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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12
hat the Modocs could not surrender as prison

that the Modocs could not surrender as prison
ers of war in the sense known to nations,
where war is declared in accordance with con-
stituted forms. Not having been so received
they are not entitled to consideration as
prisoners of war. The orders issued to the
Commanding General directly after the assas-
sination of General Candy and the Rev. DR..
Thomas, were not to exterminate the Modocs,
but it was said their conduct had been such
that their determination would be justifiable,
thus leaving the matter to the discretion of
General Davis. Therefore, if he had ordered
the killing of the Indians he would not have
been censured by superior authority. AS to
their final disposition, no one questions that
they will ultimately be delivered to the Gov
eminent of Oregon for trial.
dispatch from Memphis on the 4th an
| nounces that several cases of cholera had
broken out in that city, some of which had
proved fatal. 1t had also made its appear
ance in other towns on the river below Mem
phis.
Recent dispatches from Galveston, Texas
say that late heavy rains had completely flood
ed the country, entailing great damage on the
growing corn and cotton crops. Many parts
| hail-storms ever known, entirely destroying the
growing crops.
The President, Secretary of the Interior
and General Sherman, in a consultation on the
5th, came to the conclusion that the question
as to what should be done with the Modot
prisoners, whether they should be tried by
military commission or RENTED to the civil
courts, would be submitted to the Attorney
General by the military authorities for his
opinion, which will govern the law in the
case.
Governor Grover, of Oregon, has ordered
General Ross to deliver the Lost River muir
derers (Modoc Indians) in his possession to the
custody of the Sheriff of jackson County, anC
| all other captives to the commanding officer OF
the United States forces in the Lake Basin.
A Washington special says an analysis OF
| the testimony taken ON the 9th by Secretary
Robson of the officers of the Polaris crew
seemed to satisfy officials there that there wa:
no evidence of the poisoning of Captain Hall
or of mutiny or heartlcss desertion on the par
of the cre,I.
| AtRaleigh, n. C., on the 9th two murderers
Griffin and Mordecai, after dressing for The
gallows, and while at their devotons, received
| communications of their sentences to imprison
ment for life. A large crowd had gathered tt
| witness their execution.
There was but little excitement in Memphis
on the 9th in regard to the cholera. Physicians
stated that SO far nearly every case which was
promptly treated on the first appearance of The
disease had been successfully treated, though
in some instances death had ensucd in four OF
| five hours.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12
tnoflty he held the office of Governor. The

thorlty he held the office of Governor. The
application is in the usual form, and sets OUT
by stating that the Governor has unlawfuliy
usurped the place.
A Washington dispatch says the Advisory
Board OF the Civil-Service met the President
ana cabinet on the 4th, by invitation, and SUD-
mltted their report, maturely considered, pro-
posing a modification of some OF the present
rules, and adding several new ones. These
improvements, it is said, are designed TO make
the Civil-Service more efficient, being based on
strict adherence to its principles, and VIII ala
IN remedyng such defects as experience has
shown to exist One of the notifications Will
serve to facilitate the filling of vacancies by
the prompt examination of applicants.
The New York Legislature, at its recent ses-
| sion, passed and the Governor has app owed a
bill making liquor-sellers liable to damages Tor
the benefit of the families of drunkards.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State Conyen-
ton is to be held at Wilkes Barre on the 9th
of August next.
1t is stated in private dispatch from
Montgomery, Ala, on the 4th, that Gov
ernor Lewis, Republican, had appointed Rob
| ert {. Brickell, Democrat, Chief-Justlce OF
tlic supreme Court OF the otatt, 0SCe DUN, ~
signed.
A dispatch has recently been received IN
Washington from New Orleans to the effect
| that the State of Louisiana had resumed the
payment of the coupon bonds, and that the
taxes were being rapidly paid everywhere, and
there were general indications OF order and
prosperity.
The Acknowledgement of Arkansas conciua-
ed the argument in the quo aca1Td'ato case
against the Governor before the Supreme
Court on the 4th Four of the five Judges de-
cided that the Court had no jurisdiction, the
Chief-Justice, Mcclure, dissenting. This re,
suit was regarded as the end of the troubles
| in Arkansas, and it was thought Governor
| Baxter will hereafter be regarded as Governor
without show of opposition.
| Governor Straw, of New Hampshire, was
| naugurated at Concord on the 5th He
| recommends the Local Option law as the best
| method of restraining intemperance.
| In the recent election for Judges of the Su
preme Court of Illinois the candidates support
| ed by the Farmers Conventions were generally
| successful. In the Fifth District, where tho
| most exciting contest was waged, Judge ALFRED
NJ. Craig, of Knox County, was elected
by majority of 1000 over Judge Lawrence
| the present incumbent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12
Wonders of the Sea Depths.

