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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-04-21
Buried Alive.

Two weeks ago at Chapmanville Penn.
sylvania,a woman named Martha Coggs-
well, wife of Anthony Coggswcll, dro.
yer, died as was supposed, in this will
age, and was buried Her husband was
absent at the time. HIS fi-st Knowledge
of his wife's death was on Saturday
last, when he returned home. Almost
wild with grief, he insisted on her body
being exhumed, so that he could see
the remains. This was done. and the
coffin was opened in the presence of
several friends. To the unutterable
horror of all, the body had changed its
position in the coffin, showing that Mrs
Coggswell had been buried while in a
trance The body was lying on its face.
Evidences Of a fearful struggle made
by the unfortunate women when she re-
covered consciousness in the coffin were
visible The flesh was torn from one
shoulder, and the shroud was covered
with blood. When Mr.. Coggswell saw
what terrible fate bis wife had met, he
fell senseless across the coffin, and has
been raving maniac ever since.-NeU
York san.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-04-21

The Chicago Tribune says that first
class carpenters in that city, who were
employed a year ago at SO per day are
now glad to get 81 SO per day, and that
the decline in the cost of labor runs
through the whole scale of employ
ments.
T The frst Mutual Cremation Society
has been formed at New York BY sim
gular coincidence, the first signer of the
agreement which aims to destroy the
trade of the grave-digger, was Mr..
Sexton.
Nearly 100000 Irish emigrants Ian
ded in New York during the last 25
years. Over Sll, 100000 have been ex-
ported to Ireland by the emigrants since
1912.
A big diamond is now on exhibition
in Boston 1t is as large as hazenut,
and is worth 600 tons of railway iron.
300 tons of sugar, or 5000 barrels OF
flour.
A wretched cynic writes: ga bright
little five-year-old was looking through a
picture book the other night when she
suddenly paused, gazed eagerly into her
mothers face, AMI, while there shone in
her eyes the light OF wisdom beyond
her years, said-[blamed if VIC haven't
forgotten what she said
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-04-21
NUMBER 9.

RE- Hepworth Dixon describes Bis
marck as a tall. square man, ;slraiSht Sc
o pine and rugged as a larch; . man in
plain attire with ample brow and gray.
retiring eye. firm nose and chin, hard
and biting mouth, o peak OF grisly.
coarse moustacle atrongiy knit %
self constrained, aforsysrd sort ef man.
apparently all brain and nerve md Open
laughter on his lips. and with coun-
tenance so bold and frank that silences
if by chance he should be silent. might
appear to hide some omlnious thought
Gaze on that frame from head TO fool;
a frame erect and stiff, as though the
bones werc steel, the outer coverings
mail. The man is all apiece; strong,
ready blunt, aggressive; with q fxfd
belief inf fact, in science, lin the rule OF
three. mo CLEAN Of superstition hngers
on that face; no donbt, no sentiment,
no weakness, no remorse, A rocky
and uusympail,izing face it seems TO
'lookerson. When, laughter passes from
the ample brow to the tinspatins lip,the
radiance is more like the fash on hum
ished metal than the more poetic play
of flesh and blood.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-04-21

Mat Kidding, a gambler, and Barney
Kenney, of Virginia City, New, engaged
in shooting match in which FIVE or six
shots were exchanged. Kidding was hit
four times, and is believed to he fatally
wounded.
1t is reported chat the defalcation Of
insurance agent Magill,at San Francisco,
amounts to over $4,000 The compa,
nies involved are the Ph1nix, Hartford,
Home Of New York, North British and
Mercantile of London.
The New York Graphic says: "Stop
l2S men as they pass given point on
Broadway and 100 Of them will be hon,
est. Elect 12S men to the Legislature
and 100 of them will be scoundreIs. The
thing is almost mathematical certain
ty."
Prot j. Laurence Smith, of Louisville,
Is said to have been the first person to
bring the subject of cremation before the
American people. He delivered lecture
in New Orleans twenty years ago, in
which be favored cremation, and describ
ed plan for furnaces in which to burn
the desl.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-04-21
sMisfellanIu.
Which End OF the Stove Is Light


