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Bellaire Tribune. 7th inst.
Salvage Laws.

Lumber, barrels and other articles OF
more or less value have been drifting
down the river during the past few days,
much of which has been captured by in
dustripus wayfarers who lined the shores.
Such property, however, does not be-
10 lg TO the men who thns gather it in,
and the laws OF Ohio distinctly define
the course TO be taken in discovering its
owner. Section 6639 of our State stat
utes provides that it shall he lawful for
sLy person 10 take possess on of prop
erty found floating in any river, lake,
etc and if no one claims it, or prove
his right to it within thirty days, "the
taker up shall cause such property to he
viewed Dy two freeholders, who shall
give description Of the same, with its
value. TO some justice Of the peace, with
in FIVE days." The justice of the peace
is directed to transmit said description
to the clerk of the Common Pleas Court
within fifteen davs. The owner can take
possession of his property on proving
his ownership, and paving the "taker
up" such compensation as shall he deem
ed reasonable by the justice OF the peace.
If, at the end of two months, no one
shall claim the property, it will vest in
the ''taker up" unless it be worth over
five dollars, in which case it must be de-
livered tn the constable Of the township
to be advertised and Id to the highe ct
bidder, the proceeds of the sale to go
into the county treasury. IL the owner
Of said property shall pro'e, his right
thereto within two years the money re-
sultipg from the sale to he paid over to
him.
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RETIRING GENERAL GRANT,
The House Military Committee Op-
posed to 1t.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 AT q meeting
OF the House military committee to day
Cbairnon Henderson presented and read
a report favoring the placing of General
Grant on the retired list, and urged its
adoption by fhe committee. He reca-
pitula'ed the services rendered by Gen.
Grant during the rebellion, and contend
ed that this recognition was due him by
the country as compliment to bis mil
itary skill. Representative Bayne took
issue with the chairman, and held that il
was not at all complimentary to General
Grant to make such tender to him as q
place on the retired list unless be was in
needy circumstances. He called atten-
ton to the fact that the report submitted
by the chairman made no such allega-
ton, and therefore inquired il General
Grant was actually in need. To this
Mr.. Henderson replied that Gen. Gran,
was worth several hundred thousand
dollars, hut would repeat that the pro.
posed retirement bill was merely com
piiment. Messrs. Steele and Spsuldine
took the came view of the case that Mr.
Bayne did, and upon vote as tc adopt
ing OF rejecting the report the yeas were
Messrs. Henderso On, McCook and Spoon
er, and the nays Messrs Bavns, Steele
Spaulding, Upson and Wheeler. SO tn
report was negstived, and that will prob
ably be the last heard Of the Grant bill
this session.
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AN EXTRA SESSION.
The Talk Turning That Way Very
Strongly.

WASHINGTON, Feb 6-The Critic oil
thi. evening has the following:
Before the Honse met this morning
the Critic maa interviewed several mem
hers upon the probability OF an extra
session The drift of opinion seemed
to he in the direction ths, an extra ses
sion was highly probable Most Con-
gressmen agree with Nr Carlisle that it
will be physical impossihility to pass
the tariff bill, and it is we'll known that
Mr.. Kelley last week expressed hims
as having given up nearly all hope for
its passage. But Is of the 81 pages in
the bill devoted to durable articles have
been acted upon, and these have cor
tanned no items upon which any great
fight has been made. the glass and
esrthenwsre schedule is now under con-
sideration, and the committee Of the
whole have not yet reached in this sched.
ue the items relating to cast polished
plate glass, upon which there will un-
doubtedlv he warfare. The President,
it is said, remarked emphatically some
weeks ago that the country needed an
immedilte revision of the tariff, and thai
in case the present Congress failed to
pass a measure beneficial to the govern
ment and the people, he would call an
extra session of the 4S b Congress. A
friend of the President. who will not al
low his name to be published, said this
morning that there w,uld he an extra
session without question, no matter il
the present bill did pass
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About Advertising.
Geneva Advertiser.

