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, 1873-09-26

It is said that Carl yogt, tho man who was mr.
rented in this country last March as tue alleged
murderer Of the Cboyalior do DiaAco, in Bel
gium. Las bocn motamorphosed during Ills im-
prisonlnont from q handsome young man with
osy checks and black lair iuto decrepd old
man Of gray locks and haygard look uo has
certainly passed through enough triala and
viciasftudeH to whiten his bair aud blanoh his
checks evon it remorso has had nothing to do
with the ohange.'' Three times has le bcen on
tho very brink Of destruction, and NJ many timea
saved aftor ho bud forsakon all hope. Twice
tho detectives had him III carriage On tho
way to tic ocean steamer to talso him to Belgium
or Prussia for trial. aud each timo ho WAS rescued
with but lew moments to spare. First, Boil
GUM made application for Ills delivery Oh tia
grounds Of international comity but the appli-
cation waH finally refused becai,se thoro IL no
oxtradltion treaty botwoon tho two countries.
Then Prussia matlo tho domand OIL tho ground
that Vogt WAS subject of that Kingdom, and
tho Court ordered tho oxtradition; but tho Seq
rotary OF State, on tho opinion Of tho Attorney
Gcneral declined to issue tho papers. At one
time the prisoner WAS to 10 expelled from New
York unflor an obsolete statute, and Gov. HoiY-
man actually made the order. But ie was res-
cued on a writ of haoeas corpus aB tho officers
wore taking linn to tho steamer, apl tho statute
wRs declared unconstitutional. Whom dis
charged. q few days ago, Vogt WAS rearrostod
In civil suit for the recovery Of tho stolon
property, and Is again In jail.
, 1873-09-26

An unfortunate balloonist mot sad fato yes
rerday at Wapello. Iowa, when making an ascen-
sion from the fairgrounds. Els hot-air balloon
caught fire. Us 1t left the ground, and carried him
up unconscious Of tho flames above him, tlll at
the hcight Of 1900 feet tho ropes that supported
tho bar on which he was performing some GYM
uastio feata burned away, aud ho fell to tho
ground. It is but few weeks since that a SINH
iar fato bofell La Mountain ut 1onia, Mich.
, 1873-09-26

Senator Window, of Minnesota, has given tue
Minneapolis Tribune iliH roaHons for not having
covered his baok-pny Iuto tho United states
Treasury. lie nays, in brief, tlat he has not
done 80 boeauBe there ia 10 Law authorizing such
transaction, and tint 1t would romain subject
to llB order II Ao would do 10. ue intimatos
that ho has boon sustained In this opinion by the
United statos Trcasuror and tho Comptroller ot
the Currency. Wo hayo seen some Vague iu-
, 1873-09-26

Some worry interesting detais In the life Of tho
who oroated considerable sensation last wlntor
by placing about $4,000 where It would do him
moat good, namely, to eloot htn,Bolf Bouator,
haye recently appeared. lilo ia au Engllshnan,
and was born In Herofortlshiro, in tho year 1870.
Hia psrents immtgratod to Cleveland, Ohio,
whom be WAS but two years OF ago. And in that
city he commenced hls bualaaaa l1o Us bsnk-
, 1873-09-26

Terms or auBacnrrT1oN frAYABLx tN ADvANoE>.
1nsilS, h nai1....Slg.tl Aundsy.. ..S2.Hn
Fasts OF yoar at tho sanso ratio.
To royont delay and mlatakos, 10 and Rvo Post
On co address In full Including State and County.
ttemtancea nay 10 made oiticr by draft o1preas ross
0iico old1r. or IN reRatorod lottoss at our risk.
TEnMa 70 CITY SUBSCRIBERS.
Cns. delivered, sundny excepted. u ccne pcr wpok.
nas, ootlsored bunday iMcluted, ~ conts por wook
Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY,
Cos,,or Madison aud Dcarborn.sts.. chicago, iii.
, 1873-09-26

