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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
THE MAR RKETS.

CINCINNATI, o., Nov. lh
FLoUR-Spring fancy, "a. 6O114.e0; spring FAM
ily, a. lO@435; spring patent, Is. 20655O; winter
patent, A.75(I5 10; fancy, 430l455; family.
sS6Og3.SO; extra sS0013.30; low grade, g.. 6Oa
2S5 rye, northwestern, s30OI3 10; do city, s.. OQ
93l5.
WHEAT-Sales: Sample red, track, 92c,
CoRH-Sales: No. yellow, track 27nc; No
26Ac; yellow ear, old track 29c.
oATs-Sales: No. mixed, track, 224c; No. Z
mixed, track, 2lxc; No. mixed, track, PC
HoGs-Select shippers, s34503.5O; select
butchers, g. 45D3.50; fair to good packers, 50 35
@3.45; fair to good light, s3.35G&5O common
and roughs, s2.75Q1330
CArTLE-Fair to good shippers, s3s56l4. 60.
good TO choice butchers. s3S5Gli 40; fair to
medium butchers, s3.250a75; common, q. 25d
AGO.
SHEEP-Extras, eLs56D450; good to choica
s.. S5G4.25; common to fair, s2.750a75.
LAMBs-Extras. s5.6515.75; good to choice
IS. Sa615, 80; common TO fair, s4.5o0525. -
VEAL CALvEs-Fair 10 good light Is. 25C15. 7s
extra, s6O0; common and large, %. .2505OO
CHICAGO, Nov. l5
WHEAT-Noycmber, o41lci December, 94Xc
old, s79tc; January, ssxc; May, 9OAci Jul,
rs1c A,Fir tetlEs
November and December, sexc; May
s9Ke ssfeil.sa sint.
November, l9x9isxc; December, 20,
N2OAc; May, 2lx@22c.
BARLEY-Cash No. 3. 26fD42c.
RYE = Cash, HEe; December 47KGfKc
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
GOOD IDEA TO BORROW.
1t Is That of Having an Official Drafte1
of Bills,

One of the minor features of the Eng
lish legislative system might with pro.
priety and profit be reproduced in the
state and national legislatures of Amer
lea, says the Kansas City journal
Every measure, before it is brought
before the house of commons, is sub
mitted to the examination of the official
drafter of bills. This official is a man
we'll versed in the history of law and
lawmaking, q constitutional lawyer of
high rank. He examines the bill, points
out anything in it that is in conflict
with the constitution, elucidates OBJ
scurities and indicates omissions and
rcdundancies. More than that, he will,
on request, draft any measure which
q member may desire to bring before
the house.
economy of the time of the parliament
and of the courts. Unconstitutional
bills are often killed by the hand of the
bill drafter, and all measures submit
ted to the legislative body are clear
in import and full, yet concise, in form.
We need something of this kind here.
Excellent measures are not seldom the
offspring of the brains of men who are
not trained constitutional lawyers, and
they fail of enactment, or of enforce
ment If enacted, on account of technical
blemishes which might easily be re-
moved. The records of our legislators
and courts are full of the obituaries of
such laws. The appointment of cap
able drafter of bills to aid legislators
in the preparation of prospective laws
would enable each measure to stand or
fall squarely on its merits, irrespective
of considerations merely technical.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Sherif's Sale.
] II. Riggs, Plaintiff,


