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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-04-18
Confer Township Items.

MooRE's RIDGE. April 10, 1852.
Ed Spirit: We had haskell DINNER
At the Potts Church on Easter Sunday
The church was decorated very hpsu,i.
iully. The portrait OF the Cross unon
which our Bes.ed Savior was crnciHed
was hung In the center of the church.
There was great taste displayed in the
decoration and arrangement. Owing to
,he inclemency of the weather the con-
gregatlon was not as large as it would
have heep. ~.
Rev. j. Garrett preached two very ex-
cellent sermons. His Text In The fore
noon was. s.He Is not here: for he is
risen." A Sunday School. which We
wish may be q grand success, was or
gained In the afternoon.
The crops, which are Of universal in
teres', must not GO unnnticed The pros
pect for good crops never looked better.
Recent rains interfered somc what with
oats sowing. hnt it will not he long until
they are sowing the precious seed again
that which was earlier sown is up. full
and regular. As to whest, the fabulous
yield OF 1879 will be more than eQualei,
All talk sbout winter killed has long ago
been abandoned. and in its stead apecu.
lations about the acreage and average
are pleu,i.n'. t.g..5 sss
Here and there are men who com.
plsined incessantly during the past week
or two that We were going to have dry
weather-but the abundsnt rains came
The grass frst fringed the streams. aud
now it is creeping up the bluffs ami
ridges The gloomy fears Of anxious
stockmen are abaiiug and dispelling
To day they are eurprised TO see Their
farms covered with sno~.
OF course it is yet too esrlv to es,i
mate accurately the amount OF fruits thai
will I've produced; bnt the 'ncipient bud.
have developed the coming crop in {
manner above complaint or fault. W,
venture to say thar the day of shipping
to the cities large quantities of irui
from this place is near at hand. j ,hr
Moore is setting ont large young o.
cbsrd between the railroad and the Stat,
road. John Ia hitting the right nail OF
| the head this time, in our opinion.
| Work is progressing very ranidly OF
th" n ension of the r II & C. Railway
i Principally all Of the public schools
OF this neighborhood have closed.
Yours truly, GU
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> ss.sss.ssEs--
A Father Shoots His Son and Then
Himself.

CAKBsiDsE, q April IA terrible
murder and suicitie were committed
about Eve miles west OF here yester.lay,
hy John Npase't, an old farmer ab@u'
sx'y-fve wars OF age, shooting his son,
John. E. N0ssett, In the abdomen, and
then paciug revolver to his own head
and firing, killing himself in. tantlv. II
appears that the old man stveral years
ago became totall, deaf. and since that
time had become very cross and ill-ua-
tured, driving par, of his family from
home, and frequently threatening vic
lence About year ago, however, he
decided his farm TO his son JOHN, with
The understanding that he would keep
his parents during their live. After.
ward John married, hut still made his
home With TIE old folks J.hn- having
decided npon builling himself house,
the cid mae otjeeed and threatened to
kill him shrula he attempt ii. Az he
had made similar threats before. nothing
was Thought ut it, and as the young man
was dressing stone for the foundation.
his tather procured rife, stole into the
barn, atOut trenty.hve ieet distant, and
shot him, as ahnye Described, The old
man then walked deliberately to his bed
room. pl crd himself before a mirror,
and with revolver sen, bullet til, ough
his own hrain, dying instantly.
Dr.. Wall was summoned 10 wait upon
the Young man, and THU ks be can no;
recover. H. leaves wife and an infsn,
child The old man leaves wife and
five grown children.
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The first Law uf nasure is selt-preser-
vation; but to do 1t she needs PERUNA.
II is understood the Secretary OF War
has recommended mitigation OF Ser
eeant Mason's sentence to four or Eve
months confinement in the regular guard
house, to forfeit all pay due, or which
may become due him, and to be dishon
orsbly dismissed from the service.
General Hurlbu,, some time ago, had
prepsred o compIete' account from his
own recollection OF the leading events
of the hattie of Shfloh, hut prudential
reasons prevented it's publication. He
was division commander in the hattie
and sharply criticises the Commsndsr-in
Chief. u '''
II Is expected that Secretary Teller
will insist that the Uies shall leave Col.
orado. Army officers who have served
on the frontier say that in that event the
country will have very serious Indian
war, and that 9 large voluntary force
wils@ needed. a. the Utes are the hardest
Indians on The plains TO fight
The Senate on the 18Th INST, passed
bill giving the ST Louis and San Fran.
cisco Railroad c IN, any the right OF va,
through tn. Indian Territory. This j.
the first grant of the kind ever passed
by Congress for railroad to enter thai
Territory, and is udonbiedly the open
ing wedge tor Others.
The United States Sup, eme Court or
Thursday decided lhals State may to,
telegraph companies on messages sen
over the wires Of such companits, at It,
discretion, where messages pass betwefI
points within The State limits. but th'
taxation OF messages which originate o
90 on, OF the State is . regulation o
inter.Stste commerce, and, ns such, j
beyond the power Of State.
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RGpA The Sanaip t,st wpnk paasad a

