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PEABODY INSURANCE. .GINFAIY,
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DIRECTIONS.

DIRECTORS.
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20 Loring, Jas. +. Barnes, Jos. II. Woodward,
DR.. WIN. J. Bates, Henry Stamm, Thos. Hughes.
TiilS Company having Been fully organized, is
now prepared to take risks at fair rates on
Buildings of all kinds, Merchandise, Manuiactu-
ring Establishments, Furniture, Steamboats, and
Cargoes on the Western Rivers and Lakes; also to
issue perpetual policies on Dwellings and Stores.
This Company being composed mostly Of orr lead
ing business men, recommends itself to the favor
able consideration of the insuring public, and so
licits their patronage.
We. Applications for Insurance will be prompt
ly attended to at the office of GEO. Z. C0RDELl9
CO., Agents at Charlestown, Jefferson Co. W. v.
\. G. Arthur, Secretary,
W. II. AdSEW, Asst Sec'y.
WM. BAILEY, President,
ALoNzo LoRIS0, Vice President.
November IL, lSG9-tf.
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Soda Water Soda Water!

I WILL have from this day forth, Soda Water
l cool and fresh-made from the purest materi-
ais. Best appetizer known. For sale BY
May I, 1872. GEO. T. LIGHT.
LSO, have the Syphon Bottle by which Soda
n can be supplied to the sick just as well as at
the fountain. GEO T. LIGHT.
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"Good Wine needs no Bush"
Bar Room, a. the basement Of the Jefferson
Building.
JOHN :. yesterday.
niuexorable principle thatno excellent drink
can be made out Of anthing but excellent mate
rals, and We conceive that we safe N asserting
that whatever may be prepared at our establish
ment will be able to speak eloquently for ITSELF
Therefore, we invite all who indulge in a ."social
glass" to call upon rs and we can favor them with
the most favored and pleasant drinks.
Punches, Toddies, Hint Juieps, SmGshes, Sings,
CotLlers, Cocktails, Sangarees, Fi;.ss aud SOurs,
Flips, Negus and Shrub, Egg No5s,
Apple 7oddies and Hot. Drinks "a season,
Hines, Ale, Porter, BroWR Stout,
Ard Brandy and Whisky plain.
Also, always an assortment of superior brand Sc
CARS on hand. Call upon us-in summer-.if you
would keep cool"-and winter, if you need some
thing warm and pungent
Charlestown, August p, 1867.
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The Baltimore Gazette.
A LEADING DEMOCRATIC. COMMERCIAL
AND FAMILY Journal.

n contains striking Editorial Comment rario-
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The As.ociated Pre.s; aud horiag a large and dai
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1872. Terms Cash 1872.

NOR the year 1872 my terms win be Cash or
L will accommodate prompt paying customers
80 days. Prompt payment will be required Of
Jan. 6, 1872. W. EBY.
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| 'DGyIDH. CocKRILL. JOSEPH II. CocKRILL
DAVID H. C0CKRILL & SON,

