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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-11-09
A City Romance,

In. busy street of London there
stands house containing room which
has been closed for more than forty years
The shutters are up, and they are thickly
covered with dust; while through the
chinks can be seen the blinds, also thick
with dust, and moldering away with age
Of course it has history: Many years
ago, q certain nobleman was engaged to
be married /; the day was fixed, the wed
ding morning arrived, the breakfast was
laid ont in that spacious and handsome
room, the bridegroom was ready to pro.
ceed to the church, when it was discover
ed that the bride was missing; a note in
her handwriting was found addressed to
the bridegroom, briefly informing him
that she had eloped chat morning with
his best man, gay captain of dragons
The disappointed bridegroom quietly
went slone to the room in which the wed
ding breakfast was laid out, with his own
hands put up the shutters and drew the
blinds, locked the door and took the key
He gave orders that the door should be
nailed up and barred with paddock bars
and no one should enter the room again
When the house was let il was stipula
ted that the room 10 question was to re
main untouched. The nobleman diet
some years afterward, but the room ha
never been entered since he closed it, ant
there are the "wedding meats" molderinI
silently away, and the ornaments crum
bling into dust in the funeral gloom.
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Unear,hing PetriHed Remains.

The workmen who are engaged in re-
moving the remains of persons inferred
in Rolandson's Cemetery, in Bainbridge
street, Yesterday found remarkable
specimen of petrifed human remains
They were taking from one Of the graves
coffin containing the remains of a man
who was buried 19 years ago, when the
decayed lid was broken and the bones be
came exposed, The head, shoulders,
arms and lower limbs were found to be
fieshless, and in no way differing in ap'
pearance from those that had been seen
in other coffins. but the trunk was mass
of stone. From below the shoulders
down and the hips of the body was hard
and unyielding to the touch The man
whose body had passed through this
wonderful change died suddenly in rail
way car of heart disease, having been in
perfect health when he left his home five
or six hoars before. He was GA years OF
age, large and corpulent. The corpse
was inferred in dry and sandy soil, and
the discovery of yesterday is therefore
remarkable and worthy Of note by scien
ti6c explorers. Another body partially
petrifed was found in the cemetery few
weeks ago. Oilers have been found in
the cemeteries in North Fifth and North
Fifteenth Streets ts.-Philadelphia Times,
Oct. 80
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Counterfeit Plates Unearthed.

WASHINGTON, Nov. When the first
announcement was made Of the arrest
of the Stadfelt family, Nelson briggs
and Ben. Boyd, counterfeiters, in 1lli
nois by Chief Washbutn and the opera
tives Of the Secret Service Division of
the Treasury Department, il was said
that the plates which were engraved by
Boyd and printed from by Charles Stad
felt were captured. This was incorrect
and arose from an error in cipher tele-
gram. The plates, however, have been
finally secured. after search OF ten
DAYS by Chief Washburn, who dug them
up yesterday in the woods, five miles
from Centralia, III.
They consist of the original steel
plate for So notes on the Traders Ma
tional Bank of Chicago, without doubt
the most dangerous spurious note ever
put in circulation, and the transfer
plates, from which the false Paxton
Canton, Aurora and Peru IS notes were
printed.
In addition, Chief Washburn secured
the two 50-cent plates on one Dexter
head and on the other Stanton head
from which the best counterfeit notes o
that denomination now in circulation
were printed, and also unearthed $500
more of counterfeit money.
The result of this raid by the Chic
and his men is the arrest of the bes
engrayer of counterfeit plates in tn
country, Que of the best plate printers
and the largest circulator or wholesal
dealer in counterfeit money; also th'
seizure of $175.000 of bogus currenc..
and S5 national bank bills and seven
teen counterfeit plates.
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Three children Burned to heath.

