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ity would be about four thousand
more than it will otherwise be. AS
to your record as a member Of the
Forty-ninth Congress. we have but
to say that on all important meas
ures you were in harmony with your
party's action-that of "fllibuster-
ing" We remember an unprovoked
attack you made ON General War
ner's military record last winter ! in
the House of Representatives, and
how badly you were worsted; that
you withdrew your remarks, know
ing that by so doing General War
ner would, out ofcourtesy. withdraw
his, and thereby keep them from
your constituents. A record which
you made in the late war, and which
you did not ask us to consider in So
liciting our votes, we have carefully
examined, and concluded, taking all
things into consideration, that since
it is mo disgrace to young man to
be active in active politics" we will
support from now until the evening
of November I'd General Warner
actively, vigorously and enthusias-
tically." YOUNG MAN.
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~Thc ..unholy alliance of tn,

"Thc "unholy alliance of the
Republican Party with the liquor
traffic has proved the most gigantic
fraud and deceptive political trick
ever perpetrated on a civilized com
munity. The numerour occasions
in which the name of the G. o. P.
has been used to justify and cover
up the designs OF the liquor interest,
and throw dust in the eyes of the
temperance element in the party are
part of its history, and justify all
conscientious men in the feeling OF
an honest Indignation at the, use
that has boen made of their conf
dence. AS matter of course, these
conscientious and patriotic voters
could not be induced to fraternize
with the Democratic Party on this
question. 1t has therefore become s
real source of pride and satisfaction
that new party has been inaugur
ated to meet the demands of theil
conscientious convictions, and this
: third or Prohibition Party affords
the only relief to the pent-up feelins
on this liquor question.-Dcmorest
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eRosyEsoR's SPEECH
|MMERFIELD LAST WEDNESDAY,
A TAME AFFAIR.

rhe crowd was immense-to the
|mber of about $50.
|sRosvENoR's excuse for his slifeless
eech was the smallness of the
|wd.
His efforts to make the soldier be-
|Fe that the Democratic party is
posed to pensions fell fat in the
|e Of the well-known fact that
Ire has been done for the soldier
| the way of pensions in the year
d half of Democratic admins
| } than the previous half-dozer
RS of Republican rule. The great
TX Of the Pension Department
ler Democratic rule is a Gibraltar
truth in the minds of the soldier
! cannot be effected by the empty
misses and unfounded pretensionl
Demagogues.
RosvENoR's criticisms of the pen
laws, which require thestesti
| ly of two privates to equal on
missioned officer, was somewha
ire and to a great extent correct
he should have continued a littl
her and told which party was re
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sponsible for such laws. The Repub-
lican party is certainly responsible
for all the hardships existing in the
pension law, if there be any. 1t is
the party having control of affairs
ever since the war, until year and
a half ago. Twenty-Five years of Res'
publican rule was sufficient time for
a party that pretends to love the sol
dier so well, to have had all the OBJ
iectionable features of the pension
laws eliminated.
GRosvENoR himself is member
of Congress now, and has been for
some time. Why has he not had
these laws changed? Instead Of in
PRODUCING piles of bills to relieve an
individual solIier. here and there
over the country. Why has not some
Republican introduced one bill
changing the pension laws so as to
relieve the soldiers in general. The
Republican party, has had ample
time to do this, and no excuse for
not doing it.
1t is Il little too bare faced and
too hypocritical for Republican
who has had all the opportunities
necessary, to get up in the woods
and howl at the trees and empty
benches about the Inconsistencies
and cruelties of Republican laws.
These same falsifieas, after a Re-
publican Congress reduced thetafiff
on wool come before the people and
complain about the low prices and
insist that the Tariff should be re-
stored.
GRosvENoR says the surplus in
the Treasury has not only remained
there under CLEvELAND's Admins
tration, but has grown to the extent
of $6,500,0O0 since the Democratic
party came into power. Horrible
Horrible! About this time of year
| in 1884, he with other Republican
speakers were yelling themselves
hoarse with the cry that if CLEvE,
LEND was. elected the Democrats
would steal all the money in the ma
tionaI vaults in three months. But
instead of stealing it, GRosvENoR
complains of l. all being there and
more too. He thus proves that he
himself and other Republican ora
tors in 1884 were dishonest malign-
ers and political demagogues.
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Thousands SAY So.

