The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-12-25
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The salt well troubles in Texas, be
i tween lot of ruffians, have about sub
4 sided. a3 'a7 ~ af !a
i PEsDLEros's friends are speaking ou
now. He will be nominated on the frs
fballot.T Y TT N
| SENATOR THURMAN has too much
sense to thrust himself into the Senate.
rial fight.
| ON the 18th inst, the President. sign.
ed pardon for JoScE. the st. Louis
Whisky Ringister.
The San Domingo :. revolution is
spreading. President BAEz is about
ready to leave,
Ross j. ALEXANDER, of Belmont coun.
ty, is PENDLEroN man for Senator, Sc
says ther Register 81 50
The Chinese question is, assuming
Important proportions. There are 200.
900 Cinnamon In California;. .sa2jd z
CONGRESS- has adjourned to January
10th. The Bondholders. who demand
payment in gold, will rest easy until that
time.
SENATOR JONES does not think the
passage Of the silver. bill is at all jeop
ardized by its postponement over the
fholiday recess. 2 N
! It is rumored that EvARrs and SoHuRz
|ewilEshortly receive Einvitstions to step
out of the Cabinet. Send one to SHER-
MAN, Mr.. HAYES.
DIR. TocHAMER says that the little
black specks onFapples and oranges are
clusters OF fungi, and that they produce
whooping cough. -.-----.-..e q
BLAINE and CoNKLlNa, after twelve
years of sill-feeiing. have buried the
hatchet and massed their forces against
HAEEs. Now look out for fun yzt
Roskssier Democrat -s.Men 90 BY
epochs in drinking whiskey, thinks the
New York Herald. Does anybody re-
member any remarkable absence ofepoeh.
lately
2. . a , 2 =.
'a HAYES has abandoned The Southern
trip which he contemplated taking du.
ring the holiday recess Excuse, cares
of State. DC, (and privately, the time
fer gush is over
Mr.. PIKE. the publicist, says. that all
crime which ID not the result of phys
ical or mental disease, Ii The survival of
instincts Inherited from medieval and
feudal barbarism. rrear
SENATOR'S GORDON and CoNKLINe
used|hot, words in the Senate last week,
and many thought duel would be the
result; friends adjusted the matter sat,
isfactorially to both gentlemen.
IT is very plain to be seen by the light
OF theeilvef moon, as we look across
the river into Ohio, that PEspLEToN
stock is on the rise. - y Whesltng Register
And that EWING and MORGAN are not
IN the race to- any alarming extent.
STRING BULL, the "gentle savage is
Of opinion that Canadian hospitality is
too cold for him. Should he return to
the United States he viii find that Amer.
lean hospitality will prove too hot for
him.
THE, Sun. says a"The only reconcilia,
tion now possible between HAYES and
the victorious Republican Senators
means the complete surrender Of the
Administration and the dismissal Of the
psssea. CahlaesY1 oE,ni 04
WHAT Commodore VANDERBILT said
Of one Of his relstives NAY, be- taken as
;he general opinion of Lawyer EvARrs
fuce Senstor CoNKllsa feil foul of him;
HE is a pretty smart fellow, but be has
fcog outr-M II .Sas. sad gTasi<aaj
NJ =. Heraid. d.-aA Hobokan milk
nan died the other morning and left bis
leirs S75 900 And yetitis NOT every
lay that the truth, ia such proportions,
sfound atthe bottom ofIseweiL. Welli
lcne, good and faithful milkmap., =
ON Saturday night, December lst,
WESTON concluded his attempt to walk :
100 miles in six days at, the Rifle Drill
Hall, Bristol England. The time was
o have expired at midnight, but at elev.
IN o'clock he gave up, having done 45s
niles in six days, less an hour:
A Naval Court of Inquiry to inves.
igate into the disaster to the war vessel
Huron, throw the responsibility upon
he dead officers, and white.wash the
builders of the vessel and the Naval au-
horities. That is safe proceeding-
rhe dead cannot refute the Courts find.
ng.s xiEEs Il
WAsHINeToN dismissed only nine cfH-
ers during the eight years of his presi,
epcy,, JOHN ADAMS only ten during his
our years, JEfFERson forty-two in eight
ears, MADISON only five in eight years,
doNRoE nine in eight years, John Qu1N- /
Y ADAMS only two during his fourl
'ears. p - -
Tm Sports'naa (Loudon December ,
J, says: "A story is published to the
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