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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-05-07

j ey The Philadelphia Bulletin wants
Che scope OF the Investigations into the
electoral frauds so enlarged as to include
the alleged sampering with the Oregon
vote, and the Commercial wants it to
reach the bulIdozing In Louisiana and
Mississippi.
!. An right, let It be done. We hope
the time is psst when Investigations OF
this. character were made, not for the
!, purpose of bringing guilty men to JUS
tice, bat solely to damage the opposition
party. No Democrat, or anybody else
for that matter except the euiprits,
should object to exposure and punish'
nent oyertaking every offender If Mr.
HAYES or Mr.. SHERMAN or Mr.. MAT
rusws had guilty knowledge Of the Flor.
ida and Louisiana frauds let them take
the consequences II Mr.. TILDES o'
Mr.. HEWITT sought by corrupt means tc
capture the vote of Oregon. hang his
picture in the rogues' gallery.
Investigations should have highe7
aim than the helping or hinde;ing Of 20
litical parties.
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Attention, Fishermen!


Aquatic sportsmen will be interested in
knowing that the laws rela i've to fishing,
have been amended by the Ohio Legisla-
ture at the present session, os follows:
Whoever, in any Of the waters of any
creek, river, canal, lake, pond, or reser-
voir, or any body Of water. whether arti-
licial or natural, lying within the state. of
Ohio, except the waters of Lake Erie. in
lures, or kills, or catches, in any other
way than by hook and line, any fish. ex-
cent minnows, or owns or possesses any
fish pond, fish net, fish trap, or fish sein,
except seines to catch minnows, in or
connected with any of the waters in the
state of Ohio, except the waters OF Lake
Erie, or in any way msliciously disiurbs
any fish in any private fish pond, shall be
fined, for each offense, not more than
fity dollars, nor less than ten dollars, aDo
be imprisoned in the Jail of the county moi
less than ten days nor more than sixt,
days, and provides further that it shall b'
unlawfu to catch or destroy fish in any
manner during the spawning season, ex
cepting reservoirs containing one thcus
md acres or more from The first day o
May to the 18th day of June of each yea
with the same penalties for violation Q
this provision as lahove provided i
other cases. er
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The New Jersey Mutual Life Insu-
rance Company.
Receiver Parker's victory.
IN. Y. Herald. 1st instl

The efforts Of ex Governor Parker, re-
ceiver of the New Jersey Mutual Life
Insurance Company, to compel a mum.
ber of we'll known former officers and
stockholders OF the company to pay back
some Sl50,000 which they were alleged
to have received unlawfully, have result
ed in what is generally considered tri-
umph, and that, too, without extended
expensive litigation.
When the suits against John H. Kase
and C. C. Lathrop were called yesterday
Counsellor McCarter, for the receiver,
stated to the Court that the cases would
not be moved, as settlement had been
effected between the contending parties
This settlement is upon an agreement on
the part of the deiendants-not only
Kase and Lathrop, but Thomas B. Ped
die, William NJ Force, JamesG Barnett,
George Peters, jeremiah Counsellor and
William Shoye-to pay over some sixty
per cent of the whole amount sued tor,
with Interest. The suits were brought
| in July last, and, as previously stated
was designed to recover from the defend
ants their portion Of the $50, ,000 alleged
to have been Withdrawn from the assets
of the New Jersey Mutual at the time o
the reinsurance with the Hope Insurance
CompMy Of New York, November
1872. da Bo
AS to the details of the agreemen
made yesterday the counsel on each sid
tell conflicting stories, but it seems tha
the receiver will get about $4,000. A
la conference Of lawyers and defendant
Yesterday the latter gave their checks 70
! the amounts specified !. Force, $4,000
'tHeath, Shore, Barnett, Peddie and La
lthrop, $4,000 eachs and Kase $4,000 :
Mr., Tichenor gave security for S6,OOt
! and the Wilson estate for Sl2,000 Nj
! Carter is to come into the arrangement
7 paying $4,000. 1,
J; ! It should be said that the Court read
: Ily assented to the agreement, and OH
! charged the struck jury. The appea
! ance of Stedwell as prospective wi
! ness for the receiver is generally regars
I ed as the spur Of the compromise
/ To-day the case of Ben Noyes will
disposed of by Judge Nixon in tesUn
lted States Court at Trenton. I
| [BEN MOVES is known as a wrecker
| Life Insurance Companies : but it
!. thought PARKERIwill wreck bis efforts
/, rob the Mutual and reclaim the funds
Q PuB. SPIRIT,
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hE Both the Bellaire papers enquire
what we mean by saying that the pro-
ceedings ofasome OF the officials OF the
B q S. W. al that point are watched
with some interest.
f For the present it nay be sufficient to
say that there exists doubt whether ell
the Directors are encouraging the effort
now being made to secure funds for com
pletipg the road. There is moreover in
some minds . query as to " neither 1t is
not jost possible that one ortwo persons,
Ia their dreams, indulge visions of o
scheme not quite so obviously in the IN
terests of the stockholders Is the pres.
snt one. aia
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wheeling Register.l
R1ghting Wrongs.