Mr.. T. W. Atkins, Girard, Kan,
writes: Il never hesitate to recon-
mend your Electric Bitters to my
customers, they give entire satisfac.
'tion and are rapid Sellers" Electric
Bitters are the purest and best med.
icine known and will positively cure
Kidney and Liver complaints. Purify
the blood and regulate the bowels
No family can afford to be without
them. They will save hundreds o.
dollars in doctors bills every year
Sold at fifty cents bottle by r. w
Pope.
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OUR oONGREssIOAL CANDIDATES.

=
The political contest. in this Con-
gressional District is exciting much
interest, and each of the great po
litical parties is looking forward to
the result with commingled hope and
fear. 1t is contest in which prin-
ciple is pitted against delnagogers.
IA statesman against a third rate
demagogue The nominee of the
Democratic party, Gen. All. War
ner, is not an untried man. His
abilities are admitted throughout the
whole country. His conduct inrthe
past has amply rewarded him the
the praise Of being an honest leader
and wise statesman. The princi-
pies which he has advocated, both
in and out of Congress, have shown
him to be the champion of the SOL
dier, and the true advocate of, the
rights of the laboring man. Through
the powerful influence he welded in
the National Housc.of Representa-
tives, the Republicans, were foiled in
their attempt to demonetize silver,
thus securing to the people higher
wages for labor, and better prices
for every product of labor In the
National halls his potent voice has
ever been heard pleading the cause
of the people, urging the payment
of the idle boards Of the peoples
money, which is locked up in the
Treasury of the United States, on
the public debt, thus putting it in
circulation, and stopping millions in
interest, which is a common source
of annoyance to all citizens, except
the bond holder. q .ss'si * 81
He advocated, the principle of
| United States notes being issued by
the Secretary of the Treasury to
take the place of national bank
notes, withdrawn from circulation,
dollar for dollar; as near as may be,
to prevent d further contraction of
the money volume. That he indeed
the true fricndsof the soldier, is am
ply proven by the fact!that he has
been prompt ih.sanswering private
correspondence, prompt in doing pri-
vate irequests-though often at a
personal sacrifce-from thousands
of soldiers from allsections Of the
country. in s 81
The nominee Of the monopolist
party, { Republican, 6, H. Grosyenor
when properly sized up is quite, .
different sort of man. He Processes
to be the friend of the .laboring
class, yet he sought the demoneti
zation of silver. which is a move in
the interest fSthe rich. He advo
Gated the perpetuation of the ma
tional debt, that national banking
institutions might continue to con
troll the volume of currency. and by
so doing control the price of lahol
and of the products of labor.
He processes 70 be the friend o
the soldier; yet youitprivate CORES
pondence is laid aside unheeded
while he seeks self-aggrandizement
He is asking place at The hands
of the people, which lie is unworth.
to hold, while on the other hand th
} place has sought Warner which h
is amply qualified to:fill, with homo
) to himself and advantage to. hi
constituents. no ". VIcToR.
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The Indians Disappearing.

The Rev. DR.. Barrows has recent
ly published his views on the Indian
question as derived from thorough
investigation made in the West in
the summer of 'S5. This investiga-
tion goes to prove that the Indians,
instead of increasing in numbers, as
lately reported by the Indian Com
missioners, are wasting and disap-
pearing." In 1920, it was estimated
by a government official that there
were 1876 Indians within the
boundaries of the United States, and
to this amount must be added the
number of Indians in the territory
since annexed. According to the
census taken just then, the sum-to-
tai of all the Indians within the pres
ent boundaries of the United States
at that time was 526,592. Our last
cencus puts them at 255, ,93S, Alaska
not included. The decrease, then,
would seem to be 260,554. These
figures, especially the original esti-
mate, are extremely uncertain. DR..
Barrows proves that among the civ
ilized and semi i-ciyilized Indians the
falling off is 1000 per annum for the
last eighteen years. Allowing these
figures to be true, the increase, if in
deed there be such, of th. savage In
dians, who number only $4,000,
could not balance the loss among
the other 100000. He therefore
concludes the Indians are wasting
away. This result may have been
inevitable; but one cannot but think
that with our present civilization,
the showing should have been better.
Il tremble for my country" said
Thomas Jefferson, "when remember
that God is just" From Demor-
esfs Monthly for October.
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him thus far the fact has not yet
been made public. These are some
of the reasons why 1 think Mr..
Cleveland has not weakened his par
ty, but has strengthened it, himself
and the conduct of the Govern
ment."
The Judge says with proper effort
the Democrats ought to be able to
carry the State this fall. He be-
lieves that Foraker's course will de-
feat his party.
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A Distinguished Protection to a Cover.
Bellcfontaine Examiner.

