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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05
PERSONAL.

An order was issued on the 24th, by Judge
Fancher, requiring the sheriff to produce
George Francis Train before him on the 18th,
to inquire into his sanity.
James W. Wallack, the well known actor,
died on the oath in q sleeping car on the train
between Akin and Richmond, while returning
from visit to the former place for his health.
He was ffty-four years of age.
Lieutenant Frederick Grant will, it is said,
accompany General Stanley on his Yellowstone
expedition through the Sioux country. No
civilians or correspondents will accompany the
expedition, and the scientific corps has been
| reauG.d to five men,
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Indiana met at
Indianapolis on the 9th The number Of lodges
in the State is 472, and the total membership
at the close Of the year was 26,2l6.
A committee was appointed by the Northern
Presbyterian General Assembly, recently in
session at Baltimore to confer with a commit
tee from the Reformed Church, concerning a
union of the two churches.
Judge Fancher, of New York, gave an order
on the 2Sth for an Investigation into the
sanity of George Francis Tram.
Ex-Governor Jewell, of Connecticut, has
| notified the President of his acceptance of the
appointment of Minister to Russia.
George H. Pendleton arrived at New York
on the Goth from Europe.
The members of the Missouri Editorial AS
ISOLATION, numbering about one hundred, made
an excursion to Chicago on the 29th.
gentleman who has lived within eight
miles of the Bender farm in Kansas, and who
20 naH in, INN, tf,n OF
Cedar Rapids on the Goth for the purpose OF
seeing the person in Jail there supposed to be
''old man Bender" He said he had no reason
able doubt as to the prisoner being ''old
Bender"
George Francis Train was discharged from,
custody on the Both, the Sheriff's Jury, i'm
paneled to inquire into his mental condition
having pronounced him sane.
A dispatch from Parsons, Kansas, on the
30th, says: County Attorney Ward returned
to-day from Texas with the body Of Nicholas
NOUN, or Marion, supposed to have been an
| accomplish of the Bender family, the Kansas
assassins. At Denison he made some import
ant confessions, and promised to tell all he
knew about the Benders when he reached this
city, bnt when near Atoka Station, Indian Ter
liloiS, he suot nlhlecl III INC Htau Will d re-
volver, inficting wound from the effects OF
which he died. 1t seems that he was certain
that the Blenders are now in Texas, making
their way to the Rio Grandc River to cross into
Mexico.
San Francisco telegram of the 30th says
considerable anxiety was felt for General Da-
Wis, who had gone on a scout with the surren-
dered Modocs after Captain Jack.
Decoration Day was generally and appropri-
ately observed throughout the country on the
30th.
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DOMESTIC.

Gold closed in New York on the Goth at
11Sk011S4
The Grand Jury at Dayton, Ohio, have re-
ported bills of indictment against Mrs Earhart
and her son Michael for poisoning the Hera
family, of Germantown, Ohio, on the ed of
April last with intent to kill
Levi Sauls was hanged in Marion Court
House, S. c., on the sd, for the murder of
Noah Sutton on February 10.
There has recently been disastrous failure
in the lumber trade. Twelve firms, nine of
which are located in New York State, one in
Cleveland and two in Chicago, which had
entered into combination in the lumber
about 50, 100000.
From the 1st of April to the 10Th of May of
the present year, GOO, sol immigrants landed at
the port of New York
Fulton, Warren and McDonough Counties,
Ill, have been visited by severe wind and
rain storm, by which much damage was done
to property, and several lives were destroyed.
The tornado swept over a track forty to one
hundred rods in width, between Swan Creek,
in Warren County, and Avon, in Fulton Coun-
ty. Many buildings were demolished-indeed
everything was destroyed in the track of the
storm-houses, barns, fences, orchards, etc.
4 telegram from Council Bluffs, Iowa, Goth,
announces the arrest at Ely Station, on the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Quincy Railroad,
of person supposed without doubt to be the
old man Bender, implicated in the horrible
Kansas murders.
Several physicians, members of the Massa-
chusetts Medical Society," have been tried be-
fore Board convened for that purpose, charg-
ed with practicing homeopathy, and their ex-
pulsion recommended.
1t is stated in Washington dispatch that
no official confirmation of Colonel McKenzie's
raid into Mexico had been received there, and
that even if the reports published were true,
there was no fear of trouble with Mexico in
consequence.
At Shadyside, near Pittsburgh, Pa, few
days since, while two little girls were playing
together one of them applied lighted match
to the mouth of can filled with carbon oil.
An explosion followed, and in an instant the
clothing of the children was saturated with
oil. They were enveloped in flames and
burned to crisp.
A case of yellow fever was reported at New
York City on the 9th
Neosho County, Kansas, has recently been
visited by destructive tornado The storm
desolated tract of country half mile in
width and six miles in length. Two houses
were lifted in the air and blown to atoms. Six
persons were killed outright, six mortally
wounded and fifteen dangerously injured. One
little girl was carried one-fourth of a mile and
drowned in the creek. Persons were stripped
of their clothing, and birds of their feathers.
Horses cattle and hogs were killed. Four
teen families were left entirely destitute.
Major George A. Forsyth, of General Sheri-
dams staff, who has recently returned from a
trip up the Yellowstone, reports complete
success in establishing the fact Of the nayiga,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05

