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ATTACHM ENT.

]. N Goodwin. Assignee of Before Wilson
Parker d Duvall, Baakrupts. Martin. j. P. Of
vs. 80 Lee township,
w Gregg, Son & Co. Monroe County,
Ohio: On the 9Th day Of February. 1879, said
Justice issued an order of attachment in the
above action for the sum of $1S5 %, and $50
interest and probable costs. Said case is set
for hearing on the 9th day of March, 1879.
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Good boarding can he obtained at from 50
to 81 so per week. Rooms for sslf.boarding
can be obtained at low rates.
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
Estate of Nancy Cats Deceased.

THE undersigned has been appointed and
qualified as Administrator of the estate
Of Nancy Cats, late of Monroe County decd
Dated this l7th day Of January, A. D. 1879
3sn2A 'rOw3. JAMES 6AFfs.
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SCHOOLS.
NORMAL SCHOOL.
WOODsFIELD, OHIO.

TBB Spring Term Of this School win
begin April 81, 1879, and continue
Ten weeks. =, ~.
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ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THIS SCHOOL.
wcods6eld, being the County seat, offers
advantages superior to all other tow IS in the
county. The t-Tm will close before the hot
weather, SO unfavorable to study,commences.
The principal and his assistants are teachers
Of large experience, and Will conduct the
school according to the latest and best meth.
DDS Of instruction. In addition to these ad.
vaotases, the price of boarding and tuition
will be put at very low rates,
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NOTICE OF APpOlNTMENT.
Estots Of Isaac Mugrey, Deceased.

THR undersigned has been appointed and
i qualified as Administrator de bonis non
Of the estats Of Isaac Murrey. late Of Monroe
county. deceased.
mchll, ,'7sw3. EDWARD oKkY,
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the Auditors olice until IL o'clock on n,
Wednesday,, the I'd day Of Aprii, 1879,
The Commissioners reserve he rskt ser,jsss
any or al the bids, 3NwAF
By order Of cenmissionsrs. a8sareA
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The State of Ohio, Court Of Common
Muskinsum County, IS. Pleas.
Be 1t remembered that on this goth day
of October, A. D. 1873, the Clerk of said
Court received certain order from the
Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas
for the Eighth Judicial District Of the State
Of Ohio, reading as follows:
I'VE, the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas within and for the Eighth Judicial
District Of the Estate of Ohio. hereby order
and direct that the several terms of the
District Court aud the Courts of Common
Pleas within and for the several coanties In
said District shall bA begun and held on the
dates hereinafter named, for and during the
year 1879. to wit:
p District Court.
Belmont county, April 8.
| Jefferson county, April Is:
Harrison county, August 81.
Tuscsrawas county, September 1.
Guernsey county, Septeuber6.
| Monroe county, September 10.
Noble county, September ls.
Morgan county, September "a.
Muskingum county, September 29.
Courts OF Common Pleas.
Muskingum county, January l3, April 2S
November 8. a
Morgan county, March H. June 10. 0cto
ber Is.
Noble county, January 20, May 5, October
20.
Guernsey county, February IS, May a.
November IL.
Belmont county, February 4, May 20, No.
vember IL
Monroe county, January Is, April IS. ..Oc-
tober 16. = Jf-LkT C ET4
Jefferson county, February "A, June 3, De.
cember /. s.
Tuscarawas county. January 27, Nay 1s
November 8.
Harrison county, January 9, April 20, Oc.
tober Is.
The terms OF said Courts shall commence
al nine O'Clock a. M, the several days nam.
cd.
It is herein specified that the said several
terms of Court of Common Pleas in said
several counties shall be held by said Judges
as follows, to wit: Muskingum. Morgan,
Guernsey and Noble by Luous P. Marsh and
his successor aud William II. Frazier, Bel.
mont and Monroe by William Okey; and JEFF
ferson, Harrison and Tusoarawas by James
Patrick, Jr. -
We order and direct that certified copy
Of this oraer be transmitted forthwith BY
the Clerk Of the Court Of Common Pleas Of
Muskingum county to the Secretary OF State
and to the Clerks of the several Courts Of
Common Pleas in each Of said severalcou
ties to be published therein according tc
law. Done at GAINESVILLE in the county o
Muskingum, this 30th day of October, A. D.
1873.
LUClUS P. MARSH,
| WILLIAM H FRAZIER,
--aso.-,s---- WILLIAM 0KRY,
JAMBS PATRICK, r.,
Judges OF the Court of Common Pleas.
hereby certify the foregoing to be = tru'
copy by order of said Jadges. ~
Attest: FREDERICK GRIGKa,
! (-1 Clerk,
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, October. 80, 1878.
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Clerks OFFICE, MONROE COUNTY OHIO. |
WooDsrrKLD, NOV. s.
I hereby certify the foregoing is correct
copy Of the transcript of said order, fixing
the times for holding Courts in said Juaicia
District in the year 1879. B
Witness my signature and the seal Of the
Court of Common Pleas.
800 J. +. JUDKINS,
Clerk Monroe Common Pbas.
nov12,7Sw4.
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Notice to Teachers.