Mary c. Keyes ct al, Defendants
by virtue OF an order of sa e, duly Issued by
the Court OF Common Pleas, of Washington
ounty, Ohio, in the above entitled action and
TO me directed, will offer for sale at public
auction, at the door OF the Court House, In the
City of Marietta, On
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH. 1897,
at o'clock, p. M. of said day, the following
part D6) OF the undivided following real es-
tate, situate in Washington County. Ohio to.
wit: much of ~ 40 acre lot No. 10, as lies
north OF that part of said lot No. 16, formerly
owned by Ebenezer benedict, as by him now
liked and defined, containing IA 7-10 acres more
or less.
Also 56-lc0 acre lots Nos. 26 and 27 all in
Section No. 25, Township No. l. and Range
No. Q.
Also 80 acres the middle part of the South
100 acres from the South East quarter of Sec
tion No. 26, Township No. /, Range, No. g.,
bounded on the east and west by the lands
formerly owned by VIM r. Browning; and on
the north by the lands formerly owned by
Francis Stone except 10 4--lU0 acres sold to the
baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company May
2lth, 1870, recorded In Vol. TO- at pages 263, 26i
made for more particular description. Also
except the right OF way to said Railroad over
and across lots No 81 and 2s. Also except a
Scribed as follows:
Commencing at an iron post in the county
road on the line between the lands of Charles
Cook deceased, and the land owned by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company; thence
south 4s degrees east l6a feet; thence north AZ
degrees east so feet to post; thence north AZ
degrees west l60 feet to an iron post in the
above county road; thence south AZ degrees
west 30 feet to the place Of beginning. contain
ing 3ol0G OF an acre more or less, all in central
part of the southeast quarter Section No 78,
Township 2, Range No o, being 80 feet on the
county road, and extending back 100 feet"
Appraised at sl2 900. Terms Cash.
JOHN s. McCALLISTER,
Sheriff, Washington County, Ohio.
w. G.. Way, Attorney
October 26th, 1875 weeks.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Sherif's Sale.
Phillip Mattern, Plaintiff,

vs..
VIM. Nj. Stackhouse, ct al Defendants
BY virtue of an order OF sale, duly issued by
the Court OF Common Pleas, OF Washington
County, Ohio. in the above entitled action and
to me directed, will offer for sale, at public
auction. at the door of the Court House In the
City OF Marietta. on
SATUTD Y, DECEMBER nth, 1897,
at O'Clock, p. m. of said day. the following
described real estate. towit: Situate in Wash.
ington County, State of Ohio. towit: Being in
watertown Township and being the south half
OF 100 acre lot No. 4, Range No. 2, Town No. 8,
in Sections No. l6 and % in Rainbow Creek
Allotment OF Donation Lands containing so
acres, more or less.
And also 20 acres of the north end OF 100 acre
Lot No. 3, Town No. 8, Range No. 9, Rainbow
Allotment OF Donation Lands the same being
conveyed by will from ia es willis, deceased,
Court
Also acres more or less off the South East
corner OF Lot No. 0, Range No. 8, Town No. 8,
Section No. %.
Total number of acres contained being IA
mora or less.
Appraised at 100000. Terms ~ash.
JOHN S. .McCALLISTER,
Sheriff, Washington County, Ohio.
Ralph Starting, Attorney.
November 9th, 1S97-j weeks.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
New Union Formed.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-A thousand men
and women engaged in the secondhand
clothing trade, have banded themselves
together into an organization to be
known as the pressers, cleaners and
bushelers' union. The members con.
template strike before the end of the
week looking to the betterment of
their condition, especially in the mat
ter of wages. 1t was stated Monday
that 1900 employees in the cloakmaking
industry are still out.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Groceries

This department needs no booming for
we find it almost impossible in our
cramped quarters to wait on the trade,
but we are getting ready to give it
more attention and better service in
the Inear future. Good pure goods,
prompt service is what we are work
ing for, and at Lowest Prices.
The Ralston Health Club Cook Books
to our customers for 25c. Follow their
instructions and indigestion and such
troubles will not bother you.
Come this week to our GREATEST
SALE and you will find it your best
investment.
One second hand blackboard Buggy,
cheap.
Two pairs Counter Scales at Bar
gain
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Leprosy in France.

AT the international congress of lep.
rosy, which has just been brought to
q conclusion at Berlin, the startling Fact
was elected that the disease is very
prevalent in France, especially in the
northern district thereof, and that it
is on the increase. This discovery and
the data furnished by the French med
ical authorities contributed In no small
measure to the resolution voted by the
congress to the effect that leprosy Is
contagious.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16

The largest waves are seen of Cape
Horn, rising to 46 feet in height, and
765 feet long from crest to crest. Waves
In the north Atlantic have been OBJ
served to rise 43 feet in height. In the
German ocean their height does not
exceed 1874 feet, and in the Mediter-
ranean 14% feet.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Thn Waather

WASHINGTON, Nov. l5.-Tennessee and Ken
tucky-Tuesday probably fair; decidedly colder
Tuesday; southwesterly winds becoming north
erly.
Ohio--Rain followed by clearing weather
Tuesday; colder; brisk southerly winds becom-
ing northwesterly
Indiana-Tuesday clearing and colder; fresh
south shifting TO northwest winds.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Roauefort Cheese.

