The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-25
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year. The price of sugar has advanced.
TOBACCO is selling In Spencer town.
ship. at IS hundred for first rate crors.
I-QHdker City Independent
Mra. McCook, mother of the eight.
ing MCCooKs" in the late war, died at
Nv Lisbon, Ohio, few days since.
Mr.. JAMES MENDELL, of Wheeling.
lost the sight of one of his eyes by
some stray shot hitting him while out
hunting on the 18th inst.
The G 9th Package men st uck cur
county last week, but they did not find
it an inviting field, and pulled up with
all their goods, and took hea line for
greener pastures Noble Co. Republican
RI REv john T. KAHN. Bishop, OF
Wheeling, will preach in the Catholic
Church at Fulda, November 30ih, in the
forenoon. and in the afternoon admin
lister to one hundred children the Sacra.
ment Of Confirmation. Cdldsoeu Press
SOME of the largest Touring mills iu
ST. Louis have suspended work, owing
to the discrepancy in the prices of wheat
and -four, the latter product failing to
keep pace with the advance in wheat
There are twenty-eigbt Touring mills in
St Louis, employing large number Of
hands.
THE price of wheat has again advanc.
ed and the tendency is upward. The re-.
cent decline was owing to blockade Of
grain in Eastern warehouses. The for
eign demand continues good and there
certainly will not be much OF decline
below the present prices, this season.
Jefersonian
SUDDEN DEATH Mr. Henry vanioss-
en-, one Of the early pioneers of Kirk:
wood township, was found dead in his
bed, at the residence of Benjamin Huff,
on the morning of the 18th inst Sup
posed to have been stroke of paraly.
els. He was ninety-two years Of age.
= Enterprise, 20th ina
Nor long ago David Myers, of WASH
ington township, disposed Of few sticks
of tobscco to neighbor and, the fact
coming to the knowledge OF the reve-
nue. officers, he was taken before the U.
S. Court at Cincinnati where, after an
examination, he was released on the
payment OF forty dollars. A pretty Sc.
we're penalty for trifing technical in
fraction OF rigid revenue regulations -,
Cambridge Jefsrsoniaa.
In taking the census next year the
country will be divided into one hun
dred and fifty districts, and these dis
tricts will be sub-divided go that the
whole work may be COMPLETED in the
month of June. The labor of twenty
persons will be required Il
There will be two general departments
| Enumeration of Inhabitants and de-
OF them 2 Statistical show.
inc of the condition of industries, and
social, educational and other conditions
TIE work o: organizing for the pur.
pose of Building the Bellaire d Mari.
stta railroad has been begun, and on
Tuesday the following named persons
made application for charter, swhichd
will nc doubt be granted, and the real
work will begin:
W. 6. Barnard, A. P. Tallman, C. E
xurz C. Troll, P. T. King. VIM Nc
Master, Sames F Anderson, A. Sheets,
md j. H. Sullivan -Belaire Il iepen.
lent 20th inst.
ALL the towns between this place and
Marietta ON the Ohio side have been
leard from, and the feeling is said to be
warmly in favor Of the railroad. Now
8 the time to push this project The
'uilding of this line of road will give
,ellaire such an advantage in position
hat it will within twenty years become
he most important city between Cincin-
innati and Piusburg. To secure this
dvantage both work and money will be
equired. We must go to work to win,
nd we believe in the end the road will
e built on the Ohio side of the river