The Wheeling Register thinks it would
be cowardly iu the Legislature OF Ohio
to decline redistricting the State, because
the present districting is wrong.
Well nov, Mr. Register, the continue
ton of Mr. Hayes in the presidential
chair is the continuation OF a wrong Is
it cowardly 10 refuse support to Blair's
project for righ'iDg this wrong? Adhere
to logic and answer this question:
Woodsfeld Spirit.
BY the constitution and laws of Ohio,
It is made the duty Of the Legislature to
district the State for Congressional pur
poses. As now distric'ed a foul wrong
is perpetrated upon a large number Of
the people. 1t is within the power of the
Legislature to correct this wrong.
Mr. Hayes occupies the Presidency by
fraud. If there is any power in Con-
gress to correct this fraud IL will be COW
ardy or dishonest in it to fail to do so ;
but it no more follows that the particular
mode chosen by Mr.. Blair sbonld be
adopted than that any particular, or pre-
postef Gus, bill for redistric.ing the State
should be the only one to choose.
We see a mode of legally and Justly
redistricting the State of Ohio for Con-
gressional purposes, but we have seen no
mode pointed ont by which the rightfll
occupant can be sealed in the White
House.
| II we understand Mr.. Blair's PROPOSE
ton Alright, it is TO take the case before
the Supreme Court. What is to be gained
by this, after the action of portion o
1.-THE judges composing that court las
winter, we are unable to divine. Expe
4 rience shows that Supreme Court judges
are much like other people. They ar
j seldom selected for their exceptiona
llearning in the law, or for their consplc
uous integrity, but oftener to please som
section of country or cable of politi
clans. or sometimes, as in the case
two or three appointments by Grant, 70
the purpose of procuring particular de
cision. They carry with them to tn
bench their personal grievances and po
litical prejudices, and seldom fail to max
: the most of them in the rendition 9
their decisions. 81, =.
i If the SPIRIT is prepared to assure U
, that Mr.. Blair's project for righting tn
Presidential wrong can be made to AZ
complish its aim, we will acknowledg
1.-THE force OF its logic, and so, "Go in, .
all MEANS"
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~Hon Hugh j Jewett formerly Of
GAINESVILLE, has been elected President OF
the reorganized Erie Railroad Company,
the name of which is to be changed to the
New York, Lake Erie & Western Rail-
road Company. This is another Ohio
man who has come to the front in the
East. He wss formerly President of the
Central Ohio Railroad Company.-En-
terprise. r. & /, 'tsS71 ~ e'.-' q 1tN.
Mr.. Jewett has been acting President
and Receiver Of the Erie road for severa
years past. srzisa eai- gt,iao7
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Moffett Punch in Louisiana.

New ORLEANS, April S-Gov Mich
oils this morning has promulgated the
Moffett Register bill, which was passed
at the recent sitting of the Legislature
The bill places quarter of cent tax
on every drink, and it is thought will
Weld revenue Of 100000 annually
When it was passed it was done more as
an experiment than anything else. it be.
inc believed that it would work favora.
bly,, though its opponents claimed it
would not add dollar to the revenues
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-05-07

EyThe Wheeling Register Company
was sued for libel in 1873 by Major
Sweeney. The case has been in the Courts
ever since. until last Saturday, when the
Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed the
lower decision awarding the plaintiff
$4,000 damages The costs will amount
TO $4,000 more. Mr.. Lewis Baker
President of the Company, says the
amount will be promptly paid,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-05-07
Poverty And Suffering.

II was dragged down with debt, power
ty and suffering for years, caused by a
sick family and large bills for doctoring,
which did them no good I was compile
tely discouraged until one year ago, by
the advice OF my pastor, I procured Hop
Bitters and commenced their use, and in
one month we we're all well, and none OF
us have seena sick day since, and | want
to say to all poor men, you can keep your
families well year with Hop Bitters for
less than one DOCTORS visit will cost
knowit 1t. A NORWEGIAN.
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IN. Y. Herald.)
Russian Naval Preparations.


