The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-08-08
MILTON sBURG ITEMS.
July 81, 1882

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Ed. SPIRIT: While we greet our many
visitors and arrivals, we also welcnme
our correspondent who has been absent
for some time.
We are rejrice, to see Mrs. j. STEELE,
who is slowly ec,veriag, able 10 visit
our village once moro.
VI>IroRs Mr.. G. Schell AMI family,
of Martins Ferry; NJ. C. Gcssel aud
wife from Moundsville. Frank Luly is
home from Pittsburgh.
Misses A aud L Ketterer returned
last Saturday, from their visit along the
river.
/ Our farmers are busy in the hay fields.
Some OF, our neighbors are complaining
of their potatoes ro,ting.
We notice a new bar keeper at the
Watson saloon IS. P. Luly.
l. Gakenheiner is kept very busy
grinding new wheat.
! Rev. Garrett preached very able GER
mon last Sabbath evening.
"There is nothing new under the snn"
some OF our citizens are on special
drunk.
On Mondsr Rev. Burkhait and wife
started to Woods6eld aud had runa-
way, both being thrown out of their bug
gy hut luckily escaped uninjured.
| Mr.. Ross cut his foot severely with an
| AK
We were sorry 20 see Rev. H Keller
leave US this week or bis new and first
field OF labor in Pennsvlvania, and also
for the girl he left behind him. But such
| is life.
Wonderful things transpire and some
times things very surprising; one such
is: That one famous cure-all physician
would even think of refusing TO work
the roads or furnish the Supervisor with
the necessary three dollars as substitute
Our latest sensation is the result of such
refusal on the part Of Dr.. Sebastian,
who came TO our town a short tine
since calling himself an Indian doctor.
He introduced himself by .ming hand
bills representing that he even possessed
something less than Car load OF instru-
ments with which ordinary physicians
we're entirely unacqaaintei. OF course
he wanted no patients except those pro-
nounced incurable by physicians, and of
course we would expect such famous
character to cheerfully meet the demands
of the law, especially as to road work.
i ing. But you know. Mr.. Editor, the In
dian don't work the roads. G. E. K,
our Supervisor, brought the gent up be
| fore Justice Groux, who, OF course, rem
iered a Judgment in favor of Malaga
township But this the DR.. disregarded
entirely, leaving the Supervisor in the
cost OF prosecution; but Charlie was suf,
6cient for the occasion, and at his order
Constable Slusher appeared at The hotel
about noon one day, and when the noted
character took his seat at the table Mart
picked up all the property the DR.. had
and declared it in the hands of the State
Of Ohio. Property taken as follows
plug hat, suit of clothes, drugs and
instruments; appraisement of all about
S15. But now &C mes the great surprise
We all supposed the Dr. did own some
wonderful instruments, and especially
0OOu supply, as Wci as aooot iuous W
drugs, (this conclusion was drawn from
the reading OF the handblls, not the APP
pesrance Of the man.. But while Char
klie was feeling so good over his apparent
vic,ory,he received written notice from
Mr.. Russell thst on certain day he
would be at Squire Grouxs to try the
right OF property. The day OF trial has
not arrived yet, 1t having been postponed
few times, but we have become rather
anxious about the reputation of the DR.
Is it true, Dr., that Russell owns that
plug hat and suit OF clothes? What
pity that man, with such philanthro
pic heart as to spend several years among
the Indians preparing to practice medi.
cine and then leave the large cities and
more lucrative practice to settle in Mil.
tonsburg, cannot be sufficiently support
ed to own his wearing apparel! People
who won't do better for DR.. than that
ought to suffer and die.
LATER.-He redeemed his plug hat
and started for Woods6eld subscribe
myself INDIAN COPENHAGEN.