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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-01-25
PROBATE NOTICE.

A Cc0UNTS and vouchers havs been fled In {
n the Probate Court Of Monroe csuusy,
Ohio, by the following Executors, Adminis.
traitors and Guardians, TO wit: =
First partial account Of Jscob lsehy Adnsr
with the will annexed Of the estate or
Conrad Frantz,. deceased.
Second partial account Of +. n. Grimes
Admir- Of the estate Of Sarah coIvin decd.
First and Anal account OF Jasper Lisk ,ons sGs
the Administrator Of the estate Of Josish
Wilson, decd
Second and Hnsl account Of h. g. Hi l Admir-
de bonis non, wi b the win annexed, Of the
estate OF William Wslls. dsc'd. zts;E
Second and 6nat account of Joshua WAY
Adm'r of the estate Of John Watson deed
Second partisl account Of Nsri Lindsnee6
Adm'rof the estate Of Kiusey Davis,dsc'd.
First and final account Of George Luds Rx'r
Of the VIII al cSorad RImor, decd.
Third partial account of Loais Bolts Guardian
of Louisa Bey,.a minor.
Third partial account Of Alexander b Grif.-
nth Guardian Of Levi Upton. dsseassd,s,
heirs.
Eighth. partial account of William Beard
more Guardian Of Isaac +. Bsardmors, Z.
First aud final account Of II. B. Hill 0uardian
Of the e-tate Of Sarah u. Ceen, . Gipsr.
Second partial account of Daniel Little
Guardian Of James T. Aacket, miuor,
Third partial account Of George Shafer Guar. {
dian Of VIM and Edward Gutshr. ninors.
Any person interested may als written
exceptions 70 said accounts, OF any item there
Of, on or before the 9th day Of Fsbrrasy
next, when the same win be finally heard aaA
continued from dayte day until disposed sf,
B. <. WALTON,
janil.vlwS. Probate Judse Y. C.f.
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Sitting Bulls Prospects.

There seems likelihood that the most
prominent OF our redskiuned pests is
about to se compelled to behave him
self. Sitting Bull has trilled and preyar-
icated SO much since he left Canada that
the patience of the government and the
troops is exhausted, and movement in
force is being made on The old warrior
while scout is trying 10 persuade him
to surrender. Cold weather and deep
snow promise to make the campaign a
trying one. but they certainly will not
help the Indians any, the latter probably
being short of provisions and not in the
way of finding more very soon In case
OF fight it is hardly possible that the
Indians can succeed, for the soldiers out
number them and are far better supplied
with ammunition. The principal misfor
tune to be feared is that the savases may
succeed in running away.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-01-25

TSome weeks since the editor oil
The Bellaire Independent published 9
short article in relation to successor to
Judge OKrY in this Judicial sub-divis-
ion: 81 -
The editor of the S.. Clairsville Ga.
kette copied the article, and in his com,
inents says: nWe have been informed by
4 reliable party that the article was dicta
ted by II 3 WEST, Esq, editor of the
Woodsfield SPIRIT, who is also the son.
in-law Of Judge OKEY."
The editor OF the Gazette then pro.
ceeds to give bis readers his ideas of The
views of the Democracy OF this sub di-
vision touching the successor to Judge
OKEY. We have not before this written,
dictated or published single word on
the subject OF the Jud9eship, except to
copy the article from the Indepewdent
We do not know the views OF Judge
GKrY, or any one. else, on the subject.
The matter has not been mooted in this
county 30 far as We know.
lf We had views OF our own to ex-
press on the subject we would not al
tempt to influence the action of Mr. AN
pEasoN, who is as Independent as is his
paper.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-01-25

e@ Monday morning about half-pas,
6 o'clock, the boiler in the brick works
owned and operated by j. F Ball, a,
Sloan's station, exploded, and the works
were blown to atoms The explosion
was terrific, and the report was heard
for three miles around the place. A,
the time Of the explosion only three
men we're at work, and every one OF
them were injured. as follows: William
Fagan bad bis left leg broken in two
places, and his b,dy bruised and NASH
ed. W. c. Dnnlevey had hi, left jaw
mashed in and received several ugly
cuts abe u the head, snd was thrown 8
considerable distance. Cooper Stilwell
the engineer, was snocked down and
badly bruised about the bead, but nc
bones we're broken PIECES pi,the boiler
or works were thrown several hundred
Yards from the scene OF The accident
The damage to property is not vel
known.--Belmont Chroatcles ,20th inst
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-01-25
Looking for a Wife.
Chambers Journal.