A statement is going the rounds that
the lowest priced column of the New
York Herald nets S39 1913 per year, the
highest Sl4S.000. j. T. Bolles, of Ge-
nevs, once had occasion to advertise in
that paper while he was in the city, and
entering the business office he took his
place IN line with some twenty others.
They approached the desk of the adver-
tising department where the clerk count
ed the words in the notice, stated the
price and received the cash in advance in
all instances. Each one did not require
more than two minutes. He noiiced one
man approscb just in advance ot Bolles'
turn. The clerk counted the words and
sung out, "Four seventy-five, please "
What! isn't that pretty steep2' inqnir
e7 the man in really country sort o.
wsy. The clerk didn't stop to daily two
hours with the customer, inform him
how eTerything had advanced, and to
take the advertisement at lower rate
would he 10 rob james Gordon Ben.
nett's children of bread. He did not de
liver to him long lecture on how much
it costs TO run an Office. men to pay, pa
per makers to deal With, wear and tea
of type and machinery, a string that al
most every country editor has learned
by heart. He spoke politely, but with
business air, Step right along, sir;
have no time to talk with you. Nextr
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CY The Kcrld h inst, says the
Washington dispatches indicate dis.
position at the Capital to hold the Pres
ident to the responsibility of his posi-.
ton, touching tariff legislation. The
President is not insensihle to public
opinion, and must therefore be aware
that the country holds him to grave re.
sponsibility for the appointment of the
comm Isioners to revise the tariff, al.
most every one of whom had direct per-
sonai interest in sn unrevised tariff. II
he had appointed we'll known advocates
Of revenue tariff, with these represen
tatives of protected industries, and filed
up the commission with disnterested
statisticians, or if the two reports of the
commission could not agree, they would
have been valuable, at least, as material
for Congress to work upon But "the
investigation" of the commission was 8
farce. The report of the commission
was not even an attempt to meet the just
expec, alions Of the country, and Low
that Mr.. K-l!ev's committee has manip-
ulated report, it is evident that the last
state of the tariff, if the Republicans in
Congress have their wav. will be worse
than the first. II Mr.. Kelley succeeds
the business Of the country will he far
more disturbed than it is now Simply
because it will be evident to everybody
that that monstrous measure will moi
and cannot he left undsturbed. 1t is
evident that the Presidents is called upon
to do something, in order TO repair his
own mistakes and those of his party.
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Wheeling Wholesale Market.
WHEELING. Tuesday. Feb g.

Grain--The grain trade The past week
has heen satisfactory, although there has
been nothing of snecial interest in the
local market. Wheat this morning is
worth 81; that il the price paid for good
red wheat State corn is now wort,
so 55c. Good State oats are aroted at
40a45c
Flour-1he demand continues fair
with no change in prices The qunta1
ticns this morning are: New -four 8 80
a6 90 The regular brands are as follows.
Choice amber. 6 75s7 %; medium ana
Der, 6 Cess 25; Wisconsin, 6 75s7 90;
Minnesota extra. 75aS 90; fancy st.
Louis, 8 00a8 so; fancy patents. 8 25a
8 70; C nrn meal, per bushel, 90c; oa'-
m"al, fancy, per barrel, 5 75s6 90;
common. 5 20; rye -four. per barrel.
5 50a5 10.
Dried Fruits We qnote prime q1af
tered apples at 74c; evapolated apples
l3al4c per Mound; evaporaled peaches
(unparea) 16e per pound.
Salt-Per barrel 81 10.
Seeds The prices are as fol'ows:
timothy co; clover 00a5 go; Blue
Grass l 10; orchard gra 90
Vinegar-Double strength wine vine-
gar, 25a30c; standard. Ila13c; l0.1Ic
for country stock wine vinegar Soc.
:sesaS Rce pts are light; demand
steady; prime navies SO 90: prime me-
iium 50 so; llmaa Toad 90; butter
beans SO rs per bushel.
Cheess-Is quoted at loo for prime
Western and l34al5 for New York.
Sweiizer l6ta17c, according to quality.
Limhurger l2c.
Fea' hers Live geese Arm at 50a55c;
40a45c for mixel.
Honey--W hite clover, new 23a25c ii
| and 2-pound frames per round; New
York, in irregular packages 1Sa20c.
3nckwheat 15,l6c; stroined 10,l2c.
Tallow-Market steady country 6a6Se
per pound; CITY 7a71c.
Baeswax No. |, 25s2Sc
General Pro luce-Apples, III good de-.
mand hut scarce at SO 50i4 90 pr hars
rel. Bnlter, receipts medium; 20a22 per
II. for frstic dss article. S,uer K-aut,
I6 00.7 90 per barrel. Eggs. rec.ipts
light and demand good at 30a3lc per
loz"n FOR fresh. 20 a;oes, very scarce
90c per hu ,hel.
App'e Batter-5ac per podni
Ginseng-once m IRE coming in The
market and quoted at so per barrel.
Wool-Is still dull and weak. The
best grade is not quoted above 81.
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The Last Quail is Downed.

