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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-15
POLITICAL.

The Illinois Legislature has adjourned to
January 6.
The Commissioner of Pensions has announc-
ed the following highly important ruling:
Section 9 of the act of March 3, 1873, provides
any case. 1t is a consolidation of Section of
the act of July p, 1866, and Sections and 5
of the act of July %, 1868, with an amend
ment to the former sections so as to give the
same increase to the widow of soldier or
sailor for the children by former wife as for
the children by herself; and to the widow of
an officer as well as a soldier or sailor. 1t also
gives the increase to all children under six
teen years of age of officers, as we'll as of sol
dlers and sailors, instead of all but one, where
there Is no widow, or where she has died or
remarked. In other respects, it embodes the
provisions of the three sections named
In the Ohio House of Representatives on the
5th resolution was adopted calling for the
repeal of the act of the last Congress nsreas-
ing the pay of the President, Congressman and
other officers. The Senate adopted-25 to f
a joint resolution ratffying the second act of
the Thirteenth Amendment to the United
States Constitution, submitted by the First
Congress in 17S9 providing that no law vary
ing the compensation of Senators and Repre-
sentatives shall take effect until an election for
Representatives has INTERVIEWED
A local option bill, which does not except
cider or lager beer, has passed the New York
Senate.
The Ohio Legislature adjourned sine die on
the 9th.
Municipal elections were held in several of
the cities of Indiana on the 9th. In Brazil the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-15
Queer People at the Capitol.

| strolled into one of the offices on
Newspaper row the other evening, says a
writer to the Philadelphia Star, where |
found gathered number of those shrewd-
est and brightest of all the Journalistic
professionally ashingtOn correspondents.
1t was rather late, and what little news
there was had been sent off, and the boys,
as they are called, were smoking and tell
ing stories. 1t was as good as a play to
listen to these men, and | regret l cannot
remember enough to give you at least a
half a column of their wit. | do remem-
Der, however, some little gossip about our
public men, which | know will be inter
esting.
One of the stories goes that in the last
Congress there was a member from away
down in the tobacco growing part OF Viz
ginia, who was noted for his extreme filth
mess He never wore a white shirt, and
paper collar on his colored wooden shirt
would last him for weeks. But the worst
of him was that he would never use a
Observation-Disclosures. He sat between
Gems. Young and Du Bose, two very ele-
giant and hight toned Georgia members,
who tried many ways to avoid his nasal
peccadilloes, but in vain.
At last they hit upon plan they
thought would do away with the nuisance.
They purchased a dozen very large white
did them up in paper, adj
dressed them to him, and laid them on his
desk. Both Young and Du Bose were in
their seats, anxious to see how their FRIEND
would receive their present. When he
came in he picked up the package, tore
it open and began examining the hand.
kerchiefs. Soon he turned to Young and
Du Bose and said: Look here, did you
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-15

anti-Temperancc ticket was successful La
Porte elected Liberal Republican officers
James L. Mitchell, Democrat, is elected Mayor
OF indianapolis, by a majority OF about 300
balance of ticket Republican. Terre Haute
elected the entire Republican ticket. In New
Albany, the regular Dem ocratic candidate for
Mayor was defeated by T. &. kunkle, hide
pendent Democrat; rest of regular Democratic
ticket elected. Lafayette elected the entire
Democratic ticket In Richmond, the Demo
Gratis elect Mayor and Assessor; the Rcpubli-
cans elect Treasurer, Clerk and Marshal.
A Farmers Cheap Transportation Conven-
ton was recently in session III New York. Hon
Josiah Quincy, of Boston, was chosen Presi-
dent constitution and bylaws were report
ed, providing that the organization shall be
known as "The National American Cheap
Transportation Association" whose object
shall be the cheapening and equalization of
railroad transportation rates throughout
the United States, and to make provisions
also for subordinate associations in each and
regulate minor matters for guidance and gov
eminent Of National and State associations
series of resolutions was adopted, and
the following committee was appointed to
draft an address to the people, The Hon. DO
siah Quincy, Boston; NJ. D. Wilbur, Michigan;
Horace II. Day, New York City; K. II. Fergu-
son, Troy, n. Y; Henry Bronson, Kansas; J.
A. Noonan, Milwaukee, and W. II. Price, New
York. The convention adjourned to meet i'll
Washington January, 1874, at the call of the
Executive Committee.
An official call ha. been issued for the meet
ing of the Maine Republican State Convention
at Bangor on the 10Th of June.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-15
Making People Drunk by Contract.

