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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
Armament of a Modern Ironclad.

Roman papers describe the armament
of the ironclad Italia as follows: Four
hundred ton guns, eleven fifteen ton
GUNS, six cannon, four of which are u
No. /. and two of which are z IL No. z;
four small mitrailleuses with ammuni-
ton for 500 charges; twelve large
mitrailleuses with ammunition for o,OO0
charges; five pnoto-electrlcal apparatus
of the power OF l, 900 carcel lamps, two
rhoto-electrical apparatus OF the power
Of 200 carcel lamps for the bar2es; TOUR
launch torpedoes, twenty-tour torpe-
does, 400 rifles with ammunition Tor
500 shots; 200 revolvers with ammunl-
ton for 100 charges; twenty Hoatlng
torpehoes, two second class torped"es.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
The Curve" Pitcher Put to Shame.

A performance which some native
Australians gave in Philadelphia the
other day was that of throwing the
boomerang, their native weapon and
implement of sport The boomerang
consisted of a creecent-shaped piece of
very hard and heavy Australian wood.
and all of them had sharply rounded
edges and ends, but were of different
curves, some being nearly straight.
The average length was about two feet,
the width the same number Of inches,
and their greatest thickness not more
than half an inch
Standing in the center of the LONG
lot they would grasp 4 boomerang by
the end, whirl it over their heads and
let it 90, when it would fly with great
speed in a straight line for about 200
feet, then curve upward for half that
distance, and sail away in 4 directly
contrary direction, until it was perhaps
POO feet behind the spot from which it
had originally been. east, curve again
to the right or left, and finally strike
the ground almost ut the tbrower' 5 feet,
all the while spinning around so rapid
ly rs to look like a wheel. The men
seemed to take great delight in the
sport, and for half an hour, held the
wondering attention of the invited
guests of their manager and the horde
of bowling small boys who had scaled
the fence and run the blockade of the
gates.
In the marvellous flight of the boom
erang the most effective triumphs of
the curve pitcher are outdone a thous-
and fold, and the reason for the con-
trary curve which it takes has always
been q puzzler to men of science. Pill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
Mr.. Cooks STRANGE De3th.

A Lewiston, Me. special 70 The Nej0
York San says: Further investigation
OF the strange death Of Lafayette Cook,
Of Auburn, emphasizes the remarkable
features Of the case. Coroner Brooks
make careful examination, and
found the medical facts to be as first
stated. He found the body lying as
Cook had laid himself out, and it was
the most life like corpse he had ever
examined. Death was shown to have
resulted from natural causes, and yet
there was no disease. Mr.. Clark and
Mr.. Gates, who watched with Cook on
Sunday night, say that the only move
ment they saw was the slight expansion
Of his chest occasionally. The death
futter was noticed at five minutes be-
fore s A. NJ. on Monday. Of the
genuineness of the old man S prophecy
there Is abundant proof.
Mr.. b. n. Chesley, of Auburn, is q
brother of a recently deceased daugh-
ter-in-law of Cook. Mr.. Chesley was
standing in the mayors office, in Au-
burn, on Tuesday morning, when some
one remarked the peculiar manner of
Lafayette Cooks death. Mr.. Chesley
had not heard of it.
Cook deadr' exclaimed he. There
is something singular about that. He
has being saying for two weeks that he
was going to die Monday morning.
Two weeks ago he went into trance,
and made the announcement NY
sisters child came over to the house
last week, and said that her grandfather
was getting ready to die, and that
he was going to die on Monday
morning"
About two months ago Cooks
daughter-in-law died. Cook was one of
the most sincere mourners. He ac-
cOmpanied her remains to the grave,
and expressed the tenderest sOlicitude
toward his grandchildren. 1t was just
after the death of Mrs. Cook that Cook
made his first statement in regard to
his coming dissolution.
1t was 10 o'clock in the morning
when a grandchild run into the house
with the news that a partridge had
flown into the shed and couldn't get
out. Mr.. Chesley says that Cook
manifested great concern. The little
girl says that her grandfather ''turned
pale and was afraid" At first he de-
layed going into the shed. The par
fridge ruffied its feathers at the child
rem and at Everett Cook, and the latter
went into the house after a gun. Then
the old gentleman went into thse shed.
He did not want the bird shot. Mr..
Chesley says that the moment that Cook
appeared the behavior of the bird
changed. 1t flew at Mr.. Cook, and
wheeled around in q circle about his
feet. Then it perched on his shoulder,
pecked at his face, and alighted on his
hands. At length it was given to one
of the children and placed in an apple
tree. 1t flew directly back. The bird
stayed half an hour, all the time show
ing the utmost affection toward Cook.
Finally it flew away to the burying-
ground where Mrs. Cook was buried.
Cook then returned to the house and
went into trance, which lasted two
hours. When he recovered he said
that he should die. He said that the
first warning was the visit of the bird.
He had great faith in such omens. He
frequently had what he called frances,
and was believer in Spiritualism.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
Alaskan Woman.