THE neither darkness, SO far from being
a lifeless waste, teens almost everywhere
with creatures not only more fantastic but
larger than their shallow-water cousins;
and the paddler about rock-pools and tide
sands at watering places will learn from
this book that far away at sea are found
sea monsters far bigger as well as far ug-
lier and far more beautiful than were ever
transferred to an aquarium. To give two
instances, the Caprella, "the phantom
shrimp" which may be found on sea-
weed, sitting uprig ht like a monkey,
holding on by his hind paws, and, with
CHASTITY grimaces, mesmerizing all pass
ers-by with his fore claws, sits in like
guise upon sponges mile or two deep in
the darkness-there, however, not quar-
ter of an inch, but three inches long; and
the Nymphoms, sea spiders who crawl
from under stones, and who, having no
body to speak of, carry their stomach, for
economy of space, packed in long branches
up the inside of each leg-are found in the
depths of the Arctic sea, not half an inch,
but two feet in diameter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12
The Kansas Tornado.

The Neosho County Journal, published
| at Usage Mission, gives the following
particulars of the recent severe wind
storm in that section:
From Mark A Patterson, Esq, of Lin
coin township, in this county, we learn
| the following hurried particulars of ter
rible wind storm which occurred in that
township on Thursday afternoon last,
about three o'clock, in which seven per
sons were killed and ten wounded, and an
immense amount of property destroyed.
From our informant we learn that the
terrible hurricane commenced at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Joseph Reynolds, about three
miles northwest Of Jacksonville His
fences were scattered in every direction
posts were torn from the ground, and a
hen-house was lifted some forty feet in
the air and scattered like feathers. The
wind evidently then rose and took south.
easterly direction, doing no further dam
age until it reached the residence of Mr..
Black He with his family were inside
the house when the wind struck it and
completely demolished it, without a mo-
ment's warming being given to the in
mates. Nearly every member Of the
family, consisting of seven or eight, was
more or less injured-Mr Black himself
probably MORALLY.
The storm then suddenly took north
east direction, toward the farm of j. w.
Bogard, quarter of mile from Blacks.
Mr.. Bogard's house had its roof blown off
and one side blown down, but the family
miraculously escaped injury. Two houses
adjoining Bogard's were then attacked by
the storm, and soon nothing was left of
them They were unoccupied.
The frame house of Hezekiah Smith was
next in order-some TWO hundred yards
further on. 1t met similar fate. Mrs.
Smith was seriously hurt, but will proba-
bly, recover. Mr.. Spurgeon, Secretary of
the Kansas State Grange, lived about
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12
Stock Raising in Nebraska.
BY PROF. j. D. BUTLER.