Our special despatch from London pub
lished this morning states that the Brit
ish Admiralty has been apprised of cer-I
tain important preparations being in pro-.
gress at Cronstadt for an early sailing of
the R ssian iron clad fleet, The squad.
ron available for offensive operations in
the Baltic, and even in seas nearer Ports
mouth docky yards, is by no means one
that can be despised even by the best
ships in the British navy. Manned by
stout crews recruited from the extensive
seaboard of Northern Russia the iron
clads of the Gar, led by the leviathan Pc
ter the Great, can seriously menace the
coast commerce ofthe British Islands. OF
course they are not numerous or power.
ful enough to meet the fleet that will be
organized against them by the British
Admiralty in general action But their
presence alone will suffice to render neces
sary the concentration of English iron
clad ships in the north Sea and English
Channel to guard the coasting commerce
from attack and to prevent the Russian
a ct from reaching the Atlantic AS the
British have practically seized the Oar
denelles and the Sea of Marmora there is
no reason for doubling that the Russians
may attempt the barring of the Cattegat
and holding the Baltic with torpedoes
and iron. .clads The German navy, even
ifless powerful than it is, would not be
restricted in its movements by such a
course, because it would be free to leave
or enter the narrow straits during an An
glo- Russians war Hence Germany, re-
cognizing the action Of Russian as justi-
fed by strict defensive requirements,
would be indifferent to measure that
did not effect her interests in any way
Austria made no serious obj .ction to the
closing of the Danube against the Tur.
ish fleet under Hobart Pscha, although
her interest were decidedly touched by 6
prolonged interruption of her commerce
Germany. Sweden and Denmark are
therefore, not likely to offer opposition t.
) Russian feet closing the Cattegat whe'
, their commerce would not be interferet
!. with. AS base corporations for harass
ing British commerce the entrance of tn
Baltic would be highly valuable to Rus
e sia The enterprise and daring recent
a displayed by her naval officers in the Dar
ube andsalong the Black Sea coasts in th
face of an overwhelming naval fore
u show that she has seamen9 who are capt
n Bile of brilliant exploits. Except ss
e blockading fleet the British ships coul
70 not accomplish much in the Baltic II
torpedo has revolutionized naval wa
II fare .i F-gf z II
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-05-07

The Western Union Telegraph Com
pady now own over 100000 miles OF wire,
whereas, when the late William Orton be-
came President it owned hut S5 ,29l miles.
They had 2,250 Offices, now over 5000.
This year the number OF messages for
warded will exceed 10000 600, while
then they were but 5,S79 2S2 The profits
have incre ased over half a million dollars
per annum. The average cost OF trans.
mission per message then was sixty three
cents, whereas it now but twenty nine
cents.
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(Athens Journal. I'd inst.,)

aI-f# AtUcHS IHS'HO 11SJ
The Trustees of the Athens ASYLUM
met on Friday last and elected the follow
ing officers: = VIZ =. e'''9t
,Superintendent-Dr. P II. Clark, OF
Midd.eport, Meigs county.
Phvsiciaus-Dr. J. H. Harley, o.
Chillicothe, and DR.. ]. W. Lash,of Ath.
ems
Steward-Robert Bell, Of Zanesville.
Storekeeper- James. R. Ledlie, o
Middleport, Meigs county. -'A
Glad that sJeemes R "has obisined th'
appointment; he is the right man in th'
right place.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-05-07

Christian Meiar was generally called
Devil Meiar in Ripley county, Ohio, be.
cause he was regarded as the wickedes,
man in that part of the State. HIS evil
deeds were MANY, and at last he was sus-
pected of Fastening the death OF bis sick
wife by choking her. A vigilance com
mittee ordered him to quit the country,
hut he wouldsnot go. They tarred and
fcathered him, but still he refused to give
up his home. Then they hanged him.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-05-07
Finley McGrew's Widow Wants
-. $4,000.
lst. CluirsYille Gazette, Ist inst)

