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Administrators SaIeofReaI Estate

iFa1tt yeGs Nrf ilesaHefn lGN14f :
DY virtue of an order of sale to me directed
ID from the Probate Court of Monroe county
Ohio will offer for sale, free of dover. at
public auction, on the premises in Bethel town
ship, in said county, on a.
. Saturday, September 80, 1876, ~
the following described real estate situate in
said county. to wit -. !. ~
The north part of the southh half Of The north
east quarter of section thirty five Township
four Of range six, beginning for the same at
the southwest corner of the northeast quarter
of the northeast quarter OF said section thirty
five; thence south seyentyeone and a. fourth de-
grees east twentyseight rods to a, stone sup a
run: thence south seventy-seven and a half de-
grees east twelve rods upa run; thence south
ifty-four and three-fourth degrees east nine
teen rods to the section line; thence souththree
and half degrees west forty-one. and half
rods with the section line, dividing sections
twenty mine and thirty-fve; thence south
So degrees west one hundred and fourteen
and half rods to stone with William knowl-
toms Line; thence north lthree degrees east
twenty-three and q fifth rods with quarter Sec
ton line to the bank of creek; thence north
5forty-eight and h fourth degrees east forty.two
rods up ClearsFork with east bank of creek;
thence north twelve and half degrees east ten
rods up Clear Fork with east bank OF creek;
thence north nineteen degrees west twelve and
a half rods up Clear Fork with. east bank of
creek; thence north twenty-six and half de.
grees east six rods to an elm thirty inches in
diameter c6rper ,tree;J thence north ffty-two
and fourth degrees eass four rods thence
south eighty-tllree and fourth degrees east
twenty-five rodsaup run to the place,ief be.
ginning, containing thirty-nine and. sons fifth
acres more or-less. isl d z-F I I,vsz Es.
Appraised at $751; dlts ..is,5 hna
81 TERMS OF SALE.-One-balf cash in, hand
and one-half in one year, with interest. 10 be
secured by mortgage on the premises sold.
n, - .Sa,s -. EDWARD ,0KEYs !. ll
''@ 80 Admir- Of James Dearth, dscd.
augeo, '76w5:
HoLIis1ts exEr At.'ys.s7 T : "
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NebIe County News.

Republican, 7th inst.-Benton Thorla
has sold his farm at Belle Valley, to
James Carr, for $4,000. The farm
contains 1S0 acres, and has the best i'm
provements Of any farm in the upper
Valley.
A special venire, composed of thirty
names, is to be drawn, from which a
jury is to be selected to hear the evil
dence in the case of Nicholian King, to
be tried at the. October term, for the al
legged poisoning of his wife.
On the 25th ult., the barn of Peter
Noll, Of Enoch township, was struck
with lightning, and with its contents de-
stroyed. The barn had large amount
Of wheat stored away in it, besides most
of Mr. Nolps agricultural implements.
Several stacks of hay standing near the
barn were also burned.
ACCIDENr.-Last Saturday evening a
six pound gun was taken 10 the station
for the purpose of saluting the trains as
they passed. Firing rapidly, and neg.
lecting to swab the gun, premature ex
plosion took place, and the, gunner, a
young man of this vicinity, named Or
rison Wheeler, had an arm taken off and
an eye blown out, besides being fearful
ly burned about the face and breast
He was taken to his home, where his
shattered limb was amputated near the
shoulder He now lies in critical sit
uation. As the young man is very poor,
subscription paper was started for his
benefit, and several dollars of money
paid in.
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termination from Seed Two
Thousand Years Old,

Almost interesting observation, refer
ring to the power of termination in seed
which is hundreds and even thousands of
years old, is said to have been made by
Prof. Hendrich in Greece In the silver
mines of Laurium, only the slags left by
the ancient Greeks are at presentwolked
off, in order to gain, after an improved
modern method, silver still left in that
dross. This refuse ore is probably abont
1900 years old. Among it the seed of a
species of glaaeium or poppy was found,
which had slept in the darkness of the
earth during all that time. After little
while, when the slags were brought up
and worked off at the melting ovens,
there suddenly arose crop of glacium
plants, with beautiful yellow fover. of
a kind unknown in modern botahy, Ebut
which is described bp Pliny and others as
a frequent flower in ancient Greece
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From the Wheeling Register, 9th inst J
Vermont Election.

