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How rh.y Are Exec y ted.

A little inquiry into the actual ope.
ration of the notorious Deputy Mar
shall laws will aid people to judge
moro accurately as to their character.
We will waive for a moment the dis
cussion of the unconstitutionality OF
these election statutes and take a
glance at their practical workings
when they haye been put In execution.
There are antagonistic theories touch
ing these laws, which we viii drop for
the present while we, attempt to arr
rive at theory concerning them by
the inductive process. How have they
worked2 It is the Republican claim
that to put the elections in, all the
States in the hands of men-Republi-
cans-selected by the Executive De-
partment Of tho Government at Wash
ington would secure more fair and
honest elections than to leave them in
the hands of the local or State author.
ities where the Constitution left them
and where the laws left them for four
score years. II 10 the Republican the
ory that Republican manipuiators OF
elections chosen from Washington are
certain TO be honest and that the off,
GERS of tho States are certain not to be.
1t is the Republican position that the
elections should be taken out of the
hands AOf the State and local adtOri.
ties and placed in the hands of the
Washington GoyernMeut,i on ACCOUNT
of the superior integrity of the latter.
The argument must. be that there is
something in the nature Of Federal
employment under Republican auspi.l
ces that inevitably imparts honesty;
otherwise it might properly be ssked,
who shall guard and sscrutinize', the
Deputy MarshAls2 What do the facts
show2 How much do, Or may, the.
Deputy ,Marshals cost the, country?
How is the money expended What
class of men are employed TO secure,
honest elections? How do they use
power intrusted to o.them2j In 1876 the
amount expanded for election servlcsE
of Deputy Marshals aud Supervision
was .$275, ,296 60. OF this sum only
$44 TIA 80 were expended, in the
Southern States, while $230,OOO were
in the Northern States. In
1878 the he!expenditure for similar SER.
vice WAS $2O2. 09l o. only S24636 of
which sum having been expended in
the South, while SLIT 652 were ex.
pended in six Northern States. There
was no limit upon the number of Dep
uty Marshals that could be appointed,
and aitmiliion of dollars might have
been used - easily - . quarter of a
million. II under the laws as they
'tand-the appropriations for Mar
Ilals haYing failed-there is any au-
.hority to appoint these Asrshals and |
;ontract fof their payment, the su-
horisy is o6till without limit as to I
lpmbsr, s.d enc OF two millions msy
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rhe LAC Ex,ra se..Ien.

:
The Democratic members of Con.
gress started into the extra session
demanding three things. These were--
That there should be no troops al
the polls. ti''- ilF le'- 49,.
That the test oath for jurors should
be repealed. -.s fsa s1.
The federal deputy msrshsls at elec-
tions should cease.
These points after much discussion
and yetoes by Hayes, have been car
ried. eIas3 Ili 4 --s..is
Hayes has signed an Army bill
which provides that no. money appro.
pristed in it shall be used 10 equip,
transport or pay amy. portion of the
Army of the United States to be used
as police force to keep the peace at
the polls at any election held within
any State a-te!.i-.k i..p.
For vetoing the first Army bill, and
then signing this, Senator Blaine says
that Hayes has written himself an ass
and the stalwarts Of the Republican
party echo Biaine's words.
The test oath for Jurors has also
been repealed and Hayes has signed
the law. This was contrary to Conk-
ling's advice in his fgreat speech and
the stalwarts also echo Conkling.
Hayes however has vetoed the law
forbidding the payment Of deputy
marshals for services ct elections.
This IN the only point the Democrats
did not gain at the extra session.
Nor did they lose it. i'-'ii
There has then been no backing
down by the Democrats from their
positions. They gained what they con-
tended. for, and have yielded nothing
even on the last point ct .issue. What
win yet be done about this last point
70 not apparent. The deputy marshals
cannot be used and got pay for>it, and
90 the Democrats have all the show
ing on their side, as the fruits of the
extra session. '.''''i -'''' .
- They have not backed down an
inch, while the Republicans admit
that Hsyes' administration has made
itself ridiculous, for. its loud preten.
sions at first. We can afford to 90 to
the country on what the Democracy
have accomplished. The Republicans
cannot. This iis the long apdashort Of
tho extra session.-[ [Vindicator.
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OLD Zach Chandler. proposes, to
loan the Government 800 900 to pay
Federal Marshals., Mr.. Hayes vetoes
has placed him in rather an embarras-
sing position. Congress voted all the
money that was necessary to pay their
officials for all Legitimate services, but
Mr.. Hayea, by his veto, declared that
If the Supervisors and Marshals. and
Deputy Marshais were not. provided,
he would not permit any appropria-
iion t0sbe made for paying them for.
legitimate court services. What right
has the Executive without authority
Of Congress to borrow money of Mr..
Chandler or anybody else to pay for
services for which no appropriation
has been made? The great Michi1
gander can doubtless well afford to
donate the amount he proposes to adj
vance, from the moneys of which he
has robbed honest labor by means OF
the oppressive financial policy, of the
Republican party. a.3 s4ys,lea ,ss
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THE Radical leaders are boasting
that they achieved a victory in the late
Congregational struggle. But they
won't have any bayonets Or Deputy
Federal lfarshals about the polls all .
:.~,a>d 4 is.sttfs s,aI ssaag O! ,.k,sIff.
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ONO DkMocHArIo TickEr.l