\ Calcutta correspondent ofthc Dundee
1dreHtSer thus describes native publican
and his establishment: In the usual
native hut, built Of bamboo poles, lined
with bamboo mats, and covered with a
thatch of coarse grass, dwells toddy
seller or publican of the district Teddy
is drawn from one kind of palm tree. A
hole is made in the tree under the branch
es, an earthenware pot is slung uderneath,
and in a few hours a gallon of liquor is
collected. AS it comes from the tree it is
innOCuous, but when fermented-a pro
cess Of rapid development-it becomes
intoxicating. 1t presents the appearance
Of milk and water, with froth like a
soo1iJee on the top. This toddy seller I'M
dertakes to make people drunk by con
tract; four annas, or siXpence sterling, is
the usual price for strong headed per
son. To increase the intOXicacating pow
er of the toddy the seller adds the juice of
some plants of deletcriOus nature We
have frequently watched the process.
Seated in front of the hut on a mat, the
party to be operated upon takes the Ii
quld; he very soon presents hilarious
appearance, enjoys for very short time
the delights of the excitement, gradually
tumbles over, falls asleep, and awakes
the most misunderstanding creature
imaginable, forcibly reminding us, in the
wild glare of the eyes, OF the inmates Of a
lunatic asylum. Drunkenness is the
most common cause of insanity in this
country"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-15
DOMESTIC.

Gold closed inNew York on the 9th at IL 4
@111$[
Official returns of the killed and wounded in
the ModOc massacre of the 26th ult. show that
twenty ne privates and officers were wound
cd, sixteen killed, and six are missing. A New
York Hcrald correspondent attributes the
great loss of life in the fight of the 26tl to the
dcsertion of Company &, Twelfth Infantry
and some few of the artillery who when or
dered by Captain Thomas to fall back and hold
q bluff III the rear of the troops to cover the
retreat, continued t" fall back until they
reached camp. The Modocs in the meantime
secured the position they were to hold 1t is
said only twenty -thrce Modocs were engaged
and that only two were killed and two badly
wounded.
1t is said that the Indian Department has
for some time been debating the ACCESSIBILITY
of taking away the hunting grounds from the
Sioux and continuing them to their reservations,
in order to protect the white families scattered
through them.
An excursion train on the New Albany and
Chicago Railway, while running backward be
tween Mount Carmel and Princeton, on the
Sd, ran upon number of COWS which threw
the cars from the track, overtuning them
down an embankmcnt some eight feet in
height. Over thirty persons were injured,
some of item, it was thought, seriously.
The late strike of the shocmakers in New
York has ended in the triumph of the strikers.
Another fearful storm is reported from Kan
sas. In Cloud County a number of lives were
lost and much property was destroyed. The
roof of the house Of Mr.. Snyder was blown of,
and himself, wife, five children and farm la
borer were buried in the snow and frozen to
death. \ few miles away from Snyder's house,
another family, named Ulricher, shared Il sim
liar fate, all having been frozen To death.
A horrible accident has occurred in Dixon,
illinois, On Sunday, the 4th some three hun
dred pcrsons-men, women and children
were assembled on an iron bridge over the
Rock River, to witness baptism, when two
spans of the structure gave way, precipitating
the larger number of those on the bridge into
the stream below From ninety to one hun
dred lives were lost either by injuries caused
by fall or by drowning Several bodies were
recovered at once, many tioated down stream,
and Others were supposed to be buried under
the ruins of the bridge. OF course great cX-
cltemcnt was caused by this fearful accident,
which has saddcned the entire community.
Several miraculous escapes are re-
ported Many of the lost were from the
country adjacent TO Dixon, but the larger
portion were members of families in that city
The bridge was of iron, of the Truesdell pat
tern, and had five spans elevated about twenty
feet above the water, which at that point is
from fifteen to twenty feet deep. Only two
o,I foil
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-15

