Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-30

!, semi-circle shape, and thrown up sew
oral feet HIGH. The outer line OF er1bank-
ment is broken in many places, bby what
anpear to be redoubts, or places FOR can
non. In digging INTO one OF TIE larger
mounds, part of a mans ieg-bone was
found. A wear or two ago, soma stone
wall about two feet in diameter, mace
round nv tools, was found on the ground
by Mr.. Chesterson, while blowing. Inc
neonIe of jackson are wondering whether
the mounds were built by aborlgines or
are the remains Of fort, thrown up by
partv of soldiers who may have penetra-
ted that country soon after the discovery
of Canada There is no record of any ex-
petition in that direction.
HERR BoEDICKER, a Government AS
SCISSOR in Prussia, has written most III
teresting paper in relation to the charac-
ter of the emigrants now leaving that
country for the United States. Artisans
of the small towns form, on an average,
5.2G per cent of the aggregate emlgra-
ton. These craftsmen are, In Germany,
kept down by the great productive estab-
lishments of their respective trades, Inc
second class consists of small land-oWn-
ers in the country, who, in connection
with renters and stewards, or baillffs,
form $50 per cent. of the aggregate emf
grafton. The third class consists OF jour
neymcn, assistants and workers III manu-
factories, who form, on an average, 1881
per cent of the aggregate emigration.
The fourth class consists of rural labor
ers, forming, on an average, 1891 per
cent. of the emigration. The fifth class is
made up of domestics, or servants, wheth-
er of small towns Or the country, and in
cludes dav laborers These form about
1871 per cent of the collective emf
grants.
A RICHMOND, VA, paper tells a story
Of very sagacious dog and very foolish
man, and the man owns the dog. tie is a
married man, and the other evening told
his young wife that he was going to the
dodge" The wife anxiously looked for
the return Of her husband until the small
hours OF the morning, and finally there
was a scratching at the door. She opened
it. The dog was there, and something
more. He had in his mouth bloody
handkerchief and round piece OF ivory
of about the size of silver dollar. She
did not know anything about the ivory,
but the bloody handkerchief suggested to
her terrible story. She put on her bon,
net and followed the dog. He piloted her
to the lodge, which was in an upper
chamber of high building, and there on
the floor, in one corner, was her husband
with badly-swollen eye and a bleeding
nose and useless legs. He could not walk
home, but there was a reason for that,
which disappeared in a few hours. That
young man now wants to dispose OF very
faithful, wellmeaning dog. He also
wants to find the man who hit him on the
nose in the gambling house.
A CONTRARY MULE.-A farmer in New
berry, South Carolina, says the Progressive
Age, has a mule so contrary that he can do
nothing with it. Put him in harness, and
it is hard to say which way he will travel.
Put a saddle on him, and he appears to
dose; but try to mount him, and he will
all of a sudden kick every way, straight
out, straddle-bug, with all four legs at
once AS to eating, he will eat anything
from his feed-trough up to a wooden sad
die The owner took a notion to have
him shod, but he kicked out the black
smith-shop and returned home. The
owner tried to kill him some time back,
so he tied his ears with a trace-chain and
rode him for six consecutive days and
nights as hard as he could, under whip
and spur The fact is, he nearly killed
himself in the effort and had to be carried
upstairs to bed, and his firm belief was
that the mule would die that night; but,
to his establishment, the next morning he
found that the mule had kicked to death q
Chester hog weighing 300 pounds, bit a
piece out of his horses shoulder, eat up
saddle, blanket, and bride, tore down the
fence, and was splurging about, more dew
ilish than ever, to find something else
meaner 10 do.