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VARIETY.

The latest case ofbeing stage struck is
where young man was run into by an
omnibus. ~
Don't swap with yer relashuns unless
ye ken afford to give them the big end of
the trade.
They've got singing doll at the Cen
tennial. She huns I'm sawdust when
| sing. ."-BOStOn Post.
A fastidious New York paper declares
that it isn't proper for a bride to laugh
right OUT during the wedding ceremo-
ny.
Every man can make himself useful
in this world, if only by holding sun
shade over a young lady who is playing
croquet.
A parrot which hangs over an apple
stand on West street, New York. calls to
passers by; "Stuf yourself! stuff your
self"
The marketreport speakIofthe tenden-
cy OF all provisions as downward. ;"
What more natural asks the New York
Commercial Advertiser.
New York Commercial They must
have careful kitchen girls in China. That
country sent to the Centennial some
plates and dishes over a thousand years
old.
Norwich Bulletin: The Woman's Jour-
nal asks: How shall we utilize the su -.
perhous woman? 1t seems as if she
might be Utah lized by forwarding her to
Salt Lake city
The Norristown Herald is not hun
dred miles out of the way when is asserts
that if man wishes letter to remain
private he should burn it about ten min
utes before mailing it.
There are many receipts for rgetting rid
of the Currant worm, but there is nothing
so sure in its result as to blindfold him
and back him under pile driver. - W0r-
cester Press, .. .m.
A Mr.. Weagh, of Philadelphia, is con-
testing the will of late uncle Here is
curious confederation of the proverb
that where there's willthere's Weagh.
-CHicag0 Times.
The latest device of the circulators of
advertising cards is to place them in en-
velopes inscribed; ITO the lady of the
house-For your life do not open this
before eight minutes past eight to night. )"
Two ladies contended for precedence
at the court of Charles V. They appeal.
ed to the monarch, who like Solomon,
awarded, "Let the elder go first" Such
dispute was never known afterwards.
A Western newspaper says: Talk
about the wind blowing the grasshoppers
away One of them faced the gale the
other day for an hour, and then yanked
shingle off house for fan, saying it
was awfully sultry,"
Some people feel themselves obliged
at this season to get on the heated and
dusty railway and go off to some crowded
and generally uncomfortable watering
place. Happy the individual who can
afford to stay at home and keep COOL
Rochester Chronicle.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

Tune 2I.-SsNats-The committee on
Privileges and Elections was instructed
to inquire what laws, if any protect the
inviolability of private dispatches sentby
magnetic telegraph, and what legislation
is necessary to prevent seizure ofdispatch
by unauthorized or irresponsible persons.
The House joint resolution authorizing
issue of ten million dollars of silver coin
in exchange for legal tender notes, was
amended so as to declare the trade dol
lar not legal tender and limit the coin
age thereof, and passed.
The Indian Appropriation bill was
passed. - I Hts.
HONss-The Senate amendments to
the silver bill coming from the Senate,
the bill and amendments were referred
to the committee on Banking and Cur
rency, to report to morrow.
The Sundry civil appropriation bill
was considered and amended so as to
pay the executor ofthe late Vice Presi-
dent Wilson the salary for the unexpired
term. The clause forbidding greater
price for work at the Government Print
ing officethan average pricein New York
Philadelphia and Baltimore, was stricken
out. There was an evening session Of
the House, but there was not quorum
present, and the bill was not finally dis
posed Of at
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THE Democratic platform declares for
honest government and honest money,
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Snow Flake FIGURING
Mills For Sale.

Owing to the Ill heath of the Senior member OF
our firm, we offer for sale our Steam FIGURING
Mills. The building is of brick with five pairs Of
burs, and all the machinery necessary for first
class mill The property is conveniently located,
near the Railroad Depot, In the city Of Canton,
We have large home trade, and the reputation
of the mill for doing good work is not excelled
by any mill in this part of the country. Parties
wishing 10 60 into the milling business will find
1t to their advantage to call on or write to u.s. No
better mill property can be found anywhere.
q. NJ. DAVIS d co.
Canton, Ohio, Jan. a. 1876,
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FROM TEXAS.

DALLAS, Texas, June 10Th, 1876.
Editor Stark County Democrat!
SIR-Thinking that few items from
Texas would acceptable, and having a
little spare time, l concluded to write in
answer to the numerous inquiries of sew
eral friends at home.
The weather has been very fine since
came to this State, last Saturday. 1t
has been very dry in this neighborhood
during the past three weeks, but we are
having plenty of rain now.
Harvest is about over. Wheat will
average about 25 bushels per acre; bar
ley about 55 bushels per acre and oats
35 bushels per acre. The grain is all
damaged some by rust. Corn is looking
fine, some of it out in tassel. Cotton
looks well. The first crop will be slim,
having been killed by the frost.
Emigrants are coming into this State
bv the thousands. Land can bought for
most any price, from So to $25 per acre,
according to location, Improvements,
&C.; raw prairie from So to $40 per acre.
The black land here won't scour plow,
and it is of the richest kind. I've been
told that some it has been cultivated for
twenty five or thirty years, every year,
and it is just as good now as it was when
it was first plowed.
Some people in the North have mis-
taken idea of the Texans, thinking they
are a sort of half savage, 60 around with
with a couple of six shooters in their
belts, and bowie knife in each boot
Well, l havn't seen any such, but all 1
have met l found civilized, as much so
as in the North, if not more so. The law
is strict here on carrying concealed
weapons, imposing a heavy fine for each
offense.
l will close this short letter by subscri-
bing myself,
.-. ...'.r Yours truly 20
I'D .uI Is s0r.- GEo. W, WHERRY.4
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Prairie Lands.

The last chance f r good agricultural lands, on
ten years credit at six per cent, interest Don't
run any risks, but 90 to a country that has been
proved TO be good, Send your address by postal
card to Land Commissioner, B. & NJ. =. r., Bur,
lington, Iowa, and receive Free copy Of Iowy and
Nebraska Farmer, with chart of lands, and low
round trip rates. ..N .N .
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now THE OLD HORSE WON THE
... BET. ..".

(Oliver Wendell Holmes Companion Piece to he
" One HosS Shay'-Dedicoted by Contributor 10
"The C0ltsgfdn" 1880, to the Editors of "The Har.
rdrd Adtocdte" tS66-lS76 read at their Decennial
Dinner, May II, lS76.)
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DRY GOODS.

W HOOP 'EM up.
JUST READY FOR THE 4TH.
All Hands Round. /,
/ ATTRACTIONS
R. A. DeFOREST'S
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
FOURTH OF JULY PRICES.
CLOSING SALE
Elegant Grass Cloth Suits at 81 50.
OF
Splendid Linen Suits at So s.
OF
ELEGANT DRESS PLAIDS
ATS CENTS. Aa r..
Black Grenadines at 70 and 30 Cts,
A OF
3 CASES BLEACHED MUSLIN
AT 8 CENTS.
OF
Elegant SMtjng Linens at 25 Cts
Washington CaSSimGrGS at 50 Cents,
Splendid Gray PopIins at 25 Cts
OF
Elegant Black Apocas at 80 Cts.
Of JOB LOT OF
Meujot Sheetings at 10 Cents.
A Large Lot Of SlGGtilgS at S Gents.
OF
All the Best Makes Of Prints at 5 Cts.
OF VICTORIA LAWNS AT II! Cts'
N< All the Best Styles of
WALL PAPER At 7 CENTS,
TlG Flags Of All Nations.
R. A. DeFOREST,
je29.tf Opera House Store
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p1o a day at home Agents wanted, outilt and
QI% terms free, TRUE & co, Augusta, Maine
myn.ly
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For Sale.
House and Lot for Sale at a Bargain.