New YORK, February 5-Mr. Wal
colt came up smiling to-day to down his
last brace of quail. His prolonged diet
on the birds seemed to have freshened
him. In reply to an inquiry as 10 his
condition he said: II feel as well as
when / started, and l don't know but
better, if anything"
Among the spectators in the crowd
on the porch were Drs Alsdorf and Niv.
ison DR.. Nivison remarked that it was
his third visit to an apparently healthy
patient. The qlail man cleaned the
homes Of bird fity-nine in three minutes
and thirty seconds, aud bird six'y ir
three minutes and forty seconds-sever
minutes ten seconds total time. Thi:
finished the thirty pair id thirty consec
ulive days, with an extra one on Friday
last,
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THE OHIO CAPITOL
To Be RemOdeled and Enlarged to
Meet Demands for Room.

COLUMBUS Feb. 8.-For several years
the State officials have been trying tc
induce the Legislature 20 do something
toward furnishing more room for the de-
partments. Two plans are suggested by
the committee that has the matter in
charge. Que is for another story on the
present capitol building and finish it ac-
cording to or something like the origi-
nal plan. The other is for separate
building The first is generally favored.
The capitol IN its present state Is an ar
chitectural monsrositS. 1t covers nearly
two acres OF ground, hut is only tw }
stories high 1t has "squatty' look
1t was originally intended to 6lish it of
with lofty dome with spire, but il
was never done. Instead round tower
of an exceedingly ugly pattern was
perched on the roof. Looked at from a
distance the capitol resembles m"re than
anything else one Of the monitors o.
the late war, which we're said to lock
"like a Yankee cheese-hox On raft. "
1t is now proposed to take down this a :
legged dome" raise the bnilding another
story. and then finish it off with dome
more appropriate to the size and style OF
the building, and one that will not vio-
late all the principles OF architecture
This could he done without great ex-
pense, abundant room would be provi-
ded for the various departments of the
State government, and there would be q
State house than which few Sates.coul !
boast finer. The other sL:.ame is TO
erect another and smaller building to
be occupied by the Supreme Court A.
torney General, Law Library, and such
other departments as have near rela-
'ion-hip to the Supreme Court 1t is
probable that the first named plan will
be adopted and the work entered upon
within year or two
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OUR POPULATION.
A Comfortable Rate of Increase and
What 1t Means.
American Agriculturist.

American Agrlculturlst.
The population of the Un ted States
has been growing at such comfortable
rate that il has doubled about once 10 rs
years, and good ci,iz ms who have fallen
into the habit of regarding this as nor
nal growth, have come 10 believs that
Ibis >ort of thing is to conlinue, and that
the doubling is to go on through all
time Yet there is liml. TO this growth,
fortunately, and to The room in which il
would disport itself. little attention
to the figures will show us that, at the
present ale of prog ess, the POI Olulation
of the Union would be eigh, hundred
millions in 1880, ard about sixteen bun
dred millions in 2005 or about the timn
OF the mex! transit Of Venus Tue amount
of smoked glass required to accommc-
date the eyes Of the faces upturned to
this phenomenon, at that remote daY,
would probably eqlal the area Of some
OF the States. 1t IS well to- curb the as-
pirations of our National pride bv dispo-
sing Of some OF these delusions Of hope,
and TO bring our faith in the future with
in more reasonable limits Prof. Proc
tor has undertaken the task, and he shows
thot in exactly SIT years the population
Of the United States, progressing at the
present rate. would furnish four pei sons
to each square yard OF su face for all the
1000 600 sqnare miles for all The habits
BILE part Of North America In eli years,
w. than the entire surface Of the globe
ia hs occupied in the same wav.
Prot Proctor further shows that at the
low rate of II per cent increase per an
nun, which is about the present rate OF
growth in England, it woull require bn'
1888 years to pack the earth's surfac
with these human ssrdines vet The pc.
riod named is but mere nothing in the
cycle OF history. Ole thing is very Ger
tain, that long before this crowded con-
dition could be developed. the earth
would cease to be inhabited, either within
or without the United States. One OF
the most comfortable considerations in
the whole a'ter is that those who come
after US will see the problem worked out
under the same code Of nat1ral laws bp
which the present state Of things has
been reached, even though that code mil
i,ates against the manifest destiny aspi'
rations OF patriotic people.
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OBITUARY.