DIyIpH. CocKRILL. JOSEPH II. CocKRILL
DAVID H. cOCKRILL & SON,
Architects and Builders,
CHAKLESTOWN, JEFFERSON COUNTY, va.
.nUR experience in the business which we adyer-
tise TO conduct, and our thorough acquaint-
ance with il in all its branches, enable to
the public that any work; entrusted 10 us will be
executed in the nest workmanlike manner, and
with the utmost dispatch. Having stood to their
posts in the Confederate army during the four
years struggle which it so manfully encountered,
they have located in their native county, where
their services are offered in building up the waste
places, andin carrying out practical reconstruction
Particular attention given at all times 10 the
drawingo of plans and specifications; and IN the
construction Of
GEOMETRtCAL STAIR IFAYS,
where calculation is required, they are confident
that they cannot be surpassed by any wOrkmen in
10 Being well known in the community, they
deem il unnecessary to say more, than that orders
lef. for them wiflreceiye prompt attention.
April ., lS6S--tf.
Great Excitement!
ANOTHER WARIi THE PRESIDENT
MusT AND SHALL BE SUSTAINED.
"AYING reftted my shop, and secured the
services of frst-el0ss City Barber, l am
fully prepared to give my customers good
.SHAYES, and cut and dress their hair in the
latest styles, also
Old Clothes Made New.
NY shop will be open at all times, and my custo-
mers will find comfortable fire and the latest pa
pers always for their accommodation.
Respectfully. &c,
Feb. 81 1865. SAMUEL BROWN.
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II lEE Policies are generally Acknowledged 90
1 be smoac she safest and most desirable invest
mcuu. Ihs Company is a Virginia Enterprise,
intended. bv st,ict economy in Us management to
offer security t' the Policy Holder az iorcr rate,
thau any o,hcr company. II has been localized in
tii> STATE ~ ih. appointment Of the above Board.
whnsrt 'D tlve chaf-e Cd, aud 90 invest within the
.iuitr OF tai, Agency, thc entire rcscrre arising
from roHcir. Insured To- this pjstrict-thus check
Jog tlr constant drain of money from cur almost
Impoverished country.
Ihe members OF this Board. after a careful ex-
1mtoltiou 90 all the features OF this Company feel
DO hesitation Ia heartily recommending IL 20 their
fi'euds, as tsfs, aud IN all respects heme en-
tsrntise.
March o, ls12-ly.
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PAlSf- PA'NT. PAM
The Eureka Lead Paints which, for durability.
beauty and economy are unsurpassed by any other
paint manufactured, and is already mixed for use,
Of all the different shades Of color to suit the taste
10 be had in any quantity, done up in Of from
one TO twenty-five pounds each-slso all the popu-
lar brands Of Lead, with Linsced Oil, Spts Tur-
pentine, Varnishes, Dryers, Paint Brushes, &c,
at as low rates any house this side Of Baltimore
March 80, 1872 c. l.. BELLER.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05
Foreign Intelligence,

A church has been built at Tucug Chow
China, for Rev, T, 7. Crawford, of the South.
eru Baptist Church,
Yokohama dates to October % say the
completion OF the first railroad In the couu.
try, from Yeddo to Yokohama, was cclc.
brated, the Emperor participating, In grand
style, on the l+th of October. The Emperor
passed over the road. The rinderpest was
making terrible havoc among cattle in the
rural districts, A dreadful famine was re.
ported among the people of Corca.
Cable dispatches OF the 18TH report great
obstruction of life and property by the re
cent fearful storm on the coasts in Ger.
many, Denmark, etc. Half of the town of
Praestoe, in the Island II Seelaud, on the
Baltic, was laid waste by the force OF the
wind, Other disasters are reported, and
great suffering had been caused in many
localities.
The Pope refuses to accept al annuity
voted him by the Italian Parliament.
= Tit German Parliament has enioined
The German railways to cease CARRYING
Smigrants TO the seaboard al less than full
rates.
The ooot in Italy has made 10000 families
homeless, and has established permanent
lakes where there were none before.
President Theirs has contributed l,onOf for
The relief of sufferers by the tire in Boston,
In the French Assembly, on the 18th. there
was an exciting debate on a motion censur.
ing Gambetta for his iudammatory speeehes
IN the provinces. Theirs mounted the trl-
bune IN defense of the Government, He pro.
tested against being placed at the lar as a
criminal. and threw out limitations that he
might appeal TO the country. lie admitted
that the speech made by Gambetta at Greuo-
BILE was offensive, but claimed that The Gov.
erpment was not responsible, A vote Of
confidence was passed By 90, to III, many
members ahstalning from voting.
A Copenhagen, Denmark, dispatch OF the
3Sth says; HAdyices from the provinces
show that the wreck and ruin caused by the
hurricane is enormous. At many points the
seq ~embankmcuts and draining works have
been demolished. The loss Of life is very
great. The damage done in the Island Of
Falster, known for its fertility as the or.
chard Of Denmark, Will amount TO millions
Of pounds
President Theirs was greatly excited about
The proceedings Of tho French Assembly on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05

Personal and Literary.