OHIO DEMOCRATIC TICKET.i
i4aia t''tiA For Governor, o.
lid - General THOMAS EWING, q
.s--ssIf. ai s4-.s Of Fairfield County. r5f
- s-,.
lls.itl .tkl- ,alsFor Lieutenant Governor. "a
sux sciaj General ANERICUS ". HlCE.
-. i.s4.a .smEg J. OF Putnam County. ;;l
Ii-s@ uii s,IuoP For Treasurer Of stste, 1.o
l.. .s Hon. ANTHONY..D. HOWELLS, SO
Of Stark County. -
s..sl s.f.i For Auditor Of State, IA
CHARLES REEMELIN, lsf
'.'t"s OF Hamiltsn County. tr
For Judge OF the Supreme Court, 81
-t. Hon WILLIAM j. GILAORE, a.
- Of Preble County.
I = - 49, For Attorney General, ,i
'---sssis-i=f- Hon. ISAIAH PILLARS.
g3-sg.f -l d mid OF Allen County.
IL i-fil For member OF the Board Of Public Works.
General PATRICK O'MARAH,
0fCuyah01a County.
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GEN. GRANT is expected to reach
Toxic early this month.


GEN. GRANT is expected to reach
Toxic early this month. 80 .-
. ad. ~ .aigfH4ul 10 f.'fsa. ..lra urf
,, AS calico merchant Foster was an
expert. But % . candidate he'll sling
nary bloody shirt. s.a
THE Democratic State Committee
have decided not to formally open the
campaign until the middle or latter
part of August.
The Republican managers are howl.
ing horribly because Congress refused
to vote them . campaign fund out Of
the Federal Treasury. ~.
The msjority claimed by the Radi-
I cal papers for Foster Immediately after
thir Convention is tumbling very rap.
idly. They started out with 10000,
which has shrunk to 1900 and be.
fore electiOn-day will have entirely
vanished. - 5s1
The venerable Peter Cooper, whom
the National Greenbackers, in 1876,
ran ~ their candidate for President,
declares that it would be folly for the
Nationals of Ohio not to vote for
Ewing. -
"CALIco CHARLIE; is. the, name
which some "b-s-d man {" gives Chas.
Foster, the Republican candidate for
Governor, because he stayed at home
during the war and sold calico at high
wax prices, while Ewing and Rice
were 1t the front periling their liye
for their country. .aii. s.f o ass
q TIE Fostoris Democrat, paper
published in Charley Fosters own
town. says: We have . email piece OF
calico in our possession that Calico
Charley sold to . war widow in 1862
for i've shillingsa yard. It can now
be bought for three cents. We can
produce the widow asd the rest of the
dreee. if necessary. .sssI Vo8s
n TsoN 1858 to 1878, inclusive, there
Wsro sixty.three thousand failures in
the United States, Of which tea thous
and foar took place iast yesrlby fer
he greatest aggregate in dollars and
cents. In this period the money total
OF these failures were ono thousand
six hundred and thirty-four MILLIONS
Of d0llarsl And that is the financial
.Achisvmsnt to which John Sherman
md his followers point with pride.
The Civil Service order Of Presi-l
dent Hayes perempforialy command.
Cd that no officer OF the Federal Gov.
ernment, high or low, should take
part In election campaigns. 1t is said
that Hayes will show his devotion to
the principle Of this order by coming
himself and sending Secretary Sher-
man to take hand in the fight in this
State this fall
The only Appropriation, bill that
Hayes signed without hesitation was
the one that gave him fifty thousand
dollars Of Uncle Sam Tilden's money.
The Fraud salts down forty-five
thousand of this every year. He is
the most notable sponge that has eyer
held high Office in this country. No
former President has conducted affairs
at the White House so psrsimonious.
DHEtAoas ,-.- -sn8 !
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DIED.

