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Pumpkin Vine Eight Inches
Broad.
Apollo Herald.

Appollo Herald.
There is very curious pumpkin vine
growing on the property Of Mr.. x. Nc.
Elwain, in Sugar Hollow. The vine
comes out Of the ground about the size
Of an ordinary vine, or one inch 10 d.
ameter. 1t then begins to grow fiat and
at length of 10 feet IL is 8 inches broad
and about one.half inch thick. The vine
In all is about 20 inches long. and ct Its
widest point is lS inches, while it GOV.
cred it's length with branches, leaves
and innumerable pumpkins.
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III M E5
FOB HOLDING
Circuit CourtA.D. 1886

State of Ohio, Fourth Judicial District
1t is ordered that the terms Of the Circuit
Court Of the several counties in said Cirsuit
for the year 1886, be fixed as follows, to wit:
Monroe county ON the 14th day Of Januar,
and the 23d day Of September.
Washington county on the 18th day Of Jan
uary and the 9th day of September.
Athens county on the 25th day of January
and the 18th day of October.
Hooking county on the 9Th day Of February
and the 22d day Of October.
Vinton county on the 15}h day Of February
and the 26th day Of October.
Meigs county on the 23d day Of February
and the Goth day of October.
Gallia county on the 4th day Of March and the
Sd day of November. f 1
Lawrence county on the 18th day Of March
and the 9Th day of November.
Scioto county on the 22d day Of March and
the 1lth day of November.
Adams county on the 9th day Of April and
the 18th day Of November.
Brown county on the 18th day Of April and
the 10th day of November.
Highland county on the aeth day Of April
and the 18th day Of November.
Pickaway county on the 10th day Of May
and the 1st day of December
Ross county on the Gath day Of May and tho
9Th day Of December. ~
Pike county on the 9Th day Of June and the
18th day Of December.
jackson county on the 18th day Of June and
the 18th day Of December.
Said terms 10 begin at l0 O'Clock A. N.
August 1S, 1885.
T. CHERRINGTON.l
J ?, BRADBURY, Judges.
MILTON L. CLARK.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
CONSTITUTION or oHlo.
ELHCTIOHG9.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. q.

HVUOE SVlNT kESOLUTlON NJ. W.
m JOINT RESOLUTION y
Prgposing Amemdments to articles Too !,
:, Three, and Ten of the Constitw.
tion of he State. iyssi'' &
Bel resolsed By ass General Asssm6y Of a.
State of Ohio, That propositions TO amend seo-
tion Of article II, section Of article III,
and section. 2 Of article x Of the cons1i s1itution
Of the State Of Ohio, shall bs submitted 70
the electors Of this state,on the second Tues.
day Of October, A. D. 1885, to read - fel-
lowE 4s ,,.-r.s. ..ss,.,
ARTICLE II.
Section 4. Senators and Representatives
shall be elected biennially BY the electors ef
the respective counties or districts. on ~
first Tuesday after the fret Monday IN Noosm~l
Der; their term Of Office shall commences on the
first day Of January next thereafter, and oon-
tinus two years. e
ARTICLE nj.
Section 1. The executive department
shall consist Of governor. lieutenant govsr-
nor, secretary Of state, auditor Of state, ,tFeas-
urer Of state. and an attorney general, who
shall be elected Oh THE yIRsf rpFspAY Axfgn
THE yfRsr MoHoAr IN NovEnBEx. BY the elscs
tors OF the state, and d the places Of vetine
for members Of the general assembly.
.--,- ARTICLE x.
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~ Nors.nh.r hv az s,s..o.. "a srsss ...-.S - -
snoh msnnsI and for sncb = tam ~ n = 49, 49,. 4
ing thiee years; - may b provided By law
's7r
"n VI nA11f.
At such election. the voters In favor Of tho
adoption Of the amendment 70 section two ef
article two, shall have placed upon their BALI
lots the words. sAmsndmsnt 70 section two
those VINO 90 not iavof the adoption Of su6h
amendment, shall have placed upon their
ballots the words, "Amsndmsut y ssstiou
I'VE Of article two Of the oonstitution-Ne."
Those who favor the sdoption Of the amend
ment to section one Of article three Of the
ccnstitution, shall have placed upop thsif
ballots the words, amendment 70 section
one Of article three Of the constit6tfvsA-
Yes;" and those who do no. favor the sdoP.
tion Of such amendment, shall have placed
upon their ballots the word1, "Amendmsnt
to section one Of article three Of the ccnsti-.
hon-No." Those who favor the adcption
Of the amendment 70 section two Of article
-. A, "a. L.,,... a. -
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Zanesyille Accommodation leaves Pitts
b1rgh 8 IS am. Wheeling 8 55 pm, Bellaire
Is PM arrive GAINESVILLE = 90 pm.
sandssky Accommodation leaves Colnm-
has z sn, Newark o5 am.
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wheeling accommodation leaves zanes,
Vile 4i0 pm, Cambridge 5 1s pm Bellaire
z 81 pm, Wheeling ID pm.
sTralns run daily tDaily except Sundsy
Sleeping cars Oh all through trains between
Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, Pittsburgh,
Wheeling, columbus and Cincinnati.
C.K. LORD Gen. Pass. Agt, Baltimore,
". Z. RBPPBRT, Pass. Agt, Columbus.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-09-29
DRUG STORES.