Sski kumara, the hero OF curious
Hlndustani story, preferred testing a
damsels capabilty before tving the knot.
Master OF u prosperous and profitable
business, he came to the conclusion that
wife was wanted to complete his hap.
pines, and determined to 60 in search
Of one. Adopting the gulse of for
tune teller, and CARRYING same rice h und
M in his cloth, he starts an bis travels.
Whenever he encuuntei ed girl that
pleased his eye he asked her tn cook bis
rice Tor him Some laughed at him,
clned 10 comply with his modest de-
mand At last he met with beau ilul
girl who, instead of ridiculing or sbus-
ing the strange traveller, r, lieved him OF
the rice aud bade him be seated. Then
the kindly maiden set about preparing
the rice First she stepped it in water.
then dried it in the sun, and that accom-
blished, rubbed the grain gently on the
ground, removing the avn without break
ing the rice. Calling her nurse she dis
patched that worthy to sell the bran, and
with the proceeds to purchase an earthen
boiler, two pla,iers and some fuel Bv
The time this commission was executed
the rice had been brayed in a mortar,
winnowsd and washed aud ready tn pu,
in the boiler with five times its bulk o.
water. As soon as it had swollen suffi-
cientlv the boiler was taken from the
lire, the. water cleared of the scum. the
boiler put back, and the rice constantly
stirred by the pretty cook until she was
satisfied it was properly done. Bv turn,
ing the boiler mouth downward she ex-
aingpished the fire, and collecting the
Iykeprsumed fuel dispatched the old wo-
.Inan to convert it into butter, curds, oil
Land stamarinds This achieved she told
the enraptured .Sakti Kunata to 60 and
b. the and not to omit rubbing himself
with oil. Having obeyed orders. The
wifc-seeker was directed to seat himself
upon plank on the well-swept floor, ON
which were already laid large plantair
leaf and two pstteIs His charming
host then brought him water in per.
Efumed jug, and administered two spoon
fulls of well-seasoned rice and ghee,pre
EpatatorY to serving up the remainder o
the rice mixed with spices, curds, butter
milk, of which Sakti Kumara ate his FL
and then INDUCED in a siesta. AS soor
as he awoke be asked the girl to become
his wife, aud che being willing, the ne
cessary ceremony was gone throng|
without delay, and the supposed fortun
teller took his bride home to astonisl
her as the Lord OF Burleigh astonishe'
his rustic love. but the Hindon lass va
) luckier than Lord Tennyson's heroine
| for we are assured she lived long to wor
ship her husband as god, AMI mad
her house the abode Of bliss.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-01-25

ETThe Bellaire Independent. Re-
publicsn paper, is very hitter against the
act increasing pensions to crippled sol-
diers and destitute widows and orphana.
Hear Il,
"The miserable demagogues who sad
died the increase OF pensions oD the tax.
payers Of this country ought to--every
man Of them-be marked and remem.
hered for their moral cowardiee. = 4 =
Taken altogether. this is ibe worst piece
OF legislation that Congress has cursed
the country with for some time"
We assume that the Independent rep
fesents the feeling Of the Republican
party toward the Union dead, crippled
and widows and orphans.
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Shall we Meet AgainP

