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BEWARE OF IMTrATIoNs.
NOTICE IN PARTITION.

~ W. RIDGWAY, nonresident Of the
Va State of Ohio, and whose postofice ad.
dress is Dexter, Cowley County, In the State of
Kansas; William Ridgway, nonresident Of
the State Of Ohio, and whose postofice address
is Gray Flats, Monroe County, in the State Of
West Virginia; Eliza Morrell and William
Morrell her husband, non.rssideuts Of the STATE
of Ohio, whose postofice address is st Marys,
Peasants County, in the State of West Vir.
ginia; Mary Ridgway. John Ridgwsy and
Elizabeth Ridgway, heirs Of Benjamin Ridg.
way, deceased, who are non-residents Of the
State of Ohio. and whose places Of residence
and postofaoe address are unknown, will take
notice that on the Both day Of November A.
D. 1878, Marshall Ridgway filed his petition
in the court of common pleas of Monroe ooun.
ty. Ohio, the object and prayer Of which is u
obtain partition of the following described real
estate situate in Monroe county, Ohio, to wit:
The northwest quarter Of the southwest
quarter and the northeast quarter Ut the south
west quarter and the southeast quarter of the
southwest quarter of section thirty-two, town
ship three, range five, containing seventy.four
and eighty-two hundredth acres, except six and
q half acres off of the south end of the south
east quarter of the southwest quarter sold 10
Thomas Cline.
Also. the northeast quarter Of the southeast
quarter of section two, township four. range
six. containing forty and twenty hundredth
acres, except thirteen acres,one rood and thirty
six perches of of the west side sold TO George
Coss. in all ninety live acres more or less, and
for equitable relief.
You are each required to answer ssid petit
tion on or before the 9Th day of Febr nary, A.
D. 1879.
PEARSON & DOHERTf,
dec10, 1877. Att'ys for Plaintiff
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Atgka1iiStah.

LONDON, December 30.-Thes Viceroy |
OF India teIegraphs that Major Cavignali
reports no iurt her ne vi, Of the Ameer Or
Yakoob Khan. The Viceroy also III,
nouuces that The Khan of Khelat esires
to join in the advance 0n Candahar.
A Lahore dispatch saws: "The re-
ported submission OF Yakoob Knan is
not confirmed"
The Ameer of Afghanistan has four.
teen or seventeen regiments at Herat, and
If he can retain his hold over. them, and
maintain his supremacy in Efghan-Tur.
kestan, he may still offer formfdsble op.
position to Yskoob Khan, OF whatever
rulet & gland sets up in Southern, Afghan
istan. The Amee- released YaRocb uo-
der pressure from the Ghilzai Chiefs.
who would not allow him to leave Cabul
without appointing his successor.
Fea,s that affairs in Afghsnisah we're
not going so we'll as had been reported
we're strengthened to day by the fecep
ton of dispatches from Calcutta: 1t is
positively asserted 10 these dispatches,
which have been sent to c, mttiercial
houses in London, that reports respec-
ting the fight OF the Ameer, his ahan
donnlent of Coyrz, and the appea rance
| of his son, Yakoob Kahn, at Jeilaiabad,
are untrue. The dispatches state iha,
the Ameer has carried on systematic
process of deception, and has catsed
false reports concerning his movements
to be sent TO the, British head d.quarlbrs.
This il! omened intelligence apps ars to he
confirmed by dispatch from L,hore. 10
dav,s ,sstatlng that a large force IF Atreeds.
attacked the British troops on SatUrda,
:. in K,sber Pass. Up to this time the
! dispatches OF the. V cerny, Lord Luton
, and such of the newspaper correspoh.
dents dispatches as we're PERMITTED q
reach London, have reported that Khyhel
Pass was wholly free from the presenc,
}. IF the enemv and that no danger to tn.
I British forces there was to be apprehen
ded. The dispatch from Lahore state.
!, that the Afreedes we're repulsed with
severe loss; but their presence in the
: Pass, and their attack upon the British
D column, is Considered as evidence tina,
the resistance yet to be overcome before
the British forces can he q, all 8, cured du
ring the winter months will be very great
LONDON. December 31.-The Stand
ards Bombay special SAWS The Govern
ment of Candahar has ordered levy C
: the whcle male population to resist th
British. Tbepeope responded heartily
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GAINESVILLE Enterprise, I'd inst.]
Runaway--Three Men Injured.

Sunday evening, Richard Miles and
Rome Shively we're returning from Mala.
ga to Somerton, when their horses got
under such headway that it was imrossi-
hle to check them. Seeing trouble ahead,
Richard gave the command to jump for
life, and rolling himself up in a bundle,
fell overheard, receiving slight jar
Shively, thinking he could do some
good, remained in the sleigh until the
bed rolled off in the gutter, with no in
jury except sprained ankle The hor
ses ran on with great speed, passing DR..
Foster and wife and just missing their
sleigh: passing William Stanton. and
wife, who got out Of the road just in
time to save themselves There was still
another sleigh ahead, occupied by W j
Davis and Geo Plummer, of New Cas-.
tie. The runaway horses leaped into the
sleigh, the tongue striking Plummer in
the back and injuring him internally
Davis escaped with a cut over the right
eye,. q few serstches, sprains and badly
torn over-coat. One OF the horses fell
on Rumuer, but he sook hold of the
reins-of the other horse, and held him
until rescued from his perilous positron,
The horses Of Davis and Plummer ran
of with the tongue Of their sleigh, but
we're caught @ short distance away. DR.
Foster, with rliat Good Samaritan spirit
for which be is noted, turned back, after
the team had pasased him, thinking. that
there might be need of bis services and
washable to- render prompt assistance -
Mr. Stanton. was also Of service, and
|hsdeconveyed Mr. Plummer to the resi-.
dence Of Mr.. Cook, who resides near
the scenessof the accident Mr.. Plum.
mer was conveyed to Malaga later in the
e7eningy ard taken to bis home next day.
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Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.

Symptoms Of a Diseased Liver.
DAIN in the right side, under the edge
1 of the ribs, increases on pressure;
sometimes the. pain. is in the left side;
the patient is rarely able to lie on the
left side; sometimes, the pain is felt.
under the shoulder blade; and it fire.
quenay extends to the top Of the shoul-
der, and i, SOMETIMES mistaken for
rheumatism in the arm. The stomach
is affected with loss Of appetite and
sickness; the bowels in general are
coStive, sometimes alternative with lax;
the head is troubled with pain, accom-
panied with a dull, heavy sensation in
the back part. There is generally
considerable loss of memory, accom-
panied with painful sensation Of hav-
ing left undone something which ought
to have been done. A slight, dry cough
is sometimes an attendant. The patient
complains of WEAKNESS and debility; he
is easily startled, his feet are cold or
burning, and he complains of prickly
sensation of the skin; his spirits are
low; and although he is satisfied that
exercise would be beneficial to him,
yet he can scarcely summon up forti-
tude enough to try it. In fact, he dis
trusts every remedy. Several Of the
above symptoms attend the disease, but
cases have occurred where few of them
existed, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
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,n~A ceuntrymsn brought brace
ofhandsorntly dressed ducks to town on
Christmas for special customer, He
dropped in one of the groceries Of town
to warm his nose and toes 8 few minutes,
preparatory TO delivering his fowls. He
left his basket carelessly on the counter.
The grocery man, who is a practical jo-
ker, took advantage of first class oppor
tunity; and lifted one of the ducks from
the basket, and plscsd in its stead a little
halt starved dressed chicken that happen
ed to be at hand. The innocent coun
tryman took his basket on his arm and
marched away to make happy the heart
oil his customer The grocery man then
gathered goodly number of his confed,
crates together and ps'iently awaited that
duck mans return. He gave each one
sugar, to laugh when he would give the
wink. The duck man returned. He
looked sad. He stepped TO the counter
and called for 80 cents worth of coffee
sugar. 1t was accurately weighed and
handed over. The same blarsted blue
chicken was then hfted from the
asket, and as the couutryman laid it on
the e-counter, he naively remarked, that
the chicken and the duck would balance
the sugar. and walked out. The laughers
let loose of their sides, and the grocery
man sat up about half that night copsig.
ming that duck man 10 a place in the
mysterious future. Fact!-Betmons
Chronicle. End inst q:
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Custef's Fatal Field.