1t is asserted that the Marquis and
Marchioness of Butte will visit the United
States next summer.
The French Government is reported
to have prohibited the issue of any new
journals.
james Russell Lowell has settled down
in the Latin Quarter, Paris, where he in.
tends to spend the coming winter.
"A box of books was recently received
at the Kansas Blind Asylum gift o!
the late Charles Dickens.
Mrs. Scott-Siddons, having recovered
from her recent illness, has begun her
season of dramatic readings.
The members Of the present Senior
class of Dartmouth College have given
$500 worth of books to the society libra
ries.
The wife of Jack Grant, Representa-
tive from Polk County in the Oregon
Legislature, last year shot and trapped
35S squirrels.
-One of the buildings on Otis street,
Boston, destroyed by the late great fire,
was owned by Christine Nilsson, anu was
valued, according to the assessors rec
ords, at $5l, 900.
Mr.. Blackmore, author of "Lorna
Dame" and the MAID of Sker,' two Of
the most successful Of English romances,
Is a market gardener, and William Nor
ris, the poet, is an upholsterer.
Mr.. Edward T%ompkins, of Oakland,
Cal, has founded q new chair in the Uni
versity of California, which, in honor of
Prof. AgassiZ, is named the "Agassiz
Professorship of Oriental Languages and
Literature"
The Stephen Pearl Andrews who has
been arrested with Mrs. Woodruff and
Miss Clatiin, in New York, was once a
resident of Houston, Texas. He came
here in 1889, we believe; but had not been
a resident long until one day he was con-
Quoted to the wharf by a number of citi-
zens, put aboard of a boat, and requested
to make himself scarce in Texas, at once;
which he did.-H0Hstoh Unt0f.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05

C~ALIFoRSIA's BIGGEST NuaaET.-Hox
much we " TO California! Her nre.
cious metals nave enriched thousands Of
our fellow citizens, and have proved the
main stay of America in times Of national
pecuniary embarrassment. Her mininr
Industries have given employment t9
myriads Of mechanics and labofers, She
Is the land of promise to the fortune
seeker. But the Golden State has lately
sent US a new treasure. Her last nngget
is DIR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA YINEGIp
BITTFRs. The health-giving principles
contained in this curative are a more
precious boon han gold. In all affections
OF the liver and stomach, remittent and
intermittent feyers, rheumatism, and pnl.
monary diseases, it may be relied upon
AS q blood depure1t and invigorant it is
~unequaled, purifying the circulation and
lnfusing new vigor into tAe debilitated
frame. 1t conquers that most unyieldine
of all OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and we
know of no other remedy thatcan accom-.
pish this. Its entire freedom from alco-'
holic spirit, which retards and neutraliyes
the effect of any medicine, and which
forms the basis of many Of the pseudo
bitters and tones, doubly enhances its
value to the sick. The papers of the
United States vie with one another in do
ing honor to Dr.. Walker. We, too, add
our voice, and say all honor to the man
whose science and skill have enabled him
to draw from the vegetable kingdom such
a balsam for human suffering.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05
Secretary Belknap's Report.
WAsaIxaros. November 8

WARRINGTON, November s.
The annual report Of the Secretary of
War this year is quite brief. He compile
ments Congress for such completeness in
last years legislation that little room is
left for Legislative accommodation. The
Secretary recommends the establishment
OF military prisons in places of the pres
ent system Of sending army convicts to
State penitentiaries. Also the enactment
of a code o specific punishments for army
officers. Desertions are reported as great
ly fallen of in the past year. He renews
the recommendation that the extra Major
to each regiment be dispensed with as
vacancies occur, thus saving a hundred
and sixtythousand dollars annually. He ad
vises raising the intellectual standard of
admission at West Point; also tie sale of
a large number of noI useless arsenals in
the South and elsewhere, and the estab.
lishment of q general arsenal of coRstruc-
ton OF the Atlantic slope, and another on
the Pacific. These arsenals, with tina:
already at Rock Island, in the Mississippi
Valley, would efficiently meet the wants
of the service in time Of need. Progress
In experiments with improved navy
ordnance, and with breech loading small
arms, is slow. He considers channel o.
structions and torpedoes, protected by
heavy batteries, as valuable for harhor
d~efenses, and experiments with torpedoes
have been successful in determining the
kind to be used. The Secretary recon-
meRds the storage Of torpedoes for de-
tense of New York and other harbors.
A new system of inspecting disbursing
officers accounts is in full operation. He
concludes by regretting that one.sixth of
the army is still detained in Southern
States east Of the Mississippi river, bat
hopes the improving social condition of
the country will soo relieve that force
for frontier service. He says the mill
tary expenditures are OF d descending
scale
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05
Miscellaneous.

