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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-18
Fair Ground Privileges.

Sealed proposals will be received BY the
Secretary of the Nothern Perry County
Fair until IL o'clock Sept. lst, 1881, for
the following priveleges on the grounds Of
the Society during the Fair 10 be held on
the 2l, % and %, of Sept. Is8l-viz:
One Eating house. s-sase-s,srsr'
One Grocery or refreshm<nt Stand. ST.
Ice Cream. Cake and Lemonade Stand.
For information in reference to the above
named, and other privileges. Call or I'D.
Dress w. II. RUSSELL, Sec.
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Mr.. j. Marsh. Bank Of Toronto, Ont.
writes: "Billiousness and dypepsia seem
to have grown up with me; having been .
sufferer for years. / have tried many rem
edies. but with no lasting result until !
used your Burdock Blood Bitters. They
have been trula blessing to me, and ]
cannot speak too highly of them" Price
$l.00, trial size 10 cents.
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Evils to be Avoided.

Over-eating is in one SENSE as productive
Of evil as intemperance in drinking. Avoid
both, and keep the blood purified with
Burdock Blood Bisters, and you will be re-
warded with robust health and an invis-
GRATED system. Price $l.O0. trial size 10
cents.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-18

The Republican county convention
will be held at Music Hall on Thurs
day, August 25th. All are anxious
to see if they can get up as big hell
ofatime as the Democracy. Go in
boys and do your level best to eclipse
the Goth of June convention.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-18
The producers of food and r.

:. The producers of food and raj
ment are the most necessary people OF
all. The rest of mankind could posi-
bly, be dispensed with. Yet the very
men and woman whose toll creates the
prime necessities of life are the ones
who reap the fewest comforts of exist
ence and enjoy the least of its luxuries.
The drones of the hive consume the
honey and enjoy the favor of the
powers that be. But, unlike "the
bees,' the industrious toilers of the
Nation have not the courage to sting
the idlers away from the honeycomt
which the workers themselves have
filed with the sweetness of the land
Arm the law with wholesome sting!-
ErchanOe
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-18

o. Bortle. Manchester, N. p, was trouble
with asthma for eleven years. Had been
obliged to sit up sometimes ten or twelve
nights In succession. Found immediate
relief from Thomas Eclectric Oil. and is
now entirely cured.
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FOR SALE
Saloon and lDsr Fixtures.

! will sell my Saloon and Bar Fixtures
in Shawnee, Ohio, At . Bargain.
This is good stand with an established
trade and rare chance for some one "a
make money. Ny reason for selling are
want to move to Corning, o. Call on OF
address MICHAEL FOLEY.
Shawnee. Ohio.
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Buy your Boots and Shoes at the one
Price Store of Walker & Russell. where
they make the business specially II you
want q bargain.
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"A Brooklyn clearinghouse keeper
has recovered $4O0 from a person who
spoke of her place as u '.hash-house."
She proved that she had never served
q single meal of hash in nine years.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-18

The reunion of the 31ss o. V. v.
1. at Newark on Tuesday last was a
grand success.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-18

-. The Chicago Express of recent
date says the National Lecture Bureau
had five hundred more applications for
General Weaver to speak than he could
fill between then and the fall elections.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-18

The drouth has seriously affected
the crops throughout the Western
states.
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-01
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

NEARLY all the business rortion OF
Dangerte!d, Tex. was burned, causing a
loss of $4,000.
AT Attica, n. Y, on the Erie railway,
disastrous fire has occurred. Loss estI-
mated at about $4,000.
ALoss of $4,000 was incurred at Bridge
port, Pa, by the burning of the saw-mill
of Davis, McMurtrie & Co.
THE saw-mil of Hilyard Brothers, near
St. John, n. B., was DESTROYED BY fire,
causing loss of $4,000.
THE Touring mill of William Smith, at
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, valued at
$4,000, was wiped out by fire.
a BROKEN rail wrecked a Grand Trunk
train at Schoolcraft, NJ ch., bv which a
brakeman named Grosvenor was killed.
THE works of the Union Stove company
at Everett, Mass, has heen swept away by
fire, causing loss of $65 900.
A FIRE at Raymond, ILL.,, on the Wabash
road, consumed twenty-one buildings with
ali their contents. The loss is believed to
be S50,000
THE extensive Touring mill of Charles
Rapp, at Terre Haute, Iud., with It's stock
of grain, was reduced to ashes. The loss
reaches $50 0.
FOREST fires are raging in Arkansas,
where no rain has fallen for ten weeks,
and in many sections trees are shedding
their foliage as if struck by frost.
NEAR GreencastIe, Ind, spark from q
locomotive igniicd FIVE hundred acles OF
grass, and it required the labor of three
hundred citizens to subdue the flames.
A SON and two daughters of Alanson
| COe, of Gloversville, \. Y. are believed
to have been browne in Canada lake.
from the upsetting OF a boat.
THE city of Plano. Texas. has been en-.
| tirely destroyed by fire. Inside of two
! hours everv business house was DESTROYED
excepting saloon and lumber yard. To-
tai loss, S100,0u0; insurance, $4,000.
| Two men were sitting in an empty
| freight car at Providence, r. /, when
some other cars were run down against
the one in which they were sitting with
such force as TO kill til m both.
| NINE wholesale houses and their con-
tents, valued at S250,000, were swept away
by fire at Evansville. Ind. One fireman
was killed and another fatally injured by
| falling walls. The insurance aggregates
1925 900.
GRAND TRUNK freight trains were near.
" wrecked by colliding near Lancaster
Ont. Brakemen Nelson and Anderson
and Fireman Hyslop were killed. The
operator and switchman have been arrest
ed for criminal negligence.
AT a soldiers reunion held in Hender.
son county, Ill, near Monmouth, H., a
Young man named Bailey, had both his
hands shot off by the premature discharge
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-01

and that It's use is growing. The duty is
six cents per hundred pounds.
JAMEE GARD thinks two-thirds of the
wheat land of England will yield an aver
age crop, while the other third will ia II
10 per cent. below. Barley is the best
crop of the year, but oats are extremely
deficient.
MINISTER WHITE has, within the past
two Years, forwarded from Germany to
Cornell university many antique works Of
art, and The alu mi are arranging TO give
him dinner on his return next month,
AN agricultural journal of London states
that during the past week the harvest in
England has been ieopardized by the
weather, and there has been aa advance
III the price of wheat both in Great Brit
ain and on the continent.
The queens speech on the prorogation
OF parliament expresses the hope that
complete government in the Trans
vaal will contribute to the tranquility of
South Africa, and that the Irish land bill
may produce benefits commensurate with
the care bestowed upon it.
ATHENS is suffering from the heat and
+ ON torrid winds, which seem to come
from African deserts. Deaths from typhoid
are at The rate of ten daily, and many
families are escaping 10 the adjacent coun-
try and islands for GOODNESS and health's
sake.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-01
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, August 30 = Flour Quiet but
firm. Wheat-Unsettled and generally lower; ir-
regular options lower; No. red winter, l 81;
No. Chicago spring, 1.39 for seller cash
and August; 1.27 for seller September 1861
for seller October; I.28 tor seller November;
No. 3 Chicago spring, l1G"119; rejected. SOo87.
sales, No. 2 Chicago spring 1.26a.I.31 for sell
Ter september; 264 q 1.2914 for seller October.
GOrn-Active and lower; 81 for seller cash; 6I1
tor seller September; 63 4 for seller October "a
for seller November 60A for seller year; sales,
63d64A FIR stller October rejected, N. Oats
Steady and in fair demand, 36A G37 for seller
cash; 36zs for seller September; 383l for seller
October. 80 for seller November; 361S for seller
the year. Flax Seed 32a 1.33. Rye-Easier;
l.O4. Barley Easier 1.02. Pork-Dul weak
and lower; Is 90 for seller cash; II 80a 1885 for
seller September; 1s.05aI8 OK for seller Oeto-
ber; 17.75 for seller year. La,d--Uunsettled and
generally lower; 11.3O9 1922 for seller cash;
ll.3O for seller September; II. a lI.50A for sell
Ter October; II go for seller November. The
"Drover's Journal" reports; Hogs-Receiprs,
l8,0O0 shipments, $500. dull and sc lower
rough and neglected. mixed packing, 6.l0G
$40; light hogs, 6.4On.70O, choice heavy, so
o7.O0; culls and grassers. 4.5Oo62 30 cl sed
weak and dull on common. Ca,tle-Receipts,
5000; shipments 1000: no choice natives here:
fair to good shipping, 55O.6OO; common to fair,
4.00a5.20; atve butchers, very weak: 2 20o3. 80;
stockers and feeders, sluggish 3. 50o3.75; thor
ough Texans, lower. 2.25o3.GO. steers, C0a4.0O;
half-breeds and natives, 3.6Ga4.6O Sheep-Re-
ceipts, 500. weak, and scarce; poor to best nut
tons 3 -25o4.75 no choice offerings. The Journals
cable quotes: choice American cattle, I4a l5c in
Liverpool, London and Glasgow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-01
FOREIGN.