Colleges, would meet in the Congress sbie ea of
common ground, to consult upon o suo' and for
public import and compare n lmIa Here
tofare they had been an at rout each
one for himself and to himself, oftentlmes pull
one IL nof onnnste directions, thereby neutralz
ins Il their strength. Their plan was simple re-
POSSIBLE and feasible. By 1t the FARMERS an I'd
this broad land could exert 'he inhuenuT ar
p lho"t o NJ the population Of America
a their property, Interests and importance en-
title them They should work up tn f, s1aees
and the watchword in all forms e OF lar nna y
unions should be, ''Organize and Harmonic
[Applause.] a 70 ,oeet at Atlanta,
Ga. in MAY, 1874.
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s0thern and 1Ni,s

LAST summer, in II.
played a joke on his sl' { dos llsa
to cure him of makio sc Of q
other ba era dogs when out io .'soar
ne saw another dog, IT. Jps : Vi
and rub his nose as "a 5ae5 I 70.
ger, and d. indicate i IN docIa& @
would like | to be his sQ55s5s ;.
season for muzzling c. a,'al
muzzle upon Jack and due too, y !,
walk; Somewhere na.s sqe' d i
met Florence, and as I tb@,,l,. ai&
yersation Florence Doti ''9iaa
Jack applied his nose .' y, b. d.
dog the latter went bo " 1a
street, leaving the tprr 3nl'a2
f it as5 az, Florence could y y.
-, dil" HLidlIg asked.
:" Ned, what's the matt.
all the dogs run away fror, "
| On, nothing" said 81 a.. Y
that before I started cut T I ]
OF cambria needles in ii, y
they stick out about an - u
end of his nose" ~ lug
Well, the result was h.
two Jack was afraid to g@>
brute of his kind, and ali I ! !
been interviewed with tbo.,I
careful to keep away from
says he will take out a nj
vention, provided BergS H. !.
him arrested for cruelty IA =, :,
| can7ldti Gazette. = :
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ARTHUR's ILLUsTRA

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stories, sketches Of travel, p0a-.
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merit of the short and interesting
in this magazine is that each OF
calculated to benefit the reader
matter given in this publicatn 2
well as entertaining nature. 7.
Home Magazine are: $50 a yer
months, with a reduction f0r ...t
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whether single or in clubs. A5t,z
Il Son, Philadelphia. Pa.
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The Great Summer

The human skin is as full Of hl.s.
~, -. i
Through these millions Of ortiz :
portion of the waste matter q II
But in warm summer weatlel, "a
perspiration is excessively cgE,l
sides the exhausted material Of I:
rated. Nutritive elements Q. Ii d
for the sustenance and supprd i
pass through the pores, and b 'esl!
strength and vigor. 1t wc.1 "
check the leakage, for every p9,eEE
tilation and an escape pipe, All sa-
skin is as detrimental to hea!.1 & u,
the bowels. The wiseet course .
vitaliZe the languid system win Nv
ach Ritters, and thus enable I'll III
or inconvenience the extraOrt1G1 =
bility, lassitude and depressi0Hd
in hot weather, and which AZ ii
cursors of bilious attacks and pain !
the bowels and the nerves, quick! ;,
the invigorating and regulstlls
unequaled vegetable si!nulani 81
the feeble it il an article Of PIN.
seasons, and as even the robU'iI
languish under the devitalizlng M
v1d temperature, the Bittera can
recommended as healthfHl SINE
BEST AND OLDEST FAMILY Me-
Licer Irigorat0T-a purely ttsT .'.
TOnic-for Dyspepsia, Conslya ~
Headache. Bilious Attacks. ana 81
Liver, Stomach and Bowels. AsA j.
it. BelCdre Of limitations
KEEP THE BLOOD PURE BY asil.
terative, and you purge the sy'G-
nant elements, which, if left 10 Tx
velop into serious diseases
SHALLENBERGER's PILLS cure evs
and Fever as certainly as GrrSt - H. -.rl
are just as harmless. sold W %
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05