The matrons of. high fashion and the
swell damsels of the Thlinket tribes
never make a canoe voyage without
smearing themselves well with the
black dye that they get from a certain
wild root of the woods or with paste
of SCOT and seal-oil. On sunny and
windy days on shore they protect them
selves from tan and sunburn by this
same inky coating. On feast days and
the great occasions, when they wash
off the black, their compilations come
out as fair and creamy white as the
palest of their japanese cousins across
the water, and the women are then
seen to be some six shades lighter than
the tan-colored and the cotfee-colOred
lords of their tribe. The specimen
woman of Juneau wore a thin calico
dress and a thick blue blanket. Her
feet were bare, but she was cOnpen-
stated for that loss of gear by the
turkey-red parasol that she poised over
her head with all the complancency of a
Mount Desert belle. She had BACKED
her face to the edge of her eyelids and
the roots of her hair; she wore the full
parure Of silver nose ring, lip ring and
earrings, with five silver bracelets on
each wrist and fifteen rings ornament
ing her bronze fingers, and more
thoroughly proud and self-satistied
creature never arrayed herself accord
ing to the behests of high fashion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

1t now seems definitely decided that
New York is to have a cheap cab sys-
tenn, to go into operation February 1.
The treasurer of the company enter
tanning the project says that the system
will be made by combining the best
feature of the English and continental
systems. One thousand horses will be
employed and the rate will be % cents
a mile for each nerSOn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

One of the smart" youths of Liver
more, Me-, put a snake in a box of
shavings belonging to a 13-year-old
girl named Lizzie Stevens. The rep
tile so frightened the girl that she went
into commissions, and died amidst the
most terrible agony.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

Florida hotel keepers are figuring on
a hundred thousand Northern appe-
tiles this winter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
4 Lost Art The Language Of Court
shin in the Good Old DAVIS.

Either the language of courtship has
deplorably fallen off since the days of
our grandfathers, or our novelists have
lost the art of reporting it. There is
an instructive scene in ''The Wild Irish
Girl" a romance by Miss Owenson
(afterward Lady Morgan), which our
grandmothers, before marriage. read
with emotions proper in society at the
beginning of this century-a scene that
can proftably be studied:
1T is a sweet hour" said Glorvina,
softly signing.
1T is boudoirizing hour" said l.
sit is a golden one for a poe:ic
heart" she added.
''Or an enamored one" | returned.
cit is the nour in which the soul best
knows herself; when every low-thought-
ed care is excluded and the pensiye
pleasures take possession of the dissoly-
inc heart
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
CeS dOuceS lumieres.
CeS SOmhres clarteS,
SOOt les i1lTI,S dc Ia UOlI1

And what was the voluptas of Epicu-
ioyments which must derive their spirit
from virtue and from health, from a
vivid fancy, susceptible feelings, and a
cultivated mind, and which are never
so fully tested as is this sweet season
of the day? Then the influence of the
sentiment is buOyant over passion; the
soul, alive to the sublimest impression,
expands in the region of the pure and
elevated meditation; the passions,
slumbering in the soft repose of nature,
leave the heart free to the reception of
the pureSt, warmest, tenderest senti-
ments, when all is delicious melancho-
" or pensive softness, when every vul-
gar wish is hushed and rapture, an
indetinable rapture, swells with sweet
vibration on every nerve.
At this point what would the modern
girl have said? She would have said:
''Oh, Henry, hire halln' Not so the
charming Glorvina.
1T is thus have felt" said the all
imprisoned Glorvina, clasping her
hands and fixing her humid eyes on
mine. Thus in the dearth of all kim
dred feeling have l felt. But neYer-oh,
till now, NEVER And she abrupt
ly paused and dropped her head on the
back OF my chair, over which my hand
rested and felt the soft pressure on her
glowing cheek, while her balmy sigh
breathed its odor on my lip.
That is something likei
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

Inc butter production of Iowa in
worth $4,000, 900 month.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-03
HUMOROUS VARIETY.