A reader, who was recently married,
writes US asking which end of stove
Is the lightest. We really wish VIC
knew, but we don't. A stove Is very
deceiving and one has to become well
acquainted with new one to fiud its
points of advantage. Our friend should
not be too hasty in taking hold of
stove, A stove that Is to be moved
should be visited in the still watches of
the night before, and carefully examin-
ed by the light o. good lamp. The
very end we thought the Highest may
prove the heaviest Gin fact, "a extremely
likely to or it NAV be that the lightest
end is the most difficult to get hold Of
and hang on to. 1t Is a very distress
ing undertaking to carry half ton of
stove By your finger nails. with cold
blooded man easily holding the other
end, and nervous woman with dust
pan in one hand and the broom in the
other bringing up the rear, and Citing
the broom between your legs. In going
up stairs Is to be at the lower end OF
the stove.
Going backwards up stairway with
stove in your hand requires delicacy
Of perception which very few people
possess, and which can only come after
years of conscientious practice. RI you
are below you have the advantage of
missing much that must be painful to a
sensitive nature. The position you are
in brings your face pretty close to the
top Of the stove, and as no one can be
expected to see what is going on when
thus situated you are relieved from oil
responsibility and thought in the matter,
with nothing to do but to push valiant
ly ahead and think of heaven. Then
above you is the oar man whom you do
not see, with his lios two inches apart,
bis eyes protruding and his tongue loll-
Il ing on his chin. And it is we'll you
don't see him, for it is an awful sight
But the chief advantage of being below
is that, In case of the stove falling, YOU
will be caught beneath and instantly
killed. Nothing short of your death
will ever compensate for the scratched
paint, soiled carpet and torn oil cloth,
And no man in his senses and with bis
hearing unimpaired would wantto sur.
vive the catastrophe e-Danbury Neps
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-04-21

If cremation comes in the Phila-
delphia Ledger will have to produce a
new style o. obituary verse The fol.
lowing has already been suggested
"The boastof heraldry,
The pomp of power,
And all that beauty,
And all that wealth ere knew,
Await alike the inevitable hour
The path of glory leads out to the ans.
"And this Is all that's left of thee,
Thou fairest of earth's daughters;
Only four pounds of ashes white
Out of one hundred and fourteen and three
quarters!"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-04-21
A Backwootis sermon.

A correspondent Of the Charleston
Courier who has beer travelling through
some Of the "back counties Of West
Virginia says: eg
"On our rounds We had the pleasure
of hearing one OF tho Raptist dcnom-
inatiou (.Ironside" deliver . sermon.
He spake very. vehemently and earnest
ly. In front OF. him sat former men,
Der Of the Virginia Legislature. The
minister said. ''The laws OF God arg
plain and not like the Laws of man. .sen
act to mend an act to 'splain an act
And walking up ito the ex.memher OF
the Legislature and tapping him On The
shoulder said, General H., the laws or
God Gays plainly to mourning souls,
.'Pcnt, believe and he baptized and you
shall be savedl,n = and says to the bar-i
dencd sinners, sPent, t,pent and be d--d.i
And tell you hardened sinners. if you
don't pent and be baptised you'll 90 10
H. as certain as Magic Relief xfll
cure the collier You must take the.
sc,ipturea as eit gis and you must,snot,
change it in no. parliclsr, for q. mon,,
strous little change makes q great differ
ence. For instance, take the figure 5
and You put an ought at the right hand
side or the s, and behold it makes any,,
butt II you Just put the ought ~ the left
hand side Of the 5,anil loait are 6fa en-
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-04-21

''That dog of yourn few at me this
morning and bit me on the leg and l no.
tify you that intend to shoot it the first
time l see it." "The dog is not mad!'
"Mad! / know he's not mad What
has he got to be mad about? Its. me
that's mad -
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-04-21