MRS. LOUIS EGGER, o. Lewisville, who
died on Monday, the 29 b of last month
was highly respected by all who knew
her, and her loss is keenly felt by her
friends and nei .hhors. She was horn in
1909 near Stuttgart in Germany and
come to this country when q1ite young.
In the year 1884 she was married to Mr..
JOHN JACOB EGGER, in the city Of Phila-
delphia. Shortly after ey made their
home near Miltonsburg or her -four
children two died In earlv life. Her
daughter ELIz, in lS47, aged nine years
The death Of her husband in 1863 was 8
severe trial to her, but she found CON-
fort aud consolation in the Lord whom
she loved and served. When a widow,
she made her home with her daughter
Mrs. C C. NIEsER, in Lewisville In
1869 she mourned the loss Of her dsugh-
ter, MATHILDE AGNES; who died Of con.
sumption. at the age OF nineteen. She
bore all these trials VIII CHRISTIAN pa
tience and trusted in the living God.
For years past, she vas suffering from
bodily lnfirmat'es. On Monday, the
oath of last month, she had stroke oi
paralysis and died few days after in
the hopes Of a glorious Immortality.
She was buried in Miltonsbury.
"There parted hearts again shall meet
In union holy. calm and sweet
Their grief find rest and never more
Shall sorrow call them to d.plore."
ALBERT j. WINTERICK
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a~Lent commenced on the 7th inst,
The season is said to have derived its
name from the German word lenz signi.
tying spring, according to some writers
because the DAYS lengthen Others derive
it from lens or "entile," that food be.
ing largely eaten during the Len'en sea-
son. 1t is observed by the Episcopal,
Roman, Augsburg, Lutheran and some
other churches, but is peremtorlv OBJ
served nv the Catholics, to commemorate
the forty days. fast OF our Lord, in the
wilderness, though the Greek church
lengthens it to fortr-eight davs. The
forty dave observed bv the Episcopal
and Catholic cbarches do not include
Sundays.
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Poor ireland.

We NAV criticise Irisbmen as much as
we plesse-and in many respects their
conduct is fairly open to criticism-hut
We cannot help pitying the utter wretch.
edness OF their present condition. In
some parts Of Galway, and in manv
parts OF Donegal, the horrors Of actual
famine are being realz,d. Our cshle
despatch from Dublin brings the news
of death by. starvation ut Loughrea, o
town in and about which there was un.
told suffering in 1880. II 1t we're sin
gle case we might easily pass it by with
out comment; but, unfortunately, it is
the indication OF general and deplora
he state OF affairs. The Poor Law
Guardians declared that the case was
only one Of many. and 'he bishop and
priests announced that iher had not 8
shilling with which to slieyiate the in.
creasinc misery of the population Last
years crop of potatoes is we'll nigh il
not entirely consumed, and in the terri
ble interval between February and July,
when the new crop will begin to come
in, there seems to be nothing to do but
to starve
The British government might easily
give employment by means Of relief
works, but 1t hss always been strangely
lisincIiued TO lend helping hand to
Ireland, and at this present moment l.
Ia so busy in tracking certain criminals
that it is forgetful Of tens Of thousands
of women and children who have scarce
ly ever had enough to eat and VINO now
have nothing We do not apologize tor
agrarian or other crimes, but it must be
admitted that the paternal character Of
the government Is such as to excite any
thing but feeling Of patriotism. 1t is
rather difficult to kiss the hand that
smites you, and chronic condition Of
mi-starvs'ion is not favorable to 10y.
slty.-N. 2. Herald, 7th inst.
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A Diamond Trick.

Recently couple of diamond traders
appeared in the New York market, pa,
ing coed prices for interior stones. In
few days there was au unusual namher
OF very brilliant and apparently perfect
ores being oferci for sale by couple
Of other dealers Tiffany and others
who had sold nearly all the dull, lustre-
less stones they had on bands bought
freely of the new brilliants, the prices
asked being very reasonable. 1t now
turns out that they were buying back
the stones for thousands which they sold
for hundreds. The first pair of dealers
had some sort of red varnish they put
on them that changed the yellow to the
proper steel blue tint, but it does not
as.
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Special Session Of the County Com
misSlOnerS.