A physician calling one day oil a gen.
tleman who had been sOTely afflicted
with the gOut, found to his surprise, the
disease gone, and the gentleman TejOic-
ing in his recovery over bottle of wine.
Come along, Doctor" exclaimed tn
valetudinaTian; you are just in time
to taste this bottle Of Madeira; il is tht
first pipe that has just been bTOachtd'
'AhP' replied the doctor, "these pipes
of Madeira viii never do; they are thu
cause of all NMr sufferings." "Well,
them" replied the gay incurable, "fill
your glass, for now we have found Ou,
the cause, the sooner we get rid of II
the betterP'
There is a story of an imperial high
ness waltzing thrice in the same even
ing with an English lady at the court
in Berlin. She naturally felt, and hon
estly confessed, herself highly fattered
by the compliment. II did not intend
it as a com, liment," was the answer
Then" said the lady, somewhat upset,
your highness must be very fond of
dancing" 81 detest dancing" was the
still unsatisfactory response. UndeteT-
red by her ill success, our fair English
woman still inquired: what, then
may ask, can be your imperial high
ness motive for dancingP" Madame,
was the exalted persOnage's curt reply
81 dance to perspire."
Erskine observed, on coming into
Court one day, that Mr.. BalfOur, bro.
theT barrister, had his ankle bound uL
with a silk handkerchief. whats the
matter, BalfOurP" he inquired. The
sufferer, whose mode Of expressing him
self was always very elaborate, replied
81 was taking romantic ramble in my
brothers grounds, when, coming to 8
gate, had to climb over it, by which
came in contact with the first bar, and
grazed the epidermis of my leg, which
has caused a slight extravasatiOn Oi
blood" You may thank your stars,
observed Erskine, "that your brothers
gate was not so lofty as your style, Ol
you must have broken your neckP'
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-03
BABIES IN THE WOOD.

Nothing stirs the sympathy of a neigh
bOThOOd more quickly and deeply than
the news that a child is lost. letter
from Calumet, Michigan, to the Boston
Post, describes the eight days search for
two children, nine and seven years old,
beginning to a thin settlement in the
cOppeT-mine region, who missed their
way home after days berry-picking in
the woods last July. Work was stopped
at the mines and hundreds of men scOur-
ed the region night and day, while the
engin es-W Whistles blew at intervals of
ten minutes, to tell the missing ones
which way home lay; but still the brave
little boy and his tiny young sister wan
dered undiscovered, and not trace was
found of them save small footprint
and piece of the little girls dress. OF
the multitude of men engaged in the
almost fruitless search, party of four
Swedes were themselves lost, and here
is their wonderful story:
At three o'clock Friday afternoon we
sat down by brook to rest. We were
tired and bewildered, and shouted loud
ly for our companions to come to us,
when from a heap of bushes came boy,
saying: where are you? Who is it?"
We, thinking he belonged to some party
of searchers, asked. ''WhO are you with?'
His answer came, "My sister," Up we
sprang to our feet, and knew, even in
the midst of our amaZement, the lost
children were found, alive, and in their
right mind, although they had been in
that dismal wood alone, amid lightning
and tempest, for eight days, with moth
ing to eat but berries.
The boy of but nine years had built
huts of brush to cover them at night;
had gathered and loaded himself and
sister with great lunches of blueberries
where they were to be found, and was
trying to follow the tOTtuOus course of
the brook, which, he remembered, emp
tied into Torch lake. He was still brave.
We gave them small pieces of bread at
intervals during the afternoon and
night, as we walked in or by the sides
of the streams as best we could with
our joyful burden, or lay down for lit
tie needed rest, each two men with
child between them, to give warmth to
the little chilled frame.
Saturday morning Continues the mar
ratOr), some one shouted to me in the
street, "They are fOundp l threw up
the sash, and party of men were right
in front of the house. They had the chill
dren with them. They refused food and
drink, saying they had just fed them
and did not care to give them any more.
Both children's eyes looked wild and
rolled restlessly, as they clung tightly
to the necks of their rescuers; their bod
les seemed covered with bruises and
their little feet were badly blistered;
They were taken to the hospital for ex-
animation.
DR.. D., the assistant superintendent of
tho mine, rode with headlOng speed to
tell the parents. The mother clung to
him and tainted away, while the father,
who had spent every day and part of
every night in the woods, was nearly
overcome.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-03

, Order OF sale In Partition,
( stark county Common
} Pleas Court.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-03
MEDICAL.