IT is estimated that over 5000 farm.
ers and others in France make their Iy-
ing by the manufacture of Roquefort
cheese. Formerly the value OF the
product of this cheese every year was
81. .Ooo. .oO0. but lately the demand for II
has much decreased.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Important Bicycle Sale.

We have on hand a few high grade and sec
low prices as the season is late and we do not
care TO carry them over until next season. We
therefore beg to announce the greatest bar
gains ever offered In this city in the shape OF
bicycles, for the next few days, either for cash
or on weekly or monthly payments.
New wheels are fully guaranteed for one
year from date of sale.
II you are in need OF good bicycle you
should avail yourself of these low prices.
THE BIG FOUR CYCLE c.,
Nov 9-2ts. ll9 Front Street.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Carpets

Are selling rapidly, Notwithstanding
the cramped quarters we have them in.
We will have larger show room soon
for them, but now they are going at
less than mark-dow prices
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Linens

For table use at less than importers
prices. Only on account of reorganiz-
ing our business we make them so low.
Get them now and save money.
A large stock of
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Clothing.

Our stock don't show up half as large
as it is but we are arranging for a
larger room to show it in. Low prices
prevail here.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Announcement.
Notice in Attachment,
The United States Baking Company, plaintin,

Charles A. Conrath. Defendant.
Before b. e. Guyton, j. p, of Marietta
Township. Washington County, Ohio.
on the 18th cay OF October, 1897, said Justice
issued an order OF attachment herein for the
sum OF sl5. .0C debt and Sl5 90 probable costs OF
suit. Said case will be for hearing November
2Nth. 1897, at 8 a m.
THE UNITED STATES BAKING COMPANY,
Oct. .26..3w.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16

EB- f. Hart M. D., Physician and Surgeon
omce and Residence No. $40 Front street. Ts.
lephone No. SO. tlJanl .,s8
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
DO you EAT RREApa

Jacob Pfaff's is unexcelleo, as are
also his Cakes and Ices. Finest
Neapolitan loe Cream that can be
made. Particular and personal at,
tention given to serving parties
receptions. weddinRs or public din.
ners' JACOB PFAFF,
Putnam st.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Our Confectionery Dept

Is in First class shape.--Candies, Nuts,
Dried Fruits, Cakes, Chocolates ETC. in
full supply, cheap.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16

HsB"J. @. Hardy, M. D., office corner Sec.
ond and Putnam streets. Telephone rs. ONCE
hours, to IL and to4.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16

%1-CHAS. S. HART M. D., ONCE and resi-
dence No. SO6 Putnam street. Telephone 200.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16

DR. A. KINGSBURY, DENTIST. Room
Leader Building, Corner Front and Putnam
Street.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16

eB-DR. C. V. DYE, Dentist, Marietta, Ohio
omce 2S6 Front Street, over Schneider's Music
Store.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Dress Goods

at prices ranging from sc to S1.4s. New
up-to-date goods. Prices made to close
them out. You can get suited for less
money than ever.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Notions
Notions
Gloves
Hosiery
Ribbons
Laces and
Underwear
At Less Prices than Elsewhere.
Queensware

Is going up in prices You will miss
it by waiting too long.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16

wy DR. W. M. HART, DENTIST once IL
Putnam St.. between Front and Second.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16

A@-DR. T. S. WARD, Dentist once in
Law Building, rooms and 8.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16

"s' M. HART, Dentist. ONCE over Witt
lig's Jewelry Store, Front St. Hours from
a. m. to D. M
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16