TIE following is one of the most bril-
liant paragra hs ever written by the late
lanented George D. Prentice:
"The fat of death is inexorable. There
is no appeal for relief from the great
law which dooms us to dust We -four
ish and fade as the leaves of the forest,
and the flowers that bloom, wither and
fade in aday, have no trailer hold upon
life than the migbtiest monarch that
ever shook the earth with his foot steps.
Generations of men will disappear as
the grass and the multitude that throng
the world to-day will disappear as foot
steps on the shore. Men seldom think
OF the great event Of death until the
shadow falls across their own pathway,
hiding from their eyes the loved ones
whose living smile was the sunlight OF
their existence. Death is the antagonist
of life, and the thought Of the tomb is
the skeleton of all feasts. We do not
want to 90 through the dark valley, al
though the dark passage may lead to
Paradise we do not want to go down
into deep graves even with Princes for
bed-fellows In the beautiful drama of
lon the hope Of immortality, so elo-
uuently uttered by the death devoted
Greek. fnds deep response in every
thoughtful mind. When about to yield
his life sacrifice to fate, his Clemaulhc
asks if they should meet again. TO which
he responds: 81 have asked that dread :
fu question of the hills that look eter-
nal-of the clear streams that fl w for
ever-of the stars among whose fields
of szure my sed spirits have walked
in glory. All are dumb But as gaze
upon thy living face, feel that there is
something IN the love that mantles
through its beauty that cannot wholly
perish. We shall meet again, Gle
maulhe.
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FOREIGN.

Sir Nathaniel Rothschiia has again
returned 20 per cent, of the hal yearly
rents to lis numerous tenaL t. in Bucks.
The British Government PROCESSES to
have lie isble iqfd' nation Of dangerous
conspirscies OF lrishmen in several large
towrs OF Englsnd.
Owing to the distress In The county
Clare, the lord lieutenant will apply to
the court of sessions for the o.ganiza-
ton OF relief works.
The Journal Official of Paris has Just
become the sole property of the French
govercment, at cost Of 1920 00G II
will be the official organ OF the S ate.
Russia maintains, in opposition to The
opinion Of the Frencc Government, that
the powers are houad tn abide by the
decision of the Berlin conference on The
Geek frontier question.
The Pope expresses regret that bis
letter concerning agitation in Ireland
has not been published, and has rcques
ted Archbishop McCahe TO Withhold it nc
longer from the public.
The hrigaling of the various regi
mente of the Geek army has. .heen or
dered, o. d Russia has been requested tt
take Greek subjects in Turkev under
her pr, lection. Greece evidently nean'
business
AQnebec dispatch saws: James coyle
1 fatlpe,, While driving home az Ramp
Ion. sIong The Lewis and Kennebec rail
road Yesterday, fell asleep in vehicle
4 and the horse taking The track, fell int
eulvar,. where il remsined till the trail
came along and ki led both
| The Panama Star and Herald says
From~a private source Ne Isars hst tn
| United Ststes government has recenu
landed $500 tons OF coal at Pago page
one OF the Samoan Islands. from shi
@ iaeUstnwn for uss Of United State
Navy. No opposition was shown TO tn
proceeding.
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FRUITS Of COERCION.
Strength for the League and Inde-
pendence tor Ireland.

LONDON, Jan. l9.-Mr. Labouchere,
in Truth, publishes the following article
on Irish affairs. which lie has always
tres.ed in mos. generous spirit: 80
me most astounding show is presented
by the lack OF generositv with which the
leaders of the Irish national movement
are treated in England Tne one crs is,
Crush Them. 'Samp them out!-
Their crime is that they are using their
best efforts to obtain for Ireland the
privilege of controlling her own local
affairs. should he glad TO know how
long we should allow our local affairs To
he controlled by Ilishmpr. But they
are violating the law il is sail. Possl-
bly,. A considerable number Of Poles
have violated the law in Russia and have
been carried off to Siberia To sympa-
thi1e with them is accounted u virtue.
'Oh, hut look vt the outrayes! No one
can deplore them more than do. But
not one has been brought home 10 the
Leaguers. Their organiz4rs are clever
men, and overt outraacs would be most
injurious to their scheme. which is based
on passive resistance. BJvcotting has
heen pracliced bv almost every class in
Ireland. II is carried TO is ultimate
success. The moro the Irish question is
considered in all its bearings the more it
is apparent that it has only Two solutions
either guvern Ireland according to our
views or leave ber to govern herself ac-
coraing to her own views, on.y sipuls-
lting that We are convinced that the i'm
perial union is geographical and rolit-
ical necessity. BY coercion only can VIC
attain the former. Our choice lies Ire.
tween coercion and concession. The
present policy of the rod and sugar stick
can and ought never to succeed. We
however. are seeking to make it quite
certain Of failure by fourishing the rod
and carefully cnncealing the sugar in Out
pocket, declining 20 state whether the
lump is large or small before we have
used the rod. 1t is an unfortunate error
10 make coercion precede redress; fol
the organization of the Land League vii
be so strong before coercion bill il
passed that, without public meetings ant
without any threats, the system OF 'ex
elusive trading will become universal il
Irelsnd. Tie tenants will refuse to pay
their rents. l evic,ed by the police n
one else will take their farms and as sool
as the police and military are withdrawn
the evieted tenants will quietly return
If therefore, the Irish hold together ,the'
must in the end gain the day, for il i
impossible 10 evict an entire natioa.'
Truth then sketches the provisions o
the land bill which / sent you two day
ago. learn that Mr. Parnell will oh.
struct the coercion bill bv every possihl
means. ! am convinced that this meas
ure will pass the Hnuse of Lords rapid
| ly, but that remedial measure will hav
no snch luck
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-01-25
A ATHRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Why q Brakeman Hates to Think
Of Cows on the Track.