A convention to meet In New Orleans. Nov.
q, Inns boon called by tho Committee Of Seventy
in that city, to consider some measures to batter
the political situation In Louisiana. It will be
composed Of do1ogatoB choaen by persona ire
spcclive Of party who arc opposed to the Kellogg
clioue
, 1873-09-26

quiet, and 111@2o higher, closing at 27o cash,
and 2s>1o bid scllor October. Ryo was 1@2o
higher, at o2o. Barley WAS atrong, advancing
7@'1ao, and cloHod at e1.15 for No. q, aud st.o0
Tor No .. Tho cattle trado was dull aud pricos
woak. salos were reported at s1.G0@5.4o for
common Chorokeoa to choice. natiyo stoors.
Iogs wore dull and weak ut 3i.0e@A.G5 for poor
heavy to choice light grados.
, 1873-09-26

In the Michigan Constitutional Convention,
yesterday, thore was long discussion conoorn-
ing the proposed section OF the article on Rail-
roads, prohibiting tile Issue Of watered stocks.
A hlr. jerome opposed the section, as being Of
other States, to which he attributed tho present
financial crisis. e.
, 1873-09-26

Tho Most Beautiful sowIng-SIlA Oase
nude, COTTON up for tho Chicago Exposition, atly
represents Deldtng Dros. l. Co., who make tho best
sowing -allk aud Macltnc-wist In The wurld Tho cx-
tent Of their sars, lku to qualify Of ther goods they
claMt, GurpGgses that Of al thefr c0lnpctltora.
, 1873-09-26

Seventeen yoars ago, a murder waa committed
near Cairo, In This state and until yesterday tho
law has not been able to 1ay It's hands On tho a1
legged porpotrAtor. His name Is Smith, and his
victim Was George Denny, whom he killed in
1896.
, 1873-09-26

ACADEafY OF MuS1C-1Intatotl street, ,hetwcon Mad.
ison and Muasoo, Engagement Of Mrs. u. r. Dowors
, 1873-09-26

-.AlkENS T1IEATnK-C Corner Wabash ayonus and
Harrison stEeot. " Thoves Of liasdad."
, 1873-09-26

MYERS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES stroot botwcsn
Dearborn State. ''AihR'A Now Dstaino.n Mustsosy
and coutpnl{tre.
, 1873-09-26

0LOHE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. atreot, botveon Mad.
tson and WashinEtUn. !" Taso Of Enohnntuont,"
, 1873-09-26
BUSINESS NOTICES.

USE LYONS INSECT POWDER AND YOUR LAR
dur kohen wa.drubu and bods will DO feoo from cock
foachoE bugs, aud Auts.
HAVANA LOTTEnY-WE SOLD THE 8500, 000 IN
fot.natnn xivam' j. H. HARTiNEz d., ID Waii.ss.,
p. .. Box ], 6a5, New York
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The Victor Machine,
And the Wilcox & Gibbs.

IF you want TO make your lady present that
will make her face look like a picture,
Just bend down and whisper in her Ear thatyOu
have bought her Wilcox or Victor.
| sell the Nlctor, because ii Ii the best.
L have used II, and | know it, for | have used
the rest.
Some men there engaged in trade,
Ane think that they know full we'll
The virtues of the Sewing Machine, they have
on hand to sell
Have fortunes III their business made, they talk
ell so much and well
That there was the only place 4 good Machine
would sell
They made their customers believe, the place to
trade was there,
And II they bargains would receive, they must
not trade elsewhere.
They have Il domestic that is some A Davis
that is more.
Some cheap machine they are offering And
some We have had before
that lasted just about two years two years
and nothing more.
We have had a test of all Machines, that seys
with the lock stitches
And the victor beats the best Of them to make
pair of (anything)
Ii has tae movement Of the Howe: the Singer
Tor its FEED.
There Is no better known Machine I don't ex-
cept the Weed.
And you viii find the best single ,b~ead Ma
chine in the WorId
The Wilcox ana tfibbs Mahcine Sold AT.
MRS. JAS. HAMILTON'S,
no., Grand Rapids, Wis.
'oaii anu see mem before you buy 27-m6.
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g T'OP,
AND
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

