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FOREIGN ITEMS.

The we'll known Russian novelist, Tni
ganieff, has been expelled from the EN-
pire.
A dispatch from Simla saws: "Intel'-
qence received from Candalisr stares tha,
Persian troops from Meshed are march,
ing toward the Afghan frontier
The Standard announces that the
Channel squadron will remain tempora-
rily in the Mediterranean instead of r. :
turning to England Immediately, as at
arst intended.
The number OF persons killed by the
FIRE damp explosion in the Agrappe coal
pit. near Mors, Belgium, April II. is as
eertained to he lit. Only Al corpses
have so far been recovered.
The Paris Rppubllque Francaise says
Aleko Pasha, the newly appointed Gov
ernor OF B ,umelia, leaves Paris to-day
for his post He intends to accept the
throne of Bulgaria IL it is offered to
him."
The Standards Berlin dispatch saws
the negotiations between Germsny and
the Vatican have been so far without re-
-ulis. The correspondent mentions a
rumor that DR.. Dollinger has submitted
to the Vatican, but this has been denied
German newspapers have report tina,
the Tartars OF O.sk, fearing forcible
baptism, have burned the town and mur
Edered the officials. Orsk is fortified
town of Asiatic Russia, 155 miles south
east OF Orenburg, on the Ural River. Il
is a custom house station for caravans
entering European Russia, and contains
about 1900 inhabitants.
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Tho New Homestead LAW.

Hon. John P. X dier, delegate in
Congress from Dakota, introduced hill
at the last session, which passed into q
law on the 81 OF March last. 1t will be
seen that this law gives seitlere hom, :
stead OF 160 instead of 80 acres within
the limits of railroad and military grsnts.
The following is the full text of the bill (:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of the U, tied Stotes
of America, in Comgress assembled, That
from and after. the passage Of this act,
the even sections within the limits OF any
grant OF public lands to any railroad
mpany, or tn any military road comps
nv, or to any Sac in aid OF any railroad
or military road shall be open to settlers
under the homeste Law to the extent of
one hundred and sixty acres t, each SET
tier, aud any person who has. under ex.
isting laws, taken q homestead on any
even section within The limits OF any rail.
ROAD or military road lsnd.gfant, and
who, by existing laws, shall have been
restricted to eighty acres. may enter un-
der the homestead laws an additional
eighty acres adjoining the land embraced
in his original entry, if euch additional
land be subject to entry; or it such per-
son so elect, he may surrender bis entry
to the U i,ed States for cancellation, and
thereupon be entitled to enter lands un-
der the Homestead laws the same as il the
surrendered entry had not been made.
And any perspn so making additional
entry OF eighty acres, or new entry after
the surrender and cane citation of the
original entry, shall be premitted to do
so without payment OF commission and
fees; and the residence and cultivation
upon and Of the land embraced in his
original entry. shall be considered resi-
dence and cultivation required by law:
Provided. That in no case shall patent
issue upon an additional or new home
stead entry under this act until the pei
son has actually. and in conformity with
the homestead laws, occupied, resided up
on, and cultivated the land embraced
therein at least one yea.
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H The new Mogul engine Of The
Bellaire and Southwestern railroad ar
rived via the P & C. r R. on Tuesday
evening, and was unloaded from tue cars
Yesterday murning at the foot Of Thirty
first street. The locomotive was manu-,
factured by the Brooks Locomotive Co..
OF Dunkirk, N S., and is q model oil
beauty and strength. The increasing
husiness OF the B &S W. r r made
it imperative to use one engine constant
ly On general train business, and while
thus engaged the construction train wa,
Of course lille. This fact being now OBJ
waited the construction OF the road will
be pushed forward 10 much more rapid
manner. The rolling stock OF the Com
pany was increased by the arrival oi
three more gondolas yesterday, making
the total number Of cars now ON the
road about fifteen. With the addition
Of six cars and one locomotive within
the past three, days, the managers Of the
road evidently mean business. Wheel
ing Register, 9th iast.
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~There is always a certs,n amoun