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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-03
A TOIling SchOOl.bell.

Mrs. Clara B. Helms, a teacher in a
public school at Deadwood, D. IT,, died
on the 9th ultimo, aged thirty-four years.
A local paper tells the following story in
connection with her death:
"a number of the residents in the
neighborhood of the school-house were
startled last night about midnight by
hearing the school-house bell break the
stiffness of the air by loud and distinct
toll, many at first thinking it was an
alarm of fire. What caused the bell to
strike will probably forever remain a
mystery, as the school-house windows
were securely fastened and the doors
locked the evening previous.
"At the instant when the bell struck,
some ladies wore conyersing at the bed
side of Mrs. Clara B. Helms, in the Over
land Hotel, a former teacher in the
school, who, in her delirium said: Ring
the school-bell,' when all present were
Mortified to distinctly hear it's sound.
The fact of Mrs. Helms dying a few
hours later throws a cloud of mystery
around the affair which will be the sub
ject of discussion for some days to
come"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-03
The Mystery of iii. Life.

For twenty years John Christian lived
in Troy, N. Y, all honest and industrious,
but silent, man. He had no friend, no
acquaintance beyond those of business
character. He lived alone and died a
stranger in town where he had lived for
twenty years. After his death, search
among his effects discovered notone scrap
of paper, one registry or letter to indicate
that there was any human being in
whom he had an affectionate interest;
and yet he was an intelligent, gentle,
kindly-disposed man. Hidden away in a
trunk was silver cup containing sill
yer watch and a dollar in money, and,
wrapped up carefully in package by
itself, a lady's slipper. In another place
in box was lady's embroidered work
bag but no letter, no name, nothing to
indicate who it was in whom he had an
interest sufficient to make him keep these
things. No one knew where he was born
or where he had lived, what his age, what
relatives he had.
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Prodigy.
fChambers' Journal. |


There are many persons who, if we are
to place full credence i'm their biogra-
raphers, must have been extraordinary
marvels of precocity and cleverness.
Anne Maria Sehurman, for example, who
was the boast of Germany, was one of
this description. At the age of six, and
without instruction, she cut in PAPER the
most delicate figures; at eight she learned
in few days to paint flowers, which, it
should be added, were highly esteemed;
and two years later it cost her only five
hours application to learn the art Of en-
broidering with elegance. .-..
Her talents for higher attainments, we
are told, did not develop themselves till
she was twelve years of age, when they
were discovered in the following manner
Her brothers were studying in the apart
ment where she sat, and it was noticed
that whenever their memories failed in
the recital of their lessons, the little girl
prompted them without any previous
knowledge of their tasks except what she
had gained from hearing the boys con
them over. In her education she made
extraordinary progress, and is said to
have perfectly understood the Ger
man, Low Dutch, French, English,
Latin, Greek, Italian, Hebrew,
Syriac, Chaldean, Arabic, and Ethiopian
languages. Her knowledge of science
and her skill in music, painting, and
sculpture were also extraordinary, and
her talent for modelling was shown by the
wax portrait she contrived to make of
herself with the aid of mirror. When
it is added that her letters were not only
valuable for the elegance of their style
but for the beauty of the written char
acters, which caused the said epistles to
be preserved as cabinet curiosities, we
may judge what a prodigy of cleverness
was foreshadowed by the talents she dis
played as a child.
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A Mean Piracy.
New York Star. |