LINCOLN, Neb., 1873
About the Goth of March [ took the
train from here for Chicago, 542 miles
Leaving this city at two on one afternoon, |
should ordinarily have reached that Queen
of the Great Lakes at three o'clock on the
next afternoon. But on arriving at the
Missouri | found it impossible to cross,
for according to the local phrase it was
''gorged with ice" 1t was as if a glacier
had rushed down from an lpine ravine
and blocked up the track along a Swiss
valley. Such an iceberg had not been
seen there before during this season,
and it was next day swept down the
river
Meantime, however, several cars filled
with cattle and hogs for Chicago were
sent back twenty-five miles to Ashland to
spend the night in the yard where they had
been kept through the winter. | went with
them in order to inspect the Nebraska style
of stock fattening.
One yard visited is on a neck of land
between two rivers, one fresh and one salt,
so that no salt is needed for the stock.
The only shelter was close fence four
feet high on one side, and hay cribs on
another, which broke the force of the
wind. Though the winter had been the
severest ever known, the cattle were in
good condition, and none of them had
died. They had no covering whatever
overhead
The food of the stock was mainly Indian
corn each ear cut in three pieces, and
shoveled from a wagon in huge troughs
and scattered here and there in the yard
Wild hay in the side cribs was always
within reach, and some of the corn, cobs
and all, was ground in a horse mill into
coarse meal.
The hay cost only the cutting, being
free on what in England would be called
commons" The corn was partly raised
close at hand, ninety bushels and upward
on single acre-and partly bought at
10 cents a bushel
The cattle were Texas-had been driven
last year 300 miles from the far south
west. The first cost was $12 per head
and So more for driving to the yard. Five
dollars more will pay passage to Chicago.
The last lot Of a hundred sent from this
yard sold for four and half cents, or
more than fifty dollars for each beef
NO business is growing faster in Ne
braska than stock-raising None will
pay better. Indian corn is too bulky for
distant transport. 1t needs a condenser.
What it needs it finds in cattle and hogs.
Hog-skin and cowhide make the best
bags-bags that hold ten times more than
canvas bags of the same size.
Ashland is new town on the "Burling-
ton Route" from the Miss issippi River to
Ft kearney, and twenty-five miles west of
plattsmouth. In that land-district over
So,ooo homesteaders and pre-emptors
nave MED claims at the United States
office in Lincoln, and about 5000 have
bought B. & NJ. Railroad land on ten
years credit and per cent. interest. On
land contracts since 1872, nothing of the
principal is payable till the end of four
years
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12
DOMESTIC.

Gold closed in New York on the 9Th at l1S9
1855.
Washington dispatch of the 1st says the
War Department condemned the efforts of the
Interior Department to get Satanic and Big
Tree released. General Sherman was very
plain in his denunciaton of the scheme
1t has been decided by Assistant Attorney
General Spooner, of Wisconsin, that the pooling
of their earnings by the Chicago & Northwes-
tern and the Milwaukee Il st. Paul Railroads
would be violation of the spirit, if not the
letter of the law, and would render it the duty
of the Attorney General to apply to the courts
for writ of quo warranto against the COM
panies.
A proclamation has been issued by the Gov
ernor of Kansas, offering $4,000 $500 each) for
the arrest of the Bender family. A Dubuque
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12
POLITICAL.

BY decision of the Supreme Court of the
State, the Hon. Austin F. Pike Republican,
is confirmed in his election as member of Con
gress from one of the districts of New Hamp-
shire.
McEnery has issued an address to the people
OF Louisiana, advising acquiesence in the Kel
logg Government until Congress assemblies in
December.
The Attorney General of Arkansas has filed
an application for writ of quo ,pa,Tanto
against Governor Baxter to show by what au-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12

The Anttquary, an English paper, de-
scribes an oak telled at Newport 2S15 feet in
circumference; the timber sold for So, 500,
and the bark for 81 600 The Parliament
OAK Ak in Chepstow Park is supposed to be
i,5OO years old. Edward l. held a Par
Lament benath its boughs. The Dukes
walking Stick" at WeIby Abbey, is an
oak l12 feet high. The Greendale oak
has spread of 700 square yards, and a
Gafrlage-drive is made through its partly
decayed trunk. The largest oak in the
WoTlo Is supposed to exist at Calthorpe
IN yorkshire; its trunk is 70 feet in cir
conference.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12

1t is difficult to ruin ~ "a
weaken, injure, or cripple : e
vigor and endurance j, az sEs
ways be accomplished b! j.
or violating certain byc,,- Il 8
of which is essential q .-e Fal
and to the sustainmen,at -1 q.
it is animated and suppm. &
ton is wonderfully elas.. a-.t.- 4
very hardly dealtwitt by Il I'd !.
tine vigor may be.ecova's. =
treatment is adopted. Hes& b
may be justly Genominaie' IL.
Not only does it impr0J. Z
the stomach, tone and Teg1Iis :
and bowels and steady ,- I'll e
also land this is It's mos, 1N- I;
the staminal strength u lie n
given way under the pressI' i.
posure, priyati0n, acute als&
atmosphere, eXraordIlsT i
cause. In summer the ca5..--,f
ly tried by a long conull i
Nothing tells more heavily q
activit, than solar heat, al. = I,
of recruiting and replen.sll; !
some vegetable tonic, like A'+ Z
ing the summer months. &
A CERTAIN REMEDY Foa % I. e
in DR.. Jayne's Alternative i :
ease by stimulating me a. I
action. and assisting them L i
their natural functions.
IF YOU are thirsty drlHs - y
take ShallenhcTger : Altla5% {
alike satisfa ctory in 0oth c4'''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12
-->&H~