Wash. Special to- Pittsburgh Com. Gazette.
The officer de allied to make an ex
animation of the battlefield of Little Big
Horn has submitted his report to the
War Department The report is accom-.
panied by a careful diagram of the
ground of the fight between Sitting Bull
and Custer From the diagram it APP
pears that Reno, instead of being within
one mile of the scene of the massacre
of Custer and his men, was four miles
away The temporary defences thrown
up by Reno's men still remained to mark
the spot The report reflects somewhat
upon the failure OF Reno to make dom
onstration, especially as the force on his
immediate front was composed of old
men, boys and squaws. 1t is believed
that such action on the part of Reno
would have created diversion which
would have gone far toward redeening
the fortunes of that fatal field
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According to Comptroller Knox,

Who would he out OF employ ment il the
National Banks we're wiped out OF exis-
tence, all of them are ready to resume.
He says many of them have reduced
their circulation, and al of them have
been gathering gold The amount of
gold held bv them aggregates $4,000
600 Tuis amount, he says, would seem
to be all that would be necessary to meet
the demand for redemption OF their
notes Their circulation IS so scattered
around the whole country that run
would be hardly possible The $40.
0W, 900 is amply sufficient to .allay the
gol fever, and satisfy that class of peo-
pile who want to fill the traditional stock
ing With gold If it is not sufficient, the
hanks can call on the Government to re-
deem the legal tender reserve which they
have on hand; and thus get more gold
Each bank is required to keep in reserve
certain amount of United States legal
tenders This amount varies according
TO the locality Of the bank An amount
equal to Is per cent of its circulation is
the lowest legal.tender reserve that any
hank has on hand The notes redeemed
BY the Government will not he destroy
ed. The act of Nav. 1878, provides
that sit shall not be lawful for the Sec
retary of the Treasury, or any officers
under him, to cancel or retire any more
.of'the United States legal-iender notes
and when any of said notes NAV be re-
deemed, or may be received in the Treas
ury under any laws, and shall belong TO
the United States, they shall not be re
tired Cancelled or destroyed, but they stall
be reissued and paid out again and kept in
circulation" The notes redeemed will
not be destroyed, but will be paid out
only for current expenses ant disburse-
m ents of the Government
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American Wheat In Spain.

WASHINGTON, December 3l.-The
State Department received dispatch to
day from Mr.. Scheuch, the United States
Consul at Barcelona, Spain, announcing
the arrival there of the, frs cargo of whest
that was ever importedto that couutr from
America. The cargo consisting Of t.;
600 bushels of Minnesota wheat, was car
ried in an English steamer, and the
freight cost $4,000. Tuere, was great
excitementat that place, and The. grain
vas pronounced equal in quality to any
ever received IN that market. The Con;
sui reports that one firm at once engag-
ed three English steamers to bring three
cargoes OF American wheat to Barcelona;
and it was thought that about thirty five
cargoes would arrive during the season,
all in English steamers. The Consul
reiterates former opinions upon direct
American steam communication with
Spain and other countries bordering ON
the Mediterranean. We are indebted 10
the fact that British steamers find ii
profitable to bring American wheat to
Barcelona for this new development OF
our trade. Fifteen cargoes of wheat
from the Black Sea we're aaoat for BARGE
Iona on the day on which this first cargo
of American wheat arrived,
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Assiguee'S Sale Of Real Estate.

PURSUANT to the command Of an order
i for, sale from the &onros County Probate
Court, will onsr ct public sale, between the
hours of O'Clock p m. and O'Clock p. M.
on the premises near Irish Ridge p. O., In
Adams township, Monroe County, Ohio. on
Saturday, the 25th day Of January 1879,
she following described real estate situate in
said county-of Monroe to wit:
1sr TRAtr--A part Of section thirty-one,
township four, range four, commencing for
the same at" the mouth of the tail race;
thence three .rbds east: thence thirsy-nins
rods north; thence twenty. eight rods south
east to the corner of William Moblsy's cor.
nef; thence north with said MoblAy's line to
the corner Of apiece Of land decided BY Ar
chibald Ba,kes to Philip NolsAd; thence
with said Mobley's line to the cofnef Of Issac
Bubbles land, thence with said'Isaae Rabies
land to the Hobbs Rdn; thence with said run
en- An agreed line TO the month of said run;
thence mp Piney Creek to the Alexander line;
thence south with said Alexander land to
the mill race; thence witt said mill rae to
the place Of beginning; Also. about two acres
Of lard on the Pipey f6fk Of sunAsh Creek
above the grist mill, on whichis s,min dam
and part of race for the use of said mill
formerly occupied by Alezsrdsr sqd John
Sinclair exeep. abont thres. .foufths Of an acre
upon which the grist mill Of Bracy and Tay.
lor stands.
TRACT No.. 2-Also, one fourth Of said
three fourths Of an acre upon which said
grist mill Of said Bracy and Taylor stands.
lst tract appraised at $500. 1901.
I'd q" 4o0..
said sale to be made free Of dover and may
sell for two.thirds Of the appraised taras
thsreof
Terms or siIxAcSs-.hira on the Isl Pasy
of April, 1879; one. third on tbs lss diy Of
April, 1850. and oae.third on the arst dSy 'oi
April, 1881, payments to besr interest from
day of sale, and to be secured by mortgage
On the premises sold.
&C. n. BLOWERS, !.
Assignee Of Western riyTct..
SPRioes b Dared, ,tAtt'ys. =. p
lnk -
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Written for The Spirit Of Democracy J
From Salem Township.

