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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25
OHIO CRIMINALS,

What 1t Costs to Convict and Transport
Them to the Penitentiary.
The following table shows the cost of the
| conviction and transportation of convicts to
the Ohio Penitentary from the several
| counties of the State for the fiscal year
ended November 15 1885:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO Vol.
TAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 80 days, to men tyoung or old)
AFFLICTED with nervous debility, loss of vital
ity and all kindred troubles. Also orrheu-
matism, neuralgia, paralysis, and many 9TH
er diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in.
Cured, as 80 days. trial is allowed. Write
them atom for illustrated pamphlet, free.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

IUlHI..'. 900, ,''.' ....,,.. Z9o1U,l)I acrr5.
This large quantity of Government
lands entered in addition to the lands
sold by the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company indicates large movement
of settlers to this region OF country.
Public lands remaining undisposed
of in these States and Territories:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

permanent cure without knife, caustic or
salve, OF the largest pile tumors. Pamphlet
and references sent for two letter stamps,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
DIS Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

STRIKING a natty dude-Clubbing dan
iy.-Hdrvdrd Ldnipoon.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

large numbers Of Cinnamon are
em'g'aAaS trem Ihls country % Msslpo'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

The census returns of Dakota show
larger per cent. of growth in the
number of inhabitants, farms and
manufactures in the northern half of
the Territory than in the southern
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

WOULD advise any one suffering from
any form of rheumatism to obtain bottle
of Athlophoros and see the effects. 1 tried
almost everything to little profit, until
purchased bottle of Athlophoros. Chas.
K. johnson, West William St, Delaware, o.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

When a man is hanging, cut him down.
then go through his pockots.-Teras Post.
When o man is coughing give him Red
Star Cough Cure. Baltimore Ne,cs.
When you want to conquer pain, use st
Jacobs Ol.-Philaaelphid Neps.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

The reports from the United States
General Land Office for 1888, 1884
and 1885 give the aggregate amount of
Government lands entered in the entire
United States for that period at 54,-
076, ,432 acres, of which 29, $50, S5l acres,
or 50 per cent. OF the acreage, was
taken up by settlers in the six North
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

lolhi. so11sol O4lSDU .SUSl
Foraker's plurality over Hoadly, l7,45l.
The total vote of the State on Governor
was 1885, 975. The total vote on candidates
other than Governor is given below. 1t also
shows the plurality Of the Republicans over
the Democrats:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

IT Is the professional Cute player who hal
20 whistle Tor his money,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

hsSssy' 'ssls NJ Vsls v VI y " SrssssN i6e
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

IT is the man with dark beard who never
saws dYe-LOpeN Courier
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25
Blowing Up He'll Gate

DoN'T growl when the doctor orders bark
-Ndtiondl Veckly
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

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please aaH Dov s0is fhs AapersSasnpsae
Va fnls papsp, AdgoFisssfA Aks - Assasv
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25

Washington IerrltOry has eXperi-
enced rapid growth, since the con-
st.uc!ion of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road has made accessible its rich agri-
cultural districts. The population has
increased from 70, ,120 in 1880 to 49,
600 in 1855. The Territory is free from
debt with 347, COL 81 in the treasury, and
the assessed valuation of property in
1854 was Sal. OtS. 4S4
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-25
NORTH DAKOTA.

The report of Hon. S. T. Hauser,
Governor of Montana, to the Secretary
Of the Interior, October, 1885, estimates
the present population of the Territory
at 10000; the population in 1880 was
39,157; increase, 70,SiS. The report
estimates the value of the silver, gold,
copper and lead exports at $50, 250, 600;
beef cattle, 10000 head, valued at
$4,500,000; and of wool, 100000
pounds, valued at 81, 100000. The
number of cattle now in the Territory
is placed at 900, 900 head; sheep, l,20O,-
600 head, and horses, 120, 900 head.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15

