The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-07-16
ITEMS.
OHro is full of Democrats this year.

OHlO Will witness the tug OF war
New York Herald. ( ,..it
THERE are 1899 dogs in Washington
county valued at $1S0,66S.. =
TWIN RELICS OF THE GREAT FRAUD -
JOHN SHERMAN and ELIZA PINKsroN.
ExaLAND's diplomats are working eff
fectively outside of the Berlin Congress.
REPUBLICAN, Auditor Of Trumbull
county-embezzlement-fve years in the
penitentiary. iiH
ALL important questions connected
with the treaty of San Stefano have been
adjusted by the Berlin Congress.
FLETCHER A. HAwEs, native OF
Guernsey county, Ohio, was killed in
Idaho by Bannock Indians, on June 9th.
The wool clip in the vicinity of Bar.
nesville, Belmont county, has been sold
at prices ranging from soto 81 cents per
pound. k9t s as Fl
ROBERT ]. CREIGHros, Of Washington
township, Guernsey county, hung him,
self with rope halter on Friday, the
ah inst. iiro,- vs.r5 .s.... s.., es,'ss-
The Democrats of Belmont county
will hold their County Convention at st.
Clairsville on Saturday, the 10Th, day Of
August. Is 3ie ~
FoUR hundred and sixty Mormons ar.
rived at New York from Liverpool on
the 10th inst. Their destinationis Sail
Lake City, 5szH ;sfss2s1 azTA't h
A STATEMENT from. the physicians at
tending Emperor WILLIAM says that bis
power of locomotion is small, his hands
are helpless, and he can only eat with as
sistance. q 6 ~
. THE Omaha Herald days:-"JoHs
SHERMAN is about as badly a used uE
man as the Republican leadership has
produced since the smiling and sanity
CoLFAx came to grief. Isl
The Quaker City Indep:ndent, Guern
sey county, says that DANIEL LoaEE has
a crop of tobacco growing in his fields
from last yesr's planting. The milo
winter did, not kill the. roots. YIv sas
PRINcE MILAN has declared Servia in
dependent, and now the Serveans vii
have a little Fourth of July of theil
own, and can go to pic.nics and enjoy
being rained ON instead Of being reignet
over.
Iris notthe intention Of the Govern
inent to provoke Mexico to war, but cat
tie thieves and raiders generally from
the Mexican side of the Rio Grande will
be shot down without very much cere
mony. r,..,..e,. ,,.....
Mr. HAYES ought to invite JOHN SHER
MAN to retire. But JOHN was "visitinl
statesmen" and might, like the othe
rogues, tell what he knows about elec
1tion frauds, If kicked out, which woul
be unpleasant for the Administration,
AT a meeting Of Communists in Ne,
York on the 9th inst, ALEX JONAS mad
an address in German, and his spccia
points-against BISMARCK and in 1favo
of revolution in Germany-were greete'
with deafening shouts and clapping o
hands.
BANK.NoTEs will be the key.notes use'
by the Republicans In Ohio this year.
They are bankrupt of all else. jon
SHERMAN might give them lift by send
ing ELIZA PINKsToN to relate how cruell
she was bulldozed, on paper, by the "vis
iGng statesmen.
On the 9Th inst, in New York City,
man was sentenced TO the Penitentisr.
for two years for having stolen fiy
cents! Had he stolen 100000 the de
tectives would have compromised witt
him for so cents on the dollar and per
mitted him to go free, Such b justic
in New York
The New Workers claim that thei
nervous systems are, being ruined by tn
noise of the elevated railway, and whe
the resident of that city comes home 4
dilapidated condition and hangs hi
hat up on the floor, be explains 1t to hi
wife by saying, "Nerves all gone. Bee
see frien' on Sixth avenue"
The New York Tribune says: "a
the Presidents special friends are likel
to be left at home by the Ohio election
STANLEY MATTHEWS is defeated already
Mr.. Cox declines 10 go back, and Nj
Foster will make hopeless fight fror
the start. The Administration will
more lonesome than ever in the mex
Congress- fAEbIGk Sc I'll
4 WENDELL PHILLIPS: s'As matter. stan
to-day, with no s.keen Interest in an
question except finance, the South ha
the choicelof tue next President. Cor
tcillating the West by her concurrence o
! finance, she holds all the cards. Unles
a radical change is wrought in the con
ing year Western Democrat on q so
money! platform viii be the next Pres
dent, and some Southern Confederat
leader, civil or military, will be Viz
President" ~ aerf
I, GENERAL LoNGsTREET testified befol
the PORTER Court of Inquiry at We
] Point on the 9th inst, that had Gel
} PORTER attacked "that day, August oct
, any time after II o'clock, his force
would have annihilated him, for the fe'
eral lines were then too much extende
and disjoined." 1t begins to look I
: though Gen. PopE was wholly ignoral
. of whatforce confronted him, and tn