The Hon. F. NJ. Nye, a fifteen year
member of the Republican Aid Soci-
ETY. of the Ohio Penitentiary, has
kindly placed 1.-The mark of cane"
upon the alabaster brow of Little
Breeches Foraker, so that everybody
that meets the poor miserable devil
won't slay him, as they otherwise
would.
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A walking skeleton.

Mr.. Z. Springer, Of NIechaniesburg,
Pa, writes: II was. afflicted with
lung fever and abscess on lungs, and
reduced to ralking Skeleton. Got
a free trial hottie of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, which
did me so much good that / bought
a dollar bottle. After using three
bottles, found myself once more a
man, completely restored to health,
with hearty appetite, and gain
in flesh of 4S lbs" 'sia.
Call at r. W. Pope's Drug Store and
get free trial bottle of this certain
cure for all Lung Diseases. Large
bottles $1.00.
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Democratic County Ticket.
ELECTION TUESDAY, NO.

E1EOIlON lOGoDAA,
vEMBER 2.
***
THE business boom and the DEM
ocratic Administration are travelling
hand in hand.
#*&
THE reduction of the public debt
during the month Of September was
| $10,627,013 II.
~
WE would suggest that Gov. For
AKER rehearse his skih-speech at
Clarington this county.
***
SINCE the Democratic party came
into power the national debt has
been reduced $126,00O,0OO.
~.
VOTE FOR THE STATE TICK
EFT ON NOVEMBER 2.
***
$17,000,000 in expenses is what
the first year of CLEvELAND's Adj
ministration saved. This is Demo-
cratic reform.
ABRAHAM S. HEwITT.is selected by
the United Democracy of New York
City as candidate for Mayor. Tam
many and the County Democracy
uniting assures his election.
~
THIS Democratic Administration
gave back to the people 50,0OO,OOO
acres of land which has been held
unlawfully by monopolists. Shall
t be endorsed or condemned?
~
The Republican leaders OF Ohio
ailed in their infamous attempt to
ret up scandal about JOHN Nc
BRIDE. They now resort to the con-
Eicts of the Ohio Penitentiary for
ampaign thunder. The combina-
ion is very congenial and natural
me, and the only chance left for the
republicans to get thunder. They
re getting it, but it's only skin
eep.
The following are the results OF
ne first eighteen months of CLEvE-
AND's Administration
The national debt has been re-
uced $126,OOO,OO0.
The net balance in the Treasury
as increased $67,000,000.
The gold coin in the Treasury has
creased $3O,OOO,0OO.
The Government expenses have
en decreased $l2,000,000
The Government has paid more
nsious than ever before.
The incompetent, lazy and useless
icials have been weeded out ant
Bpensed with.
~
be SURE YOU HAVE A DEM
CRATIC TICKET, THEN VOTE
STRAIGHT.
sRosvEsoR's SPEECH
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LEGAL NOTICE.


IOSEPHUS cox and Margaret l.. Cox,
- whose postofiice address and place Ofresi-
dcnce are unknown, will take notice, that on
the llth day of September, 1886. Edward +.
Zane, ms guardian of George, John. Edward
and James Schaub, minor heirs of Michael
Schaub, deceased, filed his petition against
them and others in the Court of Common Plens
of Monroe County, Ohio, In which petition. he
asks for q finding that said Josephns Cox Is
indebted to him on a note dated April LIST, 1854,
at two years, signed by Josephus Cox for Two
hundred and fifty dollars and payable to the
order of Michael Schaub, with eight per cent
interest from date, payable cannunlly,-intercst
poid to April lst, 1885; also, 10 forcose mort
gage given tc secure said notes signed by Jo-
sephus Cox and Margaret l.. Cox, and to sc:l
the following described real estate described
In said mortgage, to-wit: The northwest quar-
ter of the southwest quarter ofsection twenty
flve, township three of range five, containing
thirty-three acres, for tho purpose Of paying
said Indebtedness. Ycu are required to answer
said petition on or before the 18th day of No
vembcr, 1886.
EDWARD f. ZANE, Guardian.
BY briggs 4 MALLORY, his Att'ys.
septl4, 'S6t7.
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GROSVENOR'S APPEAL TO THE
YOUNG MEN.
He Would Sooner Have Three Young
Men Than Five Old Ones.