THE high-spirited Princess Alice of
Hess, seems to have yielded, after all,
10 the persuasive influences of her
brother-in-law, the Czai of Russia.
She who few weeks ago was boldly
declaring that she would "never wear
the willow for any man while he was
alive, us said to have been "reconcil-
ed to her reprobate husband, Grand
Duke Sergius. It is the sort of recon
Citation that brings only misery. One
can but wonder why the girls grand
mother, Queen Victoria, who has
been so relentless III the punishment
Of unchastity, or the mere suspicion
Of unchastity, among her OWN people,
should haze remained silent when the
happiness of her bestowed daughters
child is being wrecked.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15

A SERIES of astronomical observa-
tons will soon begin at the Naval
Observatory to determine, with the
almost nicely, the latitude of the spot
where the Instrument is located. Two
years will be required for the work
Similar series OF observations will be
made by the Portuguese astronomers
at Lisbon, and ultimately at national
observatories in several other parts of
the world. The purpose of these I'M
dertakings is to secure a standard by
which comparison may be made ten,
twenty and fifty years ence, to de
termine if in the mean time geograph-
zeal changes, which are supposed to
be taking place IN the center of the
globe, have altered the position of its
center of gravity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15
CABLEGRAMS g,

TwENTY-THREE of the younger priests
and students of the Moscow Theologi-
cal Seminary were logged by order of
the Archbishop of the diocese for exhib-
iting symptoms of rebellion.
THE British government denies the re-
port that the orders received at Ports
mouth and Plymouth to prepare the
ironclads Minotaur, Neptune, Sultan,
Northumberland, Achilles and Agin-
court for immediate service, Were issued
because of warlike intentions on the
part of Great Britain.
Col. MAJENDIE, the British Inspector
of explosives, has come to the con-
clusion that the agent used in the recent
explosion on the underground railway
of London was percussion bomb SIM
liar to that used in the murder of Gar
Alexander H., and that it was thrown
from the train. 1t is supposed that the
explosive substance was contained in a
ball of glass or earthware.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15

THIS country is an exceptionally
heavy purchaser of precious stones.
During the last fiscal year over S.
100000 worth of diamonds and
precious stones have been imported,
to say nothing of the considerable
quantities struggled which escape the
record. These figures probably in
clude small quantities of American
stones, as these are sometimes cut in
Europe and thus lose their indemnity.
The imports vary greatly in different
periods, and are largely determined
by changes in the general prosperity
or by speculative profits. The new
tariff law fixes the duty on precious
stones of all kinds at 10 per cent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15
Evidently an American.

The London police have come to
the conclusion that the last dynamite
explosion in that city was of American
origin, because a man carrying bum
die wrapped in cloth evidently of
American manufacture, was seen to
enter the tunnel a short time before
the explosion occurred. The failure
of the Scotland Yard officials to ad-
vance this idea Immediately after the
explosion can hardly be accounted
for. ANY man with half an eye can
tell where cloth is manufactured by
looking at it across the street, and the
fact that an individual bearing bum
die done UP in American cloth enter
ed the the tunnel before the explosion
ought to satisfy everybody that he
was the guilty party. This important
point having been settled nothing now
remains 20 be done but to catch the
mana task which the success Of
British detectives in other cases leads
us to believe will be speedily perform
ed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15
Wicked College Boys.
Philadelphia Press.

college boys are no respectors OF
PERSONS" said gentleman who lives
at Princeton yesterday. when
President Arthur took his son Allen
to Princeton the Chief Magistrate was
called on by the boys for a speech.
He responded, and III conclusion re-
marked with a great deal of feeling
that he was about to confine to their
care what was to him the dearest
thing on earth. The words were
scarcely out of his mouth when one of
the youths rose and sung out in stem
toriat tones: ''Three cheers for the
thing"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15
Found Ne Poison.

DR.. Samuel K. Cox, D. D., Practi-
cal Analytical Chemist, Washington,
D. c., who made thorough and care
full analysis, reports that there is
neither morphia, opium, emetics nor
poisons in the Red Star Cough Cure;
that it must prove a boon to those
whose systems shrink from the use of
such compounds, and especially to
mothers, who justly dread the evil,
and, at times, fatal effects of these
dangerous drugs. He further states
it is not only free from all opiates,
poisons and emetics Ga thing which
not one cough preparation in ten can
boast but 1t is altogether an original
and most happy combination OF the
best remedial agents, and it is as
harmless as it is effective
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15
WASHINGTON.

CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE is quite serious
ly Ill at his residence in Washington,
and fears are entertained for his re-
covery. He was reported slightly i'm
proving. His ailnent is erysipelas.
Col. STEVENSON, of the Bureau of
Ethnology, who recently spent several
months in the West, brought back the
largest and most diverse collection Of
objects illustrating the home life, ia
dustries, and religious customs Of the
Pueblo Indians ever before made. They
will be sent TO the New Orleans Ex-
position.
REPRESENTATIVE SPRINGER, Chairman
of the sub committee appointed to in
vestigate the conduct of marshals
at the Ohio election. left Washington
Saturday for Cincinnati. Van Alstyne
and Stewart and ether members of the
committee will meet Springer in that
city. The investigation begins Monday,
and continues two weeks.
The President will leave Washington
about the 18th inst for New Orleans to
visit the exposition, unless the cOndit-
ion of public affairs at that time shall
make it necessary to change the present
plans. He will be accompanied by some
poets to return to Washington in about
ten days.
COLONEL BoUDINoT, of the Cherokee
Nation, says that 100000 acres of the
land of that nation are now held under
leases for grazing purposes. Outside
of that nation about 4, 100000 acres be-
longing to the Cheyennes, Arrapahoes.
and other tribes, are leased to the
owners of cattle. Colonel Boudinot
asserts that there is law on the statute
book positively forbiading such leases,
and he also denies shat he Indians are
employed by the lessees as herders, for
he said: 'Iadians don't make good
herders."
WAR Department. officials are actively
supporting the bill introduced by Sun
set Cox to create the Office Of assistant
chief signal officer, place intended for
Lieut.. Greeley.
Mr.. NnBo, Chief OF the Bureau of
Statistics, Thursday handed in his an
nual report on Internal commerce to the
Secretary of the Treasury. The average
rate of freight charged on the railroads
of the United States duriEg 1888 was
less than half the average charged in
1868, and IA the meantime there was an
enormous increase in this traffic. A
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15
GREELEY'S BELL-BOY.
HOW the Young MAN Kept the Buns
from the Editors Sanctum.

Ben Van Houten, Greeley's old bell
boy, is driving a milk wagon in New
Jersey, says The Journalist. He
was six feet high when IN The
Tribune's service, and ne had eyes
like goggles and hand like the hand
of Providence.
Bub," said Horace to him. as he
entered mis- sanctum one night, CT
want to write for an hour Or two. and
I don't wont to De bothered. Keep
all the buns out of my ROOM"
eyes, Mr.. Greeley" Ben replied in
h0arse voice, for he had a voice like
bull of Bashan.
Within half an hour Ben Bruce,
Dennis Mclaughlin, and several other
political gadflIes tried to buzz their
way to the old mans room, but We're
summarily squelched by him. Final
ly, Senator Henry Wilson, of Massa-
chusetts, entered. He had been on a
campaign tour ia Indiana, and he
wore the dlrtiest buster and SLOUGH
hat that had been seen in New York
since the departure Of the Pendleton
escort in 1868. The senator dropped
his carpet bag and advanced toward
the open door Of Mr.. Greeley's sane
tum, when he was confronted by Ben
Where are you going2" blurted
the watch dog.
''I'm going to See Mr.. Greeley" the
senator replied.
mot much you hain't, " roared Ben,
elevating his voice SO as to make him
self solid with Horace. Cit right
out O here or I'll help you out"
Gen. Wilson was dumbfounded.
His face, usually red, was made redder
by Ben's manner.
"Won't you be so kind as to take
my name in to Mr.. Greeley" he
asked.
Ben looked hard at him, and asked
his name.
Wilson" was the reply.
well, " said Ben, ''pll go in and
see if he wants to see YOU"
He returned in forty seconds, more
aggressive than ever.
cts just as told you," he roared.
He won't see you; now, d-n you,
get out o. here"
Wilson turned to Amos Cummings,
night editor, who lay back in his
chair, bursting with suppressed emo
ton.
Whats the matter, general9' he
asked.
Senator Wilson explained, while
Ben looked on in establishment.
There must be some mistake" the
night editor remarked, "and I'll take
you in and introduce you to Mr..
Greeley"
They entered the great editors
sanctum together. Horace sat at his
high desk his eyes close to the manu-
script, scratching away like hen on
fresh sand heap.
Mr.. Greeley" said Amos, there's
Senator Wilson, you refused to see
him just now"
There was moment of lence.
Horace scratched away without look
ing up.
7WeIl, he piped. in shrill voice,
without removing his pen, 1.-The boy
said that id old bum named Viii
son wanted to see me, and I thought
it was Billy Wilson"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15
What is a Pound Sterling?
W. Mattieu Williams, in the Gentleman s Maya