II you are sick Hop Bltters Will surely Nature
making you we'll when all else falls
If you are costiye or dyspsptc, suffering from
other Of the diseases the stomach or
bowels, 1t is your own fault II you remain H. for Hop
Bitters are sovereign remedy I'm all such complaints.
II you are wasting away with any form Kidney dis
ease. stop tempting Death this moment turn for
cure 10 Hop Bitters.
If sick with that terrible Sickness Nervous
ness, will find Balm dllead7 I'm the use OF Hop
Bitters.
II you are frequenter. a resident OF a miasmatic
district barricade system against the scourge
all counriesmalarial epidemic bilious and ntermlt-
tent feyers-by the use of Hop BtteTs.
you have rough, pimply sallow skin, bad BREATH
pains and acnes and feel miserable generally Hop Bit
ters will give fair skin. rich blood and sweetest
breath, health, and comfort.
In short they all Diseases OF the Stomach
els, Blood Liver. Nerves. Kidneys, Brights Disease.
$500 will be paid for they will not help.
That poor bedridden. invalid wife, sister, mother or
daughter, can be made the picture OF health by few
bottles of Hop Bitters costing but trine VIII you let
them suferP T2l
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-03
Homor Of Horace arselsx.

'Yes, guanO is no doubt a good thing
to put on potatoes, but prefer gravy
was the reply given by Horace Greeley
to friend. Mishler's Herb Bitters is
the preference of all those who have ev-
er used 1t for Dyspepsia, Kidney and
Ailments, Rheumatism, Chills and Fe-
yer, Malarious Disorder, etc. Its effects
are always thorough, rapid and lasting.
All respectable druggists keep 1t.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-03
CONNOTTON VALLEY DEPOT.
LEGAL.
Sheriff Sale.

Sarah Morgan Order Of sale In Partition
on
Viola Plant et al. Pleas Court
By virtue Of an alias order Issued by thee OF
the court Of common pleas Of Stark county Ohio in tho
above action and 20 me directed will sale at
public Outcry al the door Of the house city
| OF Canton stark county, Ohio. on
Saturday, the 18th day of January, 1888,
the following described real estate situated in the
county OF stark township OF Tuscarawas and state OF
OhlO and being wedge shaped piece parcel Of land
70 contain On6 acre Of land when the shall
been surveyed and the corners Of which 70 be desig
mated by stones set thereon when surveyed Off from the
east OF southeast Of the following described prem
se5 tOwt; certain lot OF land lying being in
county Of stark and State of Ohp. 1t being part and
lying In triangular form u the southwest corner OF
the east half of the northeast quarter section 85
township ana range TO- beginning at post q chains
west fr0m the southeast corner OF the said quarter
uOni thence north perchc5 TO post; thence south,
45o east 81 perchcS 70 post; thence with the
quarter line AZ perChe5 tu the place of beginning
tanning acres and lO3 peTches less. reseFyinR
however 70 Theodore Clapper and ROsauna Morris the
mineral coal underlying the same and the right TO mine
the same therefrOm.
Appraised az 81 600
sale 70 commence at one O'Clock p. m. Terms
Ohethlrd cash, and the balance I'm two equal annual
payments with interest from day Of sale secured by
mortgage on the premises. sold.
nOv9e Ii. ALTEKRUsE. Sheriff.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-03
Saturday, the l3th day 81 JAM
Sheriff Sale.

b. DannemIIler & Sons Order of sale. stark Coun
ty Common Pleas Court
william T. Holiday ct al,
BY virtue an of sale issued by the Clerk Of the
Court Common Pleas of stark county, Ohio, in the
above action directed will offer for sale at
public Outcy the door of the Court House. in the city
Of Canton, stark county, Ohio on
Saturday, the 18th day of January, 1888,
the following described real estate situate in stark
county UhiO tOit. The half OF lots No. 10 and
in Earnest Weismans addition to the city of MasiI
ion, stark county, OniO.
Appraised at $3.50
sale to commence at one o'clock p. m. Terms cash.
dec13e H. ALTEKRUSE, Sheriff.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-03
INC AmerIean Instltute on speer,s wilma

