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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [2] 
  

  

  IV. 
  — 
  Baited 
  hooks; 
  angling 
  tackle. 
  

  

  Hooks 
  ; 
  set 
  tni]>:<. 
  

  

  Page. 
  

   No. 
  253456. 
  Whitconib, 
  Marclone 
  II., 
  Holyoko, 
  Mass. 
  ; 
  patented 
  February 
  7, 
  

  

  1882 
  ; 
  fishing 
  apparatus 
  15 
  

  

  No. 
  263638. 
  Wentworth, 
  Richmond 
  A., 
  Appleton, 
  Mo. 
  ; 
  patented 
  August 
  29, 
  

  

  1883; 
  ash-trap 
  16 
  

  

  No. 
  272232. 
  Gaume, 
  Charles 
  J. 
  B., 
  Brooklyn. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  February 
  13, 
  

  

  1883 
  ; 
  fishing 
  tackle 
  17 
  

  

  No. 
  279508. 
  Tiffany, 
  David 
  B., 
  Xenia, 
  Ohio; 
  patented 
  Juno 
  12, 
  1883; 
  fishing- 
  

   stake 
  18 
  

  

  No. 
  279556. 
  Fisher, 
  Cicero, 
  Temperance 
  Hall, 
  Tenu. 
  ; 
  patented 
  June 
  19, 
  1883; 
  

  

  fish-trap 
  18 
  

  

  No. 
  283444. 
  Wentworth, 
  Richmond 
  A., 
  Appleton, 
  Me. 
  ; 
  patented 
  August 
  21, 
  

  

  1883 
  ; 
  fish-trap 
  or 
  spring-hook 
  19 
  

  

  No. 
  286494. 
  Skinner, 
  Merrill 
  R., 
  Hamburg, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  October 
  9, 
  1883 
  ; 
  fish 
  

  

  trap-hook 
  19 
  

  

  Hooks; 
  plain 
  hooks. 
  

  

  No. 
  254313. 
  Hemming, 
  William 
  E., 
  Redditch, 
  county 
  of 
  Worcester, 
  England, 
  

   assignor 
  to 
  Charles 
  F. 
  Imbrie, 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  February 
  28, 
  1882; 
  

   fish-hook 
  20 
  

  

  No. 
  264256. 
  De 
  Forest, 
  Frank, 
  De 
  Soto, 
  Mo. 
  ; 
  patented 
  September 
  12, 
  1882 
  ; 
  fish- 
  

   hook 
  '. 
  21 
  

  

  No. 
  280610. 
  Greer, 
  William 
  N., 
  Watertown, 
  Dak.; 
  patented 
  July 
  3, 
  1883; 
  fish 
  

  

  trap-hook 
  1 
  21 
  

  

  No. 
  310118. 
  Bower, 
  William 
  C, 
  Union 
  Spriugs, 
  Ala.; 
  patented 
  December 
  30, 
  

  

  1884; 
  fish-hook 
  .' 
  22 
  

  

  Hooks 
  ; 
  jigs 
  and 
  drills. 
  

  

  No. 
  295369. 
  Dickinson, 
  Newton 
  A., 
  Chester, 
  Conn. 
  ; 
  patented 
  March 
  18, 
  1S84 
  ; 
  

  

  trolling 
  hook 
  23 
  

  

  Hooks; 
  spoon- 
  baits, 
  plain 
  and 
  flitted. 
  

  

  No. 
  253308. 
  Miiller, 
  Karl, 
  Hornberg, 
  Baden, 
  Germany; 
  patented 
  February 
  7, 
  

  

  1882; 
  bait-hook 
  23 
  

  

  No. 
  256843. 
  Lowe. 
  William 
  T. 
  J., 
  Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  April 
  25, 
  1882 
  ; 
  spoon- 
  

   bait 
  for 
  fishing; 
  patented 
  in 
  Canada, 
  January 
  28, 
  1882 
  24 
  

  

  No. 
  261194. 
  Wylly, 
  Lewis 
  C, 
  Patterson, 
  Ga. 
  ; 
  patented 
  July 
  18, 
  1882 
  ; 
  trolling- 
  

   spoon 
  25 
  

  

  No. 
  267203. 
  Hill, 
  LysanderS., 
  Grand 
  Rapids, 
  Mich. 
  ; 
  patented 
  November 
  7, 
  1882; 
  

   spoon-bait 
  --■ 
  26 
  

  

  No. 
  273996. 
  Hymers, 
  Christopher, 
  Saint 
  Louis, 
  Mo.; 
  patented 
  March 
  13, 
  1883; 
  

   self-adjusting 
  fish-shaped 
  fish-hook 
  holder 
  26 
  

  

  No. 
  276055. 
  Lowe, 
  William 
  T. 
  J., 
  Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  April 
  17, 
  1883; 
  spoon- 
  

   bait 
  for 
  fishing 
  ~7 
  

  

  No.281083. 
  Kessler, 
  Louis, 
  Ludington, 
  Mich. 
  ; 
  patented 
  July 
  10, 
  1883; 
  fishing 
  

   apparatus 
  27 
  

  

  No. 
  289508. 
  Dawson, 
  Artemas 
  L.,Elk 
  Point, 
  Dak., 
  assignor 
  one-half 
  to 
  Charles 
  

   Howard 
  Freeman, 
  of 
  same 
  place; 
  patented 
  December 
  4, 
  1883 
  ; 
  fish-hook 
  28 
  

  

  No.295350. 
  Chapman, 
  William 
  1)., 
  Theresa, 
  N. 
  V.; 
  patented 
  March 
  18, 
  1884 
  ; 
  ar- 
  

   tificial 
  fish-bait 
  29 
  

  

  No. 
  295758. 
  Hibbard, 
  Charles 
  B., 
  Grand 
  Rapids, 
  Mich.; 
  patented 
  March 
  U5, 
  

  

  1884) 
  spoon-bait 
  30 
  

  

  