kaF The Senate, last week, passed q
new Electoral c mt bill. which may
possihiv, pass tile House and, u passed.
will greatly lessen The danger Of uouhIe.
as the States are lett (, determin all
disputes, and the Congress will not he
able 20 60 brhnd he RETURNS, The bill
provides that the electors OF each Stale
shall meet and ballot on the second
" ,ndav in January next & flowing their
appointments that each State. pursuant
so the laws existing at the time Of the
appointment OF Electors, may determine,
prior To their meeting, any controversy
s-rising from their appointment, and
such determination shall be Considered
evidence Of lawful title, snd shall gov
ern IN the C 'unt nv Congress, and that
M E!ec'orat vote or. votes from .anv
State from whieh but one return has heen
recnrded. shall he rtj''cted except by the
affirmative vote Cf both houses.
Ii more thsn one raturn is made, the
vote of those Electors appointed bv the
lawful trihnnal Of the State shall he
coun n>ei. II the q iestion arises whicn
OF the two tribunals of the State is the
la w'ul one. The vote Of the Electors ap.
pointed by that trihHnal which the two
houses OF Congress acting separately.
shall decide to he the lawful one, shall
he counted, In case cfan undetermined
cuntest between two or more sets Of
Electors, those votes shall be counted
which the two houses, acting separately.
shall decide to he the lawful Electoral
votes. There is the additional provision
that if the count is not completed be-
fore the 9th day next after the 6rst
meeting of the two houses, no recess
shall be taken nv either house till tue
count is flushed.
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An Independent Opinion.

The Toledo BE, so Iudependent pa
per, ha, the follow wing 10 say OF the pres
en' Ohio Lepisla uie:
Tire Ohio Legislature elected last fall
was 80 overwhelmingly Republican that
it was the boast Of the party leaders
that they could do ANYTHING they wished
The result is seen in the INST scanda lous
attempts OF johery and bribery which
have been emo ed at Columbus within
the memory Of the present generation
In one. respect. however, the Legislature
has done good wnrk-it has torn of
the hypocritical mask Of alleged purity
hehind which the Republican party hs'
long been paradn2 around the State a.
the exclu.lve embodiment of honesty
and is now forced TO admit that there
are f,st.clsss rsscals within its ranks
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Neb Abbsrtisemsnts
ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that petition viii
~ be presented to the commissioners OF Mon
roe County. at their next session. TO be held
on the first Monday in June. 1882. praying for
review. survey and alteration Of tho county
road. commencing at the bridge on the Lewis
Vile and Miltonsbaren road at the mouth Of
Lingley Run on the lands of John Wshl. and
leading down the creek to Ford's milldam;
starting at said bridge, running the old
road through the lands Of Jacob Rcischmsu;
thence hearing to the hill eide north of the
creek TO a water gate on the lands of Maria
Poggenhurg. thence on the old roai through
tho lands Of James Denbow. George E2xef and
Philip Bouahman to stake near gate lead
inv up to ssid Philip Boughman; thence along
the foot of the Hill side north Of the creek
through the lands Of Sebastian Riesbeck .areter
Diehl, Samuel Eggcr and Jos, McFadden's
heirs, to the third large rock vt the roadside.
thence on the old road to the Intersection Of
the Miltonsburg and Woodsfeid grade road
at the head of Ford's mil!d,m -
aprlS. .'S2w5. MANY PETITIONERS.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-04-18