The State election took place in Yer
mont, yesterday. The canvass had been
very thorough on the part of the Re.
publicans, to arouse their party spirit
and bring out their full vote. 1t being
strongly Republican state, and the
Democrats having no hopes of accom-
plishing any good by canvass, they
let it go by default. In 1872, the last
Presidential year, the Vermont vote
stood. for Grant, 4l,4Sl; Greeley, 1Q,-
927; Republican majority, 30,554. In
1874, two years later, with light vote,
the Republicans cast 1852 to the Dem
Gratis 13,257. The Republican majority
that year was 20,325
This being Presidential year, the
Republican majority in Vermont should
be at least $4,000 IF, at the election
yesterday, the Republican majority fell
below 10000, it is straw pointing to a
better and purer government and the
coming of Tilden; otherwise. the cote
in Vermont will possess no Significance.
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The Republican Judicial Conven.
10y sN ton,

The Republican Judicial COnven-
The Republican Judicial Convention
Iwassheld at BarnesviIle on the 9Th inst.
JOHN W. DoHERTY, Esq, Of Monroe
county, was elected Chairman and w.
A. HUNT and j. B. LoNGLEY, Of Belmont
county, Secretaries.
The following resolution was adopted
by yeas 20 to nays 81:
Resolved, That under existing circum-
stances, we5deem It inexpedient to nom-
mate candidate for Common Pleas
Judge; but this action of the Conven-
tion is not intended nor Shaitit be so con-
strued to be an endorsement Of any par
ticular candidate. 9
Belmont cast 20 votes for the resolu-
tion and IL against it. Monroe cast 10,
her entire vote against it.
A number of speeches were made for
and against the resolution.
Itappears from the above that CHAM.
BERs and his friends failed to obtain an
endorsement, and the outlook at this
time is, that he viii fail to- obtain much
of an endorsement from the people, in
the way of votes, on the 10th day of
October.
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Nep ASbertise
Notice to Contractors.

$40 saiIl8 o biag aoiiGeiis DE
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Proclamation.

NOTICE Is hereby given to the qualified
lV voters of Monroe County. Ohio, that q
general election will be held, as required by
law, on the second Tuesday, being the =
10th day Of October, A. d. 1876,
at the several places of holding elections in
said county Of Monroe, and you win then
and there proceed to vote by ballot for
One Secretary Of State for the State Of Ohio,
One Supreme Judge for the State Of Ohio,
One Member of the Board of Public Works
for the State of Ohio. n - s,;,gs r.
one Member Of Congress for the 18th Dis
triot of the State of Iohieg q s
One Judge Of the Court of Common Pleas
for the second sub division Of the Eighth
judicial District Of the State Of Ohio;
Ode Clerk Of the Courts for the County Of
Monroe; p
One Commissioner for the county of Monroe;
One fnfrmary Director for the county Of
Monroe i''l
The Trustees of the several townships OF
said county are hereby notified that the fsl
lowing, number of Jurors are spportioned to
their townships, respectively and that they
are required to select the said number and
make return thereof to the Clerk OF the
Court of Common Pleas, together with the
! poii.book, within two days after the said
sec ond Tuesday of Oct her, 1876: ~
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~T The Sweepstakes trot on Friday
was the big race of the Fair. The race
was published to go in harness, best 8
in 5, 3 rounds to the heat, but the Board
Of Directors changed the terms to 60
as they pleased which action let in two
horses under the saddle. The harness
men, two in number, protested against
this because OF the publication having
been made to go in harness. There were
four entries: JOHN GREGG entered "Sil
yer Heels;" W. c. MOONEY, Frank !"
c. B. WRIGHT, 'Joe. Wright" ANrILL
& DANFoRD, "Reds ds;Buck"
"Silver Heels" under saddle, won the
race in three straight heats. ANTILL's
entry pushed him considerably for the
second heat, but lost by his horse break
ing, but succeeded in taking the second
premium. After Che race ANTILL enter
ed q demand for the first premium, his
horse having gone in harness.
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Adjourned Session of the County
Commissioners.