On Friday evening last, about Z
o'clock, colored man by the name Of
Drury Cromwell, accompanied by his
wife with their infant child, started from
their home "a humble log cabin q mile
and half southeast of Athens, for the
purpose Of coming to town to lay in
some needed supplies, leaving the house
in charge of their three children, lad
of Z, and two little daughters,aged re-
spectiyely 5 and 8 years. They locked
the house aud left kerosene lamp burn
ing to light the children in their absence.
Before they had got three quarters of a
mile, they observed fire apparently in
their neighborhood, and fearing the
worst, they rapidly retraced their steps,
but only to find the house almost con.
sumed when they reached it, the three
children perishing in the flames
The presumption is that the lamp was
upset or exploded; and as the remains
Of the boy with an ak we're found neal
the door, it is most likely he was trying
to escape from the dwelling when the
fire reached him, or suffocation from the
smoke occurred.-Athens Journal, 4tl
inst. -. ss#,f sr q 81.
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9Th 90bertisenlents,
Probate Notice.


A CCoUNTS and vouchers have been hlsd In
II the Probate Court Of Monroe County.
Ohio, for settlement, BY the following Kxeeu>
tors, Administ rators and Guardians. w.
First partial account Of Deborah Mason Guar
dian of Henry Mason. ~ -
First partial ACCOUNT of Miller Booth Admfo Of
f. Wm.Hil ~ ser - ~.
First partial account Of G s. Norris Exs'r Of
Robert Norris.
Fifth partial account of David Ruble Guardian
of John Hayward's heirs
Fourth partial account of VIM. Beardmoro
Guardian of VIM F. and Issac T. Beardmore.
Final account of Isaiah Coen as Admir- OF Ba-
ziI Stewart as admir- of Thos. Holmes
Final account of John Pfalsgraf admir- OF ia
cob Pf.,lzgraf 81 Il ID
Final account of Alex Straight Exe'r of Rich
ard Farmer. ~ t.@Ss5 .taipitE
SECOND account Of John B. Nol Guardian Of
Carlisle Brights heirs.
Second, partial account Of John &sH. Nih-
land Exe'rs of James Winland. siss1
Second partial account Of Maria Zessiger
Admir- Of Rudolph Zessiger. 4,
First partial account of John Zessiger Trustee
for the heirs of Rudolph Zessiger. deo'L
Any person interested may hle written
excet ttions to said accounts, o.; any item there-
Lof, on OF before the 4th day Of December next.
when the same will be finally heard and csA-
tinued from day 10 day until disposed ef.
ss1.,8 JAS. R..h0RRieyA
novs,,rsws. Probate ssdss.
Il = e II .
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County Correspondence.
Written for The Spirit of Democracy
A welcome Visit.

Last evening quite number of friends
of Darlington congregation came in and
quietly took possession of oar residence,
and without asking any questions began
to prepare supper. Wesoon found the
tables ladened with an abundance OF pro-
visions-a real feast of good things.
N 1T content with the bounteous repast
provided a large number of packages
slyly found their way into our hands with
them On examination, the contents Of
the packages proved to he much needed
necessaries of life. We, estimate their
valueto be upward of thirty dollars, feel
ing sure they are not overestimated =
They are still more valuable to us when
we remember the cheerful faces and pleas
ant company of the kind donors Our
heartfelt thanks are hereby extended to
all May they live long, happily and
prosperously here below, and finally be
received to everlasting habitations ir
Christ's kingdom above, is the prayer o
their most humble aud obedient servants
A. G d MARYA RoBB
! n B.-Thisis is their second visit.
Clarington, Ohio, October 20, 1875.
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Horrible story.