As rich and pretentious shoddyite
was looking at some paintings which he
purposed to buy, the dealer pointed to a
fine one, and said, There is dog after
Landseer." as it, really!" exclaimed the
pretender. what is the dog after him for %
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The CHILDREN's Hon.
number is fully up to the u.as. i,
excellence of this beautiful lirIs-r
contents cannot fail to both enr,.-,
the youthful readers. The sgb.,-r
-4's
$1.25 a year; five copies, S; Ten .
SO; extra inducements &c -e1e.s.-,
S. Arthur & Son. ra..ade.D5,g P
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A PARTY of young ladies' was regent
ly dispersed by the police at Springfield,
M ass, for disturbing a newly married
)1ple with tin-pan serenade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05

LIKE LIGHTNING are the NJ
ed with + LAGG's instant Pi %
Sprains, Bowel Complains - a.
this great medicine is used IL
money returned 49,
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CRIsTADoRo's EXCELSIOR y.
most sure and complete nm M.
kind in the world; its ctraIg,..: WE
character harmless, its tints pats.I ?
during. - Id '-'.
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SEE, in another column, the advertisement
headed 81 aeul help any man."
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The CHILDRES's

SEE, in another column, III
headed 81 aoiR help any man. >
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05

ASK for Prussing's Cider vi
no other. Warranted to prr.., -
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gion '7 vest stss af s. and q! rap.s,
vi within HIM its area 'p pori Hissiis,. s |
of ord Iowa Sss;i Nebraska. 'P Es,oo.t 'tl
railways which i''S ,s spP 'P:y =.
Mis;sis sip at f fp 'ns COM
anu carry back lumha,.' I2s
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05
THIRD DAY.

The Meteorological and Crop Report Com
mittee presented resolutions, which were ad-
pted-approving the meteorological reports
now furnished from Washington; urging upon
Congress the extension of the system, so that
the farmers could receive daily reports at ALI
post offices and railway stations recognizing
the Importance of national system of crop
reports; lndorsing the plan laid down by the
late Commodore Maury, and providing for
urging these points on the Government
motion was made to take from the table
the resolutions relative to donating public
lands to Agricultural Colleges, but there was
large majority against the notion and the
resolutions were undisturbed.
RESOLUTIONS were adopted regretting the
death OF Commodore Maury, of Virginia. and
Mr. McAllister, of Pennsylvania, late mem
bers of the Congress.
The Constitution was amended so that each
regularly organized agricultural, horticultural,
or other kindred association contributing SIS or
more to the support of the Congress should be
entitled to one representative, and establishing
hereafter standing committees of the Congress
A motion to indorse the Western and Eastern
transportation scheme, being railroad from
Leavenworth, Kansas, to Port Royal, S. c.,
was referred to the Transportation Committee
TO report to the next Congress.
General jackson, of Tennessee, the new
President, was installed, and after returning
thanks, said that, after a long period of apathy
and criminal neglect of the most important in
terest of the nation, the cutivators of the soil,
North and South, East and West, by co-opera-
ton with each other, had set on foot and fully
organized the National Congress. twenty-five
States of the Union were represented at the
meeting, They recognized in the Congress as
constituted every form of society having for
its purpose the advancement of agriculture
and the protection of the farmer, whether
known as Farmers Clubs, Associations. Oranges
of Husbandry, Farmers Unions, or by whatever
name they might be designated. The repre-
sentatives of these, including the National and
State Boards of Agriculture and Agricultural
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05

BEST AND OLDEST FAMILY AEs-
Licer IQrigordtOT-a purely ttggS,'
T0nic-for Dyspepsia, Conshyal1'--
Headache. Bilious Attacks. ana al :
Liver. Stomach and Bowels. AsA j.
it. BelCdre Of limitations
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KEEP THE BLOOD PURE BY ISL. /
terative, and you purge the s!y'S- !. y
nant elements, which, if left 10 TX
yaIpy, into Sarin,1s diseases
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-20
Then and Now.