A committee was appointed to visit
Alfred Speer's Vineyards at Passaic, N
j., to examine his wines and cellars and
report. The following is a part of the
report: Many will be little surprised
to learn that within 80 short distance
from this city, has been prosecuted an
enterprise of so much Importance, and
with so much success. @
The qualities of these wines are not
excelled by any producer in the world
and during the season when the opera
tiOns of handling the grapes expressing
the juices and the other treatment are
in active progress it is interesting and
instructive to visit the vineyards and
witness the operation.
r. ii. MARTIN.
A. S. HEATH, M. D. Com.
j. DISTURNAL.
For sale by Durbin, Wright & Co.
jan3-Ow
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-03
Honest and Liberal.

When the Hops in each bottle of Hop
Bitters (at the present price, $1.25 per
lb.,) cost more than a bottle is sold for,
besides the other costly medicines, and
The quality and price are kept the same,
We think it is honest and liberal in the
rOprietOrs, and no one should complain,
o, buy OF use worthless stuff, or cheat
lIg bogus limitations because the price
isless. .E H.- dec27-O
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-03
nIlS WORT


DR. Z. o. wKsz's NERvB AIfD BRArs TRRArnEHr a
guarAneed specific for Hystera Dizziness
& &nts aery9ps Esuralgias Headashe, Nervous Rrpstr1
nss' Mental pepresson sofening Of the Brain result
PeatnIe Old Age, Barrenness, Loi OF Power In either
Involuntary and caused by
over oxeron Of the brain, self abuse
one boz Wu cure rooent cases Zach box contains
months treatment One dollar a box, o sfx boxes ave
collars sent BY mail prepaid recep of price We guar
ontee SIX boxes With re-
ceiyed for sir boxes accompanied with doars
viii send the purchaser our written to refund
monsy n efeatlnent does not eject Guarantees
t..ued only BY Jos Fleming. Druggist, "a Market
Pittseursh, Pc. OIdsFI by man g fsKalar pEiees.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-03

'YOu have been up here before me
half dozen times this year." said an
Austin Justice, severely, to local va
grant, who thus made answer: Come
now, Judge, none of that. Every time
I've been here I've seen you here. You
are here more than am. People who
live in glass houses should not throw
atOnaa -
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-03
Sheriff Sale.
Samuel AXE )OrIer of sale stark County Com
vs.. mon Pleas Court
Julian Sherrett ct al.

samuel Ako Order OF sale stark County Com
Pleas
Julian Sherrett ct al.
by virtue OF issued by the clerk Of the
court OF common pleas Of stark county Ohio Ia the
above action and To me directed will offer for sale at
public OutcTy a the door of the court house in the city
Of Canton, stark county, Ohio, ON
Saturday, the 18th day of January, 1888,
the following described real estate situate in stark
county, Ohio, tO-wit Being the undivided half OF
All that part of the southwest quarter Of section ~
township H. range T. in stark county Ohio. which lies
north of the south bank Of the sandy Beaver canal
and east Of the state road leading from Steubenvle,
and the appurtenanCes adjoining and canal
which heretofore sold by Isaac n. Ross Eiiza
Shine out OF the above described tract said lot
Ing about a OF an acre, and has small dwelling house.
thereon Also except piece OF ground out of the north
east corner Of said quarter section, containing about
one and OneOurh acres heretofore sold % John Reed
by l. n. Ross. Also except that tract piece OF
ground adjoining 10 the piece sold 90 John Reed which
Is owned by solomon KOOntz which contains about
tain5 30 clts, the one undNIdT-1 o, which is here
by conveyed, and the said granOrAN 9S9 hereby sell
and convey unto the said grantee and MS h51 aud as
signs the undivided half of tine water privilege
enjoyed and as II through the southeast
quarter Of the aforesaid section -. Also undi-
vided half Of the FIGURING Mills and Mil situated
the first tract of land herein described together
with the entire undivided half OF the water prlvg
es advantages rights and appurtenances thereuntO
longing as now enjoyed, used and occupied.
Appraised at S6,BOO
Terms, cash. sale to commence at one O'Clock q. m
decide n. ALTEKRUSE Sheriff
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-03

A three-year-old girl, while her moth
or was trying to get her to sleep, he
came interested in an outside noise.
When she was told it was made by
cricket, she said: Il think he ought to
be Oiled" ...