The New Haven U ,ion has interview
ed brakeman on the New York, New
Haven and Hartford road, who relates
the following incident his experience:
"Another bad fright | had was On one
dreadful dark night, when we hal got
ilst below Milford We were rushing
along at forty five miles an hour-it
was passenger train this time-when
all Of sud,lrn l felt the air brakes
working, and sha came to stand still.
There mad been three men killed within
as many weeks jns' below on our div-
hit another man Just then the conduc-
tor ordered me to run back and f,g the
train behind us OF put in the dark
ness. I fell into two cattle guards, and
then went plump over a body that Law
on the track. I picked mvself up and
found ! was eoyeied W tn blood. l tell
YOU itsent cold chill up my back
Then turned my lantern on the body,
and YOU may believe it took great load
off me to fad it was only cow / re
sumed my run along The track, and in o
minute or two heard noise as i some
one was following me. ] looked hack
and could see nothing l started on,
and the noise began again, sounding Just
like several persons running along after
me on the ties began to get discour-
aged, and taking off two OF the torpe-
does | had fastened to nv lantern !
twisted them on to the rails, thinking
that if anything happened to me or my
lantern, the explosions would warn the
engineer Of the coming train before he
ran into the cnw or into our train, which
had been stopped to fix something about
the engine which had been broken when
we hit the COW. The torpedoes laid, /
started on once more. Again l heard
the steps. this time ahead OF me on the
track I followed on, and soon the train
| was flsgging came round curve. BY
the glare from the headlight | could see
that the patter on the ties that had
heard was caused by several cows, and
they were right ahead OF me on the track
made rush for them, swinging my
lantern and shouting, and drove them
off into the ditch. / Kept swinging my
lantern sill the train stopped, and got
into the engine and told what was up
I hate now to think of cows on the track
How is it COWS and drunken men always
put for the railroad track when they get
loose :"
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TEKKE TURCOMAN WARFARE
The Russians Gain IL Signal Victory
--Hard Fighting and Large Loss
of Life on Both Sides.

ST PETERSBURG. January 18-Gen
Skobeleotf telegraphs on the llth inst,
announcing that on the ninth at six
o'clock in the evening 10000 Tekke
Turcomsns made sudden sorte from
Yeoktepe aid assaulted the Russian
trenches which were manned by ninel
teen companies of infantry and hun
dred Cossacks, acting as infantry, with
three siege guns and twen,v-one lighter
guns. In spite of the heroic defense by
the troops the .Turcomsni carried the
Russian outworks and part Of the Sec
ond parallel, capturing four mountain
guns and three siege guns. Tie Rus.
SLAMS then opened an artillery FIRE sha
stimuli attacked the enemy, who
we're dislodged from all the points they
had captured All the artillery was re-
taken with the exception Of one mnun-
tain gun, which had been carried off du-
ring the early part Of the engagement.
The Russian loss was heavy, one con-
pay Of the Apsheron regiment alone
having thirty-two killed, including a
major and captain, and ten wounded,
besides ore officer taken prisoner. The
Turcoman losses were much greater,
their dead filing The Russian trenches
The third parallel was completed on
The 10Th inst On the same day the
fortress and the strongly fortified out
works were bombarded At 3 O'Clock
in the afternoon the Russian columns
made an assault, and af'er severe
struggle captured the outworks. Bou-
bardment by The siege artillery was still
proceeding on the llth inst. Total Rus.
sian losses in the action Of tie 9Th and
lCth was nine officers and 81 men killed,
eigh, officers, lG2 meE and eight men
and boys of the me1ical staff wounded.
The behavior OF the troops was adm
rabe.
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Two Brothers Injured.