PURE WINES AND LIQ0ORS
E'or Medicinal Purposes, may always be found
II At J. T. JUDKINS'.
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Wheeling & Lake Erie
CLEVELAND & MARIETTA r. RS.
CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.

Time Table--In Effect July IL, 's5.
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No l5.lv Toledo 45am ar Norwalk4 O5pm
No II " Norwalk6 Scam AZ Val Junc5 20pm
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Section I. The executive department
shall consist Of governor. lieutenant govsr-
nor, secretary Of state, auditor Of state, ,treas-
urer Of state. and an attorney general, Who
shall be elected Oh THE yIasf TpFspAy Axfsn
THE vfRsf hosoAr IN NovEnBEx. by the elscs
tors Of the state, and q the places Of voting
for members Of the general assembly.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-23
ErADIyG TIE ISSUE AGAIN.

Mr.. Randall's committee is not acting IN good
faith. Processing willingness to relieve MI.
Cleveland from trouble by suspcnding silver
coinage, the committee has taken care to put
the measure in the very form in which II Is
least likely to succeed. Ii proposes, not
TO suspend the coinage, but to give
the President a discretionary power which
the Democrats IN Congress have re-
fused to Republican Presidents. 1t is
a power which ought not to be given to
anybody; in such a case as this, Congress cannot
doubt what is needed, and ought to do that
thing without equivocaton or palterinG one
man power Is not what the country wants; IL
members of Congress are not competent 10
decide whether more silver dollars should be
coined. let them resign, and leave room for men
who are fit for Congressional responsibilities
and duties
sMr. Cleveland is not man large enough or
sufficiently well known to be intrusted with
responsibility which the representatives of the
people do not dare to face themselves. OF his
opinions. if he has any, the country only knows
that he has contIived to live a good many years
without making them known. At present. it Is
reported that he feels he must take into his
! Cabinet Mr.. Bayard. well-known hardmouey
man, but Is not willing to put him into the
Treasury Department. and therefore oilers hin
place for which he is immnasnrably less quail
| fed T'he choice m Mr.. Cleveland for Secretary
| of the iTreasury.is supposed to be "A tricky and
| not scrupulous n0lticinn. unknown to fame as
a fnancler about whose opinions his closest
| friends dispute angrily. a President who
| selects for Secretary of the Treasury a cipher
| followed by an Interrogation mark .is precisely
! not the man TO be given extraordinary power
over the business and industry of the country.
The silver question is of all Others .thc one
which ought not to be left to the tricky manipu-
lation of political ring-master.
1t appears to be the duty of Republicans in
Congress to insist that the party recently
intrusted with power shall 40 longer shirk all
responsibility, in the dishonest and cOwardly
fashion it has so long followed. The Repub-
taken upon an amendment to stop the coinage
of silver and the issue of silver certiiicats at
once. If the Democrats will not face such n
vote, the country will understand that they arc
willing to have the Treasury dishonOred, and
all business disordcred by a relapse into the
monetary barbarism of China. If they ask
Republicans to help them give a measure of
confidence to Il Democratic President, which
has been refused to Republican Presidents, and
which Democrats alone cannot pass, they should
| be taught that, whether Democrats have any
self-respect or not, Republicans have. But
when the Democrats will allow a direct vote on
a proposition to stop the silver coinage. they
will find the Republicans ready to do their part.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-23
it was believed to. have especial advantages u
quality and cheapn6ss Of ore.. =
PERSONAL.

