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ElectrOcution.

A bill has passed the Senate and
will probably pass the house ana
become Il law to establish the sys-
tenn Of electrocution Instead Of
hanging in the Ohio Peniliary, We
are not much ofan advocate of cap
ital punishment but since such
seems to he necessary to curb the
vicious nature Of man, let IL lie
done by streak of lightning rath-
er than the gurgling strangulation.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31
a FRIEND.

MOTHER is AT REST:-Susan
Oldest daughter of John and Cath.
arine Amspaugh was born July 10
A. DISCO and died March 7;h, 1896
aged G5 years, 7 months and Is
lays. She uniicd in marriage tC
James F. Bodamer, June 22nd, 1915
to which marriage were born II
children, A sons and 7 daughers, 10
Of whom survive,44 grand children
ami . great grand children are al
so living. The deceased was a
member of the Evangelical Luth-
eran church, in which she was bap-
ti2ed and taken in, in 1910, in
which faith she has lived and been
guided to her eternal home.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31
administrators sale Of Real Estate

-~-
IN PURSUANCE of an order of the Probate
Court Hooking County, Ohio, | will offer
for sale Mt public auction on
Saturday the 18th. Day ofAprll 1896.
ut | o'clock p. m. Mt the door of the court
house, In Logan, Ohio, the following describe
ed real estate free OF the dover estate of
Christena Droscher, widow OF Andrew Dres-
cher decensed, Situate IN the township of
Green, IN the County of Hooking and state
of Ohio and In tracts as follows to-wit;
FIRST TRACr;-Fort:" acres off of the north
ends of Lots numbers seven hundred and
ninety five, and seven hundred and ninety
six In the ohio CoInpnny's Purchase in sect
lon rs, Township ID, Range 49,
north end of lot number Seven hundred and
ninety four in sections n and 2S, Same town
ship and range aforesaid.
end of Fractional lot Number eleven in
section ~, Township ID, Range ~, containing
six and seventy four one hundredths acres
ana bounded ns follows; beginning 1917 chs.
south of the northeast corner of said section
~; thence west 6.G8 chs; thence south 1910
eli s.; thence east 8.67 chs. TO the east bounu-
ary of said lot; hence north ID 1U chs. to the
beginning.
SECoND TRAcr:-Also the following parcel
being part of The southwest quarter OF sect
ion Y, Township ID, Range 10, OHIO Com
pany's Purchase beginning J.j0 chs. East OF
the North west corner of said quarter, thence
East 1880 chs. ;tnence South 3.o3 chs; thence
West 2D.Si chs; thence North 30 degrees Il Z.
i.OS chs. to the beginning containing seven
acres.
Also the following parcel situate In the
ONO Comrany's Purchuse and known and
described ns fraction Lot number five In
section p Township ID; Range 10 containing
thirty six acres more ~ less.
Appraised AZ follows: First Tract:-$l26)Q0
Second Tract:-s602 %. Terms of Sale: One
third cash In hand, one third in one year,
and one third in two years from the day of
sale, W, TIL interest. The deferred payments
to be secured by IL ortsagc upon the premis-
IS sold
WILLIAM DRESCHER.
Administrator of the estate
VIC LOWRY, of Andrew Dres her, de-
Attorney. ceased. .
Ml7-lw
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31
AN ORDINANCE.
To protect IRE Hudrnnts.

SEC, |. he II ordained by the council of tn
Village of Logan, Ohio, that 10 shall be nn
lnwlui or any person or persons TO hitch o
Iie any horse. mare or gelding, or other ami
ma 10 any of the fire llydants within thu
corporate limits of said village.
SEC. 2. That II shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to injure or tamper in any
way, with the fire Hydrants, tile nuts OF
screws of the same,
SEC: y. ANY person wilfully violating eth
er section of this ordinance shall be doemed
guilty OF inlsdeInehnor, and on conviction
less Than one dollar nor more than fifty dol
ilrs, with costs, and shall stand committed
hnlll such iine and cos are paid.
SEC. l. That this ordinance shall take ef-
fect ten days after IL has been duly passed
and published. 4 ~
Passed March 2ith. 1896. :, !,
=, w. +, BOWEN,
H. H. SPAHNoN,i ftf President.
City Clerk, m27-3w.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31