~ There is always certain amount
Of growing INDUCED in against the Leg.
islature, but no one who is familiar with
the proceedings during the present ses-
sion will deny that a very large amount
of work has been done, and in a very
credilable manner. The Code will en-
gage nearly the entire time OF the As
sembly from this on; but, expedite the
work as it may, the session can hardly
he brought to close before the 1st OF
June. 1t would, no doubt, be q very
expensive step in the end to use undue
haste and rush through the immense
Cnde before that A single syllable ir-
jected into a section OF the Code such as
was discovered last week would render
an important part OF the instrument dt
feclive The same wstehfulness is nec-
essarv in every part of the Code, so that
it will he seen that the work of perfect
ing it is necessarily slow.
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More Honors for Parole.

LONDON, April 22.-The American
horse, Parole, won the city and suburban
hsndicap to- Law.
An Epson correspondent writing las,
evening. says Parole created such "a.
vorable impression on the minds of back
ers generally that the final quotation al
Taitersalls last nigt for the city and gu.
burban handicap was only three to one
against him. The next favori,e was Ell
King, who was taken at seven to one
Parole was one Of the earliest arrivals Al
Fps IN, and did two centers yesterday
morning, giving great satisfaction. The
Americans cheered loudly as Parole bore
to the front the colo,s of Pierre L,ril.
lard. Lord Roseb,rry's four yes,- I'D
RedotIo, was second; Lord Wilton's
six.year I'D, Cradle, third. The last bet
ting was three to one against Parole
twenty five 10 one against Rsdotto and
twenty to one against Cradle. There
was some heavy betting lsst night or
Uneas, another of Lprillard's stable, a
one hundred to eight against him, fol
two thousand guineas stakes.
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Shipwrecked and Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO. April ga Port
Townsend dispatch says the ship Otaeo
reports that few days ago, in latitude
42' lam. north, longitude 1899 SIN.
west. she sighted schooner waterlogged
and dismasted. Oae man, q P,rtu sese,
V,ctoris Roper, was found. on board
lashed to the wreck. alive, but insensible.
On recovering be stated that the school
er left San francisco about month ago,
hound north on trading voyage. For
six days the vessel was thrown ON her
beam ends, partly filled, and did not right
till the masls gave wav. Oi eleven per-
sons on boald, Eve were drowned in the
forecastle. The Captain was swept from
the deck and lost. The mate and the rest
OF the crew lashed them selves on the top
gallant forecsstle, where, one hy one
they died, the last one expiring on the
day Roper was rescued. Roper's mind is
unsettled on account OF the suffering, be
s,assed through and cannot give the name
OF the vessel or captain, bot from the
description it is believed to have been the
schooner E. j. McKinnon, O'Brien,
Master, which left San Francisco March
20, on trading voyage northward.
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kHIs has been suggested that ths
Grsenback leaders Ia this county are
working to secure sufficiently large lis'
Of the names Of Democrats to convince
ihs leaders Of the Republican party that
they ought not TO nominate . count'
tieks. The names OF Republicans on
the list are not to count, as the Repuhli.
can leaders say they are sure to get !hei'
votes, In case they put ticket in the
Geld. The thing looks plausible. because
great care 10 taken, ct meetings held, to
ascertain each mans politics; and r.
puh'icsrs, prominent in the party, are
extremely anxi ,us that Democrats ehal
Join the new org,n'zation. Democrats
Q ,ould take care snd not be humbuRget
Ivy this side show gotten up and engi
neered by the R. publican party.
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Jos. K BARNes., NJ. u.
The Latest Victim of the Russian
Nihflists--The Murdered Noble
mans Funeral.
From the London Telegraph. J