cFM Mr.. Gsrnet,, OF the Censns Bu-
reau. proposes new classification Of
States, based npon the natural lines Of
The Atlantic Cnast, Mississippi Valley
and Rocky Mountains. as follows:
az The North A lantic s ates, COM
prlsing the six New England States and
New Y,ik, New jersey and Pennsvlva-
mia; total, nine. (2) The South Allan
tic States, Della ware. MARYLAND. Virginia.
West Virginia. N ,rth Carolina, South
Carolins, Georgia aud Florida, these
making eight. or. II We count lmone
lhem the n. strict of Cnlumhis ss ano,h.
er unit, nine. (s) The North Central
States, Ohio. I,dlsna. Illinois, Michigan
Wisconsin. Minnesota, Inwa, Missouri
Dakota, N .hrsska and Kansas. making
eleven (i) Tie South Central Sales
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, rexa'
Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky. ms
king seven, or. with Indian Territory as
smother unit, eight. (5) The Western
States. now mostly territories, 5u: reck.
oning in Montana. Iial,o. Washington
Oregon. Wyoming. Colorado. New Mex
leo, Ar znna. u ah, Nevada and Califor.
mia, eleven in ali.
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Lizzie Marcellls. the circus rider
who was lost with Stoves show on the
burned Mississippi steamer Golden CITY.
vent of with Dan Rice when only s
wears Of aga Dams circus passed
through rural town near Schenectady.
and L Bsie role a short distance with the
clown in his buggy. She was a remark.
ably pretty and bright child, aud on
leaving her at her parents door he gave
the family tickets for that evenings per
formance She was infatuated with the
circus, and begged 20 be taken along
Dan and his wife offered to adopt her
and the parents gave her up. She was
soon put into training for horseback RI
ding. at which she became an expert
A; the time Of her death, at the age o
y. she owned most of the horses in the
Stowe establishment, elk cages OF wild
snim ais, and $1,000 worth OF dresses ant
diamonds
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RisHs p .GALLAsHER's vrsIr.-B'shop-

RIsH' p GALLAGHER VIsIr. r.-B shop
elec, n. A. GaIlaeher,oi Canopus, Egypt,
and administr ator OF the diocese of Ga'-
weston, Texas. has been at home, near
Batesville, on . long expected visit to
his mother and many friends, where he
was. the recipient Of many copgratnls.
tions and we'll wishes. So great q dig
nitsry Of his church Is not likely soon
again to he In this region. He il just
back from the scene OF bis future lshors
at Galveston. His conservation will take
place on the S0h Of April at Galveston,
ard the ceremonial will be very impres-
sive. An excursion train will be rub
from Columbus. starting on the - b
inst ct 2 30p NJ. Many Of his friends
OF the clergy and lsItv from this State
will atteHd.- ComIridge Jsfer3aian.
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A New CITY.

. FORT KEoGH, NJ T ,Apri: IS "a syn.
dictate of New Y rk gentleman have
bought up C!srke's RIrh hose, lands.
orer 10000 acres, at the bead of navi
CATION on the Yellowstone RIVER. A
large city, to he named Billings. has heen
laid ont and nearly all the lots sold q,
from $500 TO $3.50 each. Men attended
in crowds and ] 'stled each other to se'
their names put down. Mr. Billings, OF
New York, is said TO be at the head o!
the enterprise.
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Cincinnati Commercial. Rep.


AZ the conditions are. the Republican
parry In OHIO Is gone, hook and line,
boh, sinker and pole1 .Bul must We
submit TO the GrrGansp Well, not ex
sctly, but be taught in the school OF ex-
2erience bv q s.ugle object lesson to
mind Your own business II such flame
nursts from q green tree, what will hap
pen when tae wood gets drv2
II this is the result OF the Pond RilI.
which is right in principle, what would
happen il The 81. Smith Bill. and other
legislation designed to chasti.e Us with
a Scotch Sunday, should be ground
through the mill ?
In the sprin. Deacon Smiths fancy
lightly turns to giving the Republican
party sulphur snd molssses, with sassa-
iras tea and circus lemonade.
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rG-The lush element of the Dem,