"Open Your Mouth
And Shut Your Eyes" !"
That's good rule in some drug stores
but in Others you have to keep your
eyes wide open.
This is store in which you may buy
blind-fo folded.
Every quality is right, and we give
you what you ask for without argu-
ment.
You're as safe with us as you are with
your doctor.
Ask him, he knows us.
Putnam
Street
N Mariesss. rHaas% o. 81 Drugstore.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
Flannels
Underwear and

Hosiery
Going at sacrifice. You need them.
Come and see them.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16

10s~J. L.. MASON, PHYSICIAN AND SUR
GEoN. ONCE and Residence 426 Second St.
Phone No. PAL Nov 97th.an,.,s
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16

1ee~ DIR. f. A. PoMERoY. Veterinary Sur.
geon' Curry & Holdren's Livery Stable. Tele.
phone No. 81.
Apr6 1yE
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-05-27
Story of Spanish Cruelty.

New York, May PA special to the
Journal from Havana via Port Tampa
says: A shocking story of Spanish
cruelty, verified by consulate repre-
sentative of the United States, comes
from Santa Clara province. The Gu
ban leader, Charles Aguirre, who was
officially annouced to have been killed
by Spanish troops under General Ober-
gon in an engagement near Sancti Spir-
itu, a few nights ago, was, as matter
of fact, made prisoner after having
been wounded. Learning that he
claimed American citizenship, his cap
tors are said to have tied him to the
tail Of horse and dragged him through
the streets of Arroyo Blanco until death
claimed him. In justice to General
Obregon, it is said that, after learning
the facts, he severely reprimanded the
minor officials directly responsible for
the brutal action, and directed that the
body be properly inferred.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-05-27

Philadelphia, May 24.-Today's SEES.
si1 ~ the legislative committee inyes:
tigating the management vi the Sellle
penitentiaries was sensational. Sena-
tor Gagerdorn, of Philadelphia, was
the star witness. He said the official
reports of the prison were filled with
falsehoods, and that he could prove
that the treatment of many convicts
had been brutal and cruel. He said
the institution reported there were 10
insane patients in November last, and
that investigation made by him showed
there were so at the time. OF these,
he said nine are now in insane asylums
and one is dead as the result of cruel
treatment at the prison. Thirty six of
the insane convicts, he said, are still
in cells in the prison. He instanced
the case of McCue, a prisoner whom he
had ordered sent from the prison to
the Northtown state insane asylum,
and who died the next day, as alleged
by the judge, from beating he re-
ceived the night before his removal.
He told OF another insane convict, a
colored man named Prentice, who for
eight months had been tied to the
steam pipes every night.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-05-27
STORY Of A SOL
DIER'S DOUBLE.

About thirty days before Grant brOk"
through Lees line at Petersburg and
the beginning of the end came. por-
ton of my regiment captured seven
COnfederates and brought them into
camp. My own company was part
Of the Federal force, but as was on
detached duty that week l was not
with them. The first l knew Of the
capture was when l heard the story
that had deserted to the Confederates
and been recaptured and would be shot.
visited company headquarters to as
certain what the talk meant, and there
met with strange reception. | was
there wearing blue uniform, and yet
] was In the guardhouse half mile
away wearing the butternut. ! had
been on duty ut division headquarters,
and yet had been captured on the
advance lines. was ut once placed
under arrest, and 1t was an hour or
more before the mystery was solved.
Then 1t was found that one Of the Con-
federate prisoners was my double. AS
the case excited a good deal Of COM
mcnt at the time, will give you the
full particulars. My double was n
member Of an Alabama regiment.
When placed side by side we were
twin brothers. Each of us was 20 years
old; each five feet five inches high:
each weighed 1871 pounds. Our eyes
and hair were Of the same color. Even
our voices We're the same except that
he spoke with more Of drawl. The
name Of the young man was John
Wakefield, and we were born thou
sand miles apart and were in no way
related. We were as much astonished
as the officers and surgeons who We're
called in to gaze at us. No twin broth
erS ever bore closer resemblance, and
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-05-27
Electricity in the Earth.