very cold but did not take any cold, and
never had any after-pain or any other pain
II was ali due to God and Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription and Compound Extract
of Smart Weed. This is the eighth living
child and the largest of them all suf-
fered everything that flesh could suffer with
and then lie could not help Inc very much
but this time my mother and my husband
were alone with me. My baby was only
seven days old when got up and dressed
and left my room and stayed up all day."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31
ASSiSne0'S Sale OF Real Estate.

IN PURSUANCE ofTHE ORDER of TIL +
Probate Court of Hooking County, Ohio, We
Will offer for sale at public auction.
On the 11th. Day of Apr, 1896.
at o'clock p. m ,on the premises, the fol.
lowing described real estate, situated in the
county of Hooking and stnte of Ohio, and
bound, and described as follows; to-wit:
Being n part of Section ~, Township II
Rnngel II, beginning ut point in the contcr
of the Strn ltsville Branch OF the Columbus
Hooking Valley and Toledo Railway, from
which point the point at the north line OF
said section crosses said railway bears north
~ degrees, east iG0 chains; thence west o.
chains to The center of the county road
thence by the center of said rond south 221t
degrees, west 3.4S chains; tleLce south G0l,
degrees. east S.03 chains to the center of said
railway: thence by said railway north 2l1l
degrees, east q 80 chains to beginning, con-
tanning four acres. which real estate was APP
praised at 81, ,l3h33l1
TERMS OF SALE-Cash IN hand
e. .. PETIT.
j. N. SLATXER.
Assignees in ii ust for the benefit of the cred
itors of tie Logan Granite Clay Com
pany. March ID, lSO', iw
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31
The Weather.

For ohio-Heayy rain and warmer probably
colder IN western portion; high southerly
winds shifting to northwe5terly.
For West Virginia Increasing cIoudlnesg
Winds
For lndiana-Cloudy and probably showers;
warmer IN southeast portion; high southerly
winds, shifting TO westerly,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31
TEACHERS
POLAND CHINA HOGS,

For Sale; Sired by Boston /. X. l.
T. and Signal Sires and Dams, all
recorded, can furnish pairs, not a
kin, any one desiring of the above,
call or address, Geo. Schaal, Hue,
Ohio.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31
They Might Get ueln.

MADRID, March 2s.-Public feeling is
running so high against American in
reference in Cuba that the government
VIII have trouble to control the popu-
lace,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31
Women
Who Braved the Goat.