Why is it that the people who try the Remln n,
ton Sewing Machine universally pronounce /. INC
most perfect in the " orld
w nv i it that in year II has gained eTeft
or popuIarity than other machines III ten years
WHY is il that the sales of the Remington were
never equallcd by any Company OF three times
WY is it that it takes the lead wherever intro
due d?
Why is it that you never see the Remington
sent in for repairs? xr
chimes leave them to sell the Remington?
Why is it that eyeay persOnwho OWNS Rem
ingson likes il and rec0nInends 1t.
Why is it that people want to exchange other
so-caiIed frst-cIass Machine for tbs Remington!
Ifyou will examine the Remington you Will
be able to answer these questions.
If you suya Sewing Machine; you want
to buy the best. one tina Ices not get out
of order. one that runs easy, one that
does perfect work, one that Will last
life irue. and do the greatest range OF
work with the least trouble to the Oper-
ator, and always ready for work when
you are.
Ifyou examino the Remington you VIII never
want any other
The Remington IS q combination Of the best
points Of ii re different frst-class Machines, VIZ :
Howe s. lgey, Domestic, Davis snd Aetna. AID
for the right to use, the Remington Com paEs
have to pay royalty, =
The Remington Machine Is ntFufaetured 81
the celebrated Rsmington Armory Of IliOnff u.
y one Of the largest estEblrshm spts m the
world employing o working force II woo mem
The sale of every ynSchiue IL accompanied By
the company's own guarantee.
O. C.. NEEVES, Agent.
Grand Rapids June sd, If
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The Beds of Kaolin.
In Wood County

or elsewhere, while his Hardware from Birming-
ham. and from the Birmingham of America, in
Guiding choice Cutlery. and also Farming Inpie-
ments of every style and pattern manufactured,
are kept for sale cheap, and
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FOUND in THE KNOWN WORLD!

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selected stock of Goods ever kept in Wood Coun-
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ana examine my stock before purchasing else
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Knots United,

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ARE SUPERIOR TO ANY

sold anywhere else than at Rablin's. Groceries
and PROVISIONS, also Produce of every kind, kept
on hand Also Lumbermen's Supplies, Green
and Dried Fruits. Canned Fruits, and in short
every kind of Fruit to be
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THE VIENNA EXPO S|T|0N

Has opened, and from the million and one vari-
eties Of the worlds goods there exhibited,
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TERMS-.CASH,

81 WATER STREET. GRAND RAPIDS. Op
POSIIE RABLIN'S FOUN-
DRY AND MACHINE
EpeP.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
Values of Gold and Silver.

Many people have a desire to know
the value of gold and silver in bulk, and
to this end we have secured the follow
ing from Prof. J. F. L. Schirmer, Su-
perintendent of the Branch Mint in this
city, and it may be relied upon as cor
rect. The fneness of Colorado gol1
and the calculation of values on g a
and silver are also given. 1t is a
matter of considerable value, and should
be cut out and preserved.
One ton $4,000 pounds avoirdupois)
of gold or silver contains 30, 1913 troy
ounces, and, therefore, the value of a
ton OF silver is $37, 70484.
A cubic foot of pure gold weighs
1,218.75 pounds avoirdupois a cubic
foot of pure silver weighs 656. % pounds
avoirdupois.
One million dollars gold coin weighs
3,685.8 pounds avoirdupois, one million
dollars silver coin weighs IS, 929. 6pounds
avoirdupois.
If there is one per cent. of gold and
silver in one ton of ore, it contains 291.-
So ounces, troy, of either of these
metals.
The average fneness of the Colorado
gold is 781 in 1000, and the natural
alloy; gold, ISL silver, 2O9; copper,
10; total, 1000.
The calculations at the mint are made
on the basis that 43 ounces of standard
gold, or 900 fine (coin), is worth $500,
and II ounces of silver 900 (coin) is
worth $12. S0-DGnUer NeaUS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
The Sprague Emily.