The Board met at Cochransville on
the 3lst ult., and contracted with j. W.
Beardmore to make a culvert and fill at
dark hollow, to be "a feet long, feet
high and a feet wide, the bottom to be
paved with flag stone; walls to be built
across the ravine at both ends of eul-
vert, from the bottom to 2 feet above
roadway, said walls to be 2 feet thick
and to batter 2 feet from the bottom to
top. TO be made Of substantial split
stone. The work to te completed by
December 1st, 1876 Consideration S25S
80.
A contract was made with Levi Bald.
win to construct breakwater above abut
ment at Opossom bridge, at cost moi
to exceed S25oya-yfs. ~, + ,f9a,
T appropriated 500 to repair the road
between Opossom creek and Claring
ton, under Superintendency of Lew
Baldwin and Thomas Howell. n
Contracted with j. T Martin to paint
the iron bridges at Cameron, Claripgton
0possomE and Narrows Run with q
heavy coat of ground iron ore and lin,
seed paint for the sum of $40. .aq
Contracted with Chas. Pontius to build
abutments at the run below Cameron.
Contracted with John j. Atkinson to
build bridge across the run below
Cameron; said bridge to be built of -four
sound white oak, sleepers, % feet long
II, Inches wide and 8 inches. thick and
railing at sides, to extend from end ot
fills, the entire length, for the sum o.
$IS.,Adiiaa . u, s9dTeFE -,
Contracted with NJ. Boughner and
Jacob Earlewine 10 make protection o.
timber and stone in creek below Came
ron to protect the bank, for 500.
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j FAt a meeting Of the Directors of
the Agricultural Society held on Satur-
day, the 9th inst the Board decided to
pay the premiums awarded this year, in
full, and out of the State fund per cent
on the outstanding orders issnedin dS75-
The following resolutions was unani.
mously adopted: A
sgResolyed, That we tender our thanks
to Capt Spang1er's company for their
services during the fair. II
Resolved, Thatthe thanks of the Di.
rectors and officers of the Monroe Coun-
ty Agricultural Society be, and are, here.
by rendered to n. R West, Publisher
Of The Spirit 1T Democracy, for his
untiring efforts, through his paper, to
make the fair Of 1876 success.
90 ~ TIE second face on Thursday
the 7th, was for rackers or PAGERS under
5years cid, to 60 as they pleased, best
2 in 8, rounds to the heat. There
were six. entriess but three Of them were
ruled off on account of being over age
The starters we're: messenger" enter.
| ed BY G. y. DoUGHERTY; "Befi Scott,
Iby, j. P. Sco1r;; "Mustang," "lby JAS. A
DRIGGs. sscdA bsx Of
Iqsa''M Messenger" won the race in Jgooi
style, but was, pushed for it by "Bel
Scott LA sxana sod b=.-.r air
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sHERIFFs SALE
'Kotterer & Morris
Philip Wagonheim-