One EGG CAKE-One egg, one cup of
sugar, one cup of sour cream, one tea
spoonful of saleratus, pinch of salt, and
flour enough to make it about as stiff as
pound cake. Flavor with lemon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12

The largest diamond owned bv the
ohah OF Persia is the Derya-i-noor, weigh
ing lI3 carats. The Koh-inoor since its
last cutting weighs only 11s carats. The
aggregate value of all the diamonds in the
derslan collection is estimated at $40 600
ooo' Nevertheless few have peeped into
inc treasure vaults of Persia, and we fancy
ion of reporters. " - f'''''''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12

"A Boston paper asserts that this wear
Valuation OF the land alone in the burnt
alstrlct IS actually greater than that Of the
the fire. "pon II oeloio
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12
FACTS Am )

G.. AND NJ
ment headed = ,I, lei, ee.p
daily journaIa,e Is than !, III
New York, and nave ,e Ia, MI
dead, at a loss $50 Of d 5eo T
it really we = q lea % +. ~
Jump a yard and 5.'' a ID &
pounds weight Win 4 1a
proportion, Womb %,5a jq
China. IL New n q
no "a statement pps,.,..
n ep4t'lnent shows Pug q
mont months sen. ending N Il y !.
fne np;sd from o customs , "a.
1872, the receipts 'f n 4
We're &1ef -a- r. il0l Il 1
the II new tariff law i. as /
uon was $ls,524,3 Sl5s, /
| The price of an ~. |
able uncovered land : !. /
after the Great Fir I !,
or about one-thirl on + N
upon e. At the press, n. /
at & ,O00,0O0 an acre a,.' 4. |
stitutes fully thrce,fS1,a@.-S. /,
the property after i t2 i..@
| The Sacrament q /,
the figures Of raijro.s !
that State for four y%-,.
emigration for the -.
| giving the increase oS /
Il ,S48, or about 1OO0 !. I!
val value per capita is es,.r. /
the aggregate fixed 4 i
this is added certain =. /
which raises the tor.I +
communication to The
$50, 100000.
| Statistics show IL. /
foreign rice consumed A.. |
fallen from 92,0OO,g0 Il
26,0 OO,00O pounds in III
mestic product to the !
ind the total consumg-
less than 100,0OO,OO0 5c =.
tic crop is estimated ! !
pounds, and the domeg
than 5000, 600 pounds. !,
ct the time the war bra;.
States was a large ez,-.
amount varying from q.
600 pounds per anag-
years Immediately prersa
believed that Louis;ars !
in rice-culture, as it i y.
there, but eventually FIN
greatest rice "a.
the swamps and IoTIas,
being peculiarly adapt,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12
ASK for Prussing's Ci3e
no other. Warranted lam.

CoNsUMPTION.-F0r he
tressing disease there Ia,
yet discovered that can .5.t
real merit than Aliens |,
unequaled expectorant tg
ton, and all diseases lid
affections Of the thra..,
eases of the pulm0nar, o.
to the suffering public It'd
cure of such diseases ban
by the medical faculty 7
sequently, RECOMMENDED
have become acquaintel
cess.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12

DOOLEY's Yeast Powas
not lowest priced, BaEi.s
Biscuits, Rolls, etc, pre- !.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12
Crippled G.