EFAt last an invention has hccn
made and patented, which it seems SUI
prisins has never before been attempted,
and that is to arrange all wagons, bug
2ies, carria9es, etc, in such . manner
that by the least pressure Of the foot
the horses can be unbitched from tho
carriage aud the wheels stopr cd. Every
vehicle drawn by animals ought 70 be
constructed on this method. Tho next
thing is to invent some lighter and more
easily drawn sort of wagon than the
cumbersome contrivance now used. and
which is Of itself sufficient to test the
full endurance ola pair of average
horses. s zti
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-04-21
The Dald Mountain Bugaboo,
fRalaiyh Newsy
raleigh News

1t has caused ffty-Rve conversions to
religion, broken up twenty-seyen elicit
whisky distilleries. drove from the coun-
try two sub-revenue officials, rid tue
mountains Of sorry preacher, and fur
nisied us several columns Of reading
matter. On the other hsnd the damage
is slight, for had it broken up all the
crockery in the mountains the cost
would not have been $40, while Mrs.
Nannie's chimney would have tutpbled
with the first strong wind. ooga 5sa4;
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-04-21

DanbLry saws bows toothacoe gene
rally begins abou' eight a. IN reachesthc
highest altitude at a quarter b, to Q nine,
when the pan is intense; commences 10
sub>ide at nine. and after, that dissppears
with celebrity very comforting to the
snfferef II at night that bny hssn't'Eot
four quarts of waInuss spread out aa iduy
up stairs. it is because there Is NJ place
up ssaiys 10 dols,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-04-21
wba, Is Mean, By . Ilorse rewer.


The power Of prime movers is meas
urcd by horse power. Watt found that
the strongest London DRAFT horses we're
capable Of doirg work equivalent TO
raising SO, pounds one foot high per
minute, and he took this as the unit Of
power for the steam engine Tbs horse
is not usually capable of doing So great
10 quantity Of work Rankine gave -
600 pounds as the figure for mean Of
several experiments, and It is probable
that $4,000 pounds is a fair minutes
average work for good animal. Ii
would require Ave or six men to do the
worn. of a strong horse. Watts estl-
mate has become, by general consent
among engineers, the standard of pow
er measurement for all purposes,-Sct-
entifc .4mericdn. 80 stts - sssf
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05

sg@lt seems as though Sergeant
Bates, the great American flag idiot
Is striving for no other end than to
get his name into some Forthcoming
biographical dictionary. He has aban-
doned his idea Of mailing the Ameri-
can flag to the north pole, and now
turns his attention to the introduction
of prairie chickens into the island Of
Madagascar. If he could have been
with Livingstone and caught the At
rican dysentery and died, the American
people would have been spared the
gazing u9on a world of cheap mock
patriotism, which they are now des-
tined to look upon till the Sergeant
gives up the ghost. Would that some
money corporation would give him a
position where he could default. and
thus charge the tenor of his useless
life- Something of this sort would be
refreshing. The name Bates is be-
coming disgusting:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05
The Money Counted and all on
Hand.

The Madison correspondent of the
Milwaukee Neus, writing of the trans
fer of the duties of the OLD officers to
the new ones, says:
by arrangement between Major
Batz and Mr.. Kuehn, the former re-
mainei IN possession till two o'clock, 2.
VI. At that hour Mr. Kuehn entered.
and, with his son JEFF. as assistant. en-
tered upon their duties, the first of
which was TO count the money deliver
ei to them. This ceremony occupied
all the afternoon, and the count was
found Co be correct In all The funds of
the state-This was the accomplish.
ment Of revolution which in any
other government would not have
taken FlIce without violence and
blood"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05
Death of Livingstone.