alllnB nef DrOtner Ill secret SO-
cieties as i'm other matters. The
enjoyment of "riding the goat" is
no longer confined to the formerly
so-called sterner sex, although it is
not fully decided whether the fes.
tive animal is of the male or fem
mime gender.
Ohio has The honor of being the
home of the Pythian Ladies Rank,
1t being organized in the city Of
Columbus on Septemper 10, 1889,
and during the period between
that fine and the last Pythian
Convention, May 1920, 1895, 93
flOurishing temples have been or.
ganized.
The first Pythian official recog-
milton of the Ladies' Rank was at
the Supreme Lodge meeting in
Cincinnati, at which place n spec
ial committee was appointed to
consider the advisabiity Of such
rank, and its report, favorable
thereto, was adopted without
change, and Past Grand Chancellor
Hill, of Indiana, was dcputized to
write their ritual. With such Off
cial recognition il at once took Il
position in accord with that Of the
daughters of Rebkah in Odd Eel
lowship and the Eastern Star in
Masonry, and has enjoyed rapid
and substantial growth. Promin-
ent members of the Supreme and
Grand Lodges of knights of Pyth-
las are members of the Rdthbonc
Sis ters, but according to the laws
Of the Ladies' Rank cannot hold
Office.
The order is composed Of the
mothers, wives, sisters, daughters
and widows of Pythinns in good
standing in their respective lodges.
1t was organized with desire of
promoting the moral, mental and
social elevation OF its members,
cultivating a spirit of fraternal
love, which shall control and per
mcate their daily lives, to watch
at the bedside Of the sick, to sootht
the dying comfort the widow, hid
the needy and educate the orphan;
to cooperate with the knights Of
Pythias in further advancing it,
membership and the tXemplifica-
tion of their principles.
The next convention Of the Obi"
Ladies' Grand Temple meets in
the fourth Wednesday
in May, in conjunction with the
annual convention OF
the Ohio Grand Lodge knights OF
Pythias. There will be at that
time representatives from the SO
temples now organized, besides
those that have applied for charters
since the last annual gathering.
The local temple has been espec-
tally fortunate in securing for
mem bership The representative in
Ielligent woman of Cincinnati, a
OF whom have earned for {
themselves the reputation Of being
energetic and possessors of good
Judgement in the handling of wo.
mems associations.
The initiatory ceremonies will
,e performed by the Miamisburg |
Temple team Of %, that being con-
'idered one of the most skillful in ,
he state, and the local neophytes 4
leing desirOus OF having the ritual :
in the proper manner !
10 as to thoroughly well versed in e
he secret work. The MiamiSburg [
Temple is making an excursion Of v
I, and its team will be fully cos. .
umed. The entire work will he
Inder the personal supervision OF
hrs. Anna NJ, Young of GAINESVILLE, q
Who is the present Grand Chief OF b
ohio, and who will install the new t
emple. u
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The state.
ment OF the condition of the treasury
shows Ayailableca cash balance, $3.50, ,577,.
S40 gold reserve, SIPS ,G33. .26O.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31
wln aIarry an rnrllnh Glrl.

LONDON, March est is reported
that the betrothal OF David D. Wells,
second secretary of the United States
ambassy, to young English girl, will
shortly be announced.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31

man with child, so L
got two bottles last
September, and De-
cember 18th ! had a
twelve pound baby
girl. When / was
confined I todS not
SICK in any s0ay. 1
did not suffer any
pain, and when the
child was born I walk
ed into another room
and went to bed. /
keep your Extract of
Smart Weed on hand
all the time. 1t was
very cold weather
and Oiir room was
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31

LONDON, March 2S.-Accordine to a
local paper the total amount of tho for.
tune of the Rothschild family here and
on the continent is e4O0, 900, 900 (S2 900, :
000, ,000).
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31

RkW0HS Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets,
W. perfect Treatment for constipation
and biliousness. g2S- One pill dose.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31
BOxWELL NOTICE.

Examinations under the "BoxwelI Law
Will be held at the Union School House, In
Logan, o., on the FIRST Saturday of April and
of May, 1898.
by order OF Board OF Examiners.
q. Il. GOODWIN, Clerk.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31

nt O'Clock 7. NJ :, upon the premises, the fol-
owing described real tstati, situate In the
lownship OF Laurel. county Of Hooking and
STATE OF Ohio, and known as the East hall OF
ne North West quarter of fsoctiOn x, township
" tange lS,'contalning 81 Ss-lOO acres more
Appraised $3.50. Terms Of sale:-One third
In hnnd,one third In one yearand one third In
iwo wears from day OF sale, with Interest, pay
Incnts TO be secured by mortgage on premises
sold.
w. F.ROMEL Administrator of
JOSEPH BiGHAM deceased,
J' u. Ra3on, Attorney. m2S-vw
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31
Administrators Sale of Real Estate.
Twenty-hfth Day OF April, 1896.

IN ruRsuANCE of an order of the probate
court Of Hooking county, Ohio, VIII offer
Tor sale, NJ public nuctlOn ON The,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31

Mrs. FRED HUNT, of Gicnwiie, ~ y,
says al read about Dr. Picrce's Fa-
vorite Prescription being so good for a wo-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-31
ScottS emulsicn.

Is taken by babies. Mothers
like It because 1t brings the
dlmples back.
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