s
ST PETERSBURG, April s The funer-
al Of the unfortunate gentleman Bromis.
slaw Bairaschewski, who was assassina-
ted few days ago by the young woman
Kashka Praskowza, took place in the
Catholic cemetery of Moscow on Sur
day last, April The murder was CON-
mittei while the victim was present at
an entertainment given nv fellow str
dent to several friends. Praskowza,
who is only 10 years of age, extremely
prepossessing. and of good and ancien,
family, entered the room while the young
men were in conversation, and deliber-
ately shot Bairaschewski thrnngh the
head with a pistol she carried in her
pocket. CLriously enough, the funeral
was attended nv only about ten persons
among them several females, while all
the former companions Of the murdered
young man were conspicuous by theil
absence Not one of them attended the
ohsequies of the hapless nobleman, to
show the last token OF respect to theil
deceased friend and sometime ccmpan.
ion. And when the solitary procession
slowly wended its way past the Techni-
cal School Of Moscow, few persons
would have known that the funeral ta.
King place was that of the hapless man
Of whose shocking death the whole OF
the city was speaking.
The only facts that have transpired iu
connection with the crime are that the
young woman Praskowza had originally
become acquainted with Bairaschewski
at Warsaw; that for about tw, I've months
or so they were both members OF 81.
cret revolutionary committee which had
been constituted in the Polish city This
organization Bairaschewski Quilted, and
for his faithlessness to the principles oil
tho Nihilist propaganda he was con-
demned to death, and assassinated by
the young woman Praskowza The la
ter continues to maintain silence as to
the motives which induced her to under
take the commission Of the crime
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Probate Notice.

~ E 3
Cc0UNrS and vouchers have been aisd IN
"A the Probate Ceurt Of Msnrss Ceunty,
Ohio, for settlement, BY the following Rx-
scutors, Administrators and Guardians:
First and nnal account Of. Joseph Damn h .
ecutor Of the will Of Klisha Mason. .dss'I.
ftrst partial account Of Riwsrd Oksy IA.
ministrator. d. bonis non, Of tbs estate Of
Isa.o Nurrey. deed,
Second partial account Of John Yants Ad.
ministrator, With the will annexed. Of tie
estate Of John Yanis. decd.
First and fnal account Of Elizabeth Dsrpon.
formerly BIisabsth Cosn, Guardian Of 60.
rah y. Coen . minor child Of Jehn \: !:
Cosn, decd.
Any person interested may fls written
exceptions to said accounts, sr any item there.
OF, on or before the 10th day q NAY
next, when the same will bs finally heard anA
continued from day to day until dispsssd u.
R.K. WALTON,
spra2,7sw3. Probsts Judge Y. c. o.
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evIs is Of the u,mos. Importance tc

oHI, is OF the utmost Importance to
even the temporary success OF any fac
tinn that it frat proceed to declare the
death and burial OF the old party out OF
which It sprung. The funeral orations
over the Democratic and Republican
parties, which the people in the different
parts Of the county so often hear now
s-dsys, NAV ba regarded as matter OF
cours,. Thos. who are predicting the
speedy dissolution Of the Democratic
psrtv, however. would do well to invoke
tia,ory, like the Witch Of Z ,dor, and
call up the spiri, OF the old Federal par
~, or the old Wing partv, or the Know
Nothing party--snd reflect that against
all these parties the Democratic party
has done hattie, the result OF VII Oh II
evidenced by the TACT that "thsy were
and are noe"
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eyThe reports Of the organization oI
Greenback CIuhe, published in PoxERor's
Dcnsocrat, the sfIicial organ OF the
Greenback party In this county. for the
weeks enaing April 10 and 20, show
charters Issued to only Eve clubs In Ohio
III of them being in Monroe County /
appears that shis 10 the only eosssy in
the State In which clubs sre being or.
ganizetl. The powerful "rsvnlution"-
revoluted principally by "BR,cx" Ponr-
rRnr--is NOT, II appears. .ioing yer, much
harm even here.
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DIVORCE NorIcR.