MOI Mr. Cleveland cannot stop In Baltimore on his way
to Washington But he Is perfectly willing to have the
faithful of that city sit the fence and ses
him go by.
"Mark Twain is going to England In May next 10
give readings from his own works.
Miss Florence BoughtOn, a niece Of the eminent
English painter, Mr. G. H. BOughton s winning lsurels
In London society for her skill amateur actress.
and prominent managers trying induce her to GO
upon the professional stage.
Mile. Colonna dIstrla began on Saturday series Of
ten lectures In French the French Academy In Phs-
delphia
Miss Laura Brfdgman will receive her frerds to-day al
the holiday exercises at Perkins Institution for the
Blind, South Boston.
The small boys OF Brooklyn arc grieyed because the
Common Council adopted al ordinance forbdding tho
OF bean shooters" II they could now enforce an
ordinance restraining the boys from throwing snow
balls the happiness Of pedestrians would be complete
Times have changed indeed In Merrie England. Away
back in l4d7 when George Noyll consecraed Arch
bishop OF York, his brother Richard, Earl Of Warwick
gave grand feast to tho dweers roundabout bs castle
at whioh consumed 1o4 oxen, 1000 sheep 500
stags 1000 swine, 1000 chickens wild bulls small
game IN enormoas quantities, and 10 wash II all down,
300 tlns OF ale 100 tlns OF wine, and pipe OF the
most goodls and pleasant pocrasse. Afew days ago
the holr Of Brancereh came OF age and within stones
throw almost Of the OF that former great revel
Lord B0yne gave banquet at which the cheer consisted
OF one Single, solitary roasted steer.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-23
NEARLY DONE.

This Congress has about week more TO I'VE.
There will not be any tears shed over It's dea'h
bed. Mr. Randall is reported as announcing
that there will be no need of an extra session.
as all the appropriation bills will get through
As he Is virtually dictator of the House Mt this
stage of the session, and KNOWS quite well what
there is reason to expect In regard to the action
of the Senate, it must be presumed that he
intends to concede a great deal at the cnd tha'
the House now seems disposed to insist upoh'
or else he is anxious to have 1t thought that he
is doing his utmost to prevent an extra session
though he forcsees that the course OF tile house
NAV probably render one inevitable. hetner
one view or the other be taken of his attitude,
il is certain that he has not chosen the most
promising way TO get favorable action on the
silver question.
The Democratic majority has been prevented
from doing many mschievous things, and it
seems probable that the chief thing to be laid
to its charge Mt the end will be its utter
incapacity to do anything good. 1t had rare
opportunities. Encouraged by Presidential
success, the Democrats were Ill position To
mark out m intelligent and useful policy,
which the Republicans in the Senate could not
have afforded to oppose had they desired. IL
was in the power of the House to remove many
obstacles from the path of Democratic Presi-
dent; to make his work immeasurably easier 4;
and to remove in measure the distrust OF the
country as to the good intentions OF the Demo-
cratic party. But the House has -contrived TO
do nothing to aid the party, nothing whatever
to aid Mr.. Cleveland, nothing to help depressed
industries, nothing to encourage foreign trade
nothing to prevent an abandonment OF the
National banking system, nothing TO save ire
country from disgrace and its business IRON
disaster through the continued coinage OF
silver. SO far, doing nothing has been Its
principal function. 1t has wasted nearly three
months. and has about week left in which to
begin to protect the country from the consc-
quences of Democratic GsmagOgism and
incapacity. Mr.. Randall willSneed to ply his
lash with moro vieor than ever, if he is going to
get any useful work ont Of this set of mules.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-23
I PEM1RKABLE MEASURE.

The bill now before the Legislature to give
the Railroad Commission OF the State almost
unlimited powers lover railroad corporations is
a measure of much greater Importance than
appears on the surface. The Railroad Commis-
sioners have all asked for the passage OF tho
bill but unless they can furnish better reasons
than any yet given to the public. the Lcgslat-
ure should hesitate to comply with their
request.
Whenever the Commission chooses to make a
recommendation a Supreme Court Judge can,
under this act, issue q mandamas to compel
compliance herewith lby railroad corporations.
Every detail of railroad management Is placed
within the authority of the Commission. 1t can
regulate fares and freight charges, compel
changes in thcLrolling stock, order station
houses to be built, or make any change in tho
mode of operating q road or of conducting Its
business. No such extraordinary powers have
ever been conferred on any body OF men in this
State. There may be good reasons why 1t
should be done now, but they have not yet been
made public
Notwithstanding the peculiar circumstances
under which the present Railroad Commission
was appointed, one of its members being chosen
New-York tribune., 1885-02-23
MP R.ND4LL AND THE NAVY.