tst. ClairsYille Gazette, Ist inst)
Our readers will recollect the death OF
Finley MeGrew. of Bridgeport, who eth
er fell of, or was knocked of, the railroad
bridge at thatplace, some time last winter
his dead body being 6shed from the creek
soon after. 1t was suspected at the time
that John n. Watkins WHO was known to
be bitter enemy Of McGrews,had some,
thing TO do with McGrew's death, sIhe
Coroner jury, however, failed to lind
sufficient evidence on which to arres'
Watkins. On last Monday Mrs Nc
Grew, widow OF Finley McGrew, brought
an action against Watkins in the Com,
mon Pleas Court of this country, FOL
$4,000, alleging that she is entitled to
that amount of damages for the death o
her husband. The case will come up TO
trial at the present term OF court, and vii
no doubt attract considerable attention
Capt. Peter Tallman and J B Smith ar
the attorneys for Mrs McGrew ed 7aa
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errbe Senate has so amended The

fFThe Senate has so amended the
bin repeating the Bankrupt Act as to
leave the law in operation until the lst
Of Jauuasy next, II the House agree
10 this amendment every scamp who
chooses to do 50 can have time to hide
bis property, and defraud bis creditors
The sooner this, neiarions business Is
stopped the better. - s1lr5
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JANUARY AND JUNE.
A Wife of Twenty-onc Cuts the
+ Throat Of Her Husband OF Seven
tyfrom Ear to Ear, and Confesses
the Crime. ~


LrNcHBuRa, Va, April ga sensa.
tional tragedy was enacted in Carroll
County, Va, last Saturday night 1t
has Just come to light, and the particu;
lars that have reached here are some
what conflicting Last December Maud
Harris was united in the holy bonds OF
matrimony with Capt. Lucius D. Tray.
lers. She was 81 !; he was upwards of
three score years and ten. 1t was un-
derstood that at the time she married the
old man he was in feeble health and was
likely TO drop off at any moment, leav.
ing young Maud 100000 in Govern
ment securities. Months rolled on, and
instead of dying The Captain grew stron.
ger and more manly every day. Intact,
4 be WIS heard to remark few days ago
that be was good for twenty years yet.
tits supposed the husband 8 returning
youth 80 disappointed the young bride
that she took his life. At any rate, be
that the case or not, the cruel woman
I cut his throat from ear to ear with .
butcher knife while he slept soundly by
her side on the night of the 9Th. Sht
afterwards dragged the corpse (she wa'
| of powerful muscle just before dayighl
and threw 1t in creek 100 yards from
the house. The body foated down th,
tstream two miles, and was discovered
Sunday afternoon BY three fishermen. :
This morning an inquest was held. Th
blood had been discovered in the cham
bcr Of Capt. Travers, and circumstantia
evidence was strong against Che younl
bride, and to-day before the Coroner
Jury that lady burst into paroxysm Q
weeping, and confessed the crime. 1t
tsupposed that Mrs. Trayers was in low
with a young lawyer OF Baltimore, t
Iwhom she hoped some day to be united
tSbe is now in Jail. ] understand the Ba
Itimore man is in this city, and he Al
tempted tonight to commit suicide.
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Lord scully Looking for Land.

PAXTON, Ill, April 26.-Mr. james
S. McGil, agent of Lord Scully's (of
Ireland) estates in this country, is nego
tiating for the purchase of 10000 acres
OF land in Ford and Iroquois counties
Only q short time ago Lord Scully pur-
chased the largest farm in the State, sit
uated few miles from this place, and
formerly owned by Mr.. Sullivant, the
well-kuown farmer and stock. breeder OF
the vest The farm was purchased from
Mr.. Sulliyant's assignee. and comprised
80. 600 acres at $50 per acre.
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~There is this at leastto be said In
favor OF The River and Hsrbor Bill II 1t
pass the Senate as Il passed the House,
whether Ii shall aid navigation much or
rot II win aid in preventing SHERMAN
from boarding greerb.cks. and will give
employment to many Idle men. -a2ia'a
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M The Commercial says that the
men who, know all about the frauds in
Florida are "a gang OF scoundrels." j" No
DOUBT they are. and no doubt they we're
employed 70 do this Job precisely be-
cause they wsre "a gang Of scoundrels .
Weamsy suppose that II the Commev,
saas was seeking ! agang" TO pefpetrate
iofgeries and perjuries It would select
only superintendents Of Puritan Sabbath
Schools, 81 7ea; = 9cs1a 4sge
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aEAs an offset to the ffbune's ar r.
ray OF aSouthern claims" a MI, MONEY
figures up .Eorthern claims" to the
amount Of hfteen hundred millions
about eight times the aggregate which II
IL pretended the South asks. The TriS-
ma IL mad about II. i a ges
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-05-07