Some of the aristocratic young bucks
who graduate from West Point, after
being fed and educated at public expense,
are incurably given to aping the silliest
vanities of aristocratic army officers in
Europe, and one of their dominant pro-
pensities is to underrate the efficiency OF
our State militia forces as compared with
"Uncle Sans regulars" 1t is only fair
to say that a more just appreciation OF
the merits of both systems is formed by
experienced and patriotic Generals who
know what service was rendered in the
war by our National Guard and yolun-
teers. The arrogance and assumption Of
superiority are 10 be found only among
verdant upstairs and bureaucrats who
have weakness for attitudinizing as the
salt of the earth and the saviors OF the
nation.
Owing to the improvements in rified
firearms, the efficiency of modern iniaAt-
ry is rated by the precision OF its
shooting. The most perfect weapon is
of little practical value unless the man
| who carries it Can use it skillfully when
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-03
Detroit News. |

A Detroit gentleman who was present
at Ottawa last week at the presentation
of prizes by the Princess Louise to the
competitors at the meeting of the Cana
dian Rifle Association thus describes that
esimable lady:
'rThe Princess Louise wore a short
walking dress, tight fitting en- suite, |
think the folks call it, she being, as the
sailors say, rugged from her kelson to her
truck all the same. Her height is about
five feet five inches, and she is as perfect
in figure as is possible for lady to be.
Although not what | should call pretty,
she has very pleasing, we'll formed face,
very intelligent eyes, carries herself
exceedingly well, and is without any fiat
terry nobe looking lady. A more quiet
ly dressed, unassuming lady could not
possibly be conceived than this princes
There was no display of jewelry or hnery,
but everything in excellent taste, with
ease and grace to set them off.
II wish | were able to give a better
description and enter into details, bul
some day the citizens of Detroit may be
able to Judge tor themselves; and when
they do think they will hold with me
that Queen Victoria has sent daughter
to this continent true and perfect speci.
men of woman and lady, model
worthy of example, rejecting credit
on the noble Queen, her mother, and az
ornament to her SEX"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-03

A Texas gentleman who stopped at a
St. Louis hotel before morning made
himself the most interesting guest in
the establishment. The waiter asked him
if he knew how to turn off the gas, and
he said he guessed he knew what he was
about. A couple of hours later the oder
of gas pervaded the entire house, and
was traced to his room. A call was
made, but he told the waiter to 60 away or
there would be trouble. 1t became appa-
rent the guest had blown out his gas light,
and freque mt and more vigorous calls were
made. The guest held the fort, however,
and despite the warnings that he would be
smothered to death and would blow up
the house, declined to open the door, and
told all the applicants to retire. Finally
he began shooting at the door, and for
about ten minutes kept up fusiladc.
firing fourteen bullets In all, many CT
which passed through the door and ethers
lodged in the walls. A squad of police
finally forced an entrance, and at immi-
nent risk captured him. 1t was then as
certained he had $50 in his possession,
and couldn't smell. As he got no odorof
the gas he imagined the walters were all
burglars trying to get in and rob him, and
hence his conduct.-[N. Y. World.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-03
TLonGon Quarterly Revlew.]