We have heard Of very distressing
accident occurring in jackson County,
West Virginia, 1t was at "house
raising" AS is customary on such oc.
casions, chickens had been killed by
chopping off their heads. Two little
sons of the owner of the house to be
raised saw the chickens thus guilQtined
and during the day concluded to repeat
the operation. 1t was just at time
when the men were lifting heavy log
into its place. The father, who was
holding one end of the log, casting his
ewes toward the little fellows, one OF
whom had the ak raised to sever the
neck of his brother, let GO of the log to
save the boy, and it fell, killing six men
two instantly, the others living only
few hours. The AK fell before the father
could reach the scene. severing the neck
of the son. Thus were seven persons
hurled into eternity in twinkling.-
-Midtlleport % J NetUs.
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p@The Ohio Democratic platform
was right on the currency question
Some OF the Democratic papers and
speakers accepted false issue raised by
adroit Republican politicians, thus put
ting the party in the position OF defend
ing doctrines which it never avowed.
The noisiest Democrats in the late
campaign did not truly represent either
the platform or the party. With this
mistake corrected. and the real financial
issue fairly before the people, we would
enter the Presidential campaign with q
reasonable prospect of success. and with
certainty that it is better to be defeated
in contending for the interests OF the
people than to succeed by betrayine
them.
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p@Bro. McCLELLAND, of the Enter
prise, is very superior editor, but it is
not to be expected that even a very su-
perior editor should know everything
Still we are little surprised at the un-
accountable confusion of his ideas on
the subject of the present Tammany or
gsnization in New York and the old
TWEED Ring.
Can it be possible that he does not
know that the present Tammany leaders
are the most unrelenting prosecutors OF
TWEED and his gang. and that the
TWEED influence was wholly with the
anti Tammany ticket2
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wThe one important and 81 .nificant
fact developed by the recent elections Is,
that the Democrats of Ohio with the
Wo,ld, the flesh and the Devil combined
against them, made far better showing
than did any of their brethren in Other
States who courted the Money Power.
A little calm reflection on this fact may
result in the conclusion that Western
candidates for the Presidency are not all
quite dead yet.
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Tobacco.
The Monthly Report of the Depart.

