The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-08-26
The Repabliean csmpeigu don't boom
worth d cent.

The Repobliean campaign don't boom
worth cent.
THK Republicans Of st. Clairsville ape
pear to be disguised With their county
ticket.1 We extend our sympathy to the
diseonsolates brethren.--Ss. Oairssille
Gaxette4Q % -
oYoug ORG TH0.
JoHK HoPLEi edits the Bucyrus Jour
mai a Radical Republican paper in Fos-
ter'ss Congressional district, and says
"Charles Foster is, guilty Of BRIBERY and
GROSS eORRUPTIONp Z &
A coLoRED debating society in Lee
County, Georgia, recently had before il
for discussion, (Which are the most
Benefit to the Countrywide Lawyers or
the Buzzsrds ?" After a heated debate
the question was finally decided in favor
of the buzzards.
JUsr now some Republican papers,
who would magnify Citizen Foster into
q grand hero, are trying to make It ap-
pear that the Calico Chief was "Home
Guard" and as such was more patriotic
than q man who promptly went to the
defense of the Union at the call Of the
President. .'s
The 57th O. v. I-General Rice's
Regiment, which was solid Vallandig-
ham Regiment-was in over 300 engage
ments, travelled over $4,000 miles, and
out of the !. 600 men on it's muster rolls
from first to last, only 400 got home -
Was that q patriotic or traitorous, Regi
menta Will some '.Home Guard" glo-
rider tell us2S st-4 4g3 sa,altsa q.
CITIZEN FOSTER complains that 200, 900
Democrats declared that the army should
pass over their dead bodies before inva-
ding the South. This is no ground of
complaint for Mr.. Foster. Fostoria is
located more than two hundred miles
from any battlefield of the war, and his
Iftory does not recotd that Charles was
any nearer than his dry-goods store =
/; Enquirer. -
Mr.. GARrrELD puts in an awful piece
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OF special pleading when be asserts that
be ''nsver voted for the use Of the army
as police force 10 preserve the peace at
the polls.D Mr.. Garfield and his party,
in the House, voted against the Springer
bill, which was merely simple prohibit
ton of such use Of the army. By so do
ling, be voted for the use Of troops as q
regular police at the polls.-Washiagten
Post u SIS - jasa 10 ezig smz
\ trs 10 > rsa aataaue s4tt eni7sa
TIE speech Of Hugo Prsyer, Green.
back candidate for Lieutenant Govern
or, at the Court House, last Thursday
afternoon. was replete with slang phrases
but scant OF courteous statements and
sensible arguments. Evidently Mr.. Prey
eris q man of small calibre, and his
party might have selected several in this
livery county better fitted than himself
for the Office to which be aspires. ma.
ristsa Rsgistsr, 2is iass
hcArrAis Stone planted lmahogany
seed at Moundsville, W. Va. thir,y-five
years ago, and remarked that he would
live until 1t grew into a tree big enough
to provide material for bis coffin. Wind
blew The tree down last spring, and the
Captain had handsome coffin made Of
III He died q few days ago, and was
buried in the mahogany OF his own
lplanting. = PittsbGrg Post
Bon ScHILLlSe's paper, the Daily Ad-
sancs. Of Cleveland, organ of the Ma.
tional Greenback party, has suspeqded
for want Of patronage, md its subscrip
tion list has been turned over to the
Cleveland Leader Company. The paper
was kept alive BY Republican money,
Ebut Schilling got to be too well known
ITO be ofsauy further service ia. thai To-
cality, hence the change was made.--
Carroll County chroniels. 3 = 1 81 |:
THr n 6. depot in this place was en-.
tered through window on Wednesday
nig6 of last week and the office. pretty
thoroughly ransacked for valuables. The
B q o. ticket case containing about
SIC, 600 worth Of unstsmped tickets was
broken open, but indications are tia,
none were taken. An old pair of trous.
ers and FIVE gallon cask Of the 20, be
joyful" In store in the office, marked
"Thos. Campbell" was the booty OF the
thieves Belmont Chronice. 81
FRIDAY evening last, two young men
named Philip Weaver and Edward Con-
ner, we're found dead 10 q barn some live
miles north OF Marietta. They had
gone into the barn to escape rain. and,
while there, the barn was struck by light.
ming and both killed. Their hats we're
torn to pieces and their faces, burned and
discolofed. = They were sged sixteen and
twenty -one years respectively. They
had been dead about Eve hours before
they were discoyered.-Nobie Co, Re.
lP"o''ou" 1is' '"" ,sg'tiA II
i The work Of preparing the road bed
forthe rail, on the B. 4 S. W. Railroad
has progressed very encouragingly, and
by tie time the company is able to OBJ
tain the iron for the extension, which
will be about the first OF September, the
grading Sill be substantially done, and
Ethere win be no cause of delay Ia the
rapid compilation 81, the road. The Pres.
ident OF the road thinks there will be no
trouble in completing It during, the
months Of September and October, un
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