New York Bohemian glass-A lager
beer mug,
The Danbury Ne,os wonders that
"epizootic' hats have not yet appeared.
There will be q hotel clerks bail at
the New York Academy of Music next
winter.
Nearly one hundred dead Cinnamon
were sent home by one ship from san
Francisco lately.
The festal costume of the King of
Dahomey is a neat outfit Of druggists
"lahcis.'
Debut" and Yours" are the
names OF two stations on the new section
Of the lnter-Colonjal Railway.
The condition of the sidewalks in
Denver is such rs 20 justify the location
IN that city Of another surgeon,
-Maysvjlle, Ky, depends for a large
paTr Of her revenue upon the execution
Of her hog ordinance,
The latest definition Of 4 gentleman
= - man who can put on a clean collar
without being conspicuous.
Louisiana oranges are sold on the
trees By their producers at from S. to SO
. thousand,
Make tr.endswith life insurance, that
when yau are ola it may comfort you.
Remember tile Washington lie.
The s. Adams Nt.l Messages says:
We want = Court House, at least az
good SIS any barn in the county
i, IS claimed that two acres Of oyslcr
ground. rightly located in Fair Haven
waters. sire worth more, rs source Of
income, than .Ae best Farm IN Connect
cut.
\ noted chemist, from personal ob-
seryati0ns made in Boston, asserts that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05

the 18th, because OF the comparatively In
significant majority by which the vote OF
confidence was passed. A Committee Of
the National Assembly, appointed to draw
up a reply to the opening message Of Presi-
dent Theirs, on the 10th, by a vote Of 8 to 9,
elected the Due de Pasquier d'Audriffet,
President. This choice was regarded as un-
favorable to the Government.
The police force Of London recently en-
gagged In a general movement for an increase
of pay, and serious inconvenience grew out
of the strike. The postmen joined the
movement on the Goth, and a public meeting
was called for the oath.
The French Assembly has passed the trial
by jury bill-4Gl to rs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05
The South.

The official returns give Grant a majority
in Delaware of WS.
Mr.. Tyler, Chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee, of Alabama, tele.
graphs to Athens to George s, Houston,
that the Democrats will have four or
five majority in Joint ballot in the Legisla-
ture.
The trial of Reverend G. H. Robertson, of
Louisville, has resulted in . verdict, by the
Presbytery, of perpetual deposition from
the ministry and suspension from the priv
ileges OF the church until he shall give salts
factory evidences Of repentance. The charges
were drunkenness, laseiyious conduct, aud
falsehood.
The business portion of the town of Alb
beyville, s. c., was destroyed by fire a few
days ago, Loss, $4,000; partly insured.
A destructive fire occurred at Fort Smith,
Ark, on the l4th, destroying property to the
amount of 100000. The United States
Court rooms, Marshal's office, Post.Onice,
and thirteen business houses, besides private
dwellings, were consumed,
The Legislature of West Virginia met at
Charlestown on the 10th, and perfected their
organization h~armoniously.
The General Assembly Of North Carolina
completed its organization on the 10th,
Hon. j. 7. Morehcad was elected Speaker OF
the Senate, and Captain James Robinson
Speaker OF the House. All the officers of
both Houses are Conservatives
The Alabama Legislature met at Mont.
gomery on the 18th, the Conservative and
Radical members OF each House converting
separately and c~tteeting separate organiza.
tious. The Conservatives met in the Capital
building and the Radicals in the United
States Court room.
The horse disease was alarmingly preya.
lent in Wilmington, n. C., on the 18TH, and
had made Its appearance in Memphis and
Nashville, Tenn.
The vote in South Carolina is a5.2i5.
Grants majority, 1856.
The Louisiana election imhroglio has been
partially settled by the Eighth District Court
deciding that Heron is De t1cto Secretary Of
State. BY this decision the Returning Board
Of the State consists OF II. c. Narmoth,
F. J. Heron, JsmeslLongstreet, James lIaw-
klns, and John Lynch. The case will prob
ably &C to the Supreme Court,
I'm tne -NtA HoNeFloE AtuhsaNs "a AN'
bama, informed the Legislative body, Con
sentative, sitting at the Capitol, that he
would send in his message the next day.
In reply to a Committee of the branch, Re
publican, sitting in the United States Court
room, he detailed in writing the legal organ
ization OF the Legislature at the Capitol, the
lawful aud usual place Of meeting, which
supreme aud lnsurmountable necessity can
only change. lie was Ignorant Of the eNist.
euce Of such A necessity, and therefore de,
cllued to recognize the body assembled In
the Courtroom, with whom he would have
no official communication.
The total vote in Virginia for President
was ia ,q65; Grants majority is 1900, OF
the nine members Of Congress elect, four
are Republicans and live Democrats.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05
The Hurricane In Sicily.