In Lord Cockburn's "Memorials" we
have some life-like pictures of those whom
he had known. Here is one picture,
among several, Of certain Mrs. Ro-
chead, of Inverleith, an Edinburg nota-
bilily of the old school: Except Mrs.
Siddons in some of her displays Of mag
nihcent royalty, nobody could sit down
like the Lady of Inverlcith. She would
sail, like ship from TarshisA, gorgeous
in velvet and rustling in silk, and done
up in all the accomplishments of fan,
ear rings and finger rings, falling sleeves,
scent bottles, embroidered bag, hoop,
ana train-all superb, yet all in pur-
est taste; and, managing all this
seemingly heavy rigging with as much
ease as full-blown swan does its plum
age, she would take possession of the
center of large sofa and at the same
moment, without the slightest visible
exertion, would cover the whole of it
with her bravery, the graceful folds SEEM
ing to lay themselves over it like summer
waves" This statement was not unmixed
with a certain racy homeliness. Of
another old lady Lord Cockburn tells us
that in her latest days she was forbidden
by the doctor to eat anything but spoon
food. On his next visit his patient was
at her dinner and asked him to notice
how carefully she had complied with his
orders. She was indeed taking spoon
food, but that spoon-food was-haggis!
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John as a Sin 0Oter.
ISan Francisco Bul'etin.1

1t is a growing custom on the part of
the Chinese to go on the roofs of the
houses which they occupy and fire off
their pistols. Recently they have on
several occasions been discovered in that
pleasant pastime. Firearms are new
things to most Of these people. They
have no idea of what becomes of the ball
when it is discharged. Probably, as they
de not see it, they think it penetrates the
vault of heaven itself. But the missiles
describes some parabola and goes through
some window, lodges on some roof or
wounds or kills some individual. This
dangerous practice is the explanation of
the stray bullets which from time
to time have been flying about town.
Already one man has been s.ain out
right by them. Several persons have also
been more or less seriously wounIed.
Balls have come whistling through panes
of glass They have injured persons on
platforms Of street cars. For time II
was supposed they were fired by mis-
chievous boys with air guns, because the
report could not be heard. But when
the frequent reference to it in the press
brought no relief, it was evident enough
that the shooting was being done by par
ties whom journalism does not reach
The Chinese being the only class in thai
condition, suspicion for a long tin''
pointed toward them. Now, in severa
cases the facts have been brought hom'
to them. Whenever they are in war
like fervor they blaze away from thu
roofs where they dwell. The balls trave
long distance, especially if fired from
an elevation, and no explosion is there
fore heard where they strike.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-03

occasion requires. The art of accurate
shooting with military rifles was first
systematically cultivated on this side of
the Atlantic among the militia regi-
ments of New York State, and the graft
flying results obtained were due III no
small measure to the labors of General
Wiagate, our State Inspector of Rifle
Practice, whose "ManuaP' has been for
years the standard work of instruction,
not only here, but in every other State
where the art has been developed or en-
couraged.
Inspired, and we may fairly say i'm
PEELED by the example of the State mill
tia organizations, the sapient rulers Of
our Federal Army at length concentrated
their powerful minds on the subject of
rifle practice. At time when tax-pay-
ers were loudly complaining of the exor-
bitant expense of the Irregular" es!ab-
lishment and proclaiming its ineficiency,
self-preservation suggested the need of
promoting craftsmanship. Here, how
ever, grave obstacle was met. Wingate's
Manual was practically exhaustive; but
could West Point graduates submit to be
instructed by General Of the militia?
Neverl The indignity could not be
thought of.
To find way out of the dilemma, the
Federal Chief of Ordnance detailed"
Col. T. T. s. Laidley of the Ordnance
Department to prepare a complete sys-
TEN of target practice" The gallant
warrior promptly turned his sword into
a scissors and compiled new manual by
means of wholesale appropriations from
Gen. Wingate's work, without a solitary
line or syllable of credit Passages are re-
written and transposed, but in essence
the two volumes are Identical. The story
carries its own moral.