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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21
Tie Story OF a HerO's Death.

NOZZLE az is the tale of the Birkenhead,
II finds parallel in the account of the
death Of Paul Elson, English pilot, in
charge Of the ship Rothesay. On the
29th Of July, this vessel, which had three
days before cast off the Calcutta tug and
steamed safely out Of the horrible iungles
and swamps of the Sunderbunds, was
caught bv a cyclone. On the 30th she
Law a wreck, all hopes of saving her long
past. Then the pilot, Paul Elso, the one
man who seems to have had his wits
about him, collected a few volunteers,
and rugged @ raft. Thirteen only Of the
crew got on her; the rest were frantic
with terror~-some praying, others drunk,
Others raving, others lashed inextricably
10 the sinking vessel. Elson was the last
to leave the ship; leaping overheard he
swan t. the raft, cut the hawser that held
her, and constituted himself, by inherent
right her sole officer. Within an hour
the doomed vessel heeled, lurched hcavi.
ly. and went down head first. All that
dav and all that night the raft drifte5,
heavy srps breaking over her. I'VE were
Up to car laehs in water. - SAYS the man
who tells the tale, ''for she Aoated low
All that night, nevertheless, Elson, vito
was g powerful swimmer, swan round
ami round the raft, lashing her together,
and strengthening her as best he could
Ever and anon the furious breakers wash
cd the man Of. And then would the
brave pilot, who had not only the heart
but the strength Of a giant, strike out
toward him aud carry the drowning
wretch back, But at last it became APP
parent that the raft must be broken NJ,
aud hat 8 second and smaller raft must
be constructed 10 relieve the other. This,
too, The pilot effected almost single hand
~ 4As large IA. 1..t~3 .aaJ .-t- to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21
Martyrs In Long Clothes.

TALK about maternal instinct! Let's
leave instinct to the dogs-and tharest of
the brute creation-and cultivate alittle
maternal common-sense.
wonder if the present race Of mothers
are irving to kin off the babiesl Onecan
hardly 90 into the street without meeting
suffering little oAes. We really need a
Berge, and s, F, T, 2. 0. c. T. Babies!
| don't ever mention the sutferings of
childhood. | pass over in silent indigna-
ton the mother who whips her children
in hearing of all the neighbors-who
would like to punch her head, by the way.
| utterly ignore the empty headed
mothers who dress their innocent little
girls within an inch of their lives, and
send them out to play, withthreats of dire
vengeance if they get mussed, and their
unhappy bows in velveteen clothes, for
bidding the restless little fellows to sit
down, except on cushioned seatsl
won't speak of that most atroeious
mother of all, who frightens her child
into silence or obedience by threats of a
"Bugar Man" to carry him off, or an "Old
Rag Man" or a big Black Dog peo-
ping the innocent child's darkness with
unspeakable horrors, and planting the
seeds Of sutpers .itiou and u~uimaginable
terrors through life. Nor of the mother
who Clerks" nor the one who boxes
Nor, in fact, will / speak Of any of the
fno 1,solf 10 blessed little martyrs in
inna niothos
0I ~ Sct 81 ,,otboru emotbar thoir ha-
h;osl Soo tbarn in he hottest dav in An.
gnot ord tbat nnbannv hahy besides
5o;nr warmed in nnmberIess folds of
aannoI ac ta he internal ARRANGEMENTS
vii ha wranned-externallv-in a blan.
T" at sbonD, f1e< aad HT i've or six folds
tb;cRi Wv tho moor Sufferer dont gasp
~; 'riI Tttlo HI;fSo o,t rms, be- hecaTse nfheir
Ills 10 ain,ovs hava charge
5notbor styig Of mother freczes her
bohr, Wbon tho yveatber il 90 cool that
o DaoS o3v 10 drnSsad warmly This mother
''on2 t,J I, br,rdIoJ nm bnreeif-wiI taEe
~. h u,"'i hohv ~ lowY-neck and mort.
e ~ ubito' drose With None cloak tied
s' Iaosa1'. ns not 20 nrotefrt lis moor little
~ d lp'3 na o. o. nrote,d 10 cover nne little
h horn or mT' " Even in winter 7 have seen
one Of these creatures OF instinct carry a
habv whose arm had crept out of its
c1oak and while the child screamed with
ro,d and held mn it's moor little red fist,
she would trot II and feed il, and 5000
over # but never offer to warm it!
Than heres the inatteutive mother,
who viii let her baby lie in the most un,
Comfortable position, with the glare of
the SIM in its moor little eyes. or some tor
m M av nearly distrscting ii. or with
an ineane hat with dangling ribbons al.
waysin bahv's ewes. or timed down over
ne hlasend little nose, or ierked back on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21
The Manufactures Of the United
States.