A good tw0.st0ry brick house Of eight rooms
wthlot so 150 and out.buildingsa all in good con.
dition. Location 124 South Market street, linot
sold by April list 1t viii be for rent For terms &c,
apply TO VOLNEY FuLMER,
mar2.6m Canton, o
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The parsons horse had won the bet;
1t cost him something of a sweat .f
Back in the one'hore shay they went
The parson wondered what II meant
And murmured with mild surprise
And pleasant twinkle of his eyes,
THAT funeral must have been a trick, ..
Or corpses drive at double quick
shouldn't wonder, declare,
If Brother Murray made the prayerW
And this is all have to say
About the parsons poor old bay,
The same that drew the one.horse shay,
Moral for which this tale is told;
A horse can trot for all he's old
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, IN Atlantic Monthly
for Jtiy
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MISCELLANEOUS.

ri n - n -
06 AZ con per day athome, Samples worth
pc " pAO 81 fee, 6TlNsoN d CO.. Port
and, Maine, W myllly
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LEGAL.
Sheriff Sale.


By virtue of an alias vend exponasissued from
the Court of Common Pleas of Plckaway Co., o.,
tome directed will offer for sale at public out.
cry at the shop Of the Aldine Press Works, In the
the city of Canton on
Tuesday, the 18th day of July, 1875,
the following described personal property, to wit;
One No. 102 cap Aldine press, No 134 halfcap
Aldine press, l No. t21 quarter medium Aldine
press, No. 1872 quarter medium Aldine press,
No. 100 quarter medium Aldne press, No. 1873
half.cap Aldine press, No. 1872 half.cap Aldine
press, No. 13l half cap Aldine press No. l0l
half cap Aldine press, No. 13 half-cap Aldine
press, No. 1876 half-cap Aldine press No. 126
halfcap Aldine press No 1877 half-cap Aldine
press, No 1919 halfcap Aldine press, l No, 1l2
half-cap Aldine press, No. 1l9 quarter medium
Aldine press l No. 122 half cap Aldine press,
No. 12S half-cap Aldine press, No l19 half cap
Aldine press, No. 1888 half medium Aldine press,
/ No. u quarter cap Aldine press, No l'O quar-
ter medium Aldine press, l No. q half medium
Aldipe press, No. 2 half medium Aldine press,
planning machines, 5 drilling machines cut
ting machine bolt cutting machine cam cut
ter machine, gear cutting machines lgear cut.
ting machine, key cutter, n illing machinest'
/ shaping machine Is lathcs, 2 circular saws and
frames, grindstones, Emery wheels, and
frames complete, and one Diebold safe. ..-
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock a. M. Terms
cash. '' ''- .y
je29-td J.P. RAUCH, Sheriff,
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NahUIacIurtUIH WY He5UUIU Nv
M. I'D. PFOUTZ.
WAYNES RORO. pENN'A,
TESTTMoNT

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A married lady who is not willing TO have her name
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CONSUMPTION CURED

An old physician, retired from prac.
ticc' having had placed In his hands by
an East India Missionary the formula
ola simple Vegetable Remedy, for the
speedy and pertinent Cure of Con-
sumptson, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma
and all Throat and Lung Affections, also
Positiv aad Radical Cure for Nervous
Debility aud all Nervous Complaints,
after having thoroughly tested its won-
derful curative powers in thousands of
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to his suffering fellows. Actuated by
this motive, ad a conscientious desire
to relieve human suffering, be will send
(free of charge) to all who desire it, this
recipe, with full directions for prepar-
ing and successfully using. Sent by re-
turn mail by addressing with stamp,
name this paper.
DR.. w. @. STEVENS,
Munroe Block, Syracuse, N. Y.
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THE "IRON TRAIL"