SANFORDs-In Rpotsto wn, July 2. 1873. Ut the
Sresidence Of Ms sson-in law. 4. II. Barlow.
Mr.. r. w. Sanford. aged u ears and months
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LEGAL NOTICE.

LEGAL NOTICE.
ELMIRA ROOT. of Otisville. Gennesee Coun-
H ty, Michigan; Laura Griffith. Of Spring
Newton. Newt OF Tascoia. % Tuscois % County. i Michigan.
the latter two being children Of Emily Stone.
deceased. and all other persons interested as
Burnley Newton. deceased. late of Franklin
Township, Portage County. Ohio. will take no.
tice that have presented to the Probate Court
of Portage County. Ohio, for allowance TO me
against said Estate claim Of s, .sas 20 with in
&c. furnished said deSendent from June 1st
1857 to Dccem 81. 1914 at his request, and
that the testimony concerning said claim. will
be heard by said Court the 9Th day of July,
A. D., 1879, at ten O'Clock A. II.
JUSTIN Il. NEWTON,
Administrator OF BURTLEY NEWTON.
w. b. THOMAS
and 563-SW.
C. B. NEWTON. bis Att'ys. June 4. 1879.
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The National crime.

AA0 N0tAOA9k O6A110e
A Washington special says: Gener.
al A. j. Warner, of Ohio, has prepar..
ed m ei5 5bor@ae table compiled from
Off 4al tteasS Sfy ststements. He show ws
that the volume of currency In 1865,
when the volume; was at the maxi
mus, wss 1888 31S. .6S5. with a popu.
lation Of u, 900, 900, or over $50 per
capita. In 1873 the total volume was
$75O, ,O62 ,36S. with population of A.
100000, or a little less than SIS per
capita. In 1878 the volume. actually
in circulation was $6SS, ,537 .275, with q
population. Estimated n. AZ 900. .Q00s or
$14 so per capita. In 1879, an, actual
circulation Of $6S9, ,424, ,643. General
Warner says: "In addition to the
above there was in coin in the Treas
ury April 80, 1879, according to the
Secretary's report to the Senate. S13S,- !
OOO, 900, but plainly neither this coin
nor other currency which has been
purchased by the sale Of bonds and
held under the Resumption Act as q
hoard, or gathered in the Treasury as
the result Of an excess Of revenue over
expenditures, ought to be counted as
part of the circulation, for certainly it
can have no effect whateyer upon
prices. Taking the present popula-
ton Of the United States at 5000. 600
the above volume (s6S9. .424,64O gives
$l4 per capita: No account in the
statement for either Of the above per-
iods has been taken Of the gold and
gold notes (now about 81 100000 Of
the latter) in circulation on the Pacific
coast. The coin in circulation on the
Pacific slope has been variously esti.
mated from S15, 5,OOO, 600 to s25 0O0. 600 /;
but whatever it may be, it has not
changed enough to change the COM
parison of the different periods given" /"
Accompanying these statements h .
compilation showing the circulation
in England, France and Germany.
England in 1878 had an actual circula.
ton of $9l7 7,445, 900, with q population
Of "a, 100000, giving nearly $27 per
capita France had . population OF
81, ,OOO,O 900, and an actual circulation Of
81. .642, 100000, or $44 per capita; Ger
many an actual circulation of $500,
662. 900, with population of 43. 600,
900, which gives $23 per capita. Gen.
eral Warner says: While these diff
ferences in the money volume of diff
ferent countries exist, it nevertheless
is strictly true that prices depend on
the relation Of the money, volume to
commodities and transactions; aud It
is . meter or ne most vital simport-
ance to understand that the volume Of
money in any country can never be
materially contracted without break.
ing down prices, checking enterprise,
stifiing prod uotion, and producing
idieness, bankruptcy, and the long
train of miseries that Follow. There
is no other cause Of the present pros
longed stagnation of trade and bust.
ness in this country but the reduction
Of the volume Of money. First the re-
duction Of the paper volume, then the
reduction of ,metallic money from
gold and silver to gold alone, This
change was nothing less than high
crime against the whole people," %
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THE MARKETS..

