The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-04-20
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mugs, OF trlne over $50 for every
mile he travelled during the rage.
r. IHE Eaton Democrat, in V ew of the
fact that The Republican Legislature vo-
It'd down the Local Option Bill. wants
to know (which is the Whisky party
nowl" ..,.r --7e -.
DEMOCRATIC County Coz ver tions we're
held in Athens, Ashland and Miami
Counties on SATURDAY., all Of which pro-
nonnced for Thurman with emphasis and
enthusiasm.
TWENTY Years have so't ned many
animosilies, and South Carolina invites
Rhode Island to Join in the centennial
celebration Of the battle OF the Cuwpens.
So mote il be.
A DAUGHTER, fifteen years old, of
John Barr, who lives near SUNNI erfeld,
was badly burned last Sunday by her
clothes catching lire at the CRATE. Her
younger sisters, in attempting to exrin-
guish the fines, were also severely
burned on the hands and arms.
THE business failures in this county
for the first quarter OF the year, as
shown by the reports of Dunn & c.. 's
mercantile agency, are 400 in number,
with liabilities of Sl2,000,O00, againsl
2, 500 with liabilities of S4S,0O00 900 for
the same period in 1879. The decrease
since 1878 is in much larger proportion
GET out your stockings and look
over their contents. The 1904 dollars,
in fine condition, is said to be valued at
81 900 by collectors. There are 13 OF
this date KNOWN in the United States
Mint, 2 in New York City, 3 in Boston,
| in Salem, Mass, 2 in Philadelphia,
in Cincinnati and | in Liverpool. Eng.
lsId.
ENocH MAssLANDER, an old man oil
II, who Lived alone, three miles from
Bellaire, was burned 10 death by lot Ci
fiends, on the night Of the 10TH, for the
purpose of compelling him,to tell where
bis reputed wealth was hid. Three
years ago he was shockingly burned by
thieves, with the same Object, and. $500
ext ,rted from him.
The Secretary of tle Treasury having
been charged with aiding the manipula.
ton of the stock and bond markets in
New York by giving secret information
in advance t, favored parties of intend
ed purchases OF bonds by the govern
ment,,a resolution has been introduced
in Congress requiring one weeks public
notice of such purchases.
SECRETARY F. M. Cowen, of the Rich
lane. Building Association,paid to stock
holders 40 per cent dividend, which
together with the dividend heretofore
paid, makes total of IS per cent, paid
As soon as a legal adjustment is reach
ed of the claims of the Association, the
remainder due stockholders will be paid
Belmont Chronicle, 18Th INST.
Mr.. TIPToN of Monroe county, one
Of the parties injured in the last acci-
dent on the Southwestern, and whose
wounds at the time were not considered
worthy of special notice in the papers,
or a cause of anxiety, is we are inform
ell by Mr.. Thos Armstrong, not expec-
ted,to live. He is injured about the
head. - Belsaire Bulletin, 18th inst.
On last Thursday, DIR. H. West, the
surviving Executor OF the estate OF Jo-
seph Kirkwood, decd disposed at pub
lie sale of The unsold portion of the
Kirkwood estate, near Bridgeport, thus
completing the sale Of the entire proper.
ty of the deceased, save 20S acres OF
land in Minnesota. The testator died
IN 1856, leaving an estate from which
there has been realized about 5000, 600.
There were eight heirs, who have already
been paid by the Executor, about S2l,-
600 each. Belmont Chronicle.
THERE is report on the street that
Sam Cochran, late Of the B. & o. Road !,
has been appointed General Superinten-
dent Of the Southwestern, but upon ask
ing Judge Anderson for information on
the subject, the reporter was gratified
by the intelligence that other people
knew deal more than he .(the Judge)
did, and he wished they would attend to
their own business. The favorable re-
ception has led the reporter to believe
either that there is something in the re
port orthat there is not-and We don't
know which it is.:Bellaire Bulletia l2th
inst.
ELIZABETH CRYSTAL, a Scotch woman
aged about sixty years, threw hersel:
from third story window of the Guern.
sey county Infirmary, near Washing ton,
last Sunday afternoon, breaking her
neck and causing instant death The
descent was distance Of about thirty
feet. She was very heavy person,
weighing probably $50 pounds. For
several years she has been Partially de-
ranged and an inmate of tie In6rmary;
Her brother-in Law, Archibald Cameron,
lives six miles north of Cambridge. So
far as we know, no blame attaches to the
management on account Of this circum.
stance Guernsey Times, 18th inst.
EEThe following candidates were
elected in Jackson and Ohio township
on the 9th inst.:
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