Special Session Of the County Com
misslOnerS.
The Board met on Monday. the 9th
inst, present LIEUELLEN, GARDEN and
AFFoLrER.
Allowed Samuel Gray $29 for work
on Muskingum creek road.
Bids for the erection ofa bridge across
the Rich Fork Of Muskinvum creek at
Farnsworth's were received. That Of
G W. Coltss was accepted at S6 per
lineal foot. Bond for performance o.
contract $1,000 Contract to be com
pleted bv October lst, 1883.
The con'rac, for the ahutments was
awarded to Isaac Cline and c Okev al
Sl.9i per perch of 25 cubic ieet; exca
valions. 25 cents per cubic yard. Con-
tract to be completed on or before Sept.
lst, 1888. Bond 81 600.
The Board examined the wing walls
to the bridge at Straight Fork, built by
Okey & Fisher, and accepted the same
Contracted With James and Eiwari
Dnughertv to stone rods OF Bates
road, in Wayne township, for $22, 10 he
l2 feet vide and one foot deep. Work
to be done Immediately.
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~ Mrs Eiz,beth Yost, wife of ia
cob Y ,st, Sr., of this place, died very
suddenly on Wednesday evening, the
Gath ult. She was at home sll alone,
when death suddenly came to her.. She
was found living on the kitchen q 'or
about 8 o'cl 1ck, ant hal baen dea | hIt
an hour or so, as she had jlsl been across
the street to her daughters Mrs. Scher-
Finger q short time before. The cause
of her death is attributed to apoplexy.
She had lived her three score and three
years, three months and five days. The
funeral took place on Saturday. Rev
A. J. Bartpls, OF Baresvllle, preached
the funeral discourse in the German
Church to a large crowd Her remains
we're deposited in the Woodland Gene
try of this township. Mrs. Yost was
the mother Of eleven children,:-four
girls and seven hoys, nine OF whom sur
vive her; AMI all but one live in or near
this county.-Cl1rington Independent, I'd
inst
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-oOn
Resolved, That it is inexpe iient to dis
continue the coinage of silver under ex
istine laws
"Resolced, That all coin now in the
Treasury. excepting an amount not ex
ceeding 25 per cent Of the outstanding
greenback circulation as redemption
fund, and also excepting all sums held
for redemption of outstanding gold and
silver certificates, should be at once used
in payment of outstanding interest bear.
ing obligations of the Government which
are subj .ct to call and payment, as it is
the judgment of this committee that il
is inexpedent to suspend the coinage OF
the stantsfd silver dollar under existing
law, and, as in the Judgment OF the
Treasury officials, additional vault.r6om
for the storage of the coins should be
provided
"Rssohied. Thst the committee recon-
mend that the Committee on Appropria.
tions appropriate such sum as they shall
be advised is necessary for providing
additional vsllt-room. And we further
recommend that such additional vault
room should be located in the Mississip
pl Valley, at such point or points as will
be determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury"
Those voting for the resolutions were
Messrs. Belford, Mcclure, Pavson, Sim
gleton, Rosecrans, Bland and Lima -
This action of the committee will make
it Impossible for those who advocate the
single standard to either further limit or
discontinue the coinsgc of the silver
dollar. - Washington Telegram, 5th ins:
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A Man Who Refuses to Eat, Be-
cause He Thinks He Is Dead.

PIrTsBUReH, February ga member
OF prominent hardware firm on Lib
erty street has become insane and pos
sessed Of most peculiar mania He
imagines that he is dead, snd he will not
take any food. He declares chat as hs
is corpse it would not be proper to
eat anything, and his physicians have
been compelled to pour coup and beei
tea between his clenched teeth TO keep
him from starving.
This will recall to many old citizens
the strange fancy of gentleman who
was the father-in-law Of we'll known
steel manufacturer He thought be was
china dish, and was in constant terror
of being broken. He would go to bed
and stay there for months, aud i any
one approached him he would exclaim
Look out; you NAV break me"
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PROBATE COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Feb. 3-The last Will and Testament
of Edward Kelly. decd. was admitted
to probate. W Fl Booth was appoint
ell Admir- with the Will annexed; boni
1900 L o. Okav, Thomas Lncss and
c B Knowlton we're appointed apprais-
ers.
Feb. Application was made TO
have the last Will and Testament OF
Richard Angus, decd, admitted to pro-
hate.