CcuNTERFErrERs $50 NorEa.-A new
counterfeit, which has just been discover
ed by the Secret Service Agents, is in cir
culation, 1t is $50 note on the Union
National Bank of New York CITY, and is a
transfer from the plate from which the
counterfeit $50 on the Central Nationsl
Bank of New York City and the Third
Na,ional Bank of Buffalo weresprinted.
The transfer is said to be well executed.
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~The present skin flint Democrat

EF The present skin-fint Democratic
Legislature is going to insane extremes
of economy.--Zanesuille Times.
This legislature will save million oil
dollars to the taxpayers oftbis state in the
taxes to be levied for next year, and no
branch OF the public service will suffer
The Times remarkis is compliment to
the legislature, coming as a radical grow
against retrenchment and reform Cam
6ridge Jetersonidn.
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TMrs. Hayes has been as openly
fepudiated rs her husband. A high
toned society IN Washington, known as
the Mrs. RIB HAYES Temperance So.
eisty, has indignantly discarded her
same because there was claret punch on
q steamboat table at which she dlned'
She needs TO be endorsed.
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TOMATO PLANTS
ATTENTION.

Our Spring and Summer stock now
complete in all departments. Dry goods,
Notions Clothing for Men and Boys,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, &c. We offer
these goods at such prices as will suit
the times and as low as same quality
can be had anywhere. We cordially in.
y;te all to call and see for yourselves.
MORRIS & ARMSTRONG.
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WOODsFIELD NURSERY.

Mrs. NJ A. Way, at the Woodsfeld
Nursery, is prepared to furnish Fruit
Trees, Garden seeds, Pot Flowers of all
kinds, Wire and Rustic Baskets, Snow
fake and Beauty Potatoes. and Bulbs OF
Dahlias, Gladiolus, Tubroses, DC, &c
at the lowest cash prices. Where arti-
cles are sent by mail l6ceuts per pound,
postage, is added to the price '-"
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egA bill to stop contraction mas
passed the House by large majority =
This is a Measure OF more practical i'm
uortancs than the Silver Act. II will
doubtless become law. Fs
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John Sherman's contract with the Svn-
dicate doesn't please Mr.. Phillips. Re-
publican Congressman. from Kansas,
whose bill setting the contract aside was
referred by the House to committee.
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VEGETINE
For Kidney Complaint and Ner-
v0uS Debility.
IsLEsBoBo, Me-, Dec, 2s, 1877,

IsLEsBoBo Me-, Dec, Is, 1877,
Mr.. STEVENS, ~
DEAR SIs: had cough, for eighteen
years, when commenced taking the VICE.
TINE was very low; my system was debil-
ita ed by disease. had the Kidney Com
plant, and was very nervous-cough bad,
lungs sore. When had taken one bottle
found it was helping me; it has helped my
cough, and it strengthens me am now
able to do nv work. Never have found any
thing like the VFeErINB. know it is every
thing it is recommended to be- 49,
MRS. A. J. PENDLET0N.
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Assignee's Sale Of Real Estate.


TN pursuance Of an order Of the Probate
i Court Of Monroe county, Ohio, will offer
for sale, at public auction, on ~ 1.siN
Wednesday, the Sth day Of Nay, 1873,
at o'clock p. m, upon the premises, the
following described real estate, situate in the
town Of Baresville, in said Monroe county,
to wit: sl-.-.
Lot number eight. in the plat of section
twenty foursin township one Of range three,
containing one acre and forty perehss, moro
| or less. stts
Appraised at $4,000. si has 7ss5
TRRns OF sALs-ssoo sash in hand, and Ne
residue in four months, with interest, " ~
secured to the satisfaotiou Of the unass-
signed. T. q. ALLRA.
Assignee Of Paal Rist
ads ils,'7sw4 ~ ss7aE. at,55 -
HvSrkA MalIcsr, Att'.s
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R f 1 N II E r R
E Keeps Bread, Cakes, Chow Chow, +
I Pickles, Nuts, Candies, Tobacco,G-
N gars Canned Fruits, .Jellies, Cheese, \
H Sardines, Mustard & other articles +
E kept in a first class Confectionery.
R Motto: Quick sales & small profits. !
r e l n II E R
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.BUSIN EsS NoTIC Els

q sJMrs o. o ALEXANDER has
lust received a new lotof cooking stoves
and can sell them as low for cash as any
other establishment in the county.
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Ng Why will We iamish for the staff
Of life when Fords Mills groaning un-
der the load OF -four and corn. Also Q
supply OF feed for stock.