Take up Il spade, turn up a small
quantity of soil. hold portion in your
hand. hold it to your ear then smell it.
You will observe first slight motion,
hear faint sound as of the moving of
distant timber, and readily notice the
Odor of heat. DO you know that the
forces held in your hand are from cleo
tricity? That the earth for three feet
deep is alive with the invisible power
and forms the secret of vegetable life?
Waves Of electricity are constantly
passing through the soil in unseen bill
lows, thus keeping the soil from sour
ing. as the pillows of the ocean keep
the waters from becoming stagnant.
TO demonstrate this fact. go to some
rockbollnd pool. dip out a small guam
tity of the polluted water, place it in
bottle. cork and set aside in a warm
place for short time. Then take the
bottle into dark room. shake the bot
tie, draw out the cork. and you will see
tiny forks of blue lightning shoot
out from the bottle, and if you keep
perfectly quiet you will hear faint
muttering like thunder. This comes
from the flint-like rocks preventing the
unbroken flow Of electricity through
the soil, and from the air becoming
charged and emptying itself into the
water.
Electricity. as is being gradually
shown, is fiie-the fire of friction, II
you will. the first known by the inhab-
itants of our globe. Look at an arc
lamp and see it's combined sparks as
they emit from the carbons so swiftly
that they are taken for a regular flame
of eye-bedazzling light. In the ages to
come, the charge of electricity will
keep on accommodating until some COM
motion of the earth will cause it to ig-
mite, when, in the twinkling of an eye,
our world, with all it contains, will be
enwrapped and consumed by confa-
grafton that will startle If not brighten
the inhabitants Of other planets as
they look down upon the flaming mass
and see burn up one Of the greatest
works Of the Almighty's creation.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-05-27
THE PENALTY.

Nebber Gas no use o gittin' bumptious,
anyhow.
Mockin' bird, he sot hisse'f ter singin' on
de bough;
An ev'y time yuthuh bird would try ter
staht chune,
He take it up an carry 1t, an 'scourage
i'm right soon.
He put on lots OBJ airs. he did, de envy Oh
de throng,
A -singn'
An a-wingin'
An a-mockin' all day long.
An many bird dat humbly crep' along a
lower limb
Would stop awhile ter listen an ter wish
dat he wus him.
Dey worried bout de human folks dat
praised i'm up so high,
But dem birds got mo- contented when Il
week or so went by.
Oar is pity foh de mockn'- bird dat caused
sech jealous rage.
Case dey cotched i'm
An dey fetched i'm
An dey've got i'm in IL cage.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-05-27
Mr.. Tongue Injured.

Washington, May 24.-Representa-
tive Thomas H. Tongue, of Oregon, was
struck by cable-car near the corner
of Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth
street and painfully injured. He re-
ceived number of severe cuts and
bruises. Mr.. Tongue had just returned
from trip with number Of senators
and representatives. to Charlottville
and Monticello. He was taken to
Providence hospital, where it was
found he had sustained cut on the
left cheek, and another over the left
eye. No serious consequences are APP
pretended.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-05-27
SPAIN is UNEASY.
Hopes the President VIII Not Allow
the Senate to Drive Him to War;

Hopes the President Will Not Allow
the Senate to Drive Him to War.
Madrid, May 24.-Senor Morelly
Prendergast, q former minister asked
the government, OH behalf of the liber-
ais, in the chamber Of deputies today
If it was true that the United States
senate had recognized the belligerency
of the insurgents.
The premier replied that the report
to this effect was not surprise to him,
as 1t was u question of creating more
difficulties for President Mckinley in
connection with the tariff bill, but he
believed President Mckinley, like Mr.
Cleveland, would decide for himself in
such matter.
In the course of his reply to the in
terpellation, Senior Canovas said the
exchange of opinion between Spain and
other European powers on the subject
of Cuba had always been unofficial.
The powers had shown great reserve in
defining their views, and this attitude
had led the government to believe that
they were unwilling nfar any effec-
tive intervention between
the United States. The exchange Of
views with the United States had been
friendly, but Spain had refused the
proffered mediation. The guarded tone
of the premier in regard to the bellig-
erency vote of the senate has made Il
profound impression, but the general
opinion in the Hobbies is that President
Mckinley and Secretary Sherman will
not allow the senate to drive them into
conflict with Spain.