CLARISGToN, MONROE COUNTY. OHIo.l
December 80, 1879 i
ED SPIRIT: We are still here, but
very isola ed Navigation was suspend
ed on last Saturday week. since which
time the fOaling ice has been accumula
ting until last Saturday night it closed
some distance above here. The shore
ice extends over nearly half the river -
The Telegram is The only boat in this
harhor except The produce boat of Rut-
ter d Mallory,whic has treighted load
of produce to Louisville. XIV, which was
sold at a fair profit and the boat towed
hack.
We know nothing Of the outside world
except little mail matter sent from
Wheeling by your place and from there
here aud one mail we bad by horse power
on last Thursday If you issued the
"Spirit" last week we know nothing OF
II up to the present writing We have
the promise OF a mail down The river To-
morrow when we expect last week 5
"Spirit," and if you will send it direct
on "Wednesday that will make it daily
Won't that he nice1 We feel very much
like complaining, as we understand the
contract TO be it entities us to two mails
week by river route when navigation
is closed; but it is not uncommon when
the river is open that some frivolous ex
cuse causes US to lose a mail or two.
am in favor Of contracts for carrying the
mail being executed to the letter. II the
contract is taken too low 1t is the fault
of the contractor He should either
carry it or let some one else.
/ Well, Christmas fs over and New
Years close at hand The former was
celebrated here ny all the churches in a
Sunday School treat, and appeared TO be
enjoved generally.
Two Of the crew Of Capt John Nal
lery's steamer willie Austin returned
home from Memphis Yesterday, and re-
port the boat laid up on account of low
water In the bayous or small streams she
intended navigating.
We have some sickness here. generally
among children, which gives our doc
tors something to do Dr.. Walton seems
to be getting his share.
Ea MoRE ANON.
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Bull.Dozing in Massachusetts.

Those Republicans who have been fe-
licitating themselves over the possible
fact that Judge Thurman put his foot
into it when be offered an amendment to
the Blaine resolutions extending the
election inquiry to the Northern, as we'll
as the Southern States, have r1iscacula.
ted the purpose in view and the real OBJ.
ject in offering it, 1t was thought by
them that Thurman would not be able |
to make good the assertion that there
was intimidation at the North, and that
an inquiry in that direction would only
result in trouble for the pains. Within
the past few days Senator Bailey, of Ten
nessee, Democratic member of tue
Teller Committee, has received batch
of aff1davits from reputable witnesses,
making broadly The allegation that they
| we're coerced to vote against their con
vctions in the recent Guhernatorial elec-
lion in Massachusetts Among these
are afiiiavits from fourteen. colored
men Three Of them set forth that they
are employed in a shoe-tactory at Lynn,
and that thev were given to understand
by the Superintendent of the factory
that if they voted for Butler their sarvi-
ces would he dispensed with Eight
other colored men Joined in an affidavit
to the effect that they are employed in a
mill at Lowell that on the day of the
election they were not only bounded and
requested to vote the anti Butler ticket
hut that the Superintendent accompanied
! them to the polls, and personally made
il his business to see that they voted the
4 ticket their employers desired they
t should One of them refused to- &C
!, vote, and was discharged the next dav
Another affidavit is subscribed to by .
: cnlored man and an Irish emplove of ,
q bank They wrote in the statement tha
II the President, who had never befor,
} spoken to either, called each into th,
hank Office the day preceding the elec
,tion, and told them that if they votet
for General Butler it would be drecti,
I against the interests of their employers
and that The force Of the bank wnult
have to he reduced to the extent Of dis
pensing with their services In addition
} TO these affidavits. which have been sen
t without request or restraint to Senate
/ Bailey, Judge Thurman is also receivin.
similar complaints 1t is alleged tina
r Ben Butler is active In furnishing thi
: class of evidence. and that when all IT,,
, testimonyis forwarded the, fact will b
demonstrated that even in Boston, tn
3 hub Of the universe, and in Msssachu
f setts, the great moral State, that a spe
3 cies of Intimidation was practiced equal
] ly as forcihe in accomplishing results a
g in South Carolina, Louisiana and Geor
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Felons and Rusty Nails.

