The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-07-15
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IHE Army OF west virginia will re-
union at Marietta on September 18th.
WHEELING, West Va, is trying to
equal New York's record IN the cutting,
shooting and murder business The
SEYMOUR murder in New York last week
leaves Wheeling one score short.
If the daunuess Beatty will not make
a speech for Foster, he might be induced
to sing song. Colonel Charley Moore
should also be urged to tell story to
keep the campaign from dragging,
Mrs General Grant, in 1851, when
the General had gone to Springfield, I'll
to receive captaincy in regiment that
was being formed, was refused credit for
barrel of -four at one of the shops in
Galena.
The Republicans don't crow SO loudly
as they did over the Democratic back
down in Congress. 1t is kind of
"backdown" the Democrats enjoy and
would like to endure good deal Of
Register.
CONGRESSMAN Hubbell's friend, Lee
Crandal, has issued his word of warn.
ing to the Greenbackers of Ohio not to
vote for Ewing. 1t is dated from Wash
ington, and smells of the Republican
shop where it was written.
Rev. S. A. FISHER has been detained
in Monroe county for several days by
the accidental breaking OF his wife's
arm, but he will be here to ill his ap-
pointment next Sabbath. We have no
particulars of the acoident.-C Cambridge
Jefersonian, 10Th inst,
TREY don't seem to know out at Co.
lumbus, Ohio, when an insane patient is
cured. The Steubenville Herald says
that eight patients have been sent home
to that county as cured, and every one
of them is either in the Infrmary or else
back in the Asylum as crazy as ever.
The Detroit Free Press is sound and
philosophical in advising everybody these
days to keep their temper. Assaults,
wife beatings and murders are the results,
too often, of indifference to such good
counsel Man, who was born only a
little lower than the angels, ought to be
more like them.
i TIE st. Paul Pioneer Press estimates
that the farmers of Minnesota will real
ize $40, 100000 for their wheat crop this
year. The Chicago Times thinks the ut
most expectation of the wheat crop of
1879 Is 800, $4,000 bushels, against 425.
000, 900 bushels in 1878.
WEEAr throughout the State, We see
by our exchanges, is harvested, and the
yield will be much larger than last year.
Oats, if it sustain no further injury, will
be up to the average crop. 1t is too
early to determine anything about the
corn crop but at present it looks prom.
Using Wheeling, W. Va, Register.
THE jury in the case of Mrs. J. W.
Burchard against Davis & Starbuck were
unable.to agree, and were discharged by
the Court. This is an action brought
for the recovery of $4,000 for the loss
of the life of plaintiffs husband at the
Barnesyille Planning Mill explosion on
the l7th of July, Is7s.-Enterprise.
| THE Paulding Gazette, Republican
paper, don't want to hear anything more
about the "bloody shirt" 1t says that
"the war was ended fourteen years ago"
and that sit would be well for politicians
to make note of that fact" Evidently
the "bloody shirt business is not pam
ming out we'll for the Republican politi-
lcians.
| Or the $40 100000 four per cent. re-
funding certificates only about $4,000
remain unsold. The conversion of GER
tiicates into per cent. bonds to date
amounts to s2S,632, 600. 1t is probable
that about O,000,O00 of the certificates
went into the hands of small investors,
for whom this particular issue was inten-
ded. The banks secured the lions share.
j OK the night Of Monday, July 7th, at
1915 A. NJ. DR.. Nicholas Judkins passed
from life to death. He had been i'll since
the beginning of the year Of malady
of the stomach, from which there SEEM
ed to be no hops of recovery, but he
rallied at intervals, and at one time was
able to appear upon the street, although
but a shadow of his former self.-Enter-
prise.
Mrs DoRcAs HAMILTON, who died at
the residence of her son.in-law, David
Dull, Esq, in Wheeling township, June
30th, was los years, 8 months and Is
days old She was native of Pennsyl-
vania but had lived in this county 35
years. She retained all her faculties to
a wonderful degree to the close of her
life and never, in ell her life, took q
dose Of medicine Cambridge Jefsrso-
aian.
The Chicago Tribune belabcrs Hon.
Frank Hurd for asserting that there is
no such thing as "citizenship of the
United States" Nor is there, in the
sense that Mr.. Hurd meant it; but the
Tribune purposely misrepresents him -
The Supreme Court has decided that the
United States cannot confer citizenship,
and that is all that Mr. Hurd claims
But perhaps some of the Tribune's read
ers are fools.--N. ?. Star.