The Monthly Report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture for October says:
The condition of tobacco, on the
whole, Is per cent above average -
The New England crop is unusually
fine, Massachusetts being IA per cent
and Connecticut 10 per cent above av-
erage OF the Middle States New York
Is 2 per cent and Penns, lvania 10 per
cent, above average The great central
tobacco region-including Marylsnd,
100 Virginia. 1O6; West Virginia, 9S Il
North Carolina. los; Kentucky, 116;I
and Tennessee, 95-will, ON the whole,
realize an unusual crop, though in some
counties injuries from frost and other
untoward influences are complained
of The season has been mostly
very favorable both for the maturing
and curing of the plants In Virginia,
Prince Edward, Carroll, Goochland, and
Orange Counties claim crops larger and
finer than for many years; Campbell,
with an unusual quantity, complains Of
loss from sfrenchlng" and ''fring." In
North Carolina, Caswell has Q, large
crop, but poor and deficient ia oil. In
Person the product is fine, and the coal
curing process cor bright wrappers has
been remarkably successful In Ken
lucky, Dayiess claims crop of 8;000,.
GOO pounds, third larger than that Of
the census year. Christian will gather a
larger quantity than ever before. The
rains Of July and subsequent drought
injured the yield in Cumberland, both
in quantity :aand quality. Some; com
plants Of frost are received, but the in
creased yield must be very great, though
lin some counties producing an unusua
proportion ofllugs Frost is also re
portedin Tennessee, where the reduc
ton of the State average is owing to in
juries to the crop in one or two large to
bacco counties; the reports generaif'
!, are quite favorable. The small crops o
South Carolina, Georgia, and the. Gnl
States are above average, notwithstand
: ing deficiency Of 10 per cent. in Louis
lana and 7 per cent. in Texas. Arkan
sas is 9 per cent above average.
Our reports from the tobacco region
north OF the Ohio indicate serious inju
ry to the crop, mostly from the earl
:; occurrence of frost Ohio is % pc
= = cent below average; Michigan. SO pc
= cent Indiana, l6 per cent; Illinois,
! per cent; and Wisconsin, 33 per cen
/ The higher the latitude, the greater th
depreciation. West Of the MISSISSIPPI
River, Minnesota and Iowa are full a
$ erage and Nebraska 5 per cent. abov
y " Missouri, the only large tobacco Sta
- of this region, is per cent. and Ka
sas 4 per cent below, considerable fro
- being noted in some counties On Il
!ee Pacific coast, California is full ayerag
y Quo Guernsey: Late tobacco co
,e N siderably injured by two severe frost
y Monroe: Some damage from rece
II ros,s--perhaps 5 per cent. Noble: {
. low land injured by frost. Adam
" Mostly housed before frost, and q pre-
ie ty fair article. Morgan: Heavy fros
u on the 23d and 9th killed all not hol
u1 ed.
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EF Why don't somebody nominate
Hon. P. DALzELL for Speaker of the Ohio
House of Representatives? He has 8
Noble reputation as a Speaker Besides
has not the poetsaid:
"When rogues and Ounces rule the nation.
The post Of honor is the Prirate's station"
Which is almost saying in SO many
woris that DAIzELL should be Speaker.
How are you going TO get over that,
Mr.. HowLANp?
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The Monroe County Spirit Of
Democracy discredits theidea that there
has been much Illegal voting in Ohio. :
There is an enormous increase in the
Democratic majority in Monroe County
to account for Perhaps the Spirit
would like to divert attention from the
manner in which that was obtsined. As
Monroe County borders I'm the river, it
would not be difficult to colonize few
hundred votes from West Virginia -
Meigs Co 7eleqraph.
The charges Of fraud which we felt dis
posed to discount were the charges 80
freely made in the Democratic papers
that the election of HAYES was due solely |
to fraudulent IDIOTS. This we doubted;
but the efforts of the Republican papers
to make it appear that there was fraud
where we know there was none, looks
little like the usual attempt to divert at
tention from where fraud was practiced
The Dayton Jou,nal, the Columbus
Journal, the Cincinnati Commercial, anil
n wv the Pomeroy Telegraph have all
b zen trying to cast suspicion on the le-
gality Of the vote in this county.
If the editor Of either of these papers
had cared enough for the truth to inform
himself before publishing his inuendoes,
he would have probably given his space
to better purpose.
Here is little information accessible
to all of them:
Population Of Monroe County 2b.77s
One vote to 5 inhabitants would be 5,l55
No. of votes cast, 4,l75
Not voting, 9SU
i Here is another item for them to di
gest:
{ No. Of males over 81 in 1875. 5,l2s
No. of votes cast, All;
Not voting, 94'
From the imperfections known to ex-
ist in the returns of males over 81, it is
believed that at least $50 should be added
to the above figures.
There is not shadow of doubt tha
Monroe County cast a full thousand les:
than her total vote, and that the majority
given is at least five hundred less than {
full vote would show.
And now we beg to call Bro. CHAP
MANS attention to the fact that with les
than six thousand more inhabitants thar
Monroe, Meigs County casts two thou
sand more votes. Why then is ther
suspicion of fraud in Monroe and non
in Meigs2
e Monroe County cast less than one vot
y to each six inhabitants, while Meig
County cast aim ,st exactly one vote t
each FIVE inhabitants. Why then is ther
d suspicion of fraud in Monroe and none i
e Mel gs2
d Meigs County borders on West vi
n ginia quite as much as Monroe. VIII
s. then is there suspicion of fraud in MOI
l. roe and none in Meigs2
y, There is not man in this count.
3. Democrat or Republican, who believ'
D. that there vas solitary illegal vote ca
here, unless possibly two or three throus
d, inadvertence.
IN Since it is thus clearly shown that tt
Of charge attempted to be fixed upon Mo
roe is sheer fabrication, we know OF
few Republican papers which will tai
te great pleasure in repeating it with mu'
te emphasis. And not one of the paper
he except perhaps the Telegraph, Will
10, gave it circulation will ever correct it.
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n@Now that the Eastern Dem DC rats
have had some of the nonsense pretty
rudely knocked out Of them, there is q
greater probability that the party can
unite upon National platform.
That platform will not favor repudia.
ton, which nobody wants, and it will
not favor INN e,iiate resumption, which
nobody can have whether it is wanted
or not.
In our opinion the party and the peo-
pie are fully prepared for platform en-
bodying the views expressed in the Gal
lipolis speech of Mr.. PENDLEToN.
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p@The trouble seems TO have been
that Bro GooDRlcH thought that some
body else thought that we might belong
to Ring interested in keeping down the
price Of tobacco. sa 80
This Ring business in this county,
where as we verify believe tliereis not the
ghost of the shade Of a shadow of Ring
is like Judge OLlvER's mule falling
down the chimney: tits getting a leetle
too mnnotonous.
We belong to no Ring. never did be-
long to one, and never will. Bro. Coop
RICH just set that down in your list OF
fixed facts i
Our interest is, in every view OF it, with
the tobacco growers, and we are not ye'
willing to believe that they want us to
show it by Withholding important lnfor
nation from them.
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sHERlFF'S sALE.
: Ketterer 4 Morris
W..
Hannah j. Piatt ct al.