ELIsABRTH BAKER vho Il NON rssiasst
Ia Of the State Of Ohio. and whose psss
once address, is unknoun, will take nssiss,
that James Baker did, on the eth sf Psb.
ruary, 1879, die his petition in the ofIns ss
the clsrhof the ooertof oonmen plea. ;wNhIn
and for the county Of Monroe and state q
Ohio. charging said Elisabsth Baker with b.
ing willfully absent from said James Baker lsl
more than three years last past, and and ask.
ing that he may be divorced from said Kills.
abeth Baker. You are required 10 answer
said petition on or before the Sd day Of Nav.
1873. JAMRS BAKER,
By srriges 4 briggs. Att'ys for Plaintia.
meh4, 79w6.
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ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that petition
~ will be presented to the Commissioners
Of Monroe c unity. Ohio, at their next ses-
sion to be held on the nrst Monday in June. !.
1873, praying for an slteration in the county
road leading from Cameron to Darlington.
Beginning at APPOINT near the house Of Paw
ette Baldwin on the lands Of the heirs Of
Anne Baldwin; thence by the nearest prscsi .
cable route through the lands Of VIM Ceeh.
ran to Negro Run; thence to intsrsscs the
Aforesaid county road on the lands Of Jaeob
Mehl. near b house.
apr22.':9w5. MANY PETITIONERS.
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EVA dispatch from Washington. 2lsl

tus'.s ooyes S4 ~
.The attempt for some weeks to bot
he up the Greenbackers was mere fool.
ishness. and nov that they have chance
TO speak they are losing strength daily.
Their various manifestations t,-lsy, for
Instance, had the effect Of arousing deci.
ded and general ialerestin The legal ter.
der case, which, it-is understood, is to he
brought before the UnitedStates District
Court in New Ymk this week, and which,
when 1t is there decided, will be appeal
ed. either by Gen. Butler or NJ Chitter-
den, to the Supreme Court II the ST..
preme Court should decide thst legal
tender notes can be issued In time OF
peace the Rev. Mr.. De La Matyr will
need only majority to get out his thou.
sad millions TO iatten = lot OF bloated
corporations. But IL the Court should
hold that the Constitution prohibits such
issues, Mr.. De La Matyr will have to de-
vote the remainder OF his life TO getting
the Constitution tinkered Into shape TO
suit him before his vagaries can trouble
Congress or the country further"
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NOTICE..

ON ths 4th day Of April, 1879. the Probate
~ Court of Monroe County, Ohio, declared
the estate Of Arthur Gray, deceased. e BE-
probably insolvsnt. Creditors are therefore
required to present their claims against the
estate to the undersigned, for allowance,
within six mouths from the time above men.
TONED, or they will mot Be entitled 10 pay
ment. WA. r GRAY,
Rzeeutor Of Arthur Gray, dscsassa.
apf22,'Tsv3.
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The Grcatest Blessing.

A simple, pure, harmless remedy, that
cures every time, and prevents disease
by keeping the blood pure, stomach reg
ular kidneys and liver active, is the great
est blessing ever conferred upon man.
Hop Bilters is that remedy, and its pro-
prietors are being blessed by thousands
who have been saved and cured by II,
Will you EEla See another column
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We Do Not Wonder.

We do not wonder that house wives
who have been accustomed to use DR.
Prices Special Flavoring Extracts should
turn in disgust from the trash often sold
under the name Of Fiavoring Extracts
which stuff smells and tastes like tu,.
pentine. DR.. Prices Flavoring Extract.
have the taste and odor OF the frest
fruite.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-04-29

A~The legislation os the Democratic
party has already afforded some relief
10 the business interests Of the country.
And the measure OF relief desired will
he Trough, about in the 'ullness Of time,
u will require time TO ccunteract the un
wholesome legislation OF eighteen years
OF Republican RUE
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The Cattle Disease.

WASHINGTON, April 24.-The full com.
mittee Of the House Committee on A..
ricul,ure, together with sub committee
of like Committee on the part of ths
House subcommittee which was appoin
ted to obtain all the facts possible relating
to the existence of pleuro-pneumonis
among the cattle of the United States,
submitted draft Of bill making pro-
visions for regulating the inte State trans.
porta,ion and expectation Of cattle. ma.
king it misdemeanor to ship cattle al.
fected by any contagious disease what ev.
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IDWIN Nj. STANTON DID NOT
COMMIT SUICIDE.
SurgeOn-General Barnes Gives his
Testimony.