MARIETTA, O., October 12.-The
enemy are becoming frantic in their
effort to carry the district. That
their nominee (Grosvenor) is bur-
den they already fully realize, and
consequently will spare neither labor
nor money in the campaign. But
with the breach in their ranks in
Athens and Meigs Counties, and the
blunder of the committee in sending
Foraker into Monroe County to stir
up the steadfast Democracy of the
-"dark hills" and with General War
.ner's popularity among honest cit:-
zens of all parties, the election of
Grosvenor, Notwithstanding Fora
.ker's majority of 2,04S in Che dis
[trict, is scarcely possibility. Gros-
venor's meetings so far have been
poorly attended and void of enthu-
siasm. In order. to give the Cen
gressional campaign on the part of
the Republicans an impetus the COM
mittee have concluded to send the
demagogue Governor into the dis
I tnct to relate his penitentiary fabri-
cation, and icy John Sherman to cool
down the Democratic ardor. That
Grosvenor realizes the hopelessncss
of his cause is manifest from his at
tempt to hoodwink the young voters;
hut the intelligence of the young
men of the present day is too great
to admit of being deceived by man
like Grosvenor. The following is
the copy of letter sent throughout
the district to young men:
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Philip D. Armour, the Chicago
lard king and railroad manipulation,
weighs 250 pounds, and at a pinch
could scare up $20,000,000.
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E fMroCo
h
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Purify your blood; tone upathe
system, and regulate the digestive
organs by taking Hoods Sarsaparil-
la Sold by all druggists. "a.
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Come to the SPIRIT Office for fine
Job Work. n
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against the sale Of intoxicating liquors

against the sale Of intoxicating liquors
therein"
Voting rs aforesaid are the words
that throw doubt on the matter. we
cannot undertake to say how the courts
will construc those words. 1t scemst 70
be pretty generally conceded that a vote
against licensing liquor-sellcrs VIII not
operate to vacate any license, nor pre-
vent the sale of liquor by any person
who shall have obtained license before
the vote is taken-that Is, not until the
time expires for which the license was
obtained. II this liberal construction
of the law should bemade by the courts
they would probably SO construe the
section above quoted as to confine its
operation to counties or cities or dis
tricts voting under the new law-that
is, "votipg as aforesaid"
There is in this city growing feel
ing that the sooner the vote is taken
the better. 1t is not yet too late. IL
the writ Of election issue by the 9th
Of March, thirty days notice Of the
election may be given and still the cleo
ton be held on the 9th Of April
thirty days before our regular city elec-
tions will take place.
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OYSTER PIRATES.
CAPTURE OF UGLY AND DEFIANT
MARYLAND OYsTER-DREDdERs.
Eastern Shore Hews-Farmers Busy with
Their Spring work-Fruit-Grow-
ing Prospects.
Of the Richmond DIspatchl

Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatchl
ONANcocK, March Is, 1886.
The Maryland oyster pirates have
for some time past been defying the
Virginia police-boats in Pocomoke
sound. Last Wednesday Captain Cor.
bin spied a number of Maryland boats
dredging on "0ld-W oman's Marsh
Rock" on the Virginia side Of the boun'
da,y line. When Captain Corbin APP
preached and ordered them to leave
they fired upon him and drove him back
to The mainland, where he gathered up
reinforcements and informed Command
er Foster of the steamer Chesapeake.
Captain Foster came up as soon as pos
sible, and with the aid Of Captains
Corbin and Gaskins succeeded in cap
turing the dredging.schooner Martha b.
Freeman, of Crisfeld. Nd, with the
captain and his crew of nine men. They
we're brought into Pungoteague creek
and all the men lodged in Jail. 1t IS
estimated that these Maryland pirates
have stolen more than 10000 bushels
of oysters from this rock alone during
the winter.
Our own dredgers are returning
home, as they say the season is practi-
cally over. They report the oysters in
deep water as having been pretty gene
rally killed by the cold weather in
January and February. Strange to
say, the oysters in shoal water have
not been injured except where the ice
touched them at low tide.
The recent good weather has enabled
our farmers to commence work for their
coming crops. From what we can
learn a very large acreage will be plant
ed in sweet potatoes, in spite OF the
fact that the farmers got little or no.
thing for last years crop. An ef-
fort is making by some of our people
to introduce greater diversity Of crops
on the Eastern Shore, and accordingly
a meeting has been called to form
fruit. growers association at Acco-
mack Courthouse on March court-day,
Persons who have tried the experiment
say that fruit can be raised here as pro-
fitably as in Delaware or on the East
Elm Shore of Maryland.
Onancock is improving rapidly. A
number of building lots have been sold
within the last ten days at fine prices,
and the carpenters hammer is making
music in every part of the town. Bust
ness is reviving, and everybody seems
to take hopeful view of the future.
KALIAS.
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PROF. CHS. LUDWIG Won SEEGER,
MONUMENTS. CURBING. &c.