A MYsTERY.-A California coroner and
jury were recently in dilemma, the limo
cent cause of which was simply a corset
1t was produced before the jury to show
the manner in which the wearer had re-
ceived two bullet-wounds which had
caused her death. The coroner showed
the jury exactly how it was done, but the
position of the garment did not correspond
with the wounds. He had put on the cor
set bottom upwards Then he tried it, the
front placed behind. Then he thought it
laced upon the side. The jurymen then
tried it unsuccessfully, and the doctor
present also failed A reporter was re-
quested to solve the mystery. He, know
ing something about everything, explained
it so that the doctors scientific descrip-
tons were proved by ocular demonstra-
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-15
What Is Your

ag
No estimate can be made If OF
life. 1t is beyond appraiser :, -.
the world weighed agails.t7 ha
Yet how many precious live Or rr
Willingly. The laws Of heal in
fsl
but they are not generally u d,
when understood are Too aA rE
this season, for example Wiz an
the physical system should B. e
and purified to enaoIe II. l!. th,
the intense heats Ct suML... -aT 3!
even of the feeble and d--,aa
themselves in this way a-a-,.
Who is so ignorant a. Eorth.7
tiers Stomach Bitters, 1 IS:
a sure protection against i1it-
and all epidcmics cngender4 9
atmosphere OF spring? N1.- =
the same wholesome tonic all e
at proper intervals throashol ct
prevent fevers. bilious a''aa r
nervous debility, indigestion 4 en
loeuc Of ills 10 which heat aL- v
Whoever wants q clean bl.-G, ::
enervating season of the yea
by the forelock and c0mmel X(
equaled vegetable inyigoral, tg
10
WHAT NEXT?-The .o1
filled with an unusual yare'E q
ing for young people. l4- d
6.450 cash subscriptions Tec.t 81
Of April. It's wonderful -1a III
lis merits deserve. Thirty CEN r
of two fine 800 chromos 'o df
sides splendid Involvement. II
3 cents. JOHN b. ALDEN, fl.- IT.
WHY TAKE pints Of naEse.- M
Ague, when a few doses OF S"' =
cure you at once? No slcAht1-.- u
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-15

canic mountains. ~
number numb of small e ar'e
which streams Of ZONES NE, I'D
been poured forth ri n ne.
regions, Nine vo ID oyc' L. mn
ing the last century ,prCa ! w.
the tt rest r. lying nearly, iora
the South Coast . I IN
of Hecla are rccoI lTeatcg<
ton Of the island nv ,rI = a
OF these occurred y y I'm
tensive and deyasts1ll:;,l-.. t&
rlenced on the isIar55s et
1t proceeded from l''' =
volcano (or rather VII as
several cones near ffg2.oaaa
try try This eruption a, ji5 Ca
Tor I about two yes nv 1
fewer than twentJys ' r;a L
man n beings, Or more ' t1.: ns,
the then population of 'aa =;
We were very ~~>- n
the other day, that I 6o g
10 10 present the Spanis5 Il +, u
This kind of genera,;. u
pass unrewardcd. and !. ~
Don Carlos does tits a. &
nm \ a present of Comm
fortune, and throw in Il. s.
Scotia and the State d ls.
are only a poor, UNTIL e g
out any royal blood in 81 % %
man shall surpass rs :, s..
ticularly with otbe, 1 IS
There is no Bourbon + I've
the breath Of life, Or ~.. :. g !,
three-eights crown, or l. "
mIdon with a brass Seen. lllI.''
away more than we can =, -
ASK for Prussing's Cid-, ia
no other. Warranted ~ ~.
CoNsUMPTIoN.-For The 81 :
sing disease there has been Io1
discovered that can show ar
real merit than Aliens IN, TEL
unequaled expectorantfor MI 9.
and all diseases leadingtoa the he
the throat, lungs, and all1i,. an an
airy organs, is introduced n q
lie after its merits for the o. on
have been fully tested by II
The Balsam is, conseQugtr !
physicians who have becor. ,I 10.
its great success. *
PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND 10
"Brolcn's bronchial In. gh
clearing the voice before ia
and relieving the throa. A. m
the vocal organs. For Cor.. -. -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-15

DOOLEY's Yeast Powde-
nomical and always reliable 3
prepared with ii, as il Is
quality.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-15

FLACG's instant EElrzs -
licyc all Rheumatic Atlirlar, ,
etc. The best. the surest an.
all Bowel Complaints. Rel. .
money refunded.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-15

Decidedly the best rcme5-~
discovered for rheumati,,,
joints, flesh wounds, sprlin,
burns, is JohnN0h'S .4m.l.rir
it, and always recomiueai h.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-15

PUBLIC SPEAKERS And ~
"BrOlcn'$ bronchial Taa.
clearing the voice before ,--
and relieving the throat a,
the vocal organs. For Ca--.
Tr0cIteS are efTcctual,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-08
S'EDk AND FOSTER.