Elder Evans, the Shaker, says: "For
the past ten years we have treated felons
with hot water, and with unerring sue
cess. No cutting, no hlistering, not any
thing but immerslhg the finger, hand, or
even the whole arm # necessary, in wa
ter as hot as can he horne, until the pain
is gone and the core loosened and drawn
from the bone When rusty nails have
produced wounds. the same course has
been pursued II on hand or foot, keep
it in hot water"
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The Speakers Room.
Washington Letter to Utica Herald.

Washington Letter to Utica Herald.
An important place the Speakers
foom'is Possibly not half of those ia,
rniliar with the Capitol know where it Is
Not the Speakers room down in the
guide books, big, tile hoored. well-win
do~ef reception.room, jhst back of the
chamber in which the House sits. That
room is currently known as the Speak
er's room, but the Speaker never sees
any one there whom he wants to see -
1t is too open and accessible by half -
The conferences which the Speaker has
at which anv thing is done are not held
in this marble, walled saloon 1t is lit
tie closet in dark entry below the hall
1t is hard by private staircase The
glazed door is screened by green baize
There ia not the sign of name or note
on the door. and it is one Of the few
doors unmarked in the Capitol The
corridor has no light, and on a cloudy
dsv is dark Once inside you see room
partly covered bv acarpet partly ragged
The window-there is only one-is
screened in some cheap way There is
room for struggling table, one lounge
and three chairs There is room for
nothing else II you know him you
have got in without card II you do
not know him YOU have not got in at
all And in such room you find the
third officer of the Government hard at
work It is significant Of the publicity
Of public life when it is unfenced by
class rank that it is only in some sach
coal hole that he can get time to work
Unless he hides himself, so many peoi'
pie liave. right to see him that his,whole
time rams to waste It is in this little
hole'in the wall that three Speakers
Colfax, Blaine and Randall-have done
tha real work Of legislation. Speaking
etfafdedlv, fancy more Of the bdsiness'
Of governing is done In that room than
iir any other one room in Washington.
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PRECIOUS METALS.
The Product. for 1878.

SAN Francisco. Jalusry l.-Wells,
Fargo d Co.'S annual statement of The
precious metals produced in the States
and Territories west of the Miss ,uri
river. including British Columbia, is as
follows: R crip,s in San Francisco
from the western coast Of Mexico during
1873 show an aggregate produe, as fol
lows: Gold, S3S .956, ,231; silver, s38.
746 39l; lead. SO $4,000, the total he
ing less by Sl7,267 1872 than for 1877.
California shows an increase in gold If
S2,06S 600, buta decrease of silver etc.,
of 81 323 900. N.vada shows a total
falling of OF sl6,39S.3 BAL. the WELD from
Comstock heing only S2l 295 043 a.
against $37 9l1.7l0, for 1877. Montana
shows an increse over al in silver. U'ah
shows falling off Of over 81 00e, 900, 1,
but nearly 81 000, 900 Of it is sd by
the reduced valuation Of silver and lead
bullion. Although Col RADIO shows
81 $3.50, ,S02 less than for 1877, yet 1t has
heen really greater, a. the reports for
1877 duplicated the product Of certain
localities, but the duplication was not
discovered soon enough to be corrected
on the statement for that year. The pro-
duction 6v the States and territories Is rs
follows: California, S1S 920, ,461 News
da, s35 5,1Sl 949 = Oregon, $f,213 724: !:
Washing on, s73 3ll: Idaho, 81 s6s.,
1a2: Montana, s9,7ss, $40; Utah, Sc,
06s 6f3; Col RADIO. Sc 232 TAI: New
NJ. xico. S453 S13: Ariz,nia, 81. .9S7. 1888,
Dakota. s2Rl5. .So4; Mexico, fwpst
coast 81 594. .995; British Columbia,Sl,
2S3. 460. the bullion from Comstocs
lode contained As per cent, gold. and 55
per cent, silver. OF the so called base
bullion from Nevada this per cent, was
gold and of the whole. produc, OF the
S ate IS per cent. was g'm Ali proha.
bilities now indicate that the yield OF
gold and silver from all the sources
named for 1879. will not greatly exceed
hseventy millions.