Testimony.
From the Press.
WASHINGTON, d c., April 16, 1879.
The Hon. Edw'd Mcpherson, Pl1iladelphia:
DEAR SIR In reply to your inquiry,
the late Mr. Edwin NJ Stanton was for
many years subject to asthma in very
severe form, and when he retired from
the War Department was completely
broken down in health. In N 'vember
of 1869 the "diopsy of cardiac disease"
manifested itself (after very exhau. .
ting argument in Chambers in legal
cast J. and from that time he did not
leave his house, rarely his bed. For
many days before his death was with
him almost constantly, and at no time
was he without most careful attendance
hy members Of his family or nurses -
On The night Of Dec. q the dropsical
etfusion into pericardium had increased
to such an extent, and the symptoms
were so alarming, that the Rv DR. S;ar-
key. rector of the Church OF the E .,ipha
ny, was summoned, and read the service
appointed for such occasions He, with
Mrs Stanton, Mr.. E L. Stanton, the
three younger children, Miss Bowie,
thcir governess, myself, and several Of
the servants we're by his bedside until
he died, at 4 A M Dec "a, 1869 A.
ter the pulse became impelceptible at the
wrist, placed a finger ON the carotid
artery, afterward my hand over his
heart, and when its action ceased | an.
nounced it to those present
1t is incomprehensible to me how any
suspicion or report of suicide could have
originated. except through sheer and in
territorial malice, as there was not the
slightest incident before or during his
long sickness indicative OF such q tend
ency, nor possibility OF such an act.
Fully aware Of his critical condition, he
was calm and composed, not wishing TO
die, while unterrified at the prospect Of
death. During the lifetime of his wild
ew and of his son, Mr. E L Stanton, l
did not feel called upon to make any
written contradiction of the infamous
and malignant falsehood you allude to I;
hut now, in view OF your letter Of April
"a, and in behalf of Mr.. Stanton's minor
children, ! do most emphatically and
unequivocally assert that there is not
any foundation whatever for the report
that Mr.. E Twin NJ. Stanton died from
other than natural causes, or that he at.
tempted or committed suicide. Very
respectfully yours.
Jos. K BARNES, NJ. D..
This letter, narra,ing With profession
al precision .he circumstances attending
the death OF this renowned man, has
high historical value. and will be accept.
ed as closing all controversy over the
subject matter Henceforth, those only
who find pleasure in faIsehood, or who
revel in the drfilement Of the dead, will
give credence to the malicious fabrica-
tion.
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eEThs Nationals OF Toledo will run
The State Convention OF that organiza-
zion d Columbus on June I. The fol.
lowers ~ s.BRlcK" PoMrxoT will repr..
sent q faction. nothing more. The for.
mer represents the original organization,
while the latter 10 email splis-off that
represents nnthing hut violation Of oil
contracts with the creditors Of the NJ.
Mon.
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English Races.

LONDON, April 24.-A match race be
tween Isonomy, four years old, and Pa
ole, will be made, L rillard premittina
The race is for $4,000 aside, aud will rur
over the last mile and half OF the GA.
witch course.
The Chester Trades cup race, on Ma,
7.h. is conceded 10 Parole.
This successful American horse is ex
pect d to run for the Gnodwood emp, Ju
ly 3lst, having the French horse, Kint
sem. among the competitors.
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YDurinr thirteen Of the eighteen
years OF Radical rule, that party placed
- riders ON appropriation balls over
three hundred amendments. embracing
legislation of every conceivable sort.
Yet now when the Democrats do the
same ,nine IN Two instances the kcpnf t
licans CRY ssrevolutinn y
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To think clearly and act quickly one
must have good health. Indigestion is
the foe Of health and should at once be
driven from the system by the regular
use Of DR.. Bulls Baltimore Pills. Price
25 cents.
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Death of the Oldest Mason.

PARKERsBURa, April 23.-Joha P
mckinney Il ell at his residence at Viii
Jamestown to- iav, a, the age OF Eight.
seven. MIR. Mckinney was the oldesl
Mason in this s. ate, having been made 9
Mason ift, -:wo years ago. He will be
buried by the Fraternity in this city.