tG The I,ish element of the Demo-
cratic party Of B,llaire is not pleased
with the new aininistrstion. They talk
bitterly Of Mayor Cooper, but tina. gen.
tleman maintains .hs dignity OF his po-
siiion IN manner heretofore unknown
to the dissa'isfied. element. The Irish
want a representative on the police force
and because the Mayor refused to ap.
point any OF the men whose names we're
presented to him he is being snundl,
abused He believes that in choosing
his police he has choseA we'll and the
mtn now m will he permitted 10 remsin
for fair trial. None OF them are al.
lowed to frequent saloons while on duty
-Eellaire Indepeadent. l3th inst.
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WILLIAM Bloch, OF Cleveland. aad W.
A. WRioHr, OF Hooking County, Men,
hers Of the Legislature, charged With &C.
eepting bribes, and J. D. WATSON. charg.
ed with attempted bribery of members,
were indicted by the Franklin County
Grand jars on the 18th inst. All three
were arrested and confined in The county
jail. No whitewash about that action.
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MAYOR COOPER is starting off sdmirs-
bly,. He will not permit himself to be
run hv the p"li,ical suckers who claim
the right to make appointments that are
unfit to he made. He intends to keep
the interests of the city and gnod gov.
ernment steadily in view without regard
to the desires Of few men who claim
the right to make appointments Bell.
d,re Independent
You will find Mr.. CoorER to he man
who can run his Office without the aid oi
political. barhacles. He will give your
city the best government It ever had il
the better class range themselves with
bin, as they should and, We do not
dogbt, will do.
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Death from Skipping Rope.

One night last week little girl named
Catherine McP lizard, seven years of age,
residing in Nv York, was taken i'll. A
ply ,ician was summoned, who, on max.
ing diagnosis Of the case, stated that
the chiId was dying from an affection OF
the heart, caused by ovel-exertion. After
desth it was learned that the child had
heen playing with some companions on
the previous afternoon. and had over.
exer,ed herself with skipping the rope.
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eg There seema to- he great deal Of

~ lU6Ic ectiuN w U6 gEcat uthi VI
misunderstanding as TO the meaning OF
the circular. issued by the Auditor oi
Safe. in relation to the duties of Asses-
sors under the Pond law. That law
goes into effect on the 1t dsv OF May,
and within thirty days after that dav all
persons engaged in the liquor traffic are
required to paw the.isx The Assessors
are presumed TO do their work in April,
and as the law dnes not GO into effect
till Nav, they can have no duties to per.
form under il this wear, and this is all the
Auditor of State has to say shout it. II
snv persons think the Inv will not 60
into effect this year, because OF this cir.
cnlar advice IN Assessors. AMI attempts
TO carry on the business beyond thirty
days frnm the 1,t of Nav. Sithout paw.
ing the tax and giving the boni, they
will certainly srfler the penalties pre-
scribed In The law Beiluire Tribune.
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8 n
ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE il hereby given sfsst bes ition will
IN be spFeseniei to- tlie-C ! un,n,ssioners Of
Monroe cpunty. Ohio. At their next Session. t'
be held on the hrst Mnnlay of june, A. D.
1899. pray ing f,r tina estsb'ishunsnt of u cnun.
ty road along the following described route in
said county. to- wfs Beginnins ip the eonnty
road on the lands of Joseph Gin. ne:st what Is
known a. the Crnmur brid: 20 IN section G tpwE-
ship 8, of range o running thence in u SOUTH
erly direction through the lands Of said Jo.
seph Cline. David n. Riggs and @. Webr on
whose land it il to terminate at the bridge
known as the Rina d's Mil Brii,e. in sail
county. MANY PETITIONERS.
spr1S,'s ,'sax5..
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Pike Bonds.

In the House at Colutsbus on the Is h
inst. The pike bond bill vas passed and
is now Q Law. The town Council can
suthoriEa . vote to he taken any time
within two years by giving ten days no.
tice. The people are ready to vote on
the proposition now. Let the Council
give their notice. The rate OF taxation
Is 3 % on each 800. The vote
will show whether the people are pre-.
pared to add to the burden by imposing
q debt Of $4,000 more upon themselves
Let the more debt advocates show theil
hands.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-04-18

The circulation of q newepsper il the
criterion by which Its value as an adver.
t!sing medium is gauged, We invite our
advertisers to come up any time bel ween
Monday morning and Tuesday noon, ,aul
examine the pile Of papers we send out
weeklyi our subscription book Is also
open to your inspection, AMI will show
he character Of its patrons.
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From the Jeanette Survivors.

