The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-12-03
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the Presidency.
THEr had q desperate case Of delirium
tremens In Athens last week.
RoBERr HELLER, the magician, died
in Philadelphia on the 9th ult.
TIE police are raiding the shops OF
the lottery sharks in New York.
TYING tobacco is low down up at Som.
erton, only 40 cents per hundred.
"OLD Maids Ridge" is the name Of
a neighborhood in Noble County.
Doors are made on. the Pacific coast
with pockets for pistols in their tops.
TIE Ohio Legislature ought to stran
gle that school book swindle this Winter
fTHs is the season Of the year wher
people fight about who shall be post mas
ter. sa q s1.@ = NA& l4i
The Noble County Teachers Institut,
meets in Caldwell on Monday, Decem
Der 23d.
CHICAGO is the Porkopolis Of the Yves
now. Cincinnati has lost her grip as th'
heaviest hog packing city.
RUSSIAN Journals state that the AIMEE
! is concentrating his forces near Cabul
which is strongly fortified.
The Big White Dollar is all right, bu
stiIl the men who run National Bank
are disposed to make war ON It.
FoUR indictments have been returned
against each Of the Zanesville grav,
robbers, EATON, HILL1ARD and HEYL.
GoRrscHAKoFr, the brains Of the Rus
sian Empire In the capacity Of Prim'
Minister, has rendered his resignation
TIE People against the Nationa
Banks. THURMAN, Commander in Chic
Of the Peoples forces. On with tae bat
tie.
Hos. JOHN A.. MCMAHON, Of Ohio
would make an excellent Speaker OF th'
House of Representatives at Washing
ton.
MAJOR RENO is to have court-mar
tial, on his own application, to investi
gate his conduct ut the battle OF Littl
Big Horp.rI f4 ~ &
TON EwrNa says Of the present ses
sion of Congress: Zone thing we vii
do, aud that is wipe out the Nationa
Banks" Go in, THOMAS.
! SOUTHERN tobacco manufacturers vii
make q strong effort, at the coming ses
sion Of Congtess. to have the tax on to
bacco reduced to l6cents.
ANGEL, the defaulting Secretary o
the Pullman Car Company. when arrest
ed at Lisbon, was passing as an English
man under the name of Seymour.
The policy Of the New York bank
deciding to refuse silver, except as
special deposit to be repaid in kind, i
questioned by many friends Of resump
ton. ~
The calendar of the House of Repre-
sentatives is larger than any calendar TO
q second session of Congress for years
Only about one.eigbt part Of the bill'
will get through.
CAsrEr Bagger SPENCER, of Alabama
is to be succeeded in the U. S. Senate
by Hon. GEORGE j. HousroK, Demo
crat. One by one the carpet baggers
like the roses, fall.
CAMBRIDeE, Guernsey county, is agi
tated over the conduct of GEORGE JOHN
SON and Mrs. DAVID R. MArLE. They
took q .ripto Zanesviile together, an,
Mr.. MAPLE swears he'll have a divorce,
TEE robbery of the Manhattan Banl
and SrEwARr's grave in New York, ant
the successful hiding Of the money ant
body, demonstrate clearly that exper
thieves are sharper than expert detect
ives. >.
THERE is a serious revolt Of City thou
sand troops in the province Of Kivangsi
China, and fears are entertained Of al
extension ID consequence of bad pay an,
the scarcity Of rations throughout the
army. a..g
A BERLIN correspondent confirms th'
report that General KAurMAN's speech
on presenting bis sword to the Ameer'
envoy at Tushkeno has become q sub
ject of communication from England t,
! Russia.
THERE is, so far as we can learn, n
immediate prospect of furthur exten
sion OF tue track of the B & S. W. R
R Nothing further will be. done, "
fear. this winter - Bendire Iadependen
28th wlt.
II F. =. .f..r. 10 l. 81
\ TIE Republican newspapers all owe
the State are bristling with argument
why the Democrats should rerominat
Governor BrsHor. Such disintereste
| zeal on their part is liable to awake
suspicion. Gin. Eaq.
4 The law relating to the drawing I
juries in Ohio is, that the names shall !
drawn between the hours Of 10 A.. n
and II N on the fourth Monday befoI
the beginning of the term OF Court
which they are to serve.
/ A DISPATCH from Sofa reports th'
the Turkish Redins and Circassiaus sacl
ed twelve hundred houses in Melkne di
!. trict in Macedonia. on the Goth ult., an
3 massacred the inhabitants without di
/. tinction Of age or sex.
TIE lobbyists for the Pacific Railroad
: are gathering in Washington City. Loo