THE tabulation Of the stat. Ties Of man
ufacture. Of the United States, for the
year ending June /, 1870, rs returned az
the ninth census, has just been completed
at the Census Office. The number Of cs-
Establishments is 252 las, number Of steam
engines, 40, 19i. with a horse power OF
l,2l5,111; number Of water.wheels, d.
OH, with a horse power Of 1870, 4l6 The
average number Of hands employed du-
ring the year was 9 ,053, GSs, Of whom H.
GI5, j9i were males above sixteen years Of
age, 323, 1G3 females above fifteen, and
ia ,626 children aud youth The amount
Of capital invested was s., llS,2f7 ,u69i
of wages paid, S17j,62l, 553. The value
OF materials consumed was 81, As, 2gl 5j2'
Of products, 81, 232. 62j, 500. OF this pro
duotion s13. 040. 644 Is returned from Ala
bama. $ls5, 40 from Arizona, s ,G29, 234
from Arkansas, $6G, 594, $50 from Califor-
mia. g., slJ2 $50 from Colorado, $iGl, O65,
414 from Connecticut, $l1s, $40 from Da'
kota. SfG,10l, 3s2 from Delaware, 5000,
173 from the District Of Columbia, 81
Gs5 403 from Florida, $3l,1gG ll5 from
Georgia, $t.oi7,6 2l from Idaho. $205.
$50 G72 from Illinois, $l0s, 617 2Is from
Ia1i41a, s4e, 534 322 from Iowa, Sll,7i5,.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21
How an Inmate Of an Insane Asylum
was Treated.

The counsel for Colonel Joseph A.
Stockton, formerly ofthis city, who was
released fromthe Vermont Insane Asylum
q few weeks ago, has published a history
of the case, and some alleged details of q
system OF punishment practiced ny the
management Of the institution: A device
called the ''bath" is among the rigors of
discipline ut the Asylum. The victims
hands and feet are tied, and usually . gag
inserted in his mouth, in which condition
he is placed in the bottom Of the bathtub
under the faucet, through which the wa
ter is then let, filling his noStrils and
mouth, and producing all the sensations
of sutlocation by drowning,
This is carried to rs great an extent as in
the opinion of the attendants the physical
condition of the patient will endure.
Colonel Stockton, while there, had TO UNI
dergO this system of torture, The pa.
tients were out taking a walk, when one
of them, named Stearns, handed Stock.
ton a small piece ofmoney, which he said
another patient had given him, but which
he had in fact stolen. The man who lost
it made complaint to the attendants, and
suspicion falling upon Staarns, to clear
himself he said that Stockton had it,
one of the physicians went to the Col.
onels and inquired about the
cy, which he gave ny, telling the circum-
stances. Soon two attendants entered, and,
roughly selling and binding him, subject,
ed Linn TO the treatment described. From
the effects of this rough handling, and
the outrage of the bath, he did not recoy.
er for several months. One of the nj.
PENDANTS testified to this as well as the
Colonel, and said the design of it was to
extort a confession .-PNs5argh Oonaaei,
.nyI
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21