W. Mattieu Williams. in the Gentleman's Maya
zine.
This question was asked of Sir Rob
ert Peel in the house of commons,
and he answered by pitching a sover-
elgn to the querist. No better answer
is possible. Some years ago while
teaching political economy at Univer-
sity college school. [ presented to my
pupils a curious problem, as follows:
Our currency is all based GA the SOW
ereign, and the sovereign, as defined
by act of parliament, is the IL, $50 of
$40 troy, Or, otherwise stated. any
body taking igots Of standard GOLD to
the mint may have them coined with
out charge into soverelgns at the rate
of 1, 1853 for every &40 troy, these 1 500
weighing 940, the same as the igot
gold. This being the case, what is
the troy weight of each sovereign? I
offer the same problem to my readers.
Those who attempt to work it cut will
find that they have to face problem
something like squaring the circle I
have gone as far as thirteen points of
decimals, showing the weights of a
sovereign to be 1913. 2744783306537
grains. How much further one might
go without arriving at the actual
weight cannot say. The simplest
attainable fraction is 123 171-623
grains. Nothing could be clumsier
than this. It has caused volumes to
be written by currency pa1adoxers
who have denounced the abomination
of fixing the price of gold. Why, say
they, should we have free trade IN
gold? Why should the government
arbitrarily fix its price at f3 Us. 101d.
per ounce instead of allowing supply
and demand to fix the price of this
commodity as of other things2 Had
the weight of the sovereign been
simple traction of an ounce. say one
quarter OF an ounce, this question
would have answered itself at once by
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15
LOBBY LADIES.
Ahe Persons who Make the Lives OF
ICongressmen Very Unhappy.