DR.. Livingstone, the great explorer
is again reported dead. This time he
died of the dysentary while su route
from Lake Bonnie to Uuiangembe. a
point in northern Africa. His BODY
has been embaInled, ESQ reported) and
sent to England. DIR. Livingstone
has died SO many times, that this re-
port will hardly be believed till the
New York HeraM gives At til. stamp
Of trah. fit be true the scientific
world will have suffered very largely.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05


WISCONSIN ALMOST FREE FROM
DEBr.-We commented last week on
the fact that the aggregate indebted
ness OF the counties, cities, towns and
villages of this State, amounted last
year to SIS. S10,02e, which is 2.6S per
cent. of the local valuation. Since
then the indebtedness has been de-
creased considerably by the two last
tax levles, while very few new obliga-
tons have been created. The assess
ment given to the property of the
State, last year. amounted to $751;
16I ,446; but according to the returns
OF the census taken N 1870 the value
was found to be S7O2. 307,329. The
taxes levied throughput the State, for
all purposes, last year, amounted to
$3.50, l3l--being twenty-three mills
on the dollar. We thus find that
III IL mills, on the true valuation, is
the per centage of taxation in this
State, and that tax of II mills would
wipe out every form of public indebt-
edness' IN this State, in a single year, -
State Register.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05
OUR AGENTS,
The Irrepressible ''Nigger".

The JrrepressibIe Niger won't
down worth cent Like Banquo's
ghost he Stalks about and won't down
til he has had his little "say" which
usually makes somebody feel terribly
mean. lie haunts the representatives Of
the "putrid reminiscence" with true
ghostly ardor, not to say odor, and
though they have been taught to be-
iieve that ghosts must of necessity. be
white, yet they find that in Gods good
providence there may be black ghosts,
and such black ores Only few
weeks ago one Of these black ghosts
lowered about little dried up wither
cd white ghost who hardly could claim
title to recognition in country grave
yard, we believe he used to be called
Alec Stevens when he was in the flesh
and so completely walloped him with
the lash of argument and the scourge
Of logic that the little ghost felt like
lquidatlng something, probably the
Indebtedness of the ghostly confelera-
cy in which he was partner. and that
too, right in his seat And now an
other OF these ghostly apparitions has
come to scare and plague the decaying
bones of once honorable body. Only
d few days ago. one Robbins, as bitter
a secessionist as ever hurrahed for the
rebel flag, arose, and upon the floor Of!
Congress began a TRADE against the
"nigger" eclipatng anything of the
kind since the days of Tombs and
Whigfall When he had subsi1ed, a
"nigger, one Hon. Richard H. Cain
who had been quietly taking notes
arose and with only brief memoranda
began to pluck the pin feathers out Of
that Robin till he felt and looked a
veritablc gozling His was one of the
ablest speeches delivered on the floor
of Congress for years. When he had
done he received hearty eongrstula-
tons, and the speech with that Of
Robbins is to be printed for distribution.
These biochbirds are proving them
selves sufficiently able to cope with the
Robbins in public debate. This modern
Cain has permanently disabled a mod
ern traitor: but the franks" of the
"putrid Renaissance" will probably
try to console themselves with the
thought that he, their antagonist, per-
haps is only half niger :" Poor com
fort What would have been the con
sequence had he been pAoie "nigger?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05
Maybe 4 Duel.

Ro ert Toombs some twenty years
ago proposed to John =. Hale that
when lie got a good ready he would 60
NJ into old Massachusetts and call the
roll Of his slaves in the shadow Of
Bunker Hill monument. For some
reason or other. Toombs postponed
this little comfort he was TO enjoy,
probably on account of the weather, or
maybe circumstances didn't exactly
doyetail SO as to prevent of his SO do
inc; at any rate he didn't call the roll
Quite recently another little circam-
stance has occurred which promised
great things, but which we fear Will be
stillborn. We hope not. Senator Foot2
Of Mississippi and jeff Davis haven t
been very good friends for long time.
that Is they don't ofiIiate, and don't
love one another as so patriotic and
corageors men ought. The breach has
widened Of late and JEFF threatens to
ask lir. Foote for satisfaction. Now
what We ear Is thlt he will have an
attack Of the same courage made So
manifest in certain swamp ii the
south whcre he went into the women 5
furnishing business, and forgot to ito.
We confess we want the fight to come
off. We want to hear that these chi
various men have killed one another.
1t may be wicked, 'but its nice "
What beautiful corpse JET would
make laid out in a hoop skirt with a
sleeping car ticket in his military hat,
or pinned to the old hood-that would
look more in consonance with his cour-
sge. And Fuote.-there seems to be no
particular formula as to his LAYING out,
only let him be laid out. Then Jus
tice will be satisfied, and what the
halter failed to accomplish because of
the lenity Of a grand people the bullet
vii have accomplished through a
mistaken sense of what constitutes
'Yindieated honor"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05
Sheriff Sale.
State Of WTsconsia, Wood County,,