;rr IN. PODS, and it is said that women
Who land ,''-om Canada during the day to,
dav viii he m, rched up stairs and turned
over 70 Inc care 1.-THE grim female who
heeds no threats and melts at no sighs.-
Detroit Free Press,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21
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Terrible Fall from II Burning
Balloon. rg


Mia, DENNIsroNs ~aefonatit, who adver-
tised that Mr.. l.. Durham would make an
ascension at this place this afternoon,
was initiating his monster balloon CITY
of New York and had nearly completed
the initiating process, when people on the
north part of the grounds discovered
smoke escaping from the top of the bal.
loon, 1t vas scarcely visible at first, hut
faster and more faster emitted the smoke;
but, hardly had the detection in the air
pump become apparent before flames
weFslsse ing traft the vtgy topsof the
bs!ncn,. Quickly tho hottaMtS1t up,
THE balloon Ia on fire" and, as those
near by began to retreat, the horses were
also driven here and there to escape all
danger, The dry cambria and its cover
ing began burning, first slowly, then he
flames spread, and upward and onw lrd
went the fire, a prcmonition by this time
o~vertaking the spectators, every one pres
cnt fearing that some fearful, if not fatal,
calamity would result. Scarcely had The
flames burst out, however, before an aper-
ture of two or three feet was naderwhcre
the guy-rope holding the unwicldly thing
CROSSED il, and now the rope bnrus off.
and away 10 the southwark shoots the
balloon, carrying with it in its course Mr..
Michael McNlann, u lahorer assisting in
the imitation. Being near the basket as it
started of, he became cntangled, and,
hanging with one foot, inside the
basket, his hands bN dhagIl % the
ropes, he thus assembled for perhaps 100
feet, and regaine.i ~ position il Fthe bas-
ket, which agaip hung sideways, and in
another minete he vas Banging 10 the
ropes alone, at a height Aof probably o
less than 800 Eeet,s Now his strength
gives way, bis presence Of mind deserts
him, and, in another minute, the poor
man Is seen lallngto the earth-au awful,
8 painful sight, filing with horror and
CONSERVATION the four or five hundred
spectators . n the grounds. But the sus.
peuse was only for a momepL as ii were;
ho, who but a little time before Was in
the enjoyment Of his faculties, had de-
seconded to the carthi nearly In a standing
position, fror1 800 feet in mid air, until,
when near terra trina, he fell backward,
striking the ground with his back with
such force AS TO produce ii ccncussiou
heard some distance away, and Nj. Me
slapn, Familiarity known as = Btg Mike"
was d6H3-utterly crushed, the blood
streaming from his mouth and nostrils-
leaving q wife ard several children who
depended upon the fathers labor for u
The balloon alighted but a fey rods
outs lie of the fFairtlroundss anda was
soon consumed, a loss Of several hundred
dollars to Mr.. Dennistou he hdb (M.}
hfRs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21
United States Trcasurer's Report.