The failure of the Spragues is the first
great pecmlary disaster which has be-
fallen the family. For mt least three
generations-including the present one
they had been going on prosperousIy
and increasing in wealth.
The house at present is composed of
Amasa and William Sprague. They are
brothers, and sons of the late Amasa
Spraguc, rich and influential man. and
we think at the time of his death State
Senator IN Rhode Island. Amasa
Splague, ST., was murdered many yeaIs
ago, one bright Sunday afternoon,
within sight of several honses. and
evidently, from the appearances about
the place where the BODY was found
after most determined and desperate
struggle.
A man was subsequently hanged for
the murder; but the evidence against
him, though strong enough to lead to a
conviction, was entirely circumstantial,
and he protested his innocence to the
last, although we believe he stated or
intimated that he knew who the guilty
person was. William Sprague, in one
of his s.Ieeches in the United States
Senate, referred with much feeling to
the tragic death of his father as an
event which had cast an immovable
sorrow over the early years of his life.
The former United States Senator
from Rhode Island, bearing the same
name, was the uncle of the present
Senator
The difficulties which have overborne
the Spragues, at least temporarily, are
believed to have been greatly augment
ed 10y a bitter personal hatred toward
VIM. Sprague, cherished by what is
known as the Brown and Ives party,
and growing mainly out of Mr..
Sprague's course in the United States
Senate.-NClU York Sun.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
An IOWan's Invention.

Capt. Scribe Harris, of Dubuque,
Iowa, has recently perfected an inven-
ton which may prove of inestimable
value to the shippers generally. The
plan provides for the construction of
air tight iron monitors, to be built with
a breadth of beam to equal fifty feet.
They are to be pear-shaped, the form of
the vessel to be divided into q hold for
the storage of coal and fuel, a lower
deck-rOOm for stores, a second deck for
living rooms, and turret above for an
operating The monitor stations
shall be securely anchored in the ocean
at fifty-mile intervals, between the Uni
ted States and the English coasts, and
connected by ocean cables. The adj
vantages to be derived are briefly: l.
The assurance to vessels of a safe an
choring. 2. The ability to send mes
sages at sea. 3. The advantage to the
signal corps. f. Places of refuge in
cases of wreck and burning. 5. The
advantage to ocean telegraphy. The
stations to be in charge of naval officers,
to be relieved from time to time. One
or two difficulties suggest themselves in
connection with this bold project. First,
that of anchorage second, the diff
Guilty of holding the same and third,
the almost impossibillty of finding men
who would consent to stand in the mid
die of the ocean as a target for the
waves. Could these difficulties be got
over there is little doubt that Capt.
Harris plan would prove a most excel
lent assistant to the safety of ocean
navigation, and great advantage both
to the signal service and the interna-
tiOnal TELEGRAPH
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
The Best Physician.

The celebrated DR.. Sydenham had a
patient whom he had long prescribed
for. At last Sydenham acknowledged
that his skill was exhausted-thath he
could not pretend to advise him further.
"But, said he, "there is DR.. Robin
son who lives at Inverness, who is more
skilled in complaints of this kind than
/ am /; you had better consult him. I
will provide you with letter of intro
duction, and L hope you will return
much better"
The patient was a man of fortune, and
soon took the road but travelling was a
very different undertaking then from
what 1t is now, and journey from Lon
don to Inverness was not q trifing one.
He arrived, however, at the place of
destination but no DIR. Robinson was
to be found, nor had any one of that
name ever been in the town. This, of
course, enrage1 the gentleman very
much, and he took the road back to
London, raging and vowing vengeance
on the doctor. On his arrival. he vented
all his rage on the latter, and abused
him for sending him on journey of so
many miles for nothing. When his fury
was little abated, "Well, now" said
Sydenham, latter all, is your health
any better ?' "Betterl'' said he; eyes,
sir, it is better. am, sir, as we'll as
ever was in my life; but no thanks
to YOU for that" "Well," said
Sydenham, "you have still to thank DIR.
Robinson. 1 wanted to send you on a
journey with an object in view. 1 knew
it would do you good in going you had
DIR. Robinson in contemplation, and in
returning you were equally busy in
thinking of scolding me"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
HailstOnes as Big as Nail Kegs.