The London Times of November s has
the following account Of the hurricane in
Sicily, which destroyed the town Of Pal
azzOlo
There has leen no instance Of such a
calamity within the memory of a living
man. No earthquake ever caused so
much destruction. There are houses
ruined, houses fallen to the very ground,
the walls cleft from end to enc, walls
hanging outward as if to rest on the adj
joining houses. There are roofs wholly
swept away sunken vaults and balconie.
torn from their place; windows and shut
tiers either entirely carried off, or hanging
loose from the walls lamp.posts forced
from their sockets, and up-rooted trees
and this is all one sees along the northeast
side of the town. Not a single house re.
mains on which the whole roof and win
dows do not require thorough repair.
The streets are a mass of fragments and
rubbish. The incidents OF the disaster
are so strange rs to be almost incredible.
There was a store of twenty-five hectoii-
tres of wheat, of which not a trace is any.
where to be seen. The books Of excise
and of the land registry Offices have an
tshed, and only their torn leaves have
been found here and there at great dis
tanccs. In one house all the copper
kitchen utensils were blown through the
roof. In another the benches and heavy
chests flew through the windows. The
iron bars of one balcony are to be seen
curled up n way, and those Of another
twisted up another way, There is a pill
lar of a palace which has been moved one
foot without breaking, and stands up iso-
lated, all n piece. There is a wall of
another palace which has fallen back
more than three feet without a crack.
Here is a beam Of n house which has
thrust itself into another house. There is
halt a bedstead, the other half of which
| lies no one knows where. All the tiles OF
one building are huddled together in one
spot on the roof, crushed and broken up
as small as if they had been pounded.
The rafters of another building are all
bare. The tiles have flown, no one can
see where. In a stable, onthe bare ground,
men are laying the bodies, one by one, as
they are being dug out. Most of them are
in their night.dresses, having been crushed
as they were quietly sleeping, Their fea.
lures and forms arc so d~istigured that one
cannot look at them without shuddering,
Their nostrils, ears and mouths are stop,
ped up with earth, and the white dust has
everywhere pierced through the skin.
Here is the body of a man holding close
to his heart a child, probably his own
child, and the skulls of both are shat.
tered. There are two young men in each
others arms, probably brothers, and the
chests and backs of both are crushed.
Near them is another youth covered with
-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05
The West.

The hose disease was spreading rapidly in
Toledo on the 10th. The leading livery
stables OF the city We're closed.
While the roof was being raised on the
ne q passenger depot at jackson, Mich, on
ttAe 10th, the scattolding gave way, rrecipi-
Eating the men and timber ~ the !oists
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05

A ~vouNeand delicate but adventurous
Salt Lake hdy, q few days ago, ascend.
ed the vie tramway recently completed
by the Takio company at Alta, in one
Of the bukets. The trsmway IS $3.50
feet long. rises at an angle of about TWEEN.
ty degree- and the cable is suspended on
staochiogs forty feet high, the bucket
hanging Ok feet below the wire. To a
crowd & embled to watch her, the wire
being inisible 8 short distance away, she
seemed ioating along in the air,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05

WHAT CSspEAKABLE RELIEF is afforded to the
burning and throbbing flesh by q single application
of that unequaled balsam for human or brute SUI
fering, MEXICAN MUSTANG LISIMEET. Ehe tor
mcnting and sleep-destroying pains O rheuuatisnn,
geut and neuralgia, are completely banlshcd BY Its
use stiffness Of the joints, and, painful sWeniings
quickly Weld to its emollient influences; 1t heals
bruises, cuts. scalds, etc, with astonishing %rapidity;
For strains, spring halt, scratches, saddle, collar and
harness gals, as wen as the most serious external
maladies Of the horse. it is a swift ind thorough
remedy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05

HAVE you ague in the face; and sit badly
swollenl Have you severe pain In the chest,
back, or side? Have you cramps or pains in
the stomach or bowels2 Have you bilious
collie or severe gripping pains? II so, use
JohnSoa'& Anodyha Linim8at.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05

BUTTER and cheese are almost indispensa-
lie articles of food. Properly used, they are
nutritious and healthy; but an inordinate
use of either causes indigestion and dyspes,
STA. Parson's PtrgatiDe fflis, Judiciously
used, will remove both of these troubles.