: Last Friday, johnson Shriver, an old
citizen OF Olive Township. climbed lad
der to take some pigeons out from under
the caves of,a building, when the ladder
slipped, precipjtating him to the ground
In his fall his head struck the corner
of granary, and when picked up was
in an unconscious condition. 1t is
thought his skull js fractured
Last Saturday, Nicholas Shriver, broth
er of johnson, while dliviOg home from
Caldwell in sled, had runaway, in
which he was thrown out with violence
on the frozen ground and severely in
jured about the back and spine,-Nobls
Go. Republican, Goth inst.
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r~The ofacers Of tho Ro,,,irs

EF The officers. of the. .Bellaire d
Southwestern r. R.. do ALI they can to
encourage people shipping over their
line to take their business to Wheeling.
Fortunately, they have not succeeded so
far or fully as they expeeted,@,The en-
lerprise Of our merchants and traders
has enabled them toaIetains . great part
of the trade .wbich.stbe officers of the
company have, if we are not msinlorm-
ed, tried hard to. .,tr rapsfdr ts Wheeling
When our citizans put theirz money into
the road thev did not expect such a re-
suit; bat while there may sstill be honor
among thieves. we are entirely satisfied
that there is not particle of it useh by
the men in these davs who build and
control railroads. BeRaire Independent
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wrhe Repuhl,can. in the pennsy

AWThe Republicans in the Pennsyl-
ssnia Legislature are having lively set
TO over the Senatorship. OLIVER is the
CAHERoN candidate and GRow represents
the anti-CAMERoN element. Several hal.
lots have been taken and OLIVER leads,
bat can't. it is believed. obtain votes
enough to secure his election. The
Democrats cast their votes for Senator
WALLACE.
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Men Who Smoke Costly Cigars.
New Yerk Herald,

Gen. Grant is said to smoke hundred
cigars intwo weeks. He gives away as
many az he smokes. He has used the
same brand OF imported cigars for ten
years. They cost S22 90 hundred
Col. Bob Fngersoll pays 500 for box.
and uses from FIVE to ten cigars dav.
Gen. Butler pays $40 and sometimes $40
for box. Senator Matt Carpenter, who
nearly killed himself by smoking, has
been reduced to three cigars aday.
And still there are men in and out OF
Congress who insist that GRANT shall
be pensioned upon the taxpayers OF this
country for life.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-01-25

At Kirk Yetholm, on the Scottish bor.
der, lives Esther, gypsy, who enjoys
the title Of Queen. Her cottage is neat
and yineclad. She was crowned at the
age of sixty-fve aud is now eighty. She
has many pictures, much jewelry and a
sword WHICH was found ON Flodden
Field Kirk Yetholm is the place where
the origins! of Scoll's Meg Merriles
lived.
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FA R M
200, ACRES FOR SALE.

THB undersigned desire to sell their farm
i Of 200 acres lying Immediately east Of
Boston, Belmont county, Ohio. There is on
the farm two good dwelling heusss, gssd
stable, barns, sheep houses. and in short
every building necessary. Land all lays
well; Is we'll watsred, aud all In grass. There
is three good orchards on it. Will sell low
and On long time with low rate Of interest.
For further particulars inquire Of
ATKINSON BROTHERS.
noyl6, ,i80nS. .: Batssvills, Ohio.