A REoENT Washington dispatch says:
General Spinner has about flushed his
report as Treasurer of the United States,
and wiz send it t.. the Secretary the com
ing week. The receipts and expendi-
lures, by warrant to Both of June, 1872,
were as follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21
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As compared with last year, net rccelpts
have been $i21, 500, s52 less, and net ex.
penditures 1857, 1871 sD5 less. The receipts
from loans wcfe, in round numbers,
$ll5 600, 600 Less; from internal revenue,
$13,b u 600 less ttumC,lstotns $1,000 w GOD
greater; from war, az, 1000, GEO less; from
lands and navy, about the same, from tho
Interior, S2, 200 more; from miEcclla~
neous, ~, 600, 600 less.
Iii ~iSnfefniitlreR qon afdfotntsSSf Be public
debt were $i54, 600, 900 legs; on account OF
the army, ~, 600 900 less; navy, ~, 900, 600
less; Interior, 81. coo, 600 less; ON account
Of the Treasury proper, customs, Treasu-
ry, Interior, Diplomatic and quarterly
salaries, and War Department, civil
branch, about the same internal revenue,
/ $LkHA, 900 less; on account OF tile Atdici-
airy, 300, 600 more. The conscience fund
has been increased $2,977, and now
amounts to 1929, 1874
General Spinner recommends, as a
matter of honest dealing on the part Of
the Government, that at the end Of each
fiscal year p full description Of all sums
unclaimed, and interest, be published
THAT he yesremainrd ~ paidsGer tWogears.
The amount Of Aoearitie u 4sft sfedeposit
by national banks, chiefly to secure re-
demption Of their notes, In, in par face
value, $i00, 400, 900,
A new check has been introduced upon
disbursing officers, which requires week
ly examination and report rs to the condi-
ton Of all accounts from caCl depository.
One thousand seven hundred and Thirty
five Of these are received weekly, and cop
les sent to the different departments inter
ested.
incidentally General Spinner mentions
That efforts will soou be made 10 place the
new loan.
A considerable part Of The report is de-
voted to the ahsplaie ngary q such
increase In salaries az viii 6naDTc TIE Gov
eminent to obtain the services Of a class
Of men who with the present pay cannot
be secured, before any real progIess can
be made in reforming the civil service.
The force IN the Treasury Is far too small
TO allow proper precautions 20 be taken.
lie attributes the late defalcation In New
York, the Hodges defalcation, and others,
directly to tbe small force which the law
provides. He thinks that TO increase The
pay till honest men without wealth can
afford 10 take offices, willin q great meas
ure remedy the evil Of offices 50 frequent
~ falling into the hands If those who
take them solely for the purpose Of steal
ing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21

DURING the late heated term an object
was to be daily met upon the fashionable
promenade at Lyons, in France, which
attracted considerable attention. This
was a noble dog accompanying his mas.
ter, and, like him, provided with his own
umbrella, to keep of the rays of the
burning sun. The end Of the 3mpbrella.
stick was attached TO a little sort ofplate,
which the dog carried in bis mouth, and
bY means Of which he 50 skillfulIy adapt.
cd the umbrella To IA, necessary ample
for shading himself, that the passers.b,
had to stop and watch The performance o.
the intelligent animal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21

AT tlr most fashionable dancing par
ties this winter the carpets viii be takeI
up and the floors waxed. Doctors hay
declared that the lint which rises from
linen dancing.cloths is very injurious
and society has made up its mind not Il
breathe napkins and table-cloths in d
gaseous form any longer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21

F. 9. Burnand has produced a bur
lesque on the classical "Histories Of the
Adventures Of Sanford and Merton, /"
which IL said 10 be very humorous in it's
text and comic in illustration.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21
Fastening Barn Doors Open.

Twenty FIVE years ago tS40 ] did
away with the standard and small hooks,
and used instead half inch square iron,
five and q half feet long, with eye and
hook on opposite ends. These hooks are
fastened to doors by staples driven
through the center ARIA, four feet from
the heel of the floor, and when shut, are
booked In 4 staple IN q stud extending
from the bay ajrt up to the brace under
the beam: when opened arc hooked in &
staple in the side Of the building. One al
the doors that is commonly used in going
in and out is sawed in two in the middle,
horizontally, 80 tllat there Is AZ upper and
lower door for convenience. The lower
one is fastened TO a slide set at abput
thirty degrees, 80 that it will not work
open, with Il small hook On the outside to
fasteni il open. YEA p w
Tho npptr door has o no * bike the
others, u fasten open or sh4', Gnd also 10
open half way tt give light, and many
times Warmth, into the barn, II is held,
when open half way, by a staple on the
inside and near the top Of the lower door,
which the hook sets into. There they are
az they rctwenty-fyc years ago, with
no injury to man, beast, or themselves.
To prevent rain from coming through
between the doors, there is a tin gutter
fastened to The bottom Of the upper door.
4 rod 10 hold open a barn door in the
barn yard would be Objectionable IN &C.
count Of stock running against it, driving
a team close TO the building, etc, and
then II gives q chance for stock or fowls
TO enter, TO the Great annoyance Of those
al work inside. The Gunner door Is opened
very easily and readily, and held safely,
giving better light and warmth,
Those rods on other doors are just what
is needed, particularly in winter season,
when The snow would prevent opening
fully. They will hold these from coming
together, and it Is not necessary TO place
the door wide open al any time. Throw
the rod down when the door Ia being
opened, and il 10 safe.
Lastly, though not least, when the
latch Of the door drops into the staple.
catch, n feels no uneasiness about the
door TyF (JyUfyg Ee0NggHH.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21