Our ncighbor of the Nlar.insburg
Statesman, 10 taking a retrospect Of
political matters during tue past few
years, says:
-Four years ago The public mind
was all disquiStudO; a feeling Of uu.
rest bcsct every community, neighbors
were distrustful Of each other, the
courts we're open to but one particular
Olasc, nearly One.half Of the citizens Of
the county were disfranchised, and
none but the loyal could pursue their
professions, teach our children or hold
the pOttiest Office. Such was our po.
litical and social status less than four
years ago! Need We contrast Ii with
the peaceful content and uuwon.ed
prosperity that now reigns among all
classes throughout our borders. Now
the humblest Is secure IN all tho God.
given rights Of person and property
secure IN tho freedom to chose lis own
rulers, aud under tue protecting ngis
Of just local government, 10 pursuss
bis calling with none dating to mOlOst
or make him afraid"
Such, then, arc the blessings for
which We have laborOd, and which,
thank heaven, are now enjoyed in all
their full fruitiOn. Tho opptessor's
Rand ls stayed, the blight Is removed,
Ind Tho future looks al t5U moro
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-20

bright, now that we have passed from
the dark pail Of radicalism into the
glorious sunlight of Democratic. Con.
sentative freedom. May this ever
hover around aud about US, for in its
folds We are surely safe"
Our cOtempOrary's words arc full Of
meaning; and it is not necessary after
their pGrusal, to ask you If you will
consent, (cithGr by your cOuntCnance,
or by apathy,) to suffer the same
degradation that you have endured in
times past. "a house divided against
itself cannot stand y aud the Rcpub.
licans seek, by every device of which
they arc capable, to rCud US asuudcr.
Let Democrats hold fast to tho good
Old faith, even ''as the shipwrccked
mariner cliugs to the last plank, when
night aud the tempest gather around"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-20
Won't Work.

It is amusing to observe tho effort.
Of our friends Of the Republican per.
suasion TO fan into blaze tho quar- rel
which recently divided, to some extent,
tho Democratic party. The Rcpubli.
eau journals arc becoming frantic, now
that they see tha. although We had .
little family jar, the Democrats of hi,
State will stand shoulder to shoulder
forgctful of past dilfcrcnces-whcn Il
becomes question Of the retirement o.
tho Democratic party, and tho cleya.
ton of the Republicans. In time.
gone by, the Democrats Of this State
have LCcn obliged to take tho "pills
pukcs and paregorics' prepared by
their Republican task.masters baI
they arc not going to do SO any more
They are frcenleM now; and the sori
Of a prescription proposed 10 be admin
istGred won't work! The dodge is TOT
thin!
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-20
"can They stick Together %

A Republican paper at Charleston
la, an article under tho above heading
referring to the Democratic press Of
the State. And what is 10 hinder
them from "sticking together" pray
Tho cohesive power Of sound Demo
cratic principles binds them together.
aud that bond is a Gordinn KNIT which
all the power and ingenuity Of our Op.
poncnts eau neither unto nor sever.
The Democrats Of this State, regardless
Of past differences, arc for fair play
aud priuciple--their platform "thO
greatest good to the greatest number. d"
Those who do not subscribe to .his
doctrine orc not Democrats; and
whether they "stick together or not
is no concern Of ours. Let our
Charleston friend answer bis own co.
nunirum.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-20
lIELvETIA.
A visit to the sul.. settlement

NJ. Editor.
During the month Of September, my
Uncle, tOwusmun Of yours, and | took
notion that VIC would pay a visit to
the newly settled Dutch colony in the
upper end Of Randolph county. Ar.
Engagements being made accordingly, l
left tho Normal School which | had
been attending at Contrcyillc, upshur
county, one bright Tuesday morning,
aud accompanied Uncle toward tue
above named colony. It was o de.
lightfu! morning-the weather just
mild enough TO make travelling on
horseback pleasant. We rode along
briskly over the crooked Kanawha
highway. expecting 10 reach The vii.
lage, and exhaust our visit before sun.
down, and then ride out in tue country
TO call on an old acquaintance and put
up for the night. by tue way, we
found tue road pretty rough up tho
kanawha until we canle inlo tho road
that leads from Mcadcvillc to the upper
lIuckllannon, after which the road is
pretty good. The Dutch have made
tho most difficult part of this road at
their own expense, aud they deserve
credit for it. The people 10 these
mountains seem determined to live, ifis
Is q hard place TO scrabble for dear
life. Tie plantations along q part Of
tue way arc not very few nor far DO.
tween; aud are interpreted With
grain fields, cane patches, &c. In
fact, the most Of these mountain
ranches have at least two corndelds on
them, aud some Of them three, besides
sorghum, cabbage and broom.corn
patches, Potatoes and lurnips seemed
,lso to 10 abundant 1t isto DO lopsd
hat tue people of this once seemingly
waste and bowling wilderness viii
lot come so near starvation this winter
is they have during former winters,
by tue time We arrived al tho di.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-20