BosrnN, ADril 13.-Two private let.
ters dated kn,sk. February l, 1882.
have bcen received in Salem bv the fam.
lily and friends of Raymond Newcomb,
'ax x;dermist on The Jeanette. The sur.
vivors are now on their way from Irkutsk
to ST Pete'shurg,and are near Augsburg
on the Siberian frontier. Newcomb
writes thai, barring unavoidable delas 8,
the party will arrive in St. Petersburg
about the 1st OF Nav. Lieut.. Dauen-
hover was improving rapidly, and New
comb had be acting as the latter g
amannensis. Every member of the par-
ty has gained in health The tone OF
the letters is very cheerful and hopeful.
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For heaiache, sick headache tak
PFp,,NA

For heaiache, slck headaches fake
PERUNA.
The 63 I anniversary Of @ ,een Fic,o-
ris's birth occurs on Nav "a, next, and
W II he celehrsteh on that day, excepting
in England. where. owing to exceptional
circumstances, June 81 will he observed
instead
Much better 80 withon, auesr and CO =
fee than to be out of PERESs.
Three ais'ers. Sarah Watson. Mrs.
c, n,hians Winsmore and Mrs Elizabeth
Smith, residing in Philadelphia, were re.
ported 70 the Coroner as having died
within half an hour OF each other Satu'-
day night.
A company proposes building line
nj embankment for a railroad live teei
above high water mark. running along
the east side Of Inc Mississippi river
from Memphis 70 Vickshurg, thus form.
ing al once levee and roadbed.
Your duty is tn keep from getting
sick, il you err. With PERuNA you can
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THE Republican leaders, who went up
10 Columbus last week to decide upon
the time for holding their State Cnnven.
,ion, we're sff1icied with the "blues !"
Some lsuded the PoND-SMlfH com mbina.
tion, while o,here cursed It vigorously,
Governor Fosfss msde d speech In
which he Iauded his party and predicted
victory for It mex Fall, FosrER is glad
be dent have to run for Governor this
ytAf
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Jumbo, the "larges, elephant in cap,

Jumbo, the 'larges, elephant in cap;
tivity," recently purchased In E g'and
nv Barnnm, hss arrived. He landed in
New York on the 9th, and as soon as he
set loot on American soil he was treated
to o quart Of whisky, which We are told
he "swalowed with the satisfaction he.
coming any topper. On the frst dav ol
the VOYAGE ne was indisposed and re
fnsed TO eat, hut alter that he used ur
his allntment Of hay and other iced He
is nnw domic!lei at Ms'lison Sqnare
Garden.
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JcrsE WHLIE. Of the Criminal Cour,
at Washington, decided last week that
the indictments in the cases Of the Star
Route fsscsls were al right, and axed
May 1 as the date when the trial Of the
cases will commence. The trisls of Don
sEY, BRADY and other leading lights in
the Republican party will best close
Watching.
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THE COLD SNAP.
Reports from Ohio, Indiana, Ken.
. tGcky. West Virginia, rennsyl-
vania and the E0rthWest.

CINCIxNArr,April Ii --Opinions abont
ihe effect Of the cold weather on fruit
AID grain cannot he formed with con-
ide' ee so soon alter the frost. The
cloudy weather Il day in this Locality
wss highly favorable, hut Tonight it is
clearing and there are fesrs thst another
frost 10 night nay intensity. the trouble.
The ground frog here last night and to.
day the leaves are dropping. Frui,
growers in the suburbs are divided in
opinion. n' arly all agreeing, however,
that the strswherries are killed. and tha'
the peaches are rnnte aor less Injured.
while grapes, cherries, apples ami pears
are not much hut. -...-.-...,- ,-.
Specials to he c numerical and Ga.
xette, from Ia ge number Of places in
Ohio, Indisna, K"ntHcey and West Vir.
giuia, show similar variance OF opin.
ion. In Marietta il Is said ice formed
an inch thick, while in Fndlav il was
even colder. The thermometer is report-
I'd at various points throughout Ohio as
low as "a. From the greater number
Of points il is said peaches end early
cherries are all or nearly all HI led, but
in most instances apples are repnrted un-
injured.
Several places in Ohio, Indiana and
Ken'nckv report no damage at all. Near.
ly all speak of serious damage to the
wheat in locslities where it was far sd-
vsnced At several points the weather
WAS said to be colder 10. light than last
night.
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THURhAN and Foster for Congress.
msn-a,-Lsrge. Tha, would hs rare fun.
DO that, gentlemen, and the Democrats
viii favor the appoin.men, Of an inves.
'igsing committee next Winter, with
power 10 send for persons and papers,
'o irquire into FosrER's defeat by ma
rity Of "a, 900 votes.
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JoBS G. THOMPSON is airing his opsn.
ion. At Washington. JONES' political
opinions are not entitled to much weight
because they are generally believed &c
I've second-hand goods. manufactured to
ssss any market in need OF material Of
That manufacture and quality.