- ssea z4- -
DY virtue of an order Of sale to me direct-
I'D ed from the court Of common pleas Of
Monroe county, Ohio, Will offer for sale At
the front door of the court house,in the town
of Woodsasld, between the hours Of 10
o'clock a. m. and 4 O'clock p. m, on
Saturday, the 18Th day Of Nopember, 1875,
the following described real estate sitnats in
Monroe. county, Ohio, TO wit: =
The east part of the south half of the north
east quarter of section thirteen, township four
of range five, containing eighteen acres; also,
part of the northwest quarter Of the southwest
quarter of section seven. township four Of
range Ave, containing tw ent y-four acres.
Appraised, ,drst tract, At 524.
second 432.
'ss TO. LlTTLk
octl2,'i5w5. Sheriff u. q. d.
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Er There should be vigorous effort
made to add another ten thousand dollars
TO the stock of the WoodsGeld section of
the B & S w. before the Directors meet
ON the 18th.
Come along, neighbors, and put down
your names with an amount to them
which YOU need not he ashamed of.
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~The fact that some Of the paper
mills are now running on full time should
not be too hastily taken as an evidence
that business is improving 1t must be
borne in mind that the State of Ohio is to
furnish Private DALzELL with stationery
for the next two years.
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EgOur late lamented Republican
Congress passed a law declaring that spe-
Gle payments should be resumed on the
1st of January, 1873.
Tnere must have been mistake in the
printer. It should have been ON the 1st
of April-All-Fools' Day
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sgThe following dispatch, in cypber,
was recently sent by a British capitalist
in London to his agent in New York
"Buy real estate mortgage notes freely.
Money shall be furnished to any extent.
Tie policy of the Republican party in
forcing resumption of specie payment is
grinding everything down to the point
where money can reap a rich harvest.
Half the homes in The country can be
foreclosed within a short time for q
song"
Is there need Of comment on this ?
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S@It any State, in the Fall elections,
has won right to claim the next Demo
cratic candidate for President, that State
certainly is Ohio, and certainly is not
New York.
Ohio cast more Democratic votes than
ever before in any election, while New
York's overwhelming majority of last
year, has this year rotted down TO COM
paratiyely insignificant number.
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wTne National Gold Bank ant

wTne National Gold Bank and
Trust Company of San Francisco has
broken through its "solid basis" and
Eow finds itself suspended.
Gold seems to have turned States evi.
deuce against its overzealous advocates,
and is trying to see how many OF their
false predictions it can expose.
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E The periodical chatter about war
with Spain is again heard among the lit
tie knots Of Cuban bond holders.
The only thing we can see to go to war
about, is the difficulty Of otherwise prop
erly adjusting few "hiyh pints and gen
eral principles "
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EEAgain we call Bro. VAN Worries
attention to the fact that he is to repre-
sent the 18th district, and not CHARLEr
GRosyENoR only, in the Congress which
meets next month.
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s@Do you desire that your children
should work as hard as you have done for
a.as poor pay? Guess not. Then secure
railroad for them, and let Them have an
even chance with the rest OF the world
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EEIf there are any men near the line
Of the railroad who are too feebly con-
structed to help secure It's completion,
their wives should take hold of the reins
of government. Tell the old man to do
his duty, or get out Of the way.
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b@- The editor of the McConnelsville

DG The editor Of the McConnelsville
Herald, who appears to regard himssf
as a sort of intellectual lighthouse,
writes of 'the benighted wilds' Of Mon.
roe County. His paper is about as lu:
minous aud fragrant as rotten mack
erel, which of course gives him the right
to speak scornfully of his less hrillian,
neighbors.
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Cincinnati.

Nov 5.-Flour 4 00aS 00; Wheat !
GOAL 25: Corn 5Sa60c; Oats 2Sa40c ;
Barley l 25al 35; Rye 75a7sc
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@This is how we know the b. d 5.
W. Railroad will be made: our people
are smart enough to see that it will be
worth great deal more than it will cost,
and they will furnish the means 10 make
70
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wA successful attempt to suddenly
abolish "rag money" will cause many
people to need their rags-they will have
nothing else with which to hide their ma.
kcdness. s1 Il