'DY virtue OF an order OF sale 10 me dfrects
ID ed from the court Of common pleas of
Monroe county, Ohio, viii offer for VsAis at
the front door Of the court house, in the tswt
Of Woodsaeld, between the hours off 10.
o'clock q. m. and 4o'clock p. m, on. bega
Satarday,the 30th dag otSspfember, 1875,
the following described real estate situate iz
Monroe county, Ohio, to wit: -
The southeast quarter Of the southeast
quarter of section two, township Ave and
range ix,containing forty acres, more q iess,
Also, the southwest quarter Of the ~
west quarter, of section thirty-two, township
four and range Eve, containing twenty-ssysr
and q half acres, more or less.
Also, the northwest ,qusrtef .of the north.
west quarter Of section thirty one, township
four and range five containing twenty seven
aud a half acres, mors or lsse has lev
EnAlso. part Of the easthalf Of tLs nottAsast
quarter of section one, township ava Of
range six, beginning for the same on tho
south boundary of said half quarter ae 81.
mon Drums corner, about fifteen rodsl eass
Of the southwest corner Of said half 4uat4
ter; thence east about sixty -four rods u the
southeast corner Of said half quarter; thsncs
wiihths east boundary line Of the aforesaid
half quarter, north one hundred rods: thsncs
west about sixty-four rods to Simon Drums
line; thence south. with said Drums line
one hundred rods TO the place Of beginning.
(exoept so much thereof of the west side
OF said tract as begins at the southwest eors
ner of the same and running thence east
with the line thirty-two rods; thence north
west course in direct line to the northwest
cornergof tae above described tract: thence
south, To the beginning, containing ten acfep
in the tract SO excepted,) leaving thirty two
acres more or less, hereby conveyed.
Also, twenty -hve arres, more or less. lying
lnorthgof the,sbbte tract, beginning At the
northwest corner of said tract; thence north
to Drums corner on the. section linej thence
east with the section line to the section COZ.
ther; thence south with the section ifns TO
the northeast corner Of said thirty4two Aacre
tract; thence west sixty -four poles % the
place of bsgioning, containing In alb said
tracts ems hnndredasual fifty two aofsss more
or lessstogether Fith the. right of fways out
of said lands as now used tyu Yagmhsim
over the other lands Of SAID Mooney
Appraised. 1st tract at $1,000,
=" ! - 2d tract at -. 450.
ha' s9l sd tract AZ 'asa'en 4s0.
I" sstoi 4th y sch ttactsat i,s2o.h
gsuficisntsmoney reqaifsdto be psid dosa
on day ofrsals 10 secure the .costs,o isisi
. TO. LITTL6
apg2s,,7gw5. ~ .ag11a Sheriff Nc. o.
je HusIER 4 hAAILoRH Att,ys. :, iias
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(lNObSBURG AlADEM ME,

CANoNSBO RGyPAa
This School has become heir to the grounds
and buildings formerly belonging to Jefferson
College, and maintains the same grade Of f-cias-
sioal and mathematical requirements "The
course of study is thorough and comprehen-
sive.' German and French taught. Expenses
moderate Communication from East and
West easy by the Charters Railroad Loca.
tion unsurpassed for healthfulness; moral and
religious surroundingsand Influences .ungiyal.
ed. Young persons Of limited means will here
find unusual inducements. The standing dts
students have held in some of the best colleges
attests the thoroughness Of its training.s Next
Term begins SEP TENDER 80. For.mtalogne
address Rev. WM. EWING !.
augl5, ,T8mf. s aosi Princspa.
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EF The first race called on Thursday
morning was for the fastest trotting
horse, mare or gelding, under 5 years
old, best 2 in 8, 3 rounds to the heat
The horses that started were:
"Athens Boy" entered by j. p.
SCOTT; Little Dan," by SAM'L ANTILL !;
Flora" by THEo DEARrH.
athens Boy took the 1st and Sd
heats. Flora won the second heat
Dam came in second in each heat
First premium $40; second SIS ATHENS
Boy went in the race under protest for
being over age.
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HThere we're, fhree entries in 4