'rur Republican papers of tho State
beginning with the Mtclligatcr and
going a-w-a-y down to ex. Governor
Stcycpscn's JOuraal, have all taken n
tilt at us during the past two or three
weeks. To use M expression more
forciblc than elegant, "tllcir backs arc
up" They don't like the warning we
hsvO sounded by exposing their
schemes. They had hoped, by false
reasoning and mis- statement, to lead
astray a large portion Of the Democrat.
&c party; but they had built their
house upon sand, When they expectOl,
because some Democrats raw lit to sup.
port an independent candidate as
against the party nenliuec, that thereby
they threw themselves into the arms o.
their old opprOssOrs. The memories Of
the people are not quite short enough
fer this sort Of thing, gentlemen
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-20

SgSAroR II. C DAVIS has returned
from the conference held by the Sen
a,C Committee in New York, in refer.
cnCC to the James River and Kanawha
Improvement. We arc not advised
what conclusions tho committee reach
cd, but We aro confident that Senator
b. has placed tho subject before the
committee in its most favorable aspects,
and We may therefore look forward TO
some definite action looking TO the
completion of this great Improvement,
during tho next session Of Congress.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-20

excuse me, sir; l was mistaken.
IT'S fifteen cents apiece, instead Of
tCn," We concluded that she had not
been accustomed to receive the fees Of
the tavern. Nevertheless, the last
named was very trivial charge; and
for such attention at Buckhan non or
Weston the charge would bo three or
four times as much for our horses
were we'll fed with good hay aud grain.
Any one who wants to live cheaper
then he can at home, should go to
IIclvotia and put up for tho winter.
| hayc nothing more 10 add concern.
ing our trip, except that We returned
home safe, and want to repeat the visit
TO New Switzerland again soon.
G. d. ARMSTRONG.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-20
Executive Wrath.

On Friday Of last week, October 81,
the Commissioners Of Public Printing
proceeded to open tho bids received BY
them for executing the State Printing
aud Binding, and supplying Print.
ing Paper and Stationery for State use.
Quito a number of bids for these yari.
Gus contracts had been received. After
q lengthy and careful examination Of
the various proposals, it was found that
Mr.. Henry 5. Walker was the lowest
bidder under each classification. Ills
bid for Printing was the lowest By
g., 900; for Binding he was the lowest
bidder by $3.50, and for supplying
Printing Paper and Stationery. his
proposal was Sl,7O0 lower than that Of
any other bidder. While but two
names accompanied tue bond Of each oil
the other bidders, Mr.. Walker offered
as his suretiCs seven of the best and
most ,cspOusiblo citizens Of the county,
viz: William Dickinson, i. b. Knight,
John p. Anderson, William II. lloge.
mau, John G. Ruby, G. p. Snyder aud
Q. D. Reynolds. The Commissioners,
therefore, decided that Mr.. Walker was
tue lowest responsible bidder" nc.
ccpted his proposals aud entered into a
contract with him for their fulGllmCnt.
The contract was then submitted to
Governor John j, Jacob for approval,
rs required by law. lIespeni two days
in It's examination and in scrutinizing
tho various competing proposals
Then, having satisfied himself that tue
Commissioners had made tho only
award they could make; that Mr..
Walker was "tho lowest responsible
,idder' for each and al lof the contracts,
he refused to approve the award :
Charleston Courier.
- This is us plain a statement Of the
case as can be uiade. For the present,
We withhold comment; further than
to say that tho evidence appears to
convict Mr.. Jacob of a desire to graft.
fy personal spite at the expense Of the
tax!ray Grs Of the State. For his sake,
We should be glad Of protOxt to form
a different opinion.