washington Letter to the Cleveland Leader.
The ladies af the lobby are the
greatest bores to the average Con
gresham. By this do not mean the
lady lobbyists. There are few purely
business lobbyists among the ladies of
the Capital, and the character
abounds more IN fiction than in
reality. But theer are scores of women
with claims, women office seekers and
adventuresses of different kinds, who
come to the Capitol; and the rooms
reserved for their reception are always
full while Congress is IN session. The
ladies reception room of the House is
opposite the north door. It is = lone
room with great white marble Corin-
THAN columns running through its
center, and with a number of red.
cushioned leather chairs and sofas
around It's walls. When / entered il
to day found it filled with about forty
ladies, some sitting and waiting, and
others engaged in talking to Congress
men. Some of them were dressed in
the finest of garments, cut after the
latest styles, and there were a number
OF sealskin cloakes and not few dia-
monds. Mourning, however. pre-
dominated. and I should Judge there
were more soldiers widows after pen
sions than society women who had
come to gossip. [ noticed many fresh
young girls; on speaking to the polite
Confederate Colonel who has charge
of the room, he told me that these, in
nine cases out of ten, were young
women who wanted places in the de-
partments, and had come to solicit
their Congressman's influence. Said
ne: you have no idea how MANY
office-seekers come here, There are
women from all over the country.
Many Of them are deserving, and not
wlthstanding what has been said
about it, | have yet to find the first
questionable character in this room.
II they are bad, they do not show it.
We have from 100 to 200 ladies' in
here every day to see Congressmen.
They must all apply to me, and /
send III their cards by page. Some
times the members receive them, and
sometimes not.
MANY of the claimants are
meritorious ones, and some of them
are very needy. They tell me their
pltlful stories, and once in while we
have a scene here. I have seen many
acts Of Congressional kindness in
this room. Last year tn ere was a
poor old woman whoYused to come
here and send in her card about once
a week. The members generally came
out to see her and she would tell her
story. The few she called out always
gave to her, and I have seen two, five
and seven $40 bills go out of their
pockets into hers. Congressman are
generally liberal and kind-hearted,
and they give freely"
AS I leave this room [ stop mo-
ment and speak to a doorkeeper /
know. He tells me that ladies some
times try to go into the House while
it is IN session, and that during the
last term one came to his door with
blood ia her eye and a cowhide whip
under her sealskin cloak. She started
to go inside, but was gently pulled
pack. She said a Congressman had
Ill used her, and she was bound to 60
in and horsewhip him in the presence
of the House. The threat of a police.
man restrained her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15
The HOrrid Servant ia Paris.
Paris Papers.

The lady of the house was hand
some woman of a mature order CT
beauty, and when she had completed
in the glass, and remarked to her new
maid:
You'd give a good deal to be as
good looking as I am, wouldn't you,
now?"
''Yes'm; almost as much as you
would give to be as young as I am"
It is not believed that this epigram-
matte young woman will be chosen
again at the expiration of her present
term.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15

THE city of Belin, the capital of
Germany, has over 100000 inhabi-
tants. The figures given by the stats
teal bureau Of the town is 1,122, $50.
Contsary to the rule which prevails
in almost every European nation
taking the population of town and
country in the average-there is in
the German capital majority of
males, namely, 565,755, as against
$50, COS females. This is different
gfrom London, Paris and other great
cities. IN 1925, Berlin had 300, 277 in
habitants; in 1853, 48S, 588. Within
the last twenty-five years its popula-
ton has been more than doubled.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15

IN Bolton, England, there is club
of men composed entirely habitual
wife heaters. The object OF the club
is mutual assistance and protection.
When member beats his wife and a
benighted magistrate fines him, the
fine is paid out of the club funds, and
the gentleman goes home and gives
his wife another beating just for luck.
The noble Briton must have his fun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15
The Revolution

In medical practice, which has taken place with
in the past thirty years, has been very marked.
When Hostetter'S st mach BItters first made
their appearance, vioIent purgation, the lancet
and narcotics were measures resorted to with lit
tie regard to the idiosynerasies of the sick. Now
Infinitely more satisfactory results are accom-
plished with the Bituers. The constipated are no
longer dosed and drenched, the fever stricken are
not weakened by bleeding, and sedatves have
taken the places OF opiates Dyspepsia. nervous
ness. insomnia, irlegularity of the bowels,
rheumatism and chill and fever, are successfully
treated with this popular tonic and regulator. AS
a medicated stimulant, it is professionally com
mended, and is preferable as means of renew
ing exhausted energy, to the average tonics.
These statements rest upon ample evidence
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-15
FiRFS AND CASUALTIES

GUsTA STEINKE, servant girl, was
fatally burned at the residence of E. E.
Benedict, in Ministee. Mich. A pIamb-
er had been working in the basement
Saturday, and left gasoline can on the
back of the stove in the laundry, which
is used only on wash days. Gusta rose
early Monday morning, built fire. and
began washing, not noticing the can,
which soon exploded. Before the flames
could be extinguished she was fatally
burned.