II is very certain that the country needs
navy. but for that express reason 1t is the more
necessary that whatever appropriations are
made for the purpose of supplying that need
shall be appied under the most stringent guar
antees. Experience has proved that the
ordinary safeguards against waste, extraVa-
eance and blunderiDg in naval construction are
not sufficient. Yet Mr.. Randall, whose zeal for
public economy has burned so steadily hitherto
now asks Congress to mend matters by Diindly
intrusting unlimited power OF expenditure to
virtually irresponsible board. As IT such a
proposition wero not sufficiently startling In
itself, Mr.. Randall brings it forward precisely
at the moment when Democratic Adninlstra-
Snn is coming into power that Is to say. when
a marty whose conscience Is atrOphicd by the
long-unsatsfled lust of Office Is preparing to re-
coup itself in four years for the twenty years
of official starvation which has sharpened its
appetite to the point of absolute wollshness.
Truly this is an amazing plan which Mr.. Ran
dali has 1athered And he must have an
equally amazing idea of the extent OF public
confidence in his party, to think that 1t VIII be
received with joyful equanlmity. IL he hau
labelled it " A plan tOestablish gigantic Dem
ocratic machine the ultimate purpose
of 1t could hardly have been more
clear than it is. For nothing can
be palmer than that the construction
of ships is a subordinate part of the scheme
and that the main point aimed at is obtaining
power to make unlimited drafts on the Treas
ury. Nobody can be SO simple as to believe
that this is the way to get a navy. Everybody
must perceive that the ironcladS Mr. Randall
plan conteinplates the construction OF are IRON
clad Democratic voters and 81 bosses. y"
doubt it would be very convenient to be able "a
nav campaign expenses under the Disguise OF
| &" the expenses of the Board and It's awards,
| but this is not what the country wants.
And il must be said that better things were
expected of Mr.. Randall. Republicans may not
have hoped much for the Navy from Demo
cratic Administration, but they did not think
Mr.. Randall would have led the way in 50
audacious AN assault on the Treasury and
seeing that even his wcll-tricd economy has
come TO this under the demoralizing influences
of the time, what can be looked for from the
less conscientious and more inpatient and
hungry Democrats who are now everywhere
| pressing to the front
New-York tribune., 1885-02-23

famous but uncertain old Commohweai'n... J.
for q recent decree of the United States Olcui'
Court directs that the coupons of twenty'tnree y,
millions in cOnsOl bonds, issued III io't' go
be received as taxes according W ~ pa.a
This upsets the statute passeu ny 'n I, 80 10.
iusters providing that no coupons Shouiu ~
ceiyed as taxes until they bad been aeciaieu
genuine by jury. The excuse ior 'ha' Ia"
was decision of the Supreme Court IN len
nessee case that the State might take ava!
one remedy fora contract If 1t provided another;
AS will be seen from letter from hichnionu
to THE TRIBUNE, the political as we'll as the
financial side of this question is a comphca,eu
one. Other Southern States will be much III
terested TO learn the issue In Virginia.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-23

vance in the price FOR March delivery
In corn the advance was fuily
cents on February options ana 1s
cents for corn I'm elevator, and all advance
of about 1le cents was also made in oats. inc
movement in corn was In the nature OF
corner supplies for immediate shipment being
scarce. and there has been some increased de-
mand for export in oats. Provisions change Dut
slightly, while cotton gains but Is during the
week. The largest advance was made In OIL
which rose from 20 to ISIS cents, closing at
1914 cents. But the movement is regarded as
a natural speculative sequence OF period OF
long maction and duncss In the metais
market the peculiar feature is the decline III
the price of copper deliverable under the pool
contract to manufacturers, Notwithstanding
scarcity and advancing price in the market for
other copper. Chill bars have fallen sharply
in London, and it is said that the
decline Is due to 6 the arrival or O
large supply from a new and unexpected
source" AS the copper deliverable to manu-
facturors is governed in price by the London
price Of Chill bars, one may imagine that " new
and unexpected sources will crop out from
time to time to affect the sensitive London
market, so long as this contract remains In
oDeratiOn.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-23
---------------------
DIOGENES IN NEW YORK,