Concerning these two persons, now
come 70 be Of moro than common ;ntcr-
est, the following appears in u recent
New York letter, to the louisville
COuricr-J oylrnal:
The chances OF Il postponemcnt Of
his execution are considered doubtful,
and the general belief is that Stokes
will he hanged on the day set for his
execution. An appeal will br made
to the Governor us y last resort, but
there is very little probability of his
Interference.
Fosters counsel will go to Albany
next week To present Il petition to the
Governor, but their chances of success
arc considered doubtful.
In sporting circles many bots are
being made on Stokes and Foster being
hanged, the balance i'll favor Of their
execution. Men who know Stokes
offer to bet two to one that Stokes will
not he hanged, rs they hrlicvC he
would poison himself rather than die
on the sca!loId.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-08
The SnOn-Siprm Vs, 3Stli january.

At twelve O'Clock Monday night
there lwa,snot Il symptom of snow, and
yet when our citizens looked cat in the
morning the ground was perfectly
white, and the iicccy flakes s:ill falling.
They. continued TO fall until two
o'clock y. NJ, yesterday, giving IFS tho
by the ollcst iul,hitant. We should
judge by partial measurement that it
WAS four inches deep on y dead level.
Tho wind came from the north, driving
the SNOW full in Che face of amy uuEor-
toward that point Of the compass, utter
ly regardless of his protest or of his
PERSONAL H0ntWrt.-hhrGrtIu.f Times.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-08
THE AERIEL TELEGRAPH.

A Washington special has the follow
ing allusion to the bill Incorporating
the LOOMS Aerlel Telegraph Company,
which only needs the signature of the
President to become law:
This aeriel telegraph scheme is q
novel thing. The plan OF DR.. Loomis,
the inventor, is to telegraph from q
high peak. Of the, Rocky Mountains to
the highest attainable peak Of the Alps,
at which point q tower will be erected,
on the top Of which a huge mast is to
be placed. An apparatus capable of
collecting electricity is to be put upon
tho upper end OF this mast, by means
Of which, at such elevation, 1t is claim
ed a strata OF the atmosphere will be
reached which is charged with electric
ity. Ground connections, the same as
In ordinary telegraph, will be erected.
This electrified strata of the atmosphere
will, as with the ordinary single wire
and ground connection, make a COM
plete circuit, and it Is claimed that the
slightest pulsation OF electricity at one
tower will produce similar pulsation
ut the other. The company is to have
a capital stock of two hundred thou
sand dollars, with the privilege OF in
creasing the same to two millions il the
interest Of tho company shall require it.
The business and objects of tho corpo-
ration are stated in the bill to be to dc
veiop and utilize the principles and
powers Of natural electricity, TO be used
in telegraphing, generating light, heat
and motive power, and otherwise, and
operate any machinery run by cleo
tricity for any purpose.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-08
THE FLOWER GARDEN.

Last week talked to my lady read
ers about flower gardens, and as did
not exactly finish the subject, and as
this is the time for us to talk and think
about flower gardens, may as well
begin where left off, and have my
talk out while I am about it.
In arranging Il flower garden one
should exercise great care with refer
| ence to the effect.
Good taste well exercised may mako
very small patch Of ground appear at
least double its real size. To DO this
there must be no blanks. Every wall,
or fence, and every rail, must have
something upon it-vines are the word.
If you cannot afford :ne vines have
coarse ones. Morning glories, hop
vines, cypress vines, bean vines, pea
vines, any thing within command and
within the range of your tastc-I leave
that all with you, only saying, above
all things, have vines.
Then you must be careful about the
arrangement Of your standing flowers.
Your larger plants, such as suntiowers,
hollyhocl1s, zinnias, larkspurs and the
like should occupy the back ground.
They may be either planted in groups
or arranged singly-I like small groups
best. Then, next, should come smaller
plants, and then smaller, on down to
the smallest. In palmer words, Che
arrangement should be SO made that
| FROM whatever position you may look
over the plot no large flower will CON
coal Il smaller one from view. Nh;
greatest secret of success III AN attractive
| flower garden lies in this one thing.
The person looking over the grounds
may not even think that you studied
any such an arrangement, still he will
your garden that strikes him very
agrccably.
need not go into amy words about
the kind of flowers best to grow, aud
about ANIMALS, bicnnials and pcrcnni,
ais, for the country il flooded with
flower catalogues now-a- days, and they
invariably contain an abun'luncc o.
such Information as that.
! In addition TO the tlOWors named il
the catalogues, we have many vii,
flowers that are beautiful in their M
tive beds, and would be far more beat,
tiful under culture and in these every
Southern lady who grows flowers o,lgh
to interest herself. nave experiments,
on quite a number of ihcm, and lav'
found it to pay admirably. Our mos
beautiful wild flowers generally grow
in Our swamps, but many of these vii
readily adapt themselves to dry situa
tions. In the way of vines our wood:
afford aOnlo as beautiful and as delicate
forms as over got their names into tl,s
catalogue OF any dc,lcr.--MrS. West il
Mobile Register.
|
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-08