Re le.Tu, Th&sasm-e l9-wsml
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LOCAL OPTION.
How II Affects Danviiie ana Other
ROrder Towns and Counties.

Border Towns and Counties.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch. J
DANvILLE, March Is, 1886.
The local-option question is begin
ming to agitate the people of Danville,
although it is hardly probable that the
question will be submitted to vote Of
the people for twelve months to come.
There is a phase Of the question as
applied to this city which seems to
stagger people who otherwise might
cast their vote for local option. 1t is
this: Danyille is within a stones
throw of the North Carolina line, and
in the event Of local-option law it
would be very simple thing for some
enterprising chap to open a saloon
"across the border" and if necessary
run a hack line between a dry town
and a whiskey mart. Thus would the
traffic be carried on regularly, and in
all probability to large extent, while
the city would lose its revenue from the
liquor-license. Moreover, there are
several small towns near Danyille which,
all told, furnish competitors with her in
the tobacco trade. Businessmen seem
to think that much Of the tobacco trade
here-that is, the wagon trade-would
be diverted to other markets if the fes-
tive iuleps and the little brown jug
should be suppressed. Indeed, q gen
tleman from Reidsville, N. c., said
some days ago that his town would
contribute $4,000 towards the cam
paign fund Of the temperance people in
Danville should the question of local
option be submitted, indicating very
clearly that the people of Rcidsville see
a big advantage to them in the sup
preston of the whiskey traffic Of Dan
vile. Many businessmen here take
that view Of the question, and are dis
posed to think that the border counties
must suffer seriously from local-option
law.
DR.. John f. Edwards, of Mt. Yer
non Methodist Episcopal church,
preached this morning on Religious
intolerance" and in the course of his
sermon combatted some Of the argu-
ments on baptism by immersion" as
advanced by the brethren in the Bap-
fist Congress last week.
Rev. W. W. Landrum, of Richmond,
preached in the Baptist church this
morning and in the Presbyterian church
at night.
Miss Carrie Pace, of Richmond, Is
expected to visit Miss Terrell in this
city next week. She will sail for Eu-
rope in April.
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DEATHS.

ALLEN.-Died. Monday. March -.
1850, at o'clock \. NJ, IDA virginia.
daughter of Emily and the late Lewis AZ
len: aged twenty six years.
The funeral VIII take place THIS Tues
day AFTERNOON at 3 o'clock from the
Fhst Baptist church. corner OF Broad and
College streets. Friends and acquaintance
are invited 10 attend.
PALESKE.-Died. at the residence Of his
biother-in-law. W. V. Carter I'm Nolusla
county. Florida. on the 10th instant,
CHARLES q. PALESkE. JR., OF Henrlco
county Va, in the twenty-second year OF
his age.
SOMMERS.-Dled. Sunday, March IL,
1856 at his residence. No. 2l2i east MAIN
street. FRANCIS SOMMERS; aged twenty
nine years. o,, ~
Hisfuneral will take place TO. DAY at 10
A. NJ. from the residence. FRIENDS anu
acquaintances are invited.
WCOD.-Died at $40 A. NJ, Marcn 10,
1856 at the residence 14O6 east MAN
street. JOSEPHINE A.. wife OF warren r.
Mood. i'm the twenty-ffth year OF ner age,
The funeral will take place from ~ refer ;
Cathedral. THIS (Tuesday) AFTEkNOVS
nj $50 Friends OF the family are ihVitso
tOattend.