Efforts made to prove that Mr. Bayard Is great
I-naturel people say that he begged Mr Tflden
to let Mr.. Cleveland give him the Treasury but that
Mr.. Tden said that they might well give IL to Mr.
Belmont Mr. Sam Barlow without having Mr.. Bayard
at all Delaware people soy that not true that when
Belmont and Barlow take snuff Bayard sneezes.
Some one proposes that when vass name goes 10 the
Of the Cabinet there should committee
of investigation discover who he is and what
lives in.
Mr.. Cleveland, It is said, made ii sine qua that
Dan Manning should go into the Cabinet It being
sary that statesman should be there through whom the
power behind the throne could communicate with tho
throne
II Mr. Andrew II. Green is to take the place OF Mr..
in the sub-Treasury, Mr. Tilden agrees tina. he
shall tako week to make up his mind whether
to pay check
1t is understood that Mr. Tilden is willing that Mr.
Blgelow shall go into tho Cabinet, provided he Is
given rst-cass mission.
The clause in the inaugural against the abuse OF silver
coinage, written by Mr Tilden the Sunday that Mr.
Cleveland spent with him. proves not to be as sasiac
tory to the Western men might be.
Mr. Tden it sald declines make up his mind VIII,
shall be- Collector here until Mr.. Cleveland gets firmly
seated.
Barnum and the rest of the National Committee are
highly delighted that they saved the trouble OF being
consulted They all agree that Mr. TiIden is the right
In the right place" II ho says it is like whale
they respond very like a whale"
Some fears are expressed that when Mr. Cleveland has
while in Washington he may feel like
ting up for himself" 1t would be sad, indeed II the
whispers Of the sage should come TO be disregarded
What would become OF the cOuntryi
Mr.. James Gordon Benefits visit has reference To
the French Mission. Mr. Tilden does not how the
appointment could be defended.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-23

by an outside body of self-styled nti-monopo-
lists. it has made good impression Inc
members have acted apparently with careful
consideration of the facts In the cases brought
before them. But all of the members OF the
Commission go out of Office within the next
three years, and the public will be slow to
confer extraordinary powers on the unknown
men who may succeed the present Commis,
siopers. It was the intention OF the original
statute that the Commission should gather
information for the Legislature to act upon.
There seems to be no good reason to depart
from that principle of action.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-23
amusemsnls Co. Night.

Avpp1cA An INsTTTUrE-Roller sxat55e ,5eo,s"
ta,ioi, OptR. House, ana b Au'n~
1.SJSo-1 and a-"Patiencc.
Cn%TOy THEATRE and s." lxi0n M uniting Officer"
DAYS TnIATRS2 aOS s-HanraTan psy band.
EDEN MusE.IT @ ITTnTsg~2 and 8" Little Barefoot
ShAHS SanSsoS % souARE THEATRE and $50 iA0
TnS ApEMY OF DEsIGN-water Cool nd
,pOtS-2a and s-Thateber, Primrose anu "''
Minstrels. - .o..u oor.rnor"
sTssDARp THEATRE and s-"Gaspandornee:. y re.narope"
Adx IHALA san.er TTrAIRE and S-"A Prisoh0' -'
Life.
ALie1n 81 ernvrr TuF ,rRv--2 and e." Bunon "
S7u .vF~Tr ruFATRE--2 and 8" Spot Na
New-York tribune., 1885-02-23

England has trouble enough already with oxplo-
siye prophets in Africa and explosive Irishmen at
home Why should Charles Mitchell and Alfred
Greenfield seek to add 10 her distress These mercl-
less fellows arc trying to increase the agitation al
ready existing by disputing the title OF the English
championship at isticufs They should start for
tho Soudan without delay and fight it out with
Osman Digna for bottle holder and FL Mahii for
referee.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-23

According to dispatch from Trenton, based Oh
"a statement OF IA so-callcd prominent Democratic
politiclan," Mr. Cleveland told the said politician
last Monday tnat he intended to appoint General
Mcclellan Secretary Of War. THIS IL important
iftt1le" first because IL s qnitc remarkable that
Mr. Cleveland should have expressed such nm in
tenton 10 n Now-Jcrsey politician, and, second, be-
cnuse II il still more remarkable that politician
who had sense enough To be prominent even in
the Democratic party Of Now-Jcraey, should con-
Gdc such a stntcmont 10 Il rcporto., even If Mr..
Cleveland had made 1t.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-23
THE NEVIS THIS MORNING.

FoRr1GN.-The Arabs were compelled 10 retreat
+o1vacd Netemneh. - French men-oi-"ar ar
lowed to coal and repair IN Chinese ports under
Tpclish control - Schemes for the reconsIuc-
tien of the Wabash denounced.
DoMrs1IC.-The captain and crew OF 'he
wrecked bark, ErinDa, were rescued ana 'ahcn -
Roltimore. - United States Marshal Gosllng
was killed by prisoners IN Texas - j. he
denntv westminster of Batavia, n. u, committed
snicide - The Cardiff giant was DESTROYED Dy
fire in Dakota 60 Governor MarmaHuKe It.
views procession of Socialists in ST. Louis
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-A tale OF cruelty at sea-
- Doubling q railroad lien. - oapy
held on a stove 60 Professor Adler on the pnl'-
osophy of business. - Tributes PAID 10 WASH
ington. . ,oo, obsorrot,ons in
dicate slightly warmer partly cloudy weather. anu
perhars light snow. Temperature Yesterday: high
est. 26o: lowest 14o; average, 10.