A spicy sketch descriptive of trip
over the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad, the beauties, scenery and
pleasure resorts of the Rocky Noun
tains, by "Nym Crinkle," the musical
and dramatic critic of the New York
World, sent free on application, togeth-
err with the San Juan Guide, maps and
time tables of this new anu popular
route from Kansas City and Atchison
to Pueblo, Denver and all points in
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and the
San Juan Mines. The finest line of
Pullman Sleepers on the continent
between the Missouri River and the
Rocky Mountains without change.
Special round trip tourists tickets from
the Missouri RiDer 10 Denrer at $50,
good to stop off atall points. Address,
L. j. ANDERSON.
Gen. Pass Agt.,
Topeka, KAN.
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TIE FORTE HAS NOT YET AGREED
TO THE SIN WEEKS ARMISTICE.
LONDON, Oct. y IL dispatch to
Reuters Telegram company from
Paris says According to private
dispatches from Constantinople
dated yesterday, the Perte had not
then accepted General Ignatieff's
proposal for a six weeks armistice I
RUSSIAN IRON cLADs
ROME, Oct 1.-THE Russian IRON
clad squadron will be ready to pro-
coed to the east IN case of need.
RELIGIOUS ACITATIONs IN MO .;orc0
MADRID, Oct 27--The Epoc.l pub
fishes adviees from Morocco, which
says that religion sagita;i IS, s,s Seen
commenced there With I'll. N..i~st OF
procuring help for Turkey. The
Christians apprehena Il Moslem out
break. The foreign consuls have
communicated with their govern
nent on the subject.
AUSTRIA AGAINST RUSSIA
LONDON, Oct oT--Thp Times has
the following special from Berlin
1.-THE liberal newspapers here are al
most unanimous iii vigorous ,leclar-
ttlottc uSaliob tttt tStthltSitftltnb OF
Russian power in the Turkeyp rovin-
ces.N The Volks Zeitung urges the
lpropri"ty Of placing rsfeM therein
under Las Russian
control.
BRITISH REINFoRt EsESTS
LONDON, Oct ~ II Pail Mall
| Gazette announces tai. 80 troop
ship Himalaya is preparing to take
companies of the Royal Engineers
and two of the transport corps to join
the British Mediterranean fleet. The
order was given some days sage, When
the aspect of affairs was more threat
ening than now.
/ DIPLOMACY.
A dispatch from Berlin TO the
same journal says an apparently
trustwor hy announcement is made
that Russia has animated her will
lingness to accept the Porte's latest
armistice proposals with certain
modification not calculated to im-
peril the desired result. The propo-
sal to settle the terms OF peace by Il
conference, at which the Porte shall
not be represented, is opposed by
England and Italy.
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Good Logic.

jeff Thompson, one of the pillars
of an African church, is an old
bachelor, and Tor a long time
a husky maiden named Miss
Johnson has been laying siege TO
his virgin affections.
The boys have noticed this, and
said Of them, recently:
"Say. JEFF, why don't you marry
Miss Johnson"
Boys" answered JEFF slowly,
'sany gal wot wears loads OBJ Jew
elry, am den has dirt enuff round
her neck to plant taters in, amt
gwine to help any man ober dis
rocky road oh life. = Concord Sem
tinel.
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A funny incident of the canvass
in New Hampshire is printed in
the Washington Chronicle. In the
reading room of an inn in the
State a hot discussion arose a few
days ago between a Republican
and Democrat over the canvass.
Every question was discussed from
Calhoun's first speech to the cleo
ton of Blue Jeans, and among
others the hanging of John Brown
at Harper's Ferry. Finally the
.wo contestants, after indulging in
personal recrimination, separated
in high temper. the Democrat de-
claring that every Republican
ought to be hanged as John Brown
was. A goodly number of the
towns people had been attentive
listeners, and a few minutes after
the men had left, an old fellow, the
spokesman of the party, said
"Now, them fellows Is entirely too
one-sided. / am a Demycrat, but
/ take a mod'rit view of the ques-
ton. This is my opinion, and I've
said it MORN a thousand times. 1t
was right and proper that John
Brown should "a been hung, hut
there's Harper's Ferry just as
guilty, should a been hung too,
and then we wouldn't "a had no
war;
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Facts and Fancies:


Conkling is still sick.
Colds are very prevalent.
Disraeli was never in Ireland.
Plaeards to shut the door are be-
ing hunted up.
The Wisconsin maple sugar
trees are all afiame.
Liberty without an overcoat Is
not true happiness.
The Cape Cod cranberry crop is
only half the usual quantity.
Dom Piatt calls Miss Ream athe
little inspired stone CUTTER
Winterset, Ia, lads under 16
mustn't be in the streets after
8 p. hi.
The Glastonbury Smith sisters
cows are to be sold again for taxes.
In no year since 1886 has Aus
trials revenue equalled her ex-
penses.
never nave found cunning and
honesty living together yet.-Josh
Billings.
"a little' skandel now and then
is relished bi the best ov men,
Billings.
John ID. Lee, the Mountain
Meadow fiend, sobs considerably /;
he may confess.
The Atlantic and Pacific Tele-
graph Company is spreading its
lines broadcast.
Mr.. Settler, of Womelsdorf, Pa,
aged go, is coming to the Centen-
NAL on saddle.
The Danbury Ne,cs philosophi-
cally remarks that the broken
hearted never yawn.
The Montreal Gazette asserts
that we never sleep without
dreaming. That's snooze to us.
"Wildcat, MurderkiIl Hundred,
Kent county," is mentioned in a
marriage notice as the residence
of recent Delaware bride.
Woo Ying-Bing is the euphoni-
Gus title of a pigtail Mandarin
now visiting Philadelphia.
Editors seldom make good
speakers. When you see one sue
ceeding as an orator, it's safe to
conclude that he isn't much Of an
editor.
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A superintendent AbscOMdS
With $4,000

GALEsBURG, Ills, Oct 2S-The
Driving Park Association Of this
place are in q very embarrassing po-
sition. AT their last meeting S25,-
900 was advertised to be paid in pre-
miums on the closing day of the fair.
J B Moales, their superintendent ran
off with $4,000, and the managers
are unable to pay the premiums A
charge Of conspiracy to defraud has
been made against them, and the
Grand Jury are now considering the
case.
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An EtlitOrin Trouble.

JoLIE, Ill. Oct 2s.-W. H.Cooke
the editor Of the Courier was arrest
ed last night for libel. The stock
holders of the paper have procured
an injunction, and the Courier wilt
be placed in the hands Of q receiver.
He is also charged with fraud
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Registration i'm New York.

NEW YORK, Get 23-To-day was
the fourth and last of this years reg
istration. 23,011 persons registered
to-day, making total of 49,, 9s7 the
largest number ever registered in
this city.
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W "A NJ TED ]

$4,000 FEET OF BLACK WALNUT.
for which will pay the highest market
price in cash also will furnish for lime
burning and domestic use, Hard aud
oft Coal at lowest rates. Warehouse and
Sard at G. v. Depot.
o. E. RIPLEY,
June3, 6mw. Martinsburg VIVA,
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Reported Arrival of Tweed

New York, Oct Is, The United
States Steamship Franklin, with
Tweed on board, is reported to have
been signalled off the Highlands,
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stokes Released.

New York, Oct % Edward 5
Stokes, the assassin of jim Fisk, was
released from the Auburn State pris-
on yesterday
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The Rev taienaIenning's Pho


PEORIA, ILL.,, Oct 2s.-The case
Of Mary Travers against the Rev.
Josephus Collins was closed last even
ing, but the court has reserved its
decision. 1t is expected that de-
cision will be given this afternoon.
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Retail Agents.

NJ. A. sNoDGRAss, J. W. WALKER, Druggists
Martinsburg. w. Va.
q. w. MARSHALL, Bedington.
GEORGE CIfISMEN North Mountain.
HENRY HULL. Hedgesville
lJune 4, lS75-lyw.t
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SNOW i'm New York state

MIDDLETowN,N y, Oct 2S Snow
has been falling steady here since
early this morning
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Suicide.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct ~ Vm X.
Hastings, supposed to be u resident
of Jackson Court House, Ohio, COM
mitted suicide here early this MORN
ing.
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Esinliira Races.

pIMLico, Oct y. The first race,
ono mile for two-year olds, was wen
by Bombast, Hibernia second, and
Sallie McCrea third, Time 1:474