State Of Wisconsin,, Wood County-ss
John Rablin Plaintiff against Lovana Carl. Ma.
rion B. Earl, Adebert Earl ami Fredrick
Earl, the Widow and Minor heirs of Alfret;
Earl deceased Defendants.
BY virtue of a IN lgment and decretaI order
in the above entitled cause made by the Circ~it
Cont in and for the County Of Wood at IN,
Anvusf Perm A. D. 1873. 7, E. Lavigne sheriff
Of Wood County viii on the 10Th day of Decem-
her 1873 at the hour of two o'cIock in the after
noon at the door Of v the Court house in the City
and sell. ut public auction. 20 the highest bid
der the follegsing described rezsl estate to-wit:
Fractional Lots. one, TWO ami three. In Section.
Number Twenty-F our. Town Number Twenty
Two Narth OF Range Five East Also a Frac-
tionaI Let North of the Wisconsin River of the
Northwest quarter of Section Number Nine
teen, Town Number. Twenty Two North .ol
Range Number Five East also the South East
quarter Of the North West Quarter quarter Of section
TWENTY-FIVE North of RANGE Number Five East,
For further particulars bidders are referred to
the decreaI order in the in the il, tbss office
of the Clerk of the Circuit court for Wood Goun
ty. T.; Il \ l6NE u, Sheriff.
MINOR STR0PE, Ptfs. Attorney.
Grand RI yids. NcT. %. lsFS-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05
EggIt is humiliating,- though new

EI@It is humiliating,- though new
ertheless a fact, that the Governor
must be requested to state what it is
so obnoxious in the Graham Liquor
law, of which he complains in his
Message. Senator Potter has offered a
joint resolution, requesting his Honor
to inform the Legislature at an early
day "what are the obnoxious provis-
ions, and what legislation is necessary
to relieve the law of the charge of be-
ing an arbitrary interference with the
social habits, private interference or
religious belief of the people
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05

Wanted.-A few boarders may find
accommodations by inquiring of Ira
Pardy on High Street, two blocks
south of Il. c. Worthington' Bank.
Grand Rapids. Dee, 18th, 1873.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05
Trightful Accident.
Groy's Mn btown up--Three men kill
eet-THree DOunt{ed.

Gr"y's Mn b!omn up--Three men kill
ed-THree wounded
At noon to-day our city was thrown
into intense excitement, caused by the
report, that Gray's Mill, situated IL
miles southeast of this city, in the
town of Weston, had blown up. Eve
ry available team to be had was soon on
the road, loaded with people fastening
to the scene Of the calamity. We
avaiIed ourseif of profered seat and
was soon at the place. Here We found
quite crowd of our citizens ahead of
us, among which was Dr. 8 Smith, Wylie
and Frost, who were busiIy engaged in
dressing the wounded The mill pre-
sents irightfu! wreck. portions of the
boiler (locomotiye) were scattered sew
eral rods from the mill. One piece
about 100 yards distance from where
it stood, one end dropped Oh the black
smith shop roof, directly over the
s'"ith' head while he was at work at
his anvil From Mr.. J. Gray, the
owner of the mill, we gather the fol,
lowing The explosion took place
about 20 clock, 4. NJ, there were
ni.e men at work in the mill at the
time. The names of the killed are as
follows