Mr.. Isaac DePriest OfShannon county
called at this office on Tuesday of this
week and related to us the particulars of
terrific hail storm which passed over a
portion of his county on Sunday, Oct. 5,
and which has never been made known
to the public. The storm, unprece-
dented in the annals of history, arose in
the northwest corner or Shannon and
travelled eastward When near Pine
Hollow it seemed to gather its entire
force, and swept down almost in one
solid mass of ice. VIM. Elwood states
that several humps of ice were to be
seen as large as a nail key, and that
none of the hailstones were smaller than
an egg. They froze together in their
downward course, and when striking the
ground emitted a ringing sound like
that of a crate of earthenware let down
from heaven. Part of the house of the
Rev. Mr.. Moore was swept away, leay-
ing a sick wife exposed to the storm.
1t was with great difficulty that Mr..
Moore succeeded in shielding her from
the hailstOnes, and even then at the
risk Of his own life. Chickens and
birds are now unknown to the people of
that section, having been devastated
and carried away by the fury of the
storm. Hogs and geese We're killed in
large numbers, and in some instances
cattle. The pine trees were stripped of
every twig, and large holes were made
in some of them. The grass has the APP
pearance of having felt the mowers
sythe, being cut off close to the ground.
In fact, the work of destruction was
carried on with no slack hand, and the
people will ever bear in mind the ter
rible Sunday of 1873.-RoUa (Ho.)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
The Murdered CuhanS,

The persons captured on the steamer
Virginius and executed by the Spanish
authorities were 1. Gen. Verona, &
native Cuban, who was General in the
insurgent forces. He has been in New
York, and short time ago went to ia
maica, where he took passage on the
Virginit1s. 2. Cespedes, brother to the
Cuban President, and an active partici-
pant in the rebellion. Infirm health
compelled him to live in Jamaica, where
he had a plantation, and he was on his
way back to Cuba when captured. 3.
Col. Del Sol, also a native Cuban and
an active rebel. Some eighteen months
ago, he was taken prisoner and sent to
Spain, whence he escaped and came to
the United States. He was on his way
to Cuba when captured. The imme-
date families of all these men are now
in New York.
The fourth person executed at Santi-
ago de Cuba was Gen. W. orc. Ryan.
He was an American citizen, 80 years of
age, and a man of some literary ability.
He joined the Cubans at the beginning,
and organized a cavalry corps, proving
been in New York for some time, an ac-
credited agent of the Cuban Govern
ment. He accompanied two expedi-
lions to Cuba, and was once arrested.
His case is the only one in which this
country has direct interest. That he
had been in the Cuban army and in arms
against Spain is not denied, and, had
he been captured in the field, he would
have been compelled to take the conse-
quences. But the right to execute him
or to hold him prisoner depends on the
right of Spain to capture the Virginius
on the high seas. If that capture was
illegal, then the seizure of the vessel
and of those on board was equally lille
gal; and if the American flag legally
protected the ship, it equally protected
those ON board
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
A DeYil-Fish in a Bottle.

A miner from Arizona, whose name
we are unable to ascertain, went fishing
down on Culverwell's wharf between
four and five o'clock last evening. He
had been fishing but a short time when
he drew up on the wharf an ordinary
sized black liquor bottle. He was not
frightened at the bottle, but he was
wonderfully perp exed as to what had
"bitten," and how and by whom the
bottle had been attached to his line
about a foot above the hook. The miner
called out, and several other persons
fishing near him ran to see the wonder
full catch. An examination showed that
that there was devil fish inside the bot
tie, and that one of its arms extended
out of the neck and was firmly entwined
around the line. The devil fish had
probably crawled into the bottle when
young, and finding it a nice, comfort
able residence, he had committed the
indiscretion of remaining there until he
had grown so large he could not get out.
He had grown to nearly the size of his
glass house, and in fact was rather
cramped for room. The miner was very
much elated over mis- prize, and in spite
of the protestations of the crowd he
broke the bottle to get better view OF
the monster.-S'a91 Diego Unotn.