john Howard payne's body lies un.
honorcl in the soil Of Tanis. The author
Of the immortal sony, Home, Sw set
Home had but little in life Of the ,.icas,
ures Of tie homo Of which - sung, and.
being dead, il has not occurred until very
recently to any Of the admirers of his
song to remove his body TO his native
land 1t Is 0 intended by the Faust
Club, Of Brooklyn, TO endeayCr TO bring
his remains home, or should 10 fail in this
TO at least erect a memorial Of him at his
homestead on Long Island.
New-York tribune., 1872-12-11
KILN CONGRESs-IIIp SESSION.

SENATE. WASHINGTON, Dec w. le'2'
Messrs. EDMUNDs (Rep, Nt) and NIcKERs
Dem Md presented petitions in relation to the French
SpOiatiOn Claims
Mr.. TRUMBULL Q.b. Rep, M presented memorial
Of citizens OF Illinois against passage of the bill 10
perfect the navigation Of the Mississippi River.
Mr.. COOPER Dem., TonnD presented memorial OF
the Southern Methodist Association OF Tennessee asking
payment for the occupation and destruction oil their
property during the war.
EXCHANGE or COUPON BONDS FOR REGISTERED BONDS
Mr.. SHERMAN Qep., Ohio from the Committee on
Finance, reported the following bill
B. enacted &C. That Secretary Of the TrAuy Be snd he !,
bonds provided the expense be p,i R the owners ihere undef
regulations The Secretary of tie Ifeaup shsh pfese s
rrosng pue debt shall not be thereby Increase.
Of interest s'aieei the bond oTehangd
Mr.. CAMERON nsep., Peun0, from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs reported bill TO authorize the Presi-
dent to release the Empire of japan from the payment
of the indemnity ami interest thereon due 10 tie United
states under the Convention or 1864.
AMENDING THE BONDED TRANSPORTATION LAW.
Mr.. ANTHONY Rep., H. H. introduced bill to amend
the bonded transportation law Of July H. $780, so as TO
provide that owner agent consgnec of merohan
disc may swear to his entry before the Collector at the
mort OF destinations instead Of being required to do 30 t
Inc port OF arrival. Referred to the Committee GU
The VICE PRESIDENT announced the appointment OF
Mr. stevenson Uf Kentucky as member or e Buaru oi
Regents the Smithsonian Institute, IN place O uairet
Davis, deceased.
The bill TO authorize the construction OF bridge across
the Ouachita River, at or near Arkddepia am, was
passed Also. the bill tO proyfe for the removal o lhe
sunkeu wreck Obstrucng the channel on sandy HOOK.
At O'Clock the senate went iuto Executive Session,
after adjourned.
New-York tribune., 1872-12-11
CITIZENS, INDIGNATION MEETINGS.