EEThere we're, three entries in the
race for~faatest stallion of any age. j.
P. Soorr entered sScott's Chief;" "Lazy
Joe," BY Wa FowIER sHawk Eye"
by D. DAxIELs.
The race was taken by "Joe" in three
straight heats. In the first heat a wheel
Of DANIELS sulky was damaged which
caused him to puff of. After passing
the stand for the third heat, l"Scott's
FGhiefRfran one OF his'hindlegs into the
wheel Of DANIELS sd1ky and was turned
completely round and thrown. upon The
track, his rider being throwniifro him
but escaped aninjured. The suiky whee
was completely demolished.
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Center Township TiIden and
Hendricks Cluh

A number of Democrats of this town.
ship, Center, assembled in the court
room on Saturday evening last and or
ganized TILDEN and HENDRICKS Club
and elected the following officers:
President-DAvID OKEY; Secretaries
"A. j. PEARSON and II. o. LITTLE
Corresponding Secretary-JERE Will,
LIAMs; TreasHrer-W. T. NORRIS; Vice
Presidents-WM READ, MICHAEL LANG,
F. NJ. STEPHENS, JOHN MooRE and JOHN
HAMILTON. Executive Committee-O.
F. LITTLE, J B. DRIGGs, F. REEF, j. R.
NORRIS, j. T JUDKINs. II. r. WEST, P
SCHUMACHER, Jr., j. P SPRIGas, JACOB
NEUHART and LOUIS HoEFFLER.
The Clut, will be addressed on We'd
nesday evening, the 18th inst, by VIII
LIAM WEDDLEs Esq.
The Club win meet on Wednesday
evening Of each week, and the Demo
Gratis of Centerltownship, and members
of other parties who propose to work
with us for Reform, are urged to attend
and aid in making the organization ef-
fective in every particular.
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E The Democrats over in Belmont
county appear to be men who cannot be
driven to oppose the Democratic NOM
inee for Judge by three or four mana.
gers in CHAMBERS interest who reside
in ST. Clairsville. The following smacks
of that, and desire TO learn correct in
formation in relation to- The Judicial
contest: -.
GLENCOE, BELMONT Co. o., Sept, l, 1876.
ED. SFrRlT: Enclosed you will find
four dollars and fifty cents D pay for
The SPIRIT for Phebe Decker, Powhat-
an, r j. Workman and Thomas Coen,
Glencoe, Ohio. - aegs
Hurrah for TILDEN, HENDRICKS
and OKEY!
4 Yours &c, F!f5E l JEFF
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CLaS. P.& F.P. Stevens, Baltimore
OWNERS A I'd PROPRIEToRsa sae
Major w. w. LELAND, Manager.

- Irs ArrRAorioNs. Capacity 900 Guests;
$50 feet long x 40 feet wide; 8 stories high;
built and furnished by Baltimoreans. Pri-
vate parlors, en- suite, etc. Special rates for
Parties, Associations, 60. French, German,
Spanish and italian spoken in the hotel. ALI
charges moderateaud accommodations first
class. II is within four blocks OF the main
entrance of the Grand Centennial Exposition.
the most desirable location Of any Centsn.-
nial Hotel. The entire house Is surrounded
by magnificent grove of maple trees. Of
thirty years. growth, making it the coolest
hotel in Philadelphis. The furniture and
equipments Of the entire establishment are
of the most liberal character,snd during the
season a first class orchestra will furnish
music for the entertainment Of the guests
Market street line city cars pass the door.
july4,76m3.
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erHon. W W. PosroN. the Dem

EE Hon. W W. PosToN, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress in this
District, was Id own last week. MIR
Posros became acquainted with num-
Der ofyorking Democrats from nearly
every township in the county-tmen who
will work for the ticket to the close OF
the. polls on October 10TH,
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W Capt. WILSON, of Franklin town
ship, and JAS E. JONES, Esq +. Of Senecs
township, attended the Republican Ju-
dicisl Conventions on the 5th inst, as
delegates from this county,, and made
speeches In favor Of nomination that
brought to their aid a number of the
Belmont delegates who up to that time
had opposed making nomination.
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/. 5DaxssooRls 'Telsggrspph. sckSd.
si4uoidi gai1s9 --sa ,asS1id9 e
Happer's building, East Main st.