SEE, in another column
headed Il lciU deID ana r1
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12

dispatch of the 31st ult. says: A young man
supposed to be young Bender, son of the well
known Kansas murderer, had been arrested at
West Liberty, Iowa, and a woman thought to
be Mrs. Bender was arrested at Oxford, Iowa.
There seemed to be little doubt as to their
identity. Both parties have been held for fur
ther development,
Advices from the Modoc seat of war received
on the I'd, were to the effect that the Federal
troops, under the lead of Warm Spring Indians,
had come up with the retreating sayages and
nearly surrounded them, when Scar
Charley and two or three other Modocs rushed
down the rocks and cried out, eve surrender;
don't shoot" Five Modocs came in, and at
once hostilities ceased DR.. Cabaness of Yreka, a
surgeon who has long been acquainted with
the Modocs, went up among the rocks ana
made peace negotiations. All the Indians,
including Jack, agreed to come in. Cabaness
slept with them over night. The next day
Scar Faced Charley, Old Schonchin, and ten
warriors surrendered. Captain Jack and three
others decamped by night
The following statement shows the condi-
ton of the public debt June l:
Six per cent. bonds. 81, 35S I3S BOO
hop
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12

IF YOU are thirsty, driHs ~
take Shallen berger : Alua9". +
alike satisfa ctory IN 0otA t's''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-22

foundation for this charge for the present supply OF oil
ga 600 barrels day s much above the demand 1000
barrels q day. that need look nowhere else 70
count for low prices. The pipe companies, although
they may yet have used their power to the injury Of
the oil producers, altogether too much power
The great buk OF the oil at the wells sold directly TO
companies but they also transport great deal OF
These pipe companies handle great deal OF oil and
have large amounts on deposit; they receive oil for
transportation and buy oil themselves, aud 1t Ia all
mixed In the tank, that there no way of know
ing whether they selling their oil or oil that has
been deposited with them. II they want to bear the
market they take the producers OIL the very oil
that is held for higher price, and knock the market
down. That they have done this already Is well known
And they have the only OF ascertanng exactly
knowledge In that respect gives them an undue al
vantage and might enable them to control the market
entirely This might be remeded II the pipe companies
required 10 make weekly report OF the yield OF
each well At present there IL security for the pro-
ducers and OF these pipe companies should fal IL
would cause great disturbance % the business.
THIRTY-PoUR THOUSAND BARRELS A DAY.
The total oil product is 1860 barrels OF AZ gal
Ions each every twenyfour hours or this product the
First District which is the latest development and in
cludes all the big wells furnishes 1850 barrels the
Second District 25O0 barrels, the Third District $500
barrels aud all the other districts, containing the wells
that furnished all the oil previous 10 1870 1900 barrels
making total above stated OF $50 The number OF
producing wells in the entire oil region Of Pennsyvania
Is about 5000 and the daily product per well Is
about barrels. The average daily product in the
First or Lower District is II barrels.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-22
A RoUNDABoUr WAY OF CITING NEWS.

From Ire Helena luOntlHdl heraLd.
The late account of the progress OF the
Northern Pacific Railroad survey " thc Indian CON
icts In connection herewith. was sent by courier
through from Musse5nell Fort Benton where IL
was put upon the and special dispatch 10
The NETWORK TRIBUNE. The morning OF ITS pubiica-
ton in New York, the account was plcAed up Oy ho
Associated Press reporter and repeated back over the
same wire The HerGtd-maklng distance OF 600 nles
which the dispatch originating within cOnpafdtlFeU
snort distance Of US Travelled before The HeTdtd WAS
privileged 10 print the Montana people u read IT.
Inis is roundabout way or getting news but We have
TO put up with IL when helpless ~ 10 any better,
as occasionally happens 20 be the To remedy oc-
ourrences this future We are studying whether
t is best 10 ne Herald East, Or invite lhE
TRIBUNE 10 come West.
FoRTY-EIGHr HOURS AHEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT.
From Sda frdBcsoo Bati,ln
There is printed III our Geographic DIS
patches Cen Clusters official report OF tue attack by the
Sioux Indians upon the Yellowstone Expedition, on
Tongue River. This victory by the troops, and the
discontinue of the Indians with 40 Killed and a
large number wounded, demonstrates the fact that
these sayages match for disciplined troops IN
open ground. The loss on the part or the oxpe-
dition was four killed and 20 wounded. The cireum-
stances connected with this hight also illustrate how
newspaper enterprise assists the government Greaf
care supposed to have been taken 10 insure that no
newspaper correspondent should accompany this expe-
diron. But THE NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE managed 10 have
correspondent among the party and the authorities
who were SO Jealous OF newspapers actually received
their rst knowledge of the nghug through the enter
prise OF The TRIBUNE is hours IN advance Oi the official
dispatches.