes, who was overcome" with liquor,
count his money. Holmes subsequently got
drunk and got into Jail, and when searched
his money didn't hold out. Ike was sus-
pected, but nothing was sald-they waited
for developments. Yesterday it was as
certained that Ike, on Tuesday, sold
the complete but mutilated pieces OF a
500 bill at a Davenport bank for
$40. The bill had been chewed into
pieces, and it is believed that Ike had II
in his mouth when Holmes was arrested
This afternoon Policeman Ankrum got his
eye on the Rev" Ike, and now he pines
in Jail, The examination has not yet taker
place, but Ike said, when he was LOCKED
up, that 'he was trying to be good man
but everybody seemed to be down on him
he hoped they wouldn't fix his bail SO higl
that he could not get out.
The case looks as though Ike would hay
chance to preach in Joliet for seasol
or two.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-25
Some thing the Ladies will be Pleased
to Know.

to Know.
Rock Island has never had what would
be called an extensive and first class milll-
merry establishment. We have several
good shops, but none at which can be
found large, rich and stylish stock OF
goods such as can be found in the larger
cities. The result is that quite large
class of trade from this city and vicinity
goes to Chicago or St. Louis. 1t will be
good news to the ladies to hear that an es-
Unable and accomplished lady, from
Chicago, Miss Rose Cosgrovel was in this
city last week aud made arrangements to
bring heavy stock Of rich and fashion
able millinery here, with competent assist
ants, to open such an establishment as
will please the ladies of Rock Island, Mo-
line, Davenport, Milan and this vicinity, and
make Rock Island her future home. Miss
Cosgrove has leased the vacant store al
the Harper House, formerly occupied by
Epstein & West as jewellery and music
store. Last evening MIR. Harper received
from her, plans for fitting it up, and to-day
the work was commenced 1t is expected
that the store will be opened within two O
three weeks.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-25
Nervous Debility.

A depressed, irritable state of mind: weak, ner-
vous exhausted feeling; no energy or nima'lon;
confused head, weak memory, often with ebilita-
ting. involuntary discharges. The consequence OF
excuses, mental overwork or indiscretlons. This
NERVOUS DEBILITY finds T. sovereign cure in HUM
PHREY's HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC. No rs. 1t tones
up the SYSTEM discharges, dlspels the men,
tai gloom and dependency, and reJuVenates the en-
ire system. 1t is perfectly harmless and always
efficient. Price s., for package OF five boxes and
| large 81 vial of powder, which is important In
old, serious cases; or 81 per single hox. Sold by
ALL Druggists, or sent by mail receipt of price
Address HUMPHREYS SPECIFIC MEDICINE
| CO., No. 562, Broadway, n, Y.
| Fol- Sale by Otto Grotian IS Illinois Street, Bense
g. Thomas, C Speidel and Breunert, Rock Islant
and S Richards, Moline. 3-4dmwf&w1y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-25
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

The Union seems to have been sold in
regard to the ice at Muscatine.
-Paymaster James is making the en-
ployes OF the P. & R. /. r. R. happy to-
day.
j. N. McDonald's shoe store was
moved over the river last night. rather
mysteriously.
j. R. billiard, receiver of the Peoria
road, has issued an order to conductors
and engineers not to run more than /;
miles an hour between Peoria and Orion
aud not more than IL miles an hour be
tween Orion and this city.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-25

At length the spirit has moved some one
to say good word for senator Hamlin for
his efforts in increasing the postage rates.
The indianapolis Sentinel gracefully re-
remarks:
Hannibal Hamlin is the man who is re-
sponsible for doubling the postage upon
transient newspapers 1t is we'll that Han
nibal has done something at last, even il
it be nothing more than make fool Of
himself, The American people were be
ginning to think that the old public tunc
tionary, called Hannibal Hamlin. was moth
ing but cunningly contrived pine figure
head stolen from some New England fish
ing smack. 1t is surprise to find tina
the thing has even capacity for SHINING
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-25
ssIt Works like Charm"
RENNE'S Killing RA1S MAGIC OIL

This Is a remedy every family should have in the
house to use in case of emergency. IL Is purely
vegetable, and may be used internally or exter-
naIly 1t is not oily, sticky substance, but clean
delicious and sate to use, even in inexperienced
hands As external medy. when freely used.
it penetrates through the absOrbens to the seat oil
pain causing free circulation, and giving to weak
ened and over-strained cords and muscles, new life
md elasticity; it sheaths infiamed and bruised sur
faces, and cures pain as water quenches fire. Try
it for
WOUNDS SPRAINs, NEURALGIA
SORES, CRIcK THE BACK, RHEUMATISM
BuhNs HEADACHE STIFF JOINTS
or any other kind OF pain or lameness. AS an IN
ternal remedy it operates as kind, dfuslve SEGA
ive it tones and corrects The stomach, aids dlges
ion and readily cures
Collie, CRAMPS, CouGHs.
CHOLERA MoRBUs, INDIGESTION, SORE THROAT
and in fact all aches and pains that flesh is heir to
| he immediate and faithful use OF Rennes Pam
Killing Magic Oil case of emergency. Will Otter
save a life. or a long and tedious sickness. Thf
genuine Renne's Magic Oil is put up only in pane
bottles with the name blown in the glasa, and Il p
| ON the bottle finely engraved steel plate laoei
| upon which is the likeness OF VIM ReLne. Al
other Magic Oils are counterfeit or worthless lml
| tstions. Call for henne's Magic Oil, where yot
usually trade 1t is put up in three sizes: RAJ,
| Medium and Large" size. WILLIAM RENNF
6 SONS, Sole PrOprietors and Manufacturers
| Pittsfeld, Mass. 1O-15d&wly
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-25
POLICE COURT.
Before &c. Chopper, Police Magistrate.

Dave Kellman was arrested yesterday
afternoon by policeman Brennan. assisted
hv Policeman Ankrum and John Stau-
back, for being drunk and disorderly.
He resisted SO strongly that they were
obliged to take him to Jail on = dray' Nell
man swearing and yelling all the way;
When he was being searched he resisted
so violently that the turnkey, Mr.: Her
p,rt) found it necessary to sooth him by
an exhibition of muscularity. This morn
ing he was fined So and costs. He prom
ised to pay and was given time,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-25

.sREAr him, beat i! OF course Il could beat
him il entered the race against him. SAID biCn
Rem Wade the other day, when asked II ne couid
not heat Bill Allen in contest for the governorshlp
of Ohio
Possibly Mr.. Wade might beat the man
he says he can, but we very much doubt
whether he is able to beat the place he
names. His pre-eminent claims to thai
location are tolerably certain to be fully
recognized.