The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-03-01
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the Grand Jury have been before tne
Court. Sixty and sixty.seven dollars
are the charges for violation Of the
fourth section Of the Liquor Law No
one has yet been placed in jail.-fnde-
pendent.
A suBscRIrsR in California. Mrs
Vaughn, sends ns an Ace Of Clubs
The card has been ne,tlv split and en-
bedded 10 It is five dollar gold piece,
for subscription This makes . nest
card trick. Any card will DO as we'll as
the ace. The deuce will win at this
play. Cambridge Je6ersonidn
A GIRL has created excitement near
White Ewes Plains by claiming revc-
lation to her that the prophecy Of Mother
Shipton is true. She exhorts her friends
to turn from their wickedness and pre-.
pare for the end of all things. Her
strange conduct has caused many to
seek the pale OF the church and others
to lose their reason.-Jsfersonian.
THERE we're eighty indictments found
by the Grand Jury in GAINESVILLE for the
illegal sale Of liquor. and the liquor
men resolved to test the matter. A mo.
tion made to quash the indictment in
the test case was overruled nv Judge
Ball, but he said II the defendant de-
sired the case might be taken to the
Supreme Cont for iinal decision, and
IL will be carried up-Indepesdsnt
TIE people Of McConnelIsville are
awake on the railroad question, and
several citizens have subscribed liberally.
The Brown Manly Plow Company sub.
scribe $4,000. Barker, Alderman and
Sprague. $1,000 each, and E. M. Stan.
berry d Co., $4,000. The town OF Me-
Connellsville expects to raise s32, 900,
or half the amount required to buiId
the link connecting it With the Ohio
Central railroad.
"BrLLY OaR" and Robert Zahnixer, OF
Columbus. are close friends. and recent
ly took the Scottish rite Of Masonry IN
Cincinnati, and the other day Mr.. Orr
made his friend present OF q dne heavy
gold ring With masonic emblems and q
diamond set. Both parties are we'll
known as travelling men in Eastern
Ohio. and they generally put in an ap.
pearance when q shop" occurs in
Barnefville.-Enterpriss.
We learn that Gil. J H. Sullivan, has
been offered the Presidency OF mining
company at Leadville, Colorado, which
has taken rank that justides guarantees.
The position will be made attractive in
the matter OF salary, and the Colonel il
likely to accept. II he can leave the Bea.
yer Valley Railway under fair assurance
of success. We are gra,iasd to learn OF
the prospects of the Colonel, but will
regret il he should leave Bellaire. Bel.
ARE Tribune.
Mrs, CArHARlxE. wife Of Mr.. Conrad
BOIL, OF Fearing township. and mother
OF the Hon Henry Bohl, Of this city,
died on Tuesday evening at 9 o clock of
infsmatcry rheumatism, of which she
had suffered for over two years. Sh.
was about 20 years Of age and bad al.
ways been blessed with good health until
she was taken with the disease which
caused her death. Mrs. Bohl was an
exemplary woman and kind and loving
mother r-4Naristta Times.
On last Friday morning George Weir.
the murderer Of Sterling Riggs. was
brought into Court in custody of Deputy
Sheriffs Bailey and. Ellis and formally
arraigned. The indictment charging
him with murder in the first degree was
read to the prisoner BY Prosecuting At
torney Mitchell: end, 10 response to the
usual query, Weir cnswered 'not guilty" :"
He was then conducted back to his quar-
ter, in the Jail. Weir was hand-cuffsd
but looked as defiant as ever.--St. Glars
vile Gazette, 24th alt
SUDDEN DEArH.-Mrs. Amanda Wood
ford died suddenly at her residence near
Dudley, last Saturday evening Her
husband had returned from the store,
and the old couple were sitting in front
of the FIRE discussing his purchases, when,
without any warning whatever, the old
lady fell forward, and wac caught by
her aged partner. ~ho called for assist
ance, but life was extinct. and all efforts
OF resuscitation were futile, She was
about 20 years old.-Eoble County Re
publican, 24th xlt.
THEY are full OF railroad projects
over in Noble County, snd they don't
talk about building them by taxation.
Summerfeld is toying for the extension
Of the Bellaire & Southwestern from
Woodsneld. William Daniord and Ben
jamin Danford have subscribed one
thousand dollars each, and several other
farmers have made large subscriptions
The people at Ssrahsville are also ready
10 come down with the duca,s. William
j. Young offers to grade and tie ONT
mils OF the road, or 10 give five thous
and dollars. Two orher citiz ms Of ti,si
place offer . thousand dollars EACH
Enterprise.
LAST August Mrr. Mary Topping
boarded train on the Cleveland Tus.
carawas Valley and Wheeling Railroad
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