/
RAvENNA. July 9. 1879.
| ATLANTIC MILLS. FLOUR AND FEED.
| FLOuR-New Process. 81 rs per sack;
| Diamond street 81 o.; o. K.$1 a6.
| FEED-Bran. 7Oc per 100 lbs; Middlings, 80;
Chop. 81 :; Corn Meal. 81 25; Oil Meal. - SO.
/ WHEAT-l 90 CT O6.
CORN-shellei brings soc; ears. .xc.
OATS-3s cts.
RYE-No: 7 brings 45s .sS- --
BARLEY-Nol,e In market
HAr-selling at Is . $40; according to
quality. Dull sale. t's '.'7'- ;. -
sBEEF-Rer cwt. t6 so @$S %
HOGs-Dressed. "a 5O9 90 per cwt.
LARD-Ci rendered e99.. 4.l-.-4.
SMOKED NEATS-City sugar Cured Hams
selling at &c; Country Sc.
Shoulders. City cured selling at &c. Dried
Beer selling ct 15..4 : 80.
/, POULTRY- Small supply in the market
Chickens undressed, buyers pay GOT cents;
Turkies. undressed. 7c.
BUTTER-69Sc. cash; SC. trade. 4X@5c.
iCHEESE-Retails. l0c. Buyers pay &c boxed
.EGGs-buyers pay 1ec per doz
POTATOES-Buyer pay 5096Oc.
DRIED APPLEs-2ASc. per lb.
BEANS-Choice handpicked in small demand
at 81 Is per bu. Medium 81 so.
INEGAR-Pure cider. retails s50sOe per gal
TALLOW-Buyers pay SIC.
HIDES-Green, trimm sd. No. I, sc
EEATHERS-Bestr retail attic.
gS WHITE LIME<Q 90 per bbls 81 II ~
wATER LIAGE . 90 Ss1t,sn s.
sALTACoasse sells at q 90; Ane q IS. e
wooD7stoye & bo0a 90: feet wood $500
@ s. so per oord.F Ss
SUGARS
Coffee A sells for lOc
Extra G ............... &c
0ranulateds ..,.................. -. 100 |
Pulverized 4" ..................... 100
Crushed s;.......................... lUA |
Brown !" ........................ 70 &c |
MOL ASsES-fs ~ y FA& - H.
New Orleans. sells for. 60 q 75e
White Drip Syrup. " ............ sOo
Golden Drip s.ss 81 " ........ Tb |
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f-aa- - a'tr'--slss - t7fsf fis-fa
SECRETARY SHERMAN il preparing
q couple Of speeches on the finances to
be delivered in Ohio during the COM
ing campaign. He probably imagines
that he can convince the thousands Of
men ruined by his policy that he has
done them great favors for which he
has Alright to demand their support.
SENATOR BECK, Of Kentucky, who is
. member Of the select committee
which has been Investigating the
Treasury accounts, used the following
remarkable language in the Senate .
lev days ago: c4ee'Aj 4sius - III
~ make no charges and will make
none until the report Of the commit
tee is had but If any gentleman Of
the Senate will go to the books of that
department and hold up any leaf Of .
pnblic ledger TO the sqn, ii he does
not And from one to ten scratches and
alterations made, his eyes will not be
- good - they ought ~ b." sise "a
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RosEs, ROsEs1

Two hundred fine Plants. nicely growing in
3x inch pots. Cheap. =. Il. WAIT.
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ARms FOR SALE or EXCHANGE
OR SALE.
W WMITEWAsHING.

PROFESSOR POULTNEY Is ready to do all
jobs OF Whitew ashing that may be entrusted TO
him. with nestness and dispatrh. All orders
LEFT at his residence on West Bowery Street, or
NJ the Post Office. will receive prompt attention.
561-0
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firms for several years past, and it was
a creditable job placing it. on the free,
list. The revenue received from the
tax amounted to but little over $40 600
per year, as the tariff was SO high that
but q small quantity of the salt was
imported, hence the high price and the
immense profits of the little clique of
manufacturers in this country. This
bill will be the means of reducing the
price about one-half, thus conferring
great benefit upon the poor people of
the malarial districts of the South and
West, who are obliged to use the drug.
To Mr.. Morrison, of Illinois, as much
as to any other man, 'belongst the credit
as he was the original mover and agi-
tator. The total number of bills in
troduced during the session were: In
the Senate, s722; and in. the House, q
295. aa31 e6le:l 1ss - q ;sPHoNo.
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KILLED BY A mETEOR.

AS David Meisenthaler, the we'll
known stock man, MILESTONE town
Ship was driving his COWS to the barn,
about daylight Friday morning, he
was struck by an ereOlite and instant
ly killed. 1t appears as if the meteor
had come from q direction little
west of south, and fell obliqueiy at an
angle of about sixty degrees, for it
first passed through tall maple cut
ting the limbs as clean as if it had
been cannon ball, and then struck
him apparently on or under the shoul-
der,passfng clean through him oblique-
ly from below the right shoulder to
above the right hip, aud buried itself
about two feet in the soft, black ground.
The poor mans head and his legs are
uninjured, but the greater part Of his
body seems to have been crushed into
the earth beneath the terrific Breolite,
which is about the size of common
patent bucket, and apparently of a
roughly round shape. 1t appears to
be formed of what is called iron py-
rites.-[ Bucyrus (Ohio,) Journal.
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Rev. MARCUS ORMoND, U. p. min
lister living at Burgettstown, on the
Pan handle Railroad, is suffering from
a very peculiar misfortune. He some
time ago met with the loss of his house
by fire, and his library was destroyed
as the same time. This weighed upon
his mind to such an extent as to seri-
ously impair his mental faculties He
then became ill of fever, and when he
recovered his general health, he dis
covered that he had lost his fine edu-
cation, not even being able to read.
He is now endeavoring to regain his
lost knowledge by studying the al
phabet, commencing at the. very foot
of the ladder OF learning, as a child
would do.-[Ohio Patriot.
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er he spoke again while asleep, and
whether he said anything foolish"
Some time since q physician who
thought to prove that Mr.. Troyer was
only "acting 'possum," knelt down
with him while he was praying in this
unconscious state and slyly inserted a
silver needle intas the fleshy part OF
his leg below the knee to the depth
of one and half inchs, but the preach
er gave no indications of having sense
of feeling and the doctor was convinc-
ed. However the next morning Mr..
Troyer complained of soreness in bis
leg for which he could not account.
Whatever may be said for oragainst
this new departure in preaching the
gospel, the fact remains that Mr.. Tro-
yer is doing good work. He has al.
ready converted many of the hardest
cases who only came to scoff at relig-
ion in general and the sleeping
preaching" in particular. No one can
hear him and remain unmoyed, and
whoever hears him once is earger to
hear him agaln.-[Vistula Times.
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STATE TAXATION.

A glance at the returns and totals of
taxes and values for the State of Ohio
for the new duplicate will interest
those who pay the fiddler. The Au-
ditor of State has completed his esti-
mates fixing the taxation for the COM
ing year in every county in the State,
based upon the reports from the vari-
GUS counties of the assessed value of
their property.
THE TOTALS
vary considerably. The whole of
property in this State last year was
$1,552. ST, ,504; this year it is 81, $780,
74S,7S9 or $15,S26,715 less than last
year. The total value of lands this
year is SIG, ,111,437 against $7O9. .223,-
985 in 1878; the value of chattel prop
erty in 1879 is $442, ,979, 1856; in 1878 it
was $461 ,46O, ,552, and the total values
of real estates in cities and villages in
1878, put down at $3S1, 1893 693, is to-
day $377,65S. .467, showing falling off
of several millions in nearly every
item. The total State taxes for the
coming year will amount to $780,
34l.66, of which $1,553, 1880 is for
the State Common School fund; ST.
La, ,59781 is for the general revenue
fund, and $766, 1895 is for the pay
ment of the State debt. The total
taxes for all other than State taxes
will be $21, 300, 1923. .S5, and the total
taxes for all purposes will be $25, 1885,
665.6l. Last year the total taxes
were $26,3As445.3O, or 1861, 1900
more than this year; and the State
taxes were $4.496, ,576.Ol, or $46OA,-
35 less than this year.
The total taxes amount to this year:
Delinquent taxes, $2.304, 1866 coun-
ty taxes. $2,1S7,01l.91; poor taxes,
$72O,776.2S; bridge taxes, 81, ,29l ,OO3.-
81; building taxes, $5S2,5lO 80; road
taxes, s1,054,140.02; county debts,
$3l, ,955 80; township taxes, $S2O,519..
26; local school taxes, $5,4lS,I 26;
dog taxes, So, ,S4S, and for town, city
and village tax, S7,393. 1861.
A comparison with the Auditor of
States report of 1878 will show that
the delinquent tax is, this year, $685.
245.79 more than last year the county
tax is $26,434l5 more; the building
tax is SAC, 6,154 81 more, and the village
tax is $5,SO9.23 more than it was last
year. The poor taxes, however, amount
to S65, ,52l. SO less; the bridge taxes to
$lS5. .SO7.3S; the road taxes to $37, ,529.-
5S less !; the county debt to tax to S1O6,.
35S.S2 less; the township tax to $24,-
931, A, and other special taxes to $780,
693. 10 less than last year.