The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-03-07
ITEMS.

<. W. MATHEWS and Jed Williams,
Ut this place, were last week raised to
the thirty second degree of Freemasonry
at Cincinnati. They had previously Ia.
ken eighteen degrees.-Guernsey Times
THE speech of Senstor pendleton upon
the polygamy hill Of Senator Edmunds
proves him to be one Of the calm, cool
beaded and able men so necessary upon
the fcor Of the Senatr.- CAMBRIDGE
Jefersontan.
= MISS BELLE TH' BURN sends q circular
letter from Lucknow, India, to The young
ladies, and children's Missionary Society
of the Els. Ohio Conference, which will
be read at the current meetings of the
society.-Guerrsey Times.
SENATOR PENDLEruN deserves credit
in voting against pensioning the "dead
beat" known as U. S Grant. This ac
will be heartily approved by hia Demo-
cratic and nearly all Of his Republican
constituents. - Bellaire Democrat
A MEETING of the editors and publish
ers of Eastern Ohio is to be held at
Cambridge soon to adopt some uniform
rule against the impositions of patent
medicine mer. 1t ought to have been
done long ago.-Bellnire Independent.
SENATOR F. NJ. ATKINSON has gone to
New York to place $4,750,000, bouds
for the completion OF the Wheeling ard
Cincinnati Mineral Railway. This new
road will exfend through Guernsey
county from east to west. with prob
able branch from north 10 south
Guernsey Times, I'd INST.
A LADY friend says that she can tell
when the Senior OF the Democrat is in
love, and she thinks be 'has il bad, now.
She says that the local items in his pa
per are always more poetical at such
times, and that they we're particularly so
last week II she is correct we tender
our sympathy and congraiulatlons.-
New Ndrtinsville ". va, Messenger,
Sd inst.
Mr. VAN MoNRoE, 'of Belmont, who
was in our county last week in search %
| a farm for purchase, left for home or
Thursday morning. He says he think
that he will fiud farm here to suit hilo
and we hope he will, as he bears th
reputation of being an excellent citizen
and there is plenty Of room for men o
that kind in this county, and We nee'
then. .-Ncw MartinSuills W. va Mes
senger. Sd inst.
| GUIrEAu got bis inspiration from Ros
coe Conkllng. True, be has claime'
that it was from another source, but n
unprejudiced man can help admitting
that it was Conklng AMI his TEACHING
that led 10 the assassination OF Garfield
and that man NV the nominee of til
President for Judge of The Suprem
Court, is scarcely less guilty than ,h
| dirty little devil now sentenced to b
hung for murder. -Beilaire Independen
, ReprLlicnn)
SALOON keepers who have been fi"e
and ordered to close their placrs af bus
ness or give hond that they will not vic
late the Law seem to misunderstood th
order oi the Court. They think if the
sell only beer and ale they will not /
required to give bond. This is mi
take, and may result in some OF the psl
ties being punished for cont,mpt {
8 Court TIE bond must he given, il II
S patty ordered TO give It wishes to Col
: tinue in the business of keeping s.
loon. II it is not given, the party
: liable to be called before The Court ft
). contempt, and Lunished by fine and in
I prisonment. Look out-Bellaire lid
pendent