FoTHERELL, of Dublin, will be appoint
ed solicitor of the land court.
THE Emperor William is prostrated by
a cold, and may be prevented from attend
ing the autumn maneuvers.
AsIATIC cholera is daily sweeping away
from one hundred to three hundred ma
tives of Bangkok, Siam.
BlsM ARCK, after a flying visit to his es.
tate at SchOnhausen, has gone to Varzin
to remain until January.
The French camp at Hammamett was
attacked bv several thousands Arabs, who
were repulsed with heavy loss.
THE continued rains in Ireland have
greatly damaged the grain crops, and ap-
prehenslons are felt regarding the har-
vest.
BARON Won RADowITz is to succeed
Count Won Hatzfeldt as German ambassa-
dor TO Constantinople.
TCHEsME, in Asiatic Turkey, opposite
the island of Scio, was visited bv an earth
quake, which caused great damage 10
property.
IT is said that the deanery of Westmin
ster has been accepted by Rev. George G..
Bradley, for some time honorary chaplain
10 Tue queen
A LANDLORD with large estates in the
south Of Ireland has offered his tenants
permanent reduction of 25 per ceat. in rents
raj her than deal with the land court.
The chiefs of ten continental socialists
societies have held secret conference in
The ruined castle of Wyder, in the canton
of Aragau' Switzerland.
THE Irish Land league reports receipts
OF 81, ,3l5 for the week. The sum of $50
was granted the Whelan brothers, who
we're acquitted of the charge of numbering
Boyd.
THE English journals declare that few
days more of wet weather will render the
harvest prospects desperate. Immense
damage has already been done all over the
United Kingdom.
The heat in Tunis is so excessive that
the French hospitals are crowded with
soldiers. The troops of the bev have come
to halt because of a strike by the Arab
transport-drivers.
CONSUL GRINNEL, at Bremen, reports to
the department OF the stale that during
the past six months 100000 bushels OF
Indian corn were imported into Germany,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-01
The Growth Of Disease.

Diseases multiply-beget one another For in
stance, in companionship with dyspepsia are
usually found bili"usness, and constipation. a
trivial 10 called) indisppsitOn, if dis egtrded,
grows apace, and growing gives rise to Others
fhus the whole body gets out of order, the nerv-
GUS system is shattered. and strength and a sh
rapidly wane. Prompt medication, therefore, is
of the utmost Importance. Among medicinal
means of arresting disease, Hostetters Stomach
Bitters stands eminent. 1t checks the further
progress of al disorders OF the stomach. liver and
bowels, revives the vital stamina prevents and
remedies chIlls and fever, increases the activity of
the kidneys, counteractS tendency to rheuma-
tism, and a genuine stay and snace TO aged,
over derived from the purest and most reliable
sources.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-01
HYGIENE V alue of Mirth.

But, aside from all this, mirth has
an hygieuic value that can hardly be
Overrated while our social life remains
what the slavery of vices and dogmas
has made it. Joy has been called the
sunshine of the heart, yet the same sun
that calls forth the flowers of plant is
also needed to expand It's leaves and
rlpen its fruits; and without the stimu-
lus of eIhilarating pastimes perfect
bodily health Is as impossible as moral
and mental vigOr. And, as sure as a
succession Of uniform crops will ex-
haust the best soil, the daily repitition
Of mOnOtOnOus occupation will wear
out the best man. Body and mind re-
quire an occasional change of employ
nent, or else liberal supply of fer
tibzlng recreatiOns, and this require
ment is factor whose omission often
foils the arithmetic of our political
economists. To the creatures of the
wilderness afflictiOn comes generally
in the form of impending danger
famine or persistent persecution; and
under such circumstances the modifi-
cations Of tho vital process seem to
operate against Its long continuance;
Well-Wlshing nature sees her purpose
defeated, and the vital energy, flags,
the sap of life runs to seed. On the
same principle an existence of joyIess
drudgery seems o drain the spring Of
health, even at an age when they can
draw upon the largest inner resources;
hope, too often baffled, at last with
draws her aid; the tongue may be at
tuned to canting hymns of consolation,
but the heart cannot oe deceived, and
with its sinking pul>e the strength of
life ebbs away. Nlne-tenths of our
city children are literally starving for
lack of recreation; not the means of
life, but It's object, civilization has de-
'rauded them of; they feel a want
which bread eau only aggravate, for
only hunger helps them to forget the
misery OF ennIi. Their pallor is the
sallow hue of a cellar plant; they
would be healthier if they were hap
pier. | would undertake to cure a
sickly child with fun and rye bread
5Oor than with tidbits and tedium.-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-01
NeYada's Stone for Washington.

Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise.
The block of granite which Nevada
contributes to be placed in the Wash
ington Monument, was yesterday re-
ceiving the finishing touches at the
hands of the sculptor, John Barrett.
The last Of the silver letters in the
name of the State was just being let in
TO the panel. These letters are of solid
silver, are about as thick as silver
dollar, some six inches in height and
Of proportionate width. They are SO
neatly fitted into the solid granite that
the joint is almost invisible. Above
the word, Nevada" is deeply cut in
the granite the motto of the State-"All
For Our Country and below, the date
1881. The figures of the date will be
plated with gold. The granite com
posing it is the hardest ever seen. That
part which is polished is almost blue in
color, while the remainder pr senus a
somewhat gray appearance. Mr.. Bar
rett, who has worked American gran
ties in the Atlantics States, and Euro
pean GRANTEES in the Old World, says
be has never seen harder bit of stone
of the kind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-01

THE rule which excludes all but the
recognized physicians and nurses from
the presidents sick-chamber, is a cast
iron one. The only persons permitted
to enter are the physicians, Mrs. Gar
field, Swaimg Rockwell, Corbin, Edison,
Crump, and DR.. Boynton. Mr.. Blaine
was allowed entrance once. General
Sheldon, whom the president appoint
ed governor of New Mexico, came all
the way from that territory to assist at
his bedside, but was denied admission,
and President Hinsdale, of Hiram col
lege, passed fortnight at the capital
in the hope of seeing his old friend,
out the doctors would not permit it.
The president is represented as having
been displeased at this, saying that he
wanted to see Hinsdale very much, and
thought it would have done him good
to shake hands with him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-01
GRAND RAPIDS, WIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER l. 1884,

Of cannon. His face was horribly black
ened with powder.
SIX miles wet of Decatur, III large barn,
used Jointly by VIM. ]. Cameron and his
brother Orville, was destroyed by fire, to-
gether with one thousand bushels of oats,
twelve tons of hay, four hundred bushels
OF wheat, six head of horses, and lot of
harness and farming machinery. The fire
started in the hay-mow, but from what
cause no one appears to know. The loss
IS estimated at fully $4,000
AN accident occurred on the Grand Trunk
Railroad at Grand River bridge, Out,
caused by freight running into a passen-
ger train. The locomotive and few cars
of the freight train were demolished and
only slight Injuries was done 10 the pass
enger train, and no passengers were hurt.