Nnw- ORLEANS, Dec. 10-A meeting at the
Chamber of Commerce held today and large dele
CATION OF bankers and merchants present George
Jones' W. s. Pike, T. III. Summers, and r. W. Baker were
appointed Committee prepare memorial to be sub
mltted 10 the City Hail meeting. citizens meeting In
trout OF the CITY Hail. Notwithstanding the lnciemency
of the weather. largely attended. Thomas A. Adams
President OF the Crescent Insurance Company called
the meeting to order and said: God bless you al 0r
the in which YOU have responded 70 the ca Tor
the purpose OF resisting this tyranny which has been
placed upon / hope you VIII he successful III thls
your peacesble protest against the invasion o your
rights American ciliZen~."
Col. John McEncry then made a brief speech He said
he not there TO make political speech or use in
nanmatory remarks but only to take counsel In tho
present state 10 which tyranny and fraud had rencsd
them. Responding 10 loud calls, Gov Warmoth TOOK tne
stand. lie recited the incidents connected WIN the
election and returns He asked, Il II not known tna
the sworn returns In the hands OF the GoVernOrf
them they decide whether not this or tDdt
officer il eecicdP He said that eight counties
had been counted without evidence; that the Gov
ernor had been mpeached, the Stae-HOuse placed IN
possession OF United States trOOps the Legislature en-
oined and every denied 0dmittance 70 the CaptO
who was upon the iniamous rolls OF the enemies OF
the State lie concluded by advising RECOURSE 10 Co
gTcss for redress. 80 o.,
The memorial prepared ty the Committee OF the Cham
her of Commerce meeting then read and adopted
IL /. long document. setting forth the history OF the
contest for the past two weeks in fu series OF reso
utons were adopted protesting against the usurpatOn
Of the State Government by party Of unscruFous hd
venturcrs aided by Federal bayonets authorizing the
to the President and Congress setting iortn
their manifold grievances. The Committee VIII
visit Washington and lay the address before the
national authorities and ask that the federa OoVer
ment remove from the Stao capitol the Federal troops
order that the duly elected representatives OF the peO
pie may have free thereto to reassembe, organ
ize and exercise their legitimate duties or IN tue event
the unwngness Of the authorities so 10 DO nat they
requested establish military government IN our
present irresponsible, Illegal and usurpng rule. Whith
supplemented and sustained Oy the DdyOuet'
New-York tribune., 1872-12-11
WARMOTH'S INJUNCTION.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. t0.-GOv. WarmOth filed
the following petition in the with District Court this
morning:
The petition OF Henry G. Warn 9th OF the Parish OF
New-0rlcGns-Res pectfuy represents that be IA Gov
ernOr OF the State OF louisiana and that ne Is ana mas
been snce the year 1868 In possession OF said 0ce ana
IN the discharge OF LIS unetnns and that he l. entitlAd
TO discharge its duties until he shall be legally
removed, or until successor shall be duly
qualified; that one p. Il. s. Pinchback OF the
Parish OF Orleans has this eth day OF December, 1872
attempted forcbly TO take possession of the rooms
signed 10 the Chief Magistrate of the State at the State
House. during the absence Of the petitioner therefrom
and 90 the duties Of Governor; that tho said
Pnchhack holds office under the Constitution and
laws Of iousana has right 10 attempt to take pos
d the said Office 10 assume any OF the duties
passer his aoresaid that preserve the rights
OF the petitioner an injunction Is necessary.
Wherefore the petitioner prays that the said Pinch
back may he duly cited 10 appear and answer ms pc
ttion; thar injunction may issue perpetually re-
sraining him from committing any OF the acts hereto
fore set forth that he may be slInmary restrained
during the pcndency OF this suit, &c.
The order OF the Court is fOilows Let an inunc-
ton issue prayed for, and according To law, on pc
ttiouor ewing "A bond of $500. NM. A. EI.NOBE,
Judge the Eighth District Court Parish OF Oriegns
The following is copy of the writ served On the de-
feTu1ant:
You her,by enioued restrained from interfering atteH
ing TO interfere In sry discharge Of ais
dne. Governor; possession attempting 10 Ee
eou of assigned Ccf Magae Of the state OF
Iouana ausej from keeping possession oE attempting to
attempting the flaeols Aal Gas Of the Governor Of