lNHE 81 bsoriber respectfully Announces that
i he has commsncsd ini Barnesville, iOhio,
a School Of Telegfaphy, where pupils
witt receive instruction in the practtse' and
theery sf the art: how to take care Of an
Office: receiving and sending messages and
all the details connected with the business.
The instruction will be thorough and careful,
so that pupils taking = regular course will
be oompetent ITO assume all the duties OF an
operator. Telegraphing is paying business.
Good operators are always in demand both
men andwomen-a they can be prepared
for the work more rapidly and at lees expense
than any other business. that offers such
rewards, An experience and study of -seve.
raj months, both in the practice and theory
of the art, enables me to impaft the best
instruction to all who ATTEND this school
Testimonial, as to competency, terms, etc.,
furnished upon application, Send fer cirou'
lar. Call on or address =.
i,.n, HENRY g, DAWSON,
sept5,' ,'7sm6. Barnesville, Ohio,
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


Hard times are partially caused by
high taxes j. When Mr.. Tlden becomes
President he will reduce The national ex.
penses as he has. done in New York. -
That will give US better times.
Z John Miller, of Boston, has some
touch children. One feH or his head,
twenty two feet, the other day, without
being hurt, and now another falls from
the top of q four-s story house, only
breaking an arm z NJ y z =
Queen Victoria will be proclaimed
Empress of India" st Delhi on the 1st
of January next. before an imperial as
sem blaSe of alp the Governors, Lieu
tenant . Governors, heads of Govern
ment, princes, chiefs and mobiles, .
England has made demand on the
Porte for an armistiees, TO be, followed
by negotiations for peace. A months
time q is given, II refused, the Porte
must no longer. expect the support Of
England should there be foreign inter-
yention. z ~ 4 H
A man paid 81, ,0G0 for Washington's
state coach, to exhibit outside the Gen..
tenniallground he put up ,aqbuilding,
and offered sight Of it at ten cents a
head. At the end Of three weeks he
had not taken in single dime ~
IA The fate of Brigham Young should be
warning to all young Mormons with
an ambition as high sas No. t9.I Ann
Eliza is fairly sweeping away the old
wretch's property, HHis horses and car
riages have just beenlseized to satisfy
her demand for alimony, and the worst
of it is to come. 1.-The had been content
to Chamber up the hill with seventeen or
eighteen, all this might have been avoid
ed. '-g9ya i.si II hus
A couple of seunbalanced minds" are
travelling through tine country; one is q
man and the other is woman, and both
are Spiritualists. The woman wears
blue pantaloons and linen duster, cut
Eon pattern halt way between a frock
coat and a polonaise overskirt.. Her
hair is cut short and brushedtup at the
sides, and on her head is mans lat
She calls herself the "Mother of the
World" The man who accompanies
her is self. constituted apostle, claiming g
to be controlled by the Saviour.
Scattered about the earth, says an En-
glish magazine, there are supposed to be
10 600, 600 or IL ,000, ,000of Jews alive
Thousands of these people are rich,some
of them own colossal fortunes. Roths
chil1 could buy up the fee simple of Pal
estine Goldsmith might rebuild the tenn
pie of Herod. Monteiiore has money
enough to cast golden statue of King
Solomon. But of these wealthy Hebrews
not one is willing to go back es' 81
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lE The Floral Hall was better rep
resented this year than for-years past.
There were preserved fruits, many va
rieties OF apples, peaches, pears, pota.
tees corn, wheat, oats, spumpkins.car-
rots. beats, cabbage, grapes, flour, in
fact han full of farm productsa Spec
imens lof 'hanaiwstk OF the ladies were
70 be seen On every hand, and we hope
they all took premiums, % saoea