Phillip Hill colorcd, died near Pitts
boro, N. c., on the 18th inst, aged los
years. he was formerly the slave of
DR.. Strong, of Sampson county, father
of Geo. V. Strong Esq, and aftcrward
the slave of tho lato DIR. r. J. Hill.
He walked to Pittsboro on every cicc-
ton day, and always voted the straight
Democratic ticket, casting his last vote
for Greeley and Brown. IIo WAS in
tho full enjoyment Of his faculties to
tho day Of his death, being wonderfully
we'll preserved, and bid fair to 1.-Two
many years longer; but, his house
catching fire, he made such active Of
forts to subtlue'the flames, as to COM
pletaly overcome him, and he died in
a moment. His house with its contents
burned to tho ground.-R a'ctgh Ncps.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-08

We take tho following items from
tho Vicksburg. Herald Of 81 january:
Tho river at this place has risen three
inches since last report. .
A telegram last night informs us
that heavy ice continues running at
Memphis, and navigation in consc-
quence Is entirely suspended. Also,
heavy leo in tho Arkansas river; e.orgcd
at Lewisburg, II miles above Little
Rock. The river at I4ittlc Rock has
fallen two feot in consequence.
There was considerable ice in the
river until the sun got to work on 1t,
when it soon became rotton and disap-
pt.ared to great extent.
Navigation is suspcndud ut Louis
willie, thefourth time this season. 1t
Is also closed at Cincinnati and Pitts
burg. |+
Underwriters refused to take risks at
Cincinnati, owing to the dangerous
condition of tho Ohio river.
Tho harbor was full of ice ut Louis
villo, from tho head Of the cuual to tho
Lool VI S1AIl SIicel, VIC NlStsllCt VI SlA
squares, on the 2sth.
Tho weather at Council Bluff, Iowa,
on the 2sth must have been Il regular
stingcr, as the mercury ranged on that
day from 20 to 80 degrees below zorro.
There were severe snow storms Mt that
place, and reports of parties having
persisted from cold, were numerous.
Our Memphis exchanges of Wcdncs-
day have tho following:
GAS anticipated by us yesterday,
worry heavy ice began floating past the
city yesterday morning, filling the
channel on this side of the rivcr full
from shore to shore. Some of tho cakes
were large, and in some instances huge
fields floated by. At 10 o'clock it was
nearly rs heavy and thick as ut any
time during the winter.
"Tho supply OF coal here has been sc
for exhausted, and wood SO difficult to
got along the banks of tho river, that
tho steamer City of Augusta was obtig-
ed yesterday after noon to purchase
several hundred boxes OF coke, which
she will use on her present trip to
White river"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-08

An indianapolis negro has been ar
rested, tried, found guilty, and SEN
fenced to three years in the pcnitcutia-
ry, and to pay fine of 81 900, Tor mar
rying a white woman. This was in
inc state and under tho laws of Indi-
ana, whore they low" negroes so dear
".
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-08

The father of Il boy whose vcracity is
not so marked as his back, asked the
teacher why 1t was his son didn't have
u better acquaintance with figures, and
was considerably electrified when the
teacher observed: "I really don't know,
unless 1t Is because figures won't lie -
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-08
V'ati; ST. LOUIS iEoTEf..

This magntHcont Hotel, lately renewed
nnd greatly improved, and entirely rct,lr-
niShCd III most sumptuous style. by the 81.
Louis Hotel Association. of which +. T.
Motion. ESQ, OF Now Orleans. is the prcsi-
don't. was Np0nCd {" tho travelling c0nuu,-
nifty on tho First Day of February, 1877. U!.-
6Cr tlN management OF the undersigned.
HIRAM CEASTNNN,
sicily Formerly l'rop'r New York Hotel: